Matthias Haslberger
@mhaslberger.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Uni St. Gallen. Research on AI, tech. change, employment, wealth inequality, comparative education.
https://matthiashaslberger.github.io
https://matthiashaslberger.github.io
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📊 @mhaslberger.bsky.social, Jane Gingrich, and Jasmine Bhatia explore how exposure to AI shapes social policy preferences in a UK survey experiment.
💡 Their key finding: when faced with AI, people want support, not just protection
🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
💡 Their key finding: when faced with AI, people want support, not just protection
🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🚨Very excited to see our new paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social!
We looked at how working with AI shapes people's risk perceptions and social policy preferences, with some surprising results ⬇️
We looked at how working with AI shapes people's risk perceptions and social policy preferences, with some surprising results ⬇️
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Two great days at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social filled with enriching discussions and mutual learning on AI and politics. Grateful to @mhaslberger.bsky.social and @benansell.bsky.social for bringing together such a brilliant group of researchers and making it happen!
Two inspiring days at the Nuffield Politics of AI workshop!
This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Two great days at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social filled with enriching discussions and mutual learning on AI and politics. Grateful to @mhaslberger.bsky.social and @benansell.bsky.social for bringing together such a brilliant group of researchers and making it happen!
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Amazing workshop on the Politics of AI with wonderful people at Nuffield! Such a priviledge
Thank you @mhaslberger.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social for the warm hospitality!
Thank you @mhaslberger.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social for the warm hospitality!
Two inspiring days at the Nuffield Politics of AI workshop!
This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Amazing workshop on the Politics of AI with wonderful people at Nuffield! Such a priviledge
Thank you @mhaslberger.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social for the warm hospitality!
Thank you @mhaslberger.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social for the warm hospitality!
Two inspiring days at the Nuffield Politics of AI workshop!
This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Two inspiring days at the Nuffield Politics of AI workshop!
This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
This was social science at its best, thanks to all involved! @benansell.bsky.social @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
🤔 You're interested in how exposure to AI affects people's risk perceptions and policy preferences, but don't have time to read a full paper?
💡 @unisg.ch has got you covered with a write-up about our recent paper in @jeppjournal.bsky.social.
www.unisg.ch/en/newsroom/...
💡 @unisg.ch has got you covered with a write-up about our recent paper in @jeppjournal.bsky.social.
www.unisg.ch/en/newsroom/...
Does AI change what people expect from government?
Exposure to new technology – specifically generative AI like ChatGPT – can influence what citizens expect from their elected officials. A recent study from Matthias Haslberger and an international tea...
www.unisg.ch
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🤔 You're interested in how exposure to AI affects people's risk perceptions and policy preferences, but don't have time to read a full paper?
💡 @unisg.ch has got you covered with a write-up about our recent paper in @jeppjournal.bsky.social.
www.unisg.ch/en/newsroom/...
💡 @unisg.ch has got you covered with a write-up about our recent paper in @jeppjournal.bsky.social.
www.unisg.ch/en/newsroom/...
I'm excited to share the schedule for the Politics of AI workshop I have the pleasure of co-hosting together with @benansell.bsky.social at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social next week.
Link: matthiashaslberger.github.io/ai/
Link: matthiashaslberger.github.io/ai/
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I'm excited to share the schedule for the Politics of AI workshop I have the pleasure of co-hosting together with @benansell.bsky.social at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social next week.
Link: matthiashaslberger.github.io/ai/
Link: matthiashaslberger.github.io/ai/
Reposted by Matthias Haslberger
NEW -
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
NEW -
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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Of all the housing charts not made by MMI, this one is my favourite. It shows how, despite rhetoric, housing shortages aren't a global phenomenon, but they do seem to be an Anglo-American one.
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Of all the housing charts not made by MMI, this one is my favourite. It shows how, despite rhetoric, housing shortages aren't a global phenomenon, but they do seem to be an Anglo-American one.
Reposted by Matthias Haslberger
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*
Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Reposted by Matthias Haslberger
Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
Reposted by Matthias Haslberger
⚡9.-Klässler:innen 2024 vs. 2018:
Mathe -24⬇️
Bio -24⬇️
Chemie -24⬇️
Physik -23⬇️
Die neuen Ergebnisse des IQB-Bildungstrends.
Ganz grob gesprochen: 9.-Klässler:innen liegen heute etwa auf Niveau der 8.-Klässler:innen noch vor 6 Jahren.
1/3
Mathe -24⬇️
Bio -24⬇️
Chemie -24⬇️
Physik -23⬇️
Die neuen Ergebnisse des IQB-Bildungstrends.
Ganz grob gesprochen: 9.-Klässler:innen liegen heute etwa auf Niveau der 8.-Klässler:innen noch vor 6 Jahren.
1/3
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
⚡9.-Klässler:innen 2024 vs. 2018:
Mathe -24⬇️
Bio -24⬇️
Chemie -24⬇️
Physik -23⬇️
Die neuen Ergebnisse des IQB-Bildungstrends.
Ganz grob gesprochen: 9.-Klässler:innen liegen heute etwa auf Niveau der 8.-Klässler:innen noch vor 6 Jahren.
1/3
Mathe -24⬇️
Bio -24⬇️
Chemie -24⬇️
Physik -23⬇️
Die neuen Ergebnisse des IQB-Bildungstrends.
Ganz grob gesprochen: 9.-Klässler:innen liegen heute etwa auf Niveau der 8.-Klässler:innen noch vor 6 Jahren.
1/3
Ever insightful by @beamagistro.bsky.social and colleagues on political consequences of AI in the labor market.
The hopeful part of their message - the policies that are most likely to work, such as retraining programs, enjoy widespread popular support - is also borne out in my work on the UK.
The hopeful part of their message - the policies that are most likely to work, such as retraining programs, enjoy widespread popular support - is also borne out in my work on the UK.
New in @foreignaffairs.com w/ @sborwein.bsky.social @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @bartbonikowski.bsky.social and Peter Loewen.
AI is already transforming labor markets, and governments risk repeating the mistakes they made with globalization
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
AI is already transforming labor markets, and governments risk repeating the mistakes they made with globalization
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Coming AI Backlash
How the anger economy will supercharge populism.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ever insightful by @beamagistro.bsky.social and colleagues on political consequences of AI in the labor market.
The hopeful part of their message - the policies that are most likely to work, such as retraining programs, enjoy widespread popular support - is also borne out in my work on the UK.
The hopeful part of their message - the policies that are most likely to work, such as retraining programs, enjoy widespread popular support - is also borne out in my work on the UK.
German Reunification Day invites both gratitude and reflection.
Gratitude, because the peaceful revolution of 1989 was nothing short of a miracle — a bloodless dismantling of a repressive regime.
Reflection, because the wounds of the transition still mark the country —and because
Gratitude, because the peaceful revolution of 1989 was nothing short of a miracle — a bloodless dismantling of a repressive regime.
Reflection, because the wounds of the transition still mark the country —and because
October 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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I know senior scholars have too much on their plates already, but I hope they will give this blogpost (and the ones to follow) a read. The "Early Career state of mind" is very real, and the anonymous ECRs here capture so many of the challenges that it raises
“Cataclysmically bad”
This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.
1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/
🗃️
This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.
1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/
🗃️
ECR in 2025: Part One- What is it like? – SSFH
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I know senior scholars have too much on their plates already, but I hope they will give this blogpost (and the ones to follow) a read. The "Early Career state of mind" is very real, and the anonymous ECRs here capture so many of the challenges that it raises
Reposted by Matthias Haslberger
At the blog I wrote about a new paper by @natewilmers.bsky.social , @zparolin.bsky.social , and @lukaslehner.bsky.social .
We're living in a novel era of inequality discordance. What's going on?!
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
We're living in a novel era of inequality discordance. What's going on?!
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
May 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
At the blog I wrote about a new paper by @natewilmers.bsky.social , @zparolin.bsky.social , and @lukaslehner.bsky.social .
We're living in a novel era of inequality discordance. What's going on?!
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
We're living in a novel era of inequality discordance. What's going on?!
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
🚨Very excited to see our new paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social!
We looked at how working with AI shapes people's risk perceptions and social policy preferences, with some surprising results ⬇️
We looked at how working with AI shapes people's risk perceptions and social policy preferences, with some surprising results ⬇️
📊 @mhaslberger.bsky.social, Jane Gingrich, and Jasmine Bhatia explore how exposure to AI shapes social policy preferences in a UK survey experiment.
💡 Their key finding: when faced with AI, people want support, not just protection
🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
💡 Their key finding: when faced with AI, people want support, not just protection
🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🚨Very excited to see our new paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social!
We looked at how working with AI shapes people's risk perceptions and social policy preferences, with some surprising results ⬇️
We looked at how working with AI shapes people's risk perceptions and social policy preferences, with some surprising results ⬇️
Thanks for the shout-out, @sophieehill.bsky.social!
Our findings are a snapshot from the early days of AI adoption. You pick up on many of the open questions that we're trying to answer in follow-up work (how accurate are risk perceptions, role of people's psychological traits, etc), so stay tuned!
Our findings are a snapshot from the early days of AI adoption. You pick up on many of the open questions that we're trying to answer in follow-up work (how accurate are risk perceptions, role of people's psychological traits, etc), so stay tuned!
Really interesting paper.
One issue that complicates interpretation is that they their treatment is exposure to a human-centric AI assistant (ChatGPT) not an autonomous AI agent.
Creates a false sense of security rather than a more accurate subjective risk perception?
@mhaslberger.bsky.social
One issue that complicates interpretation is that they their treatment is exposure to a human-centric AI assistant (ChatGPT) not an autonomous AI agent.
Creates a false sense of security rather than a more accurate subjective risk perception?
@mhaslberger.bsky.social
📊 @mhaslberger.bsky.social, Jane Gingrich, and Jasmine Bhatia explore how exposure to AI shapes social policy preferences in a UK survey experiment.
💡 Their key finding: when faced with AI, people want support, not just protection
🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
💡 Their key finding: when faced with AI, people want support, not just protection
🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Thanks for the shout-out, @sophieehill.bsky.social!
Our findings are a snapshot from the early days of AI adoption. You pick up on many of the open questions that we're trying to answer in follow-up work (how accurate are risk perceptions, role of people's psychological traits, etc), so stay tuned!
Our findings are a snapshot from the early days of AI adoption. You pick up on many of the open questions that we're trying to answer in follow-up work (how accurate are risk perceptions, role of people's psychological traits, etc), so stay tuned!
Reposted by Matthias Haslberger
We've talked to the team at @worldpolitics.bsky.social about our recent paper on inheritance taxation. This is what came out of it. Have a look!
3 of 6 authors of the July @worldpolitics.bsky.social article, "Why is it so Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality" spoke with The Storied Teller about #inheritance #taxation & #wealth #inequality. @madselk.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social @mhaslberger.bsky.social wpj.princeton.edu/storied-tell...
Mind the Gap
In the July 2025 (Volume 77, Number 3) issue of World Politics, Mads Elkjær, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen; Ben Ansell, professor in the De...
wpj.princeton.edu
September 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We've talked to the team at @worldpolitics.bsky.social about our recent paper on inheritance taxation. This is what came out of it. Have a look!
Reposted by Matthias Haslberger
3 of 6 authors of the July @worldpolitics.bsky.social article, "Why is it so Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality" spoke with The Storied Teller about #inheritance #taxation & #wealth #inequality. @madselk.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social @mhaslberger.bsky.social wpj.princeton.edu/storied-tell...
Mind the Gap
In the July 2025 (Volume 77, Number 3) issue of World Politics, Mads Elkjær, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen; Ben Ansell, professor in the De...
wpj.princeton.edu
September 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
3 of 6 authors of the July @worldpolitics.bsky.social article, "Why is it so Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality" spoke with The Storied Teller about #inheritance #taxation & #wealth #inequality. @madselk.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social @mhaslberger.bsky.social wpj.princeton.edu/storied-tell...
Reposted by Matthias Haslberger
🚨New article alert in @jvetjournal.bsky.social 🚨 Together with Scherwin Bajka
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
To exit or not to exit? Employers’ considerations in a collective skill formation system
Political economy scholars have long studied the (pre-)conditions conducive to the collective provision of private goods, such as in-firm training. Previous research has established the importance ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🚨New article alert in @jvetjournal.bsky.social 🚨 Together with Scherwin Bajka
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This should be of interest not just for economists!
"Skills and Earnings: A Multidimensional Perspective on Human Capital"
Final version now out in Vol. 17 of the Annual Review of Economics (Open Access):
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Final version now out in Vol. 17 of the Annual Review of Economics (Open Access):
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
September 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This should be of interest not just for economists!
Reposted by Matthias Haslberger
Figure 3 from "Why is it so Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality" illustrates how people with low #wealth are much less likely to have an opinion about #inheritance #taxation than people with high wealth @madselk.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social @aslicansunar.bsky.social @mhaslberger.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Figure 3 from "Why is it so Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality" illustrates how people with low #wealth are much less likely to have an opinion about #inheritance #taxation than people with high wealth @madselk.bsky.social @benansell.bsky.social @aslicansunar.bsky.social @mhaslberger.bsky.social
🚨New #OpenAccess paper🚨
The viability of dual VET has come under scrutiny in the knowledge economy, but in a new article with Patrick Emmenegger in the Journal of European Social Policy, we argue that it continues to offer benefits such as lower wage inequality.
tinyurl.com/3ayms6n2
The viability of dual VET has come under scrutiny in the knowledge economy, but in a new article with Patrick Emmenegger in the Journal of European Social Policy, we argue that it continues to offer benefits such as lower wage inequality.
tinyurl.com/3ayms6n2
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August 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🚨New #OpenAccess paper🚨
The viability of dual VET has come under scrutiny in the knowledge economy, but in a new article with Patrick Emmenegger in the Journal of European Social Policy, we argue that it continues to offer benefits such as lower wage inequality.
tinyurl.com/3ayms6n2
The viability of dual VET has come under scrutiny in the knowledge economy, but in a new article with Patrick Emmenegger in the Journal of European Social Policy, we argue that it continues to offer benefits such as lower wage inequality.
tinyurl.com/3ayms6n2
Reposted by Matthias Haslberger
It helps explain why governments, despite high and rising levels of wealth inequality, have not done more to alleviate it: Public opinion is disproportionately driven by informed and mobilized families of homeowners, who support low inheritance taxes 6/n
August 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
It helps explain why governments, despite high and rising levels of wealth inequality, have not done more to alleviate it: Public opinion is disproportionately driven by informed and mobilized families of homeowners, who support low inheritance taxes 6/n
Reposted by Matthias Haslberger
Did you ever wonder why governments don’t do more to counteract wealth inequality? In our new @worldpolitics.bsky.social article, we seek to answer this question, studying the electoral politics of inheritance taxation muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 1/n
Project MUSE - Why is it so Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality? Evidence from the United Kingdom
muse.jhu.edu
August 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Did you ever wonder why governments don’t do more to counteract wealth inequality? In our new @worldpolitics.bsky.social article, we seek to answer this question, studying the electoral politics of inheritance taxation muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 1/n
College bat > college cat
In what can only be described as some form of omen, I’m pleased to announce that Nuffield College has a very small bat.
August 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
College bat > college cat