Kann sich die Sozialdemokratie noch retten? In Deutschland geht es rapide bergab, auch anderenorts, etwa in Österreich, läuft es schlecht. Gibt es einen Ausweg?

"Kann sich die Sozialdemokratie noch retten?" 🥀
fragt @markuswagner.bsky.social im Kommentar der Anderen im @derstandard.bsky.social

Neben den Gründen für den Wählerverlust der Sozialdemokraten zeigt Prof. Wagner außerdem mögliche Wege aus der Krise auf:

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Do apply to this six-year research and teaching position! Apart from teaching two classes a term, you should have ample time to focus on your research goals as part of an international department in a great (and affordable) city.

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

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The media chooses who has won (and lost) an election – and it's not just based on objective electoral performance Media reports on elections often refer to the 'winners' and 'losers'. Yet, especially in multi-party systems, there is often more than one way to interpret election results. How the media frames…

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💡 Who the media calls an “election winner” matters 🗳️

@kgattermann.bsky.social, @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social & Katharina Wurzer show that coverage favors parties with more extreme socio‑cultural positions — shaping who voters see as legitimate winners. 📺

How powerful are polls in influencing election outcomes? Werner Krause and Christina Gahn argue that we need to pay more attention to how the media communicates the results of opinion polls to the public. Reporting methodological details, such as margins…

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📊 How powerful are polls in influencing election outcomes?

🗳️ @krausewe.bsky.social & @christinagahn.bsky.social examine how election polls can shape voter behaviour, from bandwagon effects to strategic voting, and why their influence is more complex than it first appears 🤔

Gratuliere 🎉 Schön dass du einen so passenden Job gefunden hast 😀

Very happy to share that our paper "Political socialization and immigrants' support for progressive politics: the case of green parties" with @antvalentim.bsky.social is now published in @psrm.bsky.social!

Link to paper: doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

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Universitätsprofessur für „Quantitative Methoden der digitalen Kommunikationsforschung“ - Universität Salzburg Fachbereich Kommunikationswissenschaft an der Gesellschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Salzburg Universitätsprofessur gem. § 99 (1) UG 2002 für „Quantitative Methodender digitalen Komm...

Professur für "Quantitative Methoden
der digitalen Kommunikationsforschung" ausgeschrieben an der @unisalzburg.bsky.social

Bewerbungfrist: 01.04.; Beginn: 01.10.

Bundeskanzleramt, Zimmer 105: Der heimliche Maschinenraum der Republik In einem schmucklosen Konferenzraum am Ballhausplatz wird Woche für Woche das Überleben der Koalition organisiert – zwischen Machtansprüchen, Egos und Ideologien: Ein Blick durch den Türspalt

In einem schmucklosen Konferenzraum am Ballhausplatz wird Woche für Woche das Überleben der Koalition organisiert – zwischen Machtansprüchen, Egos und Ideologien: @juergenklatzer.bsky.social​ und @matthiaswinterer.bsky.social​ werfen einen Blick durch den Türspalt ↓

Don't forget to apply until the end of the week! 🚨

📢 We are hiring!
Our Institute of Politics & Social Policy is looking for a
Senior Lecturer (Ph.D.)
🕒 30h/week | 5-year position
📍 Linz, Austria
📅 Start: May 4, 2026
📝 Deadline: March 18, 2026

Full details: karriere.jku.at/hcm/jobexcha...

PhD student in International Relations The Department of Economic History and International Relations is a dynamic and strong education and research department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. Its International Re

📚 2 PhD positions in International Relations at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social! The positions are linked to my ERC-project about local change and public support for protectionism #academicsky #polisky
Deadline April 10, 2026, apply here! 👇
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Attitude Manipulation and Voting Intentions - Political Behavior A large body of research documents the substantial effects of persuasive communication on political attitudes. However, opinion manipulation often represents merely an intermediate goal in a greater e...

Now in print (and open access):

What happens when voters learn their party disagrees with them?

I ran a pre-registered experiment with a representative sample of ~3,000 German voters to find out.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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📣 Reminder: Doctoral Recruitment Call 2026 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬
Deadline: 📅2 March 2026, 14:00 CET
The University of Vienna invites applications for at least 40 fully funded, 4-year doctoral positions in the #SocialSciences, #humanities and cultural studies. #AcademicSky #univie
Find all information here: ⤵️

We‘re very excited for the next edition of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim! ✨

Join us and apply until 1 March!

More info in @melinscribe.bsky.social‘s thread below and here: summerschoolwpm.org

Application form: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/wpm/

We are looking for a postdoc!

🚨 Job Alert!

We are looking for a Senior Scientist (40h/week) to develop, establish, and organize the research network “Democracy and Human Rights”.

Start: March 1, 2026
Application deadline: February 2, 2026

Find out more👇

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...

⏳ 5 days left to apply!

4-year PhD position @stawi-univie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
in a collegial & supportive department.

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

Deadline: 28 Jan 26

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

what do we want meme

Selbst eine Minderheitsregierung aus SPD & CDU kam in der Befragung nach der Wahl 2025 nicht so schlecht weg [befragt wurden Personen in ganz Deutschland, nicht nur Brandenburg, im Rahmen der @gles.bsky.social ]

Trotz anderer Mehrheitsverhältnisse (durch Parteiwechsel) sind diese Ergebnisse, denke ich, immer noch relevant:
Wähler*innen haben sehr unterschiedliche Vorstellungen davon, wer einen "Regierungsauftrag" erhalten hat.

Im Fall Brandenburg wird gerade oft "Wählerwille" bzgl einer Regierung bemüht, den ein Wahlergebnis vermeintlich ausdrückt.

Wie problematisch diese Idee ist, habe ich mit meinen Kolleg*innen @carolinaplescia.bsky.social & Alejandro Ecker nach den LTW-Wahlen 2024 untersucht:
tinyurl.com/3frxua8x

Just submitted a grant proposal for a (collaborative) project I really care about. 🙏

How much time will R2 need to rip it apart?😢

Far point, but I think the situation here is different from the one in Germany under the Exzellenzinitiative: We are already supervising (too?) many PhD students, the majority *without any funding*. If anything, the goal is to increase the number of funded positions in SSH compared to other subjects

A list of potential supervisors at the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences can be found here: careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

If you consider pursuing a PhD in political science, sociology, communication, demography, cultural and social anthropology, science and technology studies, nursing science or development studies, please consider this prestigious possibility

And more job opportunities: @univie.ac.at aims to fill 40 (!) doctoral positions in the social sciences, humanities and cultural studies

careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

📢 Great possibility to pursue a PhD @univie.ac.at : 4-year funded position with lots of flexibility and room to explore your own ideas. Supervison teams within the department, embedded in the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences. Includes a (modest) teaching load.

Research associate – doctoral candidate (75%) (ID 377) The Manifesto Project analyses parties’ election manifestos in order to study parties’ policy preferences. To this end, the project conducts conte...

📣 Come work with us! The @wzb.bsky.social Center for Civil Society Research is looking for a research associate/doctoral candidate (75%) for a 3 year period, starting on Apr 1, 2026. The researcher will work in the Manifesto Project. More:
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/428...

Apply by Jan 25, 2026! 🗓️

Was haben wir 2025 über Politik in Österreich gelernt?

Ein 🧵 mit 10 Publikationen aus dem abgelaufenen Jahr ...