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Thomas M. Meyer

@thomasmmeyer.bsky.social

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Professor of Comparative Political Institutions @univie.ac.at . Previously @humboldtuni.bsky.social

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Thomas Meyer is a German political scientist and professor emeritus at Dortmund university.

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Political science 49%

Communication & Media Studies 18%

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

Senior lecturer for "Qualitative Methods and Policy Studies": jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...

Senior Lecturer (Academic Teaching) for 'Qualitative Methods and Policy Studies'

jobs.univie.ac.at

Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

More jobs: Senior lecturer for "Foundations of Political Science" jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...

Senior Lecturer (Academic Teaching) for 'Foundations of Political Science'

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 1d

We're hiring! 📢

Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’ for 23 hours per week

The position is to be filled from September 1, 2026, and is limited until August 31, 2030

Deadline: 27 October 2025

More details: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...

Senior Lecturer (Academic Teaching)

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 3d

Wow, ich gratuliere!

Reposted by Sara B. Hobolt, Stefan Müller, Stefanie Walter , and 5 more Sara B. Hobolt, Stefan Müller, Stefanie Walter, Lucas Leemann, Thomas M. Meyer, Miriam Rehm, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Tarik Abou‐Chadi

Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 9d

What's the difference between @epssnet.bsky.social and the "old" EPSA, and why you should come to our conference in Belfast in June 2026: epssnet.org/uncategorize...

Difference Between EPSS and EPSA: What to Know for 2026

Confused about the difference between EPSS and EPSA? Learn how they differ in governance, structure, and their 2026 conferences.

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats, @christinagahn.bsky.social, so well deserved 🎉

Reposted by Robert Huber, Thomas M. Meyer, Werner Krause

Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 13d

Awards, awards, awards! 🏆✨

At the 11th Annual @oegpw.bsky.social Conference, three members of the Department of Government @univie.ac.at were among the awardees:

🎓 Best PhD – @christinagahn.bsky.social
📘 Best MA – Benjamin Riesch
📗 Best BA – Luca Conte

👏 Huge congrats to all! 🎉

#PoliSky 🧪

Two award recipients stand smiling in front of an ÖGPW banner. Both hold rolled certificates. The banner reads “Österreichische Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft – Das Netzwerk für Politikwissenschaft in Österreich. Vernetzen. Fördern.”

Slide projected on a screen with the heading “PhD Awards 2025.” On the left, text reads: Christina Gahn, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Thomas Meyer. Title: Debunking the Myth of Targeted and Tailored Political Advertising. On the right, a portrait of Christina Gahn smiling, wearing a dark blue top.

A large screen displays a slide titled “Master Awards 2025.” The slide shows a portrait of Benjamin Riesch smiling, with text: Benjamin Riesch, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik. Title: Negative Campaigning in the Austrian National Election. In the foreground, three people stand at a lectern in a lecture hall, with empty chairs and glasses on the table.

A large screen shows a slide titled “Bachelor Awards 2025.” The slide includes a portrait of Luca Conte smiling with arms crossed, and text: Luca Conte, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Katharina Pfaff. Title: How Experiencing Climate Change Affects Climate Change Attitudes in Austria. In the foreground, three presenters stand at a lectern in a lecture hall with chairs and glasses on a table.

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 14d

Special thanks to Isaïa Jennart, @aleininger.bsky.social & @giorgiomalet.bsky.social for feedback, and to the Dutch Research Council for financial support.

Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 14d

✅ Main takeaway: Media framing can sway perceptions—but mostly when outcomes are unclear and voters aren’t strongly partisan.

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 14d

🔎 Findings II (observational study):
We find conditional effects.
➡️ Media framing mattered mainly for ambivalent voters.
➡️ Strong partisans were largely unaffected.

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 14d

🔎 Findings I (experiment):
We find unconditional framing effects.
➡️ Positive frames make voters more likely to see a party as a winner.
➡️ Negative frames make voters more likely to see it as a loser.

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 14d

In this paper, we ask: does media framing of election results shape voters’ perceptions of winners & losers?
We test this with:
1️⃣ A survey experiment (fictional election)
2️⃣ An observational study of the 2021 German Federal Election

Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 14d

In earlier work, we showed systematic variation in how the media frame parties as winners or losers.
👉 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Who won the election? Explaining news coverage of election results in multi‐party systems

When reporting on election results, the media declare parties as election ‘winners’ or ‘losers’, which has important consequences for voter perceptions and government formation. This article investig....

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 14d

Who “won” an election isn’t always obvious. Results can be read differently: a party may do better than last time but worse than expected from pre-election polls.

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Reposted by Robert Huber, Werner Krause

Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 14d

New publication with @kgattermann.bsky.social :
“Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?”
@polstudies.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0032...

A short 🧵:

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 16d

Happy to have you with us. Even happier as your office neighbour 😀

Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 16d

New city, new job, new term!
After a wonderful time at the @ipz.bsky.social, I’m very excited to have joined the Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social at the University of Vienna as Assistant Professor.
If you’re in Vienna and up for a coffee, let me know!

Reposted by Robert Huber, Markus Wagner, Thomas M. Meyer

Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 16d

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Reposted by Stephen P. Jenkins, Ruth Dassonneville, Stefan Müller , and 5 more Stephen P. Jenkins, Ruth Dassonneville, Stefan Müller, Sona Golder, Thomas M. Meyer, Martin Kreidl, Florian Keusch, Claudia Landwehr

MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 17d

📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

Screenshot of the call for applications for MZES Visiting Fellowships, 22 September 2025. For the full text, please follow the link.

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Reposted by Achim Truger, Holger Hestermeyer, Thomas M. Meyer , and 4 more Achim Truger, Holger Hestermeyer, Thomas M. Meyer, Josef Früchtl, Georg Weizsäcker, Klaus Oschema, Nicolai von Ondarza

Marietta Slomka @mariettaslomka.bsky.social · 23d

Das, was derzeit meinen Kollegen @dunjahayali.de und Elmar Theveßen widerfährt, dürfte z.T. auch eine orchestrierte Kampagne sein. In den digitalen Kloaken genügt es ja, jemanden zu markieren und dann wird das zum Selbstläufer, in rechtsfreien Räumen, denen sich bislang keine Kraft entgegenstellt. 🧵

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · 27d

Great paper, congratulations! 🎉

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Reposted by Jochen Müller, Marc Debus, Robert Huber , and 2 more Jochen Müller, Marc Debus, Robert Huber, Mirya R. Holman, Thomas M. Meyer

WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 27d

💥Online first:

"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"

by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Abstract of the research article "The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments" by Andreas Küpfer, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 1, displaying the occurences of different types of reactions in the German Bundestag between 1976 and 2020.

Figure 3, displaying the heatmap of predicted applause per 1000 words based on a Poission regression model.

Figure 5, displaying expected applause for interaction terms government and opposition.

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Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, David M. Farrell, Maarten Vink , and 11 more Ben H. Ansell, David M. Farrell, Maarten Vink, Thorsten Faas, Robert Huber, Thomas M. Meyer, Jacob T. Levy, Matthijs Rooduijn, Christian Rauh, James Cameron, Tom Louwerse, Aleksandra Urman, Carlo Masala, David Darmofal

Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Sep 8

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️

Petition unterschreiben

Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master

https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master

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Reposted by Thomas M. Meyer

Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ein neuer #OpenData Showcase des @parlament.gv.at mit Daten zu personellen Wechseln zwischen Nationalrat und Bundesrat.

Wir zeigen darin auch, dass sich die Verweildauer von NR-Abg. seit den 1960ern mehr als halbiert (!) hat:

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Thomas M. Meyer @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social · Aug 27

@versteegenluca.bsky.social 😉

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Justin H. Kirkland, Thomas M. Meyer

Jon Slapin @jbslapin.bsky.social · Aug 19

I will be attending the @ecpr.bsky.social general conference next week on Tuesday (and also Wednesday morning). In my role as editor of the ECPR/OUP Comparative Politics Book series, I'd be happy to meet with anyone who wishes to discuss a project. Please email me directly to set up a meeting.

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Reposted by Lucas Leemann, Justin H. Kirkland, Mirya R. Holman , and 3 more Lucas Leemann, Justin H. Kirkland, Mirya R. Holman, Thomas M. Meyer, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Bonnie N. Field

Verena Reidinger @reidingerve.bsky.social · Aug 14

Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9

 doi.org/10.1177/1065...

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Reposted by Jürgen Maier, Robert Huber, Thomas M. Meyer

Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨
"From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election" 🇦🇹🗳️🤝

📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1080/0140...

By Manuel Scharrer, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @marvins.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social and me

From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election

The 2024 Austrian parliament election reflects both continuity and transformation within the political landscape of the country. Following a turbulent inter-election period marked by multiple crise...

doi.org

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Reposted by Simon Hix, Will Jennings, Sara B. Hobolt , and 31 more Simon Hix, Will Jennings, Sara B. Hobolt, Ruth Dassonneville, Stefan Müller, Stefanie Walter, Jürgen Maier, Kai Arzheimer, Nils B. Weidmann, Alexander Wuttke, Lucas Leemann, Justin H. Kirkland, Guy Grossman, Andreas Dür, Robert Huber, Simon Weschle, Anand Menon, Jane Green, Ingo Rohlfing, Mirya R. Holman, Robert Klemmensen, Tom van der Meer, Thomas M. Meyer, Alessandro Nai, Sven‐Oliver Proksch, Stuart White, Eunji Kim, Federica Genovese, Bjørn Høyland, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Tom Louwerse, M Josep, Tarik Abou‐Chadi, Enzo Nussio

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · Aug 7

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de

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Reposted by Cas Mudde, Steven Van de Walle, Stefan Müller , and 6 more Cas Mudde, Steven Van de Walle, Stefan Müller, Thomas M. Meyer, Sara M. Butler, Miklós Kiss, Paul Anderson, Tom Louwerse, Nicolas Hervé

Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · Jul 28

Dear universities,

I am begging you to stop requiring letters of recommendation for master's programmes. You and I both know you don't read them, so stop asking for them.

Instead, have applicants list a name and get in touch if it's a borderline case.

Signed,
Everyone.

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