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Zeynep Somer-Topcu @zeynsom.bsky.social · 10d

Still confused about EPSA vs. EPSS? Which conference should you go to? Here is a link to clarify things: epssnet.org/uncategorize... TL;DR: "EPSA" community will be in Belfast. Same community, new organisation, bigger mission; slightly new name; and a very different foundation @epssnet.bsky.social

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IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨

We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.

We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · 26d

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · 26d

Proof that political scientists do leave the conference center. Granville Island, Vancouver - APSA 2025 🇨🇦🍁

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · Aug 28

Very happy to share that this paper from my PhD dissertation is now published in print.

It tackles a question central to my research: How much can parties actually shape the opinions of their supporters? Results suggest their leeway might be more limited than often assumed!

European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Does elite polarization cause public polarization? 🪢

@mascakir.bsky.social finds when Labour moved left, most voter didn’t follow. Only a few loyal but ideologically distant supporters shifted. #Polarization #UKPolitics

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How do masses react to party polarization? Limited effect of party polarization on mass polarization

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · Aug 26

The lowest point of my research career? Not impostor syndrome. Not rejection letters. Not even Reviewer 2. It’s Qualtrics hiking fees, my uni pulling the plug… and QuestionPro.

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · Jun 30

I strongly recommend this!👇🏻

Ruth is truly one of the most inspiring scholars I know and she is definitely a super supportive supervisor!

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Jun 30

‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇

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!

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Marta Vukovic @martav.bsky.social · Jun 27

Doing important things at @epsanet.bsky.social …like locating the one veg canapé at the reception 👀
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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · Jun 25

From 26 to 28 June 2025, the 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association will take place in Madrid, Spain. Many of our colleagues will attend the conference and present their research. #EPSA2025. The presenters are: 🧵 1/3

The schedule of the presenters from the EPSA2025

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · Jun 24

Recs for #EPSA2025 schedule:

THU, 1.10-2.50, in 0A.05: I’ll chair a panel on conceptual issues in affective polarization, feat. @luismremiro.bsky.social, @mascakir.bsky.social, Mickael Temporão, @fghjorth.bsky.social, plus present work w @katharinalawall.bsky.social + @mtsakiris.bsky.social

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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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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · May 20

Online first: "Lipset and Rokkan meet data: the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages, 1870–1967" by Vincenco Emanuele & Bruno Marino.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Part of the forthcoming Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies"

Abstract of the article "Lipset and Rokkan meet data: the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages, 1870–1967" by Vincenzo Emanuele and Bruno Marino. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 1, displaying a simplified, dynamic model of cleavage electoral structuring.

Figure 2, displaying the evolution over time of electoral structuring for the four cleavages.

Figure 3, displaying the determinants of cleavage electoral structuring.
Note: Prais-Winsten regression with panel-corrected standard errors (PCSE) regressions. All variables displayed in the figure have been standardised. Confidence intervals set at p < 0.05.

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Mar 24

Super happy to share this new paper with @zeynsom.bsky.social and Patrick Fournier, out now in JEPOP! We study how the accuracy of citizens' perceptions of parties' issue positions depends on the importance they attach to the issue.

See Zeynep's 🧵 for an overview of our findings!

Zeynep Somer-Topcu @zeynsom.bsky.social · Mar 21

New paper alert: @rdassonneville.bsky.social, Patrick Fournier, and I have a new paper published in JEPOP: "Personal issue importance effects on voters’ perceptual accuracy of party issue positions". A thread: doi.org/10.1080/1745...

Personal issue importance effects on voters’ perceptual accuracy of party issue positions

The accuracy of voters’ party position perceptions is critical for the functioning of representative democracy, and recent comparative work has shown that voters generally have accurate perceptions...

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · May 19

A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋

New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social

We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · May 19

First, I need every country jury to submit a 500-word essay, APA style, citing relevant music theory to justify their votes. Second, do we have access to raw audience vote count per country? Finally, I thought I'd never ditch my flat white, but it's espresso macchiato from now on. Loyalty is earned.

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · May 13

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · May 12

🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides.

@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · May 1

I probably relate to this quote more than I should.

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · Mar 28

Amazing news, congratulations Ruth! 🥳

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Mar 27

Incredibly happy to share that I received funding through the FWO Odysseus program for the SOCIOVOTE project! Over the next five years, I’ll be examining how social groups think politically, and study the processes through which groups and group identities become politicized.

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO) @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social · Mar 27

📣Vlaanderen haalt via FWO met 19 miljoen euro 12 gerenommeerde onderzoekers (terug) naar Vlaanderen📣

Lees het volledige persbericht: www.fwo.be/nl/resultate...

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · Dec 1

🚨Do echo chambers polarize? Yes! 🚨Very excited that our paper “The Polarizing Effect of Partisan Echo Chambers” w @sarahobolt.bsky.social and James Tilley has been published FirstView at APSR! Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Thread 👇1/n

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · Mar 11

Schnitzel and great company (@rdassonneville.bsky.social @zeynsom.bsky.social )—can’t go wrong! Always such a pleasure to catch up with these two amazing mentors 🍽️🍾

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · Feb 2

Le discours de Trudeau sur la réponse du Canada aux tarifs américains est peut-être tout simplement son meilleur ! 🇨🇦 🍁

Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods

YouTube video by CBC News

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Jan 29

🚨Neue Studie: Prekäre Arbeitsverhältnisse an Österreichs Universitäten

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📖 Zusammenfassung & Link zur Studie: www.nuwiss.at/nuwiss-studi...

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NUWiss-Studie zu prekären Beschäftigungsverhältnisse an österreichischen Universitäten - Netzwerk Unterbau Wissenschaft

Eine in Kooperation mit NUWiss enstandene neue Studie beleuchtet die Beschäftigungssituation von Mittelbau-Angehörigen an österreichischen Universitäten. Die Befragung von über 2.300 wissenschaftliche...

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Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thank you, glad you like it!

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