Mark Kayser
@markkayser.bsky.social
Political science professor at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin
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Mark Kayser
@markkayser.bsky.social
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Downward Mobility and Far-Right Party Support: Broad Evidence - Alan M. Jacobs, Mark A. Kayser, 2025
Much debate has centered on the relative effects of economic and cultural factors on support for far-right parties. Recent work, however, has proposed a synthes...
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Intergenerational occupational mobility influences far-right support across both countries and time but only downward mobility matters in a correctly estimated model. Happy to see this work with @alanjacobs.bsky.social appearing in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Remember, the EPSS submission deadline -- 7 November -- is getting closer! Don't forget to apply!
📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
This we’’ll feature the last two sections today:
🔝 This week: Comparative Politics of Development & Political Representation
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This we’’ll feature the last two sections today:
🔝 This week: Comparative Politics of Development & Political Representation
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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.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Remember, the EPSS submission deadline -- 7 November -- is getting closer! Don't forget to apply!
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📢 EPSS community updates!
We’re excited to share some milestones and announcements with you 👇
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We’re excited to share some milestones and announcements with you 👇
epssnet.org/news/
EPSS News & Updates | Political Science Announcements
Get the latest news, conference announcements, and organizational updates from the European Political Science Society (EPSS).
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September 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
📢 EPSS community updates!
We’re excited to share some milestones and announcements with you 👇
epssnet.org/news/
We’re excited to share some milestones and announcements with you 👇
epssnet.org/news/
Intergenerational occupational mobility influences far-right support across both countries and time but only downward mobility matters in a correctly estimated model. Happy to see this work with @alanjacobs.bsky.social appearing in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Downward Mobility and Far-Right Party Support: Broad Evidence - Alan M. Jacobs, Mark A. Kayser, 2025
Much debate has centered on the relative effects of economic and cultural factors on support for far-right parties. Recent work, however, has proposed a synthes...
journals.sagepub.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Intergenerational occupational mobility influences far-right support across both countries and time but only downward mobility matters in a correctly estimated model. Happy to see this work with @alanjacobs.bsky.social appearing in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Gratifying to see the @civica.bsky.social Political Behavior and Institutions meetings doing so well! Thanks to @zsolt.bsky.social and CEU for their great job hosting our third annual meeting and to @chriswratil.bsky.social for his keynote! www.ceu.edu/news/2025-06...
Early Stage Researchers and Faculty Network for Collaboration and Growth | Central European University
On May 26 CEU hosted the third annual Political Behavior and Institutions Conference, a thematic activity organized through the CIVICA alliance.
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June 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Gratifying to see the @civica.bsky.social Political Behavior and Institutions meetings doing so well! Thanks to @zsolt.bsky.social and CEU for their great job hosting our third annual meeting and to @chriswratil.bsky.social for his keynote! www.ceu.edu/news/2025-06...
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New #openaccess "Citizen forecasting in a mixed electoral system: The 2021 German federal election as a test case" (with Andreas Murr, @lstoetze.bsky.social and @markkayser.bsky.social) in International Journal of Forecasting. doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... 1/
May 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
New #openaccess "Citizen forecasting in a mixed electoral system: The 2021 German federal election as a test case" (with Andreas Murr, @lstoetze.bsky.social and @markkayser.bsky.social) in International Journal of Forecasting. doi.org/10.1016/j.ij... 1/
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The Romanian School of Government (SNSPA) has just nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize! How does @civica.bsky.social, and its members, feel about this (SNSPA is a member of CIVICA, which includes LSE, @sciencespo.bsky.social, Bocconi, @eui-eu.bsky.social etc)?
snspa.ro/en/snspa-the...
snspa.ro/en/snspa-the...
SNSPA, the Romanian School of Government, Nominates Donald Trump, President of the United States, for the Nobel Peace Prize
On Thursday, March 13, 2025, the Senate of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration – SNSPA, the Romanian School of Government, decided to initiate the procedures for nom...
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March 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The Romanian School of Government (SNSPA) has just nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize! How does @civica.bsky.social, and its members, feel about this (SNSPA is a member of CIVICA, which includes LSE, @sciencespo.bsky.social, Bocconi, @eui-eu.bsky.social etc)?
snspa.ro/en/snspa-the...
snspa.ro/en/snspa-the...
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I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :(
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
March 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :(
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
Super cool paper!
Very happy that my paper has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social!
Do insurgents help or hurt genocide targets? Contrary to common belief, I find that insurgent presence reduced Jewish victimisation during the Holocaust in France.
Here's what I discovered 👇
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Do insurgents help or hurt genocide targets? Contrary to common belief, I find that insurgent presence reduced Jewish victimisation during the Holocaust in France.
Here's what I discovered 👇
1/6
Just published on APSR First View: "Allies of the Weak: La Résistance and Jews in the Holocaust" by Kasia Nalewajko. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
March 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Super cool paper!
Come work with us in Berlin!
We're hiring a Professor of Military Strategy and Technology @hertieschool.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social!
More details here: apply.interfolio.com/163523
More details here: apply.interfolio.com/163523
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February 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Come work with us in Berlin!
Delighted to see this coming out in @thejop.bsky.social. Some basic science that for data reasons was never done before. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
February 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Delighted to see this coming out in @thejop.bsky.social. Some basic science that for data reasons was never done before. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Pretty much exactly 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the richest man in the world uses the Nazi salute at the inauguration of his close ally as US president. What should rationally not be surprising is still so deeply shocking and simply difficult to comprehend.
January 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Pretty much exactly 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, the richest man in the world uses the Nazi salute at the inauguration of his close ally as US president. What should rationally not be surprising is still so deeply shocking and simply difficult to comprehend.
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🚨 You are looking for a PhD position in political science & your planned research broadly fits into comparative politics or political behavior? Then join us in Vienna! We offer a 4-year position to pursue your own topic👇. Benefits include good salary & supervision.
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University assistant predoctoral
University assistant predoctoral
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January 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🚨 You are looking for a PhD position in political science & your planned research broadly fits into comparative politics or political behavior? Then join us in Vienna! We offer a 4-year position to pursue your own topic👇. Benefits include good salary & supervision.
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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🚨 Job alert: I have an opening for a researcher position (65% FTE, 2 years) in a project on "Elite Affective Polarization in Israel and Germany" funded by the German Israeli Foundation and conducted jointly w/ @liorsheffer.bsky.social. 🗓️ 17/01/2021 www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
December 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
🚨 Job alert: I have an opening for a researcher position (65% FTE, 2 years) in a project on "Elite Affective Polarization in Israel and Germany" funded by the German Israeli Foundation and conducted jointly w/ @liorsheffer.bsky.social. 🗓️ 17/01/2021 www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
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New year, new adventure?
The closing date for our postdoctoral research position with our economic insecurity project @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social is 13 January….
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
The closing date for our postdoctoral research position with our economic insecurity project @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social is 13 January….
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
JOB OPPPORTUNITY!
Join us for a 3 yr postdoc at the fantastic @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social to work on a fascinating economic security (and politics) project with new panel data - be our colleague and valued co-author. Please share/repost. Thank you!
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Join us for a 3 yr postdoc at the fantastic @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social to work on a fascinating economic security (and politics) project with new panel data - be our colleague and valued co-author. Please share/repost. Thank you!
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Jobs and Vacancies - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
December 31, 2024 at 10:09 AM
New year, new adventure?
The closing date for our postdoctoral research position with our economic insecurity project @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social is 13 January….
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
The closing date for our postdoctoral research position with our economic insecurity project @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social is 13 January….
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
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#Polisky folks: Bocconi University is looking for AP in Environmental Politics & Policy 🌏
Offer: Great group of political scientists working at awesome social science university in a fabulous city 🙌
🚨 Deadline: 30th of November
Please share 🔁
Apply 🔗 & ℹ️ : jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?type=&dep=SPS
Offer: Great group of political scientists working at awesome social science university in a fabulous city 🙌
🚨 Deadline: 30th of November
Please share 🔁
Apply 🔗 & ℹ️ : jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?type=&dep=SPS
Job Market - Bocconi University
Recruiting, Faculty, Post-doc Grant, Collaboration Contracts
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November 23, 2024 at 7:53 AM
#Polisky folks: Bocconi University is looking for AP in Environmental Politics & Policy 🌏
Offer: Great group of political scientists working at awesome social science university in a fabulous city 🙌
🚨 Deadline: 30th of November
Please share 🔁
Apply 🔗 & ℹ️ : jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?type=&dep=SPS
Offer: Great group of political scientists working at awesome social science university in a fabulous city 🙌
🚨 Deadline: 30th of November
Please share 🔁
Apply 🔗 & ℹ️ : jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?type=&dep=SPS
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🚨 CfA: MZES-DVPW Conference "Methods of Political Science"
🗓️ Mannheim, Mar 27-28, 2025
⏰ Deadline: Dec 16, 2024
🔗Apply via sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/mzes-dvpw-me...
@gessler.bsky.social, @aleininger.bsky.social, @hannahrajski.bsky.social, Oliver Rittmann & I look forward to your submissions!
🗓️ Mannheim, Mar 27-28, 2025
⏰ Deadline: Dec 16, 2024
🔗Apply via sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/mzes-dvpw-me...
@gessler.bsky.social, @aleininger.bsky.social, @hannahrajski.bsky.social, Oliver Rittmann & I look forward to your submissions!
November 20, 2024 at 12:57 PM
🚨 CfA: MZES-DVPW Conference "Methods of Political Science"
🗓️ Mannheim, Mar 27-28, 2025
⏰ Deadline: Dec 16, 2024
🔗Apply via sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/mzes-dvpw-me...
@gessler.bsky.social, @aleininger.bsky.social, @hannahrajski.bsky.social, Oliver Rittmann & I look forward to your submissions!
🗓️ Mannheim, Mar 27-28, 2025
⏰ Deadline: Dec 16, 2024
🔗Apply via sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/mzes-dvpw-me...
@gessler.bsky.social, @aleininger.bsky.social, @hannahrajski.bsky.social, Oliver Rittmann & I look forward to your submissions!
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⏰ Please share widely!
We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq)
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!
We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq)
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!
Predoctoral Research Fellow (f/m/x) (ID 303)
The WZB Berlin Social Science Center is a publicly financed research institution that conducts leading edge theory-based and problem-oriented social ...
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November 20, 2024 at 2:43 PM
⏰ Please share widely!
We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq)
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!
We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq)
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!
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Great postdoc opportunity with my terrific co-author Alex De Juan at Osnabrueck University, Germany. 3+3 years, fully funded. If you're working on political violence and/or authoritarian politics you should apply!
Details: www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet...
Details: www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet...
November 8, 2024 at 12:21 PM
Great postdoc opportunity with my terrific co-author Alex De Juan at Osnabrueck University, Germany. 3+3 years, fully funded. If you're working on political violence and/or authoritarian politics you should apply!
Details: www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet...
Details: www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet...
Come do your PhD with us in Berlin! 10 doctoral positions in polisci, demography and public policy as part of the Dynamics program at @humboldtuni.bsky.social and @hertieschool.bsky.social. More info here: sowi.hu-berlin.de/en/dynamics.
October 24, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Come do your PhD with us in Berlin! 10 doctoral positions in polisci, demography and public policy as part of the Dynamics program at @humboldtuni.bsky.social and @hertieschool.bsky.social. More info here: sowi.hu-berlin.de/en/dynamics.