Björn Bremer
@bjoernbremer.bsky.social
Political economist @CEU | the politics of macroeconomic policies, economic crises & party politics | cycling enthusiast and wannabe sports commentator | www.bjoern-bremer.com
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🚨 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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❗️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
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
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
❗️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
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
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In a new paper, we provide fresh evidence on the macroeconomic effects of public investment in 27 EU member states. We find that public investment has favorable effects on output and unemployment; doesn't crowd out private investment; and doesn't jeopardise debt sustainability.
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In a new paper, we provide fresh evidence on the macroeconomic effects of public investment in 27 EU member states. We find that public investment has favorable effects on output and unemployment; doesn't crowd out private investment; and doesn't jeopardise debt sustainability.
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For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Very excited for our 4th Progressive Politics Research Network workshop today and tomorrow at Humboldt University in Berlin. With a fabulous group of participants we will not only discuss our research but also how we can use it to inform public debate.
September 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Very excited for our 4th Progressive Politics Research Network workshop today and tomorrow at Humboldt University in Berlin. With a fabulous group of participants we will not only discuss our research but also how we can use it to inform public debate.
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⏳Beyond thrilled to co-launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy next week — with this *incredible* lineup of female talent
🙌 @dustinvoss.bsky.social @mpifg.bsky.social
🙌 @dustinvoss.bsky.social @mpifg.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
⏳Beyond thrilled to co-launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy next week — with this *incredible* lineup of female talent
🙌 @dustinvoss.bsky.social @mpifg.bsky.social
🙌 @dustinvoss.bsky.social @mpifg.bsky.social
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🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
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Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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There it is: call for papers, inaugural conference of @epssnet.bsky.social in Belfast, 2026.
Please send your best work and support this new important initiative!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
Please send your best work and support this new important initiative!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
EPSS 2026 Conference | June 18–20 | ICC Belfast, UK
Join top political scientists for the EPSS 2026 Annual Conference in Belfast. Submit papers, attend panels, and network with fellow researchers.
epssnet.org
July 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There it is: call for papers, inaugural conference of @epssnet.bsky.social in Belfast, 2026.
Please send your best work and support this new important initiative!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
Please send your best work and support this new important initiative!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
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Even in times of sociocultural conflict, a progressive left electorate is more averse to sociocultural *and* socioeconomic inequalities than (far) right voters.
New paper with @siljahausermann.bsky.social Palmtag @tabouchadi.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social Berkinshaw
tinyurl.com/d42wyb79
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New paper with @siljahausermann.bsky.social Palmtag @tabouchadi.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social Berkinshaw
tinyurl.com/d42wyb79
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July 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Even in times of sociocultural conflict, a progressive left electorate is more averse to sociocultural *and* socioeconomic inequalities than (far) right voters.
New paper with @siljahausermann.bsky.social Palmtag @tabouchadi.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social Berkinshaw
tinyurl.com/d42wyb79
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New paper with @siljahausermann.bsky.social Palmtag @tabouchadi.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social Berkinshaw
tinyurl.com/d42wyb79
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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...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
July 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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New book out at @oxfordacademic.bsky.social on COVID and the EU by @nenaoana.bsky.social @alexmoise.bsky.social and Hanspeter Kriesi. The book was presented at the @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social with very insightful comments by @simonhix.bsky.social www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Pandemic Polity-Building: How Covid-19 Shaped the European Union
This event features a book presentation by Zbigniew Truchlewski (EUI Research Fellow), Ioana-Elena Oana (EUI Part-time Assistant Professor), Alexandru Moise (EUI Research Fellow), and Hanspeter Kriesi...
www.eui.eu
June 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
New book out at @oxfordacademic.bsky.social on COVID and the EU by @nenaoana.bsky.social @alexmoise.bsky.social and Hanspeter Kriesi. The book was presented at the @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social with very insightful comments by @simonhix.bsky.social www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
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📢 Wie gelingt Klimapolitik trotz Widerständen? PPRnet liefert diese Woche im @pwportal täglich neue Antworten – mit einer Serie von Research Briefs.
June 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
📢 Wie gelingt Klimapolitik trotz Widerständen? PPRnet liefert diese Woche im @pwportal täglich neue Antworten – mit einer Serie von Research Briefs.
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Neu im @pwportal:
Wir starten die PPRnet Brief Serie zur politischen Machbarkeit von Klimapolitik mit der Einleitung: „Klimapolitik – aber machbar“.
Warum Klimapolitik nur wirkt, wenn sie tragfähig ist
#Klima #Polisky #PPRnet
Mit @bjoernbremer.bsky.social & Jane Gingrich
Wir starten die PPRnet Brief Serie zur politischen Machbarkeit von Klimapolitik mit der Einleitung: „Klimapolitik – aber machbar“.
Warum Klimapolitik nur wirkt, wenn sie tragfähig ist
#Klima #Polisky #PPRnet
Mit @bjoernbremer.bsky.social & Jane Gingrich
Wie kann wirksame Klimapolitik mehrheitsfähig werden? Zu dieser Frage veröffentlichen wir diese Woche Policy-Briefs, die den Stand der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung zusammenfassen. Zur Einführung von @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @hannaschwander.bsky.social & Jane Gingrich. #pprn #polisky #klima
Portal für Politikwissenschaft – Klimapolitik, aber machbar? Sozialwissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse
www.pw-portal.de
June 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Neu im @pwportal:
Wir starten die PPRnet Brief Serie zur politischen Machbarkeit von Klimapolitik mit der Einleitung: „Klimapolitik – aber machbar“.
Warum Klimapolitik nur wirkt, wenn sie tragfähig ist
#Klima #Polisky #PPRnet
Mit @bjoernbremer.bsky.social & Jane Gingrich
Wir starten die PPRnet Brief Serie zur politischen Machbarkeit von Klimapolitik mit der Einleitung: „Klimapolitik – aber machbar“.
Warum Klimapolitik nur wirkt, wenn sie tragfähig ist
#Klima #Polisky #PPRnet
Mit @bjoernbremer.bsky.social & Jane Gingrich
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Our (@bjoernbremer.bsky.social) paper on childcare expansion (<3y) in 🇩🇪 was just published @reggovjournal.bsky.social! We examine how the interplay between local government partisanship and fiscal conditions explains parts of the regional variation in childcare provision doi.org/10.1111/rego...
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The Local Politics of Social Investment Under Fiscal Constraints: The Case of Childcare Expansion in Germany
Governments in many of the advanced economies expanded childcare, an exemplary social investment policy, in recent years. Yet, considerable regional variation exists in expansion efforts, and often t...
doi.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Our (@bjoernbremer.bsky.social) paper on childcare expansion (<3y) in 🇩🇪 was just published @reggovjournal.bsky.social! We examine how the interplay between local government partisanship and fiscal conditions explains parts of the regional variation in childcare provision doi.org/10.1111/rego...
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Very happy to see this published! Thanks for the great collaboration in these last 5 (!) years, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social !
Online first: "Partisan cueing and preferences for fiscal integration in the European Union" by @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Academicsky #Polisky
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Academicsky #Polisky
June 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Very happy to see this published! Thanks for the great collaboration in these last 5 (!) years, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social !
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Online first: "Partisan cueing and preferences for fiscal integration in the European Union" by @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Academicsky #Polisky
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Academicsky #Polisky
June 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Online first: "Partisan cueing and preferences for fiscal integration in the European Union" by @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Academicsky #Polisky
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Academicsky #Polisky
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We're hiring!
Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations.
Sharing = 🙏❤️
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations.
Sharing = 🙏❤️
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Assistant Professor of Political ScienceThe Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Leiden University is currently looking for at least two (2) assistant professors in Poli...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
May 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're hiring!
Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations.
Sharing = 🙏❤️
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations.
Sharing = 🙏❤️
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
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📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢
Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!
Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!
Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
May 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢
Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!
Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!
Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!
sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...
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New #RhodesCenter #podcast: Why the left keeps losing (or does it)? — On the episode, Mark Blyth is joined by @bjoernbremer.bsky.social and Paul Pierson to explore why right-wing populism is rising globally while the left struggles to gain traction.
Why the left keeps losing (or does it)?
Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!
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May 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New #RhodesCenter #podcast: Why the left keeps losing (or does it)? — On the episode, Mark Blyth is joined by @bjoernbremer.bsky.social and Paul Pierson to explore why right-wing populism is rising globally while the left struggles to gain traction.
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We are excited to publish the second series of research briefs from the Progressive Politics Research Network (PPRNet).
We start with this article:
The political viability of climate policies – @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @hannaschwander.bsky.social Jane Gingrich
www.defacto.expert/2025/04/22/t...
We start with this article:
The political viability of climate policies – @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @hannaschwander.bsky.social Jane Gingrich
www.defacto.expert/2025/04/22/t...
April 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
We are excited to publish the second series of research briefs from the Progressive Politics Research Network (PPRNet).
We start with this article:
The political viability of climate policies – @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @hannaschwander.bsky.social Jane Gingrich
www.defacto.expert/2025/04/22/t...
We start with this article:
The political viability of climate policies – @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @hannaschwander.bsky.social Jane Gingrich
www.defacto.expert/2025/04/22/t...
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▶️ @bjoernbremer.bsky.social and @retobuergisser.bsky.social question the widespread assumption that tax cuts are always popular.
Lower taxes at all costs? Evidence from a survey experiment in four European countries
It is commonly argued that citizens favour lower taxes, thereby exerting pressure for tax reductions that undermine the ability of governments to raise revenues. We argue that the ostensibly strong...
www.tandfonline.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
▶️ @bjoernbremer.bsky.social and @retobuergisser.bsky.social question the widespread assumption that tax cuts are always popular.
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🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social
❓Political implications of labor market transformation
Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.
Deadline: May 18, 2025.
tinyurl.com/postdoczurich
#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo
❓Political implications of labor market transformation
Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.
Deadline: May 18, 2025.
tinyurl.com/postdoczurich
#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo
tinyurl.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social
❓Political implications of labor market transformation
Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.
Deadline: May 18, 2025.
tinyurl.com/postdoczurich
#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo
❓Political implications of labor market transformation
Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.
Deadline: May 18, 2025.
tinyurl.com/postdoczurich
#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo