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IPZ - Political Science UZH @ipz.bsky.social · Aug 15

New publication made in @ipz.bsky.social. Congrats, Verena!

Verena Reidinger @reidingerve.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

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Gloria Gennaro @gloriagennaro.bsky.social · Jul 2

📢 In a new online field experiment, we find that #counterspeech with perspective-based messages can reduce online hate speech, and its 🌟amplification🌟

with a large research team across #ETHZurich @ipz.bsky.social @uclspp.bsky.social and beyond

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media

www.nature.com

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CPDS @comppoldataset.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚨 Newest Comparative Political Data Set released!🚨

Updated until 2023

Available here 👉cpds-data.org/data

@leuphana.bsky.social
@uniluzern.bsky.social
@ipz.bsky.social

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jul 7

❗The segmentation of the right field is eroding, especially among young voters❗

New article out by @simonbornschier.bsky.social @dpzollinger.bsky.social
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself
@ipz.bsky.social ‬ @wepsocial.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj

A short 🧵

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Simon Bornschier @simonbornschier.bsky.social · Jul 8

How much competition within the right field?
❗Segmentation is eroding, especially among young voters❗
New article out by @siljahausermann.bsky.social ‪@dpzollinger.bsky.social
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself

@ipz.bsky.social @wepsocial.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj

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IPZ - Political Science UZH @ipz.bsky.social · Jun 16

New @ipz.bsky.social PhD!

Maël Kubli @maelkubli.bsky.social · Jun 5

After 4½ years, I’m thrilled to announce that I have successfully defended my PhD dissertation titled “Framing Artificial Intelligence: Understanding How AI Is Framed in EU Political and Media Discourse Using Large Language Models.” PhDone! 🎓

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IPZ - Political Science UZH @ipz.bsky.social · May 23

Let's see whether the tariffs are actually implemented as threatened, but this graph shows just how much the trade regime has changed since January.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · May 23

Modeling Trump's tariff announcements from this morning (raising tariffs on the EU to 50% and putting a 25% tariff on smartphones), they'd hit more than $370B in imports and raise overall US tariff rates by 4 percentage points to nearly 9x pre-Trump levels

a timeline of Trump's 2nd-term tariffs, showing them rising 4 percentage points after Trump's most recent announcements

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · May 23

Last day of my research stay at IPZ (@ipz.bsky.social). It’s been such a welcoming and intellectually generous environment. Many thanks to everyone who made this such a rewarding and inspiring experience.

Next stop: my Alma Mater in Vienna (@stawi-univie.bsky.social).

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · May 13

Just spent time discussing my career and research with our cool @ipz.bsky.social polito students for their newest project PoliTea, a podcast series featuring interviews with different IPZ members.

Already online: interviews with Hannah Werner and @enzonussio.bsky.social – check it out!

PoliTea

Podcast · Institut für Politikwissenschaft UZH | Fachverein Polito · 🎙 Willkommen bei PoliTea – Politik, aber nicht langweilig! Wir bringen euch die spannendsten politischen Themen direkt aufs Ohr! 🧠...

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IPZ - Political Science UZH @ipz.bsky.social · May 13

Do you work on issues related to digital public administration?

We are hiring!

We are a department that prizes both excellence in research and teaching and a collegial and supportive work environment and would love to hear from you.

(Zurich is also a great place to live)

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Karsten Donnay @karstendonnay.bsky.social · May 9

PhD opportunity in my team!

📢 Fully funded PhD position (3+1 years)
🏫 University of Zurich / Zurich University of Applied Sciences
📅 Start of the position: September 1, 2025
⏳ Application deadline: May 31, 2025

Job ad: www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns...
Project Info: www.dizh.uzh.ch/en/2025/04/1...

PhD position job ad available as PDF at https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:77dfe94b-ae4d-4b61-9e4a-2da1ad38ca25/05_PhD_Donnay.pdf

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Karsten Donnay @karstendonnay.bsky.social · Apr 10

The Department of Political Science @ipz.bsky.social at University of Zurich is inviting applications for a Senior Lecturer in Digital Public Governance, starting Sep. 1, 2025, or later by agreement. This is primarily a teaching position with ~25% of the time reserved for research.

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job ad as found on www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns/offene-stellen/

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · Apr 30

🚨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

tinyurl.com

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Feb 13

I'm hiring a postdoc!

> Aug 2024 - July 2027
> PhD completed or close to completion
> Interest in digital technology & politics
> Causal inference and/or computational social science
> Salary: CHF 81,400/yr

Pls help me spread the word!

jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

UZH: Three-Year Post-Doctoral Research Position in the Research Group of Professor Fabrizio Gilardi

The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich (http://www.ipz.uzh.ch) invites applications for a post-doctoral research position in the research group of Professor Fabrizio Gilardi (...

jobs.uzh.ch

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · Nov 16

Some thoughts on the state of play in Switzerland-EU relations.

Schweiz–EU: «Von SVP bis Gewerkschaften formiert sich Widerstand»

Stefanie Walter, Professorin für internationale Beziehungen an der Universität Zürich, ist nicht optimistisch im Hinblick auf ein Abkommen mit der EU.

www.20min.ch

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · Nov 6

There will be another TOPIQ talk @ipz.bsky.social tomorrow 5pm CET (online) Andrew McNeil will present new work on the effects of (lacking) social mobility on political discontent. Registration here: www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/en/registrat...

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Oct 31

Am 6.5.2024 biete ich einen Kurs im Rahmen der Weiterbildung für Lehrer:innen an Maturitätsschulen an:

"Soziale Medien und KI: Eine Bedrohung für unsere Demokratie?"

Bitte an potenziell interessierte Lehrpersonen weiterleiten!

www.weiterbildung.uzh.ch/whp/programm...

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Oct 30

Call for papers: 1st Conference of the European Network for Digital Democracy

www.eddy-network.eu/in-person-co...

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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · Oct 27

Take rankings with a grain of salt (at least) - but still cool to see that @ipz.bsky.social made it to the Top-20 of the Shanghai Ranking in Political Science for the first time in 2023! 👏

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Delia Zollinger @dpzollinger.bsky.social · Oct 24

Excited that this workshop on cleavage politics is happening at the ECPR Joint Sessions 2024 in Lüneburg.

Find all the information here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

You can propose papers until 23 November. We look forward to your submissions! Feel free to get in touch with any questions. polisky

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Oct 25

Very much looking forward to our annual Digital Democracy Workshop Thu and Fri this week!

📔 28 papers
📈 Record number of 100+ participants
🎓 Keynote by Atoosa Kasirzadeh: "AI Existential Risks and the Problem of Alignment"

democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/... (pdf)

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Jelle Koedam @jellekoedam.bsky.social · Oct 24

One week left to apply! 🚨 PhD position on polarization in great department and city! @ipz.bsky.social

Start date = negotiable

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Jelle Koedam @jellekoedam.bsky.social · Oct 3

Excited to share on 🟦 as well: My project on Multidimensional Polarization received a 4-year grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation 🎉

🚨 Please help me share the ad for the PhD position on the project!

jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · Oct 24

Have a look at this great fully funded PhD opportunity at @ipz.bsky.social 🇨🇭

Jelle Koedam @jellekoedam.bsky.social · Oct 24

One week left to apply! 🚨 PhD position on polarization in great department and city! @ipz.bsky.social

Start date = negotiable

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Jelle Koedam @jellekoedam.bsky.social · Oct 3

Excited to share on 🟦 as well: My project on Multidimensional Polarization received a 4-year grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation 🎉

🚨 Please help me share the ad for the PhD position on the project!

jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · Oct 22

A "mid-term" perspective to understand the "corrective" element of the 2023 Swiss elections

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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · Oct 20

New paper out in Electoral Studies! @lhaffert.bsky.social and I argue in a new paper that the urban-rural divide is not a divide between age groups. It mainly divides the young:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cohorts and neighbors: Urban-rural conflict along the age gradient

The 2021 German Federal Election saw an increasing variation in voting behavior between both age groups and geographic groups. This paper brings these…

www.sciencedirect.com

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