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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

We'll feature two sections each Tuesday & Thursday to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 This Tuesday: Party Politics & Historical Political Economy

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.

epssnet.org

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Milan Thies @milanthies.bsky.social · 14d

New 📝 out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social

1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training

2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · 16d

👇 Great opportunity for post-docs! Come to the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social for 2-4 weeks as visiting fellow! Application deadline 28 Nov 2025.

MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 16d

📣 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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DYNAMICS_PhD @dynamics.bsky.social · 19d

We are incredibly proud of our newest PhD @stefaniamolina.bsky.social who successfully defended her dissertation today on “The influence of family dynamics on the well-being of adults and children.” Congratulations on this outstanding achievement, Stefania! 🎓👏
@dynamics.bsky.social

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Charlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 20d

It is the time of the year when I tell you about my favorite post-doc ever 👇 Unless you are allergic to the French, this one sits up there with the Nuffield postdoc (life style, productivity, interdisciplinary stimulation). Share widely! Apply! #poliscky

www.iast.fr/research-fel...

Research Fellowships

Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...

www.iast.fr

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 27d

In terms of city or department, doesn't get much better than this

Kristian Bernt Karlson @kbkarlson.bsky.social · 27d

We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰

Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).

You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!

#sociology

More 👇

jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology

jobportal.ku.dk

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DYNAMICS_PhD @dynamics.bsky.social · 27d

This week we welcomed our 6th (and final) cohort of doctoral researchers 🎉 @dynamics.bsky.social
We kicked off with an inspiring keynote by Ursula Daxecker and can’t wait to support these talented researchers on their PhD journey.
Excited to see all the amazing research projects ahead! 🚀

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Francesco Raffaelli @fraraffaelli.bsky.social · Aug 21

✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social !

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

1/8 🧵

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DYNAMICS_PhD @dynamics.bsky.social · Jul 10

Summer party vibes at DYNAMICS this week – with amazing pizza! 🍕☀️
Huge thanks to our alumnus @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social , who served up one delicious pie after another. Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun evening 💛
@dynamics.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social

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Bastian Becker @beckerbastian.bsky.social · Jun 13

📢Come and join the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Berlin next week:

Kris-Stella Trump, JHU (@kstrump.bsky.social‬)
"Perceptions of Income vs Wealth Inequality: A distinction without a difference?"

When? Tuesday, June 17, 12pm
Where? ISW #002

All welcome!

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DYNAMICS_PhD @dynamics.bsky.social · Jun 13

Congrats, Anna! 🥳

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Jun 12

Personal news: I am happy to share that I will be starting a PhD in the joint @dynamics.bsky.social doctoral program of the @humboldtuni.bsky.social and the @hertieschool.bsky.social this autumn in Berlin. I will now briefly thank some people who have supported me over the past few years 🧵.

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DYNAMICS_PhD @dynamics.bsky.social · Jun 13

We look forward to working you @dynamics.bsky.social ☺️

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DYNAMICS_PhD @dynamics.bsky.social · May 7

Great to have DYNAMICS alumnus Tom Arend with us this week as part of our "Life After PhD" series!

Tom offered our PhD researchers valuable behind-the-scenes insights into his work as a researcher at the OECD —and what a career in international organizations can look like with a PhD

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DYNAMICS_PhD @dynamics.bsky.social · Apr 8

At yesterday’s DYNAMICS Lecture, @demography.bsky.social shared new evidence on how armed groups in Colombia weaponised kinship to maximise suffering. A powerful talk on the social demography of war-related bereavement in Colombia @hertieschool.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social

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Cornelius Erfort @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social · Apr 3

How do parties tailor their campaign ads to women? 🗳️👩

Excited to share that my paper on how parties adapt their ads is out now at @thejop.bsky.social!

📖 Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

A quick breakdown of the findings ⬇️🧵

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Markus Kollberg @markuskollberg.bsky.social · Mar 25

Does Mainstream Populism Work❓

I answer this question in a new paper officially out at @psrm.bsky.social❗

Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

Key take-aways in the thread below 🧵⬇️:

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Đorđe Milosav @djordjemilosav.bsky.social · Mar 24

🚨 New paper out at @jeppjournal.bsky.social. We show a growing youth gender gap in far-right support, driven by young men.

3 key findings in 🧵⬇️

w/ @zachdickson.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social @tonirodon.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/1350...

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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · Mar 22

Less than a week to go to apply to the Paris Summer Institute in CSS.

This year we will focus on LLMs and gen AI.

It's entirely free, open to all disciplines across the social sciences, and our speaker's list is already wonderful and getting better. More info here: sicss.io/2025/paris/

Summer Institute in Computational Social Science

sicss.io

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Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · Mar 13

The TADA Speaker Series is thrilled to welcome @prashantgarg.bsky.social from @ucl.ac.uk to present his research on causal claims in economics!

🎙 Prashant Garg: Causal Claims in Economics
📅 March 19, 2025 | 🕔 17:00 Berlin Time
🔗 Subscribe for details: tada.cool

See you next week!

TADA RG

TADA ✨ Initiative

tada.cool

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Anselm Hager @anselmhager.bsky.social · Mar 13

EuroWEPS 11 is here! We'll meet in Bergen on May 16 to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is March 30.

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Holtzbrinck Berlin @holtzbrinckberlin.bsky.social · Mar 11

👩‍🔬 #Women in #Science? Und noch nicht für den #ZiaKongress beworben? 👉 Dann jetzt für die Teilnahme beim Kongress am 06. Mai in Berlin bewerben!

Die @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social, @holtzbrinckberlin.bsky.social und die @zeit.de Verlagsgruppe freuen sich auf Euch!

Alle Infos hier: zia-kongress.de

Startseite | Zia Kongress

Der »Zia – Visible Women in Science« Kongress: Ein Ort für Sichtbarkeit, Vernetzung und Chancengleichheit.

zia-kongress.de

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VolkswagenStiftung @volkswagenstiftung.de · Mar 12

Du fragst dich, was wir eigentlich wie fördern? 🧐 Kein Problem, wir bieten ein kostenloses, einstündiges Info-Webinar 💻 zu unserem #Förderportfolio an (in englischer Sprache). 🗓️ 15. April, 10:30 Uhr, Teilnahme kostenfrei und ohne Anmeldung. Weitere Infos + Zugangsdaten: 👇

#Wissenschaft #Forschung

Live-Webinar zum Förderangebot | VolkswagenStiftungSchließenWeiterWeiter

Live-Webinar: Info-Veranstaltung zum Förderangebot

www.volkswagenstiftung.de

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Jan 28

🤩 Amazing opportunity with @officialuom.bsky.social and UKICE's @robfordmancs.bsky.social 👇

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · Mar 12

📣 We’re hiring!

For our research areas led by Lucio Baccaro and Jens Beckert we are inviting applications for senior researcher positions in

political economy: s.gwdg.de/Sw6Mu8
and economic sociology: s.gwdg.de/trrYgR

Please spread the word!

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