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Daniel Kovarek
@kovarek.bsky.social
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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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...
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🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟

I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science PAR 2025/838
The Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers and
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November 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
rent might be higher in Budapest than in Florence, and croissants cost more than in Vienna –– but you can still get a high-quality, nationally representative probability sample via CAPI in Hungary for under 3,000 EUR
new paper by Sean Westwood:

With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
today marks the end of our RADAR 📡 consortium meeting! Our @eui-stg.bsky.social team was delighted to host partners from @hertieschool.bsky.social @io-pgi-kuleuven.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social @ditpgouv.bsky.social Radboud, SNSPA & TalTech 🙌
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Start of the consortium meeting of the Horizon RADAR project theradarproject.eu on democratic anchorage of public administration reforms.
Some universities have better ceilings than others.
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
📣 this is a super exciting opportunity for anyone methods-minded!!
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Publication Alert: @evertmeijers.bsky.social and I examined the spatial orientation of MPs in NL. We studied whether MPs' region of origin matters and the parties' electoral consequences. We show a paradox: peripheral places don't reward parties that pay attention to them doi.org/10.1111/tesg...
Unequal Political Representation of Core and Periphery: How Regions That Don’t Matter Vote for Parties That Don’t Bother
Geographical orientation of political party families in the Netherlands, 2017-2021.
doi.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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tmap or ggplot2 for maps? 🗺️

David O’Sullivan breaks down the trade-offs in a blog post.

URL: dosull.github.io/posts/2024-1...

#RStats #RSpatial #Maps #tmap #ggplot2
tmap vs. ggplot2 for mapping – Geospatial Stuff
For me at least the choice between ggplot2 and tmap is an ongoing question. Here are my latest thoughts on the subject (with code).
dosull.github.io
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Work on #transnational #illiberalism? Consider submitting a paper for my workshop at ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions! Seeking papers on #illiberal #parties, #socialmovements, #transnationalism and trans-regionalism. Deadline 3 December! Event details here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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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

wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...

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November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Tomorrow from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., we at the Italian Center for Electoral Studies will host a webinar with @sldelange.bsky.social to analyze the evolution of the Dutch party system after the recent 2025 election!

Info and link to join here: scienzepolitiche.luiss.it/research-sem...
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Four (!) three-year postdoc positions available at @au.dk: international.au.dk/about/profil...

Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.

Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Four three-year postdoctoral positions in the project Slow-Motion Democracy - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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🖥️ New to R? Our 2-day online intro course at #KOMEX2026 covers coding basics, data wrangling, visualizations, & regression – no prior experience needed.

📅 Feb 19–20 | €180 early bird | 1 ECTS
👨‍🏫 Taught by @kovarek.bsky.social @ @eui-eu.bsky.social

🔗 afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/microcred...
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Sadly I’ll have to miss the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference, as two of my best friends are tying the knot that same weekend 👰‍♀️🤵 For anyone not drowning in 30-somethings hunting for rings and last names, this is definitely the one to apply for!👇
November 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.

We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!

Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Putin comes to Budapest so often, even pest control companies plan around his visits –– this one promises to be on time, even when he's in town
October 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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NEW! The public opinion effects of antisemitic elite cues: a survey experiment on the Hungarian Soros campaign in @eepolitics.bsky.social w/ @bencehamrak.bsky.social @erinjenne.bsky.social G.Simonovits. Soros cues worked through partisan motivated reasoning & not antisemitism doi.org/10.1080/2159...
October 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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📢 Call open!
We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher for the EU-funded project TaCT-FoRSED, which studies how conspiracy theories affect democratic attitudes.

ℹ️ Info: tauler.seu-e.cat/detall?idEns...

🔗 Application: seleccio.uab.cat/seleccio/log...
e-TAULER - Consorci Administració Oberta de Catalunya
e-TAULER - Consorci Administració Oberta de Catalunya
tauler.seu-e.cat
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
super happy to receive a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant with my friend @dasilvapp.bsky.social to field survey experiments in 🇭🇺 Hungary (and hopefully also bring him to @eui-eu.bsky.social to visit once we have results!) 🎉 #Polisky
The transition to the new academic year was so hectic that I forgot to report that @kovarek.bsky.social and I have been awarded a @britishacademy.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk Small Research Grant. Focusing on #Hungary, we will explore how populist frames shape the support for financial nationalism.
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData

The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit

The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.

tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8
September 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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📘 64.4

🔥 MPs often invoke local cues in Tweets, especially during campaign periods, but these authors study finds no clear electoral reward. Local references don’t boost voters’ support or preference votes. 📊

#PoliSky #VotingBehaviour #OA
Constituency references in social media: MPs' usage and voters' reaction
OLIVER HUWYLER, NATHALIE GIGER, STEFANIE BAILER, TOMAS TURNER-ZWINKELS, SILVAN HELLER
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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New blog post!

Ever wonder what geom_histogram is actually doing? How about geom_boxplot?

In celebration of the release of #ggplot2 4.0.0 (ggplot8?), I explore the relationships between the “geoms” and “stats” offered by the core {ggplot2} functions.

#rstats
Exploring {ggplot2}’s Geoms and Stats – Stat’s What It’s All About
blog.msbstats.info
September 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Interested in gender & politics and working with exciting empirical methods?
Want to critically discuss “quant” and “quali” research on gender, intersectionality & inequality?

Join us at #ECPG26 for the section:

ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

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Bridging Boundaries: The State of the Art in Empirical Gender and Politics Research
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
September 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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🚨📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Computational Political Science at the University of Antwerp!

💻 Focus: NLP + ML + political text analysis
🗳️ Project: ERC DEMO-LIES (disinformation in democracies)
🌍 Location: Antwerp, 🇧🇪
📅 Deadline: 16 Oct 2025

www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
Postdoctoral scholarship holder in computational political science | University of Antwerp
YUFE vacancies
www.uantwerpen.be
September 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
join #KOMEX2026 and learn R with me next February! 👨🏻‍💻📊
📊 The Quant & Observational Techniques track at #KOMEX2026 offers:

• Survey Experiments
• DiD
• Longitudinal models
• SNA & data viz in R

Learn causal inference, modeling, and design taught by experts.

🌍 Online or in @uni-konstanz.de
🗓️ Feb 2026
🔗 afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/view/kome...
September 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
on my way to Naples to close the conference season with #SISP2025, presenting 2 papers on Thursday! Non vedo l’ora di vedere i miei amici e colleghi!
September 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM