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Michal Grahn @grahn.bsky.social · 2h

📄Is there public support for tariffs in Europe -- as a protectionist measure, a tool of retaliation, or a way to fund the green transition?

Our timely conjoint experiment, fielded in two core European constituencies 🇩🇪 🇬🇧, shows no public appetite for tariffs in Europe.

doi.org/10.1080/1350...

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 2h

America is becoming more like a Paul Verhoeven movie everyday.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

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António Valentim @antvalentim.bsky.social · 16h

🚨 New paper out!

Very happy to see our (Tom Arend, @fabioellger.bsky.social and mine) paper out at the @bjpols.bsky.social.

We explore how voters react to new, disruptive political actors.

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Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · 22h

PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 19h

Nobel season is always fun at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social -- great lunch lecture on from Professor Kerstin Enflo and Professor John Hassler on the motivation for this years recipients of Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 20h

I haven't had the same experience but I can see how the environment could breed this.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 20h

Before I started my PhD I asked people what the disadvantages were.

One PhD who left academia told me "the highlight for many academics is getting kind of rude comments from 10 people in a stuffy conference room in Chicago".

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Ov Cristian NOROCEL @norocel.bsky.social · 20h

📣 2 yrs postdoc w/in project Gender Struggles in the New Conjuncture - investigates a selection of anti-gender networks & feminist LGBTQI+ networks in 5 European regions. Experience w/h ethnography/ digital network analysis & deep knowledge of language & sociopolitical contexts in Southern Europe.

Postdoctoral researcher in Gender Studies

The Department of Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary unit within a larger division together with Sociology and Social Anthropology, situated at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University. W

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 22h

The people behind the inflated protests are performing a monumental service to democracy & peace in the US. The Regime wants riots, but these animal characters are not only an effective protest, grabbing attention & mocking ICE, they seem to reduce the risk of violent protests. It's perfect.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 21h

If you are interested in regional economic deprivation and how this shapes what citizens thinking about democracy, @cwegscheider.bsky.social got you covered!

Check out his talk tomorrow!

💻 Wed 15 Oct, 13:00–14:00 BST

European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 22h

🔔 Tomorrow in #ECPRSeminars on Political Culture @ecprpolculture.bsky.social ⤵️

🎙️ @cwegscheider.bsky.social examines how objective and perceived regional deprivation shape citizens’ support for liberal democracy
💻 Wed 15 Oct, 13:00–14:00 BST
✍️ Register now buff.ly/xXQ0HCE

#Democracy #Regionalism

Register FREE

European Consortium for Political Research

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Bruno Castanho Silva @bcastanho.bsky.social · 22h

This whole thread is incredibly important for young scholars. We all get rejected. The very first line of the first review of the first ever paper I submitted to a journal read:

"I strongly oppose publication of this manuscript in [Journal name] and any other journal"

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 1d

During my PhD, I got a rejection that stung:
 “This paper is looking for a needle in a haystack, and this should give the author pause to question if this entire exercise is worth it.”
 My PhD wasn’t Animal Farm, but still this stung.

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · 23d

The call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025.

epssnet.org/belfast-2026/

@rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!

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Ed Hagen @edhagen.net · 1d

I'm starting to explore {simDAG}, a nifty #rstats package that has a nice API for specifying DAGs and then simulating data from them: robindenz1.github.io/simDAG/

Simulate Data from a DAG and Associated Node Information

Simulate complex data from a given directed acyclic graph and information about each individual node. Root nodes are simply sampled from the specified distribution. Child Nodes are simulated according...

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Ben Yoel @benyoel.bsky.social · 1d

@liampert.bsky.social, @mattgrossmann.bsky.social, and I are thrilled to launch SenateData, a new repository pertaining to the US Senate. We have variables on facets like bills, and members, including original data on senator characteristics and an associated R package. github.com/IPPSR/Senate...

GitHub - IPPSR/SenateData: SenateData: A Functional Tool for the SenateData Dataset

SenateData: A Functional Tool for the SenateData Dataset - IPPSR/SenateData

github.com

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 1d

Here is some findings from a survey experiment I did. We tested support for candidates based on support liberal democracy vs strengthening anti-corruption.

Anti-corruption was much higher than traditional liberal democracy AND its resilient to partisanship!

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 1d

The Spanish centre-right is taking a tumble and the far-right is on the rise.

I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX.

~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 2d

12,5 % av dem som bor i hyresrätt, vilket inte är otroligt långt ifrån de 18,7 % som stödjer M totalt.

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 2d

Jag vet inte om det är en vinnande valfråga att påstå att de 30 procent av befolkningen som, liksom jag, bor i hyresrätt utgör ett existentiellt hot mot villaområden.

Niklas Gillström @niklasgillstrom.bsky.social · 2d

Vet inte vänstern om att det finns en svara-knapp? Hela tiden citat-knappen

Jag har problem med att man tvångsblandar människor och jag tror att det är en hel del som bor i villor som inte tycker det är en icke-fråga och det är därför Magda ljuger om sin politik

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 7d

My department is hosting a workshop on democracy and social media (12-13 March, 2026).

Papers are welcome covering comparative regulation of social media, empirical papers on the effects of social media, and work on democratic theory and social media. Deadline: Nov 1st.

www.su.se/english/rese...

Call for papers: Workshop on Democratic Political Orders & the Governance of Social Media Platforms - Stockholm University

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 14d

My department is hiring a PhD student in Political Science with an orientation towards Politics & AI.

This is part of WASP-HS, an interdisciplinary research cluster on AI’s impact on people and society.

Come and be my colleague!

Submission date: 15 Nov. 2025

su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

PhD student in Political Science with an orientation towards Politics & AI

The Department of Political Science is a dynamic and strong education and research department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The Department aims to be nationally leading an

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Katy Morris @katymorris.bsky.social · 5d

All things bright and beautiful @stockholm-uni.bsky.social 🍁

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 5d

This important paper shows a precipitous drop in girls' achievement in recent years, closing a third of the gap with boys.

Covid doesn't seem to be the smoking gun, but tiktok may be

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Vilma Agalioti @vilma-agalioti.bsky.social · Jul 17

Very interesting approach to data collection using #rpg a role-playing game. Let's gamify surveys! #ESRA25

Empirical Political Science #Duisburg @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social · Jul 16

On Thursday, July 17, 2025, Philipp C. Kemper will present the paper “Level up Your Data: A Feasibility Study on Using Video Games for Data Collection in the Experimental Social Sciences” at #ESRA2025!

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Department of Government, Uppsala University @uu-polisci.bsky.social · 5d

This coming Tuesday, our professor @shirinaoberg.bsky.social, Stockholm University professor Jan Teorell and others will hold an open lecture at the Riksdag library on the theme "Constitutional Challenges in Our Time."
Time: 17.30–18.30
Address: Storkyrkobrinken 7A

www.riksdagen.se/sv/aktuellt/...

Föreläsning: Fundamentala frågor – konstitutionella utmaningar i vår tid

I höst bjuder Riksdagsbiblioteket in till en serie kvällsföreläsningar om riksdagen och politiken. Under tre kvällar erbjuds fördjupningar i aktuella frågor, historiska perspektiv och framtidens polit...

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