Sascha Riaz
@riazsascha.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @eui-eu.bsky.social | https://saschariaz.com/
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Your daily reminder that semantic disclaimers will not ensure better research practices.
Doing non-causal inference (and being explicit about it), yet using a causal word as second word in the title.
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Your daily reminder that semantic disclaimers will not ensure better research practices.
New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
NEW -
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
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NEW -
The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - https://cup.org/3WCwC5v
"decades after the fall of the GDR, the attitudinal effects of authoritarian socialization persist"
- Nourhan A. Elsayed, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @riazsascha.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - https://cup.org/3WCwC5v
"decades after the fall of the GDR, the attitudinal effects of authoritarian socialization persist"
- Nourhan A. Elsayed, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @riazsascha.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
October 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
NEW -
The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - https://cup.org/3WCwC5v
"decades after the fall of the GDR, the attitudinal effects of authoritarian socialization persist"
- Nourhan A. Elsayed, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @riazsascha.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
The Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - https://cup.org/3WCwC5v
"decades after the fall of the GDR, the attitudinal effects of authoritarian socialization persist"
- Nourhan A. Elsayed, @hannohilbig.bsky.social, @riazsascha.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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Come join us @iepolisci.bsky.social!
This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia.
Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it.
We only work in English, so language is not an issue.
Apply!
This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia.
Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it.
We only work in English, so language is not an issue.
Apply!
🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨
We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.
We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Come join us @iepolisci.bsky.social!
This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia.
Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it.
We only work in English, so language is not an issue.
Apply!
This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia.
Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it.
We only work in English, so language is not an issue.
Apply!
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UC Davis Political Science is hiring an assistant professor in comparative politics. For more information, please see the description here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07299
The deadline is September 15.
The deadline is September 15.
Department of Political Science - Comparative Politics
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
August 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
UC Davis Political Science is hiring an assistant professor in comparative politics. For more information, please see the description here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07299
The deadline is September 15.
The deadline is September 15.
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Fascinating paper by @haasvioleta.bsky.social and colleagues.
Using a field experiment around climate protests, they find that protests don't durable change bystander norms or attitudes, but they do change their immediate behavior.
osf.io/preprints/os...
Using a field experiment around climate protests, they find that protests don't durable change bystander norms or attitudes, but they do change their immediate behavior.
osf.io/preprints/os...
August 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Fascinating paper by @haasvioleta.bsky.social and colleagues.
Using a field experiment around climate protests, they find that protests don't durable change bystander norms or attitudes, but they do change their immediate behavior.
osf.io/preprints/os...
Using a field experiment around climate protests, they find that protests don't durable change bystander norms or attitudes, but they do change their immediate behavior.
osf.io/preprints/os...
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Join as for double(!) EuroWEPS 🇮🇹-edition, generously hosted by Bocconi (@aalrababah.bsky.social & @catherinedevries.bsky.social) & @eui-eu.bsky.social (@eliasdinas.bsky.social). Very much looking forward to this! 👇
Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30
August 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Join as for double(!) EuroWEPS 🇮🇹-edition, generously hosted by Bocconi (@aalrababah.bsky.social & @catherinedevries.bsky.social) & @eui-eu.bsky.social (@eliasdinas.bsky.social). Very much looking forward to this! 👇
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Excited to host the 4th iteration of the Transformations of Democracy Junior Scholars Workshop at WZB Berlin together with Hanno Hilbig!
Amazing talks & exchanges with colleagues from Princeton, Harvard, UC Davis, Toulouse School of Economics, Copenhagen, Humboldt, Chemnitz, EUI, and beyond..
Amazing talks & exchanges with colleagues from Princeton, Harvard, UC Davis, Toulouse School of Economics, Copenhagen, Humboldt, Chemnitz, EUI, and beyond..
August 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Excited to host the 4th iteration of the Transformations of Democracy Junior Scholars Workshop at WZB Berlin together with Hanno Hilbig!
Amazing talks & exchanges with colleagues from Princeton, Harvard, UC Davis, Toulouse School of Economics, Copenhagen, Humboldt, Chemnitz, EUI, and beyond..
Amazing talks & exchanges with colleagues from Princeton, Harvard, UC Davis, Toulouse School of Economics, Copenhagen, Humboldt, Chemnitz, EUI, and beyond..
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📢 CALL FOR PAPERS!
We’re looking for presenters for the upcoming term (early October to mid-December 2025).
If you’d like to present, please fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🗓 Deadline for proposals: August 31
We’re looking for presenters for the upcoming term (early October to mid-December 2025).
If you’d like to present, please fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🗓 Deadline for proposals: August 31
EUI Political Behaviour Colloquium
Please fill in the details below to submit your proposal.
Kindly provide the title and abstract of your paper, as well as your availability to present. The Colloquium is held every Tuesday from 17:00 ...
docs.google.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS!
We’re looking for presenters for the upcoming term (early October to mid-December 2025).
If you’d like to present, please fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🗓 Deadline for proposals: August 31
We’re looking for presenters for the upcoming term (early October to mid-December 2025).
If you’d like to present, please fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🗓 Deadline for proposals: August 31
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Anti-immigrant bias in the German criminal justice system: who would have thought?
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
July 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Anti-immigrant bias in the German criminal justice system: who would have thought?
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
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Ready to make plans for the academic year 2026/27? Why not visit us: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
Sociology Visitorships - Nuffield College Oxford University
The Nuffield College Sociology Group invites applications for a Visitorship at the College during the 2026-27 academic year (between early October 2026 and late June 2027).
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
July 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Ready to make plans for the academic year 2026/27? Why not visit us: www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
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We’re live! 🚀
Just launched the Humboldt GovLab with a great workshop on #CitizensAssemblies @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Because strengthening democracy takes more than ideas.
It takes evidence. And collaboration.
Follow us @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
🌐 hu-govlab.de
Just launched the Humboldt GovLab with a great workshop on #CitizensAssemblies @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Because strengthening democracy takes more than ideas.
It takes evidence. And collaboration.
Follow us @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
🌐 hu-govlab.de
📣 It’s official – we launched the Humboldt Governance Lab! 📣
We use innovative methods to deliver evidence-based insights for policy-makers, public admin, and civil society – tackling the key challenges facing democracy today.
🌐 hu-govlab.de
@humboldtuni.bsky.social
We use innovative methods to deliver evidence-based insights for policy-makers, public admin, and civil society – tackling the key challenges facing democracy today.
🌐 hu-govlab.de
@humboldtuni.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We’re live! 🚀
Just launched the Humboldt GovLab with a great workshop on #CitizensAssemblies @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Because strengthening democracy takes more than ideas.
It takes evidence. And collaboration.
Follow us @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
🌐 hu-govlab.de
Just launched the Humboldt GovLab with a great workshop on #CitizensAssemblies @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Because strengthening democracy takes more than ideas.
It takes evidence. And collaboration.
Follow us @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
🌐 hu-govlab.de
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📢APPLY NOW!: DPIR seeks a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative European Politics to provide teaching and supervision at the undergraduate and graduate level and contribute to the Departmental examining and graduate admissions processes.🗓️ CLOSES: 12pm, 5 Aug: ow.ly/brXi50WpZav
July 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📢APPLY NOW!: DPIR seeks a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative European Politics to provide teaching and supervision at the undergraduate and graduate level and contribute to the Departmental examining and graduate admissions processes.🗓️ CLOSES: 12pm, 5 Aug: ow.ly/brXi50WpZav
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📣 Postdoc (75 %, 3 yrs) at @unigreifswald.bsky.social — start autumn 2025 on perhaps Germany’s most beautiful campus. Know someone with a PhD (or nearly done) in Political Science? ⬇️ #PolSci #Postdoc
July 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
📣 Postdoc (75 %, 3 yrs) at @unigreifswald.bsky.social — start autumn 2025 on perhaps Germany’s most beautiful campus. Know someone with a PhD (or nearly done) in Political Science? ⬇️ #PolSci #Postdoc
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New working paper! - zikai.li and I look at the problem of assessing pre-trends using one of the "new" DiD methods - fixed effects regression imputation. tl;dr - don't use the same regression you used to impute post-treatment to also impute pre-treatment. osf.io/preprints/so... (1/14)
July 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
New working paper! - zikai.li and I look at the problem of assessing pre-trends using one of the "new" DiD methods - fixed effects regression imputation. tl;dr - don't use the same regression you used to impute post-treatment to also impute pre-treatment. osf.io/preprints/so... (1/14)
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Excited to announce the #OxfordLLMs tuition-free AI workshop for social scientists!
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
Oxford LLMs
A Workshop for Social Science Researchers
llmsforsocialscience.net
July 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Excited to announce the #OxfordLLMs tuition-free AI workshop for social scientists!
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
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📢 University of Warwick is hiring two Assistant Professors (apply by 17 July 2025):
•International Relations (Conflict & Security): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR672/a...
•International Organisations: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR770/a...
#PoliSciJobs #PolScijobs
•International Relations (Conflict & Security): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR672/a...
•International Organisations: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR770/a...
#PoliSciJobs #PolScijobs
July 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
📢 University of Warwick is hiring two Assistant Professors (apply by 17 July 2025):
•International Relations (Conflict & Security): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR672/a...
•International Organisations: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR770/a...
#PoliSciJobs #PolScijobs
•International Relations (Conflict & Security): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR672/a...
•International Organisations: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR770/a...
#PoliSciJobs #PolScijobs
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I taught R to political science students this semester. For their exam, they’ll work on a data story using any dataset they choose. What are your favorite (and most interesting) open-source datasets they could dive into?
Reply below and I'll share this post with my students for inspiration 👇
Reply below and I'll share this post with my students for inspiration 👇
July 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I taught R to political science students this semester. For their exam, they’ll work on a data story using any dataset they choose. What are your favorite (and most interesting) open-source datasets they could dive into?
Reply below and I'll share this post with my students for inspiration 👇
Reply below and I'll share this post with my students for inspiration 👇
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Replicating two of my own papers applying this.
In one paper (published) it does not change interpretation of effect as distinguishable from zero.
In another (in the reviewer universe) it does.
In one paper (published) it does not change interpretation of effect as distinguishable from zero.
In another (in the reviewer universe) it does.
July 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Replicating two of my own papers applying this.
In one paper (published) it does not change interpretation of effect as distinguishable from zero.
In another (in the reviewer universe) it does.
In one paper (published) it does not change interpretation of effect as distinguishable from zero.
In another (in the reviewer universe) it does.
⚠️ New paper with @fresejoris.bsky.social ⚠️
We present evidence that the "Unexpected Event during Survey Design" is prone to false-positive findings. We also provide software to fix this.
More details in 🧵 below 👇
We present evidence that the "Unexpected Event during Survey Design" is prone to false-positive findings. We also provide software to fix this.
More details in 🧵 below 👇
New WP w/ @riazsascha.bsky.social: via >42 million placebo tests, we show type I error inflation in Unexpected Event during Survey Designs (UESD), propose an adjustment, implement via new R package uesdRobust, and demonstrate utility by replicating two top UESD studies.
osf.io/preprints/os...
1/9
osf.io/preprints/os...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
⚠️ New paper with @fresejoris.bsky.social ⚠️
We present evidence that the "Unexpected Event during Survey Design" is prone to false-positive findings. We also provide software to fix this.
More details in 🧵 below 👇
We present evidence that the "Unexpected Event during Survey Design" is prone to false-positive findings. We also provide software to fix this.
More details in 🧵 below 👇
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I took a closer look at the program #EPSA2024 and found some interesting trends – there seem to be more US based scholars than last year 🇺🇸
@epsanet.bsky.social
A thread on this year's authors and affiliations 🧵
@epsanet.bsky.social
A thread on this year's authors and affiliations 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I took a closer look at the program #EPSA2024 and found some interesting trends – there seem to be more US based scholars than last year 🇺🇸
@epsanet.bsky.social
A thread on this year's authors and affiliations 🧵
@epsanet.bsky.social
A thread on this year's authors and affiliations 🧵
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@wzb.bsky.social is searching for new director for the study of democracy
These are extraordinary senior positions; tenured wth funding to establish a new dept & pursue big agendas
www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
🚨Please share widely!
#Polisky @epssnet.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
These are extraordinary senior positions; tenured wth funding to establish a new dept & pursue big agendas
www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
🚨Please share widely!
#Polisky @epssnet.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
wzb.eu
June 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
@wzb.bsky.social is searching for new director for the study of democracy
These are extraordinary senior positions; tenured wth funding to establish a new dept & pursue big agendas
www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
🚨Please share widely!
#Polisky @epssnet.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
These are extraordinary senior positions; tenured wth funding to establish a new dept & pursue big agendas
www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
🚨Please share widely!
#Polisky @epssnet.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
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🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
June 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
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We have a new political science association that is not-for-profit. We can create the best kind of European political science in an association with transparency and accountability. Where we work on being more inclusive instead of creating profits for a few. Sign up below to learn more and join.
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
June 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We have a new political science association that is not-for-profit. We can create the best kind of European political science in an association with transparency and accountability. Where we work on being more inclusive instead of creating profits for a few. Sign up below to learn more and join.
