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Robert A. Huber
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Professor of Political Science Methods at @unisalzburg.bsky.social‬ • Editor at @ejprjournal.bsky.social • Studies Populism and Climate Politics • Previously University of Reading and ETH Zurich • More info: www.robertahuber.com .. more

Robert Huber is a German biochemist and Nobel laureate. known for his work crystallizing an intramembrane protein important in photosynthesis and subsequently applying X-ray crystallography to elucidate the protein's structure. .. more

Environmental science 40%
Biology 18%

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Open Access, with fewer financial hurdles 🚧 💸

The @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org & ECPR partnership supports EJPR authors with funding guidance, OA expertise, and global publishing infrastructure 🏗️

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Open research funding open access publication
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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🍊 Fresh out!

Lorenzo Zamponi & Marco Deseriis examine persistent internal differences within the climate movement, showing how theories of change shape strategic choices and responses to key dilemmas among Fridays For Future, Extinction Rebellion, and Ultima Generazione in Italy.
‘That is the bet’: theories of change in the strategies of the Italian climate movement
Research on differences within the climate movement has been focusing for a long time on the emergence of the ‘climate justice’ frame within this trajectory as a way out of a post-political underst...
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Do campaigns matter? 🤔

Denmark’s 2022 EU defence opt-out vote show that #Campaign information matters. While fear-based messages influences #Voters at the start, their effect declines as voters learn more.

@rsenninger.bsky.social, J.Fenger & D.Beach of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social
Campaigns do matter: The impact of campaigns in reducing framing effects | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Campaigns do matter: The impact of campaigns in reducing framing effects - Volume 65 Issue 1
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🎉 New paper out in Political Behavior (with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social)

Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others?
💡Not political knowledge, but interest and confidence-in-knowledge drive emotional engagement.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Disentangling the Sophistication-Emotion Link: Political Interest and Confidence-in-Knowledge, but not Knowledge, Drive Emotional Responses - Political Behavior
Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others? Past work suggests that political sophistication, consisting of knowledge and interest, is related to feeling strong emotions abou...
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Representation and resentment🙅

R. Hlatky of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social, @dramyhliu.bsky.social, Y. Li & A.Pitre-Young expand on how ethnic minorities succeed in #CEE

1️⃣ Types of #representation
2️⃣ #MinorityMobilization vs #AllyAdvocacy
3️⃣ Political activity or social marginalization
Representation and resentment: Explaining radical-right electoral success | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Representation and resentment: Explaining radical-right electoral success - Volume 65 Issue 1
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🍊 Fresh out!

Or Oved Erlich & @aviad-rubinstein.bsky.social compare Obama & Putin, examining how both mobilise #Love as a political resource, revealing how compassionate and passionate rhetoric is a surprisingly flexible and powerful tool

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Love is in the air: the political rhetoric of love in Obama and Putin’s leadership
Or Oved Erlich, Aviad Rubin
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Democracy under pressure 🦠

@vinarceneaux.bsky.social, @catherinedevries.bsky.social, B. Bakker & S.Hobolt find that support in the US and UK remained strong for #Democratic rights during the first wave of the #Pandemic, valuing support in times of crisis🌦️
Support for liberal democracy in times of crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Support for liberal democracy in times of crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic - Volume 65 Issue 1
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🤷Why publish #OpenAccess?

🔎 Increase the discoverability of your research
🎓 Make an impact beyond the academy
🌍 Freely share your work with anyone, across the globe
📜 Comply with funding mandates

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#AI to detect hate speech? 🤖

These authors 🧵 trained GPT-4o-mini with online hate speech labeled by various annotators to show that when asking #LLM's to perform judgement-based tasks , data quality matters more than quantity 🤬

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Improving hate speech detection with large language models | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Improving hate speech detection with large language models
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🧵
Marc van de Wardt,
P.Bundi, P.J.Loewen,
@annerasmussen.bsky.social
@liorsheffer.bsky.social
& F.Varone
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Who runs for political office and who doesn’t? 🤷

These authors 🧵👇️ show how personality traits, especially honesty and humility, shape citizens’ political ambition, answering why recruitment matters in cross-national study ✍️

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Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment - Volume 65 Issue 1
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How does legislative organisation shape the electoral fortunes of coalition parties?

@shane-martin.bsky.social & Lasse Aaskoven show that strong parliamentary committees can help junior coalition partners avoid punishment, even when PM parties face steeper losses ⛰️

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Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization - Volume 65 Issue 1
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🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨

7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Free of charge (limited travel support).

Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org
#methodsky #polisky

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We’re starting 2026 with new research 📘

The latest issue of European Journal of Political Research is now out!

Featuring work from authors across #ComparativePolitics, #Populism, #DemocraticRights and more!

Stay tuned 📻️ to see the highlights 💡
European Journal of Political Research: Volume 65 - Issue 1 | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - European Journal of Political Research - Volume 65 - Issue 1
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Have a piece about our wonderful profession? Something about a new teaching initiative, a cool new way of doing research, a new dataset, a scientific innovation?

For this, and much more, do consider the @epsjournal.bsky.social !

Check it out 👇
📗 EPS publishes contributions written by and for the political science community.

❇️ We are the professional journal of @ecpr.bsky.social

🌱 Looked after by Editors @stellatseliou.bsky.social, Linda Basile & @ljramiro.bsky.social

🔓 Fully #OpenAccess from 2026

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🏠 Need a home for your next #PoliticalScience article?

🔓 Want to publish #OpenAccess?

📙 Then check out PRX buff.ly/moeJ31j

#ComparativePolitics #InternationalRelations #PoliticalTheory
📗 EPS publishes contributions written by and for the political science community.

❇️ We are the professional journal of @ecpr.bsky.social

🌱 Looked after by Editors @stellatseliou.bsky.social, Linda Basile & @ljramiro.bsky.social

🔓 Fully #OpenAccess from 2026

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🤷 How should you respond to reviewer comments?

✅ Highlight changes in your manuscript.
✅ Detail changes point by point.
✅ If you disagree, explain why.

🧡 Engage in dialogue with peers for constructive support!

Any questions? 📧 prx@ecpr.eu

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#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

High emissions, low engagement? How members of parliament represent the carbon footprint of their constituents - https://cup.org/49P9QPr

- Lucas Geese & @chantal-st.bsky.social

#FirstView
Great conference to launch an excellent new book on French Democracy in Distress. @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @vtiberj.bsky.social @caterinafr.bsky.social @cevipof.bsky.social
🔥 Populist parties are no Robin Hood...⚡️

Now with page numbers and in #openaccess, part of a terrific special issue for @jeppjournal.bsky.social

With the amazing @eborghetto.bsky.social and Derek Epp

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a cartoon rooster is holding a guitar and walking
Alt: The rooster from Robin Hood is holding a guitar and walking
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🤔Worried you don't have the experience to be a peer reviewer?

🧠 The MOST important requirement is that you’re knowledgeable on the specific topic of the paper

🙌 ECR use the methods they will be reviewing daily & are THE BEST placed to identify strengths & weaknesses!

Any questions? 📧 prx@ecpr.eu

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MAGA & MAGYAR 🇺🇸🇭🇺

Christian Lamour examines how "common sense" language is used to challenge liberal democratic views, and similarities between Trump's and Orbán's speech styles used to promote ideas grounded in the radical right.
MAGA & MAGYAR: The strategic use of common sense by Trump and Orbán during their state addresses | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
MAGA & MAGYAR: The strategic use of common sense by Trump and Orbán during their state addresses
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Heute um 07:30 direkt aus meinem #Balkonien die Dreharbeiten zur neuen Staffel von „Als die Tiere den Wald verließen“ beobachtet. 🦊🎬🌆😍
#UrbanWildlife #StadtNatur #Rotfuchs

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📖 Most read in 2025

These were the papers that captured the attention of your community this year👇

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Conscription = Civic Engagement?🪖

@morten-jakobsen.bsky.social & @sorenserritzlew.bsky.social examine influences #Conscription in Denmark 🇩🇰 has on factors including:

National attachment
Prosocial motivation
#Trust
Political preferences
#PoliticalInterest &
#Authoritarian attitudes
Does universal conscription impose a civic penalty? Individual-level evidence from a randomized conscription lottery | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Does universal conscription impose a civic penalty? Individual-level evidence from a randomized conscription lottery
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🤔 Curious what articles your colleagues couldn’t stop reading, citing, and sharing in 2025?

Check out the articles that were:
📖 Most read
💬 Most cited
🎉 Top trending

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🚨 In a new pre-print, Walid El-Ajou (@ipwunibern.bsky.social) & @istad.bsky.social, report on an experiment using a serious game as an immersive information treatment to understand the role of knowledge and efficacy in public opinion formation on the green transition

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💬 welcome!
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🚨 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👇

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