David Weisstanner
@dweisstanner.bsky.social
Assistant professor of health and social policy @University of Lucerne
Pinned
Excited to share that my project "Party politics and the politicization of health care" has been funded by the @snsf-ch.bsky.social! 🚀
The project will examine how parties have politicized health care along economic & cultural lines.
A postdoc & PhD position will be available – stay tuned!
The project will examine how parties have politicized health care along economic & cultural lines.
A postdoc & PhD position will be available – stay tuned!
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Latest @thehousemag.bsky.social column, on the politics of pints.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The Professor Will See You Now: Having A Pint
Lessons in political science. This week: having a pint
www.politicshome.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Latest @thehousemag.bsky.social column, on the politics of pints.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Looking forward to the GREC workshop @sspunil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social @matthiasenggist.bsky.social @eliemichel.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social @dweisstanner.bsky.social @pauluswagner.bsky.social @klaudiakoxha.bsky.social @philiprathgeb.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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#OpenAccess from July 2025 -
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW
"politicians drinking beer in a pub appeal particularly to radical right working-class voters"
- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW
"politicians drinking beer in a pub appeal particularly to radical right working-class voters"
- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#OpenAccess from July 2025 -
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW
"politicians drinking beer in a pub appeal particularly to radical right working-class voters"
- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW
"politicians drinking beer in a pub appeal particularly to radical right working-class voters"
- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
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I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
July 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
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Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties.
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - Volume 55
cup.org
July 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties.
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
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"We argue that symbolic class signalling has gained in importance due to the political realignment along the cultural dimension, and we expect radical right parties to benefit most from it" - @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
Read #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
Read #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
July 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"We argue that symbolic class signalling has gained in importance due to the political realignment along the cultural dimension, and we expect radical right parties to benefit most from it" - @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
Read #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
Read #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
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Ah, this is such a great paper, and such a good home.
NEW -
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW
- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW
- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
July 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Ah, this is such a great paper, and such a good home.
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NEW -
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW
- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW
- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
July 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
NEW -
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW
- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW
- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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CPDS update 1960-2023 is online 🤓 👇/with @dweisstanner.bsky.social @lucasleemann.bsky.social @klarabruhn.bsky.social
🚨 Newest Comparative Political Data Set released!🚨
Updated until 2023
Available here 👉cpds-data.org/data
@leuphana.bsky.social
@uniluzern.bsky.social
@ipz.bsky.social
Updated until 2023
Available here 👉cpds-data.org/data
@leuphana.bsky.social
@uniluzern.bsky.social
@ipz.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
CPDS update 1960-2023 is online 🤓 👇/with @dweisstanner.bsky.social @lucasleemann.bsky.social @klarabruhn.bsky.social
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🚨 Newest Comparative Political Data Set released!🚨
Updated until 2023
Available here 👉cpds-data.org/data
@leuphana.bsky.social
@uniluzern.bsky.social
@ipz.bsky.social
Updated until 2023
Available here 👉cpds-data.org/data
@leuphana.bsky.social
@uniluzern.bsky.social
@ipz.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨 Newest Comparative Political Data Set released!🚨
Updated until 2023
Available here 👉cpds-data.org/data
@leuphana.bsky.social
@uniluzern.bsky.social
@ipz.bsky.social
Updated until 2023
Available here 👉cpds-data.org/data
@leuphana.bsky.social
@uniluzern.bsky.social
@ipz.bsky.social
🚀 PhD position at @uniluzern.bsky.social in my @snsf-ch.bsky.social-funded project "Party politics and the politicization of health care"
📅 Start in October 2025
🌍 Lucerne, Switzerland
📌 Apply by June 30, 2025.
Details: www.unilu.ch/universitaet...
📅 Start in October 2025
🌍 Lucerne, Switzerland
📌 Apply by June 30, 2025.
Details: www.unilu.ch/universitaet...
PhD position (100%) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne
Assistenz, Doktorandin, Mitarbeiter oder Praktikant: Sie suchen einen Job an der Universität Luzern? Hier finden Sie unsere offenen Stellen und Lehrstellen.
www.unilu.ch
May 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚀 PhD position at @uniluzern.bsky.social in my @snsf-ch.bsky.social-funded project "Party politics and the politicization of health care"
📅 Start in October 2025
🌍 Lucerne, Switzerland
📌 Apply by June 30, 2025.
Details: www.unilu.ch/universitaet...
📅 Start in October 2025
🌍 Lucerne, Switzerland
📌 Apply by June 30, 2025.
Details: www.unilu.ch/universitaet...
New article in Social Policy & Administration, with Kees van Kersbergen:
We explore how firms – often overlooked in debates on AI and social policy – perceive AI and what policy responses they support.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...
🧵
We explore how firms – often overlooked in debates on AI and social policy – perceive AI and what policy responses they support.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...
🧵
May 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
New article in Social Policy & Administration, with Kees van Kersbergen:
We explore how firms – often overlooked in debates on AI and social policy – perceive AI and what policy responses they support.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...
🧵
We explore how firms – often overlooked in debates on AI and social policy – perceive AI and what policy responses they support.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...
🧵
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Had a great time presenting in Basel and Lucerne this week!
Many thanks to @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and to @dweisstanner.bsky.social for hosting me.
Great questions and feedback throughout!
@polisciunibas.bsky.social @uniluzern.bsky.social
Many thanks to @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and to @dweisstanner.bsky.social for hosting me.
Great questions and feedback throughout!
@polisciunibas.bsky.social @uniluzern.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Had a great time presenting in Basel and Lucerne this week!
Many thanks to @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and to @dweisstanner.bsky.social for hosting me.
Great questions and feedback throughout!
@polisciunibas.bsky.social @uniluzern.bsky.social
Many thanks to @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and to @dweisstanner.bsky.social for hosting me.
Great questions and feedback throughout!
@polisciunibas.bsky.social @uniluzern.bsky.social
Very interesting and important study with new measures on political parties' emphases on equality ⬇️
In Social progress at the expense of economic equality? we ask if equal rights or equal chances concerns crowded out economic equality as priority of the Left? Mapping equality concepts 1970-2020: not green or far-left parties. Yet, social democrats … 1/2
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Very interesting and important study with new measures on political parties' emphases on equality ⬇️
Excited to share that my project "Party politics and the politicization of health care" has been funded by the @snsf-ch.bsky.social! 🚀
The project will examine how parties have politicized health care along economic & cultural lines.
A postdoc & PhD position will be available – stay tuned!
The project will examine how parties have politicized health care along economic & cultural lines.
A postdoc & PhD position will be available – stay tuned!
April 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Excited to share that my project "Party politics and the politicization of health care" has been funded by the @snsf-ch.bsky.social! 🚀
The project will examine how parties have politicized health care along economic & cultural lines.
A postdoc & PhD position will be available – stay tuned!
The project will examine how parties have politicized health care along economic & cultural lines.
A postdoc & PhD position will be available – stay tuned!
Reposted by David Weisstanner
We just launched a call for a workshop and special issue proposal on "The Politics of AI"! Excited to see many great submissions—join us in Oxford!
📢Special issue and workshop on "The Politics of AI: Citizen Perceptions, Preferences, and Priorities" 📢
We aim to bring together cutting-edge research on the political ramifications of AI for a workshop in Oxford and a special issue in a leading political science journal.(1/2)
We aim to bring together cutting-edge research on the political ramifications of AI for a workshop in Oxford and a special issue in a leading political science journal.(1/2)
March 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We just launched a call for a workshop and special issue proposal on "The Politics of AI"! Excited to see many great submissions—join us in Oxford!
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🎉 The lineup for the Spring 2025 Brown Bag Seminar at PolSem – @uniluzern.bsky.social is set!
🗺️This year, we are opening up to external presenters for the first time, and it has been a great success.
Excited to host them and looking forward to the discussions ahead! Check the calendar below 👇
🗺️This year, we are opening up to external presenters for the first time, and it has been a great success.
Excited to host them and looking forward to the discussions ahead! Check the calendar below 👇
March 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🎉 The lineup for the Spring 2025 Brown Bag Seminar at PolSem – @uniluzern.bsky.social is set!
🗺️This year, we are opening up to external presenters for the first time, and it has been a great success.
Excited to host them and looking forward to the discussions ahead! Check the calendar below 👇
🗺️This year, we are opening up to external presenters for the first time, and it has been a great success.
Excited to host them and looking forward to the discussions ahead! Check the calendar below 👇
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How does the “mental load” of taking care of family and household influence decisions about participating in public life?
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🧵 1/9
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🧵 1/9
Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life - Volume 55
doi.org
February 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
How does the “mental load” of taking care of family and household influence decisions about participating in public life?
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🧵 1/9
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🧵 1/9
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Excited to share my new paper with Leo Azzollini @leoazzollini.bsky.social (@csisunitn.bsky.social) and Franco Bonomi Bezzo on healthcare provision and attitudes toward redistribution in the Journal of European Public Policy @jeppjournal.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Excited to share my new paper with Leo Azzollini @leoazzollini.bsky.social (@csisunitn.bsky.social) and Franco Bonomi Bezzo on healthcare provision and attitudes toward redistribution in the Journal of European Public Policy @jeppjournal.bsky.social
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More supreme public service from Ben Jann @unibern.bsky.social: the Stata crosswalk package, which replaces iscogen 🫡
Rapidly recode ISCO codes to an even wider range of occupational scales and class schemes, including the Occupational Earning Potential scale
github.com/benjann/cros...
Rapidly recode ISCO codes to an even wider range of occupational scales and class schemes, including the Occupational Earning Potential scale
github.com/benjann/cros...
GitHub - benjann/crosswalk: Stata module to recode variable based on crosswalk table (bulk recoding)
Stata module to recode variable based on crosswalk table (bulk recoding) - benjann/crosswalk
github.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
More supreme public service from Ben Jann @unibern.bsky.social: the Stata crosswalk package, which replaces iscogen 🫡
Rapidly recode ISCO codes to an even wider range of occupational scales and class schemes, including the Occupational Earning Potential scale
github.com/benjann/cros...
Rapidly recode ISCO codes to an even wider range of occupational scales and class schemes, including the Occupational Earning Potential scale
github.com/benjann/cros...
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As promised, here is a bit more on my new book, The Welfare Workforce, now available fully open-access from @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social 🧵 1/11
I’m so happy to announce that my book is now published and available open-access! (🧵coming soon, too :)
"A beautifully written and insightful take on the evolution of mental healthcare in advanced democracies, and one that opens a new lens on one of the most central, and largely unexamined, parts of the modern state."
The Welfare Workforce by Isabel M. Perera
Out now in #OpenAccess cup.org/3DQJizT
The Welfare Workforce by Isabel M. Perera
Out now in #OpenAccess cup.org/3DQJizT
February 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
As promised, here is a bit more on my new book, The Welfare Workforce, now available fully open-access from @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social 🧵 1/11
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On this note, here is a thread with recent research on what normalization is and how it happens.
It includes links to references, from my work and that of others.
I tried to tag the authors whenever they are on here, in case you are interested in following their work.
1/8
It includes links to references, from my work and that of others.
I tried to tag the authors whenever they are on here, in case you are interested in following their work.
1/8
No country is immune to the far right.
No country is immune to the normalization of the far right.
No country is immune to the normalization of the far right.
January 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
On this note, here is a thread with recent research on what normalization is and how it happens.
It includes links to references, from my work and that of others.
I tried to tag the authors whenever they are on here, in case you are interested in following their work.
1/8
It includes links to references, from my work and that of others.
I tried to tag the authors whenever they are on here, in case you are interested in following their work.
1/8
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1/ Happy to announce a new paper at @PolBehavior
with Andreas Jozwiak & Eroll Kuhn.
Recent work links ⬆️immigration flows to backlash, esp⬆️far right voting. We ask if it's a general feature of migration politics by testing effects of *co-ethnic* immigration.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
with Andreas Jozwiak & Eroll Kuhn.
Recent work links ⬆️immigration flows to backlash, esp⬆️far right voting. We ask if it's a general feature of migration politics by testing effects of *co-ethnic* immigration.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Backlash or Inclusion? The Political Effects of Co-Ethnic Immigration - Political Behavior
Immigration often causes backlash, to the benefit of anti-immigrant parties. Most studies that identify the effect of immigration on native attitudes and behaviors leverage variation in inflows of new...
link.springer.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
1/ Happy to announce a new paper at @PolBehavior
with Andreas Jozwiak & Eroll Kuhn.
Recent work links ⬆️immigration flows to backlash, esp⬆️far right voting. We ask if it's a general feature of migration politics by testing effects of *co-ethnic* immigration.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
with Andreas Jozwiak & Eroll Kuhn.
Recent work links ⬆️immigration flows to backlash, esp⬆️far right voting. We ask if it's a general feature of migration politics by testing effects of *co-ethnic* immigration.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🚨 Job Alert! 🚨
I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍
🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations
📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p...
Thanks for sharing! 🤝
I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍
🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations
📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p...
Thanks for sharing! 🤝
uni-heidelberg.de
January 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚨 Job Alert! 🚨
I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍
🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations
📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p...
Thanks for sharing! 🤝
I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍
🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations
📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p...
Thanks for sharing! 🤝
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The LIS Database now allows one to measure poverty (with their superior poverty/income measures) over a 61 year period of US history (1963-2023).
Here's the trend in Black-white inequalities in poverty.
Here's the trend in Black-white inequalities in poverty.
December 19, 2024 at 2:45 AM
The LIS Database now allows one to measure poverty (with their superior poverty/income measures) over a 61 year period of US history (1963-2023).
Here's the trend in Black-white inequalities in poverty.
Here's the trend in Black-white inequalities in poverty.