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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 4d

ANO’s return also revives unresolved questions about Andrej Babiš’s conflict-of-interest case. Current law bars him from holding government office, but with enough parliamentary support, he could seek to change it.

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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 4d

🇨🇿 Today’s Czech vote went little differently than polls suggested — centrist populism dominates, extremists underperformed. The next coalition is uncertain, but a minority ANO government backed by the radical right looks likely. Now all depends on coalition talks and what they can secure in return.

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East European Politics Graduate Workshop @eepgworkshop.bsky.social · 6d

🎉 We're excited to share our Fall/Winter 2025-26 schedule! We have a stellar lineup of research highlighting cases from Central Europe to Central Asia🎉

Workshops are on Fridays 5pmCET/11amET/8amPST with links+papers shared on our list-serv the week before.
Sign up here⤵️
eepg-workshop.github.io

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Derek Holliday @derekholliday.com · 15d

New in PNAS with @seanjwestwood.bsky.social and @ylelkes.bsky.social: Why depolarization is hard: Evaluating attempts to decrease partisan animosity in America

@prl.bsky.social @pnas.org

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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 15d

Plans to export them as a favor to indebted governments are currently underway. 🙂

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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 22d

Or see this other publication ( @polbehavior.bsky.social ), which shows how ideological alignment matters for animosity and expectations of future disagreement: bsky.app/profile/cely...

Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · May 27

📢 The final piece of my dissertation is out in @polbehavior.bsky.social! Does being an ideologue matter for political disagreement—beyond how many issues are involved? It does, shaping both animosity and how people engage. 🧵https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-025-10049-z

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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 22d

For research in the same vein, check out my piece in @eupthejournal.bsky.social on cross-national differences: bsky.app/profile/cely...

Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · Mar 17

📢Proud to share my first publication in European Union Politics, now online and #OpenAccess! I examine which of 19 European countries (1990–2017) saw culture wars emerge in public opinion. I analyze how opinions and identities on morality and economic issues aligned into distinct ideological camps🧵

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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 22d

Now it has also been published in an issue! But I’m curious—and increasingly worried—about how this will look in a year or two.

European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 22d

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@celytadeas.bsky.social looks to 🧭 left-wing partisans in Europe and their alignment across cultural & economic dimensions; the right’s views are more diverse? Implications for polarization are wide-ranging.

#OA #PoliticalScience

One more constrained than the other: Asymmetrical ideological alignment and its implications for polarization

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ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 23d

👉Check out our new publication in @electoralstudies.bsky.social (with Toth & Chytilek)! Using eye-tracking and surveys, we test whether framing political issues in moral terms attracts more attention than presenting them with facts. Surprisingly, facts hold a slight advantage doi.org/10.1016/j.el...

Redirecting

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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 26d

Media source: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/u...

As Trump Vows Vengeance, Utah’s Governor Calls to Lower the Temperature

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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 26d

In the working paper (with @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social and others), which will soon be available, we show that such politicization can harm democratic norms and fuel affective polarization. However, we also find that it does not translate into greater support for political violence.

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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 26d

In real time, we can observe very different approaches to the Kirk assassination. Cox (R) places the blame on the attacker, while Trump does not hesitate to politicize it. We have a parallel in 🇸🇰, continuing for months. Politicization can easily succeed. A paper on this topic is in progress.

Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · Mar 13

In May 2024, a lone shooter attacked the Slovak prime minister. Despite calls for unity, governing officials blamed the opposition for inciting violence. Ten months later, we still observe its effects on people's attitudes and support for political violence. A 🧵 based on a new survey.

BBC article describing how the Slovak prime minister blames the shooting on the opposition's 'hatred.'

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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 26d

Looks like a tremendous work. Can't wait to read it. Congratulations!

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Karel Kouba @karelkouba.bsky.social · Sep 6

A job opening for comparativists!

ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies Project @era-areas.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are hiring! Join @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz as a 👉 Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Area Studies and take part in building the future 🌏 Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS).

Based in Prague – details here: bit.ly/CenMASpostdoc

@millanos.bsky.social @karelkouba.bsky.social