Matthias Dilling
@matthiasdilling.bsky.social
Assistant Prof in Pol Scie @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social & co-convenor PSA German Politics | prev. Oxford, Swansea, PhD Oxford (Nuffield College) | Studying how and why political parties change & what this means for democracy | Book: https://t.co/1vvjasFYfD
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Highly recommended to those interested in the dynamics at the last German General Elections 2025!
Same old, same old?
Germany held an early election after the implosion of the traffic-light coalition in Feb 25. Some takeaways from our election report @klingelt.bsky.social @wepsocial.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Germany held an early election after the implosion of the traffic-light coalition in Feb 25. Some takeaways from our election report @klingelt.bsky.social @wepsocial.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 11, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Highly recommended to those interested in the dynamics at the last German General Elections 2025!
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🚨New article by Maximilian Tkocz and Rachel Herring: Ontological Nuisance in Elite Discourse: Foreign Policy and the Populist Radical Right in Germany.
Open Access in Global Studies Quarterly 👉https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/doi/10.1093/isagsq/ksaf124/8427349
Open Access in Global Studies Quarterly 👉https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/doi/10.1093/isagsq/ksaf124/8427349
Ontological Nuisance in Elite Discourse: Foreign Policy and the Populist Radical Right in Germany
Abstract. This article calls for a research agenda which looks at narrative challenge and disruption from within, that is, within political elites. Merging
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January 19, 2026 at 12:25 PM
🚨New article by Maximilian Tkocz and Rachel Herring: Ontological Nuisance in Elite Discourse: Foreign Policy and the Populist Radical Right in Germany.
Open Access in Global Studies Quarterly 👉https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/doi/10.1093/isagsq/ksaf124/8427349
Open Access in Global Studies Quarterly 👉https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/doi/10.1093/isagsq/ksaf124/8427349
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🚨Publication Alert🚨
Supply & Demand of Regional Populism in Bavaria: Explaining the Regional Success of the CSU & Free Voters in German Politics
📑TL;DR: Regional populism is distinct from AfD's general populism and predicts CSU/FW voting well.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A short 🧵 1/n
Supply & Demand of Regional Populism in Bavaria: Explaining the Regional Success of the CSU & Free Voters in German Politics
📑TL;DR: Regional populism is distinct from AfD's general populism and predicts CSU/FW voting well.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A short 🧵 1/n
Supply and Demand of Regional Populism in Bavaria: Explaining the Regional Success of the CSU and Free Voters
This article tests the concept of regional populism to explain the electoral success of the CSU and the Free Voters in Bavaria, two parties that together have governed the state since 2018. It brid...
www.tandfonline.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:03 AM
🚨Publication Alert🚨
Supply & Demand of Regional Populism in Bavaria: Explaining the Regional Success of the CSU & Free Voters in German Politics
📑TL;DR: Regional populism is distinct from AfD's general populism and predicts CSU/FW voting well.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A short 🧵 1/n
Supply & Demand of Regional Populism in Bavaria: Explaining the Regional Success of the CSU & Free Voters in German Politics
📑TL;DR: Regional populism is distinct from AfD's general populism and predicts CSU/FW voting well.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A short 🧵 1/n
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I hear #ica26 @icahdq.bsky.social notifications are going out, so here’s my annual reminder to put outcomes into perspective for early-career folks (full disclosure: I didn’t apply this year).
1. In this industry, rejection is the modal outcome. #epss2026 section convenors had over 2500 submissions, far more than the 3-day event can accommodate. This is a normal situation for major conferences. bsky.app/profile/epss...
🔝 EPSS received 2,514 paper submissions, authored and co-authored by 3,572 researchers from across the community.
Selecting from such a wealth of work won’t be easy, but it promises an great conference ahead.
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Selecting from such a wealth of work won’t be easy, but it promises an great conference ahead.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:55 AM
I hear #ica26 @icahdq.bsky.social notifications are going out, so here’s my annual reminder to put outcomes into perspective for early-career folks (full disclosure: I didn’t apply this year).
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Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
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Konrad #Adenauer ging mit dem Wahl-
slogan „Keine Experimente“ in die Ge-
schichte ein - er holte 1957 die absoltue Mehrheit. Doch war die Politik des ersten Kanzlers der BRD tatsächlich so reformarm? Nein, meint ZZF-Direktor Frank Bösch im @tagesspiegel.de anlässlich Adenauers 150. Geburtstags.
slogan „Keine Experimente“ in die Ge-
schichte ein - er holte 1957 die absoltue Mehrheit. Doch war die Politik des ersten Kanzlers der BRD tatsächlich so reformarm? Nein, meint ZZF-Direktor Frank Bösch im @tagesspiegel.de anlässlich Adenauers 150. Geburtstags.
Politik ohne Experimente: Adenauers unterschätzte Reformen wirken bis heute
Konrad Adenauer wollte ohne Experimente regieren. Doch seine Politik war mutiger als ihr Ruf. Was wir zu seinem 150. Geburtstag daraus lernen können, ist überraschend aktuell.
www.tagesspiegel.de
January 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Konrad #Adenauer ging mit dem Wahl-
slogan „Keine Experimente“ in die Ge-
schichte ein - er holte 1957 die absoltue Mehrheit. Doch war die Politik des ersten Kanzlers der BRD tatsächlich so reformarm? Nein, meint ZZF-Direktor Frank Bösch im @tagesspiegel.de anlässlich Adenauers 150. Geburtstags.
slogan „Keine Experimente“ in die Ge-
schichte ein - er holte 1957 die absoltue Mehrheit. Doch war die Politik des ersten Kanzlers der BRD tatsächlich so reformarm? Nein, meint ZZF-Direktor Frank Bösch im @tagesspiegel.de anlässlich Adenauers 150. Geburtstags.
Happy New Year! Excited to start 2026 with some archival research in Germany's federal archives on a new project on democratic resilience. 😀
January 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Happy New Year! Excited to start 2026 with some archival research in Germany's federal archives on a new project on democratic resilience. 😀
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@ecprtheloop.bsky.social invites pitches for the Future of Populism blog series, co-edited by @petraguasti.bsky.social and myself.
Nearly 100 blogs have been published so far.
🔍 Any country, method, approach.
🎓 PhD students & ECRs especially encouraged.
✍️ Submit via The Loop 👉 lnkd.in/ghAy6s96
Nearly 100 blogs have been published so far.
🔍 Any country, method, approach.
🎓 PhD students & ECRs especially encouraged.
✍️ Submit via The Loop 👉 lnkd.in/ghAy6s96
December 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
@ecprtheloop.bsky.social invites pitches for the Future of Populism blog series, co-edited by @petraguasti.bsky.social and myself.
Nearly 100 blogs have been published so far.
🔍 Any country, method, approach.
🎓 PhD students & ECRs especially encouraged.
✍️ Submit via The Loop 👉 lnkd.in/ghAy6s96
Nearly 100 blogs have been published so far.
🔍 Any country, method, approach.
🎓 PhD students & ECRs especially encouraged.
✍️ Submit via The Loop 👉 lnkd.in/ghAy6s96
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Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
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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
– 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
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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
– 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
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My IR department at the CEU in Vienna, Austria is hiring a security scholar. I am happy to answer questions.
careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...
careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...
Assistant Professor (f/m/d)
Assistant Professor (f/m/d)
careers.ceu.edu
December 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
My IR department at the CEU in Vienna, Austria is hiring a security scholar. I am happy to answer questions.
careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...
careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...
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📣 @pietrocastellig.bsky.social and I are absolutely thrilled to announce that the call for the 5th @ecpr.bsky.social Summer School on ‘Concepts and Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics’ is now open!
🇮🇹 The event will be hosted by @unibo.it, from 6 to 10 July 2026.
🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/353
🇮🇹 The event will be hosted by @unibo.it, from 6 to 10 July 2026.
🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/353
Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, University of Bologna, 6 – 10 July 2026
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
December 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📣 @pietrocastellig.bsky.social and I are absolutely thrilled to announce that the call for the 5th @ecpr.bsky.social Summer School on ‘Concepts and Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics’ is now open!
🇮🇹 The event will be hosted by @unibo.it, from 6 to 10 July 2026.
🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/353
🇮🇹 The event will be hosted by @unibo.it, from 6 to 10 July 2026.
🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/353
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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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Neu im #DVPWblog: Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social, Preisträgerin des DVPW-Dissertationspreises, zeigt: Öff. Debatten stärken die extreme Rechte. In Deutschland verschoben sich seit 30 Jahren die Grenzen des Sagbaren –v. a. zu Migration & Islam.
👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/die-nor...
#PoWi #Migration
👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/die-nor...
#PoWi #Migration
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Neu im #DVPWblog: Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social, Preisträgerin des DVPW-Dissertationspreises, zeigt: Öff. Debatten stärken die extreme Rechte. In Deutschland verschoben sich seit 30 Jahren die Grenzen des Sagbaren –v. a. zu Migration & Islam.
👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/die-nor...
#PoWi #Migration
👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/die-nor...
#PoWi #Migration
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#psjminfo: 2 x 3-year PostDoc positions, deadline Jan 4. We'll study the effects of border change, in ways that overlap with many subfields in CompPol and IR: e.g., HPE, PE of development, state formation, pol. geography, identity, ethnic politics. Also lots of (new) methods (ML, GIS, CausalInf...)!
🚨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
Research Officer,
,
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #333333;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</s...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#psjminfo: 2 x 3-year PostDoc positions, deadline Jan 4. We'll study the effects of border change, in ways that overlap with many subfields in CompPol and IR: e.g., HPE, PE of development, state formation, pol. geography, identity, ethnic politics. Also lots of (new) methods (ML, GIS, CausalInf...)!
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🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science PAR 2025/838
The Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers and
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November 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
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Pre-empting @epssnet.bsky.social #epss2026 notifications that are scheduled to go out later this week, thought I'd bump a few things about conferences and acceptances/rejections to put them into perspective (mainly as reminders to myself, but might benefit other early-career folks):
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Pre-empting @epssnet.bsky.social #epss2026 notifications that are scheduled to go out later this week, thought I'd bump a few things about conferences and acceptances/rejections to put them into perspective (mainly as reminders to myself, but might benefit other early-career folks):
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This is a brilliant piece on the restructuring of political competition in Western Europe and goes far beyond the question of populism. Great also for teaching.
The 1️⃣article of our 5️⃣0️⃣Anniversary Special Issue "Debating European Politics: Advances and Perspectives" is out!🎉
"The rise of populism and the new cleavage" by Hanspeter Kriesi, describing contemporary populism is likely to be a temporary phenomen.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2025.2591874
"The rise of populism and the new cleavage" by Hanspeter Kriesi, describing contemporary populism is likely to be a temporary phenomen.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2025.2591874
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is a brilliant piece on the restructuring of political competition in Western Europe and goes far beyond the question of populism. Great also for teaching.
Come work with us! Trinity is a great place to work, and the Department very welcoming and research-active. Details and link 👇
The Department of Political Science is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Political Science.
Closing date for applications is 15th of January 2026. Job details: jobs.tcd.ie
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
@trisstcd.bsky.social
Closing date for applications is 15th of January 2026. Job details: jobs.tcd.ie
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
@trisstcd.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Come work with us! Trinity is a great place to work, and the Department very welcoming and research-active. Details and link 👇
Next try after my initial flight got cancelled due to the storm yesterday: Very much looking forward to presenting "Parties under Pressure" @sotonpolitics.bsky.social today (weather and flights permitting, wish me luck!). Thanks so much, @danjdevine.bsky.social, for having me!
tinyurl.com/bp7tpr4a
tinyurl.com/bp7tpr4a
Parties under Pressure
An illuminating investigation into why some parties evolve with their times while others fall behind. Around the world, established political parties face mounting pressures: insurgents on the Left an...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Next try after my initial flight got cancelled due to the storm yesterday: Very much looking forward to presenting "Parties under Pressure" @sotonpolitics.bsky.social today (weather and flights permitting, wish me luck!). Thanks so much, @danjdevine.bsky.social, for having me!
tinyurl.com/bp7tpr4a
tinyurl.com/bp7tpr4a
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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
Research Officer,
,
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #333333;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</s...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
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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📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database!
The data now covers
- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets
across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).
All info: ppeg.wzb.eu
We hope that data is helpful to the community!
The data now covers
- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets
across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).
All info: ppeg.wzb.eu
We hope that data is helpful to the community!
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database!
The data now covers
- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets
across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).
All info: ppeg.wzb.eu
We hope that data is helpful to the community!
The data now covers
- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets
across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).
All info: ppeg.wzb.eu
We hope that data is helpful to the community!
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A philosopher and a neuroscientist walk into a bar and say 'we should write a paper on AI'. Ten years later, a political scientist (?) joins them and says 'I want in - let's write it'. Delighted to see finally this piece out in Big Data & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A philosopher and a neuroscientist walk into a bar and say 'we should write a paper on AI'. Ten years later, a political scientist (?) joins them and says 'I want in - let's write it'. Delighted to see finally this piece out in Big Data & Society: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇
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Not a drill - there's a Britain-focused lectureship (FT, permanent) available.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ588/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ588/l...
Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics at UCL
An academic position as a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Not a drill - there's a Britain-focused lectureship (FT, permanent) available.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ588/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ588/l...