Kommentar der Anderen von @gulp1959.bsky.social @judithkohlenberger.bsky.social und mir: Wir brauchen mehr Wettbewerb in den geschützten Werkstätten der Macht: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies? My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm. Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10

I‘m excited to take part in the @zweitstimme.bsky.social Workshop on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behavior at the @hertieschool.bsky.social this week! I'll be presenting first results from a project with @klingelt.bsky.social on the Geography of Electioneering in Multi-Party Systems.

👀 Political Sciences at University of Vienna ranked #33 worldwide... www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gra... @univie.ac.at #rankings

Im Oktober erschien in den Salzburger Nachrichten (@sn.at) ein Artikel von @irisbonavida.bsky.social zu personalisierter Onlinewerbung mit Kommentaren von mir. Darin verweise ich auf aktuelle Forschung von Kolleg*innen sowie auf Ergebnisse meines eigenen Experiments: doi.org/10.1177/1940...

Reminder: Präsentation unseren neuen Buches "Demokratie sucht Zukunft" (Kurt Guwak @gulp1959.bsky.social, @judithkohlenberger.bsky.social + ich) am kommenden Donnerstag (20.11., 18h) in der Urania (Link unten).

Der @juergenklatzer.bsky.social hat mich zu unserer (@manuelwagner.bsky.social) jüngsten Studie über Politiker:innen aus der Arbeiterklasse befragt: www.falter.at/maily/202511...

How do illiberal politics shape Europe? Our Politics & Governance special issue, edited by @zsolt.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social @schaferd.bsky.social & Bálint Mikola, explores illiberalism's impact across Europe. Read open access⤵️ www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

🚨 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 🧵

Still looking for a Research Assistant - apply by November 10 Details below 👇

New Book! 📖 Department head Sylvia Kritzinger and Johanna Willmann contributed their expertise to "Wie wir leben wollen - Visionen für eine bessere Welt" by C. Friesl, E. Meinhart, R. Polak, which explores visions for Austria's future. 💚 Get your copy here: www.edition-a.at/buecher/wiss...

Online discussion | Democracy Under Pressure: How Illiberal Politics Reshape Europe 🗓️ Oct 31 | 🕒 15:00 CET Illiberal politics transform European democracies. But how deeply? 🗣️ Petra Guasti, Marlene Laruelle, Bálint Mikola, Zsuzsanna Végh Register: www.authlib.eu/democracy-un...

🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350... @manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.

Still want to apply? - The deadline for applications has been extended until 5th of November!⏱️🖊️

I wrote a short article this summer while working with the brilliant people at Public First in London, who kindly allowed me to ask some questions in their UK omnibus survey. 🧵 pfdatablog.com/blog/lsd7usd...

📣 Event tip: "Invitation Kick-Off Vienna Doctoral College on #DigitalHumanism" 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 @wwtf.at @tuwien.at @wuvienna.bsky.social 🗓 November 19, 2025 | 🕙 10:00–16:00 | 📍 Vienna ‼️ The registration deadline is November 3. More information about the program & registration here: ⤵️

🔊 ub:talks – Contrarian Scientists: Desinformation durch Wissenschaft? 📅 Do, 23.10.2025, 18:00 📍 Erika-Weinzierl-Saal, Universitätsring 1, Wien 🎙️ Mit @schnizzl.bsky.social & @dietmarpichler.bsky.social ℹ️ Um Anmeldung wird gebeten: bibliothek.univie.ac.at/events/00842...

Migrant Electoral Rights Dataset (1960-2020) 📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661 📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c... 💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...

@laurenzennser.bsky.social commented on political appointments in Austrian politics on ZIB 2 📺 Watch the segment via the link below:

🚨 New Working Paper with R.Bauböck + @sumpierrez.bsky.social We introduce the concept of incongruent suffrage. This describes when there are voting rights but no candidacy rights for a group. Or vice versa. The paper includes descriptive data & exploratory case studies. doi.org/10.33774/aps...

🚨 Job Alert! The Department of Government is offering a position as Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’. Interested? Find the full vacancy here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L... Applications are open until 27th of October! ✉️‼️

Job Alert! The MULTIREP project is currently looking for a research assistant to join their team! 🙌

Meilenstein: Die Universität Wien ist erstmals unter den Top 100 im World University Ranking von @timeshighered.bsky.social - auf Platz 95! 🥳 Das stärkt Sichtbarkeit & internationale Vernetzung exzellenter Forschender und Studierender weltweit. #univie #THERanking 👉 www.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/pr...

🚨 New publication out @jeppjournal.bsky.social w/ Katrin Praprotnik @luanarusso.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions. Open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1350...

🤔 Curious about our new open access dataset on migrant electoral rights? Join us for the webinar to get an overview. 📊

‼️ TODAY‼️ 💭 What's ahead for Czechia after the parliamentary election? 📅 Oct 6, 3:00pm CET 📍 Online 🗣️ @petraguasti.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz @danielhegedus.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social Vit Dostal (AMO) Andrea Michalcová (Centre for an Informed Society)

A warm welcome to our new Assistant Professor @retobuergisser.bsky.social 👋🥳

💭 What's ahead for Czechia after the parliamentary election? 📅 Oct 6 (Mon) 3:00pm CET 📍 Online 🗣️ @petraguasti.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz @danielhegedus.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social Vit Dostal (AMO) Andrea Michalcová (Centre for an Informed Society) Register ⤵️

✨ Two inspiring days at the #MEDemConference wrapped up with our #MEDemBoD meeting! A big thank you to @gesis.org for hosting us in Cologne — and for the chance to meet one of the city’s most famous residents: Die Maus, star of the legendary German TV show "Die Sendung mit der Maus". 🐭🎉

You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU? Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇 @bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.

Awards, awards, awards! 🏆✨ At the 11th Annual @oegpw.bsky.social Conference, three members of the Department of Government @univie.ac.at were among the awardees: 🎓 Best PhD – @christinagahn.bsky.social 📘 Best MA – Benjamin Riesch 📗 Best BA – Luca Conte 👏 Huge congrats to all! 🎉 #PoliSky 🧪

A few months ago @klarapernsteiner.bsky.social and I noticed something was off. The corrigendum now also includes @stawi-univie.bsky.social: "Table 1: Recent citations: the University of Vienna enters at #9 (11,144). Table 2: Recent citations: enters at #6 (293)" :) doi.org/10.1017/S104...

🚨New Publication Perceptions of Science and Politics During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Austria: Technocratic Overreach or Blame Deflection? 🧪 By @schnizzl.bsky.social, @jamoeberl.bsky.social & Alexander Bogner ➡️ doi.org/10.1007/s116... 🧵1/10

Call for Papers: "Knowing Without Knowing: How False Confidence Shapes the World" 🗓️ Deadline: 23.4.2026 🔗 www.nature.com/collections/... Co-Edited with: M. Adamus, S. Chen #Misinformation #ConspiracyBeliefs #Polarization #ScienceDenial #Overconfidence 🧪 🔄 Help us spread the word!

📚 Neue Studie erschienen "Wie lässt sich konstruktiv mit verhärteten Wissenskonflikten umgehen? Eine quantitativ-qualitative Studie zur Wissenschaftsskepsis" Mit Alexander Bogner, Agnes Kirchner, Katharina Miko-Schefzig, Michaela Pfadenhauer & Markus Trimmel 🔗 epub.oeaw.ac.at?arp=0x00407b20

📯Neuer Digitize!-Kurzbericht von Katharina Pfaff und Jerg Gutmann @jerggutmann.bsky.social mit interessanten Ergebnissen aus der letzten Digitize!-Befragungswelle über Vertrauen der österreichischen Bevölkerung in die Justiz❗: digitize.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us...

From 26 to 28 June 2025, the 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association will take place in Madrid, Spain. Many of our colleagues will attend the conference and present their research. #EPSA2025. The presenters are: 🧵 1/3

Excited to kick off #EPSA2025 on Day 1, Panel 1! 🎉 I’ll present my co-authored research with @michaelimre.bsky.social on 50 years of gender representation in political science publications. We analyze nearly 100,000 articles across 72 journals to uncover long-term trends. 🔍 @epsanet.bsky.social

📢 Final #ACPP dataset now available via @aussda.bsky.social 🔍 Tracked how people in Austria experienced COVID-19 📅 35 waves (Mar 2020–Jul 2023) 👥 ~1,500 interviews per wave 🌍 English translations 📂 SUF: doi.org/10.11587/28K... 📖 OA: doi.org/10.11587/P5Y... 📊 Explore: woco.univie.ac.at/dashboard/

@carolinaplescia.bsky.social presented her forthcoming book "The Meanings of Voting for Citizens: A Scientific Challenge, a Portrait, and Implications" Oxford University Press in the framework of a course at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev thought by Prof. Jennifer Oser. 📢🎥

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

⚠️ New AUTHLIB journal article - open access ⚠️ ❓How do illiberal far right parties influence discourse on immigration? Franziska Wagner (CEU), Dean Schafer (@mississippistate.bsky.social, @ceudeminst.bsky.social) Mehmet Yavuz (CEU, Uni Salzburg) have the answers. www.authlib.eu/journal-arti...

🎧 Podcast on illiberal transatlantic ties AUTHLIB's Daniel Hegedus & Zsuzsanna Vegh (GMF) spoke to CEU Democracy Institute's Review of Democracy about the commonalities of MAGA & the Patriots, the transatlantic illiberal network & its impact on CEE democracy. revdem.ceu.edu/2025/04/16/i...

From March 13 to 14, 2025, the ‘PARTISAN’ project by @markuswagner.bsky.social hosted a workshop on partisan politics. Researchers from the Department of Government and international guests came together to discuss political stereotypes, affective polarization and more. ✍️ 🗳️

📣 New research in EJPR together with the wonderful @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @stefaniebailer.bsky.social, T. Turner-Zwinkels & S. Heller: We find: 1) MPs use more constituency signals while campaigning, 2) voters notice the signals, 3) but don't reward that behaviour. doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Fascinating new research from Dr. @schnizzl.bsky.social @univie.ac.at challenges our assumptions about online surveys. Her comparative study reveals surprising results between probability-based & non-probability methods. Rethinking how we collect data? 👉🔗 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...

Exciting news for #MEDem! 🙌🍾

Die Diskussion, ob div. verkehrspolitische Maßnahmen eher Wirtschafts- oder Gesellschaftspolitik sind, hätten wir als Podcast aufnehmen sollen :) Danke an das gesamte @derstandard.at-Team für den Wahlkompass zur Wien-Wahl 2025: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Early Bird Registration ends TONIGHT!⏳ Ready to enhance your research with survey-embedded experiments?Join Christopher [email protected] at MethodsNET Summer School at @weareceu.bsky.social(CEU) his course on designing and implementing survey experiments. Register here: bit.ly/4gLbv9V

Gerade erst die Eurobarometer-Umfrage vom Februar gesehen: Die meisten Menschen in Europa sehen einen positiven Einfluss von Wissenschaft & Technologie auf die Gesellschaft, aber Österreich gehört zu den Ländern mit den höchsten negativen Bewertungen (18 % + 4 % = 22 %) … europa.eu/eurobaromete...