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Marc Guinjoan @mguinjoan.bsky.social · 9h

🚨 Interested in public opinion, political psychology, democratic backsliding, conspiracies?🛸

➡️You have until this Thursday to apply for the postdoctoral position in the @tact-forsed.bsky.social.

📍 @uab.cat
🕗 Full-time (37.5h/week), flexible schedule
💶 36.000€
🗓️ 27 months contract

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TaCT-FoRSED Project @tact-forsed.bsky.social · 12d

Would you like to work on tackling #conspiracytheories and improving democratic resilience? Are you looking for a postdoctoral position?

Our colleagues @galais.bsky.social and @mguinjoan.bsky.social at @uab.cat have this great opportunity:

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/377587

Deadline 16th October!

Ordinary researcher (2025DILIFRUA121)

Job position

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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

Scholars & pundits have focussed a lot on the electoral demise of center left, but in doing so we paid to little attention to the electoral problems of the center right.

Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 8d

Short-term rentals can disrupt urban life & influence the ballot box - @tonirodon.bsky.social, Raya & Llaneza link high Airbnb density in Barcelona to increased support for parties targeting home-sharing regulation: buff.ly/gPwEQxf

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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Luis Remiro @luismremiro.bsky.social · 19d

A highlight today was having my political behavior students replicate (in part) the “Heroes and Villains” paper by @turnbulldugarte.com and @markuswagner.bsky.social but with Spanish characters/influencers 😅

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Jordi Muñoz @jordimunoz.bsky.social · 25d

We are hiring! We are looking for a prospective PhD student to work at the Department of Political Science of the University of Barcelona and the Institutions, Politics and Economics Research Center in connection to a research project on Backlash. More details here: sites.google.com/view/jordi-m...

Jordi Muñoz - Calls

PhD fellowship in Political Science at the University of Barcelona

sites.google.com

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Pablo Bustinduy @pbustinduy.bsky.social · 29d

La pregunta es si las mayorías trabajadoras tienen derecho a vivir en las ciudades que ellas mismas sostienen.

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Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social · Sep 10

1. We do not know the motive of the shooter. The man who shot at Trump was after attention.
2. The man who murdered MN legislators WAS motivated by politics, and I didn’t hear any Dems calling for reprisals against all Repubs.
3. It’s easy to start a cycle of violence. Not easy to end one.

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · Sep 10

Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Sep 11

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 This week: Comparative Politics & International Relations

Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

epssnet.org

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Luis Remiro @luismremiro.bsky.social · Aug 29

Last day in beautiful Thessaloniki after 3 papers presentations, 2 discussions and one great conference #ecprgc2025

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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is also a great new study on gendered labour market competition and (young) men's opposition to gender equality policies. Must-read for anyone interested in the emerging 'gender divide' among young people. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Title: Young men, gendered labour market competition, and opposition to gender equality policy across 27 EU countries
Authors: Amy Alexander, Nicholas Charron, and Gefjon Off
Abstract: Recent studies have shown an increasing divide in political values between young men and women, particularly regarding gender equality attitudes. In this study it is argued that this is due in particular to a lack of support by young men towards gendered labour market competition: they are less sympathetic towards competition-exacerbating factors. With newly collected original survey data across 27 EU countries, the study investigates two hypothetical gender equality policies: gender quotas in politics and school reforms for less gender-stereotypical teaching. Results show that young men find the quota policy more threatening, as it creates more immediate gender competition, thus making them less supportive of this policy. Additionally, the study employs vignette survey experiments to test whether policy support changes as a function of policy framing. No consistent framing effects are found, however. The article carries implications for understanding the extent and kind of recent value divides between young men and women.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 1

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!

📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 
📍 ICC Belfast 
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025

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Luis Remiro @luismremiro.bsky.social · Jul 31

One sign of democratic backsliding that sometimes goes unnoticed is the decline in statistical transparency. Autocratic regimes degrade the state's ability and willingness to produce and disseminate reliable public data.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Trump GOP just quietly gutted real inflation tracking in May 2025—right before their tariffs kicked in. Now they’re just guessing the numbers. When prices spike, they can just fudge the data. It’s not policy—it’s propaganda. This is how authoritarians cook the books.📉🔥 #TrumpTariffs #GOPLies

Spencer Hakimian • @SpencerHaki... • 1h S The government is literally not collecting actual inflation data anymore.
They're just estimating what they think inflation is.
They "suddenly" changed this in May 2025.
Right before the tariffs started getting collected.
How much more obvious can they make it for you guys?

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · Jul 23

🧪How did COVID-19 affect citizens’ democratic preferences?

➡️ @cescamat.bsky.social A.Arenas A.Falcó & @jordimunoz.bsky.social find a lasting rise in technocratic preferences and a temporary bump in the willingness to sacrifice civil rights and freedoms www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · Jul 15

Voice is one of the most talked-about, and least explained, aspects of academic writing.

We’re told to “find it,” but rarely taught how to build it.

I wrote up some reflections here:

👉 open.substack.com/pub/catherin...

A 🧵 about why so much academic writing feels voiceless & what to do about it.

You’ve Got the Ideas. What If It’s Your Voice That’s Not Landing?

The Hidden Curriculum of Academic Writing

open.substack.com

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · Jul 10

Can banning political ideologies protect democracy? 🛡️🆚🗣️

Our (w. @valentimvicente.bsky.social) paper finds: punishing individuals might backfire. We study a West German policy banning "extreme left" individuals from working for the state.

#Democracy #PoliticalScience

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url: osf.io/usqdb_v2

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · Jul 9

😒Do elections stir emotions?

➡Using Facebook data from 26 democracies, @dahjinkim.bsky.social T Muraoka, @christopher-lucas.bsky.social @jacobmontgomery.bsky.social & M Tavits find that ideological polarization intensifies emotional reactions www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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Didac Queralt @didacqueralt.bsky.social · Jul 9

🚨🚨 New paper alert: Culture vs. Institutions

@ainagallego.bsky.social‬, Ana Tur-Prats and I have a new paper out in the JOP that examines the impact of historical family types on modern-day female political representation.

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jul 7

❗The segmentation of the right field is eroding, especially among young voters❗

New article out by @simonbornschier.bsky.social @dpzollinger.bsky.social
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself
@ipz.bsky.social ‬ @wepsocial.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj

A short 🧵

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Jul 7

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · Jul 7

A new 'public opinion analytics lab' has been launched: publicopinionanalyticslab.github.io/people/

Led by @miriamsorace.bsky.social, @sarahobolt.bsky.social , @drjennings.bsky.social and a thematic leadership team, POAL advances research & teaching of public opinion measurement and analysis.

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Sofia Breitenstein @sofiabrei.bsky.social · Jul 5

📢 Publication alert:
Our paper "Unpacking the rural–urban divide: Identities and stereotypes" - with @tonirodon.bsky.social, @griambau.bsky.social, ‬ and Andreu Rodilla - is now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · Jun 24

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

Proportion of Papers by Year and Team Type

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 27

Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions.

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1. Who formed EPSS?

EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.

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Luis Remiro @luismremiro.bsky.social · Jun 28

Last day at #EPSA2025 and it's been an exciting (and fun) few days. I had the opportunity to share my work on affective polarization and democratic backsliding. Big thanks to @versteegenluca.bsky.social for the thoughtful comments!

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