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Anne Rasmussen @annerasmussen.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social

Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?

@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions

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Julian Limberg @julianlimberg.bsky.social · 16d

Fantastisch - herzlichen Glueckwunsch, Theresa!

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Ellen Halliday @ellenhalliday.bsky.social · 26d

I don't often write opinion, but I got fed up seeing examples of men claiming to be the "protectors" of the very people they (sometimes literally) attack.

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/710...

The hypocrisy of our hard-right ‘protectors’

Anti-immigrant rioters and vigilante groups say they want to defend women, children and British communities—while attacking these very things

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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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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Mads Andreas Elkjær @madselk.bsky.social · Aug 26

Did you ever wonder why governments don’t do more to counteract wealth inequality? In our new @worldpolitics.bsky.social article, we seek to answer this question, studying the electoral politics of inheritance taxation muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 1/n

Project MUSE - Why is it so Hard to Counteract Wealth Inequality? Evidence from the United Kingdom

muse.jhu.edu

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Comparative Political Studies @cpsjournal.bsky.social · Jul 24

(3) "Revenue, Redistribution, and the Rise and Fall of Inheritance Taxation" by Philipp Genschel, Julian Limberg, and Laura Seelkopf

@julianlimberg.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Julian Limberg @julianlimberg.bsky.social · Jun 13

Oh no, not Waka Flocka 😢 But then again, he hasn't done much since Flockaveli anyways. Would add K Dot to the list - that Super Bowl Halftime show was more than a subliminal at MAGA.

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Raphael Cunha @raphaelcunha.bsky.social · Jun 10

Department of Political Economy at King’s College London is hiring 2 permanent lecturers (teaching-focused) in political science:

- Research methods: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-...

- Comparative politics: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...

Application deadline: June 29, 2025

AEP Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · May 23

Skytte prize winners speak out www.ft.com/content/939b...

Letter: Prize-winning political scientists speak out

From Francis Fukuyama and others

www.ft.com

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · May 2

Given the local election results in the UK, a short #thread - based on much of our own research - on the vicious cycle of radical right support that we have seen in many countries.
1) When radical right parties (such as Reform) are electorally successful established parties move right on immigration

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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

tinyurl.com

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · Apr 28

My latest article on the judgment is now out in Prospect Magazine.

This one I think is probably the most shareable with those who aren't as aware of what is going on.

Please take a look!

Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Apr 28

Politicians seem confused after the ruling that sex should be understood as biological under the Equality Act—and trans people are waiting to see how much their rights have been reduced. @jessothomson.co.uk analyses the judgment for @prospectmagazine.co.uk

www.prospectmagazine...

On sex, the Supreme Court has brought only doubt

Politicians seem confused after the ruling that sex should be understood as biological under the Equality Act—and trans people are waiting to see how ...

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · Apr 17

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social!

German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf
English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf

Please share

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Raphael Cunha @raphaelcunha.bsky.social · Apr 9

King's College London is hiring 20 scholars doing AI-related research across *all disciplines*, including social sciences (5-year research fellowship leading to permanent faculty position).

Applications due May 19, 2025.

@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kcl-spe.bsky.social

King's AI+ Academic Fellowships (leading to an open-ended academic post)

King’s is making a major strategic investment into driving AI activity across our nine academic Faculties. Our ambition is to accelerate growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data-driven research...

www.kcl.ac.uk

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · Apr 3

3️⃣ David Hope and @julianlimberg.bsky.social find that in OECD countries, the rise of the knowledge economy has led to lower taxation of the rich.

The knowledge economy and taxes on the rich

What drives taxes on the rich? In this article, we claim that the existing empirical literature on taxing the rich suffers from two key shortcomings: 1) It pays too little attention to the major st...

www.tandfonline.com

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · Apr 3

1. Trump's VAT fixation is one very revealing detail of the trade storm he is unleashing

You don't need an economist, but a psychoanalyst to make sense of what's going on

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...

Don’t bother arguing with Trump on tariffs and VAT

To grasp the threat to global trade you don’t need an economist, you need a psychoanalyst

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · Mar 28

4️⃣ David Hope, @julianlimberg.bsky.social & Nina Weber suggest that the rise of ICT-driven economies may have slowed demands for progressive taxation.

The ICT revolution and preferences for taxing top earners

How has the ICT-driven transformation of labour markets in recent decades affected redistributive preferences? We move beyond existing research by focusing on the ‘winners’ of the ICT revolution an...

www.tandfonline.com

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Niccolo Durazzi @ndurazzi.bsky.social · Mar 24

🗣️ we have a new paper and new dataset just out on the transition to the knowledge economy in advanced democracies - both OA, available here academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... and here www.knowledge-economy-index.com

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Tom Barton @tombarton.bsky.social · Mar 19

📣Pub Alert! Here I causally identify (one of the only outside of the USA) a negative effect of a voter ID pilot scheme from 2018. This scheme was less restrictive than that used at the 2024 GE, implying a greater proportion of people were excluded from voting in June and a fairer system is needed.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Mar 19

#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social -

Understanding the impact of the 2018 voter ID pilots on turnout at the London local elections: A synthetic difference-in-difference approach - cup.org/420N1D4

"...more restrictive ID laws can meaningfully limit turnout..."

- @tombarton.bsky.social

#FirstView

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · Mar 12

Let’s not forget that security is a multidimensional concept, and that this below (+10.5 degree C in Feb 2025 in the Arctic circle due to abnormal global temp rise) is the biggest geopolitical security of them all

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Rod Dacombe @rod-dacombe.bsky.social · Feb 25

🚨🚨🚨Major job alert klaxon!!!🚨🚨🚨

In the Department of Political Economy @kcl-spe.bsky.social we are currently advertising for 3 permanent academic posts (2 Political Theory, 1 PPE)!

Details below. Happy to have an informal discussion with anyone interested.

Please share widely!!
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Feb 24

The election proved the narrative wrong. For the Linke the election was a huge success while BSW failed to make it above the 5%-threshold. The Linke managed to win young progressives especially in cities. Ironically, this would probably not have been possbile had Wagenkencht stayed in the party

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Ellen Halliday @ellenhalliday.bsky.social · Feb 20

There isn't much good news around at the moment. But it turns out beavers create it in bucketloads.

@timsmedley.bsky.social's first dispatch for Prospect, from somewhere near a Northamptonshire shopping centre, is the joy you didn't know you needed.

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...

To fight flooding, bring back the beaver—for good, this time

There’s a simple and cost-effective solution to flooding and water shortages. It’s got four legs, a flat tail and a talent for engineering

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · Feb 14

If you work on topics related to climate change, (social) policy, and politics, broadly defined, then we'd love you to submit to our inaugural workshop taking place this June. More details below

lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social · Feb 14

📢 Call for papers to be presented at The Sustainable Social Policy & Welfare States Research Hub's inaugural workshop!

Aims to showcase cutting edge research on the social dimensions of climate change & the environment.

Info 👇
https://buff.ly/42UYG8E

@liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social

Inaugural Workshop

This workshop aims to bring together researchers who are working on the social dimensions of climate change and the environment.

buff.ly

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Pepper Culpepper @pculpepper.bsky.social · Feb 2

Excellent thread by @abenewman.bsky.social on how to think about what’s going on with Musk takeover of federal payments and info systems. As political scientists would say, this is some scary shit.

Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · Feb 2

1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.

www.nytimes.com

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