4 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐏𝐡𝐝, 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜, 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫) 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐃𝐂!!! 😯🤩 The DDC is expanding its team with *4* new opportunities for researchers passionate about the intersection of AI, media, democracy, & society. Deadline: 📅 Feb 15 for 3 of these roles! The Professorship deadline follows in March.🧵👇

My colleague Yue Guan is organising a fascinating workshop on (In)Voluntary Compliance in Aarhus (9–10 June), which I’m glad to take part in. Special focus on mandatory vaccination and conscription, but open to wide range of policies and approaches. CfP (deadline 15 Feb): cas.au.dk/globale-stud...

🚨Job alert! 🚨 I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills. ⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26 More info:

⚙️ #ecprjs26 Workshop directors 🎬 @anewq.bsky.social & Daniel KÜBLER 💡 Seeks Papers that address normative or empirical questions about popular vote processes ⌛ Submit by 10 Dec buff.ly/qacRy3n #Polisky #CallforPapers #democracy

Coming up on Nov. 13 @ucph.bsky.social: Jonathan Benson (Manchester University) on "Affective Polarization and the Aptness of Partisan Anger" in the Political Theory Seminars 📍Thursday, Nov. 13, 14.00 ➡️ Information and registration: politicalscience.ku.dk/research/gro... @j-benson.bsky.social

Really looking forward to this!

Next week @ucph.bsky.social: Alasia Nuti (@alasianuti.bsky.social) on "Affective Polarization, Democratic Backsliding, and the Binding Role of Media Systems" in the Political Theory Seminars 📍Wednesday, Oct. 29, 14.00 ➡️ Information and registration: politicalscience.ku.dk/research/gro...

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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....

📣 Call for Papers is open! In_equality Conference 2026 | 15–17 April | Konstanz We invite papers on the political causes & consequences of #inequality Submit Aug 8–Oct 5 ➡️ inequality-conference.de @uni-konstanz.de

Happy publication day @aureliabardon.bsky.social! ➡️ www.larcier-intersentia.com/fr/theorie-p...

In October 2023, @bboudou.bsky.social offered me to co-edit a handbook on political theory with him. The publisher wanted it published by September 2025. I thought it was a joke. Benjamin did not. Today, we are very happy to announce the publication of Théorie Politique!

We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure). You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented! #sociology More 👇 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

We've talked to the team at @worldpolitics.bsky.social about our recent paper on inheritance taxation. This is what came out of it. Have a look!

This Fall semester at the University of Copenhagen (@ucph.bsky.social): a new edition of the Political Theory Seminars 🤓🪩 With @beckmanprof.bsky.social, @alasianuti.bsky.social and @j-benson.bsky.social y.social More information and registration: politicalscience.ku.dk/research/gro... #poltheory

Want to work on the frontiers of dem theory with v. smart and lovely people @hansasenbaum.bsky.social, @lucyjparry.bsky.social & Graham Smith? They're recruiting a part-time research associate for a new project on non-human representation and participation vacancies.westminster.ac.uk/hrvacancies/...

An der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main sowie der TU Darmstadt werden im Rahmen des DFG-geförderten Graduiertenkollegs „Ästhetik der Demokratie“ (GRK 3113-1) bis zu zwölf Stellen als Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) (65%-Teilzeit,... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=29930

PhD position (closing soon): employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

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

Wiley officially closes the Journal of Political Philosophy, which was abandoned by its editorial team and shunned by academics after Wiley attempted moves that would have compromised the journal's editorial independence.

PhD scholarship to study citizens' agenda-setting in democratic theory @ucph.bsky.social - one more week to apply 🙋

Théorie Politique: 4 parties, 30 chapitres, 876 pages 📖 @bboudou.bsky.social

In Zurich next week: Inequality and Deliberation Summer School - and the keynote, roundtable and morning seminars are open to registered auditors 🤓 Registration link: www.ema.uzh.ch/en/register/... @democracynet.bsky.social #Zurich #Democracy #DemoInno #DemocracyStudies

"... committing to not knowing where it is going and the shape it will ultimately take is core to doing this work well ..." New piece by Emily Beausoleil, "Decolonizing Deliberation: Experiments from Aotearoa New Zealand," doi.org/10.1017/S000...

#Genève #Environnement Créé en 2021, le Conseil pour le climat du canton de Genève s’achève dans l’amertume. Frustration et colère plombent l’initiative. ✍️ Un article de Louis Viladent à lire sur notre site 🔽 lecourrier.ch/2025/06/10/l...

This is a great PhD scholarship in Political Theory, with a focus on normative democratic theory and "Citizens' Agenda-Setting" supervised by the excellent Alice el-Wakil @anewq.bsky.social at the University of Copenhagen @ucph.bsky.social 👇

CfA: PhD scholarship in political theory @ucph.bsky.social Part of my project "Citizens' Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems," which will explore how citizens should participate in making political agendas Apply by Aug. 3, 2025 ➡️ employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie... #PolTheory #demoinno

Merci à @aureliabardon.bsky.social, et à @yvesdeloye.bsky.social de nous avoir accordé sa confiance. 1000 pages de théorie politique, pour les étudiants et les collègues ! Plus de détails bientôt, et RDV en septembre 🔥

Alors que la trentaine d'autrices et auteurs qui y ont contribué sont en train de corriger les épreuves de leurs chapitres, @bboudou.bsky.social et moi venons de recevoir la couverture de ce traité sobrement intitulé "Théorie Politique" - à paraître, si tout va bien, en septembre 2025!

Political theory/philosophy job in our Department! Deadline 26 May. Happy to answer questions by email. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

I am very excited that my article "Strategic Litigation as a Challenge for Deliberative Democracy" is now out in the AJPS @ajpseditor.bsky.social open access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share

❗ FREE Summer School on 'Declining democratic health: Methods for diagnosis, treatment, and recovery' with us! 🗓️ June 23-24 📍 Southampton More details: www.southampton.ac.uk/socsci/news/...

Looking forward to this semester's Political Science Research Lab @powimz.bsky.social 🎉 Starting next Wednesday, we have talks by @aleininger.bsky.social, @simonechambers.bsky.social, @manesweisskircher.bsky.social, @christopherojeda.bsky.social, Michael Zürn @wzb.bsky.social and others coming up!

The project "How to Make the Case for Democracy" has been funded by @dfg.de! 🎉 This grant supports two positions for exploring innovative strategies to bolster citizen support for democracy in established democracies. (1/6)

DemocracyNet's 2024 ends with a bang! Palmo Brunner brilliantly defended her PhD thesis on “Diaspora Mobilization Between Democracy and Autocracy: Navigating Voice and Loyalty after Exit in the Tibetan Diaspora in Switzerland and Canada.” Congrats, Dr. Brunner! #palmobrunner #democracynet #UZH

The ERC have given me 5 years to figure out what Europeans really think about democracy. If you would like to come and join me in the endeavour, then I am currently hiring a postdoc @sotonpolitics.bsky.social. Deadline: 30 April | Details here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #polisky

In Switzerland, a Citizens' Assembly is in favour of introducing a national health law. This and other reform proposals for health promotion and prevention were voted on by the mini-public on 30 March. www.buergerrat.de/en/news/swis... #CitizensAssembly #Bevölkeungsrat2025

"Rethinking Democratic Decision-Making: Integrating Deliberation and Voting": the introduction to the special issue by editors Suzanne Bloks (@lsephilosophy.bsky.social) and Dorota Mokrosinska (@unileiden.bsky.social) is now out: doi.org/10.1007/s111... PolTheory

🚨My small book with @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social on timely #empathy #politics is online and I can't be happier! 🚨 shorturl.at/jZyPz *The manuscript can be accessed freely for the next 2 weeks!* The book builds on my PhD thesis, defended @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

New article in Political Philosophy: "Democratic Consent Under False Pretenses" by Ana Tanasoca (Norwegian Nobel Institute and ANU), available open-access here: politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...

I've been sporadically adding people to this Democratic Innovations Starter Pack over the last few weeks. Now up to 140 members. go.bsky.app/LX11yEA Sorry if I missed you, I find Bluesky not the best at notifying about replies.

Having published a book recently, I found it sometimes hard to understand how the process worked (and luckily, had very kind mentors who helped). I have uploaded a short document detailing how my experience went, in case others find it helpful: www.vicentevalentim.com/_files/ugd/a...

We are pleased to announce our call for ZUKOnnect Fellowships 2025. Deadline for applications is 1 February. Up to eight fellowships are available for (post-)doctoral early career researchers from Africa, Asia and Latin America for a three-month research stay: www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

Teaching on populism, or just thinking about it? Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser and I have published a symposium in @pspolisci.bsky.social on 'Populism and Democracy' which is now available (open access).

CFP: Political theory in/ and/ as political science junior scholars' workshop. #polisky www.mcgill.ca/rgcs/ptps/20...

I’ve given up on the other site and have made my way here. My whole feed is currently cats and books 😂 I mean, I love those things but there is more to life. How can I reconnect with my people here?

Boundary problem + Democratic Innovations = Boundary Assembly? My new article @globcon.bsky.social is out today: "Boundary assembly: An institutional proposal for democratizing membership politics" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We are hiring: 4-year post doc position at our department, open to all topics in political science. 75% research and 25% teaching, good salary, great department and colleagues, and a beautiful city. Deadline: February 15 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Today, feeling close to cosmopolitans or feminists separates voters of the left from right voters who identify with people who are down to earth and hard working. Yet, these identities do have structural roots, just like class identities did. Our short CUP book on cleavage formation is out in OA.