🚨 TODAY: #EarlyCareers lounge on Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social @11:00 BST 🗣️ @kgraneng.bsky.social explores how umbrella narratives function as sources of legitimacy in composite polities like the #EU 🎤 @adalgisamartinelli.bsky.social 🪑 @olgaeisele.bsky.social 💻14 Apr

Please fill in @society-rse.org's 2026 International RSE Survey. You don’t need to be called an RSE to complete the survey. If you develop software for academic research as part of your work, they want to hear from you. @nl-rse.bsky.social www.software.ac.uk/news/2026-in...

There indeed is so much to fight for, and in some countries (looking at you, US), some old fights have become new fights. One thing (academic) men can do is not participate in manels! It can be uncomfortable at times but it is also still necessary. Here’s my experience: 🧵

🚀 PhD (100%) | Disinformation, Youth & Cross-Platform Dynamics 👤 Profile: Strong affinity with CSS, Experience with digital data (social media, text corpora, etc.), Quantitative & computational methods (e.g., NLP, ML), Interest in political disinformation 📍 Cologne (up to 60% remote) is.gd/dYxJ9L

Pics or it didn't happen! 📱 @olgaeisele.bsky.social, @hdnrch.bsky.social & @phoebemaares.bsky.social look at a decade of EU social media posts to show that how images are used strongly shapes user engagement

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Pics or it didn’t happen! EU institutions’ visual communication and user engagement on Facebook and Instagram - https://cup.org/4txpTt0 - @olgaeisele.bsky.social, @hdnrch.bsky.social & @phoebemaares.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

🌍 A drizzle, not a storm: Polarisation around climate change in dutch political and media debates. Join us at the next ECR Club session with Edwin Jans (Wageningen University). #polcom #ecpr 🗓 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 🕚 11:00–11:45 GMT 🎤 Chair: Mariken van der Velden 🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

"How do class gaps compare to race and gender gaps? Strikingly, we find that the class gaps in tenure-track academia are as large as or larger than analogous race or gender gaps."

So excited to join the #YOPOW project beginning next year! Thanks to @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social for the warm welcome and kind words. Until then, I’m focused on wrapping up my PhD with my wonderful team in Amsterdam and enjoying my last borrels, stroopwafels, and canal bike rides 🌷

I'm very happy to share our newest publication! 🛂 Internal border controls are back across the EU. 🗣️ And they require public justification. In this article, we analyze a decade of German government communication (2013–2023) to examine how border policies are publicly justified.

🤔 How does the German government justify its border policies? @lisaherbig.bsky.social, @olgaeisele.bsky.social, @kgattermann.bsky.social, @theresakuhn.bsky.social examine speeches and press conferences from 2013 until 2023 ⤵️ 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Hosted by the PolCom Groups at @ecpr.bsky.social & @ecreaeu.bsky.social. 🤝

🧠 Piotr explores how small groups of elite conspiracy entrepreneurs disproportionately shape public discourse—especially via far-right channels. 💬 With @curdknupfer.bsky.social as discussant & @alenakluknavska.bsky.social as chair. #PolCom #ECRClub #ECPR #ConspiracyTheories #PoliticalElites #ECREA

🎉 Kick off 2026 with our first #ECR Club session of the year! 📅 Tue, Jan 13, 12:00 CET 🎙️ Piotr Marczynski (@piotrmarczynski.bsky.social) presents: "The Few, The Loud: Platform-Mediated Articulation of Conspiratorial Discourse by Political Elites" Sign up 👉 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Next Tuesday (13.01) at 12-13 (CET), I will present the paper on how political elites spread conspiratorial discourse across X and Facebook for the ECR online series of @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social. Link below for anyone interested! Event is free of charge, but one needs to register ecpr.eu/Events/332

Excited to share that, with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social , we’ve published a new article in New Media & Society! We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology. Thread below 🧵

😲 Ooooh, the full programme for the @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School 2026 is out now, and it's full of sciencey goodness. If you were still on the fence about signing up, you have until 19 Dec. to do so. ⌛ The Summer School dates are 2-6 Feb. 2026. #dmrcss26 research.qut.edu.au/...

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI. We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research! Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

I am hiring PhD candidates to study the psychology of attention & technology use at @tilburg-university.bsky.social. We're looking for motivated & curious scholars with expertise in cognitive psychology and statistics, and offer a friendly work environment with great terms & benefits. tiu.nu/22989

🔔 Join at tomorrow's PolCom ECR Club! 📅 Tue 14 Oct | 12:00–13:00 CEST 💻 Online: shorturl.at/Sax2j "Domestic opinion vs international obligations: how governing centre-left parties in Australia responded to Trump’s re-election" 🎤 Daniel Casey (Australian CU) Disc.: Johannes Karremans (U C. de Lille)

Wrapping up the week - Posted two new (tt) Assistant Professorship position in my department: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... ... I am chairing this committee, so let me know if you have questions

Wir würden uns sehr freuen, wenn ihr uns mit einer Teilnahme unterstützen könntet 😊 Keinerlei persönliche Erfahrung mit politischem Engagement ist erforderlich!

❗️Our next workshop will be on August 28th, 6 pm CEST, on Efficient R by @selina-b.bsky.social Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

PLEASE GIVE ME MORE WACKY DATA! Crazy questions make memorable examples! My students will thank you! buff.ly/a3hUOBA Speeding tickets! Cookie consumption! Feeling thermometers about cats and dogs and people who eat anchovies straight from the tin!

LAST DAY 🚨: a simple repost of the post I'm quoting here will increase money donated to my organization. Please take the time to click and amplify it! 🙏🏼 So will follows, detailed below. Russ generously offered to donate $1 to @51st.news "through this weekend" for every repost his offer receives.

The European Media Freedom Act is here. From today, 8 August, new EU rules will apply to better protect journalists and make media more free and independent. Hear from Vice-President Sabine Verheyen on what today means for EU journalists and media outlets ↓

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data 💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne 📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute... #DSA #CSS #DataScience

I've been tracking my peer review activity over the years (like @alessandronai.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com) ad wanted to share some of that for transparency, manage expectations, and reflect on what it suggests for early-career researchers' development, esp. in #polisky #commsky #policom 1/n

New job at LONELY-EU! Our consortium member Cristiano Vezzoni (University of Milan, Italy) is looking for a postdoc to work on #loneliness, social isolation and political behavior. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @lonely-eu.bsky.social

New EU rules adopted today mean better access for qualified researchers to online data gathered by very large online platforms & search engines. This is important for investigations into systemic risks (e.g illegal content or disinformation). See 👉 europa.eu/!XHYdGN

Want to easily scrape data from news media sites? There's an R package for that! paperboy "paperboy offers writers of web scrap[ers] a clear path to publish their code & earn co-authorship on the package, while deliver[ing] news media data from many websites in a consistent format."

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

ICA 2025 is on 🔥 PhD-student Floriane van Alphen just kicked off a preconference on environmental communication. She presented her second study on the audience perspective of climate advocacy journalism 🙏 @christelvaneck.bsky.social @christianburgers.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social

Lots of cool things in this #ica25 panel, including my two tool demos of #rstats {traktok} (for getting TikTok data) and {paperboy} (for getting news data)!

Come and join us! It is going to be great! Martina Paulenova from @medjourmuni.bsky.social will talk about political memes in a polarized environment!

🚨 New #PolComm ECR Club Session coming up! 🙌 🕺 Join us tomorrow (12 June) at 🕰️ 1pm for a discussion of 🎇 Memes during the Czech Elections 🗳️ w/ ✨ Martina Paulenova, Ofra Klein & Ana Langer. ✨ 🖥️ Check events.ecpr.eu/Events/Event... for more details and registration/zoom link! 🔗 @ecpr.bsky.social

Hier gibt es das Factsheet mit ersten Ergebnissen unserer Studie zu Aggressionen und Gewalt gegen Politiker*innen in Deutschland: kfn.de/wp-content/u...

🎓 Apply now for our FINAL round of applications! After two very successful rounds, we are now opening our last call to join our MA programme in #EU Studies. Do not miss out on the #opportunity! ❗​ Apply by 1 July 2025 ❗​ More info: buff.ly/feChQeD #EUsky #EurSky

📅 1st session: May 22, 13:00 (online, no signup needed!) 🔗LINK WILL FOLLOW! Presenter: Muhammad Noor Fakhruzzaman (U Vienna): "Media Intergroup Bias in Indonesian Online News" Discussant: @kenzalamot.bsky.social (VU Amsterdam) Let’s build a supportive PolCom ECR community—see you May 22!

This is an exciting opportunity for early career researchers in Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social ! Thanks so much for this excellent initiative @olgaeisele.bsky.social & @alenakluknavska.bsky.social ⬇️

Nächste Woche gehts los: Pint of Science – das Wissenschaftsfestival! 🧠🍺 Vom 19. bis 21. Mai präsentieren Wissenschaftler:innen ihre Forschung in 6 österreichischen Städten – Wien ist mit besonders vielen spannenden Events dabei. Hier ein Überblick! 🎟 pintofscience.at/events/wien #pint25 #pint25AT

Come and join us! So exciting to launch this Club!

Neuer Bericht im Nature Career Feature Machtmissbrauch und prekären Arbeitsverhältnissen in der Wissenschaft #IchBinHanna

🎺COME WORK WITH US @LMU Munich on a new research project: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/d.... (postdoc/3 years/full-time). We will develop and evaluate an agile and needs-oriented Research Data Management certificate course for researchers in psychology. Application Deadline: *May 31*

Please help spread the news! 🙏 @solecheler.bsky.social @compcommlab.bsky.social @hajoboo.bsky.social @anniewald.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @kgattermann.bsky.social

Who is sharing the news? 1st paper published from Iris Baas' PhD study, w/ proud supervisors Tommaso Caselli, @marcestevedelvalle.bsky.social, & I. We show that ideological critique does not necessarily translate into alternative media consumption on Dutch Twitter firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...

From the archive: in this blog post✍️ @verenakbrandle.bsky.social and @drcharlottegalpin.bsky.social explore the need for researchers to have better access to data so they can explore the impacts social media is having on democratic processes around the world. Read now➡️ https://buff.ly/3X4HDND