We’re hiring! 3 TT positions

Two Assistant Professors in Political Science (Dutch required, deadline 17 May)

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One Assistant Professor of Political Theory (Dutch not required, d/l June 1)

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We’re looking for a writer We’re hiring a writer who can make the world’s largest problems understandable to our large Our World in Data audience.

Please help share what must be one of the best jobs ever. We are looking for a writer to join @ourworldindata.org to work with our fantastic team including @maxroser.bsky.social and @hannahritchie.bsky.social. £80k - £120k / ideally full time / location flexible
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The UKVI rejected the application, explaining that they were not satisfied the applicant was genuine given they had quoted the wrong founding year. The university subsequently confirmed that the applicant had provided the correct year and the UKVI caseworker was incorrect, but the decision could not be reconsidered. In another case a foreign student was rejected from obtaining a visa to study at the University of East Anglia due to a dispute over whether the university was in Norfolk. The applicant asserted correctly that it was, but the UKVI caseworker appeared to confuse Norfolk with Norwich, which is the capital of the county, and rejected the application - believing the applicant was wrong.

I hope the new Permanent Secretary at the Home Office is going to be able to look at the UK Visas and Immigration’s practices
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Job vacancy announcement for a postdoctoral position at the University of Vienna Department of Government, starting August/September 2026. Research focus includes political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields. Application deadline: 29 April 2026. Full details are also available through the shared link.

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We have an opening for a 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 @stawi-univie.bsky.social starting Aug/Sep 2026!

Focus: political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields

📅Apply by 29 April 2026

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Scientific career at GESIS At GESIS, researchers work in various phases of their scientific careers: as student assistants, doctoral candidates, postdocs, senior researchers, team leaders, and department heads. The institute's goal is to provide its scientific staff with the best possible support in their various career phase

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Pursue your scientific career at GESIS!
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We offer a job as a #PostDoc for the Development of #Training in Empirical Social Research Methods
(Salary group 13 TV-L, 100% full-time position, initially limited to 4 years)
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@kcl-spe.bsky.social is hosting a Junior International Political Economy Researchers Workshop on 28 April and we have a great line-up of papers by early-career researchers. @adreher.bsky.social will also share expertise on publishing in the field. Register here: forms.office.com/e/q7rUFAVg21

My latest with Christina Zuber and Edina Szöcsik, finally out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social! We outline an emerging new paradigm in the study of parties and elections.

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The workers politics forgot Modern politics has a picture of work that is half a century out of date. And it contributes to lack of political trust and a weaker economy and society.

This one went up like a rocket yesterday.

I suspect in part because people are exhausted by a story of the country - both Reform/Tory and trad/Blue Labour flavours - that bears little resemblance to reality.

And it matters for trust, economy and society.

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Research Group Leader at the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" Deadline: May 15, 2026

Fantastic Job Opportunity for Behavioral Economists: Research Group Leader - 5year Ass Prof Position (non TT) + PhD Position + Research Allowance + Access to Funding Opportunities at the Excellence Cluster The Politics of Inequality!

More details are here: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/c...

This is so cool!

Master in Institutions and Political Economy | UB The Master in Institutions and Political Economy (MIPE) is a Social Science research program that combines Political Science, Economics, Economic History.

We are launching the dual degree between our Master in Institutions and Political Economy at the University of Barcelona @ubmipe.bsky.social and King's College London www.ub.edu/mipe/#dual @ub.edu

Really pleased to advertise these 4 LSE postdocs in the history of popular government as part of our ERC Synergy Project "Popular Government in Global Perspective (POPGOV)"

A screenshot with a block of text: Minister: The US is now a revisionist power. For 80 years, the US was the underwriter for a system of globalisation based on UN Charter principles, multilateralism, territorial integrity, sovereign equality. It actually heralded an unprecedented and unique period of global prosperity and peace. Of course there were exceptions. And of course, the Cold War was still in effect for at least half of the last 80 years. But generally, for those of us who were non-communists, who ran open economies, who provided first world infrastructure, together with a hardworking disciplined people, we had unprecedented opportunities. The story of Singapore, with a per capita GDP of 500 US dollars in 1965. Now, lit is| somewhere between 80,000 to 90,000 US dollars. It would not have happened if it had not been for this unprecedented period, basically Pax Americana and then turbocharged by the reform and opening of China for decades. It has been unprecedented. It has been great for many of us. In fact, I will say, for all of us, if you look back 80 years. But now, whether you like it or not, objectively, this period has ended. There is no point trying to assign blame or pejorative adjectives. That is not helpful. Basically, the underwriter of this world order has now become a revisionist power, and some people would even say a disruptor. But the larger point is that the erosion of norms, processes, and institutions that underpinned a remarkable period of peace and prosperity; that foundation has gone. What you are seeing now, whether you watch the war in Ukraine, in the Middle East or elsewhere, including in Asia, to me these are symptoms of the underlying tectonic rupture. Big powers and even lesser powers have a more narrow definition of national interest.

This is quite something from Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, in an interview with Reuters. The end of the post-war order, diagnosed in technocratic language. www.mfa.gov.sg/newsroom/pre...

We are hiring a tenure track (!) senior researcher in political economy!

This is obviously a great job (permanent without teaching obligation) and I hope you all apply.

However, I would like to take a moment to share just how significant this is in the German academic context ⬇️

Kinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence - Shay O’Brien, 2026 How do some families manage to entrench themselves in the upper class for many generations while others do not? Bringing together economic sociology, political ...

My latest article is online now at American Sociological Review: “Kinship Interlocks.” It’s about how some elite families manage to stay rich and powerful for many generations while others don’t. 🧵 (1/16)

‘It’s just a bomb’ The true story of two strangers and an extraordinary act of courage

Courage comes in many forms. The bystander at Bondi beach is one example. This piece recounts an extraordinary different kind, where by having a conversation and listening, Nathan Newby talked Mohammad Farooq down from setting off a bomb. Recommend
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Does being high-skilled protect you from ethnic bias when applying for a UK visa? In a new pre-registered experiment to be published in International Migration Review, I find that high occupational status doesn't shield immigrants from ethnic prejudice — it may activate it.

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Exciting news: our transformation is complete! The Max Planck Institute for Political & Social Science in Göttingen launches under Ursula Daxecker &  @steffenmau.bsky.social, addressing social & political challenges, including democratic backsliding, social inequality & conflict www.ips.mpg.de

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We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict is looking for Postdoc & Doc Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict www.ips.mpg.de/13135/stelle...

Do conjoint/factorial/vignette experiments reflect choices in the real world?
Are hypothetical scenarios in the artificial survey context externally valid? Do hypothetical bias, intention-behavior gap and social desirability biases undermine validity?

Two cautionary studies on this question:

Since graduating:
1. GFC
2. Austerity
3. Brexit
4. Covid-19
5. War in Europe
6. Oil/gas crisis
7. Global trade war
8. War in the Middle East
9. Another oil/gas crisis

I see your Kessell and McEwan and raise you one Graydon Carter era Vanity Fair.

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I'm hiring a postdoc! @goetheuni.bsky.social

Focus: CSS, political behavior, political communication & transforming information environments.

📍 Frankfurt | ⏳ 3 years | 📅 Deadline: 14 April 2026

Full job ad here: www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794987/Zen... (search for “political behavior” to find it)

A great opportunity for pre-conference workshops at EPSS in Belfast! Please spread the word!

New short paper w @jkalla.bsky.social !

Candidates gain from moderation, but less than many theories expect.

Many conclude voters must not care about issues.

This is wrong. Small *average* effects mask large effects on specific issues & are consistent with widespread issue-based voting 🧵

Useful new paper from @dbroockman.bsky.social and @jkalla.bsky.social unpacking the effects of moderation by using conjoints to examine effects of both Ds and Rs of adopting "elite moderate" position on range of issues. Small fx on average, but large heterogeneity by issue

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I enjoyed Louis Theroux's delve into the Manosphere, but I have the niggling sense that the whole panic around it is a bit of a fantasma.

The prevalence of misogyny among young men is no higher now than in 2015. The worst you can say is it's stopped shrinking.

What am I missing here?

If Pasok overtakes Labour in the polls, are we going to start using “Labourification” for the electoral decline of social democrtaic parties please?