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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Jun 3

I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!

Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior

2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices

www.kuleuven.be

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · May 19

Thank you, Julius! If I reconstruct this correctly (I remember that you asked me about own research initiatives on the BSW), part of our motivation for contributing a paper to research on BSW voting actually emerged from the podcast.

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Karsten Donnay @karstendonnay.bsky.social · May 9

PhD opportunity in my team!

📢 Fully funded PhD position (3+1 years)
🏫 University of Zurich / Zurich University of Applied Sciences
📅 Start of the position: September 1, 2025
⏳ Application deadline: May 31, 2025

Job ad: www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns...
Project Info: www.dizh.uzh.ch/en/2025/04/1...

PhD position job ad available as PDF at https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:77dfe94b-ae4d-4b61-9e4a-2da1ad38ca25/05_PhD_Donnay.pdf

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · May 6

The takeaway is that the declining faith in politics and institutions may be in part to the lack of socio-economic diversity amongst political elites.

Paper: djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · Apr 30

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social

❓Political implications of labor market transformation

Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.

Deadline: May 18, 2025.

tinyurl.com/postdoczurich

#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

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Viktor Burgi @vikburgi.bsky.social · Apr 28

Stark @danielhagemann.bsky.social 👏👏

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Apr 22

What are the political consequences of long-term population loss? In a new paper for German Politics @benjaminhoehne.bsky.social, Hendrik Träger and I find that East German places more affected by depopulation provided stronger support for the AfD in recent state elections.🧵👇
shorturl.at/cujwa

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Marta Kozłowska @mkozlowska.bsky.social · Mar 21

Nicht noch ein Politik Podcast by @janskudlarek.bsky.social

Political science? No problem et al by @vikburgi.bsky.social & @juliusk.bsky.social

and
The Transformation of European Politics Podcast

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Mar 14

With Germany's coalition negotiations ongoing and strongly centered on the issue of debt borrowing, this might be the perfect moment to listen to our most recent podcast episode on this topic featuring @bjoernbremer.bsky.social. 👇

Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Feb 19

Podcast Alert🎙️🚨🧵! Ahead of Germany's crucial election, @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to the brilliant @bjoernbremer.bsky.social from @europeatharvard.bsky.social about public opinion on austerity politics and debt borrowing. open.spotify.com/episode/0VHO...

Episode 8: Björn Bremer on Austerity Politics and the Debt Brake

Political Science? No problem et al.! · Episode

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Viktor Burgi @vikburgi.bsky.social · Feb 19

Thank you for the kind words!

Björn Bremer @bjoernbremer.bsky.social · Feb 19

Interested in austerity politics and public opinion?

I greatly enjoyed this conversation with @vikburgi.bsky.social and @juliusk.bsky.social, drawing on my work with @retobuergisser.bsky.social and other ongoing research.

Check it out and listen to the other fantastic episodes of the podcast, too🎙️

Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Feb 19

Podcast Alert🎙️🚨🧵! Ahead of Germany's crucial election, @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to the brilliant @bjoernbremer.bsky.social from @europeatharvard.bsky.social about public opinion on austerity politics and debt borrowing. open.spotify.com/episode/0VHO...

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · Feb 19

Important listen 👇

Viktor Burgi @vikburgi.bsky.social · Feb 19

Just before the general elections in Germany, the topic migration dominates the political agenda again. We wanted to talk about something else and had @bjoernbremer.bsky.social as a guest on the podcast🤩 Give it a listen if you want to know more about austerity politics and public opinion📉🎙️

Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Feb 19

Podcast Alert🎙️🚨🧵! Ahead of Germany's crucial election, @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to the brilliant @bjoernbremer.bsky.social from @europeatharvard.bsky.social about public opinion on austerity politics and debt borrowing. open.spotify.com/episode/0VHO...

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Viktor Burgi @vikburgi.bsky.social · Feb 19

Just before the general elections in Germany, the topic migration dominates the political agenda again. We wanted to talk about something else and had @bjoernbremer.bsky.social as a guest on the podcast🤩 Give it a listen if you want to know more about austerity politics and public opinion📉🎙️

Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Feb 19

Podcast Alert🎙️🚨🧵! Ahead of Germany's crucial election, @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to the brilliant @bjoernbremer.bsky.social from @europeatharvard.bsky.social about public opinion on austerity politics and debt borrowing. open.spotify.com/episode/0VHO...

Episode 8: Björn Bremer on Austerity Politics and the Debt Brake

Political Science? No problem et al.! · Episode

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Feb 19

Don't hesitate to check our previous episodes with guests like @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @valentimvicente.bsky.social or @kai-arzheimer.com in which we discussed the crisis of social democracy or the recent rise of the radical right.
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Political Science? No problem et al.!

Sozialwissenschaften Podcast · 8 Folgen · Zweimonatlich

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Feb 19

In the episode we especially discuss this paper by Björn and @retobuergisser.bsky.social. So have a look if you're interested 👇
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Do citizens care about government debt? Evidence from survey experiments on budgetary priorities

Ever since the Great Recession, public debt has become politicised. Some research suggests that citizens are fiscally conservative, while other research shows that they punish governments for impleme...

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Feb 19

Podcast Alert🎙️🚨🧵! Ahead of Germany's crucial election, @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to the brilliant @bjoernbremer.bsky.social from @europeatharvard.bsky.social about public opinion on austerity politics and debt borrowing. open.spotify.com/episode/0VHO...

Episode 8: Björn Bremer on Austerity Politics and the Debt Brake

Political Science? No problem et al.! · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · Jan 16

Interested in pursuing a PhD in comparative politics (institutions, behaviour, representation, parties)? We have a four-year position at our department, with great conditions, lots of freedom and a reasonable teaching load. Get in touch if you have questions! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

University assistant predoctoral

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Jan 12

Follower Power: @vikburgi.bsky.social and me are looking for interesting topics related to the upcoming German elections to discuss on our podcast, Political Science - No Problem et al." Does anybody have any ideas/thoughts?

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Jan 4

The Washington Post’s editorial cartoonist quits after editors spike cartoon mocking tech billionaires (including WashPost owner Jeff Bezos) for sucking up to Trump

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Jan 2

The last General Election has seen much talk about Reform UK's popularity in so-called 'left-behind places, characterized by socioeconomic deprivation. Looking at variation in deprivation levels across the UK's constituencies suggests this pattern exists, but only partially. A short thread. 🧵

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Moritz Peter Fritschle @moritzfritschle.bsky.social · Dec 18

Nunja, BSW ist links-authoritär. #BSW bedient erfolgreich eine Marktlücke im Wählerspektrum. Davor sollte man nicht die Augen verschliessen. Es gibt eben auch solche Linke.
Dazu gibt es eine spannende Podcastfolge von @juliusk.bsky.social und @vikburgi.bsky.social .

open.spotify.com/episode/44Zy...

Episode 2: Nils Steiner on BSW and Left-Authoritarian Voters

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Dec 14

Many thanks to Kai and everyone who listened to our podcast this year (especially to the 63 hardcore listeners on Spotify who had us in their Top 5 most listened podcasts). If you have an hour to spare during the cozy Christmas season, check out our new episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5TD8... 🎄🎁

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Dec 10

Story of today

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Viktor Burgi @vikburgi.bsky.social · Dec 10

So German towns don't all have a unique ID?

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Viktor Burgi @vikburgi.bsky.social · Dec 4

Es tut mir rückblickend leid dass ich nie appreciatet habe an der Uni zu studieren mit dem besten social media Auftritt in Deutschland 🥲

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Dec 3

I am very happy to have been this week's guest in the podcast "Political Science? No problem et al.!" by @juliusk.bsky.social and @vikburgi.bsky.social, where we discussed my book "The Normalization of the Radical Right".

Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Dec 3

Podcast alert 🧵🚨 In the seventh episode of our podcast, @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to @valentimvicente.bsky.social about the normalization of the radical right and the role of social norms.
open.spotify.com/episode/5TD8...

Episode 7: Vicente Valentim on the Normalization of the Far Right

Political Science? No problem et al.! · Episode

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