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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 2d

Great opportunity if you’re interested in pursuing a PhD in political science at @lsegovernment.bsky.social - with a particular interest in elections and campaigning ⬇️

Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab

www.lse.ac.uk

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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to start the term with a presentation of @alsogwendolyn.bsky.social, send us a DM for the zoom link 👇

Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 7d

😯 Our first webinar of the 2025 Autumn programme is coming this Thursday!

📆 Be sure to join us for an awesome presentation by @alsogwendolyn.bsky.social

Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 22d

🌈 Hi everyone!

😯 We want to star this new academic year by announcing our lineup for the coming months.

👉 On October 2, we will start our programme with @alsogwendolyn.bsky.social!
👉 On November 6, we will have @frammaturo.bsky.social!
👉 And on December 4 with @payoub.bsky.social and Samuel Whitt!

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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · 7d

Don’t miss out on this one👇

Victor Gay @victorgayeco.bsky.social · 10d

Call for abstracts for interdisciplinary conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective," May 26-27 in Toulouse @tse-fr.eu

Deadline: Nov 15. Travel/accommodation will be covered.

Please apply!

Co-organized with Jan Stuckatz, Selina Hofstetter, and Mikkel Dack.

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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · 14d

Had a wonderful time in Mannheim! Got excellent feedback and am heading back full of motivation. Huge thanks to the MZES for the invitation and warm welcome 🙌✨

MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 20d

❗️ Tue, Sep 23, 12:15-13:30 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@haasvioleta.bsky.social

"The Politics of Crime Reporting: Electoral Cycles and the Distortion of Out-Group Crime"

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...
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Detail

www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de

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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · 15d

Huge congrats, Lennart! You definitely have to check out Boutique Della Pasta. For books and a glass of wine, I recommend Todo Modo. And if you're into music, Sleeve Records (while kind of corporate) have the best info on where to dance. Enjoy!

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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · 17d

Happy to answer any questions you may have 📩

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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · 17d

📣 Calling all future postdocs 📣

@iast.fr is hiring! This is an incredible opportunity. I couldn't have imagined a better place for my postdoc. The community is fantastic, full autonomy and great resources. Located between the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean, & the Atlantic. Anything more I need to say?

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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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · 18d

It's hiring season at @iast.fr!

- 2y research postdoc contract
- Full autonomy, you are your own PI
- Awesome multidisciplinary environment
- All social and behavioral sciences welcome
- Seed funding for projects and workshops
- Gorgeous city in the south of France

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

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Charlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 19d

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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MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 20d

❗️ Tue, Sep 23, 12:15-13:30 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@haasvioleta.bsky.social

"The Politics of Crime Reporting: Electoral Cycles and the Distortion of Out-Group Crime"

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...
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Detail

www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de

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Lotem Halevy @lotemhalevy.bsky.social · 21d

This year at APSA, several mentors and friends reminded me of something worth sharing: some work just takes longer.

It doesn't matter how much you work. The discipline doesn't always reward it, but it doesn't mean it's not important. In a career with so much randomness, ask the questions you want.

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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 22d

🌈 Hi everyone!

😯 We want to star this new academic year by announcing our lineup for the coming months.

👉 On October 2, we will start our programme with @alsogwendolyn.bsky.social!
👉 On November 6, we will have @frammaturo.bsky.social!
👉 And on December 4 with @payoub.bsky.social and Samuel Whitt!

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 24d

Delighted to see @melissamichelson.bsky.social announce @sophiemainz.bsky.social as this year's recipient of the @epovb.bsky.social John Sullivan Award for her fantastic experimental work on femonationalism from APSA 2024 🏆

Sophie will be on the job market soon & any uni. would be luck to have her!

Photograph of Prof. Melissa Michelson announcing Sophie Mainz as the John Sullivan Award winner for her paper "Femonationalism and Citizens' Preferences: A Multifactorial Survey Experiment"

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António Valentim @antvalentim.bsky.social · 25d

@fgenovese.bsky.social and I have put together some notes on the CfP for the Climate Politics section we’re co-chairing at @epssnet.bsky.social .

Happy to answer any questions and look forward to your submissions!

(thanks to @macartan.bsky.social & @pavisuri.bsky.social for showing us the way!)

Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 26d

📣 Climate politics (+ adjacent subfields) researchers!

@antvalentim.bsky.social and I will co-chair the Climate Politics section of @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026. Thanks to those who already submitted papers 🌟

We put together notes for the CfP for the section curious. Reach out if you have qs:

Call for Papers: Climate Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast

Call for Papers: Climate Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast We invite submissions of high-quality work on any topic related to climate change politics (and adjacent areas, e.g. environmental and energy pol...

docs.google.com

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Maurits Meijers @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social · 29d

🚨📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Computational Political Science at the University of Antwerp!

💻 Focus: NLP + ML + political text analysis
🗳️ Project: ERC DEMO-LIES (disinformation in democracies)
🌍 Location: Antwerp, 🇧🇪
📅 Deadline: 16 Oct 2025

www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...

Postdoctoral scholarship holder in computational political science | University of Antwerp

YUFE vacancies

www.uantwerpen.be

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Gerald Schneider @geraldschneider.bsky.social · Aug 22

Anke Hoeffler, Tanja Kupisch, and I are happy to announce three doctoral positions in the project "Lifting the Veil of Violence: Inequality and Representation after War” (LiVV) at ‪the Cluster of Excellence @excinequality.bsky.social‬ at @uni-konstanz.de‬.
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...

3 Doctoral Positions in LiVV – Project Cluster “The Politics of Inequality”

Deadline: September 24, 2025

stellen.uni-konstanz.de

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MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · Aug 26

Let’s take a sneak peek at our upcoming talks in the next fall semester 🤩
We are very much looking forward to

Natascha Wunsch (Université de Fribourg, @unifr.bsky.social sky.social)
Timo Seitz (Universität Mannheim)
Elisa Maria Wirsching (LSE, @lsegovernment.bsky.social)
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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · Aug 20

📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...

London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science

We are inviting submissions for the London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science (LESS), a new forum for discussing experimental political science research among researchers at London unive...

forms.gle

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Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · Aug 14

Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30

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theresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · Aug 14

@deeesharp.bsky.social & I are looking for a collaborator on a project w/ @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social on empathy-based interventions against affective polarization @uni-hamburg.de
j0b.de/veca

75% PhD position, 1st yr project funded & can be converted to a position w/ teaching afterwards
📆31/08

Ausschreibung

www.uni-hamburg.de

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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thanks, @zeitzoff.bsky.social. That’s very kind of you!

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Thomas Zeitzoff @zeitzoff.bsky.social · Aug 14

Fascinating paper by @haasvioleta.bsky.social and colleagues.

Using a field experiment around climate protests, they find that protests don't durable change bystander norms or attitudes, but they do change their immediate behavior.

osf.io/preprints/os...

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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · Aug 11

Please share:

@pavisuri.bsky.social and I are delighted to share details for the political economy of development section of @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026

We welcome great work and fresh ideas! Please spread the word among interested colleagues not on here

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Political Economy of Development (PED) Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast We invite submissions of high-quality work on any topic in the political economy of development or comparative pol...

docs.google.com

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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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