IN NEW ISSUE: Perceived Democraticness of Parties From Citizens’ Perspectives: @chankaming.bsky.social & Laura B Stephenson use evidence from Canada to examine this subject. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/nHfsCmL
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September.
The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe.
🗓 Deadline: May 17
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
🚨Assistant Professor in International Migration at @lse-ei.bsky.social
I am not in the search committee but very happy to answer questions. Please share widely!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting!
🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized
🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
🚨🚨 job alert time 🚨🚨 @unibremen.bsky.social
3 PhD positions within the 3rd phase of the @sfb1342.bsky.social, with a focus on computational methods and/or on protest mobilization, specifically with a focus on Africa.
Starting time: early 2026, deadline: 14th of January.
more info below:
🎄 Now if this isn't the perfect Christmas gift for scholars of elections! A fresh @cses.bsky.social Module 6 Advance Release for you all to analyze and explore!
Perceived Democraticness of Parties From Citizens’ Perspectives: @chankaming.bsky.social & Laura B Stephenson use evidence from Canada to examine this subject. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/NInK4Kl
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
Autocratization is not isolated within country borders.
In POQ, Chan argues that an authoritarian's electoral success abroad can shatter democratic norms and demonstrate the viability of authoritarianism.
Read more: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
Finally receive the letter ✉️ from Japan 🇯🇵 and can make it official. I will stay at Waseda University in Tokyo during my sabbatical. Haven't visited East Asia for such a long while and so happy to spend my autumn in Tokyo 🗼. Thanks Tetsuro Kobayashi for the hosting and making this happen!
For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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....
🌍📢 Exciting news: @lucykinski.bsky.social, @wouterwolfs.bsky.social and myself have launched the ECPR Research Network on Democracy and Representation in a Transnational Space!
We aim to connect scholars studying transnational politics, democracy & representation in Europe.
ecpr.eu/Group/democr...
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
Thank you for sharing! I also include @nclpolitics.bsky.social for its reference.
New #research that included analysis of our democracy #data was recently published by Political Behavior (@springernature.com).
@chankaming.bsky.social (@newcastleuni.bsky.social 🇬🇧) explored whether authoritarians’ electoral success abroad can change citizens’ satisfaction with #democracy.
Citizens’ satisfaction with democracy involves benchmarking, and one benchmark is the authoritarian’s electoral victory abroad link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thank you for sharing!
This paper was previously awarded the Best Paper Award in 2024 from @psaautocracy.bsky.social
Here are the award committee’s comments about the previous draft of this paper. Cheers 🥂
Overall, this article can bridge three strands of literature: (a) autocratization, (b) democratic attitudes, (c) transnational learning.
Like my recent publications and other works in my pipeline, this paper’s focus lies in the intersection of the three circles.
To test which expectation is correct, I re-use two European datasets collected amid Trump’s victory back in 2016. Findings?
🥁🥁🥁 Benchmark effect, though the magnitude is small
I also explore various kinds of heterogeneity effects. The one that I focus on is motivated reasoning through ideology
Another is benchmark effect: expecting SWD 📈. The benchmark effect can link to works on economic voting, Brexit, pandemic
One important resource that I use is De Vries’ book. The alternative state in the ref. country (autocratization) can serve as benchmark for citizens to evaluate their democracy
There are two effects we can think of for this research puzzle. One is contagion/domino effect: expecting SWD 📉 The theoretical underpinning can date back to Huntington’s seminal work “The Third Wave”
📢 Glad to share my new publication in @polbehavior.bsky.social 📢
In this paper, I study whether authoritarians’ electoral success abroad can change citizens’ satisfaction with democracy (SWD).
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🚨NEW STUDY: Do Americans support a woman president? Our list experiment during the 2024 election, when @kamalaharris.com was on the ballot, reveals hidden bias, and it's more widespread than you'd expect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Research article "When Does Fame Not Matter? Examining Gender Differences in Politicians’ Social Media Experiences" by Maarja Lühiste, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, Yannis Theocharis, Pablo Barberá, Zoltán Fazekas and Joshua A. Tucker, Abstract begins: Past research alerts to the increasingly unpleasant climate surrounding public debate on social media. Female politicians, in particular, are reporting serious attacks targeted at them. Yet, research offers inconclusive insights regarding the gender gap in online incivility. This paper aims to address this gap by comparing politicians with varying levels of prominence and public status in different institutional contexts. Using a machine learning approach for analyzing over 23 million tweets addressed to politicians in Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we find little consistent evidence of a gender gap in the proportion of incivility.
📣Out on #FirstView 📣
In "When Does Fame Not Matter?" @maarja.bsky.social, Stiene Praet, Sebastian Adrian Popa, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social, Pablo Barberá, @zoltanfazekas.bsky.social & @jatucker.bsky.social conduct a cross-national study on online incivility.
polisky gendersky
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🚨 Job alert!
We’re looking for a 1-year Lecturer (T&S) in International Public Policy & Diplomacy to join our team for a year.
📍 1-year fixed-term
🌍 Open to applicants regardless of visa/immigration status
🗓️ Deadline: 20 August 2025
Come work with us! 👇
#AcademicJobs #PublicPolicy #IR #HigherEd
An *amazing* opportunity to work at @gesis.org as a senior researcher with the #CSES project and have a big impact in the field of voting behavior and elections!!
Deadline for sending in applications is August 15!
#PoliSciJobs
🎓📢 We’re hiring!
Come join us @uni-muenster.de 🇩🇪 as a W3 Professor in Political Science (🌍 IR & ♻️ Sustainability)
💼 Permanent position
📍 Münster, Germany
🕒 Deadline: Sept 26, 2025
jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...
The cover is here! 🎉 Thrilled to share the design for The Making of International Status—coming out soon with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Can’t wait for this to be out in the world!
