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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 27d

I wrote a longer essay on how social status matters for far-right support. Many still wrongly associate the far right with the economically left behind. Taking social status seriously also cautions against the idea that deliverism will win back far-right voters.

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Threats to social status and support for far-right political parties

How economic threats to social status in the form of unemployment risk and rental market risk affects support for the far right in Europe.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · Sep 4

Delighted to share that I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for my project “Lost in the Green Transition: Local Collective Greenloss Identity, Anti-Climate Attitudes and Radical Right Support.” #ERCStG
More soon on #GREENLOSS.
A huge thank you to friends and colleagues who made this possible!

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Verena Reidinger @reidingerve.bsky.social · Aug 14

Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9

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

You can already submit your paper and panel proposal for EPSS next year. Looking forward to seeing many people in Belfast. I will be there.

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 1

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!

📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 
📍 ICC Belfast 
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · Jun 4

We have a new WP on governments' capacity to deal with the political implications of structural change💥

Policy interventions *can* effectively mitigate political backlash when they address both material and non-material demands of voters. shorturl.at/zFbZE

Check Reto's great summary for details👇

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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 · May 12

🔥 One more week to apply for this postdoc position in Zurich (flexible start date)

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions

If you'd like to hear from someone who has been working closely with me, @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social and @retobuergisser.bsky.social are happy to share insights

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

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · Apr 30

www.ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:3284...

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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

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ERC project DISINTEGRATION @disintegrationerc.bsky.social · Apr 30

Today marks the final day of the DISINTEGRATION project, a project on the mass politics of disintegration generously funded by the @erc.europa.eu .

We celebrate with a thread on all we have done and found:

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · Apr 7

First instalment of my substack primer on right-wing populism in Europe is out.
jacobedenhofer.substack.com/p/explaining...

Explaining the emergence and consolidation of right-wing populism: Part I

Stylised facts, or what has actually happened?

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Carlo Knotz @carloknotz.bsky.social · Mar 27

My department is *hiring a PhD* student (3 years, fully funded) for a research project on the social and political effects of AI-related technological change. *Deadline: May 4, '25*. See here for more information & to apply: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #PoliSky #Sociology #AcademicSky

PhD Fellowship in Politics & Social Sciences (266956) | University of Stavanger

Job title: PhD Fellowship in Politics & Social Sciences (266956), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, May 4, 2025

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Mar 26

Heißt das, es gibt keine ökonomischen oder sozialen Ursachen für die Wahl der AfD? Nein, natürlich nicht – aber sie sind deutlich komplexer und nuancierter als der im Video genannte „Frust“ über Mieten, Löhne, Bildung, Rente oder Infrastruktur.

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · Mar 28

Exzellente Übersicht, danke!

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Matthias Haslberger @mhaslberger.bsky.social · Mar 18

📢Special issue and workshop on "The Politics of AI: Citizen Perceptions, Preferences, and Priorities" 📢

We aim to bring together cutting-edge research on the political ramifications of AI for a workshop in Oxford and a special issue in a leading political science journal.(1/2)

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Momentum Institut @momentum-institut.at · Mar 13

Mit jeder weiteren Wahl in Europa gewinnen radikal rechte Parteien an Zustimmung. Welche Auswirkungen persönliche Sorgen vor Mieterhöhung auf den Zuspruch für radikal rechte Parteien haben, behandelt das #PaperderWoche von @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @denis-cohen.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social. 1/

Deckblatt des Papers „Rental Market Risk and Radical Right Support“ von den Autoren Tarik Abou-Chadi, Denis Cohen, Thomas Kurer; erschienen in Comparative Political Studies; Dezember 2024.

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · Feb 27

We are very happy to have Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social giving an IPERG Seminar today at @ub.edu. Looking forward to it!

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · Feb 27

Today's #seminar: 'Can Government Policies Moderate Political Backlash to Structural Change?'

🗣️@thmskrr.bsky.social (University of Zurich)
⏰14:20
📍Room 1037, 690 Building.
🔗https://s.mtrbio.com/zbuzomjhap
🗃️ IPERG seminar

#Economics #EconSky

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · Feb 20

Ahead of Germany's snap election, I spoke to researchers about how rising rents are driving voters to the far right and organizers about how they're pushing back and bringing communities together around progressive solutions.

Read my reporting at @truthout.org:

truthout.org/articles/exp...

Experts Warn No Action on High Rents Could Drive Voters to Germany’s Far Right

Leftist organizing on housing could be an important bulwark against the rise of Germany’s far right AfD party.

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Aina Gallego @ainagallego.bsky.social · Jan 28

📢 Our new paper in Political Analysis explains how to use LLMs like GPT-4o, Llama or Mistral to estimate the ideological and policy position of political texts. Our approach is fast, reliable, cost-effective and reproducible and works with texts written in different languages 1/7 cup.org/4axBEXo

Positioning Political Texts with Large Language Models by Asking and Averaging | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core

Positioning Political Texts with Large Language Models by Asking and Averaging

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · Jan 21

‼️ Hiring ‼️

Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich

📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)

Application deadline in early March.

Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk

We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions

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Denis Cohen @denis-cohen.bsky.social · Jan 10

Heute berichtet u.a. @zeitonline.bsky.social über die Studie von @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social und mir: "Bei Mietern mit niedrigen Einkommen wächst [...] die Unterstützung für die AfD, wenn die Mietpreise in ihrem städtischen Wohngebiet ansteigen."

www.zeit.de/news/2025-01...

Mietpreisentwicklung: Studie sieht Zusammenhang zwischen Mieten und AfD-Sympathie

Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Mietpreisentwicklung“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Studie sieht Zusammenhang zwischen Mieten und AfD-Sympathie“.

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Nov 28

New article accepted at CPS. @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I analyze how rental market risk affects radical right support. Combining data on local rent increases with the SOEP, we find that individuals facing increasing local rents become more likely to support the AfD. 🧵

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · Nov 17

🥁Next Tuesday, Nov 21, 5pm CET: The final talk of our TOPIQ speaker series! Tabea Palmtag presents her exciting work on the "The Long Shadow of Economic Opportunity" 🥁
As usual, online and open for everyone. Register here: www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/en/registrat...

Registration

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · Nov 6

There will be another TOPIQ talk @ipz.bsky.social tomorrow 5pm CET (online) Andrew McNeil will present new work on the effects of (lacking) social mobility on political discontent. Registration here: www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/en/registrat...

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