Sophie Suda
@sophsuda.bsky.social
Comparative Politics | All about Parties | Quantitative Methods | Parliaments
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⚠️⚠️ Prof. Stefanie Bailer and Prof. Nathalie Giger are collecting grants left and right - They are now looking for one Postdoc and two PhD students in Basel and Geneva! 🎓
👇 Check out the full job ads here:
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👇 Check out the full job ads here:
tinyurl.com/postdocUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIBAS
Post-doctorant-e / Département de science politique et relations internationales (6639)
Post-doctoral position at the Department of Political Science and International Relations
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November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
⚠️⚠️ Prof. Stefanie Bailer and Prof. Nathalie Giger are collecting grants left and right - They are now looking for one Postdoc and two PhD students in Basel and Geneva! 🎓
👇 Check out the full job ads here:
tinyurl.com/postdocUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIBAS
👇 Check out the full job ads here:
tinyurl.com/postdocUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIGE
tinyurl.com/phdUNIBAS
Great opportunity for three four-year positions in Switzerland to do research on the quality of politicians
🔔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!
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!
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Great opportunity for three four-year positions in Switzerland to do research on the quality of politicians
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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...
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...
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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...
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...
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Have a multilingual cross-country text analysis project? We just published a paper in @computationalcommunication.org with advice for validating your empirics! 👉 doi.org/10.5117/CCR2....
Grounding the Comparative Turn in Communications: A Framework for ValidatingMultilingual Computational Text Analysis | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online
Following the progressing internationalisation of social science research and the computational turn in the field,
researchers are increasingly adopting computational text analysis (CTA) methods to co...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Have a multilingual cross-country text analysis project? We just published a paper in @computationalcommunication.org with advice for validating your empirics! 👉 doi.org/10.5117/CCR2....
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I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
#ERCStG
#ERCStG
September 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
#ERCStG
#ERCStG
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🧵 New article out in @govandopp.bsky.social ! Why do opposition parties sometimes support government legislation? Should they not be, well... opposing? I analysed 75 years of parliamentary votes in 4 parliamentary democracies. Here is what I found👇🔗 cup.org/3JeLkw4
To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Parties’ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core
To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Parties’ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation
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August 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
🧵 New article out in @govandopp.bsky.social ! Why do opposition parties sometimes support government legislation? Should they not be, well... opposing? I analysed 75 years of parliamentary votes in 4 parliamentary democracies. Here is what I found👇🔗 cup.org/3JeLkw4
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In our new study, @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social and I looked at who gets interrupted during debates in the parliaments of 🇦🇺🇭🇷🇬🇧. We find that women and men get interrupted just as often. Yet, when more women join the debate, politicians interrupt less.
➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.1093/pa/g...
➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.1093/pa/g...
August 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In our new study, @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social and I looked at who gets interrupted during debates in the parliaments of 🇦🇺🇭🇷🇬🇧. We find that women and men get interrupted just as often. Yet, when more women join the debate, politicians interrupt less.
➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.1093/pa/g...
➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.1093/pa/g...
Amazing office (4km to the sea), great working environment, fun colleagues and a mensa with the best Kohlroulade!
📣 Postdoc (75 %, 3 yrs) at @unigreifswald.bsky.social — start autumn 2025 on perhaps Germany’s most beautiful campus. Know someone with a PhD (or nearly done) in Political Science? ⬇️ #PolSci #Postdoc
July 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Amazing office (4km to the sea), great working environment, fun colleagues and a mensa with the best Kohlroulade!
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Populism is a political reality in many European countries. A study by @sophsuda.bsky.social and her research team now shows that coalition governments that include populist parties are often unstable. But it isn’t the radicalism of the party that counts, rather it’s the political style.
Increased risk: why coalitions with populists fail sooner
Populism is a political reality in many European countries – both on the right and on the left. A study now shows that coalition governments that include populist parties are often unstable. But it is...
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June 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Populism is a political reality in many European countries. A study by @sophsuda.bsky.social and her research team now shows that coalition governments that include populist parties are often unstable. But it isn’t the radicalism of the party that counts, rather it’s the political style.
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🏆⚽ Go Team!! ⚽🏆
Mit vollem Einsatz hat unser Team vom FB Basel und @swisspeace.bsky.social am diesjährigen Powi-Fussballturnier teilgenommen – und abgeräumt!
Vielen Dank an alle Mitspielenden, Fans und Organisator*innen – wir sind stolz auf Euren Einsatz und freuen uns schon aufs nächste Jahr!! 💪🎉
Mit vollem Einsatz hat unser Team vom FB Basel und @swisspeace.bsky.social am diesjährigen Powi-Fussballturnier teilgenommen – und abgeräumt!
Vielen Dank an alle Mitspielenden, Fans und Organisator*innen – wir sind stolz auf Euren Einsatz und freuen uns schon aufs nächste Jahr!! 💪🎉
June 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🏆⚽ Go Team!! ⚽🏆
Mit vollem Einsatz hat unser Team vom FB Basel und @swisspeace.bsky.social am diesjährigen Powi-Fussballturnier teilgenommen – und abgeräumt!
Vielen Dank an alle Mitspielenden, Fans und Organisator*innen – wir sind stolz auf Euren Einsatz und freuen uns schon aufs nächste Jahr!! 💪🎉
Mit vollem Einsatz hat unser Team vom FB Basel und @swisspeace.bsky.social am diesjährigen Powi-Fussballturnier teilgenommen – und abgeräumt!
Vielen Dank an alle Mitspielenden, Fans und Organisator*innen – wir sind stolz auf Euren Einsatz und freuen uns schon aufs nächste Jahr!! 💪🎉
Populist concepts are not in line with the willingness to compromise required by coalitions, which makes governing with them much harder 👇
Wilders’ populist logic that his asylum plans reflect “the will of the people” and must be implemented immediately clashes with the logic of governing. It fits a broader pattern: coalitions with populists are less stable. doi.org/10.1093/pa/g... @sophsuda.bsky.social @mlewandowsky.bsky.social
Friendly foes or enemies within? Assessing the (in)stability of coalition governments with populists in Europe
Abstract. Do populist parties in government impact government stability? From a theoretical perspective, the anti-pluralist and anti-elitist characteristic
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June 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Populist concepts are not in line with the willingness to compromise required by coalitions, which makes governing with them much harder 👇
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🎉 We are so thrilled to share that our amazing postdoc Magdalena Breyer has won the 3rd prize of the 2025 SAGW Early Career Award! 👏
Congratulations, Magdalena 💐🎉
We are very proud and inspired by your work!
@mabreyer.bsky.social
@unibas.ch
@dgw.philhist.unibas.ch
Congratulations, Magdalena 💐🎉
We are very proud and inspired by your work!
@mabreyer.bsky.social
@unibas.ch
@dgw.philhist.unibas.ch
June 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🎉 We are so thrilled to share that our amazing postdoc Magdalena Breyer has won the 3rd prize of the 2025 SAGW Early Career Award! 👏
Congratulations, Magdalena 💐🎉
We are very proud and inspired by your work!
@mabreyer.bsky.social
@unibas.ch
@dgw.philhist.unibas.ch
Congratulations, Magdalena 💐🎉
We are very proud and inspired by your work!
@mabreyer.bsky.social
@unibas.ch
@dgw.philhist.unibas.ch
Happy to present our paper about the influence of populist parties on government stability.
Overall, populists in cabinet is one of the strongest predictors of premature government termination - but more in some countries than others
Overall, populists in cabinet is one of the strongest predictors of premature government termination - but more in some countries than others
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
Do populists get “disenchanted” in office? We analyze if coalitions with populists are less stable than mainstream coalitions and find that indeed, populists coalitions have a high chance of early termination. But—it depends. New paper out👇🏻 academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...
Do populists get “disenchanted” in office? We analyze if coalitions with populists are less stable than mainstream coalitions and find that indeed, populists coalitions have a high chance of early termination. But—it depends. New paper out👇🏻 academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...
Friendly foes or enemies within? Assessing the (in)stability of coalition governments with populists in Europe
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May 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Happy to present our paper about the influence of populist parties on government stability.
Overall, populists in cabinet is one of the strongest predictors of premature government termination - but more in some countries than others
Overall, populists in cabinet is one of the strongest predictors of premature government termination - but more in some countries than others
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🔊🔊 Tuesday, 29 April is Sexual Harassment Awareness Day at the University of Basel.
We invite you to a German-English Roundtable to reflect on how our university addresses sexual violence.
We are also content to have our expert Jude Schönberg from the Basel Institute on Governance on the panel!
We invite you to a German-English Roundtable to reflect on how our university addresses sexual violence.
We are also content to have our expert Jude Schönberg from the Basel Institute on Governance on the panel!
April 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🔊🔊 Tuesday, 29 April is Sexual Harassment Awareness Day at the University of Basel.
We invite you to a German-English Roundtable to reflect on how our university addresses sexual violence.
We are also content to have our expert Jude Schönberg from the Basel Institute on Governance on the panel!
We invite you to a German-English Roundtable to reflect on how our university addresses sexual violence.
We are also content to have our expert Jude Schönberg from the Basel Institute on Governance on the panel!
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Not long now until registration for our conference closes - you have until tomorrow! All participants must register to attend the conference. We will be in the glorious city of Barcelona. Please join us! 🦉
🚨 Registration for our conference in Barcelona, 2-4 July, is now OPEN! Please check out the ECPR website for further details: ecpr.eu/Events/319 🦉
9th Conference of the Standing Group on Parliaments, University of Barcelona, 2 – 4 July 2025
European Consortium for Political Research
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April 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Not long now until registration for our conference closes - you have until tomorrow! All participants must register to attend the conference. We will be in the glorious city of Barcelona. Please join us! 🦉
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Curious about what the programme will look like? Here is a sneak-peak *draft* programme we are currently finalising: 🦉
March 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Curious about what the programme will look like? Here is a sneak-peak *draft* programme we are currently finalising: 🦉
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🚨 Registration for our conference in Barcelona, 2-4 July, is now OPEN! Please check out the ECPR website for further details: ecpr.eu/Events/319 🦉
9th Conference of the Standing Group on Parliaments, University of Barcelona, 2 – 4 July 2025
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
March 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨 Registration for our conference in Barcelona, 2-4 July, is now OPEN! Please check out the ECPR website for further details: ecpr.eu/Events/319 🦉
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Happy to present: Unser Kompaktbuch zum Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Veröffentlichung steht zeitnahe an. Open access!
#BSW
#BSW
March 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Happy to present: Unser Kompaktbuch zum Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Veröffentlichung steht zeitnahe an. Open access!
#BSW
#BSW
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Letzte Woche haben @corinnakroeber.bsky.social und ich basierend auf den Kandidierendenlisten & der Wahlrechtsreform geteilt, dass der neue Bundestag deutlich weniger weibliche Abgeordnete beinhalten wird. Unsere Überlegungen dazu könnt ihr bei @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social nachlesen. 📚🕵️♀️
Women will disappear from the next Bundestag. Learn about the mechanisms through which the new German electoral law will reduce women’s presence in Sunday’s election on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social shorturl.at/v0uyi - joint work with the great @lenastephan.bsky.social
Women are disappearing from the Bundestag
Germany’s federal election on 23 February is almost certain to produce a significant decrease in the number of women in the German parliament, write Corinna Kroeber and Lena Stephan. Following the …
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February 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Letzte Woche haben @corinnakroeber.bsky.social und ich basierend auf den Kandidierendenlisten & der Wahlrechtsreform geteilt, dass der neue Bundestag deutlich weniger weibliche Abgeordnete beinhalten wird. Unsere Überlegungen dazu könnt ihr bei @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social nachlesen. 📚🕵️♀️
@mabreyer.bsky.social und ich haben ein paar Fragen zur Bundestagswahl beantwortet. Mit dabei Koalitionsbildungen, die AfD, Überraschungen im Wahlkampf und Vor- und Nachteile des politischen Systems
@sophsuda.bsky.social und ich durften heute für den SRF Fragen der Leser*innen zur deutschen Bundestagswahl beantworten. Dabei waren viele interessante Fragen aus der schweizerischen Perspektive:
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Antworten zu den Wahlen in Deutschland 2025
Eine Fachrunde hat von 11 bis 13 Uhr Ihre Fragen zu den Wahlen in Deutschland beantwortet.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@mabreyer.bsky.social und ich haben ein paar Fragen zur Bundestagswahl beantwortet. Mit dabei Koalitionsbildungen, die AfD, Überraschungen im Wahlkampf und Vor- und Nachteile des politischen Systems
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🙋♀️ Do you have news about research on parliaments that you would like us to share? Feel free to message us any time and we will get the word out! 🦉
January 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🙋♀️ Do you have news about research on parliaments that you would like us to share? Feel free to message us any time and we will get the word out! 🦉
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New Quick Guide out: Sexual corruption - The Basel Institute on Governance's primer on this under-recognised intersection of corruption and sexual abuse, its impacts, and how social norms contribute to its persistence.
🔗 baselgovernance.org/publications/qg35
🔗 baselgovernance.org/publications/qg35
Quick Guide 35: Sexual corruption
Sexual corruption is a serious and under-recognised form of both corruption and sexual abuse. A particularly harmful form of corruption, it is difficult to measure and prosecute, and can have devastat...
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January 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New Quick Guide out: Sexual corruption - The Basel Institute on Governance's primer on this under-recognised intersection of corruption and sexual abuse, its impacts, and how social norms contribute to its persistence.
🔗 baselgovernance.org/publications/qg35
🔗 baselgovernance.org/publications/qg35
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My first paper has been published at PVS. In it, I investigate the strategic incentives behind parliamentary interruptions using data from the German Bundestag. In this thread you can find a short summary of the paper, which is available under open access here: rdcu.be/d4mHq
Explaining Interruption Behavior in Parliament: The Role of Topic Expertise, Career Status, and Government-Opposition Dynamics
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January 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My first paper has been published at PVS. In it, I investigate the strategic incentives behind parliamentary interruptions using data from the German Bundestag. In this thread you can find a short summary of the paper, which is available under open access here: rdcu.be/d4mHq
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🌟 We are very pleased to announce the Call for Papers for our conference in Barcelona is now open!
🦉 We welcome contributions from scholars at any career stage and diverse theoretical and methodological approaches.
👉 Find out everything you need to do to submit here: ecpr.eu/Events/319
🦉 We welcome contributions from scholars at any career stage and diverse theoretical and methodological approaches.
👉 Find out everything you need to do to submit here: ecpr.eu/Events/319
9th Conference of the Standing Group on Parliaments, University of Barcelona, 2 – 4 July 2025
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
December 23, 2024 at 12:28 PM
🌟 We are very pleased to announce the Call for Papers for our conference in Barcelona is now open!
🦉 We welcome contributions from scholars at any career stage and diverse theoretical and methodological approaches.
👉 Find out everything you need to do to submit here: ecpr.eu/Events/319
🦉 We welcome contributions from scholars at any career stage and diverse theoretical and methodological approaches.
👉 Find out everything you need to do to submit here: ecpr.eu/Events/319