Paper on statistical power necessary for interaction effects doi.org/10.1177/2515...

📚 2 PhD positions in International Relations at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social! The positions are linked to my ERC-project about local change and public support for protectionism #academicsky #polisky Deadline April 10, 2026, apply here! 👇 su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... - su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Watching the news on television or social media, Europe seems a polarised landscape, where citizens no longer trust politicians. 🧐 What can we do to recover political trust? Find out in our #ActEU animated video 👉 youtu.be/ksOPxCG0TSQ @csic.es @cchscsic.bsky.social @univcatholille.bsky.social

New paper this week by V-Dem's director, @silindberg.bsky.social, on the the current wave of autocratization: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1... Including this important statement: "...it is by my own analysis no question that the USA no longer qualifies as a democracy."

I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.

New article and special issue! Just out in Comparative Political Studies: “Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies: Information, Legacies, Temporalities", the intro to a special issue on countering illiberalism in liberal democracies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Thread 🧵1/7

📢 New article🌟 👥 Sofi Granö (ISV) & Johannes Bergh @johannesbergh.bsky.social 👉 Does local context matter for individual level turnout? Analysing the effect of the social context in the neighbourhood, in Norwegian elections 📖 Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...

🚨 Deadline Soon (***February 5, 2026***): 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science 🚨 I am seeking applicants for a 3-year postdoc related to my @erc.europa.eu research project EQUILIBRIUM that focuses on state-citizen interactions. The application link and further information are in the post below. ⬇️

🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟 I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!

Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...

This report in Nature on the costs of competing for & administering scientific grants is shocking: "In other words, European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

NEW - Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf - @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social #OpenAccess

🍊 Fresh out! @shimmelroos.bsky.social, Maija Jäske & Maija Setälä examine how information regarding the design features of an advisory mini-public affect the wider public's trust in the mini-public - based on the Finnish Citizens' Jury on Climate Actions organised in 2021. 👉 buff.ly/GuHhomY

Post-doc positions: "Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..." uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

With everything going on, it's easy to forget that immigration reform can fail EVEN IF a majority says it's "for" it. Politics runs on attention, and immigration supporters often care less about it than opponents. My new paper in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social tries to address this gap.

“In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House.”

🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna! ⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025 wratil.eu/files/MULTIR... 1/4 🧵

One of the results from the Acteu project. We show how a precarious economic situation is associated with lower levels of political trust

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...

📊 now in English @fesonline.bsky.social: Gender gap in voting behavior in Germany📊 It's about the “big picture” since 1953 & current trends 2021-2025. The gender gap keeps growing, especially among the young. -> Longer trends are continuing & partly accelerating. library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 A full-time postdoctoral position (100%) is available at my chair starting February 1, 2026. We are looking for a candidate with knowledge of quantitative methods and expertise in relevant subject areas.

Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021. This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏 A short 🧵

A EU politics tenure track position at Ghent university 👇 #polisky #psjobs #poliscijobs

Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast @annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!

🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social ! 📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests” With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

🚀🎉 Thrilled to share that the first paper of my PhD dissertation is now published in Political Studies Review: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies? A short 🧵

Immigration attitudes polarise around elections: right-wing respondents become more negative just after elections but soften over time, while left-wing respondents start out more positive but become increasingly negative as time passes journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

📢 Call for applications! I’m looking for a 4-year PhD researcher (100%) in Political Science: focus on public opinion & the far right You’ll be part of the POLHYBRID project @sciencepoulb.bsky.social, working with me & @caterinafr.bsky.social Deadline: 9 11 2025 👉 Info & apply: shorturl.at/El2mW

I’m very happy to share that the first paper of my PhD, «From the streets to the ballots: Protests, polls and Polarization in Hong Kong» has been published online in @democratization.bsky.social It is open access, and you can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If someone admits to not being trustworthy, should you believe them?

🚨 Three exciting opportunities to work with me at CEVIPOL! 🚨 We’re currently recruiting for postdoctoral and senior research positions. Come join us in Brussels to work with a fantastic team 🤩

1/4. We're excited to announce the publication of: "How populist are ethnic minorities? Populist attitudes and voting for populist parties in the Netherlands", by Niels Spierings & Kristof Jacobs. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

A new piece I wrote appearing in FOREIGN AFFAIRS today www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...

I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in ‪@wepsocial.bsky.social‬ (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social‬!) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🇵🇱 Very excited to have got my copy of this new book by @benstanley.eu & @stanleysbill.bsky.social !

📄 🚨 New Research on Polarization, Fragmentation, and Democracy in @democratization.bsky.social Nils-Christian Bormann and I explore the impact of ideological polarization and fragmentation on the democratic systems of interwar Europe: lnkd.in/erjJr9qF #polarization #democracy #data #history (1/4)

very happy to see this one one, we have tried to create a dialogue between democratic innovations and federalism/territorial minority studies... 🤩 will interest @nenadstojanovic.bsky.social @anewq.bsky.social + @altmandavid.bsky.social 😉

Deliberative minipublics as the McDonaldization of democracy? Or at least democratic innovations... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!

Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30

2-year position as Senior Researcher or Project Researcher in the ERC Synergy Project funded by the European Union "Advancing Digital Democratic Innovation" under the lead of Prof. Maija Setälä at UTU in Turku, Finland ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...

2-year position as Senior Researcher or Project Researcher in the ERC Synergy Project funded by the European Union "Advancing Digital Democratic Innovation" under the lead of Prof. Maija Setälä at UTU in Turku, Finland ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...

🏅 We're proud to be a Gold Open Access journal 🔓 If you publish with us, the final published version of your article is permanently & freely available online for anyone, anywhere, to read OA all the way!🤩

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

My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years. If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply! shorturl.at/kcTbG

Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties. A thread 👇 (1/n) #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV

We've made some small changes at JEPP to bring it in line with other journals: - Experiments to be pre-registered - Quantitative data to be deposited in a registry before formal acceptance - Apparently a new cover as well.

My department at Lund University recruits 3 Associate Senior Lecturers (BUL) Gender studies: lnkd.in/dPzNNC7G; Social anthropology: lnkd.in/deXFaPXf; Sociology: lnkd.in/dK5BnZxz. Positions correspond to tenure-track (50/50 research/teaching) w/h permanent employment after 4 yrs. Apply by 31 August!

📣 Call for Applications 📣 3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀 Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us! 🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025