Markus Wagner

@markuswagner.bsky.social

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Political scientist @ University of Vienna 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇦🇹🏳️‍🌈

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Reposted by Daniel Ziblatt, Anna O. Law, Jan W. Mueller , and 9 more Daniel Ziblatt, Anna O. Law, Jan W. Mueller, David Brady, Stuart Elden, Efrén O. Pérez, Robert C. Richards, Markus Wagner, Dana R. Fisher, Pepper D. Culpepper, Nathan P. Kalmoe, David Stark

Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social · 2d

Just in time for Christmas: a great interview with an absolute legend.

Theda Skocpol and Edwin Amenta on her career, US politics, the erosion of democracy, and most of all, what to do about it.

sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...

View of Theda Skocpol in Conversation with Edwin Amenta on Sociology, Political Science, Higher Education, and U.S. Politics | Sociologica

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Reposted by David M. Farrell, Dave O’Brien, Kai Arzheimer , and 7 more David M. Farrell, Dave O’Brien, Kai Arzheimer, Jason Reifler, Jane Green, Markus Wagner, Tom van der Meer, Ariadne Vromen, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Tom Louwerse

Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 7d

Our neighbours at @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social are hiring 3 (!) tenure-track faculty members:

– Assistant Professor in Political Economy
– Assistant Professor in International Politics
– Assistant Professor in Political Science

Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
More details: jobs.tcd.ie
@tcddublin.bsky.social

Photo of Trinity College Dublin taken by Stefan Müller

Reposted by Tim Bale, Kim Oosterlinck, Benjamin Braun , and 8 more Tim Bale, Kim Oosterlinck, Benjamin Braun, Markus Wagner, Ariadne Vromen, Isabelle Guinaudeau, Federica Genovese, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Tom Louwerse, Cyril Benoît, Mihail Chiru

Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 7d

Come and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions.
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Recruitment - Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026

Recruitment 2026 - Sciences Po is recruiting two Assistant Professors (tenure track) in Political Science / Politics and Policy in/of Europe and the European Union

www.sciencespo.fr

Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats!

Reposted by Thorsten Faas, Markus Wagner

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 8d

🎄 Now if this isn't the perfect Christmas gift for scholars of elections! A fresh @cses.bsky.social Module 6 Advance Release for you all to analyze and explore!

Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) @cses.bsky.social · 8d

Announcement: The Second Advance Release of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) Module 6 dataset is now available for download! For more information, please see: cses.org/2025/12/16/m...

The Second Advance Release of CSES Module 6 is now available. Download for free at www.cses.org ... Includes 18 election studies, 17 countries/provinces, and 33,871 respondents.

Reposted by Markus Wagner, Héctor Cebolla‐Boado

Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 9d

⁉️What do people read into names? ⁉️

✨New publication in Nature’s Scientific Data ✨

When people see an ethnic minority-sounding name, do they infer race, religion, gender, or social background?

🤓First @equalstrength.bsky.social publication 😅

Check it out here: 🧵

The Perception of Names in Experimental Studies on Ethnic Origin: A Cross-National Validation in Europe - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - The Perception of Names in Experimental Studies on Ethnic Origin: A Cross-National Validation in Europe

www.nature.com

Reposted by Tim Bale, Markus Wagner

Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 11d

What sort of shameless headline-seeking shyster would do a poll like this...?

www.thetimes.com/article/8653...

Santa would vote Green and Scrooge would go for Reform, poll finds

Many voters see Father Christmas as a left-wing progressive who would back Zack Polanski’s party — although people tend to think he would share their own views

www.thetimes.com

Reposted by Ingo Rohlfing, Markus Wagner

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 13d

21. There was, however, one extremely positive new development, and that is the relatively new textbook by @saragoodman.bsky.social and Jennifer Cyr, a collaboration of 30+ female and non-binary scholars. ♥️

It is a breath of fresh air in the increasingly complex (U.S.) qualitative literature.

Reposted by Markus Wagner

European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 14d

📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Panels and Papers
🎓 Affective Polarisation in Comparative Perspective
🪑 @luanarusso.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social
⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/AGcZGGN

#Polisky #CallforPapers #CallforPanels

Affective Polarisation in Comparative Perspective

General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University

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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations, Matthijs! Sounds exciting!

Reposted by Jürgen Maier, Anne Rasmussen, Markus Wagner , and 3 more Jürgen Maier, Anne Rasmussen, Markus Wagner, Ben Worthy, Alessandro Nai, Roman Senninger

Frederik Hjorth @fghjorth.bsky.social · 21d

Political communication research overwhelmingly relies on text. But parliamentary speech is multimodal! In our new @psrm.bsky.social article, Mathias Rask and I show that legislators also signal partisan conflict nonverbally— through changes in vocal pitch during floor speeches. 🧵 1/11 #polisky

Reposted by Robert Huber, Markus Wagner, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 22d

Excited to share that I’ve been awarded a PI-Grant from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for my project "What Citizens Think They Should and Can Do in Democracies”. The project comes with 1 PhD (co-supervised w/ a proper academic adult) and 2 RA positions + funding for interviews and surveys.

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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations, Stuart! Looking forward to seeing the results of this!

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Alexander Wuttke, Efrén O. Pérez , and 2 more Ben H. Ansell, Alexander Wuttke, Efrén O. Pérez, Jacob Montgomery, Markus Wagner

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 23d

"The Credibility Revolution in Political Science"

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Konstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social · 24d

❄️ December is here, so it's a good time to plan methods training for 2026! I’ve been asked about methods schools recently, so here’s a non-authoritative list. I did my PhD in Europe, and focus on quantitative political science, so this is inevitably biased and may be outdated. Additions welcome! 🧵👇

Reposted by Gijs Schumacher, Markus Wagner

Jakob Kasper @jakobkas.bsky.social · 25d

Excited to share a new preprint with @bnbakker.bsky.social, @ylelkes.bsky.social & @gijsschumacher.bsky.social!

doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Affective polarization research focuses almost exclusively on valence, despite affect having at least two core dimensions. We show that emotional arousal matters!

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Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Jochen Müller, Stefan Müller , and 6 more Ruth Dassonneville, Jochen Müller, Stefan Müller, Markus Wagner, Marta Kołczyńska, Werner Krause, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Claudia Landwehr, Tarik Abou‐Chadi

theresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · 25d

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...

Research Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG

stellen.uni-hamburg.de

Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 27d

I hope that there will be an opportunity for the authors, ideally within the APSR, to respond to your comment.

Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 27d

Did the authors respond to what you sent them?

Reposted by Simon Hix, Ben H. Ansell, Markus Wagner

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 29d

For the Guardian, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social and I write about how building new homes is not enough to tackle the housing crisis. Housing is a redistributive issue and progressive policy solutions need to acknowledge that.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

To halt the far right, Europe’s progressive parties must fix its housing crisis. Our research shows how | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann

The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Simon Otjes, Justin H. Kirkland , and 8 more David M. Farrell, Simon Otjes, Justin H. Kirkland, Silja Häusermann, Christian Breunig, Markus Wagner, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Tom Louwerse, Tarik Abou‐Chadi, Roman Senninger, Kathrin Ackermann

Nathalie Giger @nathaliegiger.bsky.social · Nov 25

🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!

Reposted by Will Jennings, Ruth Dassonneville, Steffen Mau , and 6 more Will Jennings, Ruth Dassonneville, Steffen Mau, Émilie Van Haute, Laia Balcells, Markus Wagner, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Tarik Abou‐Chadi, David Darmofal

Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · Nov 24

New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!

We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.

Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇

Reposted by Simon Roux, Alistair Munro, Ben Barr , and 9 more Simon Roux, Alistair Munro, Ben Barr, Philip N. Cohen, Chris Hanretty, Rebecca Sear, Markus Jäntti, Kris Inwood, Jonathan Hopkin, Xander Koolman, Markus Wagner, Patrick Präg

Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · Nov 21

I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵

The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered

Not with a bang but with a whimper

theinfinitesimal.substack.com

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Jane Suiter, Markus Wagner

Sean Westwood @seanjwestwood.bsky.social · Nov 20

Many have asked for the LLM Survey paper. The release was bungled a bit by PNAS, but it is live now: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The potential existential threat of large language models to online survey research | PNAS

The advancement of large language models poses a severe, potentially existential threat to online survey research, a fundamental tool for data coll...

www.pnas.org

Reposted by Will Jennings, Alexander Wuttke, Lucas Leemann , and 5 more Will Jennings, Alexander Wuttke, Lucas Leemann, Robert Huber, Markus Wagner, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Tarik Abou‐Chadi, David Darmofal

Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · Nov 20

New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Abstract
It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, but in very specific ways: First, overall, people still perceive status as largely socioeconomically determined. Second, sociocultural groups figure in perceptions of who is gaining/losing status, less so in perceptions of the top/bottom of society. Third, more than conservative voters, it is social progressives who mention women and minorities as “winners”. While on race/ethnicity, we find evidence for a backlash, on gender and sexuality we find more evidence for a progressive momentum. This matters for progressive politics today and for how we empirically study status concerns.

Reposted by Paul Davies, Markus Wagner

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · Nov 19

holy crap... @nickhunebrown.bsky.social with some great, important work

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local

A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

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Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Chris Hanretty, Markus Wagner , and 1 more Ruth Dassonneville, Chris Hanretty, Markus Wagner, Alessandro Nai

Semih Çakır @mascakir.bsky.social · Nov 19

Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies?

My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.

Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Will Jennings, Scott Clifford , and 8 more Cas Mudde, Will Jennings, Scott Clifford, Markus Wagner, Tom van der Meer, Matthijs Rooduijn, Sebastian Karcher, Juanjo Medina, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Joost van Spanje, Bonnie N. Field

Roderik Rekker @roderikrekker.bsky.social · Nov 16

(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨

In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.

doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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