New publication: Party manifestos and political representation
What is a party manifesto and what role does it play for political representation? How do political scientists use party manifestos in their research to map political representation?
Find out: www.elgaronline.com/display/book...
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
The #ActEU book is here!
This #PoliSci book explores how trust and legitimacy shape Europe’s representative democracies, introducing the ActEU framework to assess democratic change and polarization.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources(SOUNDS) initiative is hiring a Postdoc for Computational Social Science. Apply by 24.04.2026
Link: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up...
SOUNDS: www.sounds-observatory.org
@ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @saarland-informatics-campus.de
📣Call for Applications‼️
ARTEMIS – African Research Talents Experiencing Mentoring In Science
📅Application Deadline: April 13, 2026.
👓Read all:
https://www.mpg.de/26122924/artemis-mentoring-programme
✍️Application:
www.mpg.de/26133233/MPG_ARTEMIS_202...
Great news! 💬 Our series of #ActEU Animated Explainers is available on YouTube with SUBTITLES in Italian 🇮🇹, French 🇫🇷, and German 🇩🇪‼️
Follow the animated characters here & learn more about political trust in Europe👉 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@unidue.bsky.social @politicsunisaar.bsky.social
New publication: Party Competition and Voter Attitudes in German Border Regions
Using innovative local VAA data the study shows how party competition and voter preferences on European integration take shape where #EUpolitics meets the local level.
Learn more: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Abstract submissions close on March 3rd!
We are also extending a ✨ call for mentored reviewers ✨ if you advise excellent graduate or postdoctoral researchers you are welcome to recommend them to review for IC2S2 2026. Email IC2S2@uvm.edu to nominate mentored reviewers (or faculty colleagues)
The SOUNDS initiative is hiring for 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻/ 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱
𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻/ 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱-𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗙𝗼𝗸𝘂𝘀
𝗪𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦 (𝗺/𝘄/𝗱).
Link: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up...
@ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social
Join us on 5. March for our (German) #PoliSci talk with #UNTWIST: "How political are gender question really?"
Sign up here: bit.ly/untwist-gsb
The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (SOUNDS) project is inviting applications for the following position:
𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗳/𝗺/𝘅) 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗿𝗲𝗳: 𝗪𝟮𝟴𝟬𝟭)
Paygrade: E13 TV-L 100%
Duration: 2 years
@ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @uni-saarland.de
SOUNDS is an interdisciplinary research project funded by the State Transformation Fund, investigating societal transformation processes using innovative, large-scale data sources such as satellite imagery and social media.
Learn more about SOUNDS: www.sounds-observatory.org
Please submit your application (including a letter of motivation, a Curriculum Vitae, and a list of publications in a PDF file) by 𝟮𝟳.𝟬𝟮.𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 to 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗸𝘁-𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀@𝘂𝗻𝗶-𝘀𝗮𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱.𝗱𝗲.
𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝟮𝟴𝟬𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
Link to advertisement: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up...
The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (SOUNDS) project is inviting applications for the following position:
𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗳/𝗺/𝘅) 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗿𝗲𝗳: 𝗪𝟮𝟴𝟬𝟭)
Paygrade: E13 TV-L 100%
Duration: 2 years
@ingmarweber.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @uni-saarland.de
Job opening for postdoctoral researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic-Epidemiology.
The Medical Demography research group explains its goals for studying disease progression and its effects on health and the population.
We are looking for a PhD in demography, sociology, epidemiology, or related fields with experience in quantitative health data analysis.
Apply now: The application deadline is March 22, 2026. For more information, visit www.demogr.mpg.de/go/jobs.
📢Job Offer‼️New Max Planck Research Group on Medical Demography
Marcus Ebeling will lead the team starting on 1 July 2026. The research group will be based at the MPIDR in Rostock. Read an interview with Marcus on his future research here: www.demogr.mpg.de/go/rgmd (including link to job) #postdoc
🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨
7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Free of charge (limited travel support).
Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org
#methodsky #polisky
#BowlingAlone documented a quiet shift from collective to solitary practices.
In Bowling with ChatGPT ( #TheWebConference2026), we study whether a similar shift is unfolding in interactions with conversational AI.
arxiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2602.01114
New paper 🎉 in Oxford Open Climate Change together with Daniele Conversi, @lorenzoposocco.bsky.social @wenjiening.bsky.social and Joan Enguer
We look at how nationalism shapes climate action — sometimes enabling it, often constraining it.
doi.org/10.1093/oxfc...
#Research #PoliticalScience #Climate
Coming soon: Activating European Citizens’ Trust in Times of Crisis and Polarization
This #PoliSci book will explore how trust and legitimacy shape Europe’s representative democracies, introducing the #ActEU framework to assess democratic change and polarization.
🌍 Are you new to #icwsm or @journalqd.bsky.social and based in a low- or middle-income country?
🚨 There are only 10 days left to apply to ICWSM/JQD Global Initiative!
🚀 Apply by Jan 15: www.icwsm.org/2026/submit....
New deadline is Jan 23. If you're based in a low- or middle-income country and work on computational social science, particularly using online data, please consider applying.
We're #hiring: This time we're looking for a project lead assistant for our large-scale #compsocsci project SOUNDS!
New Publication out! 🔥 Italy’s right-wing politics has changed dramatically over the past two decades. With @gippone.bsky.social and @leonardo-puleo.bsky.social we started from a basic question: Why has the radical right surged inside Italy’s right coalition? Radicalisation or something different?
🎶“The relationship between voters and parties is a complicated dance, with high potential for misalignment” 🎶 Find out more in this #ActEU blog post 👉 www.foederalist.eu/2025/12/acte...
✍️ @alexhartland.bsky.social, Daniela Braun, Giuseppe Carteny, @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & @annreinl.bsky.social
World map with interconnected lines and text about migration during the pandemic
Diagram shows estimated changes in the migrant population after a one-month travel ban for France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the US by country of origin.
Estimate of the change in the migrant population due to a one-month travel ban in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the US by country of origin.
Jordan D. Klein & Ingmar Weber published a Letter to the Editor in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that opens a conversation on the findings of Chi et al (Measuring global migration flows using online data). https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/PNAS-Letter-Editor
European parties often miss what voters actually care about. New #ActEU research shows clear gaps between party platforms and voter priorities with consequences for trust and political stability.
Read more in our latest #PoliSci blogpost:
2026 tutorial submissions are open!
✔️ Submission deadline: February 2nd, 2026
✔️Acceptance Notification: February 16th, 2026
View the guidelines here:
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