Tobias Risse
@tobiasrisse.bsky.social
Postdoc in Political Science at University of St. Gallen | Civil Wars | Political Violence | Arms Control
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Does public opinion shape elite preferences for nuclear weapon use? 🚀 Our new article in @ejisbisa.bsky.social provides the first experimental evidence that political elites are at least partially influenced by public sentiment when considering high-level decisions on nuclear weapon use.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Does public opinion shape elite preferences for nuclear weapon use? 🚀 Our new article in @ejisbisa.bsky.social provides the first experimental evidence that political elites are at least partially influenced by public sentiment when considering high-level decisions on nuclear weapon use.
Reposted by Tobias Risse
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
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You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
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We are excited to welcome new researchers to the PRCP! 🥳 Read more about their background and research focus below. 👇
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We are excited to welcome new researchers to the PRCP! 🥳 Read more about their background and research focus below. 👇
Reposted by Tobias Risse
Just two more days to apply! ⬇️ @iirprague.bsky.social
📢 Job opportunity: Postdoctoral Researcher!
Join the @iirprague.bsky.social INTERFER team and delve into foreign interference research with a focus on technology.
💼 Full-time position until Dec 2028
💶 64,600 CZK gross/month + travel funds
🗓 Apply by 12 Oct 👉 www.prcprague.cz/news/2025/9/...
Join the @iirprague.bsky.social INTERFER team and delve into foreign interference research with a focus on technology.
💼 Full-time position until Dec 2028
💶 64,600 CZK gross/month + travel funds
🗓 Apply by 12 Oct 👉 www.prcprague.cz/news/2025/9/...
October 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Just two more days to apply! ⬇️ @iirprague.bsky.social
Now with an issue number: Check out our article (w/ D. Finke) @psrm.bsky.social on states‘ positions in UNGA 1st Comm. speeches: doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
Using a new combination of 3 methods, we find 2 latent conflicts: one on conventional arms, one on WMD.
#armscontrol
#polisky
#conflictsky
#nukesky
Using a new combination of 3 methods, we find 2 latent conflicts: one on conventional arms, one on WMD.
#armscontrol
#polisky
#conflictsky
#nukesky
Multidimensional conflicts over disarmament and international security: analyzing speeches in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Multidimensional conflicts over disarmament and international security: analyzing speeches in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly - Volume 13 Issue 4
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September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Now with an issue number: Check out our article (w/ D. Finke) @psrm.bsky.social on states‘ positions in UNGA 1st Comm. speeches: doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
Using a new combination of 3 methods, we find 2 latent conflicts: one on conventional arms, one on WMD.
#armscontrol
#polisky
#conflictsky
#nukesky
Using a new combination of 3 methods, we find 2 latent conflicts: one on conventional arms, one on WMD.
#armscontrol
#polisky
#conflictsky
#nukesky
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📢 My last PhD paper is out in Legislative Studies Quarterly 📢
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 My last PhD paper is out in Legislative Studies Quarterly 📢
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Tobias Risse
Very happy to have this one with @patrickbayer.bsky.social and @fgenovese.bsky.social accepted in @psrm.bsky.social! We show that, without unambiguous policy commitments, stock markets will not stir capital away from fossil fuel and towards renewable energy investments.
More info in the thread!
More info in the thread!
🚨 @patrickbayer.bsky.social, @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social and I have a paper entitled “Energy Transition, Financial Markets and EU Interventionism: Lessons from the Ukraine Crisis” cond. accepted at @psrm.bsky.social.
Text: federica-genovese.com/downloads/Ba...
Gist of the paper in this 🧵 :
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Text: federica-genovese.com/downloads/Ba...
Gist of the paper in this 🧵 :
1/12
September 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Very happy to have this one with @patrickbayer.bsky.social and @fgenovese.bsky.social accepted in @psrm.bsky.social! We show that, without unambiguous policy commitments, stock markets will not stir capital away from fossil fuel and towards renewable energy investments.
More info in the thread!
More info in the thread!
Reposted by Tobias Risse
🚨 Just published: the first global quantitative study on the relationship between democracy and state support for arms control from @tobiasrisse.bsky.social!
➡️ Read the full article here (open access): academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz
➡️ Read the full article here (open access): academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz
Democracy and State Support for Arms Control
Abstract. This article presents the first global quantitative study of the relationship between states’ level of liberal democracy and their support for ar
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August 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚨 Just published: the first global quantitative study on the relationship between democracy and state support for arms control from @tobiasrisse.bsky.social!
➡️ Read the full article here (open access): academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz
➡️ Read the full article here (open access): academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...
@ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz
🚨 Publication alert @fpajrnl.bsky.social
In this article, I examine how democracy affects states' arms control preferences. I find that democracy facilitates support for conventional, but not nuclear arms control. For more info, see abstract below or full article: academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...
In this article, I examine how democracy affects states' arms control preferences. I find that democracy facilitates support for conventional, but not nuclear arms control. For more info, see abstract below or full article: academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...
August 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨 Publication alert @fpajrnl.bsky.social
In this article, I examine how democracy affects states' arms control preferences. I find that democracy facilitates support for conventional, but not nuclear arms control. For more info, see abstract below or full article: academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...
In this article, I examine how democracy affects states' arms control preferences. I find that democracy facilitates support for conventional, but not nuclear arms control. For more info, see abstract below or full article: academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...
Reposted by Tobias Risse
Due diligence laws make firms liable for human rights violations and environmental damage in their supply chains. But the business lobby heavily criticizes these laws because of the required bureaucracy and potential compliance costs, which may create economic disadvantages. (1/5)
July 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Due diligence laws make firms liable for human rights violations and environmental damage in their supply chains. But the business lobby heavily criticizes these laws because of the required bureaucracy and potential compliance costs, which may create economic disadvantages. (1/5)
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How does filing complaints to the United Nations affect the human rights situation of civil society organizations? To learn more about this question, check out our publication (with the fantastic Hannah Smidt) in the British Journal of Political Science. (1/8)
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July 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
How does filing complaints to the United Nations affect the human rights situation of civil society organizations? To learn more about this question, check out our publication (with the fantastic Hannah Smidt) in the British Journal of Political Science. (1/8)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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New research alert! 🚨
@tobiasrisse.bsky.social just published an article in
@intlinteractions.bsky.social on the topic of interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control.
🌎 He argues that rivalries with major powers decrease non-major powers’ support for arms control.
@tobiasrisse.bsky.social just published an article in
@intlinteractions.bsky.social on the topic of interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control.
🌎 He argues that rivalries with major powers decrease non-major powers’ support for arms control.
June 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New research alert! 🚨
@tobiasrisse.bsky.social just published an article in
@intlinteractions.bsky.social on the topic of interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control.
🌎 He argues that rivalries with major powers decrease non-major powers’ support for arms control.
@tobiasrisse.bsky.social just published an article in
@intlinteractions.bsky.social on the topic of interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control.
🌎 He argues that rivalries with major powers decrease non-major powers’ support for arms control.
Out now @intlinteractions.bsky.social:
In my new article, I find that rivalries with major powers tend to decrease minor powers' support for arms control. Why? See abstract below 👇 or here for the full article: doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2025.2518394
#armscontrol
#conflictsky
#polisky 🗺
In my new article, I find that rivalries with major powers tend to decrease minor powers' support for arms control. Why? See abstract below 👇 or here for the full article: doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2025.2518394
#armscontrol
#conflictsky
#polisky 🗺
June 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Out now @intlinteractions.bsky.social:
In my new article, I find that rivalries with major powers tend to decrease minor powers' support for arms control. Why? See abstract below 👇 or here for the full article: doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2025.2518394
#armscontrol
#conflictsky
#polisky 🗺
In my new article, I find that rivalries with major powers tend to decrease minor powers' support for arms control. Why? See abstract below 👇 or here for the full article: doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2025.2518394
#armscontrol
#conflictsky
#polisky 🗺
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🚨🚨🚨 Publication alert!
Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:
"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"
together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?
⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇
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Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:
"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"
together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?
⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇
cup.org/3ERYIUR
February 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
🚨🚨🚨 Publication alert!
Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:
"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"
together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?
⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇
cup.org/3ERYIUR
Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:
"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"
together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?
⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇
cup.org/3ERYIUR
Reposted by Tobias Risse
How will voters react to CDU shifting away from its strict "no collaboration"-stance toward AfD? During my PhD, I sought to answer this question. Sooner than I had hoped, it is no longer mostly hypothetical. A thread… (1/6)
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Legitimize or Delegitimize? Mainstream Party Strategy toward (Former) Pariah Parties and How Voters Respond | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Legitimize or Delegitimize? Mainstream Party Strategy toward (Former) Pariah Parties and How Voters Respond
doi.org
January 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
How will voters react to CDU shifting away from its strict "no collaboration"-stance toward AfD? During my PhD, I sought to answer this question. Sooner than I had hoped, it is no longer mostly hypothetical. A thread… (1/6)
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Closing in two weeks:
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
January 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Closing in two weeks:
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
Now with an issue number: Check out my article @conflictmanagement.bsky.social on civil war and state support for conventional arms control 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0738...
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January 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Now with an issue number: Check out my article @conflictmanagement.bsky.social on civil war and state support for conventional arms control 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0738...
Check out this brilliant and important study by my friend and co-author @valentindaur.bsky.social 👇
🚨 PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨
Excited to share that my article has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social!
It examines voter responses to mainstream party legitimization of (former) pariah parties.
A thread 👇1/n...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Excited to share that my article has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social!
It examines voter responses to mainstream party legitimization of (former) pariah parties.
A thread 👇1/n...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Legitimize or Delegitimize? Mainstream Party Strategy toward (Former) Pariah Parties and How Voters Respond | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Legitimize or Delegitimize? Mainstream Party Strategy toward (Former) Pariah Parties and How Voters Respond
doi.org
December 10, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Check out this brilliant and important study by my friend and co-author @valentindaur.bsky.social 👇
Reposted by Tobias Risse
🚨 Job Alert 🚨: Postdoc Opportunity @ LMU Munich!
Join the ERC-funded CIVILSPACE project. We're looking for a postdoc with:
📊 Experience in survey experiments
🤝 Interest in civil society, non-profit, organization or interest group research
⏰ Application deadline: December 8, 2024
Join the ERC-funded CIVILSPACE project. We're looking for a postdoc with:
📊 Experience in survey experiments
🤝 Interest in civil society, non-profit, organization or interest group research
⏰ Application deadline: December 8, 2024
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/x)
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November 28, 2024 at 2:42 PM
🚨 Job Alert 🚨: Postdoc Opportunity @ LMU Munich!
Join the ERC-funded CIVILSPACE project. We're looking for a postdoc with:
📊 Experience in survey experiments
🤝 Interest in civil society, non-profit, organization or interest group research
⏰ Application deadline: December 8, 2024
Join the ERC-funded CIVILSPACE project. We're looking for a postdoc with:
📊 Experience in survey experiments
🤝 Interest in civil society, non-profit, organization or interest group research
⏰ Application deadline: December 8, 2024
🚨🚨🚨 Very happy to share that my paper w/ Daniel Finke on states' rhetorical positions in the UNGA First Committee is out @psrm.bsky.social. We analyze speeches by combining 3 automated text-analytic methods in a novel way. See abstract below, or here: doi.org/10.1017/psrm... #polisky #conflictsky
October 14, 2024 at 2:12 PM
🚨🚨🚨 Very happy to share that my paper w/ Daniel Finke on states' rhetorical positions in the UNGA First Committee is out @psrm.bsky.social. We analyze speeches by combining 3 automated text-analytic methods in a novel way. See abstract below, or here: doi.org/10.1017/psrm... #polisky #conflictsky
Now with an issue number: Check out my article on external threats and state support for arms control in the Journal of Peace Research 👇
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
#polisky
#conflictsky
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
#polisky
#conflictsky
April 2, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Now with an issue number: Check out my article on external threats and state support for arms control in the Journal of Peace Research 👇
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
#polisky
#conflictsky
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
#polisky
#conflictsky
Reposted by Tobias Risse
Are international human rights bodies remedies for elites? My new study shows that socio-economic elites are more likely to file complaints to UN human rights bodies, while marginalized groups from low-income countries are underrepresented (1/7) academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
Elitist Remedies? Complaint Resources and Representation in International Human Rights Bodies
Abstract. This article investigates determinants of representation in international human rights bodies. It is argued that socioeconomic factors shape whet
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March 27, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Are international human rights bodies remedies for elites? My new study shows that socio-economic elites are more likely to file complaints to UN human rights bodies, while marginalized groups from low-income countries are underrepresented (1/7) academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
My paper "Civil war and state support for conventional arms control" is now available at @conflictmanagement.bsky.social. It explores the relationship between, well, civil war and state support for conventional arms control. See below for the abstract and here for the paper: doi.org/10.1177/0738...
January 23, 2024 at 10:17 AM
My paper "Civil war and state support for conventional arms control" is now available at @conflictmanagement.bsky.social. It explores the relationship between, well, civil war and state support for conventional arms control. See below for the abstract and here for the paper: doi.org/10.1177/0738...