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For years, but especially in the last few months, I have been trying hard to imagine what it will feel like seeing Orban decisively defeated. I just couldn't. And yet here we are: it is truly and well over. I have more reservations about Peter Magyar than I could say in 300 characters or a thread...

Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen Offene Stellen

I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Bremen. 5-year-contract, top-up to 100% possible for most of the contract period.

Apply by 04 May 2026.

If you have questions about the position, send me an email!

www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...

Can Hungary Vote Out Its Autocrat? Musings on the politics & political economy of Orbánism ahead of the April 12 election

Here. We. Go. 🇭🇺💪
It’s a beautiful day for regime change in Hungary!

Over the past weeks I wrote a few pieces making sense of what’s going on, how we got here & what’s at stake. I thread them here.

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brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/can-hungar...

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...

🚨 Just shipped a major update to GERDA, the German Election Database.

- State elections update: new years + mail-in
- 3 new election types: Mayoral, County, European
- Municipal elections: 1984-2025
- Meinungsbild public opinion
- New website & features

german-elections.com

Delighted our paper (with an amazing group of co-authors) is forthcoming in the APSR

Takeaway for Labour and other centre-left parties: fixing public services is key to reducing support for the populist right

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My former job @mpifg.bsky.social now comes with a tenure track.

I'm obviously biased, but this is a great opportunity for comparative/international political economists and an important milestone for the MPIfG (see Philipp's thread).

Happy to answer questions about what the job was like for me!

Stellenangebote

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...

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(S+) Meinung: Strategiedebatte bei den Grünen: Es ist okay, gehasst zu werden – Gastbeitrag Der Erfolg von Cem Özdemir in Baden-Württemberg scheint für einen mittig-konservativen Kurs der Partei zu sprechen. Doch aus dem Durchbruch der Grünen in Großbritannien lässt sich etwas anderes lernen...

Für den Spiegel habe ich darüber geschrieben was andere grüne Parteien aus dem Erfolg der Grünen in Großbritannien lernen können. Eine Agenda die soziale Ungleichheit betont. Ein Zuhause für progressiven Aktivismus und progressive Identitäten. Kein mea culpa bei Anfeindungen.

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Today is the last day to submit your paper or panel proposal for the DVPW Section Political Economy conference (24–25 Sept 2026, FU Berlin)!

Submissions in English and German from all fields of political economy are welcome. Join us in Berlin! 👇

Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026

📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September.
The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe.
🗓 Deadline: May 17
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

The next conference of the DVPW Section Political Economy takes place 24–25 Sept 2026 at Freie Universität Berlin.

Contributions in English and German are welcome. Please send us your paper or panel proposal by next Friday, 27 Feb 2026.

All info in our Call for Papers: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us...

🚨 The political economy of finance summer school is back, 3rd year running! Better still: We're bringing it to London via @lse-ei.bsky.social.

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Finance & democracy
𝙳̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲: 4-5 June 2026
𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: March 1. Link below.

We've got brilliant instructors as usual. Please spread the word!

Assistant Professor (f/m/d) Assistant Professor (f/m/d)

My IR department at the CEU in Vienna, Austria is hiring a security scholar. I am happy to answer questions.

careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...

The Department of Network and Data Science at @weareceu.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in network science or computational social science.

I'm in a different department, but am very happy to answer questions about CEU or life in Vienna in general.

🌍 Apply now to the MA in Politics at Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, Austria! 🇦🇹

💡 Study in English, connect with a global network, and pave your future in politics!

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To halt the far right, Europe’s progressive parties must fix its housing crisis. Our research shows how | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer

Important and constructive contribution on an often misdefined and underdeveloped issue by @tabouchadi.bsky.social & @bjoernbremer.bsky.social &
@siljahausermann.bsky.social

European progressives must tackle housing crisis to beat far right, say researchers Centre left can win broad support by addressing soaring house prices and rents, according to data analysis

@jonhenley.bsky.social has also written an excellent news article for The Guardian about our research brief series: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Thank you very much for covering this!

Research briefs - Nuffield Politics Research Centre

All 8 research briefs from the Progressive Politics Network are available here: politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...

Our research shows such policies work and command public support. The question is: do progressive parties have the will?

We argue that the progressive housing agenda must be bold enough to challenge the norm that housing is an asset for wealth accumulation, and ambitious enough to build broad coalitions for sustained public investment.

Here's the stakes: The far-right has seized on housing precisely because progressives abandoned it. Their answer—blaming immigrants—is morally and economically wrong, but gains traction when the center-left offers only market solutions and technocratic supply-side fixes.

4) This is expensive, but funding opportunities exist, for example, through wealth taxes tied credibly to housing investment. Private investment can also be leveraged with social conditions.

3) Make densification work through participatory governance, protected green space, and affordability guarantees. The research brief by Michael Wicki shows public acceptance depends on design and inclusion.

(2) Address distribution, not just supply. Under-occupation now rivals overcrowding, as the research brief by @sebastiankohl.bsky.social, @steinhardt.bsky.social, @simonvoss.bsky.social shows for the case of Germany.

Progressive housing policy needs several pillars: (1) Reinvest in broad-access social housing—not just for the poorest, but for many households, like Vienna does. Tight eligibility creates stigma and kills political support.

The key question: Is housing primarily an asset for wealth accumulation, or a social right? For decades, even left parties have moved toward the "asset" paradigm, reducing social housing, deregulating rental markets, creating structures that depend on rising prices. This has created many grievances.