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Daniel Kovarek
@kovarek.bsky.social
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postdoc at EUI, PhD from CEU ■ representation, political behavior, distributive politics, local ties ■ usually on a bike, a night train, or al banco
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Daniel Kovarek @kovarek.bsky.social · Aug 30
no better way to depart from #ecprgc25 than 👀 my paper just published in @eupthejournal.bsky.social! I find localism in an unlikely place & show that people feel more represented when they live in incumbent MEPs' hometowns, using survey data from 🇷🇴🇭🇺🇮🇹🇧🇪 doi.org/10.1177/1465... #Polisky
The effect of MEPs' local ties on perceived representation: Evidence from four EU member states - Daniel Kovarek, 2025
Concerned with the electoral and attitudinal effects of localness, a large literature studies how candidates’ and elected deputies’ local ties shape perceived r...
journals.sagepub.com
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kjhealy.co
Several very handy things in here.
davisvaughan.bsky.social Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 4d
dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited!

- `filter_out()` for dropping rows

- `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools

These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats!

tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
dplyr 1.2.0
dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re...
tidyverse.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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karstendonnay.bsky.social
🚨Job alert 🚨

I have an opening for a postdoc in my team at @ipz.bsky.social in the area of digital democracy starting Sep 1, 2026.

If you are working on the impact of the digital transformation on politics, please apply by 🗓️ Mar 1, 2026.

📤 Please share widely!

www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns...
Offene Stellen / Open Positions
www.ipz.uzh.ch
January 31, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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vapunkt.bsky.social
‼️If you are an early career researcher interested in CPE and related field and focus on Eastern Europe, the great team around @dorobohle.bsky.social at the Department of Political Science @univie.ac.at is looking for a postdoc 📣 Deadline 27.02. 📯Details here👇 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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tbalogh.bsky.social
Are you doing work on LLMs or conversational AI? Do you study questions related to political information and/or transparency? If so, please consider applying to this workshop, hosted by our lovely @parliview.bsky.social team members over @ucddublin.bsky.social. More info here - tinyurl.com/yc6m4mfk
Workshop on LLMs and Access to Political Information May 12, 2026 | University College Dublin Hosted by ParliView We invite submissions for a one-day in-person workshop on building and studying AI… ...
Workshop on LLMs and Access to Political Information May 12, 2026 | University College Dublin Hosted by ParliView We invite submissions for a one-day in-person workshop on building and studying AI s...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
kovarek.bsky.social
our study w/ @ztruchlewski.bsky.social and @joeganderson.bsky.social using survey data by the wonderful @eui-eu.bsky.social ❤️ @yougov.co.uk collab is out in JCMS! 🤗
January 24, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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breunig.bsky.social
🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨

We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.

4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026

Please share widely 🙏

The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...
Postdoctoral Position at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”
Deadline: 20 February 2026, 12:00 pm CET
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
January 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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irenepaneda.bsky.social
📢CfP: The Cultural Evolution of Migration and Diversity conference @wzb.bsky.social

We want to bring together cultural evolution scholars & social
scientists to explore how evolutionary perspectives can contribute to empirical research on migration & diversity.

Keynote by @michael.muthukrishna.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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pengzell.bsky.social
JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project.

Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months.

Formal call out shortly, but contact me first.
Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity Intergenerational mobility, measuring the ability to achieve economic success regardless of family background, is a critical reflection of a society’s commitment to equality of opportunity. Rising income inequality has raised concerns about the potential erosion of upward mobility. While education has traditionally been viewed as the path to mobility, its transformative power is facing challenges in a rapidly evolving job market. This project reorients the focus of intergenerational mobility research by highlighting the labor market as an arena for the reproduction of advantage. It employs a comparative approach, using administrative data from four countries: Sweden, Austria, England, and the United States. It also incorporates evidence from a broader set of nations through cross-national surveys, longitudinal household surveys, labor force surveys, secondary data, and digital trace data. The project employs cutting-edge empirical methods, including quasi- experimental designs, event studies, within-family comparisons, decomposition analyses, counterfactual simulations, and diagnostic checks to rigorously assess the extent of inequalities in the labor market. The research investigates how family background influences the sorting of individuals to employers and workplaces, accounting for education and occupation, and explores variations in career progression within and between employers. It comprehensively catalogues and assesses mechanisms shaping workplace inequality, contributing to the development of social closure theory. Additionally, the project evaluates intervention strategies, encompassing both employer practices and government actions, to promote fair opportunity in the labor market.
January 21, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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charlottekuberka.bsky.social
📣 Call for Papers:
🗓️ 23-24 April 2026 at LSE

Submit full papers: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p

Please share with colleagues & early-career researchers!
January 20, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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rsenninger.bsky.social
We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting!

🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized

🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
January 15, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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methodsnet.bsky.social
🚀 Registration is OPEN for #MethodsNET2026 Summer School with CEU!

3 weeks of expert-led training in the heart of Europe & Online.

✅ ECTS Credits
✅ Expert Faculty
📉 Early Bird until Feb 25.

Register now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#AcademicSky #Methodology #Research
January 14, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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o.simardcasanova.net
It’s kind of wild that timeline wise, we are probably closer to France using its nuclear deterrent to protect European countries against the United States than we are to France using its nuclear deterrent to protect European countries against Russia
January 14, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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drjennings.bsky.social
What do people in England think about their local area? In this short report I take a look at surveys we conducted with @yougov.co.uk in 2022, 2024 and 2025 to gain some insights...

Some key findings...
Perspectives on Place: what the English think about their local area
www.southampton.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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cris-sciencespo.bsky.social
CRIS @sciencespo.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social is hiring! Recruiting postdoc to join the research team led by Prof. Mirna Safi @msafi.bsky.social on the ERC project “The Discrimination-Inequality Cycle (DISEQUAL)." Deadline 8 February 2026. Apply, share!

www.sciencespo.fr/cris/files/J...
www.sciencespo.fr
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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sespjournal.bsky.social
📝 (8) Women’s substantive representation under the Meloni government. Insights from a new dataset on parliamentary attention in Italy

by Cavalieri & @edegiorgi.bsky.social

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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komex.bsky.social
✨ Between the holidays and the new year is often a good moment to think about what skills you’d like to build next.

We’ll be sharing more about #KOMEX2026 courses over the coming days. Whenever you feel like taking a look, you can find the full list here: afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/view/kome...
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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alexandreafonso.bsky.social
Not exactly a Xmas merrymaking post, but I wrote something on the changing environment for international academics in the Netherlands and how it has changed over the last 10 years: open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
December 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
kovarek.bsky.social
very happy to see this 🔓 paper w/ the great @ztruchlewski.bsky.social & @joeganderson.bsky.social out @jcms-eu.bsky.social just before ERC SOLID officially ends 🎉 we study how preferences for solidarity are conditional on 🇪🇺EU member state behavior: breaking common rules (market, RoL, burden-sharing)
December 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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sarahbrierley.bsky.social
I am hiring a post-doctoral fellow (2 years) to work on all things political finance in Africa. There are no teaching obligations, and lots of opportunities for fieldwork. A PhD in Political Science is a requirement. Please spread the word! Happy to answer questions - send them to my LSE email.
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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corinnakroeber.bsky.social
🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years)

We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald.

✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group
Postdoctoral Research Associate - International Research Training Group 2560 “Baltic Peripeties" 25/E19
Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
www.uni-greifswald.de
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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methodsnet.bsky.social
🚀 MethodsNET Summer School 2026: The Course List is Now Live!

We are thrilled to announce the course list for the MethodsNET Summer School 2026, held in partnership with @weareceu.bsky.social in Vienna.

Full Course Details: methodsnet.org/course-list/

#ResearchMethods #MethodsNET #CEUVienna
December 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
kovarek.bsky.social
@donald-tusk.bsky.social famously suggested that the illiberal #Polish ex-minister who used spyware against political rivals has two options: #Budapest or prison. The #Hungarian liberal mayor is not that lucky: he may not have this choice
a post on X from Donald Tusk saying "Either Budapest or prison" and a news article about Mayor Karácsony potentially going to jail for organizing Budapest Pride
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
kovarek.bsky.social
@komex.bsky.social is super affordable & sustainable! Register and take my Intro to R class, or one of 20 other excellent courses in 19–27 February! 👩‍💻📊 afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/microcred...
an info sheet for the "Intro to R" ekomex course
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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apsgworkshop.bsky.social
New Publication!
Opposition often fails to coordinate. Why?
@draege.bsky.social and @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social find two overlooked drivers (⁠resource asymmetry and extraordinary times as stress-tests) in their deep comparative analysis of Venezuela and Turkey journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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janvogler.bsky.social
🚨 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science at Aarhus University 🚨

I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions.

Link and more information in second post.

Position Start: Fall 2026
Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM