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Markus Wagner
@markuswagner.bsky.social
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Political scientist @ University of Vienna 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇦🇹🏳️‍🌈

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Frederik Hjorth @fghjorth.bsky.social · 3d
Political communication research overwhelmingly relies on text. But parliamentary speech is multimodal! In our new @psrm.bsky.social article, Mathias Rask and I show that legislators also signal partisan conflict nonverbally— through changes in vocal pitch during floor speeches. 🧵 1/11 #polisky

Reposted by Robert Huber, Markus Wagner, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 3d
Excited to share that I’ve been awarded a PI-Grant from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for my project "What Citizens Think They Should and Can Do in Democracies”. The project comes with 1 PhD (co-supervised w/ a proper academic adult) and 2 RA positions + funding for interviews and surveys.

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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 3d
Congratulations, Stuart! Looking forward to seeing the results of this!

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 5d
"The Credibility Revolution in Political Science"

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Jakob Kasper @jakobkas.bsky.social · 6d
Excited to share a new preprint with @bnbakker.bsky.social, @ylelkes.bsky.social & @gijsschumacher.bsky.social!

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Affective polarization research focuses almost exclusively on valence, despite affect having at least two core dimensions. We show that emotional arousal matters!
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Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Stefan Müller, Markus Wagner , and 4 more

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theresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · 6d
We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
Research Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG
stellen.uni-hamburg.de

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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 9d
I hope that there will be an opportunity for the authors, ideally within the APSR, to respond to your comment.

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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 9d
Did the authors respond to what you sent them?

Reposted by Simon Hix, Ben H. Ansell, Markus Wagner

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 10d
For the Guardian, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social and I write about how building new homes is not enough to tackle the housing crisis. Housing is a redistributive issue and progressive policy solutions need to acknowledge that.

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To halt the far right, Europe’s progressive parties must fix its housing crisis. Our research shows how | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann
The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Simon Otjes, Justin H. Kirkland , and 8 more

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Nathalie Giger @nathaliegiger.bsky.social · 12d
🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!

Reposted by Will Jennings, Ruth Dassonneville, Steffen Mau , and 5 more

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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 13d
New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!

We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.

Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇

Reposted by Simon Roux, Alistair Munro, Ben Barr , and 9 more

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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 15d
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Jane Suiter, Markus Wagner

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Sean Westwood @seanjwestwood.bsky.social · 17d
Many have asked for the LLM Survey paper. The release was bungled a bit by PNAS, but it is live now: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The potential existential threat of large language models to online survey research | PNAS
The advancement of large language models poses a severe, potentially existential threat to online survey research, a fundamental tool for data coll...
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Reposted by Will Jennings, Alexander Wuttke, Lucas Leemann , and 5 more

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · 17d
New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
Abstract It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, but in very specific ways: First, overall, people still perceive status as largely socioeconomically determined. Second, sociocultural groups figure in perceptions of who is gaining/losing status, less so in perceptions of the top/bottom of society. Third, more than conservative voters, it is social progressives who mention women and minorities as “winners”. While on race/ethnicity, we find evidence for a backlash, on gender and sexuality we find more evidence for a progressive momentum. This matters for progressive politics today and for how we empirically study status concerns.

Reposted by Paul Davies, Markus Wagner

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 18d
holy crap... @nickhunebrown.bsky.social with some great, important work
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · 18d
Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies?

My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.

Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Will Jennings, Scott Clifford , and 8 more

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Roderik Rekker @roderikrekker.bsky.social · 21d
(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨

In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 24d
IN NEW ISSUE: Elite Cooperation and Affective Polarization: @markuswagner.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social examine the link between the two by using 20 years of German coalitions data - buff.ly/DoGL3EA (OPEN ACCESS)

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

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Nov 6
A voice that still carries: Aimee Mann’s greatest songs – ranked!
A voice that still carries: Aimee Mann’s greatest songs – ranked!
Thirty years on from the release of her acclaimed album I’m With Stupid, we count down the sucker-punching best tracks by the US singer-songwriter
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Nov 6
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)

www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Nov 6
Ouch

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Nov 6
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Nov 3
We are hiring an Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science. The post will be part of our new Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM) and is a joint hire with the Oxford Internet Institute. All details in the job ad below.
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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · Oct 30
Amazing, congrats!

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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · Oct 30
❗️Please share widely:

TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...

Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
jobs.univie.ac.at

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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · Oct 29
I'm really sorry

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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · Oct 29
I see you cut out the two messages below ("okay putting my money on CDA as strongest party" and "okay putting my money on GL-PvdA as strongest party"), but still impressive

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · Oct 28
Another great @jeppjournal.bsky.social paper I'm happy to have edited is out here, on workers' descriptive representation, by @manuelwagner.bsky.social and @laurenzennser.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reposted by Efrén O. Pérez, Markus Wagner

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Zeynep Somer-Topcu @zeynsom.bsky.social · Oct 28
It was great to host the Comparative Representation in Advanced Parliamentary Democracies workshop at UT. It is always fun and inspiring to hear about the cutting-edge research. @utgovernment.bsky.social

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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · Oct 27
Da fehlt ein 'diese Wähler*innen sind' vor dem eher...