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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 15d

▶️ Party Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @zeynsom.bsky.social & @sarahwagner.bsky.social

📢 This section welcomes work on party organizations, party electoral strategies, parties in government, as well as electoral and behavioral consequences of parties’ strategies & their organizational changes.

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · 17d

The call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025.

epssnet.org/belfast-2026/

@rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!

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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.

epssnet.org

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Delia Zollinger @dpzollinger.bsky.social · Sep 2

Another fantastic piece out in our "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" special issue! (co-edited with @davidattewell6.bsky.social )

@mierkezat.bsky.social et al investigate the role of civil society in contemporary cleavage formation.

There are a few more SI contributions still to come!

Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki @mierkezat.bsky.social · Aug 28

I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in ‪@wepsocial.bsky.social‬ (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social‬!)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Delia Zollinger @dpzollinger.bsky.social · Jul 29

Even in times of sociocultural conflict, a progressive left electorate is more averse to sociocultural *and* socioeconomic inequalities than (far) right voters.

New paper with @siljahausermann.bsky.social Palmtag @tabouchadi.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social Berkinshaw
tinyurl.com/d42wyb79

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Jul 16

We are looking for a lecturer in Comparative European Politics at Oxford. Join an incredibly stimulating intellectual environment. It is a 5-year position that should be great for early career researchers. Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢APPLY NOW!: DPIR seeks a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative European Politics to provide teaching and supervision at the undergraduate and graduate level and contribute to the Departmental examining and graduate admissions processes.🗓️ CLOSES: 12pm, 5 Aug: ow.ly/brXi50WpZav

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jul 7

❗The segmentation of the right field is eroding, especially among young voters❗

New article out by @simonbornschier.bsky.social @dpzollinger.bsky.social
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself
@ipz.bsky.social ‬ @wepsocial.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj

A short 🧵

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jul 7

This study is part of the excellent special issue on ‘Updating Cleavage Theory for the 21st century” that @davidattewell6.bsky.social and @dpzollinger.bsky.social ‪ have edited with @wepsocial.bsky.social

Thanks! 🙏

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jul 7

However: voters in the right field with less particularistic group identities continue to opt for the mainstream right, suggesting that accommodating the far right would likely entail additional losses for mainstream right parties.

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jul 7

And among those voters who hold BOTH far and mainstream right parties in their consideration set, how salient economic-distributive issues are to them (relative to socio-cultural questions) explains actual choice ONLY among the elderly.

IOW: the segmentation of the right field is eroding.

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jul 7

More surprisingly – and reason to worry for these parties – the mainstream right has lost its dominant position even among those younger voters…
• for whom economic-distributive issues are most salient and…
• who hold higher social status identities.

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jul 7

Unsurprisingly,
• the more salient cultural issues are to voters and…
• the more particularistic their identities…
the more likely they are to consider voting for far right parties. This pattern is similar across age groups, but weakest for the elderly.

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jul 7

What explains whether right-wing voters consider voting for
• only the mainstream right
• only the far right
• or both?

Using original survey data, we study how saliency, attitudes and identities relate to consideration sets and vote choice.

Spoiler: the findings vary by age groups.

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jul 7

❗The segmentation of the right field is eroding, especially among young voters❗

New article out by @simonbornschier.bsky.social @dpzollinger.bsky.social
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself
@ipz.bsky.social ‬ @wepsocial.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj

A short 🧵

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jul 7

❗Among their electoral potential, social democratic parties face very few strategic dilemmas. Left-progressive appeals resonate most strongly.

New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social
with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social

Thread👇

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Jul 7

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · Jun 28

Did you know that @epssnet.bsky.social will honor your #EPSA membership? Sign up today!

epssnet.org/sign-up/#join

That said, your membership dues are staying with EPSA & EPSS is starting with zero financial funds. So if you can, consider paying for an EPSS membership to help us get off the ground.

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congratulations, Manuel! Excellent dissertation and important research 🎉

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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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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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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jun 2

Congratulations Francesco! Fantastic and important research

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jun 2

We are so much looking forward to having you @ipz.bsky.social and in our group!

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Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science @skytteprize.bsky.social · Apr 23

Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆

He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."

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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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Matthias Enggist @matthiasenggist.bsky.social · Mar 4

4/ Among elderly GAL voters, who were socialized into the GALTAN cleavage when it was dominated by post-1968 New Social Movements, the importance of social assistance benefits is higher than among TAN voters.

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