Felix Haass
@felixhaass.bsky.social
Assistant Professor for Comparative Politics @ Humboldt University | political violence & democracy | the inner workings of dictatorships
https://felixhaass.de/
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Felix Haass
@felixhaass.bsky.social
· Jan 6
Research fellow (m/f/d) in the field of “contentious politics/political violence/autocratic politics” - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
www.hu-berlin.de
🚨Job alert! 🚨
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
Excellent postdoc opening in a great department. Apply!
📣CfA for a Postdoctoral Fellow Position in political science (3-4 years) as part of the ERC project “Waging of War” (WOW) - PI Scott Gates. The application deadline is March 16th, 2026.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (295112) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (295112), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, March 16, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
February 12, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Excellent postdoc opening in a great department. Apply!
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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
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
February 2, 2026 at 1:13 PM
🚨 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
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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PhD Student:in (m/w/x) (75%, Beginn zwischen März und Mai 2026, 3 Jahre) in München (LMU) im Projekt „DemocraGPT – Entwicklung eines KI-gestützten Gesprächstrainings zur Förderung demokratischen Austausches“ Deadline 31. Januar job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
PhD Student / Studentin (m/w/d)
job-portal.lmu.de
January 28, 2026 at 6:41 AM
PhD Student:in (m/w/x) (75%, Beginn zwischen März und Mai 2026, 3 Jahre) in München (LMU) im Projekt „DemocraGPT – Entwicklung eines KI-gestützten Gesprächstrainings zur Förderung demokratischen Austausches“ Deadline 31. Januar job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
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Check out our easy-to-use dashboard, which allows you to draw maps, time trends, and other vizualisations on governments and cabinet ministers from across the world 👇
We are happy to release the Paths to Power Dashboard. It is the perfect tool for politics nerds!
You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/
It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below.
The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/
It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below.
The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Check out our easy-to-use dashboard, which allows you to draw maps, time trends, and other vizualisations on governments and cabinet ministers from across the world 👇
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First time writing for Broadstreet blog! With @apvjustino.bsky.social and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, we wrote about the Special Issue just published at Comparative Political Studies: www.broadstreet.blog/p/legacies-o...
Legacies of Repression: How Europe’s Violent 20th Century Still Shapes Its Politics
by Laia Balcells, Patricia Justino, and Andrea Ruggeri
www.broadstreet.blog
December 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
First time writing for Broadstreet blog! With @apvjustino.bsky.social and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, we wrote about the Special Issue just published at Comparative Political Studies: www.broadstreet.blog/p/legacies-o...
Very excited about Alexander De Juan's talk today in the Politics Lecture Series! Topic is "Devolving the Monopoly on Violence."
🗓️Today, 12-1pm, Room 002, ISW.
Stop by, if you're interested!
🗓️Today, 12-1pm, Room 002, ISW.
Stop by, if you're interested!
📣 The Politics Lecture Series is back with a fantastic line-up!
Opening talk: Melissa Sands (LSE) on “Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets”
Tue, 28 Oct 2025, 12–1 pm, Room 002
Everyone is welcomed to attend!
Opening talk: Melissa Sands (LSE) on “Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets”
Tue, 28 Oct 2025, 12–1 pm, Room 002
Everyone is welcomed to attend!
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Very excited about Alexander De Juan's talk today in the Politics Lecture Series! Topic is "Devolving the Monopoly on Violence."
🗓️Today, 12-1pm, Room 002, ISW.
Stop by, if you're interested!
🗓️Today, 12-1pm, Room 002, ISW.
Stop by, if you're interested!
🚨Job alert! 🚨
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
Research fellow (m/f/d) in the field of “contentious politics/political violence/autocratic politics” - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
www.hu-berlin.de
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
🚨Job alert! 🚨
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.
⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26
More info:
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📄 New paper out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with my amazing co-author @plutscher.bsky.social !
💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020.
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💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020.
polisky csssky socsky commsky
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
📄 New paper out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with my amazing co-author @plutscher.bsky.social !
💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020.
polisky csssky socsky commsky
💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020.
polisky csssky socsky commsky
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we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
Goethe-Universität — FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...
www.uni-frankfurt.de
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
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🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years)
We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald.
✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group
We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald.
✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group
Postdoctoral Research Associate - International Research Training Group 2560 “Baltic Peripeties" 25/E19
Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
www.uni-greifswald.de
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years)
We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald.
✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group
We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald.
✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group
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🚨 📖 “Nationalism and the Transformation of the State” is out with CUP! I’m so happy to conclude 6 years of research with Lars-Erik Cederman, Luc Girardin, Yannick Pengl and many others like that!
It’s open access @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org here: tinyurl.com/nastac
What’s the book all about? A 🧵
It’s open access @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org here: tinyurl.com/nastac
What’s the book all about? A 🧵
December 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🚨 📖 “Nationalism and the Transformation of the State” is out with CUP! I’m so happy to conclude 6 years of research with Lars-Erik Cederman, Luc Girardin, Yannick Pengl and many others like that!
It’s open access @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org here: tinyurl.com/nastac
What’s the book all about? A 🧵
It’s open access @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org here: tinyurl.com/nastac
What’s the book all about? A 🧵
🚨 New article out!
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
December 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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🚨Jobs!🚨
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Research Officer
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December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🚨Jobs!🚨
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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For old and new texts on the Radical Right in Europe go to https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/extreme-right-western-europe-bibliography/
Bibliography on the Extreme Right in Western Europe
A bibliography of more than 1600 titles on the parties of the Extreme Right in Western Europe (aka the Populist Right, Radical Right, Anti-Immigrant Right)
www.kai-arzheimer.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For old and new texts on the Radical Right in Europe go to https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/extreme-right-western-europe-bibliography/
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December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Fantastisch! Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Thomas! 🥳
December 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Fantastisch! Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Thomas! 🥳
If you want to dive deeper into the paper check it out here: doi.org/10.1086/739777
The Ethnic Politics of Nature Protection in Africa | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
doi.org
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you want to dive deeper into the paper check it out here: doi.org/10.1086/739777
As governments pledge to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030, ignoring these political dynamics risks reproducing or deepening ethnic inequalities.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As governments pledge to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030, ignoring these political dynamics risks reproducing or deepening ethnic inequalities.
Our main take-away: PAs in Africa are deeply shaped by ethnic politics. Politically marginalized groups bear disproportionate conservation costs, while inclusion in power shields homelands from those costs – except where profitable tourism is on the line.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Our main take-away: PAs in Africa are deeply shaped by ethnic politics. Politically marginalized groups bear disproportionate conservation costs, while inclusion in power shields homelands from those costs – except where profitable tourism is on the line.
We also examine degradation of existing PAs, using the PADDD database (www.padddtracker.org) and quantitative and qualitative data from Kenya. In line with a cost-incurring logic of PAs we find that degradation events are disproportionately concentrated in politically included groups’ territories.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We also examine degradation of existing PAs, using the PADDD database (www.padddtracker.org) and quantitative and qualitative data from Kenya. In line with a cost-incurring logic of PAs we find that degradation events are disproportionately concentrated in politically included groups’ territories.
But PAs can also generate local benefits. Where “charismatic” large mammals – Big Five, giraffes, great apes – are present, PAs can become local economic assets through tourism🐘
We find that the negative effect of ethnic inclusion is offset–and eventually reversed–where large mammals are present.
We find that the negative effect of ethnic inclusion is offset–and eventually reversed–where large mammals are present.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
But PAs can also generate local benefits. Where “charismatic” large mammals – Big Five, giraffes, great apes – are present, PAs can become local economic assets through tourism🐘
We find that the negative effect of ethnic inclusion is offset–and eventually reversed–where large mammals are present.
We find that the negative effect of ethnic inclusion is offset–and eventually reversed–where large mammals are present.
Our estimates imply that there is about 173,340 km² of “missing” protected land due to ethnic political inclusion – around nine Kruger National Parks, or roughly half of Germany. That’s a substantial political footprint on conservation.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Our estimates imply that there is about 173,340 km² of “missing” protected land due to ethnic political inclusion – around nine Kruger National Parks, or roughly half of Germany. That’s a substantial political footprint on conservation.
We find that when an ethnic group becomes represented in the national executive, the probability that its homeland is designated as a PA drops by about 1 percentage point.
Given a mean PA presence of 7.3%, that’s roughly a 15% relative reduction.
Given a mean PA presence of 7.3%, that’s roughly a 15% relative reduction.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We find that when an ethnic group becomes represented in the national executive, the probability that its homeland is designated as a PA drops by about 1 percentage point.
Given a mean PA presence of 7.3%, that’s roughly a 15% relative reduction.
Given a mean PA presence of 7.3%, that’s roughly a 15% relative reduction.