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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Sep 9

🌍 Diversity matters The EPSS Diversity Committee has convened and is planning activities for EPSS and Belfast.

More updates soon.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Sep 9

🙌 Section Chairs We’ve assembled an impressive team of Section Chairs for #EPSS2026. 

We’ll be highlighting two sections per week across our channels, stay tuned!

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Sep 9

📄 Call for Papers: #EPSS2026 Belfast The call is out!

Submit your proposals here: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Proposals are already coming in, please help us spread the word!

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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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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thanks Mark!!

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Maurits Meijers @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social · Feb 7

Parties often change their policy positions, but what do citizens actually think about party policy change? In our new EJPRjournal article, @rdassonneville.bsky.social and I study party policy change acceptance among citizens in 5 countries (🇩🇪🇳🇱🇵🇱🇪🇸🇬🇧)
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/n

Who accepts party policy change? The individual‐level drivers of attitudes towards party repositioning

Experimental research has shown that political parties often, but not always, suffer reputational costs when they change their policy positions. Yet, it is not clear who accepts and who rejects party....

ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · Dec 23

Academics from poorer socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to
- not publish
- have outstanding publication records
- introduce more novel scientific concepts
- less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards.
www.nber.org/papers/w33289

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Tanja Schweinberger @tanjaschweinberger.bsky.social · Dec 18

🆕 Are citizens in declining powers less supportive of bilateral economic cooperation than those in rising powers? ↕️

Quynh Nguyen, @sattlersthomas.bsky.social and I
explore this with survey-embedded experiments in 🇨🇳 and the 🇺🇸!

More👉 bit.ly/4iIm6DG

#China #USA

Great power dynamics and international economic cooperation: Experimental evidence from parallel surveys in China and the United States

Power transitions among major states have shaped the course of cooperation in the history of the international system. We study this relationship from a public opinion angle by examining the effect o...

bit.ly

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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Dec 18

Full paper available here: thomassattler.org/Publications/

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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Dec 18

The fear of a power transition between explains the trade war between U.S / China.

doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Great power dynamics and international economic cooperation: Experimental evidence from parallel surveys in China and the United States

Power transitions among major states have shaped the course of cooperation in the history of the international system. We study this relationship from a public opinion angle by examining the effect o....

doi.org

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American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) @ajpseditor.bsky.social · May 28

Austerity, economic vulnerability, and populism by Leonardo Baccini and Thomas Sattler is now available in Early View. @sattlersthomas.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/05/17/a...

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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Dec 8

Thanks for posting it!

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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Dec 7

Survey experiments show that respondents in countries with undervalued to mildly overvalued currencies disapprove of currency depreciations, whereas those facing a very highly overvalued currency favor depreciation.

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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Dec 7

Results from 412 elections in 59 democratic countries show that voters generally punish depreciations when the currency is undervalued. At extremely high levels of currency overvaluation, voters sometimes reward incumbents for depreciation.

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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Dec 7

Do exchange rates affect elections? Yes!

See new paper in International Organization, with Dennis Quinn and Stephen Weymouth:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Nov 8

I wish I had written this paper.

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Nov 8

#OpenAccess -

Threats and the Public Constraint on Military Spending - cup.org/3SrihrX

- Matthew DiGiuseppe, Alessia Aspide & Jordan Becker

#FirstView

British Journal of Political Science open access graphic

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Nov 8

#OpenAccess -

Threats and the Public Constraint on Military Spending - cup.org/3SrihrX

- Matthew DiGiuseppe, Alessia Aspide & Jordan Becker

#FirstView

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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Oct 25

Here it is one more time, then I'll stop, I promise :). @evehubscher.bsky.social, @markuswagner.bsky.social

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Oct 24

#OpenAccess from our new issue -

Does Austerity Cause Polarization? - cup.org/3rWUOnM

- Evelyne Hübscher, Thomas Sattler & Markus Wagner

Does Austerity Cause Polarization? BJPolS abstract image

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Oct 24

#OpenAccess from our new issue -

Does Austerity Cause Polarization? - cup.org/3rWUOnM

- Evelyne Hübscher, Thomas Sattler & Markus Wagner

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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Oct 19

Our paper on the effect of fiscal austerity on political polarization is now officially published in the current issue of @bjpols.bsky.social:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

With @evehubscher.bsky.social and @markuswagner.bsky.social

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Oct 18

NEW ISSUE -

British Journal of Political Science - Volume 53 - Issue 4 - October 2023 - cup.org/491n4pZ

British Journal of Political Science new issue banner

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Oct 18

NEW ISSUE -

British Journal of Political Science - Volume 53 - Issue 4 - October 2023 - cup.org/491n4pZ

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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Oct 18

My first post over here: our new paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social shows that IMF interventions can increase public support for adjustment policies.

Evelyne Hübscher @evehubscher.bsky.social · Oct 17

Thread: How do voters judge IMF interventions? In a new paper (doi.org/10.1177/0010... forthcoming with CPS), together with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social and @markuswagner.bsky.social we find that voters often see IMF interventions more positively than generally assumed. Survey experiments… 1/4

Voters and the IMF: Experimental Evidence From European Crisis Countries - Evelyne Hübscher, Thomas...

IMF interventions are often associated with rising political discontent in countries where the Fund intervenes. Studies examining this relationship, however, fa...

doi.org

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Evelyne Hübscher @evehubscher.bsky.social · Oct 17

Thread: How do voters judge IMF interventions? In a new paper (doi.org/10.1177/0010... forthcoming with CPS), together with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social and @markuswagner.bsky.social we find that voters often see IMF interventions more positively than generally assumed. Survey experiments… 1/4

Voters and the IMF: Experimental Evidence From European Crisis Countries - Evelyne Hübscher, Thomas...

IMF interventions are often associated with rising political discontent in countries where the Fund intervenes. Studies examining this relationship, however, fa...

doi.org

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Thomas Sattler @sattlersthomas.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hello!