We're hiring!
@ineq-wu.bsky.social (@wuvienna.bsky.social) is looking for a Pre-Doc Researcher to study wage inequality using Austrian administrative microdata alongside @lukaslehner.bsky.social and me.
Details and application:
wirtschaftsuniversitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Project-staf...
the level of support they were hoping for
a version of it was used as a campaign poster by the Two Tailed Dogs, but replacing ‘gép’ (computer) with ‘nép’ (people)
A chart showing the Fidesz margins in the single-member-constituency vote in the April 2026 Hungarian parliamentary elections.
Fidesz ended up winning only 10/106 single-member constituencies:
• 3 with the narrowest of margins
• A further 4 with small margins (at least compared to Tisza's)
Screenshor of the Hungary After Orbán: From Illiberalism to Renewal? event from EUI's webpage
another week, another roundtable on #HungarianElection results: join us @eui-stg.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social or via Zoom next Wednesday: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
📢 Hungary votes. Central Europe watches.
Join us on 16 April 15:30 CEST for a roundtable unpacking what’s at stake in Hungary’s election and what it might mean for the EU, for populism, and for the region's political future.
Registration: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
#EUI #HungaryVotes #EUpolitics
This will be the most hungover crowd I've ever presented research to, no doubt
single-member district results rn at #HungarianElections –– landslide for #TISZA, #Fidesz is washed away. Also a personal 1st: voted for someone who actually won the first time in my life
György Wáberer with the text "I'll give you 300 000 HUF"
fmr gov't commissioner & billionaire entrepreneur György Wáberer, after defecting #Fidesz 3 days ago & launching GOTV campaign to choose Europe & vote against #Russia, now promises a reward of 300K HUF (cca. 800 EUR) to anyone who reports or was targeted by electoral fraud tmr at #HungarianElections
A postdoc position is now available in my project Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity. Start date flexible within the next 12 months, apply by 9 May.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
if you only follow #Hungarian politics every four years, you might be wondering who is suddenly voting for #TISZA. My @eepolitics.bsky.social article comes to the rescue: doi.org/10.1080/2159...
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.
🚨 Job Alert 🚨
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
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
🚨 New paper with great co-authors (@oguzhan-alkan.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social @zeynsom.bsky.social) in Political Behavior!
How well do citizens perceive where parties stand? 🤔
Open access: rdcu.be/fb83Z
last week(s) to sign up for my Intro to R course @methodsnet.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social in Vienna! Register here: methodsnet.org/course/d07-i...
New postdoc vacancy in political science/ CSS at Uni Saarland
Please share widely/ consider applying
If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a DM or find me at the @comptext.bsky.social conference in a few weeks
Picture from the EUI website, where under the title "Endgame or entrenchment? Hungary's parliamentary election in comparative perspective" someone is seen waving a Hungarian flag
join @filipkostelka.bsky.social @zsofia-v.bsky.social Imogen Bayley & me in Florence @eui-eu.bsky.social or via Zoom on 16 April, as we discuss the implications of the #HungarianElection 🇭🇺🗳️ Register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
🎉 ggauto is now on CRAN 🎉
An #RStats package that selects better chart types, and provides more accessible styling for #ggplot2 plots 📊
Blog post explaining why I made it and how it works: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu...
#DataViz
Call for Papers: We invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners from diverse disciplines to participate in the conference 'CEE in times of global geopolitical uncertainty', jointly convened by the EUI’s Widening Europe Programme & CEPSA ♦️15 May 2026: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
on the morrow of the #HungarianElection w/ the great @bencehamrak.bsky.social we'll present fresh survey experimental results @ceudeminst.bsky.social in #Budapest on how the public perceives sham, co-opted, & systemic opposition parties. Join us if you're no longer celebrating/mourning the results!
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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)
With rising populism and affective polarization globally, are the two entwined? Stefanelli & Castanho Silva explore in their paper from our Feburary issue and find that the relationship isn't as straightforward as we might assume. Read for more on their findings doi.org/10.1111/pops...
Crowd of TISZA supporters in Budapest on 15 March, with placards and flags
Crowd of TISZA supporters in Budapest on 15 March, with placards and flags. Stage with party chairman Péter Magyar in the front
I had the (mis)fortune of attending almost all opposition rallies in #Hungary btwn 2012 and 2022. Never seen a crowd of this size as today's march organized by #TISZA. Contrast is especially vivid vs big tent united opposition rallies 4 years ago. Photos by @24.hu.web.brid.gy
New dataset from FORS:
➝ Direct Democracy in Switzerland in the 21st Century (DDS21)Cross-Sectional Survey – Wave 4 | Popular Vote of 22 September 2024
➡️ Dataset available on SWISSUbase: www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue...
📌Relevant for researchers studying voting behaviour and public opinion.
Out in @thejop.bsky.social: How Exiles Mobilize Domestic Dissent with @aasiegel.bsky.social
We investigate how Egyptian exiles influenced a cascade of online dissent that culminated in anti-regime protests back home in September 2019.
Article link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
🔥 POSTDOC POSITIONS ON CHILDREN'S POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION 🔥
Wanna understand young people's beliefs about political leadership, politics, and power? Then this is your chance! I'm looking for two 2-year postdocs to join my ERC-funded research project @au.dk
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We also analyze preferences for funding allocation across multiple policy domains and governance levels. Across all occupations, we find strong support for local decision-making. This is particularly interesting in light of current debates calling for greater centralization of EU funding.
📣New article out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, co-authored with the wonderful @christinaluiset.bsky.social 📣
Do national stereotypes about 'hardworking' or 'lazy' Europeans actually shape public support for #EU solidarity?
They do - and we show how. 🔎🇪🇺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Line chart with four coloured lines, with add symbols and direct labels for accessibility.
A new, work-in-progress #RStats package which
📊 Tries to automatically choose the best chart type from data types and values
🎨 Uses accessible colours, with added labels and shapes
📈 Has cleaner, more readable default #ggplot2 styling
in just one line
ggauto(df$v1, df$v2, df$v3)
#DataViz
Flag of University of Gothenburg, hanging from the wall of the Department of Political Science building. Added text: We're Hiring! Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cross-National Survey Methodology in Political Science. Combined position at V-Dem Institute and Governance and Local Development Institute.
📢 We are hiring: Combined Postdoc position at V-Dem Institute and GLD!
Applications are open for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cross-National Survey Methodology in Political Science.
Application: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
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#Polisky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceJobs #PostDoc