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Fabienne Eisenring
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PhDing in Political Science @IPZ at University of Zurich | Education | Labor market expectations | Political socialization
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retobuergisser.bsky.social
Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET

@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.

👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
PhD Prep Talk: Switzerland
Meet an EUI Researcher and alumnus from your country​!
www.eui.eu
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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dpzollinger.bsky.social
How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations?

In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.

tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - Volume 55
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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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bjpols.bsky.social
NEW -

Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos

"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"

- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the dynamic between knowledge economy migration and political shifts in Germany, specifically addressing urban versus rural opportunities and its implications on political perspectives and migration trends.
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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davidattewell6.bsky.social
@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:

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October 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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rfrbrghs.bsky.social
🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)!

🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!

Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!

Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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lwestheuser.bsky.social
Warum wir beim Klima zwar alle in einem Boot sitzen, es aber entscheidend ist, dass manche im halbgefluteten Maschinenraum mitfahren und andere auf dem Sonnendeck:

Neuer Artikel zu Klima, Klasse und Konflikt, mit @steffenmau.bsky.social und @thomaslux.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Das Klima der Ungleichheit. Zur sozialen Struktur von Klimakonflikten - Berliner Journal für Soziologie
The article maps how political conflicts over climate change are intertwined with social inequality. Building on studies of Dörre et al. on industrial transformation conflicts, four forms of social in...
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September 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
Ever asked yourself how to detect and extract social groups from texts with computational social science? @haukelicht.bsky.social and me have a solution for you out at @bjpols.bsky.social. You can also find the pre-trained models on huggingface!
bjpols.bsky.social British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Sep 1
NEW -

Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ

- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
BJPolS Abstract discussing a social science research method that uses text analysis for understanding group language patterns and political leanings, mentioning the use of British articles and generating new empirical insights.
September 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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giacomomelli.bsky.social
Class-based gaps in voter turnout and political representation in Britain are likely to widen further. Our study, with Nan Dirk de Graaf and Geoff Evans (@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social), reveals how social mobility creates a cycle that reinforces democratic inequalities. 🗳️🪜
Social Mobility, Self‐Selection, and the Persistence of Class Inequality in Electoral Participation
In recent decades, non-voting among the British working class has increased substantially, contributing to widening class-based inequality in electoral participation. This study examines the impact o...
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August 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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reidingerve.bsky.social

Gender parity does not signal to men that institutions address their interests less. However, once men are under-represented, they perceive a reduction in output generated in their favor. Furthermore, men, on average, perceive gender parity as the fairest scenario. 5/9
August 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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reidingerve.bsky.social
Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9


doi.org/10.1177/1065...
August 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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garritzmannj.bsky.social
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.
July 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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dpzollinger.bsky.social
Even in times of sociocultural conflict, a progressive left electorate is more averse to sociocultural *and* socioeconomic inequalities than (far) right voters.

New paper with @siljahausermann.bsky.social Palmtag @tabouchadi.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social Berkinshaw
tinyurl.com/d42wyb79

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July 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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catherinedevries.bsky.social
Voice is one of the most talked-about, and least explained, aspects of academic writing.

We’re told to “find it,” but rarely taught how to build it.

I wrote up some reflections here:

👉 open.substack.com/pub/catherin...

A 🧵 about why so much academic writing feels voiceless & what to do about it.
You’ve Got the Ideas. What If It’s Your Voice That’s Not Landing?
The Hidden Curriculum of Academic Writing
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July 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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ralphscott.bsky.social
📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨

"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"

Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

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Article abstract, which says: The educational cleavage is restructuring electoral competition in many democracies, yet there has been insufficient attention on how variation in educational content affects this. In order to address this, this article combines English administrative school records with a unique representative panel of adolescents to estimate the within-individual effect of studying different subjects at school on political party preference. This analysis finds that studying arts and humanities subjects leads to greater support for socially liberal parties, whilst studying business and economics increases support for economically right-wing parties. Students who study technical subjects become more likely to support socially conservative and economically right-wing parties. These relationships between particular subjects and party support also persist into adulthood. As such, this article provides new evidence on the importance of subjects taken in secondary school for political socialisation, during the impressionable years of adolescence.
July 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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siljahausermann.bsky.social
❗The segmentation of the right field is eroding, especially among young voters❗

New article out by @simonbornschier.bsky.social @dpzollinger.bsky.social
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself
@ipz.bsky.social ‬ @wepsocial.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj

A short 🧵

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July 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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tabouchadi.bsky.social
New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
July 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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catherinedevries.bsky.social
Most literature reviews miss the point.

Not because they’re sloppy.

But because they treat the literature like a box to tick.

In my latest Respect the Marble Post, I carve out a 6-step process to writing a meaningful lit review:

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/most-liter...

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Most Literature Reviews Miss the Point. Don’t Let Yours
Critically Engaging Past Work to Confidently Shape Your Own
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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wepsocial.bsky.social
Education is king in today's societies - socially, economically, & politically. @garritzmannj.bsky.social shows how conflict between educational groups transformed multiple times since the Middle Ages.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Part of the SI "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies"
Screenshot of an academic journal article from West European Politics titled “From educational conflicts to an educational cleavage? The multiple transformations of educational conflicts from medieval to post-industrial times” by Julian L. Garritzmann. The abstract discusses how socio-economic changes have created new political cleavages centered around education. A highlighted section notes that a prominent claim in the literature is the emergence of an "educational cleavage" and that the article challenges this by reviewing educational conflicts across time, from the Middle Ages to the present. Keywords listed include “educational cleavage,” “educational divide,” “education conflict,” and “politics of education.” Figure displaying three line graphs titled “Primary Education,” “Secondary Education,” and “Tertiary Education,” showing the percentage of people enrolled by education level from 1870 to 2010 across various world regions. The graphs show a general upward trend over time, with Western economies consistently leading in enrollment rates, especially in tertiary education. Sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia lag behind. A legend identifies different regions with distinct line styles (solid, dashed, dotted). The source is Garritzmann et al. (2022b: 254).
June 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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respol.bsky.social
@nilsweidmann.bsky.social and Mina Rulis study the link between university disciplines and political protest in autocracies. They focus on how the composition of academic institutions shapes the likelihood of activism in university cities.

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June 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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hilmal.bsky.social
🧵 How does education shape political behavior?
@professormpersson.bsky.social and I contribute with two chapters to the new Research Handbook on Education and Democracy👇
June 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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hermwerf.bsky.social
My new post. How current political science replicated my PhD thesis of 25 years ago. And took it further, in a paper in the @apsrjournal.bsky.social and other work, by @liesbethooghe.bsky.social, Gary Marks and @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social.

open.substack.com/pub/hermwerf...
Field of study as a political cleavage
From my 25 year old PhD thesis to today's political science
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June 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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retobuergisser.bsky.social
Can government policies moderate political backlash to structural change?

Yes, the effect operates through material benefits and social recognition.

🚨New WP by @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social and @susanadptavares.bsky.social 🚨

shorturl.at/zFbZE
June 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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magneflemmen.bsky.social
Why is environmentalism class divided?

My new paper in The British Journal of Sociology maps attitudes to green issues in the social space of economic and cultural capital. Spoiler: it’s not just about being rich.

🧵https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.13231
May 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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bjpols.bsky.social
From February 2025 -

Educating for Democracy? Going to College Increases Political Participation - cup.org/4iapbva

- @andreasvijensen.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract from a scholarly article discussing the impact of higher education on civic engagement, suggesting that attending college leads to a significant increase in voter turnout and proposing a positive correlation with sustained civic returns.
April 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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anketresch.bsky.social
📣The new Selects cumulative file 1971-2023 is out!
Free download here: doi.org/10.48573/2w7...

#Polisky #ElectionStudies #Selects
May 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM