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Lars Berger
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Professor, Federal University of Administrative Sciences/Berlin, Research and teaching on US foreign and counterterrorism policy, Islamist terrorism, MENA international politics, Views my own.
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aureliabardon.bsky.social
📣 We're hiring a postdoc in political science for our ReJust project @uni-konstanz.de!

Project with Dirk Leuffen @leuffen.bsky.social and Urs Fischbacher

3-year position | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2025 | Start: April 2026

Please share widely 🙏
Postdoctoral Research Position
Deadline: 15.12.2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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asheinze.bsky.social
🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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kwi-essen.bsky.social
📣 Application deadline extended: The new application deadline for the Academy in Exile Fellowships is 30 November! Are you a researcher who is under threat because of your academic work or civic engagement? Then apply now!
📍KWI Essen / @tu-dortmund.de
INFO: www.academy-in-exile.eu
@mellon.org
Academy in Exile
www.academy-in-exile.eu
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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johnsides.bsky.social
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions is now acceptable applications for the 2026-27 year. Please share and encourage people to apply!

Post Doctoral application apply.interfolio.com/177609

Visiting Scholar application apply.interfolio.com/177613
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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yveilleuxlepage.bsky.social
⭐Only 3 days left to apply!

I am hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen's University in Kingston for #AMALTHEA, a 3 year Horizon Europe project on how gender shapes radicalisation & extremism.

Apply if you work on gender, qualitative methods, or terrorism studies.

www.queensu.ca/cidp/call-ap...
Call for Applicants - Postdoctoral Fellow - Gender, Radicalisation, and Extremism | Centre for International and Defence Policy
Oct 29, 2025 | Call for Applicants | Post-Doctoral Fellow - Gender, Radicalisation, and Extremism
www.queensu.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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psrjournal.bsky.social
We are looking for reviews of the following:

John Schwarzmantel & Helen Beetham: Deformations of Democracy: David Beetham in Contemporary Politics

Leigh Jenco, Paulina Ochoa Espejo, Murad Idris: Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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alexdukalskis.bsky.social
This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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pascalsiegers.bsky.social
Hier eine kurze Übersicht über die Angebote des Datenportals für die Rassismus- und Rechtsextremismusforschung in der neuen Ausgabe der ZREX.
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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argohdes.bsky.social
We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)!

If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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johnhorgan.bsky.social
Bär added that Germany has “excellent conditions for conducting research”, including that academic freedom is protected in the constitution. “This is our big advantage and we champion it,” she said, adding that the Global Minds Initiative had attracted “strong demand”.
October 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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fhollenbach.org
Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.
acdatacollective.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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meibauir.bsky.social
🚨Job Alert 🚨
4 year pre-/post-doc position available at Erfurt, German required - IR/int. security (different specializations possible: intelligence, surveillance, migration, West Asia, North Africa, humanitarianism): jobs.uni-erfurt.de/jobposting/0...
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (w/m/d)
An der Staatswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Erfurt, Professur für Internationale Politik und Konfliktforschung ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt folgende Stelle im Umfang von 30 Wochenstu...
jobs.uni-erfurt.de
September 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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stephanwinter.bsky.social
Exciting new job in Landau 🤩 We’re searching for a Professor of Political
Psychology (W2). Very much looking forward to your applications – if you
have any questions, please reach out to me. jobs.rptu.de/jobposting/3...
W 2-Professur für Politische Psychologie (m/w/d)
jobs.rptu.de
September 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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dandekadt.bsky.social
LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome!

Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p styl...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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lsemethodology.bsky.social
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025
September 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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pomeps.bsky.social
Apply now for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit:
pomeps.org/call-for-app...
Call for Applications: Spring 2026 Virtual Research Workshops - Project on Middle East Political Science
The POMEPS Spring Virtual Research Workshop convenes online discussions of groups of three thematically linked journal article-length papers focusing on topics/cases in the MENA region. To provide fee...
pomeps.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
larsberger.bsky.social
🚨 Call for Papers 🚨
Interested in the impact of tech disruption & geopolitical shifts on intelligence practice and research? Join us at the June 2026 Intelligence College in Europe Academic Conference in Munich.
📌 Submit abstracts by 14 Nov 2025
💡 No fee, catering included
➡️ tinyurl.com/3r9tpk7n
September 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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vincentab.bsky.social
🚨 Job Alert U. de Montréal 🚨

Assistant/Associate Prof: Politics or IR of China

If that sounds like you and you speak some French, please consider applying for this job.

Our dept is ultra-friendly, support is good, and Montréal is amazing!

Reach out with any Q?s

tinyurl.com/y9trt5va
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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andrewfutter.bsky.social
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11...
Nuclear Deterrence Fellow (PostDoc) in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team
View details and apply for this Nuclear Deterrence Fellow (PostDoc) vacancy in Leicester. The University of Leicester is proud to be part of the UK Nuclear Deterrence Network, a collaborative initia...
jobs.le.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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jpsteinmann.bsky.social
📢 For my DFG project “The Role of Religiosity in Delinquency among Christian and Muslim Youths,” (ReliDeli) I am looking for a research associate:

🔗 en.kfn.de/wp-content/u...

#Sociology #Psychology #PoliticalScience #Criminology

👇
kfnhannover.bsky.social Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen @kfnhannover.bsky.social · Aug 20
🔍 Researcher (Pre-Doc) (f/m/d), 75%, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Criminology or related disciplines

📅 Start: 01.10.2025 (or later), limited to 3 years.
📩 Applications must be submitted by 17 September 2025 to: [email protected]

Further information: en.kfn.de/research-pro...
August 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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pomeps.bsky.social
The Dept of Govt & Law at Lafayette College invite applications for a shared tenure-track position in International Relations and/or Comparative Politics at the rank of Assistant Professor commencing July 1, 2026. For more info: pomeps.org/job-posting-...
Job Posting: Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position in IR/CP at Lafayette College - Project on Middle East Political Science
The Department of Government and Law and the International Affairs Program at Lafayette College invite applications for a shared tenure-track position in International Relations and/or Comparative Pol...
pomeps.org
August 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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maitelsadany.bsky.social
📢 Only 6 days left to apply for @timep.bsky.social's Bassem Sabry Fellowship!

If you're an international candidate based outside of the US, under 35, proficient in English and Arabic, and committed to a better MENA region, don't miss out on this unique opportunity timep.org/2025/08/08/o...
August 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
August 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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danbischof.bsky.social
🎓📢 We’re hiring!

Come join us @uni-muenster.de 🇩🇪 as a W3 Professor in Political Science (🌍 IR & ♻️ Sustainability)

💼 Permanent position
📍 Münster, Germany
🕒 Deadline: Sept 26, 2025

jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...
W3 Professorship in "Political Science with a Focus on International Sustainability" - Universität Münster
Universität Münster bietet Stelle als W3 Professorship in "Political Science with a Focus on International Sustainability" in Münster - jetzt bewerben!
jobs.zeit.de
August 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM