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Anke Tresch @anketresch.bsky.social · 9d

New publication with Lionel Marquis « Explaining the (In)Stability of Voters’ Issue Ownership Perceptions: Evidence from the 2019 Swiss Election » @polstudies.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0032...

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Anke Tresch @anketresch.bsky.social · Sep 5

J’ai eu le plaisir de parler du gende gap en Suisse hier à la RTS: www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...

Pourquoi les femmes votent plus à gauche que les hommes

Invitée: Anke Tresh. Les dernières études le montrent: les femmes votent de plus en plus à gauche, et les hommes de plus en plus à droite. En Suisse, mais aussi dans de nombreux autres pays. Comment ...

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Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki @mierkezat.bsky.social · 12d

Getting organized for the 2026 CES conference (deadline fast approaching); if you have a paper you're planning to present that is either on 1.) group appeals, or 2.) contemporary sources of social closure, lmk and we can see whether there's enough overlap for a shared panel submission! #polisky

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Neil Warner @neilwarner.bsky.social · May 5

I have a new article out on wage-earner funds, a famous attempt at economic democracy in Sweden in the 70s & 80s. It explores the funds' defeat, emphasising the issue's stronger resonance with businesses compared to workers & the Social Democratic Party
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 27d

Undecided which section to submit your paper to for the 2026 EPSS conference?

Look here for short explainers by our stellar set of section chairs:

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 27d

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

Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 This week: Comparative Politics & International Relations

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.

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Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · Sep 8

The populist right makes enormous gains (+12pp!) and the clear winner in a campaign dominated by economic issues and despite the immigration issue being almost absent. However they are unlikely to gain much political power from their new seats given the make-up of the incoming Parliament

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Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's now certain, but the rural-agrarian Centre Party, while suffering heavy losses, will be kingmakers in Parliament. Their leader underlines in his speech that no one can take them for granted - reminding Labour that the Centre party will require influence to not switch sides.

Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · Sep 8

Seems like Labour will continue its minority government but with even more fragmented support base on the left. However still need to pay attention to the small parties hovering around the electoral threshold before we can say for sure

Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · Sep 8

Norway, 82% of the vote counted:

Seat projection

Ap-S&D: 53 (+5)
FrP~ECR: 48 (+27)
H-EPP: 24 (-12)
Sp~RE: 10 (-18)
SV~LEFT: 9 (-4)
R~LEFT: 9 (+1)
MDG-G/EFA: 7 (+4)
KrF-EPP: 7 (+4)
V-RE: 2 (-6)

+/- vs. Last election

➤ europeelects.eu/norway

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SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics @sasemeeting.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Two weeks left to propose a mini-conference for SASE 2026 in Bordeaux!
🗓 Deadline: 18 September 2025

Themes should align with Fighting Divisions: Conflict and Power in a Post-Globalisation Order.

Details + submission: sase.org/news/call-fo...

#SASE2026

Call for Bordeaux 2026 Mini Conference Proposals - SASE

Location & Date: Sciences Po Bordeaux, France — 1–3 July 2026

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · Sep 3

Quasi-Magic:Marginal effects at the mean, average marginal effects, and #Stata's margins command
www.kai-arzheimer.com/me-at-the-ma...

ME at the Margins: Average Marginal Effects, Marginal Effects at the Mean, and Stata's margins command - kai arzheimer

Stata's margins command greatly facilitates the interpretation of models. But what are average marginal effects and marginal effects at the mean?

www.kai-arzheimer.com

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Defacto Expert @defactoexpert.bsky.social · Sep 2

Lausanne n’est pas Clichy-sous-bois et ne le sera probablement jamais. - Mountazar Jaffar

"Le problème ne relève ni de l’urbanisme ni de la précarité comme en banlieues françaises, mais d’un sentiment croissant d’injustice face au racisme structurel."

www.defacto.expert/2025/09/01/l...

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DVPW @dvpw.bsky.social · Sep 1

The #Call for Proposals for the joint #Dreiländertagung #3LT2026 of DVPW, @oegpw.bsky.social & SVPW/ASSP is open. We are looking forward to panel and paper proposals until 14 November 2025!

👉 www.dvpw.de/veranstaltun...

#CfP 11/14 #PolSci #PoliticalScience #Europe #Future #SpreadTheWord

Foto des Wandgemäldes "The Future is Europe" von NovaDead in Brüssel. Foto von Jeremy Segrott, Wikimedia. Oben links in blauer Schrift: Dreiländertagung. 17.-19. Juni 2026. Zeppelin Universität. Friedrichshafen. Darunter die Logos von DVPW, ÖGPW und SVPW/ASSP in Schwarz. Quer über das Bild blaue Streifen wie Absperrband, darauf in gelber Schrift: Call for Proposals bis 14. November 2025. Europas Zukunft - Zukunft Europa. Innere Spannungen und äußere Herausforderungen.

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Aug 28

🧪 🗳 New in Scientific Data

"The #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A Dataset of Austrian Voter Attitudes and Behavior”

The new data descriptor offers background on study design & data quality.

➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415...

📂 Dataset: doi.org/10.11587/HNU...

#OpenScience @aussda.bsky.social

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The Politics of Inequality @excinequality.bsky.social · Aug 8

📣 Call for Papers is open!
In_equality Conference 2026 | 15–17 April | Konstanz
We invite papers on the political causes & consequences of #inequality

Submit Aug 8–Oct 5 ➡️ inequality-conference.de
@uni-konstanz.de

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Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our paper is now out in an issue! Summarizing thread below and link for access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · Mar 24

Technological change has had important consequences for labour markets in recent decades. What about its electoral consequences? In this new article in EJPR, we use administrative data to follow nearly a million workers over 16 years to study this. 🧵

ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The gendered long‐term consequences of automation risk on electoral behaviour: Evidence from Norway

We examine long-run effects of automation risk on turnout. We expect gendered negative effects because men's turnout is more sensitive to job loss and earnings, but negative effects might be offset b...

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Philip Rathgeb @philiprathgeb.bsky.social · Jul 15

Glad to share a symposium on my book "How the Radical Right Has Changed Capitalism and Welfare" with SER: academic.oup.com/ser/advance-....

Featuring @alexandreafonso.bsky.social, @vapunkt.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, @danielk24.bsky.social, @gscheiring.bsky.social, & rejoinder by myself 👇

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Sarah Engler @saengler.bsky.social · Jul 28

My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.

If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!

shorturl.at/kcTbG

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Line Rennwald @linerenn.bsky.social · Jul 28

Gewerkschaften: Letzte Dinos oder effiziente Stütze? Essay von Klaus Armingeon www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2025/gewerks...

Gewerkschaften: Letzte Dinos oder effiziente Stütze?

Politikwissenschaftler Klaus Armingeon ist Emeritus der Universität Bern. Er zeigt in einem Essay auf, welche Bedeutung Gewerkschaften 2025 noch haben, wie sie sich modernisieren müssten und was ohne ...

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johanna plenter @johannaplenter.bsky.social · Jul 28

habe für unseren blog etwas über die relevanz von sozialer klasse und das zugehörigkeitsgefühl von prekär und atypisch beschäftigten zur arbeiter:innenklasse geschrieben. 📰

der beitrag basiert auf meiner @fesonline.bsky.social publikation „ein teil der arbeiter:innenklasse?“

#klassenbewusstsein

Empirical Political Science #Duisburg @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social · Jul 28

Neuer Blogbeitrag von @johannaplenter.bsky.social online!
Wer gehört heute noch zur Arbeiter:innenklasse?
Viele arbeiten prekär oder atypisch – aber fühlen sich trotzdem zur Mittelschicht zugehörig
Was sagt das über unsere Gesellschaft aus?
Und was heißt das für die Politik?

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Line Rennwald @linerenn.bsky.social · Jun 26

Congratulations! All best!

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Line Rennwald @linerenn.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 Lesen Sie den Newsletter SelectsAktuell #Selects
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👉 Lassen junge Generationen die traditionellen Parteien links liegen? 3 Fragen an @indubioproreto.bsky.social

👉 Wirtschaftlichen Sorgen nehmen zu

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Line Rennwald @linerenn.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 Découvrez la newsletter SelectsActuel #Selects
@forsresearch.bsky.social

👉 Les jeunes générations délaissent-elles les partis traditionnels? 3 questions à @indubioproreto.bsky.social

👉 Des préoccupations économiques croissantes - dans la dernière enquête

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Guillem Vidal @guillemvidal.me · Jun 4

We spent over three years at the Joint Research Centre on DIGCLASS, studying social policy and inequality in the age of digitalisation.

We’ve now put all our resources and insights together — check it out!

digclass.eu

DigClass

Social Classes in The Digital Age

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Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · Jun 4

Can government policies moderate political backlash to structural change?

Yes, the effect operates through material benefits and social recognition.

🚨New WP by @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social and @susanadptavares.bsky.social 🚨

shorturl.at/zFbZE

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Jun 3

I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!

Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior

2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices

www.kuleuven.be

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · May 19

And more cool research by @noracwe.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, Rasmus Kappelgaard Gustafsson, Viktoriia Muliavka, David Beck, @robinweisser.bsky.social, @linerenn.bsky.social, @leaelsaesser.bsky.social, @johannaplenter.bsky.social, Mikolaj Czesnik & @manuelwagner.bsky.social (days 2.5-4)😊

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