🎓 We’re hiring! Two researcher / PhD positions in the ERC project DANCE – Dark Nerd Communities at the University of Münster 🇪🇺 🧮 Quantitative: survey, lab + field experiments 🎙️ Qualitative: ethnography, focus groups, interviews Apply by 28 Nov 2025 👇 #AcademicJobs #ERC #PhD #CommunicationResearch

Excitement, tension, bingo and great insights from my fellow PolComm colleagues - think that describes our election event in CREA quite well. Great way to count down to the exitpolls! @markboukes.bsky.social @favstats.eu @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabomm.bsky.social @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social

Come work with us 🚨 We are looking for a #postdoc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social lab. Profile: Comm sci / poli sci/ computational social science. Great team, timely topocs, fabulous city, good conditions. DL 🗓️ November 1 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Neu: @marinatulin.bsky.social & ich haben einen Blogbeitrag zu unserer Europawahlstudie zum vermeintlichen Zusammenhang von TikTok-Nutzung und Wahlverhalten unter jungen Wählenden veröffentlicht ⬇️

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

New pre-print! Is there a need for domain-specificity when studying mental health (MH) and politics? In our study in the Netherlands, we find political mental health (PMH) is distinct from MH & has unique political correlates, from polarization to ideological extremism. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Exciting new job in Landau 🤩 We’re searching for a Professor of Political Psychology (W2). Very much looking forward to your applications – if you have any questions, please reach out to me. jobs.rptu.de/jobposting/3...

Vandaag weer een nieuwe plaatjes van de electoraatjes! Wie stemmen er op DENK? @simonotjes.bsky.social en ik zochten het uit: stukroodvlees.nl/plaatjes-van...

☀️ Vol 17.3 Arguing that current views on #NegativeCampaigning are too narrow, these authors (🧵⬇️) outline a complete model building on personality traits, values, social norms and attitudes toward #NegativeCampaigning across 12 elections 🇩🇪 buff.ly/EHKUM1w 📖 #OA #PoliSky

📢 Out now! The Handbook of Affective Polarization is officially published 🎉 📖 Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! 💙 Link below for the e-book 👇

PhD position out at University of Amsterdam We’re looking for a computer scientist interested in LLMs, social media, and politics Offer a lot of freedom and an exciting environment! Please share! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

What a unique and outstanding project. They created a theater play and embedded six exp. conditions to understand the impact of right-wing narratives on political attitudes. I am very curious to hear what you have found.

🚨 Jobs! 🚨 We are hiring two (!) postdoctoral researchers on polarisation, misperceptions and politicisation of science (with the amazing @roderikrekker.bsky.social) Deadline 📅 1 June '25 All info here: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at @ascor.bsky.social 🚨 Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥 @polcomm.bsky.social ➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu

Great position! Great Uni! Great colleague. I can definitely recommend an application

NEE. WANT IN NEDERLAND WORDT BEZUINIGD OP HOGER ONDERWIJS EN WETENSCHAP DUS... #DoeHetNiet 🟥 Stop de bezuinigingen. Denk vooruit. Investeer in onderwijs en wetenschap. @woinactie.bsky.social

Thanks 5000 students and colleagues who come out in ☀️ Amsterdam today to protest cuts in higher education and science. #DoeHetNiet #stopthecuts @woinactie.bsky.social First strikes were in Leiden, Utrecht, Nijmegen. After Amsterdam, Groningen is next 💪🏽

Arrival Dam Square For science. For education

I'm hiring! I'm looking for 1️⃣ pre-doc and 2️⃣ post-docs. If you're fascinated by media effects, quantitative methods, and open science, please consider applying 🙂 International applications welcome! Application Pre-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... Application Post-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

𝐆𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐫ä𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐦 𝐙𝐃𝐅 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐞: 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐦 #𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐡🍷 Ich habe das ZDF-Team mit @favstats.eu & @whotargets.me bei der Recherche für ihre Sendung zum digitalen Wahlkampf unterstützt & landete im Studio Ehrenfeld Das Ergebnis im Stream: www.zdf.de/comedy/zdf-m...

Analyse der Wahrnehmung und Wirkung der ARD-Wahlarena, jetzt mit Echtzeitmessung. ksw.rptu.de/abt/politikw...

Die Kanzlerkandidaten im TV-Quadrell - hier die Ergebnisse der Echtzeitbewertung: ksw.rptu.de/abt/politikw...

Herausforderungen bei der Durchsetzung vom #DSA ⬇️

Erstes Treffen aller Kanzlerkandidaten heute Abend im ZDF ab 19.25 Uhr. Wir untersuchen wieder Wahrnehmung & Wirkung der Debatte. Wer gerne mitmachen möchte bei der Bewertung der Kandidaten: einfach unsere App herunterladen. Weiter Infos hier: rptu.de/s/tvduell Info bitte gerne teilen!

What drives candidates' use of negative campaigning? We suggest and empirically test a comprehensive theoretical model in 12 German state elections. Now out in EPSR 👇

Jetzt sind sie da, die Echtzeitbewertungen zum #tvduell vom 9.2. Alle Ergebnisse gibt es unter ksw.rptu.de/abt/politikw... Informationen zum Projekt hier: rptu.de/s/tvduell

The obvious problem: parties often don't vote or govern according to their stated positions. Enter the Real-o-Mat, which checks how much you agree with how parties actually voted. real-o-mat.de

Im #TVDuell suggeriert Friedrich #Merz, dass das Abschalten der #Kernkraftwerke in 🇩🇪 für höhere Strompreise und mit für den Wirtschaftsabschwung gesorgt hätte. Korrekt ist: Das Abschalten der Kernkraftwerke hatte keine sichtbaren Auswirkungen auf die Strompreise.

Wenn BILD 'Wer steckt dahinter?' fragt, meint sie eigentlich: Wie können wir legitimen Protest delegitimieren? Eine Zeitung, die täglich absichtsvoll Millionen Menschen mit Narrativen beeinflusst, wittert plötzlich Manipulation - aber nur dort, wo Menschen ihre demokratischen Grundrechte wahrnehmen.

A victory for research www.politico.eu/article/berl...

Wahlkampfzeit ist TV-Duell-Zeit! Wir untersuchen Wahrnehmung und Wirkung aller Sendungen, in denen die Kanzlerkandidaten aufeinandertreffen, beginnend mit Sonntag, 9.2., 20.15 Uhr. Mitmachen kann jeder via einer eigens dafür entwickelten App: rptu.de/s/tvduell Die Info bitte gerne weit streuen!

Shoutout to @tobiaskleineidam.bsky.social for a really really good first-ever conference presentation. In his PhD project he asks how social norms affect the evaluation of negative campaigning #etmaal2025 #ascor

Ok I watched the full Musk speech for AfD, it was as bad as I thought and even worse. But hey also dozens of thousands of Germans went into the streets today to protest such crap. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...

🚨 Wave 29 of the #GLES Panel Survey is live! 🚨 From Jan. 16–30, up to 13,000 interviews will examine public opinion ahead of the German #Election2025. The questionnaire, published to promote pre-registration of research, is available in DE & EN: www.gesis.org/en/gles/2025... #BTW2025 #Wahl2025

Research on candidates' use of negative campaining focuses on characteristics of the sponsor of NC. We know less about the impact of the targets' characteristics or contextual factors of the campaign. Moreover, these factors are often studied in isolation. In a new pub, we aim to fill this gap

#GESISmoves #AgainstDiscrimination #OpenSociety #Democracy #Blsk GESIS is withdrawing from X today! Our institute is a place where mutual appreciation, critical thinking and an open culture of discussion are essential for respectful cooperation and fundamental to successful work.

Es ist langsam schwer zu verstehen, dass Medienhäuser, Bundesbehörden und Politiker:innen (und ehrlich gesagt auch Individuen) weiterhin auf X posten. Für Recherchezwecke: Klar, verstehe ich. Aber aktiv posten und interagieren? Elon Musk will das Ende der Meinungsfreiheit, und alle machen mit.

✨Sci Comm✨ Das #BSW war zumindest in der Lage, den Aufschwung der AfD abzubremsen. Das BSW hat aber nicht die Kur gegen die AfD gefunden. Das zeigen die aktuellen Umfragen. Freue mich sehr, dass @vorreyer.bsky.social mein erstes Paper für den Stern aufgegriffen hat. Mehr dazu sehr bald!

👋🏼 X. Largest Amsterdam newspaper @parool.bsky.social says goodbye to Twitter / X “We don’t feel at home at this platform”. Last post just went up. Accounts will be on Insta, LinkedIn, Facebook and … 🦋

Come work with us at Penn State! 🐾🦁🐾 Please help us spread the word! #pennstate #datascience #ai #ica #nca #academicsky psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Happy to see this paper out! Together with Matthijs Gillissen and ‪@gijsschumacher.bsky.social, we find that while empathic concern may fuel affective polarization, perspective-taking could help reduce it. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

⚠️ Six-year position at our department - work in lovely Vienna with a friendly team, 2 classes a term, and follow/develop your own research agenda. Feel free to ask me questions you might have. Deadline 24/01/25 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

Can we reduce polarization with empathy? Just published a new (replication) study with @mrooduijn.bsky.social and Matthijs Gillissen showing that different components of empathy have quite different effects [1/5] www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A lot of researchers and practitioners (say, journalists) are nowadays confronted with LLMs: they use them, or they write about them. But it’s hard to find a detailed explanation that is accessible enough for non-specialists but also not oversimplified. Here’s a recommendation:

📢 Postdoc (100%) und Promotionsstelle (75%) im Bereich Rechtsextremismusforschung mit Schwerpunkt Medien und Öffentlichkeit an der Uni Tübingen bei Prof. Dr. Annett Heft. Bewerbungsfrist für beide Stellen ist der 10.1.2025. (links zu den Stellen 👇)

~20% of Twitter users authored ~80% of uncivil tweets, with political incivility showing a homophilous network structure and being more prominent in politically competitive geographic regions, finds Pendzel, @alonzoizner.bsky.social et al. aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-m...

We’re hiring a Team Lead at the GESIS Computational Social Science department 🌐 Passionate about open science & innovative methods for digital behavioral data? Join us to shape the future of CSS! 💻📊 ❓ Questions? Contact me via DM or mail 👉 Job ad: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...

Unique professorship. Please share 🫶♾️ Digital communication & society professorship @ddc-sdu.bsky.social and @d-ias.bsky.social. Excellent conditions, extraordinary startup package. Interdisciplinary profile. 📆: deadline February 17! fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

On Monday a large demonstration to stop higher education and research cuts will take place 🇳🇱 On Monday the Dutch government will revisit its shortsighted plans. A failure to do this creates a real setback that neither this nor next generations deserve. @woinactie.bsky.social #highered #academicsky