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Another day, another publication: Our new paper introduces a transformer-based approach to measure how parties talk about each other, capturing who talks about whom and with what stance, with applications to coalition signals in Germany and negative campaigning in Austria. Out now, open access!
๐งฒ How did #ActEU researchers collect data on political trust? ๐ฝ๏ธThis animated video explores ActEU's web-scraping tool, one of the largest collections of European political communications ๐ youtu.be/LwTeWZjWMtE
@alexhartland.bsky.social @pfcdgayo.bsky.social @politicsunisaar.bsky.social
Can feed algorithms shape what people think about politics? Our paper "The Political Effects of X's Feed Algorithm" is out today in Nature and answers "Yes."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How can we measure political trust in Europe? ๐ #ActEU researchers have explored this topic with the help of a large-scale survey ๐
Find out more about the results and test your knowledge of #ActEU findings with this video๐ youtu.be/aI1tGW13V2s
@uni-saarland.de @unidue.bsky.social
Looking for speeches from all German state parliaments?
@cgnguyen.bsky.social , Eric Beltermann, Sabine Kropp & Antonios Souris have you covered.
Introducing the StateParl Corpus. Now open access with PVS:
doi.org/10.1007/s11615-025-00643-5
Two new articles in Party Politics
With
@gessler.bsky.social
Measuring party positions and issue salience with mass media and manifesto data"
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
With Hanspeter Kriesi
"Restructuring party systems in Northwestern Europe"
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
Feedback very welcome!
The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (SOUNDS) project is inviting applications for the following position:
๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ (๐ณ/๐บ/๐
) ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด (๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ: ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฌ๐ญ)
Paygrade: E13 TV-L 100%
Duration: 2 years
@ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @uni-saarland.de
Looking for RAs based in Berlin/Brandenburg. Please share! ๐
After a short break, the first panel of the #ActEU Final Conference will begin ๐ Sofie Marien, @anthonyzach.be, @valeriefrey.bsky.social & @alexhartland.bsky.social will discuss political trust in democracy.
Keep following the conference on our YouTube channel ๐ youtube.com/live/YVOClu1...
Coming soon: Activating European Citizensโ Trust in Times of Crisis and Polarization
This #PoliSci book will explore how trust and legitimacy shape Europeโs representative democracies, introducing the #ActEU framework to assess democratic change and polarization.
We're #hiring: This time we're looking for a project lead assistant for our large-scale #compsocsci project SOUNDS!
Big supply-side takeaway: since the 1960s, parties increasingly drop โpartyโ and classic ideology words. By the early 2020s, nearly 2/3 of parties no longer identify as โpartiesโ in their official name; โmovementโ references rise in waves (e.g., post-2008).
January 16, 2026: Julian Jaursch from the German Digital Service Coordinator @bnetza.bsky.social will introduce the EU's #DSA Data Access Portal during the series "Show &โฏTell โ Social Media Data in Research Practice". Register here: events.gwdg.de/event/1259/ #digitalservicesact #platformdata
New Publication out! ๐ฅ Italyโs right-wing politics has changed dramatically over the past two decades. With @gippone.bsky.social and @leonardo-puleo.bsky.social we started from a basic question: Why has the radical right surged inside Italyโs right coalition? Radicalisation or something different?
๐ถโThe relationship between voters and parties is a complicated dance, with high potential for misalignmentโ ๐ถ Find out more in this #ActEU blog post ๐ www.foederalist.eu/2025/12/acte...
โ๏ธ @alexhartland.bsky.social, Daniela Braun, Giuseppe Carteny, @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & @annreinl.bsky.social
The Call for Papers and Panels for #COMPTEXT2026 in Birmingham (23-25 April) is out; feel free to circulate: shorturl.at/gRg0p!
Deadline: January 16!
European parties often miss what voters actually care about. New #ActEU research shows clear gaps between party platforms and voter priorities with consequences for trust and political stability.
Read more in our latest #PoliSci blogpost:
Deadline today!! :)
Happy to share that the German Research Foundation DFG funds my new project: โCountering Polarization: The Borda count as a basis for proportional representationโ. I am recruiting 2 PhD candidates to join me in Hannover as of March 2026 or later! Feel free to reach out!
And another job ad: We're looking for four student assistants! #hiring
Thrilled to share my new article in Political Psychology: โThe psychology of political attitudinal volatility.โ In it, I attempt to answer why do some people change their political views more than others? Open access at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@ispp-pops.bsky.social
Who shares which sources on social media, and why does this matter politically? Our open-access @polcommjournal.bsky.social article shows how far-right French Twitter/X users strategically post and cite sources to achieve their goals. doi.org/10.1080/1058... #polisky #commsky #migcitsky A ๐งต:
Several recent studies have found that politicians aren't very good at estimating public support for policies. But we have little idea about whether politicians are good at knowing which issues are more important to voters. Our new publication has a first go at answering this question rdcu.be/eQGm4
๐จWorking on economic inequality perceptions and support for redistribution? Sonja Zmerli and I are coordinating a Section about perceived economic inequality at the next @ecpr.bsky.social's General Conference.
๐ Do consider submit your paper! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
We are looking for a teamlead for our large-scale project SOUNDS!
#compsocsci #PoliSky #PoliSci #hiring #JobAlert
Including the symposium on the EP elections 2024, guest edited by @simonhix.bsky.social ๐
๐ฅ OUT NOW: Volume 49, Issue 1 (2026)
Lots of exciting research on:
๐ Polarisation: climate change, immigration, democratic deficit
๐ EU politics & voters/citizens
๐ Working class politicians
๐ Political protest
๐ Housing policy
๐ Symposium 2024 EP Elections
๐ www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/c...
I am over the moon to announce that #COMPTEXT2026 will take place at the "Institute for Data and AI" at the University of Birmingham. Look out for the imminent CfP on all channels. And go and tell your friends. Looking forward to hosting y'all in April 2026 #sciencerocks โช@comptext.bsky.social