Thomas M. Meyer
@thomasmmeyer.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Political Institutions @univie.ac.at
. Previously @humboldtuni.bsky.social
. Previously @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Just learned that Holger Döring retired from ParlGov in October.
If I'm not misreading his message, then this great resource will not be updated anymore 🖤
parlgov.org/2024/10/01/r...
If I'm not misreading his message, then this great resource will not be updated anymore 🖤
parlgov.org/2024/10/01/r...
Retiring from ParlGov - ParlGov project
parlgov.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Just learned that Holger Döring retired from ParlGov in October.
If I'm not misreading his message, then this great resource will not be updated anymore 🖤
parlgov.org/2024/10/01/r...
If I'm not misreading his message, then this great resource will not be updated anymore 🖤
parlgov.org/2024/10/01/r...
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
📣 Final Call for visiting fellowships for postdocs at the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social! Great opportunity to spend 2-4 weeks in a fantastic academic environment! See 👇 for details!
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
📣 Final Call for visiting fellowships for postdocs at the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social! Great opportunity to spend 2-4 weeks in a fantastic academic environment! See 👇 for details!
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
🚨 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 🧵
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 🧵
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
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/...
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris).
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
Welcome! – VARICRIS
VARICRIS research project
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris).
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
🆕 Sore losers on election night? 🫢
Einar Bäckström shows #VoterSatisfaction does not change right after electoral decisions, but becomes more polarised over time ⏰ instead long-term processes drive the winner-loser gap🏅
📖 #OA
Einar Bäckström shows #VoterSatisfaction does not change right after electoral decisions, but becomes more polarised over time ⏰ instead long-term processes drive the winner-loser gap🏅
📖 #OA
Sore losers on election night? Examining the temporal emergence of the winner–loser gap | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Sore losers on election night? Examining the temporal emergence of the winner–loser gap
buff.ly
October 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🆕 Sore losers on election night? 🫢
Einar Bäckström shows #VoterSatisfaction does not change right after electoral decisions, but becomes more polarised over time ⏰ instead long-term processes drive the winner-loser gap🏅
📖 #OA
Einar Bäckström shows #VoterSatisfaction does not change right after electoral decisions, but becomes more polarised over time ⏰ instead long-term processes drive the winner-loser gap🏅
📖 #OA
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
🚨 Job Alert!
The Department of Government is offering a position as Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’.
Interested? Find the full vacancy here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
Applications are open until 27th of October! ✉️‼️
The Department of Government is offering a position as Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’.
Interested? Find the full vacancy here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
Applications are open until 27th of October! ✉️‼️
October 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🚨 Job Alert!
The Department of Government is offering a position as Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’.
Interested? Find the full vacancy here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
Applications are open until 27th of October! ✉️‼️
The Department of Government is offering a position as Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’.
Interested? Find the full vacancy here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
Applications are open until 27th of October! ✉️‼️
We're hiring! 📢
Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’ for 23 hours per week
The position is to be filled from September 1, 2026, and is limited until August 31, 2030
Deadline: 27 October 2025
More details: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’ for 23 hours per week
The position is to be filled from September 1, 2026, and is limited until August 31, 2030
Deadline: 27 October 2025
More details: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
Senior Lecturer (Academic Teaching)
Senior Lecturer (Academic Teaching)
jobs.univie.ac.at
October 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
We're hiring! 📢
Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’ for 23 hours per week
The position is to be filled from September 1, 2026, and is limited until August 31, 2030
Deadline: 27 October 2025
More details: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’ for 23 hours per week
The position is to be filled from September 1, 2026, and is limited until August 31, 2030
Deadline: 27 October 2025
More details: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
What's the difference between @epssnet.bsky.social and the "old" EPSA, and why you should come to our conference in Belfast in June 2026: epssnet.org/uncategorize...
Difference Between EPSS and EPSA: What to Know for 2026
Confused about the difference between EPSS and EPSA? Learn how they differ in governance, structure, and their 2026 conferences.
epssnet.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What's the difference between @epssnet.bsky.social and the "old" EPSA, and why you should come to our conference in Belfast in June 2026: epssnet.org/uncategorize...
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
Awards, awards, awards! 🏆✨
At the 11th Annual @oegpw.bsky.social Conference, three members of the Department of Government @univie.ac.at were among the awardees:
🎓 Best PhD – @christinagahn.bsky.social
📘 Best MA – Benjamin Riesch
📗 Best BA – Luca Conte
👏 Huge congrats to all! 🎉
#PoliSky 🧪
At the 11th Annual @oegpw.bsky.social Conference, three members of the Department of Government @univie.ac.at were among the awardees:
🎓 Best PhD – @christinagahn.bsky.social
📘 Best MA – Benjamin Riesch
📗 Best BA – Luca Conte
👏 Huge congrats to all! 🎉
#PoliSky 🧪
September 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Awards, awards, awards! 🏆✨
At the 11th Annual @oegpw.bsky.social Conference, three members of the Department of Government @univie.ac.at were among the awardees:
🎓 Best PhD – @christinagahn.bsky.social
📘 Best MA – Benjamin Riesch
📗 Best BA – Luca Conte
👏 Huge congrats to all! 🎉
#PoliSky 🧪
At the 11th Annual @oegpw.bsky.social Conference, three members of the Department of Government @univie.ac.at were among the awardees:
🎓 Best PhD – @christinagahn.bsky.social
📘 Best MA – Benjamin Riesch
📗 Best BA – Luca Conte
👏 Huge congrats to all! 🎉
#PoliSky 🧪
New publication with @kgattermann.bsky.social :
“Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?”
@polstudies.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
A short 🧵:
“Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?”
@polstudies.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
A short 🧵:
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
New publication with @kgattermann.bsky.social :
“Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?”
@polstudies.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
A short 🧵:
“Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?”
@polstudies.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
A short 🧵:
Happy to have you with us. Even happier as your office neighbour 😀
New city, new job, new term!
After a wonderful time at the @ipz.bsky.social, I’m very excited to have joined the Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social at the University of Vienna as Assistant Professor.
If you’re in Vienna and up for a coffee, let me know!
After a wonderful time at the @ipz.bsky.social, I’m very excited to have joined the Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social at the University of Vienna as Assistant Professor.
If you’re in Vienna and up for a coffee, let me know!
September 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Happy to have you with us. Even happier as your office neighbour 😀
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
September 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
Das, was derzeit meinen Kollegen @dunjahayali.de und Elmar Theveßen widerfährt, dürfte z.T. auch eine orchestrierte Kampagne sein. In den digitalen Kloaken genügt es ja, jemanden zu markieren und dann wird das zum Selbstläufer, in rechtsfreien Räumen, denen sich bislang keine Kraft entgegenstellt. 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Das, was derzeit meinen Kollegen @dunjahayali.de und Elmar Theveßen widerfährt, dürfte z.T. auch eine orchestrierte Kampagne sein. In den digitalen Kloaken genügt es ja, jemanden zu markieren und dann wird das zum Selbstläufer, in rechtsfreien Räumen, denen sich bislang keine Kraft entgegenstellt. 🧵
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
💥Online first:
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
September 12, 2025 at 6:36 AM
💥Online first:
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition unterschreiben
Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master
https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master
September 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
Ein neuer #OpenData Showcase des @parlament.gv.at mit Daten zu personellen Wechseln zwischen Nationalrat und Bundesrat.
Wir zeigen darin auch, dass sich die Verweildauer von NR-Abg. seit den 1960ern mehr als halbiert (!) hat:
Wir zeigen darin auch, dass sich die Verweildauer von NR-Abg. seit den 1960ern mehr als halbiert (!) hat:
September 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ein neuer #OpenData Showcase des @parlament.gv.at mit Daten zu personellen Wechseln zwischen Nationalrat und Bundesrat.
Wir zeigen darin auch, dass sich die Verweildauer von NR-Abg. seit den 1960ern mehr als halbiert (!) hat:
Wir zeigen darin auch, dass sich die Verweildauer von NR-Abg. seit den 1960ern mehr als halbiert (!) hat:
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
I will be attending the @ecpr.bsky.social general conference next week on Tuesday (and also Wednesday morning). In my role as editor of the ECPR/OUP Comparative Politics Book series, I'd be happy to meet with anyone who wishes to discuss a project. Please email me directly to set up a meeting.
August 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I will be attending the @ecpr.bsky.social general conference next week on Tuesday (and also Wednesday morning). In my role as editor of the ECPR/OUP Comparative Politics Book series, I'd be happy to meet with anyone who wishes to discuss a project. Please email me directly to set up a meeting.
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
August 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
🚨 New publication alert! 🚨
"From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election" 🇦🇹🗳️🤝
📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1080/0140...
By Manuel Scharrer, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @marvins.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social and me
"From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election" 🇦🇹🗳️🤝
📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1080/0140...
By Manuel Scharrer, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @marvins.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social and me
From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election
The 2024 Austrian parliament election reflects both continuity and transformation within the political landscape of the country. Following a turbulent inter-election period marked by multiple crise...
doi.org
August 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨 New publication alert! 🚨
"From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election" 🇦🇹🗳️🤝
📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1080/0140...
By Manuel Scharrer, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @marvins.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social and me
"From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election" 🇦🇹🗳️🤝
📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1080/0140...
By Manuel Scharrer, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @marvins.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social and me
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
August 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵