Our Executive Committee expresses its support for @apsa.bsky.social in light of the proposed drastic cuts to research funding in the USA:
👉 Statement of Support: www.dvpw.de/informatione...
👉 APSA Statement on the Proposed Elimination of the SBE Directorate at the NSF: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/do...
🚨 I have an article out at APR titled “Educational Polarization in American Politics: More than Just a Diploma Divide” in which i look at how educational attainment shapes public opinion and political behavior across the entire education spectrum, not just the across the degree/no degree binary 1/x
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...
Happy that our article is now available online at JEPOP!
Using German data, @salvabarbaro.bsky.social, Maike Roth and me illustrate how voter preferences are translated into electoral outcomes, challenging common narratives about declining support for social democrats and rising right-wing support.
An infographic showing the wealth distribution of private households in Austria with ISOTYPE pictograms. Top 1 percent owns 41 percent of the wealth, Top 10 to 2 percent owns 16 %, Top 51 to 11 percent owns 30 percent, bottom 50 percent owns 3 %.
The richest percent of households in Austria owns 41 percent of the private wealth.
#30DayChartChallenge | Day 09 - Wealth #dataviz 📊
Picture of IPZ building.
At ETH Zurich.
My empty desk.
Collegium Helveticum.
The start was not too shabby 😉.
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...
I will be spending the next 3 months as a guest at @UZH and the Collegium Helveticum. Many thanks to the wonderful @siljahausermann.bsky.social for hosting me! I am looking forward to catching up with old friends and getting to know new colleagues, as well as going on a few hikes in Switzerland.
Final Planet of the Apes scene with half buried Statue of Liberty on beach.
Artemis II crew returning to Earth.
🚨 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
Screenshots of the conference program
We are already looking forward to the 2026 "AK Wahlen" @dvpw.bsky.social conference at JGU Mainz on 7–8 May and to welcoming many of you there for an exciting program.
The conference is open to non-presenters.
Registration deadline: 24 April 2026.
More information: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...
A massive seven-year project exploring 3,900 social-science papers has ended with a disturbing finding
go.nature.com/4bZ9k0W
Allende-Platz 1, ein Standort der Politikwissenschaft der Uni Hamburg.
Somehow I always take up new positions on April Fool's Day but this is no joke: as of today I am professor of political science, especially methods @uni-hamburg.de.
Obviously I'm stoked to have landed a permanent position and look forward to working w/ great new colleagues @politikuhh.bsky.social
Interested in recent public opinion in Israel?
Here is a 🧵, based on online surveys fielded by Reichman's U.'s Institute for Liberty & Responsibility:
(1) What is Israel's current situation? (entire sample + Coalition/Opposition)
[An increase in "good" responses over the last year]
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Our new article on gender differences in why young people join political parties is now out, open access, in @ejprjournal.bsky.social ✨
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@duncanmcdonnell.com @profannikawerner.bsky.social @rheinisch.bsky.social Marco Valbruzzi @cwegscheider.bsky.social
Tenure Track Position: Senior Researcher, Political Economy. Application Deadline. April 20, 2026
📢 Call: Tenure Track Position
The MPIfG Political Economy Research Area led by Lucio Baccaro is seeking a Senior Researcher. Open to candidates with at least two years’ postdoc experience.
Please share widely!
🗓️ Apply by April 20, 2026
s.gwdg.de/WPMPp1
Today I received my official appointment as a W2 Professor of Political Behavior and Representation at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. As of April 1, this marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life and career—one I am very much looking forward to.
This chart goes a long way in explaining why Orbán’s system is under real pressure for the first time. The growth that sustained it has stalled—and with it, the political bargain that kept voters on board. I tried to unpack what that means.
👉 brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/can-hungar...
Und hier nun mit dem tatsächlichen Wahlergebnis. Umdrehung des Umfragefehlers gegenüber den beiden vorangegangen Landtagswahlen in Rheinland-Pfalz.
Statistical Rethinking 2026 is done: 20 new lectures emphasizing logical and critical statistical workflow, from basics of probability theory to causal inference to reliable computation to sensitivity. It's all free, made just for you. Lecture list and links: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
Im @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy habe ich den Umgang mit dem Epstein-Skandal zwischen Elitenkritik und Verschwörungstheorie eingeordnet - und skizziert, wie sich gute Elitenkritik gegen das Abdriften absichern sollte. www.deutschlandfunk.de/elitenkritik...
1/ Updated paper alert! @guygrossman.bsky.social @yiqingxu.bsky.social, @william-dinneen.bsky.social, and I revised "The Credibility Revolution in Political Science" based on all the great comments we got. Three changes worth flagging:
Last week, we (@clandwehr.bsky.social, my colleague Leonard and I) had the joy of welcoming some great colleagues working on the topic of democracy to Mainz, for the concluding workshop of our project "Conceptions of Democracy among Citizens and Political Elites". Thank you for three wonderful days!
„The USA loses its long-term status as a liberal democracy – for the first time in over 50 years. […] The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history“ (V-Dem 2026)
„Der glänzende Essayist, begnadete Polemiker, kontextsensible Soziologe und scharfsinne Philosoph hat nie aufgehört, in den Gängen der Finsternis, trotz aller Widerstände, nach dem Lichtstrahl der Vernunft zu graben.“
Regina Kreide zum Tod v Habermas
www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/der-v...
Jürgen Habermas ist heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg verstorben.
True, this is a good book. However, Bartels is also the author of another book in which he tells us that citizens are inescapably ill-informed and short-sighted, and punish governments for the wrong reasons. His defence of the people seems half-hearted to me.
Im Rahmen eines repräsentativen Surveys im Vorfeld der Wahl in Baden-Württemberg haben wir u.a. danach gefragt, ob die Partei mit den meisten Wählerstimmen den Ministerpräsidenten stellen sollte. Dieser Aussage stimmten rund drei Viertel der CDU-Wählerinnen und -Wähler „voll“ oder „eher“ zu /1
Super Sunday in Switzerland!
What is already clear: the far-right popular initiative aimed at slashing funding for the public broadcaster has been decisively rejected.
A broad cross-party alliance successfully campaigning against it & early results suggest strong countermobilization in urban areas
🧵 Excited to share my new book w/ @hildecoffe.bsky.social : "Different and Unequal? Gendered Political Participation in European Democracies" — with @universitypress.cambridge.org Elements in Gender and Politics (open access!)
TLDR? Women don't just participate less. They participate *differently*
