Dylan Paltra
@dpltr22.bsky.social
PhD Student @Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg I Political Science | Parties 🎉 | Image & Text-as-Data 🌆 | He / Him
Excited to be back at my alma mater, the University of Zurich, for the Digital Democracy Workshop! Looking forward to two days of interesting presentations, reconnecting with familiar faces, and meeting new ones.
Thank you very much for hosting me @karstendonnay.bsky.social over the week!
Thank you very much for hosting me @karstendonnay.bsky.social over the week!
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Excited to be back at my alma mater, the University of Zurich, for the Digital Democracy Workshop! Looking forward to two days of interesting presentations, reconnecting with familiar faces, and meeting new ones.
Thank you very much for hosting me @karstendonnay.bsky.social over the week!
Thank you very much for hosting me @karstendonnay.bsky.social over the week!
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Ich kotze. „Fragen Sie mal Ihre Töchter“, entgegnet Merz einen Journalisten, der nachfragt, ob eine Entschuldigung angemessen wäre.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
“Ich habe gar nichts zurückzunehmen”
- sagt #Merz heute zu seiner “wir haben im Stadtbild noch dieses Problem”-Äußerung in Bezug auf Migration.
- sagt #Merz heute zu seiner “wir haben im Stadtbild noch dieses Problem”-Äußerung in Bezug auf Migration.
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ich kotze. „Fragen Sie mal Ihre Töchter“, entgegnet Merz einen Journalisten, der nachfragt, ob eine Entschuldigung angemessen wäre.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
🚀Two post-doc positions at my institute!
If you have any questions about our institute or Oldenburg, please feel free to reach out!
If you have any questions about our institute or Oldenburg, please feel free to reach out!
Job Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)
October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🚀Two post-doc positions at my institute!
If you have any questions about our institute or Oldenburg, please feel free to reach out!
If you have any questions about our institute or Oldenburg, please feel free to reach out!
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New publication out in #IJPP! 📑
We study how audience expectations of journalism 📰 shifted during COVID-19 in Austria 🇦🇹 – showing both short-term rally effects & longer-term recalibration 🔄.
Led by @clmron.bsky.social & @danielwiesner.bsky.social , w/ @andreasriedl.bsky.social & me. 1/n
We study how audience expectations of journalism 📰 shifted during COVID-19 in Austria 🇦🇹 – showing both short-term rally effects & longer-term recalibration 🔄.
Led by @clmron.bsky.social & @danielwiesner.bsky.social , w/ @andreasriedl.bsky.social & me. 1/n
October 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
New publication out in #IJPP! 📑
We study how audience expectations of journalism 📰 shifted during COVID-19 in Austria 🇦🇹 – showing both short-term rally effects & longer-term recalibration 🔄.
Led by @clmron.bsky.social & @danielwiesner.bsky.social , w/ @andreasriedl.bsky.social & me. 1/n
We study how audience expectations of journalism 📰 shifted during COVID-19 in Austria 🇦🇹 – showing both short-term rally effects & longer-term recalibration 🔄.
Led by @clmron.bsky.social & @danielwiesner.bsky.social , w/ @andreasriedl.bsky.social & me. 1/n
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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📢 Neue Publikation
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen - Nomos eLibrary
www.nomos-elibrary.de
September 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📢 Neue Publikation
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
Some personal news! 📰
I am very excited to share that I have started a new PhD position with the fantastic @msaeltzer.bsky.social at the University of Oldenburg. I will be working alongside the amazing @alonadolinsky.com and @klingelt.bsky.social in their new CONSTRUCT project. 🧵
I am very excited to share that I have started a new PhD position with the fantastic @msaeltzer.bsky.social at the University of Oldenburg. I will be working alongside the amazing @alonadolinsky.com and @klingelt.bsky.social in their new CONSTRUCT project. 🧵
September 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Some personal news! 📰
I am very excited to share that I have started a new PhD position with the fantastic @msaeltzer.bsky.social at the University of Oldenburg. I will be working alongside the amazing @alonadolinsky.com and @klingelt.bsky.social in their new CONSTRUCT project. 🧵
I am very excited to share that I have started a new PhD position with the fantastic @msaeltzer.bsky.social at the University of Oldenburg. I will be working alongside the amazing @alonadolinsky.com and @klingelt.bsky.social in their new CONSTRUCT project. 🧵
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💥 Update! 💥
This paper is now officially published in Volume 30, Issue 4 of The International Journal of Press/Politics! 🗳️
Experimental evidence that voters prefer moderately tailored messages - highly tailored ones can backfire & targeting can be too much: doi.org/10.1177/1940... #IJPP
This paper is now officially published in Volume 30, Issue 4 of The International Journal of Press/Politics! 🗳️
Experimental evidence that voters prefer moderately tailored messages - highly tailored ones can backfire & targeting can be too much: doi.org/10.1177/1940... #IJPP
September 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
💥 Update! 💥
This paper is now officially published in Volume 30, Issue 4 of The International Journal of Press/Politics! 🗳️
Experimental evidence that voters prefer moderately tailored messages - highly tailored ones can backfire & targeting can be too much: doi.org/10.1177/1940... #IJPP
This paper is now officially published in Volume 30, Issue 4 of The International Journal of Press/Politics! 🗳️
Experimental evidence that voters prefer moderately tailored messages - highly tailored ones can backfire & targeting can be too much: doi.org/10.1177/1940... #IJPP
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Interested in gender & politics and working with exciting empirical methods?
Want to critically discuss “quant” and “quali” research on gender, intersectionality & inequality?
Join us at #ECPG26 for the section:
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
1/3
Want to critically discuss “quant” and “quali” research on gender, intersectionality & inequality?
Join us at #ECPG26 for the section:
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
1/3
Bridging Boundaries: The State of the Art in Empirical Gender and Politics Research
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
September 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Interested in gender & politics and working with exciting empirical methods?
Want to critically discuss “quant” and “quali” research on gender, intersectionality & inequality?
Join us at #ECPG26 for the section:
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
1/3
Want to critically discuss “quant” and “quali” research on gender, intersectionality & inequality?
Join us at #ECPG26 for the section:
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
1/3
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💥Online first:
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
September 12, 2025 at 6:36 AM
💥Online first:
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
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I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
#ERCStG
#ERCStG
September 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
#ERCStG
#ERCStG
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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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3. When citizens are asked to recall a situation of politics, what do they think of, how did that situation feel, and how did it change their engagement in politcs?
(w @dpltr22.bsky.social + @chriswratil.bsky.social)
SUN, 3:55 - 5:10, RB 209
Also, please send running routes for Prague! 🏁
(w @dpltr22.bsky.social + @chriswratil.bsky.social)
SUN, 3:55 - 5:10, RB 209
Also, please send running routes for Prague! 🏁
July 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
3. When citizens are asked to recall a situation of politics, what do they think of, how did that situation feel, and how did it change their engagement in politcs?
(w @dpltr22.bsky.social + @chriswratil.bsky.social)
SUN, 3:55 - 5:10, RB 209
Also, please send running routes for Prague! 🏁
(w @dpltr22.bsky.social + @chriswratil.bsky.social)
SUN, 3:55 - 5:10, RB 209
Also, please send running routes for Prague! 🏁
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🚨 My first publication, co-authored with Sylvia Kritzinger & Susanna Bastaroli, is out! In our chapter, we explore how Italians re-elaborate their country’s role in the WWII & the Holocaust.
Available online & in print (EN): www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383535866...
🧵 Some key findings: 👇
Available online & in print (EN): www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383535866...
🧵 Some key findings: 👇
May 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨 My first publication, co-authored with Sylvia Kritzinger & Susanna Bastaroli, is out! In our chapter, we explore how Italians re-elaborate their country’s role in the WWII & the Holocaust.
Available online & in print (EN): www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383535866...
🧵 Some key findings: 👇
Available online & in print (EN): www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383535866...
🧵 Some key findings: 👇
Huge thanks to everyone who made this conference possible! It’s been such a special experience — and there’s something extra nice about attending a conference at your own home institution. :)
The success of COMPTEXT 2025 was made possible by the indefatigable and amazing work of the local organising team led by @fabiennelind.bsky.social + @hajoboo.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @compcommlab.bsky.social. The COMPTEXT Association is grateful for their work and to our sponsors (bit.ly/430VUye)!
April 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who made this conference possible! It’s been such a special experience — and there’s something extra nice about attending a conference at your own home institution. :)
Thank you, #COMPTEXT2025! ❤️ It was amazing to see familiar faces, meet new ones, and have so many insightful conversations and discussions. Thank you for the great feedback and inspiring presentations! I'm excited about where the field of computational social science is heading!
April 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thank you, #COMPTEXT2025! ❤️ It was amazing to see familiar faces, meet new ones, and have so many insightful conversations and discussions. Thank you for the great feedback and inspiring presentations! I'm excited about where the field of computational social science is heading!
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New paper with @ankuepfer.bsky.social accepted at EJPR🎉
When do MPs debate each other & when do they avoid discourse? Applying a new framework to study the emergence of elite discourse, we find that ideology and gov/opp dynamics shape MPs incentives to seek & avoid dialogical interactions. #polisky
When do MPs debate each other & when do they avoid discourse? Applying a new framework to study the emergence of elite discourse, we find that ideology and gov/opp dynamics shape MPs incentives to seek & avoid dialogical interactions. #polisky
February 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
New paper with @ankuepfer.bsky.social accepted at EJPR🎉
When do MPs debate each other & when do they avoid discourse? Applying a new framework to study the emergence of elite discourse, we find that ideology and gov/opp dynamics shape MPs incentives to seek & avoid dialogical interactions. #polisky
When do MPs debate each other & when do they avoid discourse? Applying a new framework to study the emergence of elite discourse, we find that ideology and gov/opp dynamics shape MPs incentives to seek & avoid dialogical interactions. #polisky
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🚨 Open Position at the University of Vienna 🚨
University Assistant (Postdoc)
📅 Start: June 1, 2025
⏳ Duration: 6 years (fixed-term)
💼 Focus: Political representation, party competition, institutions, & behavior
📌 Deadline: Jan 24, 2025
Join us! 🇦🇹
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University Assistant (Postdoc)
📅 Start: June 1, 2025
⏳ Duration: 6 years (fixed-term)
💼 Focus: Political representation, party competition, institutions, & behavior
📌 Deadline: Jan 24, 2025
Join us! 🇦🇹
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
December 16, 2024 at 9:45 AM
🚨 Open Position at the University of Vienna 🚨
University Assistant (Postdoc)
📅 Start: June 1, 2025
⏳ Duration: 6 years (fixed-term)
💼 Focus: Political representation, party competition, institutions, & behavior
📌 Deadline: Jan 24, 2025
Join us! 🇦🇹
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University Assistant (Postdoc)
📅 Start: June 1, 2025
⏳ Duration: 6 years (fixed-term)
💼 Focus: Political representation, party competition, institutions, & behavior
📌 Deadline: Jan 24, 2025
Join us! 🇦🇹
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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Big name in climate/ecology leaving ETH Zurich after allegations: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klimaforsche... and www.tagesanzeiger.ch/eth-hochschu... (in german)
Weltbekannter Klimaforscher muss die ETH Zürich nach Vorwürfen verlassen
Gegen den Professor haben acht Personen Vorwürfe erhoben. Er bestreitet jedes Fehlverhalten. Nach Berichten dieser Redaktion ordnete die ETH eine Untersuchung an und handelt nun.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch
December 19, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Big name in climate/ecology leaving ETH Zurich after allegations: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klimaforsche... and www.tagesanzeiger.ch/eth-hochschu... (in german)
🚨There is a new 6-year Postdoc Position at our Department in Vienna. German is not required. Own research & teaching. Let me know if you have questions about the Department or City!
⚠️ Six-year position at our department - work in lovely Vienna with a friendly team, 2 classes a term, and follow/develop your own research agenda. Feel free to ask me questions you might have. Deadline 24/01/25 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University Assistant (postdoc)
University Assistant (postdoc)
jobs.univie.ac.at
December 16, 2024 at 10:24 AM
🚨There is a new 6-year Postdoc Position at our Department in Vienna. German is not required. Own research & teaching. Let me know if you have questions about the Department or City!
🚨Job Alert: Postdoc in Computational Social Science
Come work with us! Fantastic team, exciting department and vibrant city! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out 😊Only 6 more days to apply!
Come work with us! Fantastic team, exciting department and vibrant city! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out 😊Only 6 more days to apply!
🚨 Job alert: Postdoc in Computational Social Science, especially text analysis in the MULTIREP @ERC_Research
project at Uni Vienna @Dept_Government
. If you do quantitative text analysis & are interested in pol representation, this 👇 is for you 🧵 (1/4)
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
project at Uni Vienna @Dept_Government
. If you do quantitative text analysis & are interested in pol representation, this 👇 is for you 🧵 (1/4)
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
November 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
🚨Job Alert: Postdoc in Computational Social Science
Come work with us! Fantastic team, exciting department and vibrant city! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out 😊Only 6 more days to apply!
Come work with us! Fantastic team, exciting department and vibrant city! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out 😊Only 6 more days to apply!
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One week left to apply! 4-year-contract at 75%, possibility to top up through teaching.
November 15, 2024 at 8:12 AM
One week left to apply! 4-year-contract at 75%, possibility to top up through teaching.
🚨 Early-career researchers: Please join us for this fantastic opportunity!
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out. 😊
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out. 😊
You are a PhD/postdoc & have a paper on how citizens view or understand representation, or what they expect from representatives? If yes, please send us your paper proposal for a fully-funded place in a workshop on "Citizens' Views on Representation" 👇.
t.co/aJ0SOwyCge
t.co/aJ0SOwyCge
November 14, 2024 at 9:53 AM
🚨 Early-career researchers: Please join us for this fantastic opportunity!
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out. 😊
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out. 😊
polisky polsci - What is the best practice in bot detection nowadays when running a survey in Qualtrics?
February 28, 2024 at 4:10 PM
polisky polsci - What is the best practice in bot detection nowadays when running a survey in Qualtrics?