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Jochem Vanagt @jochemvanagt.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 New publication out @jeppjournal.bsky.social w/ Katrin Praprotnik @luanarusso.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social

We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions.

Open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1350...

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Klaudia Wegschaider @wegschaider.bsky.social · 7d

🤔 Curious about our new open access dataset on migrant electoral rights?

Join us for the webinar to get an overview. 📊

GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 Webinar Alert 🚨

Join us for the online launch of the new Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset, the most comprehensive global dataset on migrant suffrage to date 🌐

📅 Oct 15 | 17:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 Register www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

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AUTHLIB @authlibeu.bsky.social · 3d

‼️ TODAY‼️

💭 What's ahead for Czechia after the parliamentary election?

📅 Oct 6, 3:00pm CET
📍 Online

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@petraguasti.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz
@danielhegedus.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social
Vit Dostal (AMO)
Andrea Michalcová (Centre for an Informed Society)

Bohemia Illiberalis? Perspectives on Czechia’s Future Democratic Landscape and Foreign Policy After the Elections

Where is Czechia headed after the 2025 parliamentary election? Join our discussion on October 6 (Monday) at 3:00 p.m. CET.

www.authlib.eu

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 6d

A warm welcome to our new Assistant Professor @retobuergisser.bsky.social 👋🥳

Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 15d

New city, new job, new term!
After a wonderful time at the @ipz.bsky.social, I’m very excited to have joined the Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social at the University of Vienna as Assistant Professor.
If you’re in Vienna and up for a coffee, let me know!

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AUTHLIB @authlibeu.bsky.social · 7d

💭 What's ahead for Czechia after the parliamentary election?

📅 Oct 6 (Mon) 3:00pm CET
📍 Online

🗣️
@petraguasti.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz
@danielhegedus.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social
Vit Dostal (AMO)
Andrea Michalcová (Centre for an Informed Society)

Register ⤵️

Bohemia Illiberalis? Perspectives on Czechia’s Future Democratic Landscape and Foreign Policy After the Elections

Where is Czechia headed after the 2025 parliamentary election? Join our discussion on October 6 (Monday) at 3:00 p.m. CET.

www.authlib.eu

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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 6d

✨ Two inspiring days at the #MEDemConference wrapped up with our #MEDemBoD meeting!

A big thank you to @gesis.org for hosting us in Cologne — and for the chance to meet one of the city’s most famous residents: Die Maus, star of the legendary German TV show "Die Sendung mit der Maus". 🐭🎉

A group of MEDem team members standing outside in Cologne, gathered around a bright orange statue of the Mouse from the German children’s TV show Die Sendung mit der Maus.

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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 13d

You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU?

Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇

@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 12d

Awards, awards, awards! 🏆✨

At the 11th Annual @oegpw.bsky.social Conference, three members of the Department of Government @univie.ac.at were among the awardees:

🎓 Best PhD – @christinagahn.bsky.social
📘 Best MA – Benjamin Riesch
📗 Best BA – Luca Conte

👏 Huge congrats to all! 🎉

#PoliSky 🧪

Two award recipients stand smiling in front of an ÖGPW banner. Both hold rolled certificates. The banner reads “Österreichische Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft – Das Netzwerk für Politikwissenschaft in Österreich. Vernetzen. Fördern.”

Slide projected on a screen with the heading “PhD Awards 2025.” On the left, text reads: Christina Gahn, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Thomas Meyer. Title: Debunking the Myth of Targeted and Tailored Political Advertising. On the right, a portrait of Christina Gahn smiling, wearing a dark blue top.

A large screen displays a slide titled “Master Awards 2025.” The slide shows a portrait of Benjamin Riesch smiling, with text: Benjamin Riesch, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik. Title: Negative Campaigning in the Austrian National Election. In the foreground, three people stand at a lectern in a lecture hall, with empty chairs and glasses on the table.

A large screen shows a slide titled “Bachelor Awards 2025.” The slide includes a portrait of Luca Conte smiling with arms crossed, and text: Luca Conte, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Katharina Pfaff. Title: How Experiencing Climate Change Affects Climate Change Attitudes in Austria. In the foreground, three presenters stand at a lectern in a lecture hall with chairs and glasses on a table.

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · Jul 31

A few months ago @klarapernsteiner.bsky.social and I noticed something was off. The corrigendum now also includes @stawi-univie.bsky.social: "Table 1: Recent citations: the University of Vienna enters at #9 (11,144). Table 2: Recent citations: enters at #6 (293)" :) doi.org/10.1017/S104...

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Aug 5

🚨New Publication

Perceptions of Science and Politics During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Austria: Technocratic Overreach or Blame Deflection? 🧪

By @schnizzl.bsky.social, @jamoeberl.bsky.social & Alexander Bogner

➡️ doi.org/10.1007/s116...

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Abstract: Science and politics function as distinct yet structurally interconnected social systems, creating a delicate need to balance expertise and democratic representation. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed tensions in this relationship, with initial public support for containment measures giving way to growing skepticism. This paper explores two distinct perspectives on this development: (1) the technocratic overreach perspective, which attributes low support to perceptions that experts overstepped their role in political decision-making; and (2) the blame-deflection perspective, which links it to the perception that politicians strategically used appeals to scientific authority to shield themselves from criticism. Using survey data from the Austrian Corona Panel Project, we test hypotheses derived from these contrasting perspectives to better understand public concerns surrounding the boundary between science and politics during the pandemic. Our findings show that both technocratic overreach and blame deflection perceptions are associated with lower support for mitigation measures, but the patterns of underlying attitudes differ. Perceptions of technocratic overreach were associated with low trust in science, but overall levels of trust in science remained high and stable, suggesting that overreach perceptions stemmed primarily from pre-existing skepticism toward science rather than concerns about technocratic policy-making during the pandemic. In contrast, perceptions of blame deflection were related to low trust in government, which strongly declined during the pandemic. Overall, the study identifies crisis management as a key area where a clearer demarcation between science and politics is needed.

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Jul 28

Call for Papers: "Knowing Without Knowing: How False Confidence Shapes the World"

🗓️ Deadline: 23.4.2026
🔗 www.nature.com/collections/...

Co-Edited with: M. Adamus, S. Chen

#Misinformation #ConspiracyBeliefs #Polarization #ScienceDenial #Overconfidence 🧪

🔄 Help us spread the word!

Knowing without knowing: how false confidence shapes the world

This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications collection explores the mechanisms and impact of false or misplaced confidence, and how it shapes the ...

www.nature.com

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Jul 14

📚 Neue Studie erschienen

"Wie lässt sich konstruktiv mit verhärteten Wissenskonflikten umgehen? Eine quantitativ-qualitative Studie zur Wissenschaftsskepsis"

Mit Alexander Bogner, Agnes Kirchner, Katharina Miko-Schefzig, Michaela Pfadenhauer & Markus Trimmel

🔗 epub.oeaw.ac.at?arp=0x00407b20

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · Jul 1

📯Neuer Digitize!-Kurzbericht von Katharina Pfaff und Jerg Gutmann @jerggutmann.bsky.social mit interessanten Ergebnissen aus der letzten Digitize!-Befragungswelle über Vertrauen der österreichischen Bevölkerung in die Justiz❗: digitize.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us...

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · Jun 25

@isabellareb.bsky.social @marvins.bsky.social @jzmarlier.bsky.social @frawin.bsky.social @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social @beatrizlasherasmas.bsky.social @elenaheinz.bsky.social @martav.bsky.social @schnizzl.bsky.social and Sylvia Kritzinger 3/3

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · Jun 25

@christinagahn.bsky.social @alexanderdalheimer.bsky.social @mascakir.bsky.social @mkaltenegger.bsky.social @annaliabrunetti.bsky.social @versteegenluca.bsky.social @bseisl.bsky.social 2/3

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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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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · Jun 24

Excited to kick off #EPSA2025 on Day 1, Panel 1! 🎉

I’ll present my co-authored research with @michaelimre.bsky.social on 50 years of gender representation in political science publications. We analyze nearly 100,000 articles across 72 journals to uncover long-term trends. 🔍

@epsanet.bsky.social

Proportion of Papers by Year and Team Type

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Jun 19

📢 Final #ACPP dataset now available via @aussda.bsky.social

🔍 Tracked how people in Austria experienced COVID-19
📅 35 waves (Mar 2020–Jul 2023)
👥 ~1,500 interviews per wave
🌍 English translations

📂 SUF: doi.org/10.11587/28K...
📖 OA: doi.org/10.11587/P5Y...
📊 Explore: woco.univie.ac.at/dashboard/

Screenshot of the AUSSDA data archive page for the Austrian Corona Panel Project (SUF edition), version 7.0. Lists the project team, citation, description, keywords, and notes. Highlights 35 waves of panel data from March 2020 to July 2023 with German and English translations. Dataset has over 6,700 downloads. Links to the SUF version: https://doi.org/10.11587/28KQNS.

Screenshot of the AUSSDA data archive page for the Austrian Corona Panel Project (OA edition), version 7.0. Includes project details, citation, keywords, and notes. Indicates it's a reduced open access version covering 35 waves of COVID-19-related panel data in Austria with German and English translations. Dataset has over 4,100 downloads. Links to the OA version: https://doi.org/10.11587/P5YJ0O.

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · Jun 11

@carolinaplescia.bsky.social presented her forthcoming book "The Meanings of Voting for Citizens: A Scientific Challenge, a Portrait, and Implications" Oxford University Press in the framework of a course at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev thought by Prof. Jennifer Oser. 📢🎥

Jennifer Oser @jenny-oser.bsky.social · Jun 9

⬇️Video is *live*! Fabulous talk by @carolinaplescia.bsky.social about her forthcoming OUP book on "The Meanings of Voting." Highlight video: youtube.com/watch?v=2wT0... Full video & additional info: prd-erc.eu/events Thanks to Carolina, student panelists, webinar advisory board members including...

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · May 12

Nächste Woche gehts los: Pint of Science – das Wissenschaftsfestival! 🧠🍺

Vom 19. bis 21. Mai präsentieren Wissenschaftler:innen ihre Forschung in 6 österreichischen Städten – Wien ist mit besonders vielen spannenden Events dabei. Hier ein Überblick!

🎟 pintofscience.at/events/wien
#pint25 #pint25AT

Startseite des Pint of Science Festivals 2025 für Wien. Links die Überschrift „Wien Veranstaltungen“ mit Stadtauswahl-Menü, rechts eine interaktive Karte mit Veranstaltungsorten in Wien.

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AUTHLIB @authlibeu.bsky.social · Apr 6

⚠️ New AUTHLIB journal article - open access ⚠️

❓How do illiberal far right parties influence discourse on immigration?

Franziska Wagner (CEU), Dean Schafer (@mississippistate.bsky.social, @ceudeminst.bsky.social) Mehmet Yavuz (CEU, Uni Salzburg) have the answers.

www.authlib.eu/journal-arti...

Journal Article: How Illiberal Parties Shape Immigration Discourse and Party Competition

How does far right parties' parliamentary and governmental participation influence both their discourse and that of mainstream parties?

www.authlib.eu

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AUTHLIB @authlibeu.bsky.social · Apr 28

🎧 Podcast on illiberal transatlantic ties

AUTHLIB's Daniel Hegedus & Zsuzsanna Vegh (GMF) spoke to CEU Democracy Institute's Review of Democracy about the commonalities of MAGA & the Patriots, the transatlantic illiberal network & its impact on CEE democracy.
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/04/16/i...

Illiberal Transatlantic Ties and the Reshaping of Democracy: Lessons From the US and Hungary | Review of Democracy

In this episode of the Democracy After 2024 series, Zsuzsanna Végh and Daniel Hegedűs examine transatlantic cooperation between state and non-state actors in the United States and Hungary. They…

revdem.ceu.edu

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · Apr 16

From March 13 to 14, 2025, the ‘PARTISAN’ project by @markuswagner.bsky.social hosted a workshop on partisan politics.
Researchers from the Department of Government and international guests came together to discuss political stereotypes, affective polarization and more. ✍️ 🗳️

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Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Apr 15

📣 New research in EJPR together with the wonderful @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @stefaniebailer.bsky.social, T. Turner-Zwinkels & S. Heller:

We find:
1) MPs use more constituency signals while campaigning,
2) voters notice the signals,
3) but don't reward that behaviour.

doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Constituency references in social media: MPs' usage and voters' reaction

Social media platforms offer MPs the opportunity to directly signal attention to their local voters in the constituency. And while previous research has linked the strategic use of such local cues in...

doi.org

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Data Science Lab - Hertie School @hertiedatascience.bsky.social · Apr 9

Fascinating new research from Dr. @schnizzl.bsky.social @univie.ac.at challenges our assumptions about online surveys. Her comparative study reveals surprising results between probability-based & non-probability methods.
Rethinking how we collect data?
👉🔗 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...

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