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Markus Wagner
@markuswagner.bsky.social
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Political scientist @ University of Vienna 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇦🇹🏳️‍🌈
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isabellareb.bsky.social
🎉 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...
link.springer.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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turnbulldugarte.com
Some people like using our (w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social) heroes & villains paper to teach partisanship.

We've made it easier (and fun?) for students with a new online playground 🦹

doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

www.turnbulldugarte.com/heroes-playg...
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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melinscribe.bsky.social
🚨 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
February 2, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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jonadejong.bsky.social
Do ordinary Republicans and Democrats really avoid each other in everyday life? In a new working paper with Delia Baldassarri, we present descriptive and experimental evidence to challenge the view that partisanship drives the formation of social relationships.

osf.io/preprints/so...

1/15
February 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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dingdingpeng.the100.ci
New preprint! So, what's a multiverse analysis good for anyway?>

With @jessicahullman.bsky.social and @statmodeling.bsky.social

juliarohrer.com/wp-content/u...
What’s a multiverse good for anyway? Julia M. Rohrer, Jessica Hullman, and Andrew Gelman Multiverse analysis has become a fairly popular approach, as indicated by the present special issue on the matter. Here, we take one step back and ask why one would conduct a multiverse analysis in the first place. We discuss various ways in which a multiverse may be employed – as a tool for reflection and critique, as a persuasive tool, as a serious inferential tool – as well as potential problems that arise depending on the specific purpose. For example, it fails as a persuasive tool when researchers disagree about which variations should be included in the analysis, and it fails as a serious inferential tool when the included analyses do not target a coherent estimand. Then, we take yet another step back and ask what the multiverse discourse has been good for and whether any broader lessons can be drawn. Ultimately, we conclude that the multiverse does remain a valuable tool; however, we urge against taking it too seriously.
February 4, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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isoveikko.bsky.social
Did you know there is an open-source framework for building Voting Advice Applications? OpenVAA (openvaa.org) offers a way to develop a VAA for any election. It is fully localisable, accessible, modular and free to use. 1/3
OpenVAA v0.1 Shiba is out now!
February 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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stawi-univie.bsky.social
📣 Deadline extended: 12 February 2026
We look forward to receiving further applications!
stawi-univie.bsky.social Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 17d
🚨 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👇

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...
jobs.univie.ac.at
February 2, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

Beyond partisanship: Ideological identities and affective evaluations - https://cup.org/49PM2eq

- Ida Bæk Hjermitslev & @markuswagner.bsky.social

#FirstView
Logo for the European Journal of Political Research displaying the text "EJPR European Journal of Political Research" in cream letters on a blue background, accompanied by the hashtag "#OpenAccess".
January 30, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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stawi-univie.bsky.social
🚨 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👇

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-S...
jobs.univie.ac.at
January 23, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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evehubscher.bsky.social
Very happy that our review article (with the @annualreviews.bsky.social) on „Austerity and Populism“ is now available as preprint: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... - with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social
Austerity and Populism
A large literature explains the rise of populist parties with the economic insecurities stemming from globalization and technological change. But despite the long-standing focus of the comparative and...
www.annualreviews.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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bjpols.bsky.social
NEW -

Left-Wing Governments and Far-Right Success - https://cup.org/3NpBdXI

- Albert Falcó-Gimeno, @jurado.bsky.social & @markuswagner.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the surge of far-right parties in recent decades, investigating the implications when left-wing governments are in power.
January 22, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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chriswratil.bsky.social
🚨Job Alert

Apply for our fully-funded PhD position at the Department of Government. If you want to pursue research in an area of comparative politics broadly conceived, check our offer 👇!

Deadline is 28 January.
stawi-univie.bsky.social Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · Jan 7
🚨Job Alert!

The Department of Government is looking for a PhD researcher with a focus on political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy or political behaviour.

Start: October 1, 2026
Deadline: January 28, 2026

Interested? Find out more: tinylink.net/CiQaE
January 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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laurenzennser.bsky.social
We (@stawi-univie.bsky.social) are hiring a PhD researcher:

- focus: representation, party competition, pol behavior, pol institutions, pol econ, or related
- 4 years, starting 1 Oct 26
- 30h/week, incl some teaching
- deadline: 28 Jan 26

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at
January 7, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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annagbusse.bsky.social
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
sociologica.unibo.it
December 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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ffaucher.bsky.social
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
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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stefanmueller.bsky.social
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
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
markuswagner.bsky.social
Congrats!
December 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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rdassonneville.bsky.social
🎄 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!
cses.bsky.social Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) @cses.bsky.social · Dec 17
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.
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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sbvanoosten.bsky.social
⁉️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
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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philipjcowley.bsky.social
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
December 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
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.
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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bogatyrev.bsky.social
❄️ 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! 🧵👇
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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ecpr.bsky.social
📣 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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December 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
markuswagner.bsky.social
Congratulations, Matthijs! Sounds exciting!
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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fghjorth.bsky.social
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
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM