JOB: Professorship of Public Policy @ the University of Cambridge www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...

we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt - a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage - 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

Oxford University Press @academic.oup.com is pleased to announce that the First Book Prize will open for submissions in Jan 2026. The prize offers up to 10 early-career researchers the opportunity to publish their first academic book fully open access on Oxford Academic, with the full OA fee waived.

Data from all countries who took part in Round 11 (2023/24) of our #survey has been included in the latest release. The updated integrated file (Edition 4.0) includes #data from Estonia 🇪🇪 and Ukraine 🇺🇦 for the first time, alongside data from 28 other countries.

Great opportunity at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social: we have 4-year postdoc position on disinformation and European democracy. Possible disciplinary focus includes, e.g., political science and computational social science. Interdisciplinary approaches to disinformation are encouraged.

Happy to share that @ecprtheloop.bsky.social has published a blogpost summarising the key findings from my paper @wepsocial.bsky.social on how opposition party strategies relate to their performance in election polls. Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Blog post: shorturl.at/lLPgm

New article , together with Salvatore Barbaro, in Public Choice: On the prevalence of Condorcet's Paradox. Analyzing 253 national elections, we show that Condorcet Paradoxes virtually never occur. This raises an important question: who is the Condorcet winner? link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Two PhD Positions in Project about Protests in Africa @sophiahunger.bsky.social and I are looking for two PhD researchers in our project „Welfare States and Protest: Understanding the Contentious Outcomes of Social Policy in Africa". Application deadline is 14.1.26: www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...

🌟 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!

🚨 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science at Aarhus University 🚨 I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions. Link and more information in second post. Position Start: Fall 2026 Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️

Latest Comparative Constitutional Studies: O'Flynn on "Constitutional referendums and randomly selected constitutional conventions." www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...

#Research in Political Psychology (@wiley.com) investigated the link between believing in conspiracy theories and economic anxiety. A group of academics led by Magdalena Adamus (Masaryk University 🇨🇿) assessed our Round 10 (2020-22) #data to explore whether these is an association.

🎧 JETZT REINHÖREN: #Forschungspodcast #MindsOfMainz – #DerGutenbergTalk | Folge 28: Demokratie im Fokus: Warum Politische Theorie heute die Gesellschaft bewegt | mit Prof. Claudia Landwehr 👉 www.magazin.uni-mainz.de/minds-of-main…#Demokratiei#Politikwissenschaftf#PolitischeTheorieie

Am 10. Dezember begrüßen wir Sarah de Lange (Universität Leiden, NL) in der #Forschungswerkstatt (16 Uhr, P5). Ihr Vortrag zum Thema "Threats, intimidation, and harassment that political scientists experience in Europe" bietet sicherlich interessante Einblicke auch jenseits der Politikwissenschaft.

Very much looking forward to @sldelange.bsky.social 's talk about threats to academic freedom! 📆 10 December ⌚️4pm 🎯 P5 (Philosophicum) @powimz.bsky.social innen.politik.uni-mainz.de/en/2025/12/0...

1/ Does growing up poor always lead to political apathy? Very happy to share my first paper published (open access) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, where I show that parents' influence mitigates the poverty gap in participation, while economic mobility does not. 🔗 shorturl.at/p5Bac

🏆 Hatten wir schon erwähnt? Natürlich schreiben wir auch für 2026 unseren #Dissertationspreis aus! 👉 www.dvpw.de/informatione... Bewerbungen & Nominierungen bis 28.02.2026 an [email protected] #Promotion #PhDone #Postdoc

Happy to share that the German Research Foundation DFG funds my new project: “Countering Polarization: The Borda count as a basis for proportional representation”. I am recruiting 2 PhD candidates to join me in Hannover as of March 2026 or later! Feel free to reach out!

What an honor! @na-wehl.bsky.social & I received the ALLBUS Preis 2025 for our paper "How education policies shape political inequality: analyzing policy feedback effects in Germany"! 🥳🥳 Thanks a lot to the jury & a very kind laudatio by Markus Tausendpfund @gesis.org Mannheim!

Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇

Consider applying to this panel at the „Second International Conference on Political Theory“ on the revolutionary idea of democracy! Deadline: Dec 15. Submit your abstract here: www.uni-passau.de/backsliding-...

‼️ Two weeks left to apply for the postdoc in Political Text Analysis in the MULTIREP project 👇.

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

Now also with page numbers: In this article published in ZfVP, I reconstruct the concept of anti-pluralism and examine why, from a theory-conceptual perspective, it is particularly well suited to identify potential autocratizers 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s122...

Für den "Systemfragen" #podcast des Deutschlandfunks durfte ich letzte einige der Ergebnisse der jüngsten "Mitte"-Studie einordnen. Die vollen 30 Minuten zum Nachhören gibt es hier 🎧

#HowtoDFG 💡 Auf der Suche nach der passenden Förderung für die nächste Karrierestufe? Neben der Einzelförderung bietet die DFG Wissenschaftler*innen / #ECR nach der Promotion eine große Palette an maßgeschneiderten Programmen und einzelnen Fördermöglichkeiten. Eine Übersicht:👉 sohub.io/4tte

Am Mittwoch, 3. Dezember (16 Uhr, P5), freuen wir uns auf den Besuch von Jale Tosun (Universität Heidelberg) in unserer #Forschungswerkstatt. Sie spricht zum Thema "Die Wirksamkeit nationaler Klimapolitiken: Evidenz aus 43 OECD- und Schwellenländern". Alle sind herzlich willkommen.

Heute begrüßen wir Markus Patberg (Universität Hamburg) in der #Forschungswerkstatt (16 Uhr in P5, Philo). Wir freuen uns auf einen spannenden Vortrag zum Thema: „Oligarchische Vereinnahmung: Soziale Medien und politische Öffentlichkeit" Alle sind herzlich willkommen!

#CfA: An der TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social ist im Fachgebiet Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte (Leitung: Prof. Dr. Dirk Jörke) eine Stelle als Wiss. Mitarbeiter:in / Doktorand:in (w/m/d) ausgeschrieben. Bewerbungsfrist ist bereits der 02. Dezember 2025.👇

Members of the IPP gathered for the 11th consecutive retreat in Bodenheim close to Mainz on 13th and 14th November. The main purpose of the retreat was once again to foster the exchange of research ideas and collaboration and talk about the future of the IPP.

Greatly looking forward to hosting @mpatberg.bsky.social in Mainz next week!

IN NEW ISSUE: How do institutional parameters affect citizens’ evaluations of a political system as democratic? @clandwehr.bsky.social, C Ojeda & @stallbaum.bsky.social compare citizens’ design preferences in #Germany & #US: buff.ly/3Wx9YMl @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

On January 6, 2021, the US Capitol was attacked by a mob of Trump supporters. Exactly 5 years later, the free access to my new overview paper "The Psychology of Conspiracy Mentality" will expire. Coincidence, Elsevier? 🤐 Download now before it's too late: authors.elsevier.com/a/1m7EoErgEa...

Wie geht man mit rechtsextremen Inhalten in der Schule um? 👉 Workshop für Lehramts-Studierende aller Fächer, u.a. mit Kerstin Pohl und @kai-arzheimer.com

Greatly looking forward to @breunig.bsky.social speaking in our research seminar @powimz.bsky.social on Wednesday!

More and more young people are turning to the far right. Why and what can we do about it? Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies. 🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social 💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw

Donnerstag und Freitag in Gießen! @politikuhh.bsky.social

Very proud of my PhD student @kwalz.bsky.social who successfully defended his thesis on "Pathways to breakdown resilience" today and is now Dr. (des.) Kevin Walz 🎉 Watch out for his book to learn how accountability can stop autocratization! In Picture: Kevin🧑‍🎓, Natasha Wunsch, 2nd supervisor and me 😀

Heute um 16 Uhr begrüßen wir Natasha Wunsch (Université de Fribourg) in unserer #Forschungswerkstatt. Das Thema ist wirklich spannend: "Democratic Commitment: Why Citizens Tolerate Democratic Backsliding". Alle sind herzlich willkommen!

Comparative Constitutional Studies early view: O'Flynn on "Constitutional referendums and randomly selected constitutional conventions." www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...

Diesen Mittwoch in der Forschungswerkstatt Politikwissenschaft @powimz.bsky.social : Nathasha Wunsch stellt ihr neues Buch vor! 16 Uhr in P5 - wir freuen uns schon 🎉

I’m deeply honored to receive the "Preis für Föderalismus- und Regionalforschung" for my book "Lobbyierende Kantone", presented by the presidents of the parliaments of the Austrian Bundesländer and South Tyrol, as well as the @ifoe.bsky.social. On the picture: e.g., Landeshauptmann Stelzer (ÖVP)

29.10.2025 - "Kann man KI eigentlich auch gut machen?" - Meenzer #ScienceSchoppe in der Reihe "Wissensdurst zum Feierabend" 👉 https://www.wissenschaftsallianz-mainz.de/veranstaltungen/themenjahr-2025/2025-10-29-meenzer-science-schoppe #KünstlicheIntelligenz #MainzerWissenschaftsallianz

Da ist der endlich: Der neue Leviathan-Sonderband "Politische Theorien öffentlicher Finanzen - Zur (De-)Politisierung von Geld, Eigentum und Steuern" ist ausgepackt! @nomosverlag.bsky.social www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/politis...

Im Rahmen unserer Forschungswerkstatt bieten wir im Wintersemester 2025/26 wieder ein spannendes Programm zu verschiedenen Themen an. Wie immer gilt: alle sind herzlich willkommen!

Now out in Party Politics 🎉 Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing. 👉 A legitimisation effect. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Happy to serve as the editor-in-chief of the Politische Vierteljahresschrift/German Political Science Quarterly (PVS/GPSQ) link.springer.com/journal/11615 @dvpw.bsky.social from January 2026 onwards. Thanks to Eric Linhart for his great work in the last six years! 1/3

Senator Merkley is on hour 20 of reading How Democracies Die, mixed w commentary, on u.s. senate floor

💫💫💫 Great News: We are over the moon that our paper "Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?" is now published in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🍾 🤗 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000... w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social 🧵1/5

Happening today - 4pm ET. Register below.