📣 Call for Papers!

Die Themengruppe Vergleichende Parlamentarismusforschung lädt zur Tagung am
🗓 1.–2. Oktober 2026

📍 in Greifswald (dieses Jahr bei uns vor Ort – ich freue mich sehr!)

Einreichungen bis 15. Mai 👇

Hier gehts zum Call for Papers shortlink.uk/1tdsI

Why I don't expect liberal democracy to go away any time soon: My article on the resilience of liberal democracy, published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social.

Perfectly timed to the day after Orbáns defeat and a small spike in "democracy-optimism".

There are, I argue, good reasons for such optimism.

I´m sorry I missed this yesterday. Congratulations again on this absolutely well-deserved prize for a fantastic master´s thesis!

Postdoctoral Position at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” Deadline: 20 February 2026, 12:00 pm CET

🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨

We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.

4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026

Please share widely 🙏

The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...

Congratulations, Anna! Very happy to see this one published!!

Universität Basel: PhD/Predoc Position in Political Science (60 %) The Department of Social Sciences of the University of Basel invites applications for a PhD position in Political Science (with Prof. Stefanie Bailer) for a duration of four years. This position is fo...

🙂📢 We are hiring!

👋 We're looking for candidates for a PhD/Predoc in Political Science (60%), working on comparative politics (representation, legislative studies, methods, and more) with Prof. Stefanie Bailer! 👨‍💻👩‍💻

🗓 Start: 01.03.2026
⏰ Deadline: 23 Jan 26
📍 University of Basel
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🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years)

We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald.

✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

When and how do constitutions recognize the principle of opposition? My article, Constitutionalizing dissent: The universe of opposition rules in African constitutions, published as Open Access in @globcon.bsky.social, now has a volume number. 😊
👉 shorturl.at/qaFfv

What constitutional forms of democracy exist in the world today and what's their rationale? New paper now published open access in @globcon.bsky.social
@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
doi.org/10.1017/S204...
Short thread below 👇

📢 EPSS 2026 Call for Papers! @hannaeback.bsky.social and I are excited to invite submissions for the Political Representation section at EPSS 2026 in Belfast. EPSS has some exciting new panel formats this year - read on! 🧵

You Don’t Need More Ideas. You Need a Better Question What Michelangelo, a Nobel Laureate, and a PhD Meltdown Taught Me about Research Questions

You don’t need more ideas.

You need a better question.

A thread on clarity, chaos, & what a Nobel Prize winner, a mosquito net & a PhD meltdown taught me about writing (+ thinking) better.

🪨 Here’s my new Respect the Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/you-dont-n...

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Vacancy — PhD Position "Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics" Are you curious about how images, videos, and memes transform political communication? Are you passionate about digital technology and the future of democracy? Then apply for this PhD project focused ...

🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at @ascor.bsky.social 🚨

Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger

DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥

@polcomm.bsky.social

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Join me in Frankfurt @goetheuni.bsky.social! Deadline next thursday (May 15)!

‼️ Hiring‼️

One postdoctoral position in my ERC Consolidator in Madrid.

Application deadline: end of February.

Job ad & details: tinyurl.com/3dwm96kb

Come and join me and my team in sunny Madrid for 5 years of intensive research and lots of publications, traveling, and fun!

Please share widely.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (4 years) (272043) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (4 years) (272043), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Saturday, February 15, 2025

We are hiring: 4-year post doc position at our department, open to all topics in political science.

75% research and 25% teaching, good salary, great department and colleagues, and a beautiful city.

Deadline: February 15

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral positions in Political Science at Aarhus University – Advertising Democracy - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

Join our team! 🚨

We are hiring 2 postdocs for the new Advertising Democracy project at Aarhus University.

We are looking for researchers who are passionate about advertisements & citizens’ democratic values in Western democracies.

Feel free to share!👇🏾

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Profs, die hier mitlesen und unsere Aktionen gut finden: Lasst euch auf die Mailingliste setzen, so wächst das Netzwerk! (Mail an: kontakt@netzwerk-nachhaltige-wissenschaft.de)

Folks @catherinedevries.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @profjanegreen.bsky.social @popovaprof.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @jatucker.bsky.social

I made a feed all things PoliSci @ comparative pols

Inc. pol behaviour & ecomony

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One week left to apply for a postdoc position in my DFG-funded project on the power of public opinion polls (University of Potsdam)!

Do not hesitate to write me a message/email in case of questions.

Programme of the ECPR Summer School on Parliaments. Visit website for similar information.

🚨 SUMMER SCHOOL ON PARLIAMENTS
This is a great place for PhD students and early career scholars working on topics related to the legislature. Many excellent scholars cover topics ranging from representation to polarization, from government to opposition.
ecpr.eu/Events/265

Polisky, still on week to apply for a postdoc position (100%) at my working group at Kiel University!

I am happy to answer questions!

👇👇👇

🚨JOB OFFER🚨
Post Doc position in democracy studies at my chair at Kiel University.

Starting date (ideally): 1 April 2024.
Deadline: January 26, 2024. Job ad (in German) below.

I am happy to answer questions! Don´t hesitate to get in touch. Please share!

Polisky

Interesting observation! From reading about 1/3 of abstracts submitted to CP, I think many behavior and opinion papers ended up in CP.

Just your friendly reminder: if someone did something well, tell them!

Polisky, you still have one week to submit your proposal for EPSA 2024 in Cologne! As the section head for Comparative Politics I am very much looking forward to your submissions!

Immer wieder instruktiv, die Rede zu lesen, die Peer Steinbrück 2009 zur Einführung der Schuldenbremse im Bundestag gehalten hat. Habe mal vier charakteristische Passagen rausgesucht:

The Power of Opposition: How Legislative Organization Influences Democratic Consolidation Proposing a novel way to look at the consolidation of democratic regimes, this book presents important theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of democratic consolidation, legislative org...

Polisky this is shameless self-promotion: My book "The Power of Opposition. How Legislative Organization Influences Democratic Consolidation" is now available in paperback! You can even get an extra 25% off during black friday sale.

Heute hat mein Vater Geburtstag. Jedes Jahr rufe ich ihn an und jedes Jahr sagt er: Wir dürfen aber besonders heute die Geschichte nicht vergessen. Du musst es dir ansehen, auch wenn es schmerzt. Es ist unsere Pflicht und unsere einzige Chance.

Also, liebe alle, nie wieder ist jetzt 👇🏼

Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen Offene Stellen

PostDoc in behavioral political science? I am looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher (full-time, Salary Scale 13 TV-L, for an initial period of 3 years) at the SOCIUM Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy in Bremen. Please don‘t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!