How do governments mobilise public opinion in times of uncertainty? Do they gauche public opinion systematically across policy domains or unevenly depending on the issue ?🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thrilled that my paper "Partisan disparities in the funding of science in the United States" with Nic Fishman, @leahrosenstiel.bsky.social, and @dashunwang.bsky.social was published in @science.org today! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Yesterday at #ecprgc25 👇 💡 Keynote speech by Margaritis Schinas, Vice President of the European Commission 📚 Publishing session @annerasmussen.bsky.social, @irobo.bsky.social, @mlorimer.bsky.social, @alessandronai.bsky.social, @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social ⭐ Thanks to everyone who participated!

In January 2026, Cambridge University Press joins forces with ECPR to publish the European Journal of Political Research, European Political Science, the European Political Science Review and the Political Data Yearbook. Find out more - cup.org/3UG4RIB #ecprgc25

Headed to #ecprgc25? 🇬🇷☀️📝💻 Please join us for this roundtable on open science featuring editors from @prxjournal.bsky.social @mlorimer.bsky.social @stevenhauwert & from @ejprjournal.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social @isabelleborucki The roundtable doesn’t overlap with any research panels 👏

Did you ever wonder why governments don’t do more to counteract wealth inequality? In our new @worldpolitics.bsky.social article, we seek to answer this question, studying the electoral politics of inheritance taxation muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 1/n

Headed to #ecprgc25? 🇬🇷☀️📝💻 Please join us for this roundtable on open science featuring editors from @prxjournal.bsky.social @mlorimer.bsky.social @stevenhauwert & from @ejprjournal.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social @isabelleborucki The roundtable doesn’t overlap with any research panels 👏

🧡 And don't forget you can meet this wonderful bunch at the Meet The Editors session 📆 Thursday 28 August ⏰ 15:45 - 16:45 🫶 Come and say hello! 👉 buff.ly/wUlT2Ys

📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social. We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...

Wahlkampf in den sozialen Medien: Lokale Posts wirken nicht - @ohuwyler.bsky.social, @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @stefaniebailer.bsky.social Parlamentsmitglieder sprechen ihren Wahlkreis mittels lokalen Posts direkt an, obwohl diese Strategie nicht belohnt wird. www.defacto.expert/2025/08/19/w...

Politicians are more susceptible to personal stories and experiences while ignoring statistical information when assessing a policy, demonstrating that episodic information is more influential than statistical information link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨 New paper in Science Advances @science.org Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get? T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments Thread 🧵1/n

Congrats to Julia Schulte-Cloos and @robert-a-huber.bsky.social and especially to @ejprjournal.bsky.social for finding excellent #openscience editors - this is really great news!

Welcome to the team! 🎉 We excited to introduce our 🆕 Open Science Editors, who will be leading an inspiring new initiative throughout the summer & autumn term! 📊 Stay tuned for exciting changes coming to EJPR in 2026! 📅 🧵1/3

Heading to @ipsa.org in SKorea? I’ll be there representing the @ejprjournal.bsky.social editorial team. Join the Meet the Editors session on July 13th, 12:45 PM. Whether you’re curious about publishing in EJPR, about the review process, or just want to say hello, you are welcome! Info www.ipsa.org

🆕 EJPR NEWS 📰 Find us here on Bluesky 🦋 @ejprjournal.bsky.social for original, peer-reviewed research on comparative European politics. Stay informed, stay connected. #PoliticalScience #EJPR #PoliSky

This is a fantastic development for European political science led by some very brilliant people focused on excellent research A sea change. Bravo. Help however you can * join the mailing list by sending a message to [email protected] * join *now* to show support * spread the word

KCL's Department of Political Economy is advertising two permanent Academic Education Pathway (AEP) lectureships (grade 6/7) in politics - one in Research Methods, and one in Comparative Politics. Hopefully, more AEP posts will follow in the next two years. Links & further details are below. 1/5

We’re hiring 3 permanent (tenured) lecturers in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. These are ‘education pathway’ posts (in Economics, Research Methods, & Comparative Politics) 1/4 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-... www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-... www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...

🚨 Come work with us at King's College London! 🚨 We're hiring two assistant professors (Education Pathway): - Lecturer in Economics tinyurl.com/aepecon - Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods tinyurl.com/aepmethod Amazing department, great colleagues, central London, what's not to like?

We are looking for a PhD student! Check out the cfa below, please repost for N and diversity 👇👇🔥🔥🔥

We are pleased to announce the program of the 5th Early Career workshop in Quantitative Political Economy from 19 to 21 May 2025 at King's Collge London. Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/kingsqp... Non-presenting PhDs or Postdocs are very welcome to attend, just let me know!

So proud of this article "Between class conflict and culture war How left-right self-positioning reflects elite conflict and social-economic context" Slaven Zivkovic, @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social & I study when left & right have an economic or cultural meaning 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Read Anthony Nownes new review of Joanna Wuest's book "Born this Way" cc @timlapira.bsky.social @annerasmussen.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New book review in @igajournal.bsky.social cc @annerasmussen.bsky.social @timlapira.bsky.social

We are inviting applications for a 4-year PhD position in International Relations at the @unisalzburg.bsky.social. Requirement: MA in Political Science or a closely related social science Application deadline: 2 June 2025 For more details, see tinyurl.com/5ew3auby #Polisky #poliscijobs

How do populists typically deal with their bureaucrats, and what are the consequences? Our academic, Matia Vannoni discussed what happens when we expel the experts as a guest on the podcast VoxTalks Economics 🎧 Listen here ⬇️ cepr.org/multimedia/e...

Research on voter ID and election turnout authored by our academic, @tombarton.bsky.social, has been featured in a new article by @noahvickers.bsky.social in @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy 🗳️🗂️ Read it here ⬇️ www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Really nice piece by @garlicksauce.bsky.social @wmjunk.bsky.social @heathbrown.bsky.social offering a great overview of recent interest group scholarship 👏 This’ll be a nice resource for the community

🚨📚🧪 Less than a week to apply for the open position of Editor of Open Science at the EJPR @ecpr.bsky.social ! Join a great & diverse team of editors, and help us develop new open science initiatives for the journal 🔥 Check out all info below 👇 Apply!

@stefaniereher.bsky.social and my recent article on 'Public Opinion towards Interest Groups' now appears in print in the European Journal of Political Research More on its contents in the 🧵 below @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social

King's College London is hiring 20 scholars doing AI-related research across *all disciplines*, including social sciences (5-year research fellowship leading to permanent faculty position). Applications due May 19, 2025. @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kcl-spe.bsky.social

🚨 Deadline extended! 📣 Want to learn how #InterestGroups and #Advocacy work in a rapidly changing political climate? 👉 Join @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social intensive course this July at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social! ✅ Expert-led lectures ✅ Tailored feedback ✅ Real-world insights 🗓️ Apply by 16 Apr

We look forward to welcoming @dbroockman.bsky.social for an extra Departmental seminar today at 3.30 pm Bush House NE 9.03 @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for his talk: 'How Constituent Contact to Congress Reinforces the Status Quo' Afterwards all welcome www.dalyswinebar.co.uk

👋 Europe@LSE Seminar today: Anne Rasmussen (KCL) @annerasmussen.bsky.social is presenting "The (Un)heavenly Virtual Chorus: How Interest Groups in the European Union Utilise Twitter” Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm If you're around: MAR.1.08 at LSE If you're not around: lse.zoom.us/j/83213122489

@nuffic.bsky.social report shows that almost 26% of international students who studied in the Netherlands still live there 5 years after graduating. Most w paid jobs. Dutch higher ed crucial for dynamic economy & an amazing pull factor for human capital. www.nuffic.nl/en/subjects/...

🆕 research co-authored by @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social provides the first causal evidence that the Black Lives Matter protests following George Floyd's death had a significant impact on the 2020 US presidential election 🗳️ Read more below ⬇️ (@polbehavior.bsky.social) www.kcl.ac.uk/news/black-l...

🔥🔈Vacancy announcement We invite applications for the co-editorship of the @ecpr.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book series We’d appreciate your help in sharing the announcement to ensure our publications committee receives as many strong applications as possible 🤞

Come work with us! Assistant prof. Clara Vandeweerdt is hiring a three-year post-doc on a project using machine learning and survey experiments to understand who advocates for climate action in the media, and why it matters. 👩‍💼 Job call here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Many congrats to Tom for publishing this important article! Look forward to celebrating with you here @kcl-spe.bsky.social soon! 🙏👏

How do attitudes to 🇪🇺 European integration relate to political ideology and policy preferences? A major update of my study: - I added the latest 2023 ESS data for citizens and 2024 CHES data for parties - I built an app to explore these relationships across datasets, indicators, years & countries

The School of Politics and International Relations at @ucddublin.bsky.social is hiring again: Assistant Professor (open field) – Permanent position – €64k-€101k – Deadline: 7 April More details: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Another corruption scandal seems to have hit the European Parliament. Our recent study on the Qatargate scandal demonstrates that EU citizens lose trust if these things happen. It is important for public support of the EP that these things stop happening ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We’re looking forward to welcoming @madselk.bsky.social for our CompPol Seminar today at 12 pm Bush House NE 9.03 @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for his talk: 'Middle-Class Democracy: Economic Inequality and Political Representation in Comparative Perspective'

Great to join TRT World Roundtable on DK PM Mette Frederiksen w/ @svane.bsky.social @politiken.dk More striking than 65K views are ~1K YouTube comments—highlighting the polarized debate & harsh tone (female) politicians face Vital to keep researching this @kcl-spe.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social

Great to join TRT World Roundtable on DK PM Mette Frederiksen w/ @svane.bsky.social @politiken.dk More striking than 65K views are ~1K YouTube comments—highlighting the polarized debate & harsh tone (female) politicians face Vital to keep researching this @kcl-spe.bsky.social @ucph.bsky.social

Our academic, @annerasmussen.bsky.social, was invited to share her research insights on toxicity in the political sphere at a conference hosted in the parliament of Denmark 📑 Read more 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/academi...

My article on voter support for disabled candidates is now published at doi.org/10.1086/732994. I find that left-wing voters in UK+US favour disabled candidates, while right-wing voters prefer non-disabled candidates - but only because voters assume disabled candidates to be more left-wing. [1/2]

🚨🚨🚨Major job alert klaxon!!!🚨🚨🚨 In the Department of Political Economy @kcl-spe.bsky.social we are currently advertising for 3 permanent academic posts (2 Political Theory, 1 PPE)! Details below. Happy to have an informal discussion with anyone interested. Please share widely!! 1/

We’re looking forward to welcoming @miguelpereira.bsky.social for our CompPol Seminar today at 1 pm Bush House NE 9.03 @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for his talk on how politicians evaluate and respond to evidence. Note we meet at 1 rather than at noon.