Benjamin G. Engst

Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ...

Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups?

Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com:

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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...

Enjoying @charliefthompson.bsky.social convincing defense of his thesis on The Politics and Regulation of Online Gambling

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

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Can climate judgments sway the opinions of conservative voters? @benjaminengst.bsky.social and @nannaschonhage.bsky.social show that they can, using panel data from 🇬🇧 and 🇩🇪 #ecprgc25

👏 👏 👏 Congratulations to @ripplingeralina.bsky.social, who won the best paper award for last year's conference and was handed the 🏆 and diploma by @benjaminengst.bsky.social at the business meeting 👏 👏 👏

Our fearless leader @benjaminengst.bsky.social is now delivering his annual State of the Standing Group address! Not at #ecprgc25? Join us on zoom (link in your email)

Is there a best art work by a discussant award at #ecprgc25? @benjaminengst.bsky.social wants to enter the competition.

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#ecprgc25 is just days away! We are looking forward to seeing you in Thessaloniki and to the excellent papers in the section “The Politics of Law and Courts” which this year is chaired by @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social and Urszula Jaremba! Make sure to add these 12 excellent panels to your itinerary 👇

Thrilled that this book, with Driscoll and Krehbiel, is out this week. Its topic that become surprisingly relevant: under what conditions does the public punish presidents who ignore court decisions?

Beyond the glass ceiling, more 'housework'? Womens' work assignment, performance and influence in political institutions | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

Hi! I would just like to share that the first paper in my PhD has been accepted for publication in @thejop.bsky.social and you can read the "ahead of print" version here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

This is a very big day for me!! Now I am a real PUBLISHED researcher!

Gratulere!

Planing to pursue a PhD? Great supervisor and excellent research environment to do so 👇

Don't forget to submit your papers to our "The Politics of Law and Courts" section! The deadline is January 6!

Panel 1 Quantifying Judicial Impact: Selection, Process, and Authority (Chairs: Benjamin Engst and Louisa Boulaziz) This panel addresses critical questions on judicial power and legitimacy: Why are some individuals appointed to the bench while others are not? To what extent do judicial procedures influence judicial outcomes? Why is judicial authority often overwhelmingly perceived as legitimate? We invite papers that examine these topics quantitatively and comparatively. Addressing these issues is essential to understanding the often unquestioned acceptance of judicial decisions and court’s societal influence.

The panel "Quantifying Judicial Impact: Selection, Process, and Authority" is chaired by @benjaminengst.bsky.social and @louisabo.bsky.social and welcomes quantitative analysis of judicial appointments, decisions-making and more!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you! Yes, Christmas came early this year.

Thank you!

Danke!

🥳 Danke!

Danke!

This has been an exciting and joyful journey so far, albeit challenging and windy at times. Thus, I'm thankful to many supporters, most of whom I met during my times at Uni Konstanz, GESS Uni Mannheim, IPW Uni Hannover, @emorypolisci.bsky.social, and IPol Uni Göttingen.

Thrilled to announce that next summer I'll join NTNU in Trondheim 🇳🇴 as Associate Professor in Political Science within Public Policy & Administration. I'm grateful to my friends at Pol. Science & Publ. Admin. Uni Konstanz, whom I'll miss a lot, but I look forward to this new exciting chapter.