After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
๐ Three volumes
โญ 431 entries
๐ 581 wonderful authors from across the world
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๐จ 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science at Aarhus University ๐จ
Iโm seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฉ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด on state-citizen interactions.
Link and more information in second post.
Position Start: Fall 2026
Application Deadline: โผ๏ธ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET โผ๏ธ
How to explain the โcredibility revolutionโ in a few minutes?
"I" "made" a short video that tries to show why clever (natural) experiments and research design beat pure statistical adjustment for causal claims.
I am genuinely curious what methods people think:
youtu.be/Fv14ktwA31Q?...
๐จ EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! ๐จ
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
๐จ out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social ๐จ
โก๏ธ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
โก๏ธ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
โก๏ธCreated custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
โก๏ธPartnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings๐๐ฝ
๐จ New publication out @jeppjournal.bsky.social w/ Katrin Praprotnik @luanarusso.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social
We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions.
Open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
๐ตโ๐ซ We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
๐๐ฝ So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short ๐งต
๐ฃ Postdoc (75โฏ%, 3โฏyrs) at @unigreifswald.bsky.social โ start autumnโฏ2025 on perhaps Germanyโs most beautiful campus. Know someone with a PhD (or nearly done) in Political Science? โฌ๏ธ #PolSci #Postdoc
Reminder: Great job opportunities at Aarhus University!
Please help spread the word before everyone disappears for summer break! ๐๏ธ
Big moments lately: became a dad and defended my PhD. Huge thanks to @andrewroberts.bsky.social and committee members @noamgidron.bsky.social, @filipkostelka.bsky.social, and @ylelkes.bsky.social for their thoughtful feedback. Looking forward to the next chapter at Aarhus with @suthank.bsky.social!
Min bog - Dansk demokrati i perspektiv - skrevet med David Andersen og udarbejdet i forbindelse med Magtudredningen 2.0 er netop udgivet! Gratis E-bog og gratis lydbog er tilgรฆngelige her:
unipress.dk/udgiv.../d/d...
CfA: PhD scholarship in political theory @ucph.bsky.social
Part of my project "Citizens' Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems," which will explore how citizens should participate in making political agendas
Apply by Aug. 3, 2025
โก๏ธ employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
#PolTheory #demoinno
๐ฃ Jobs, jobs, jobs!
Aarhus Universityโs Department of Political Science is hiring:
๐น Assistant Professor
๐ Deadline: 25 August
๐ international.au.dk/about/profil...
๐น Associate Professor
๐ Deadline: 8 September
๐ international.au.dk/about/profil...
๐จ We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy."
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
Weโre looking for:
๐น 1 Postdoc (100%)
๐น 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info โฌ๏ธ (1/7)
Two weeks left to apply for a post-doctoral position in my project on social cleavages and political party competition in Europe.
Thanks for helping me alert interested researchers!
Who supports free speech, and how consistent is the support? Together with @suthank.bsky.social, Iโve conducted a survey of citizens in 33 countries for The Future of Free Speech. A lot of interesting findings (see ๐งต + link): futurefreespeech.org/wp-content/u...
Cover of the book โThe Psychology of Attack Politics Perceptions, Evaluations and Effectsโ by Alessandro Nai, Lukas P. Otto, Chiara Vargiu, out in July 2025 (Routledge). The cover features a detail from a medieval painting showing people happily stabbing at each other (from the Codex Manesse, 1304-1340)
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New book out this July with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social
We present a novel approach to study #NegativeCampaigning & #Incivility ๐ฅ โ๏ธ - focusing on public perceptions and evaluations ๐ฑ๐๐คข๐ก
Bonus: low price (~ยฃ35) & the cover is ๐ค
Pre-orders from July 5: tinyurl.com/7raa9fpf
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
Meta ad spending in Greenland ๐ณ๏ธ
Winning party outspending competition, in fact more than other parties combined.
Data from @whotargets.me, always a great resource on online political ad spending ๐๐ป
A lot has happened in those 20 years.
The most striking result from yesterdayโs German election #btw2025 ๐ฉ๐ช:
๐น 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
๐น The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
๐น In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Hereโs my take ๐
Our research on Need for Chaos was focused on how some voters wanted to watch the world burn: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
With DOGE it now seems to be official government strategy from Trump & Musk
But the goal seems the same: Burning down existing structures for selfish status gain
Instruktรธren for kryolit-dokumentaren tager til genmรฆle i P1 Orientering - men svarene er langt fra overbevisende: www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/p1-or...
For mig at se er dokumentaren et eksempel pรฅ misinformation, som det oftest praksiseres i politik og pรฅ sociale medier.
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๐จ Only 3 weeks left to apply! ๐จ
Postdoc position in Advertising Democracy. An excellent opportunity to join a dynamic team and do impactful research.
Donald Trump Jr. spend 4 hours in Greenland and has, on this basis, widely reported on what Greenlanders feel about racism, Denmark and US.
What do know from actual research? ๐งต (1/8)
We are hiring at the PolSci department at @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social. Tenure, open to all subfields, can apply for professor promotion immediately (on merits). Top international department, green and buzzing capital city of Oslo, high quality of life, great for families! www.finn.no/job/fulltime...
Join our team! ๐จ
We are hiring 2 postdocs for the new Advertising Democracy project at Aarhus University.
We are looking for researchers who are passionate about advertisements & citizensโ democratic values in Western democracies.
Feel free to share!๐๐พ
bss.au.dk/en/about-aar...
Check out our new work in @ajpseditor.bsky.social on the (lack of) persuasive effects of audit studies on broader anti-discrimination attitudes bsky.app/profile/msch...
Turns out, using simple language in politics helps people understand issues better and even shapes how they see politicians - but it doesn't directly sway votes.
Excited to share that our study (w/ @danbischof.bsky.social) is conditionally accepted at JOP!
Link: doi.org/10.31219/osf...
