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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Call for student assistant (BA or MA level) to join the INCONEX project in Salzburg as soon as possible!

Deadline: 20 October 2025

⭐ More information at www.inconex.eu and in the call below.

@sceus.bsky.social

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Alexander Van der Bellen @bundespraesident.at · 5d

Es ist eine traurige Nachricht, dass Anton Pelinka nicht mehr bei uns ist. Er hat Politik für Generationen erklärt, sei es an den Universitäten, an denen er gelehrt hat, oder als pointierter Kommentator und scharfer Analytiker. Österreich hat eine bedeutende Stimme verloren. (vdb)

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Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 5d

Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben

Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.

www.faz.net

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social !

📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests”

With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests - Bonnie M. Meguid, Hilde Coffé, Ana Catalano Weeks, Miki Caul Kittilson, 2025

Despite their Männerparteien reputation, populist radical right (PRR) parties have recently expanded their agendas to include women’s interests. When do they em...

doi.org

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · 15d

Excited for this! If you work on democracy or representation in multilevel Europe, sign up via your MyECPR account! @ecpr.bsky.social

Gilles Pittoors @gillespittoors.bsky.social · 15d

🌍📢 Exciting news: @lucykinski.bsky.social, @wouterwolfs.bsky.social and myself have launched the ECPR Research Network on Democracy and Representation in a Transnational Space!

We aim to connect scholars studying transnational politics, democracy & representation in Europe.

ecpr.eu/Group/democr...

Democracy and Representation in a Transnational Space

European Consortium for Political Research

ecpr.eu

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Simon Brause @simonbrause.bsky.social · Aug 4

2024 was a turbulent year in German politics: four elections, a surging far right, and the coalition's collapse. Our new Political Data Yearbook piece (with @lucykinski.bsky.social) traces the events leading to the 2025 snap elections.

@hhu.de @sceus.bsky.social

Political Data Yearbook @pdyearbook.bsky.social · Jul 30

🆕 #Germany 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ @lucykinski.bsky.social & Simon D Brause report on a year of political upheaval with 4 major elections, as #AfD + #BSW gained support, the economic crisis deepened + snap elections were called for 2025 after the coalition collapsed. #OlafScholz
✍️ buff.ly/A1whugR

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Jun 3

Very happy to have you in the INCONEX team, Clint & looking forward to working together on representative absence! ✨️ And welcome to Salzburg! 🌞 @sceus.bsky.social
#EUsky #Polisky

Clint Claessen @clint0475.bsky.social · Jun 2

Some personal news! 🗞️

Today is my first day @unisalzburg.bsky.social as a postdoc in the INCONEX project sites.google.com/view/inconex with the wonderful @lucykinski.bsky.social! I’m very excited to start. Hmu if you’re in Salzburg :)

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · May 23

War schön, dich kennenzulernen, Ugur! Auf bald in Wien.

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · May 23

Honored to have been elected to the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences! I join an interdisciplinary network of already established & award-winning researchers under the age of 40.

Pics (c)ÖAW
@ya-oeaw.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social
@sceus.bsky.social @unisalzburg.bsky.social
#Polisky

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Apr 29

#hiring #poliscijobs #qualitativemethods #representation #EUsky

Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS) @sceus.bsky.social · Apr 28

🎓 Don't forget to apply by Friday!

Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Apr 7

⭐I am looking for 2 PhD candidates w/ focus on qualitative representation research in my ERC project INCONEX at University of Salzburg!

On the project: sites.google.com/view/inconex...

Applications due: 2 May 2025

Full ad: sites.google.com/view/inconex...

#EUsky #poliscijobs #qualitativemethods

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Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS) @sceus.bsky.social · Apr 21

📣 Less than two weeks left to apply for one of the two PhD positions w/ focus on qualitative #representation #research in @lucykinski.bsky.social ’s INCONEX project on #politics of absence

❗ Apply by 2 May ❗

Find more info here: buff.ly/04QmrEw

#EUsky #poliscijobs #qualitativemethods

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Apr 16

💡New exciting comparative #data on intra-party democracy 👇

Simon Brause @simonbrause.bsky.social · Apr 16

🧵 New comparative data on intra-party democracy is now available. Thomas Poguntke and I present our recent research note ow two indices—assembly-based and plebiscitary IPD—applied globally for the first time. A resource for research on political parties, democracy, and representation. @hhu.de

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Cristina Ares Castro-Conde @cristinaarescc.bsky.social · Apr 14

Si hablas castellano, has cursado un buen máster en Ciencia Política y quieres realizar tu doctorado en el marco de un proyecto ERC, dispones de una magnífica oportunidad para solicitar una plaza en Salzburg, hasta el 2 de mayo 💫

Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Apr 7

⭐I am looking for 2 PhD candidates w/ focus on qualitative representation research in my ERC project INCONEX at University of Salzburg!

On the project: sites.google.com/view/inconex...

Applications due: 2 May 2025

Full ad: sites.google.com/view/inconex...

#EUsky #poliscijobs #qualitativemethods

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Robert A. Huber @robert-a-huber.bsky.social · Apr 9

If you are interested in political representation (and the absence of representation for some groups) I got the perfect PhD for you. @lucykinski.bsky.social is looking for two (!) 4-year PhD positions in her amazing project. A great job in our vibrant #polsci community at @unisalzburg.bsky.social

Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Apr 7

⭐I am looking for 2 PhD candidates w/ focus on qualitative representation research in my ERC project INCONEX at University of Salzburg!

On the project: sites.google.com/view/inconex...

Applications due: 2 May 2025

Full ad: sites.google.com/view/inconex...

#EUsky #poliscijobs #qualitativemethods

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Apr 9

@unisalzburg.bsky.social

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Apr 7

⭐I am looking for 2 PhD candidates w/ focus on qualitative representation research in my ERC project INCONEX at University of Salzburg!

On the project: sites.google.com/view/inconex...

Applications due: 2 May 2025

Full ad: sites.google.com/view/inconex...

#EUsky #poliscijobs #qualitativemethods

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Feb 26

Come work with us!

#EU #polisky #jobs #hiring

Michael Blauberger @mblauberger.bsky.social · Feb 25

I am looking for a postdoc in my new project on "The domestic politics of EU action against democratic backsliding". Please, check also the project website for the call for applications (as well as the calls for two more postdoc positions in Bremen and Wroclaw): sites.google.com/view/deudem

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Feb 7

📢I am looking for a student research assistant in my ERC project INCONEX to join the team as soon as possible!

⭐More information below and here: sites.google.com/view/inconex...

@sceus.bsky.social

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Jan 3

📆 5 more days left to apply ‼️

Come work with me on my ERC project INCONEX on representative absence: sites.google.com/view/inconex...

#hiring #EUsky #polisky #postdoc #academicjobs #representation #parliaments #css

More info on the position: sites.google.com/view/inconex...

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Dec 12

It was great fun to talk about what political #representation is (Pitkin!), why democratic representation is in #crisis (parties struggle), whether citizens in Hashtag#Europe are actually well represented (pretty well), and whether they also feel that way (less so). Thanks for joining!

Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS) @sceus.bsky.social · Dec 12

Yesterday SCEUS's Dr @lucykinski.bsky.social headed a discussion on representation in the European Union. Why don't citizens feel represented anymore? What does that mean for European integration? And how can we strengthen citizens’ trust? Thank you to all who took part in this public lecture!

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Dec 11

Looking forward to talking about the crisis of representation in Europe today in our Jean Monnet Public Lecture series "Forschung von nebenan"
(Also nice to see these posters all over town 😀)
@sceus.bsky.social
#Eursky #representation

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Dec 9

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! ✨️

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Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS) @sceus.bsky.social · Dec 6

A last reminder that SCEUS will host the two-day Young Scholar Workshop on “The State of the EU 15 Years after the Lisbon Treaty” on 15-16 May, 2025. PhD students & postdocs in law, political science, & economics can apply by 31 December. More information: www.plus.ac.at/news/sceus-y...

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · Dec 6

Our edited volume traveled from London via Vienna to Warsaw and is now off to the European Parliament with the President! 🇪🇺📚

#EUsky #EUrsky
@sceus.bsky.social

Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka @karolinaboronska.bsky.social · Dec 6

It was a true honor to hand over our book on EU parliamentary #democracy edited w/ @lucykinski.bsky.social to the President of #EuropeanParliament #RobertaMetsola during her visit to #Warsaw.
The book is available in OA: www.routledge.com/The-Parliame...
@alemanno.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social

Parliamentary dimension of the Conference on the Future of Europe: Synergies and Legitimacy Clashes.
11 chapters in open access. Check it out. Very grateful to all the authors and endorsers.

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Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS) @sceus.bsky.social · Nov 29

🎓🇪🇺 Applications are open for our master's in European Union Studies, starting October 2025. This interdisciplinary, English-taught programme covers EU politics, economics and law through courses, study trips and simulations. Apply by 15 February 2025. For more info: linktr.ee/sceus

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