Sebastian Ziaja
@sziaja.bsky.social
Political scientist @gesis.org
www.ziaja.xyz
www.ziaja.xyz
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MEDem conference day 1: fantastic keynote speech by @sldelange.bsky.social on the future of democracy research. @gesis.org @medem.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
MEDem conference day 1: fantastic keynote speech by @sldelange.bsky.social on the future of democracy research. @gesis.org @medem.bsky.social
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MEDem conference day 1: @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social gave an amazing keynote on data and their impact on the future steps of democracy research @gesis.org in Cologne @medem.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 9:14 AM
MEDem conference day 1: @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social gave an amazing keynote on data and their impact on the future steps of democracy research @gesis.org in Cologne @medem.bsky.social
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Day 2 of the @medem.bsky.social conference, @sziaja.bsky.social presenting our HarDIS/PartyFacts project to make linking on the basis of Party IDs future proof.
September 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Day 2 of the @medem.bsky.social conference, @sziaja.bsky.social presenting our HarDIS/PartyFacts project to make linking on the basis of Party IDs future proof.
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🚀 Kicking off day 1 of the 3rd #MEDemConference at @gesis.org! From @sldelange.bsky.social discussing radical-right normalization 🗳️ to calls to consolidate democracy data by @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social 📊 — keynotes spotlight why #MEDem matters for democracy.
September 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🚀 Kicking off day 1 of the 3rd #MEDemConference at @gesis.org! From @sldelange.bsky.social discussing radical-right normalization 🗳️ to calls to consolidate democracy data by @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social 📊 — keynotes spotlight why #MEDem matters for democracy.
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They say: once there’s a paper 📝, it’s real…
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social
The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social
The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
September 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
They say: once there’s a paper 📝, it’s real…
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social
The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social
The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
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We - @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social, @kgattermann.bsky.social @sebstier.bsky.social, @sziaja.bsky.social & I - are very excited to start the work of the RN on #DataLinkage!
If you are interested in why, when & how to link data formats in PolSci research, do not hesitate to join our Network!
If you are interested in why, when & how to link data formats in PolSci research, do not hesitate to join our Network!
🎉 Our brand-new Research Network on Data Linkage in Political Science (@ecpr-datalinkage.bsky.social) has joined us on Bluesky!
📲 Follow them to stay updated on the latest research, job opportunities and forthcoming events
Join their network for FREE 👉 buff.ly/P98ZDx1
📲 Follow them to stay updated on the latest research, job opportunities and forthcoming events
Join their network for FREE 👉 buff.ly/P98ZDx1
September 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We - @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social, @kgattermann.bsky.social @sebstier.bsky.social, @sziaja.bsky.social & I - are very excited to start the work of the RN on #DataLinkage!
If you are interested in why, when & how to link data formats in PolSci research, do not hesitate to join our Network!
If you are interested in why, when & how to link data formats in PolSci research, do not hesitate to join our Network!
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🚨 We're hiring!
Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment.
Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊
www.gesis.org/en/institute...
Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment.
Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊
www.gesis.org/en/institute...
July 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
🚨 We're hiring!
Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment.
Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊
www.gesis.org/en/institute...
Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment.
Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊
www.gesis.org/en/institute...
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Job offer: You love international electoral studies? If you'd like to lead the CSES data processing team at GESIS in Cologne, Germany, and be part of the CSES Secretariat, apply here before August 15th:
www.gesis.org/en/institute...
www.gesis.org/en/institute...
Details
GESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
www.gesis.org
July 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Job offer: You love international electoral studies? If you'd like to lead the CSES data processing team at GESIS in Cologne, Germany, and be part of the CSES Secretariat, apply here before August 15th:
www.gesis.org/en/institute...
www.gesis.org/en/institute...
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Together with projects from @gesis.org and @uni-muenster.de, we organized a workshop @humboldtuni.bsky.social to evaluate on one of the most promising tools for democratic renewal: #CitizensAssemblies.
July 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Together with projects from @gesis.org and @uni-muenster.de, we organized a workshop @humboldtuni.bsky.social to evaluate on one of the most promising tools for democratic renewal: #CitizensAssemblies.
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We invite paper submissions to our workshop on Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences @gesis.org
⏳November 26-28, 2025
🎓Keynotes Prof. Dr. Monika Kuffer (University of Twente)
Dr. Ana Andries (University of Surrey).
⏱️Deadline August 6th
✉️abstracts (max. 500 words) to [email protected]
⏳November 26-28, 2025
🎓Keynotes Prof. Dr. Monika Kuffer (University of Twente)
Dr. Ana Andries (University of Surrey).
⏱️Deadline August 6th
✉️abstracts (max. 500 words) to [email protected]
July 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
We invite paper submissions to our workshop on Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences @gesis.org
⏳November 26-28, 2025
🎓Keynotes Prof. Dr. Monika Kuffer (University of Twente)
Dr. Ana Andries (University of Surrey).
⏱️Deadline August 6th
✉️abstracts (max. 500 words) to [email protected]
⏳November 26-28, 2025
🎓Keynotes Prof. Dr. Monika Kuffer (University of Twente)
Dr. Ana Andries (University of Surrey).
⏱️Deadline August 6th
✉️abstracts (max. 500 words) to [email protected]
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#linkingdata #cfp #cfa
#KODAQS #Workshop: Linking Data through Location - Workflows, and Quality Assurance of Geospatial Data Integration
13-14 Nov 2025 at GESIS Cologne
#KODAQS #Workshop: Linking Data through Location - Workflows, and Quality Assurance of Geospatial Data Integration
13-14 Nov 2025 at GESIS Cologne
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#linkingdata #cfp #cfa
#KODAQS #Workshop: Linking Data through Location - Workflows, and Quality Assurance of Geospatial Data Integration
13-14 Nov 2025 at GESIS Cologne
#KODAQS #Workshop: Linking Data through Location - Workflows, and Quality Assurance of Geospatial Data Integration
13-14 Nov 2025 at GESIS Cologne
Können Bürgerräte die repräsentative Demokratie stärken?
Wir diskutieren Ergebnisse aus vier praxisnahen Forschungsprojekten auf einem Roundtable mit
@polenz.bsky.social,
@kliesenberg.bsky.social,
Felix Arndt, Stabstelle Bürgerräte @bundestag.de
und @heikekluever.bsky.social
1/4
Wir diskutieren Ergebnisse aus vier praxisnahen Forschungsprojekten auf einem Roundtable mit
@polenz.bsky.social,
@kliesenberg.bsky.social,
Felix Arndt, Stabstelle Bürgerräte @bundestag.de
und @heikekluever.bsky.social
1/4
June 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Können Bürgerräte die repräsentative Demokratie stärken?
Wir diskutieren Ergebnisse aus vier praxisnahen Forschungsprojekten auf einem Roundtable mit
@polenz.bsky.social,
@kliesenberg.bsky.social,
Felix Arndt, Stabstelle Bürgerräte @bundestag.de
und @heikekluever.bsky.social
1/4
Wir diskutieren Ergebnisse aus vier praxisnahen Forschungsprojekten auf einem Roundtable mit
@polenz.bsky.social,
@kliesenberg.bsky.social,
Felix Arndt, Stabstelle Bürgerräte @bundestag.de
und @heikekluever.bsky.social
1/4
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Are you an expert in Survey Methodology? There is no better place to work than @gesis.org We are looking for a head of department for our flagship "Survey Design and Methodology" department (combined with a W3 professorship in the Uni Mannheim). www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
www.hidden-professionals.de
April 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Are you an expert in Survey Methodology? There is no better place to work than @gesis.org We are looking for a head of department for our flagship "Survey Design and Methodology" department (combined with a W3 professorship in the Uni Mannheim). www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
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🎉 Big step for #MEDem! We’ve officially applied for the #ESFRIroadmap2026— backed by 15 governments, 1,000+ researchers & 100+ institutions/associations.
One more milestone toward building Europe’s infrastructure for comparative #DemocracyResearch ✅
Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉
One more milestone toward building Europe’s infrastructure for comparative #DemocracyResearch ✅
Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉
MEDem has applied for ESFRI Roadmap 2026: Shaping the Future of European Democracy Research - Monitoring Electoral Democracy
MEDem has applied for inclusion on the ESFRI Roadmap 2026: Shaping the Future of European Democracy Research On April 8, 2025, MEDem (Monitoring Electoral Democracy) took a major next step toward shap...
www.medem.eu
April 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🎉 Big step for #MEDem! We’ve officially applied for the #ESFRIroadmap2026— backed by 15 governments, 1,000+ researchers & 100+ institutions/associations.
One more milestone toward building Europe’s infrastructure for comparative #DemocracyResearch ✅
Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉
One more milestone toward building Europe’s infrastructure for comparative #DemocracyResearch ✅
Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉
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Are you planning a Horizon Europe proposal? If you need some methodological innovation with earth observation data (eg. satelites) linked with survey data by geolocation at GESIS we have a great team that can support that dealing with all kinds of sociological and political science questions.
April 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Are you planning a Horizon Europe proposal? If you need some methodological innovation with earth observation data (eg. satelites) linked with survey data by geolocation at GESIS we have a great team that can support that dealing with all kinds of sociological and political science questions.
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Earlier this month, Paul Bederke had the opportunity to attend the 1st OSCARS Annual Meeting in Rome (March 3–4, 2025), where he represented our HarDIS project – Harmony in the Democratic Ideological Space.
oscars-project.eu/projects/har...
oscars-project.eu/projects/har...
HarDIS - Harmony in the Democratic Ideological Space | OSCARS
In today’s democracies, the relationship between political parties and voters plays a critical role in shaping political outcomes. However, research on this interaction, including party responsiveness...
oscars-project.eu
March 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Earlier this month, Paul Bederke had the opportunity to attend the 1st OSCARS Annual Meeting in Rome (March 3–4, 2025), where he represented our HarDIS project – Harmony in the Democratic Ideological Space.
oscars-project.eu/projects/har...
oscars-project.eu/projects/har...
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GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology 2025
📣 The program of the #GESISsummerschool is out & registration is open!
🗓️ 23 July - 15 Aug 2025
Venue (depending on course):
🏢 GESIS Cologne
💻 Online
More info & registration at gesis.org/summerschool
📣 The program of the #GESISsummerschool is out & registration is open!
🗓️ 23 July - 15 Aug 2025
Venue (depending on course):
🏢 GESIS Cologne
💻 Online
More info & registration at gesis.org/summerschool
March 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology 2025
📣 The program of the #GESISsummerschool is out & registration is open!
🗓️ 23 July - 15 Aug 2025
Venue (depending on course):
🏢 GESIS Cologne
💻 Online
More info & registration at gesis.org/summerschool
📣 The program of the #GESISsummerschool is out & registration is open!
🗓️ 23 July - 15 Aug 2025
Venue (depending on course):
🏢 GESIS Cologne
💻 Online
More info & registration at gesis.org/summerschool
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We are on the finishing line. You can still support the work of MEDem here: www.medem.eu/medem-endors...
A European consortium builds a research infrastructure for data and research on democracy 🏛️⚙️💻📊🗂️
Want to learn more or support?
Go there 👇
Want to learn more or support?
Go there 👇
In about a month, we submit our application for the ESFRI Roadmap 🇪🇺
Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b...
⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊
Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b...
⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊
March 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
We are on the finishing line. You can still support the work of MEDem here: www.medem.eu/medem-endors...
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Wir suchen einen Berufseinsteigerin (Politikwissenschaft, Soziologie o. Ä.), der*die uns hilft, den Dschungel der Online-Plattformen zu navigieren und unsere Datentreuhand im Datenportal zur Rassismus- und Rechtsextremismusforschung zu stärken. www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in Community Datentreuhand
GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften ist eine von Bund und Ländern finanzierte, international tätige sozialwissenschaftliche Einrichtung der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft.Vorbehaltlich der finalen...
www.hidden-professionals.de
February 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Wir suchen einen Berufseinsteigerin (Politikwissenschaft, Soziologie o. Ä.), der*die uns hilft, den Dschungel der Online-Plattformen zu navigieren und unsere Datentreuhand im Datenportal zur Rassismus- und Rechtsextremismusforschung zu stärken. www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...
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🚨Publication Alert 🚨 Just in time for the next #BTW25, in my latest article doi.org/10.1111/pops... I show that far-right parties benefit strongly from heightened migration debates, but that left-wing parties can also benefit to some extent by offering pro-immigrant, inclusive positions. #polpsy
Ready or not. National identity, vote choice, and mass media: Evidence from Germany
Exploiting the increased prominence of debates on immigration, right-wing parties often frame and campaign against immigrants as a threat to national societies. Research on national identity has show...
doi.org
February 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🚨Publication Alert 🚨 Just in time for the next #BTW25, in my latest article doi.org/10.1111/pops... I show that far-right parties benefit strongly from heightened migration debates, but that left-wing parties can also benefit to some extent by offering pro-immigrant, inclusive positions. #polpsy
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Democracy researchers please take note, and tell relevant colleagues: The Dep. of Pol. Sci. in Gothenburg is hiring a new Director for the V-Dem Institute. The Director will also serve as permanent (tenured) member of the Dep., with reduced teaching responsibilities during their tenure as Director.
📢Applications Open for New Director of the V-Dem Institute
V-Dem Institute and the Dept. of Political Science, University of Gothenburg is looking for a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Political Science & Director of the V-Dem Institute.
To application: shorturl.at/9rvmx
📆 March 27, 2025.
V-Dem Institute and the Dept. of Political Science, University of Gothenburg is looking for a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Political Science & Director of the V-Dem Institute.
To application: shorturl.at/9rvmx
📆 March 27, 2025.
February 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Democracy researchers please take note, and tell relevant colleagues: The Dep. of Pol. Sci. in Gothenburg is hiring a new Director for the V-Dem Institute. The Director will also serve as permanent (tenured) member of the Dep., with reduced teaching responsibilities during their tenure as Director.
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Great discussions at the recent MEDem Workshop in Lausanne with brilliant minds from Political Science and Communication Science! Hosted by FORS, we worked hard to gear up for the final phase of the ESFRI meeting. #MEDem #ESFRI #DemocracyResearch 🔗
December 16, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Great discussions at the recent MEDem Workshop in Lausanne with brilliant minds from Political Science and Communication Science! Hosted by FORS, we worked hard to gear up for the final phase of the ESFRI meeting. #MEDem #ESFRI #DemocracyResearch 🔗
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📄New article out with @gessler.bsky.social: With a vignette survey experiment in Germany and Poland, we show that citizens’ attitudes towards democracy vary substantially, clearly influencing their reactions to undemocratic actions. doi.org/10.1017/gov.... 1/8
The Democracy I Like: Perceptions of Democracy and Opposition to Democratic Backsliding | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core
The Democracy I Like: Perceptions of Democracy and Opposition to Democratic Backsliding
doi.org
September 12, 2024 at 2:38 PM
📄New article out with @gessler.bsky.social: With a vignette survey experiment in Germany and Poland, we show that citizens’ attitudes towards democracy vary substantially, clearly influencing their reactions to undemocratic actions. doi.org/10.1017/gov.... 1/8
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🚨 Just two more days to apply!
📣 Call for papers! On 3 July, the Cologne Center for Comp Politics, GESIS and ECONtribute is hosting a workshop to bring together scholars using diff types of data to study democracy. If this sounds like you: please apply! forms.gle/sm45AMdm9jwo...
@sziaja.bsky.social @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social
@sziaja.bsky.social @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social
Cologne-GESIS workshop: Multi-Data Perspectives on Democracy
On 3 July 2024, the Cologne Center for Comparative Politics (affiliated with the Cluster of Excellence: ECONtribute) and GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences will host a pre-EPSA worksh...
forms.gle
March 13, 2024 at 11:25 AM
🚨 Just two more days to apply!
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📣 Call for papers! On 3 July, the Cologne Center for Comp Politics, GESIS and ECONtribute is hosting a workshop to bring together scholars using diff types of data to study democracy. If this sounds like you: please apply! forms.gle/sm45AMdm9jwo...
@sziaja.bsky.social @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social
@sziaja.bsky.social @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social
Cologne-GESIS workshop: Multi-Data Perspectives on Democracy
On 3 July 2024, the Cologne Center for Comparative Politics (affiliated with the Cluster of Excellence: ECONtribute) and GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences will host a pre-EPSA worksh...
forms.gle
March 6, 2024 at 11:09 AM
📣 Call for papers! On 3 July, the Cologne Center for Comp Politics, GESIS and ECONtribute is hosting a workshop to bring together scholars using diff types of data to study democracy. If this sounds like you: please apply! forms.gle/sm45AMdm9jwo...
@sziaja.bsky.social @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social
@sziaja.bsky.social @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social