New preprint out today (osf.io/preprints/ps...). We tested whether AI agents are actually infiltrating online surveys.

Spoiler alert: they aren't

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Workshop graphic for the CSDI Workshop 2026 in Vienna featuring the logos of CSDI, MEDem, the Generations & Gender Programme, and Meeting Destination Vienna above three event photos showing speakers presenting at the University of Vienna.

🌍📊 From survey data quality to research infrastructures:

The #CSDIWorkshop 2026 in Vienna brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss current challenges and innovations in comparative survey design and implementation.

Read more in our latest #MEDemBlog: www.medem.eu/csdi-worksho...

Screenshot of the AUSSDA (Austrian Social Science Data Archive) webpage for the “AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 (SUF edition).” The page shows the dataset title, version 2.0, authors, citation information with DOI link, and a description noting it is a multi-wave panel survey covering Austrian national elections (2017, 2019, 2024). On the right, there is a blue “Access Dataset” button and a metric indicating 8,594 downloads. Keywords and licensing information are listed below.

🎉 New release!

An updated version of the #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 (SUF edition) is now available via @aussda.bsky.social.

📊 Now includes the post–coalition formation wave (March 2025).

🔗 Download & explore: doi.org/10.11587/HNU...

#openscience #elections #PoliSky

📅 Event tip: "How Can Democracy Be Measured? Is #Democracy Currently in Danger?" 🗳️
What do we actually mean when we talk about "democracy", and how can we tell whether it is thriving or in decline? 🤔
Public Lecture with @carolinaplescia.bsky.social at the University of Vienna, 26 March, 3-4.30 pm.

📢New co-authored article in @polbehavior.bsky.social about PARTICIPATION and REPRESENTATION!
✨We ask "Are the Politically Active Better Represented?" Our answer, using the most comprehensive data to date: A clear "YES" for nonelectoral participation like protest.
⬇️See Jesper's 🧵for more ✨

🚨 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...

🚨Job Alert!

The Department of Government is looking for a PhD researcher with a focus on political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy or political behaviour.

Start: October 1, 2026
Deadline: January 28, 2026

Interested? Find out more: tinylink.net/CiQaE

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

🚨 Excited to share that my job market paper is now online at @thejop.bsky.social!

"When Do Citizens Resist the Use of AI Algorithms in Public Policy? Theory and Evidence"

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Voting against or against voting? | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Voting against or against voting?

Why is #Politics so negative right now? 🤔

Ming M. Boyer @carolinaplescia.bsky.social & André Blais finds two kinds of negativity:
⚡ #Voting against a candidate
⚡ Feeling like voting doesn’t matter at all
Only one threatens #Democracy--and it’s not the one you think. 👀

New publication w/ my friend & amazing coauthor @fedetrastulli.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🎉

doi.org/10.1017/S147...

We explore: Who considers which political issues as important & how is this related to sociodemographic/socioeconomic variables?

Promotional banner for the European Journal of Political Research available on Cambridge Core, featuring the Cambridge University Press logo.

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

Voting against or against voting? - https://cup.org/4i5Aoyg

- Ming M. Boyer, @carolinaplescia.bsky.social & André Blais

#FirstView

Political Socialisation in the UK: Describing Generational Changes of Values - International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society A growing bulk of research examines intergenerational shifts in attitudes and the extent to which they are attributable to new cohorts of voters being socialised under different socioeconomic and cult...

🚨 New paper with Maria Grasso on generational shifts in political values. Despite talk of rising age polarisation, we show that gaps in attitudes are stable or even narrowing. Economic attitudes move in cycles, while social values have become more liberal – mainly due to generational replacement.

📢Launching our webinar series Wed Nov 19 with Neta Kligler-Vilenchik @netakv.bsky.social, "Young People’s Political Expression on Social Media”! 16:30 Israel, 15:30 CET, 14:30 London, 9:30 ET. For zoom link, reading & series info: www.prd-erc.eu/events/ And save the dates for our next 2 webinars:

Votar no siempre entusiasma. A veces, incluso incomoda.

El próximo miércoles 22 de octubre a las 11, Carolina Plescia (@carolinaplescia.bsky.social) de la @univie.ac.at abordará por qué algunos ciudadanos rechazan las urnas.

Te esperamos en la sala Herbert Simon del @cchscsic.bsky.social

Thrilled to share that "The Meanings of Voting for Citizens" is out with OUP!

Loved working on this with brilliant mentors, co-authors, and friends

📘 The book (open access) explores how people think about voting and how these meanings influence participation

📊 And the data’s open too via AUSSDA

New book publication by @carolinaplescia.bsky.social et al.: What does #voting mean to citizens around the world? 🗳️
A new open access (via @oxunipress.bsky.social) explores answers from 25,000+ people in 13 countries. Read here: ⤵️
staatswissenschaft.univie.ac.at/news-detaila...
#PoliticalScience 📚

✨Big news✨ I successfully defended my PhD last month! Still can’t quite believe it. So grateful to everyone who made it possible, especially my amazing supervisors @carolinaplescia.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social & committee @turnbulldugarte.com @zeynsom.bsky.social @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social

🚨 Editor of Open Science - call for applications

At the EJPR we are looking for one Editor of Open Science, to help us develop new OS initiatives - including registered reports (RRs)

Interested? Check out the call below!

DL April 17

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📣 CfP for a Special Issue on the 2025 German Federal Election
💡 We are looking forward to your proposals (until 30/04/2025)!
👇 All detalis in the post below...

It's never about merit. It's about white (male) privilege. If you want meritocracy, you should be in favour of e.g., gender quotas. Quotas help get rid of mediocre men who've been riding on their privilege. (Look around you... we've all seen those guys.) This paper explains: doi.org/10.1257/aer....

Many thanks for creating this. I’d love to be added!

Congratulations Reto!

Beinhalten Wahlergebnisse so etwas wie einen klaren Regierungsbildungsauftrag? Dieser Frage sind @carolinaplescia.bsky.social, Alejandro Ecker und ich auf Basis neuer Daten der @gles.bsky.social nachgegangen. Ein kurzer Thread 👇

📢 We are hiring: 4-year PhD position at the Department of Government @univie.ac.at 👇

University assistant predoctoral University assistant predoctoral

Interested in pursuing a PhD in comparative politics (institutions, behaviour, representation, parties)? We have a four-year position at our department, with great conditions, lots of freedom and a reasonable teaching load. Get in touch if you have questions! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

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Thread on EITM Europe where I will teach this summer with my brilliant friend @dzobrien.bsky.social as well as Thomas Bräuninger and Richard Traunmüller.

There is NO TUITION FEE, but students must find funding for travel and accommodation. June 9-20

www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/eitm/

⚠️ Six-year position at our department - work in lovely Vienna with a friendly team, 2 classes a term, and follow/develop your own research agenda. Feel free to ask me questions you might have. Deadline 24/01/25 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

Welcome to Bluesky 🦋

The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) is now here too: @edmo-eu.bsky.social

EDMO is a unique stakeholder in the battle against #disinformation.

It unites scholars, fact checkers, media literacy communities, and policy work.

Share this and make EDMO blue 🚀🦋

edmo.eu

Screenshot of the AUSSDA page of the AUTNES Online Panel Study, including the AUTNES logo and some study details. 0 Downloads yet...

Sankey diagram illustrating the patterns of vote switching across the parliamentary elections 2013, 2017, 2019, and 2024.

🎄🌟 Exciting news! 📊🎉

The AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 is here! 🎁🤩

Explore 23 survey waves to uncover the dynamics of voting behavior and public opinion in Austria. 🗳️🇦🇹

Access the data via #AUSSDA ➡️ doi.org/10.11587/HNU...

#AUTNES #ElectionStudies #Polisky #DataRelease #WeLoveData ❤️