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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16d

Depolarization is not "a scalable solution for reducing societal-level conflict.... achieving lasting depolarization will likely require....moving beyond individual-level treatments to address the elite behaviors and structural incentives that fuel partisan conflict" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 21d

*PSA JOB OPPORTUNITY* 📢 Join our team as PSA #Membership, Programmes & #Events Assistant (PT 0.6,Fixed term) to support with new projects and Annual Conference. Open to all including #PhdStudents and #EarlyCareerResearchers
📆 Application deadline Friday 3 October
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Job Opportunity: Membership, Programmes & Events Assistant | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Job Opportunity: PSA Membership, Programmes & Events AssistantThe Political Studies Association (PSA) is seeking an enthusiastic and detail-oriented individual to join our team as Membership,…

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 22d

Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData

The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit

The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.

tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8

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ERA Chair in Multidisciplinary Area Studies Project @era-areas.bsky.social · Sep 3

We are hiring! 🌏 For the future Center for Multidisciplinary Area Studies (CenMAS) at @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz, we are looking for a 👉 Research Group Leader in Comparative Area Studies.

Join us in Prague – details here: bit.ly/CenMASleader

@millanos.bsky.social @karelkouba.bsky.social

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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

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Sep 1

WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.

Apply by: 10 Oct

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social · Aug 26

Now on FirstView!

"…we present a predation index in political science based on a clear operational definition & coding, thereby providing a tool that every scholar can use to protect the integrity of the
publishing process & their own work."

doi.org/10.1017/S104...

#polisky #academisky

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Miriam Sorace @miriamsorace.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thrilled to share this 16-country conjoint experiment with @catherinedevries.bsky.social & @simonhix.bsky.social. We find strong support for majoritarian reforms and tougher legal enforcement, even when paired with policies people dislike. Policy-inelastic institutional preferences exist! A 🧵...

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Aug 26

#FirstView from @pspolisci.bsky.social -

The Predation Index: A Tool to Discover Predatory Journals - https://cup.org/4nlv3of

- Annika Marlen Sabine Hinze, Daniel Stockemer & @theresareidy.bsky.social‬

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · Aug 20

📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...

London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science

We are inviting submissions for the London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science (LESS), a new forum for discussing experimental political science research among researchers at London unive...

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Sabine Carey @sabinecarey.bsky.social · Oct 13

If you know of recent PhDs/postdocs with interest in quant. (ideally mixed-method) research on pol violence/repression/armed actors PLEASE direct them to me! Am looking to appoint Humboldt Fellows to work with me for a year. Esp looking for ppl from Global South. No German citizens/German degree.

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Hanne Fjelde @hannefjelde.bsky.social · Aug 19

I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!

UppsalaPeaceConflict @uupeace.bsky.social · Aug 14

We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social

📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1

Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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Abrar Bawati @abrarbawati.bsky.social · Apr 16

We’re excited to present the Swedish Municipal Council Database! This open-access resource contains our hand-coded data for all local politicians in Sweden’s democratic local elections over 100 years!

With 🤩 @josefinemagnusson.bsky.social, @johannarickne.bsky.social, and Moa Frödin Gruneau.

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · Aug 15

🎉 Delighted to share new research out today: The Political Consequences of the Mental Load

📄 European Sociological Review
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
@europeansocreview.bsky.social

What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵

The political consequences of the mental load

Abstract. How do levels of cognitive household labour—the ‘mental load’ involved in anticipating, fulfilling, and monitoring household needs—affect politic

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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

 doi.org/10.1177/1065...

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Amanda Weiss @amandaweiss.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 Updated working paper!

Ekin Dursun and I ask what instruments best manipulate emotions on surveys (osf.io/56h4g).

We find that vignettes really work! They have large effects on emotions of interest & smaller effects on emotions *not* of interest.

But as always, it's complicated.👇

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Abstract of a paper written by Amanda Weiss and Ekin Dursun and titled "Robust Emotion Manipulation for Surveys: Evidence from Three Experiments."

The abstract reads: "A large number of experiments investigate the effects of emotions on critical political outcomes, including policy attitudes, support for authoritarians, tolerance, and political participation. The success of these experiments depends on emotion manipulations: Manipulations must be strong enough to shift one target emotion while also being specific enough shift other confounders only minimally. In this project, we identify emotion manipulations that fulfill these imperatives. First, using causal graphs, we show that in such experiments, emotions are intermediate outcomes of randomly assigned emotion manipulation instruments—not randomized treatments themselves. Then, we present evidence from three experiments (total N = 6, 649) on the effectiveness of vignettes, autobiographical emotional memory tasks, images, and more for inducing anger, gratitude, fear, political anger, political gratitude, and political cynicism. We show that vignettes are reliable instruments in terms of both strength and specificity. We also investigate compliance with emotion manipulation instruments and find that pre-treatment attitudes toward research may moderate treatment effects.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Aug 7

Despite all limitations, this is a really cool and important study. Both the research design and site are original and very promising. 👏

The sexist backlash among men is disturbing, particularly given that Bahia FC is among the most progressive soccer clubs in the world.

Malu Gatto @malugatto.bsky.social · Aug 7

In a ⭐new paper⭐ out at @jepsjournal.bsky.social, @victoraraujo.bsky.social and I partner with Bahia Football Club and ask: Can football team fandom be leveraged to promote gender-egalitarian attitudes? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Pro-equality initiatives increase expressed sexism among men but may improve trust among women football fans | Journal of Experimental Political Science | Cambridge Core

Pro-equality initiatives increase expressed sexism among men but may improve trust among women football fans

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

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Victor Araújo @victoraraujo.bsky.social · Aug 7

❤️ Parabéns!!!!!! Yayyy

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Marina Duque @mduque.bsky.social · Jul 31

The cover is here! 🎉 Thrilled to share the design for The Making of International Status—coming out soon with Oxford University Press @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

Can’t wait for this to be out in the world!

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Victor Araújo @victoraraujo.bsky.social · Aug 7

New paper out with @malugatto.bsky.social at @jepsjournal.bsky.social!
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Malu Gatto @malugatto.bsky.social · Aug 7

In a ⭐new paper⭐ out at @jepsjournal.bsky.social, @victoraraujo.bsky.social and I partner with Bahia Football Club and ask: Can football team fandom be leveraged to promote gender-egalitarian attitudes? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Pro-equality initiatives increase expressed sexism among men but may improve trust among women football fans | Journal of Experimental Political Science | Cambridge Core

Pro-equality initiatives increase expressed sexism among men but may improve trust among women football fans

www.cambridge.org

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Aug 6

So happy to see this out! We have data on 5,000+ voters and 26,000 candidates exploring the effects of sexism across 4 countries 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺

TLDR: gendered patterns of political competition strongly shape success rates of women candidates. Sexism may lead to voter abstention in the US.

More in the paper!

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Aug 5

NEW -

Voter Sexism and Electoral Penalties for Women Candidates: Evidence from Four Democracies - cup.org/4m4smXP

"observational research suggests sexism is prevalent and consequential for voter behaviour"

- Rosalind Shorrocks, Elizabeth Ralph-Morrow & Roosmarijn de Geus

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing observational research on gender bias in political contexts, focusing on voter behavior and representation in Australia, Britain, and the USA.

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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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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Aug 5

“I’m still here” (2024) is a slow but burning movie about the terror of authoritarian regimes and the brutality of disappearing people. Based on a real story from Brazil’s military regime. Great cinematography. 🇧🇷 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · Jul 9

📣 Call for Applications 📣

3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀

Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social

Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!

🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025

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