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Sven-Oliver Proksch

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Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · May 12

📢 🇪🇺📘 Exciting news! The second edition of our textbook "Foundations of European Politics: A Comparative Approach" - with @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @jbslapin.bsky.social - is out at Oxford UP! 🧵👇 1/5

Book cover of the second edition of Foundations of European Politics A Comparative Approach

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Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · 1d

This is a fantastic public good for scholars working on parliaments and representation!

Jens Wäckerle @jwaeckerle.bsky.social · 1d

New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:

Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas

Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p

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GESIS-Suche

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Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, Chris Hanretty, Sven‐Oliver Proksch , and 1 more Justin H. Kirkland, Chris Hanretty, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Christian Rauh

Jens Wäckerle @jwaeckerle.bsky.social · 1d

GESIS-Suche

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Reposted by Simon Hix, Sara B. Hobolt, Jim Kelly , and 2 more Simon Hix, Sara B. Hobolt, Jim Kelly, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Maria Sobolewska

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 16d

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

We'll feature two sections each Tuesday & Thursday to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 This Tuesday: Party Politics & Historical Political Economy

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

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Reposted by Simon Hix, Sara B. Hobolt, Sven‐Oliver Proksch , and 2 more Simon Hix, Sara B. Hobolt, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Dieter Stiers, Raúl Pacheco-Vega

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 21d

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 This week: Electoral + Voting Behaviour & Climate Politics

▶️ Electoral + Voting Behaviour

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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

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 29d

▶️ International Relations

👉🏽 Section chairs: @argohdes.bsky.social & Michal Parizek

📢 Our section welcomes empirically investigate international relations and global affairs, including topics such as:

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Reposted by Simon Hix, Maarten Vink, Sven‐Oliver Proksch , and 1 more Simon Hix, Maarten Vink, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Marta Kołczyńska

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 29d

▶️ Comparative Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @nathaliegiger.bsky.social & @filipkostelka.bsky.social

📢 Our section welcomes individual papers and panels that engage with states, political regimes, welfare institutions, and governance from both contemporary and historical perspectives.

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Reposted by Simon Hix, Stefanie Walter, Tom van der Meer , and 1 more Simon Hix, Stefanie Walter, Tom van der Meer, Sven‐Oliver Proksch

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 29d

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

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Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · Sep 5

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Jan!!

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Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations, Catherine!!!

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Justin H. Kirkland, Mirya R. Holman , and 2 more Ruth Dassonneville, Justin H. Kirkland, Mirya R. Holman, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

David Fortunato @fortunato.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Download our new book for FREE! Thiago, Laron, and I explain why studying whether and how voters know what parties want (and who goes with whom) is important and layout a framework for how to do this better. Check out the cover, promotional comic, and abstract

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Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · Aug 18

Let’s make next year’s EPSS Political Representation section a space for rigorous scholarship, vibrant exchange, and new collaborations!

📅 EPSS 2026 submission deadline: November 7, 2025
📎 Submit here: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

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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

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Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · Aug 18

When evaluating complete panel proposals, we will look for panels that are cohesive and bring together diverse groups of scholars. We aim not to break up panels, but may do so to achieve thematic coherence across the section.

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Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · Aug 18

You may submit either individual papers or full panels, author-meets-critics sessions, or topical roundtables. See epssnet.org/conferences/... for details.

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Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · Aug 18

We welcome work that addresses representation, legislative politics, or electoral institutions, especially research that advances our theoretical understanding and offers compelling empirical evidence. We are also interested in work with a focus on the representation of marginalized groups.

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Reposted by Sara B. Hobolt, Stefanie Walter, Hanna Bäck , and 1 more Sara B. Hobolt, Stefanie Walter, Hanna Bäck, Christian Rauh

Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · Aug 18

📢 EPSS 2026 Call for Papers! @hannaeback.bsky.social and I are excited to invite submissions for the Political Representation section at EPSS 2026 in Belfast. EPSS has some exciting new panel formats this year - read on! 🧵

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Reposted by Lucas Leemann, Justin H. Kirkland, Mirya R. Holman , and 3 more Lucas Leemann, Justin H. Kirkland, Mirya R. Holman, Thomas M. Meyer, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Bonnie N. Field

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

 doi.org/10.1177/1065...

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Reposted by Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

Hanna Bäck @hannaeback.bsky.social · Aug 8

Do consider joining the new EPSS conference in Belfast next year! I will be chairing the section on Political Representation with Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 1

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!

📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 
📍 ICC Belfast 
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

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.

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Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Call for Papers for the 2026 EPSS annual conference in Belfast is now live!

Looking forward to your submissions!! Check out all details in this thread 👇

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Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Linda J. Skitka, Ruth Dassonneville , and 10 more Ben H. Ansell, Linda J. Skitka, Ruth Dassonneville, Jochen Müller, Stefan Müller, Kai Arzheimer, Ingo Rohlfing, Christian Breunig, Alessandro Nai, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Marta Kołczyńska, Claudia Landwehr, Simon Persico

Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.

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Reposted by Stefanie Walter, Sven‐Oliver Proksch

Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · Jun 26

Delighted to be at my favourite political science conference #epsa2025 in beautiful Madrid!

Don't miss my Presidential Address this evening at 18:50, followed by the Presidential Drinks Reception in the Ground Floor Foyer

Have a great EPSA conference!

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Reposted by Stefan Müller, Fabio Giglietto, Sven‐Oliver Proksch , and 1 more Stefan Müller, Fabio Giglietto, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Sebastian Stier

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · Jul 17

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
Job Opening! We're seeking a Postdoc in Computational Social Science to join our team at GESIS! Apply now:

www.gesis.org/en/ins...

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Christian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · Jul 16

🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such?

My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).

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Reposted by David Lazer, Ruth Dassonneville, Dave O’Brien , and 11 more David Lazer, Ruth Dassonneville, Dave O’Brien, Maarten Vink, Kai Arzheimer, Jane Green, Markus Wagner, Michelle Dion, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Katrin Weller, Johannes Breuer, Marco Albertini, Sebastian Stier, Maria Sobolewska

Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 We're hiring!
Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment.
Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊
www.gesis.org/en/institute...

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Reposted by David M. Farrell, Sara B. Hobolt, Stefanie Walter , and 6 more David M. Farrell, Sara B. Hobolt, Stefanie Walter, Alexander Wuttke, Ailsa Henderson, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Alexander Lee, Seán Hanley, Tiffany D. Barnes

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 28

🌍 European Political Science Society is officially launched (EPSS)!

🗓️ June 26, 2025

📍EPSS is a not-for-profit & member-led association for political science in Europe

👉 Visit us: epssnet.org

Some updates 👇🏽

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EPSS – European Political Science Society

In June 2025, the EPSA Governing Council voted to establish the not-for-profit organisation European Political Science Society (EPSS). Join our listserv and follow this website for more information and join us next summer for Belfast 2026.

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Reposted by Simon Hix, Fabrizio Gilardi, Ruth Dassonneville , and 6 more Simon Hix, Fabrizio Gilardi, Ruth Dassonneville, Stefan Müller, Stefanie Walter, Markus Wagner, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Christian Flachsland, Alexandra Cirone

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 27

Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions.

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1. Who formed EPSS?

EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · Jun 27

I just joined the newly established European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social. It will shape the discource and exchange in our discipline in forseeable future - thanks to all founding members & entrepreneurs.

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · Jun 27

Some more context on @epssnet.bsky.social founding and the problems with EPSA by Ken Benoit 👇. The not-for-profit model is the only solution for an academic association in the long-run... historical institutionalism will tell you why! 😅😉

www.linkedin.com/pulse/suppor...

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

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