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Robert A. Huber
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Professor of Political Science Methods at @unisalzburg.bsky.social‬ • Editor at @ejprjournal.bsky.social • Studies Populism and Climate Politics • Previously University of Reading and ETH Zurich • More info: www.robertahuber.com .. more

Robert Huber is a German biochemist and Nobel laureate. known for his work crystallizing an intramembrane protein important in photosynthesis and subsequently applying X-ray crystallography to elucidate the protein's structure. .. more

Environmental science 40%
Biology 18%

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I am delighted to finally see this article out in (online) print!

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#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

Support for liberal democracy in times of crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic - https://cup.org/3X0aJ0i

- @vinarceneaux.bsky.social, Bert N. Bakker, Sara B. Hobolt & @catherinedevries.bsky.social

#FirstView #COVID19
🆕 Why do junior coalition parties sometimes dodge voter anger? 😤
Lasse Aaskoven & @shane-martin.bsky.social study 36 🇪🇺 & OECD countries to show how strong legislative committees help smaller parties protect their policy brand and navigate electoral costs
Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization
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🆕 Side income impacts trust in politicians? 💰
@ohuwyler.bsky.social @stefaniebailer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social
study voters across 7 🇪🇺 countries to see how transparency about parliamentarians’ extra income shapes #VoterPerceptions, #Trust, and electability
Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions
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Happy to announce a new publication! Ever wondered how and why digital platforms change over time? In this open access paper in @platformsnsociety.bsky.social, Kevin Garvey and I present three mechanisms by which platforms change. doi.org/10.1177/2976...
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Political corruption and voting in Romanian municipal elections: Why perceptions of collective action matter - https://cup.org/4oUhWuS

- Nicholas Charron & Andreas Bågenholm

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Regional Labor Markets, Residential Mobility, and Anti-Immigration Sentiment - https://cup.org/3XiB6yD

- @denis-cohen.bsky.social & @sergipardos.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

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🆕 #VoterPerceptions on minority governments? 🤔
@jwaeckerle.bsky.social & @sopro.bsky.social survey citizens in 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇩🇪 Germany, and 🇸🇪 Sweden to explore what #Voters know about minority governments and how they perceive their representational qualities. 📊
Political knowledge and perceptions of minority governments in Europe | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Political knowledge and perceptions of minority governments in Europe
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How do citizens in diverse federal states prefer to make democratic decisions?🇧🇪🇨🇦🇨🇭
A study by C.Niessen, S.Mueller & M.Reuchamps finds that both group #Identity and personal outlooks—like satisfaction with #Democracy or ideology—shape these preferences
“Do I want it if we’ll lose it?” Democratic preferences of national minorities in federal states | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
“Do I want it if we’ll lose it?” Democratic preferences of national minorities in federal states - Volume 17 Issue 4
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🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project

You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!

⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025

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Next Wednesday, we are very excited to have
@joachimbaumann.bsky.social, who will present co-authored work on "Large Language Model Hacking: Quantifying the Hidden Risks of Using LLMs for Text Annotation". Paper and information on how to join ⬇️

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🆕 Can climate policy shape who fights for it? 🌍
Karl Magnus Møller looks at how the 🇪🇺 EU’s green industrial policies may shift corporate support by targeting different industries changing the politics of #ClimateAction
Climate policy strategies and corporate mobilisation in the European Union | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Climate policy strategies and corporate mobilisation in the European Union
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From our latest issue: Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies by GREGORY EADY, ANNE RASMUSSEN www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies - Volume 119 Issue 3
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📄 New WP version out - full overhaul!

The Politics of Evidence Selection (w/ @jesperasring.bsky.social )

Comments welcome!

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We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)

www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
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🆕 🇪🇺 How do different kinds of European identity shape views on immigration?
@twoeffray.bsky.social & Fabio Wasserfallen 👀 at civic and cultural European 🇪🇺 #Identity introducing the idea that value congruence between Europeans and immigrants may matter 💭

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European identities and immigration attitudes | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
European identities and immigration attitudes
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🍊 Fresh out!

Filippo Tronconi, Davide Angelucci, Gianfranco Baldini present a new #dataset on Fratelli d’Italia elites. Examining demographics, experience, motivations & attitudes to explore party cohesion & voter dynamics.

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#Italianpolitics #radicalright #populism
Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🆕 What kind of personalities are drawn to politics? 🗳️
This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2

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Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment
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🆕 🗣️ Good discussion needs good facilitation — but is that enough?
@afsounafsahi.bsky.social explores how to make #Deliberation fairer and more balanced with “deliberative worth” exercises and “simulated representation” games to boost empathy and reflection #CivicEngagement 🤝
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When facilitation is not enough: the role of games in small-group discussions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
When facilitation is not enough: the role of games in small-group discussions
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🆕 What happens when the #RadicalRight looks fondly to the past? 🇪🇸🇵🇹
@populismblog.bsky.social & @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social introduce #AuthoritarianNostalgia — exploring how supporters of VOX and Chega connect today’s politics with memories of 🇪🇸 and 🇵🇹 authoritarian eras. #Populism
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Authoritarian nostalgia and support for (populist radical) right parties | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Authoritarian nostalgia and support for (populist radical) right parties
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Please spread the word word 👇

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🍊 Fresh out!

Marco Lisi ( & João Gaio e Silva explore how generational and populist dynamics shape views of representative democracy across Europe.

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#Youthpoliticalrepresentation #candidateattitudes #populism #electoraldemocracy #directdemocracy
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🆕 How do parties decide who wins what in #coalition talks? 🤝
Drawing on data 📊 from five government formations, David M. Willumsen & @simonotjes.bsky.social study how #PolicyPayoffs are negotiated and distributed in coalition governments.
Coalition government formation and policy payoffs | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Coalition government formation and policy payoffs
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🆕 🌍 #Climate backlash at the ballot box? 🗳️
A new study by @dafnoukos.bsky.social @chvrakopoulos.bsky.social & C.Arndt finds that resistance to #EnvironmentalProtection is fueling a divide between urban greens and rural #FarRight voters across #WesternEurope
Far-right against green: the re-emergence of geographically defined voting patterns and the new environment cleavage in Western Europe | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Far-right against green: the re-emergence of geographically defined voting patterns and the new environment cleavage in Western Europe
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📢 I am happy to share our new article "The EU’s recovery playbook: solidarity, conditionality, and resilience in #EuropeanParliament debates on the Recovery and Resilience Facility" co-authored with @lucykinski.bsky.social and Ermela Gianna!
👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#EUsky #Eursky
The EU’s recovery playbook: solidarity, conditionality, and resilience in European Parliament debates on the Recovery and Resilience Facility
The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is among the EU’s most ambitious initiatives, addressing COVID-19’s economic fallout and fostering resilience. Research has examined its design and adopti...
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I am very pleased to share that I have been appointed Professor of Transdisciplinary Social Science at the University of Amsterdam! 🎉

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Matthijs Rooduijn benoemd tot hoogleraar Transdisciplinaire Sociale Wetenschap
Matthijs Rooduijn is benoemd tot hoogleraar Transdisciplinaire Sociale Wetenschap. Zijn leerstoel richt zich op de samenwerking tussen wetenschap en de samenleving aan voor democratie, polarisatie en ...
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Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.

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Pairwise visual conjoint experiment in the wild

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🆕 #Polarization: barrier or bridge? 🌉
Using 🇨🇭 survey data📊, Ursina Kuhn & Lionel Marquis explore how changes in political views affect engagement and trust — and how living with someone who becomes more polarized can shape your own political behavior

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Does ideological polarization promote political engagement and trust? Evidence from Swiss panel data, 1999–2023 | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Does ideological polarization promote political engagement and trust? Evidence from Swiss panel data, 1999–2023
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