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Robert A. Huber
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Professor of Political Science Methods at @unisalzburg.bsky.social‬ • Editor at @ejprjournal.bsky.social • Studies Populism and Climate Politics • Previously University of Reading and ETH Zurich • More info: www.robertahuber.com .. more

Robert Huber is a German biochemist and Nobel laureate. known for his work crystallizing an intramembrane protein important in photosynthesis and subsequently applying X-ray crystallography to elucidate the protein's structure. .. more

Environmental science 40%
Biology 18%

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Are left governments drifting right or are they becoming the strong defenders🛡️of market competition?

Jingjing Huo looks at today’s low-rate, high-concentration economy and find that the shift is helping protect workers’ income. 📈
Falling rates, rising partisanship effect: why market competition becomes associated with left governments in an era of low interest rates | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Falling rates, rising partisanship effect: why market competition becomes associated with left governments in an era of low interest rates
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🆕 Why do elites feel more (or less) satisfied?
Benjamin Ferland, Valere Gaspard & Johan Savoy compare citizens’ vs. politicians’ satisfaction with #Democracy #ComparativeCandidatesSurvey data to uncover key drivers shaping politicians’ #DemocraticAttitudes.
Power and ideology – A comparison of citizens’ and politicians’ satisfaction with democracy | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Power and ideology – A comparison of citizens’ and politicians’ satisfaction with democracy
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Happy that our paper with @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, and @lstoetze.bsky.social found a home at @thejop.bsky.social. You can read it here 👇

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Thanks to all the fantastic people giving feedback and supporting us

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Really happy to see this article out with Joes de Natris and Marijn Nagtzaam. We present the Netherlands Local Manifesto Project, our collection of local manifestos and illustrate its utility by studying the relationship between municipality and manifesto size journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🍊 Fresh out!

Eliska Drapalova and @fredpaxton.bsky.social analyse four rounds of local elections across 670 Czech municipalities to show how the rise of independent local lists (ILLs) shapes the electoral performance of populist parties.

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New publication w/ my friend & amazing coauthor @fedetrastulli.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🎉

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We explore: Who considers which political issues as important & how is this related to sociodemographic/socioeconomic variables?
Who prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Who prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation
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💸🦠 #PublicOpinion on #Covid19 economic cris?
Jeffrey M. Chwieroth & Andrew Walter's Australia–UK 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 conjoint study shows support for wage subsidies but mixed or negative reactions to financial-sector aid, highlighting the importance of #PolicyDesign
Distributional preferences in a global pandemic: Voter attitudes toward COVID-19 economic policy interventions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Distributional preferences in a global pandemic: Voter attitudes toward COVID-19 economic policy interventions
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New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.

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🗳️ Why don’t people vote corrupt 🦹‍♀️ leaders out?

Romania 🇷🇴 study by Nicholas Charron & Andreas Bågenholm find many stay home 🏡 because they think others won’t vote either – but can more information improve turnout? 🤷
Political corruption and voting in Romanian municipal elections: Why perceptions of collective action matter | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Political corruption and voting in Romanian municipal elections: Why perceptions of collective action matter
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Im Oktober erschien in den Salzburger Nachrichten (@sn.at) ein Artikel von @irisbonavida.bsky.social zu personalisierter Onlinewerbung mit Kommentaren von mir. Darin verweise ich auf aktuelle Forschung von Kolleg*innen sowie auf Ergebnisse meines eigenen Experiments: doi.org/10.1177/1940...

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Having won this last year, there are few people I'd be happier to see take the title than Ben Moffitt - a truly world-class researcher and a nice guy too!
Rather gobsmacked & honoured to find that I have been named Australia's top researcher in political science by The Australian!
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Rather gobsmacked & honoured to find that I have been named Australia's top researcher in political science by The Australian!
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I am delighted to finally see this article out in (online) print!

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#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

Support for liberal democracy in times of crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic - https://cup.org/3X0aJ0i

- @vinarceneaux.bsky.social, Bert N. Bakker, Sara B. Hobolt & @catherinedevries.bsky.social

#FirstView #COVID19
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Leveling and Spotlighting: How the European Court of Justice Favors the Weak to Promote Its Legitimacy - https://cup.org/4oWD6ZT

- @silje-hermansen.bsky.social, @tommasopavone.bsky.social & @louisabo.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
🆕 Why do junior coalition parties sometimes dodge voter anger? 😤
Lasse Aaskoven & @shane-martin.bsky.social study 36 🇪🇺 & OECD countries to show how strong legislative committees help smaller parties protect their policy brand and navigate electoral costs
Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization
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🆕 Side income impacts trust in politicians? 💰
@ohuwyler.bsky.social @stefaniebailer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social
study voters across 7 🇪🇺 countries to see how transparency about parliamentarians’ extra income shapes #VoterPerceptions, #Trust, and electability
Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions
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Happy to announce a new publication! Ever wondered how and why digital platforms change over time? In this open access paper in @platformsnsociety.bsky.social, Kevin Garvey and I present three mechanisms by which platforms change. doi.org/10.1177/2976...
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Political corruption and voting in Romanian municipal elections: Why perceptions of collective action matter - https://cup.org/4oUhWuS

- Nicholas Charron & Andreas Bågenholm

#FirstView
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Regional Labor Markets, Residential Mobility, and Anti-Immigration Sentiment - https://cup.org/3XiB6yD

- @denis-cohen.bsky.social & @sergipardos.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

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🆕 #VoterPerceptions on minority governments? 🤔
@jwaeckerle.bsky.social & @sopro.bsky.social survey citizens in 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇩🇪 Germany, and 🇸🇪 Sweden to explore what #Voters know about minority governments and how they perceive their representational qualities. 📊
Political knowledge and perceptions of minority governments in Europe | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Political knowledge and perceptions of minority governments in Europe
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🍂 17.4

How do citizens in diverse federal states prefer to make democratic decisions?🇧🇪🇨🇦🇨🇭
A study by C.Niessen, S.Mueller & M.Reuchamps finds that both group #Identity and personal outlooks—like satisfaction with #Democracy or ideology—shape these preferences
“Do I want it if we’ll lose it?” Democratic preferences of national minorities in federal states | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
“Do I want it if we’ll lose it?” Democratic preferences of national minorities in federal states - Volume 17 Issue 4
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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

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Next Wednesday, we are very excited to have
@joachimbaumann.bsky.social, who will present co-authored work on "Large Language Model Hacking: Quantifying the Hidden Risks of Using LLMs for Text Annotation". Paper and information on how to join ⬇️

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🆕 Can climate policy shape who fights for it? 🌍
Karl Magnus Møller looks at how the 🇪🇺 EU’s green industrial policies may shift corporate support by targeting different industries changing the politics of #ClimateAction
Climate policy strategies and corporate mobilisation in the European Union | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Climate policy strategies and corporate mobilisation in the European Union
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From our latest issue: Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies by GREGORY EADY, ANNE RASMUSSEN www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies - Volume 119 Issue 3
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📄 New WP version out - full overhaul!

The Politics of Evidence Selection (w/ @jesperasring.bsky.social )

Comments welcome!

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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/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
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