Semih Çakır
@mascakir.bsky.social
Political scientist at University of Vienna. Previously at University of Montreal - I study polarisation, partisanship and democratic citizenship.
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Semih Çakır
@mascakir.bsky.social
· Dec 10
🚨 Does elite ideological polarization lead to mass ideological polarization?
My latest article in European Journal of Political Research provides **limited** evidence that it is the case.
Let's break it down. 🧵
My latest article in European Journal of Political Research provides **limited** evidence that it is the case.
Let's break it down. 🧵
Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies?
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies?
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
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🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
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Still confused about EPSA vs. EPSS? Which conference should you go to? Here is a link to clarify things: epssnet.org/uncategorize... TL;DR: "EPSA" community will be in Belfast. Same community, new organisation, bigger mission; slightly new name; and a very different foundation @epssnet.bsky.social
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September 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Still confused about EPSA vs. EPSS? Which conference should you go to? Here is a link to clarify things: epssnet.org/uncategorize... TL;DR: "EPSA" community will be in Belfast. Same community, new organisation, bigger mission; slightly new name; and a very different foundation @epssnet.bsky.social
Proof that political scientists do leave the conference center. Granville Island, Vancouver - APSA 2025 🇨🇦🍁
September 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Proof that political scientists do leave the conference center. Granville Island, Vancouver - APSA 2025 🇨🇦🍁
Very happy to share that this paper from my PhD dissertation is now published in print.
It tackles a question central to my research: How much can parties actually shape the opinions of their supporters? Results suggest their leeway might be more limited than often assumed!
It tackles a question central to my research: How much can parties actually shape the opinions of their supporters? Results suggest their leeway might be more limited than often assumed!
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Does elite polarization cause public polarization? 🪢
@mascakir.bsky.social finds when Labour moved left, most voter didn’t follow. Only a few loyal but ideologically distant supporters shifted. #Polarization #UKPolitics
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Does elite polarization cause public polarization? 🪢
@mascakir.bsky.social finds when Labour moved left, most voter didn’t follow. Only a few loyal but ideologically distant supporters shifted. #Polarization #UKPolitics
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How do masses react to party polarization? Limited effect of party polarization on mass polarization
SEMIH ÇAKıR
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August 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Very happy to share that this paper from my PhD dissertation is now published in print.
It tackles a question central to my research: How much can parties actually shape the opinions of their supporters? Results suggest their leeway might be more limited than often assumed!
It tackles a question central to my research: How much can parties actually shape the opinions of their supporters? Results suggest their leeway might be more limited than often assumed!
The lowest point of my research career? Not impostor syndrome. Not rejection letters. Not even Reviewer 2. It’s Qualtrics hiking fees, my uni pulling the plug… and QuestionPro.
August 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The lowest point of my research career? Not impostor syndrome. Not rejection letters. Not even Reviewer 2. It’s Qualtrics hiking fees, my uni pulling the plug… and QuestionPro.
I strongly recommend this!👇🏻
Ruth is truly one of the most inspiring scholars I know and she is definitely a super supportive supervisor!
Ruth is truly one of the most inspiring scholars I know and she is definitely a super supportive supervisor!
‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇
I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
June 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I strongly recommend this!👇🏻
Ruth is truly one of the most inspiring scholars I know and she is definitely a super supportive supervisor!
Ruth is truly one of the most inspiring scholars I know and she is definitely a super supportive supervisor!
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Doing important things at @epsanet.bsky.social …like locating the one veg canapé at the reception 👀
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June 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Doing important things at @epsanet.bsky.social …like locating the one veg canapé at the reception 👀
@stawi-univie.bsky.social
@bseisl.bsky.social
@mkaltenegger.bsky.social
@alexanderdalheimer.bsky.social
@marvins.bsky.social
@elenaheinz.bsky.social
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@thomasmmeyer.bsky.social
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@marvins.bsky.social
@elenaheinz.bsky.social
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@thomasmmeyer.bsky.social
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From 26 to 28 June 2025, the 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association will take place in Madrid, Spain. Many of our colleagues will attend the conference and present their research. #EPSA2025. The presenters are: 🧵 1/3
June 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
From 26 to 28 June 2025, the 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association will take place in Madrid, Spain. Many of our colleagues will attend the conference and present their research. #EPSA2025. The presenters are: 🧵 1/3
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Recs for #EPSA2025 schedule:
THU, 1.10-2.50, in 0A.05: I’ll chair a panel on conceptual issues in affective polarization, feat. @luismremiro.bsky.social, @mascakir.bsky.social, Mickael Temporão, @fghjorth.bsky.social, plus present work w @katharinalawall.bsky.social + @mtsakiris.bsky.social
THU, 1.10-2.50, in 0A.05: I’ll chair a panel on conceptual issues in affective polarization, feat. @luismremiro.bsky.social, @mascakir.bsky.social, Mickael Temporão, @fghjorth.bsky.social, plus present work w @katharinalawall.bsky.social + @mtsakiris.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Recs for #EPSA2025 schedule:
THU, 1.10-2.50, in 0A.05: I’ll chair a panel on conceptual issues in affective polarization, feat. @luismremiro.bsky.social, @mascakir.bsky.social, Mickael Temporão, @fghjorth.bsky.social, plus present work w @katharinalawall.bsky.social + @mtsakiris.bsky.social
THU, 1.10-2.50, in 0A.05: I’ll chair a panel on conceptual issues in affective polarization, feat. @luismremiro.bsky.social, @mascakir.bsky.social, Mickael Temporão, @fghjorth.bsky.social, plus present work w @katharinalawall.bsky.social + @mtsakiris.bsky.social
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I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior
2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices
www.kuleuven.be
June 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
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Online first: "Lipset and Rokkan meet data: the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages, 1870–1967" by Vincenco Emanuele & Bruno Marino.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Part of the forthcoming Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies"
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Part of the forthcoming Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies"
May 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Online first: "Lipset and Rokkan meet data: the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages, 1870–1967" by Vincenco Emanuele & Bruno Marino.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Part of the forthcoming Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies"
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Part of the forthcoming Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies"
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Super happy to share this new paper with @zeynsom.bsky.social and Patrick Fournier, out now in JEPOP! We study how the accuracy of citizens' perceptions of parties' issue positions depends on the importance they attach to the issue.
See Zeynep's 🧵 for an overview of our findings!
See Zeynep's 🧵 for an overview of our findings!
New paper alert: @rdassonneville.bsky.social, Patrick Fournier, and I have a new paper published in JEPOP: "Personal issue importance effects on voters’ perceptual accuracy of party issue positions". A thread: doi.org/10.1080/1745...
Personal issue importance effects on voters’ perceptual accuracy of party issue positions
The accuracy of voters’ party position perceptions is critical for the functioning of representative democracy, and recent comparative work has shown that voters generally have accurate perceptions...
doi.org
March 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Super happy to share this new paper with @zeynsom.bsky.social and Patrick Fournier, out now in JEPOP! We study how the accuracy of citizens' perceptions of parties' issue positions depends on the importance they attach to the issue.
See Zeynep's 🧵 for an overview of our findings!
See Zeynep's 🧵 for an overview of our findings!
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A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
May 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
First, I need every country jury to submit a 500-word essay, APA style, citing relevant music theory to justify their votes. Second, do we have access to raw audience vote count per country? Finally, I thought I'd never ditch my flat white, but it's espresso macchiato from now on. Loyalty is earned.
May 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
First, I need every country jury to submit a 500-word essay, APA style, citing relevant music theory to justify their votes. Second, do we have access to raw audience vote count per country? Finally, I thought I'd never ditch my flat white, but it's espresso macchiato from now on. Loyalty is earned.
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🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides.
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
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@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
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May 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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I probably relate to this quote more than I should.
May 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I probably relate to this quote more than I should.
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Incredibly happy to share that I received funding through the FWO Odysseus program for the SOCIOVOTE project! Over the next five years, I’ll be examining how social groups think politically, and study the processes through which groups and group identities become politicized.
📣Vlaanderen haalt via FWO met 19 miljoen euro 12 gerenommeerde onderzoekers (terug) naar Vlaanderen📣
Lees het volledige persbericht: www.fwo.be/nl/resultate...
Lees het volledige persbericht: www.fwo.be/nl/resultate...
March 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Incredibly happy to share that I received funding through the FWO Odysseus program for the SOCIOVOTE project! Over the next five years, I’ll be examining how social groups think politically, and study the processes through which groups and group identities become politicized.
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🚨Do echo chambers polarize? Yes! 🚨Very excited that our paper “The Polarizing Effect of Partisan Echo Chambers” w @sarahobolt.bsky.social and James Tilley has been published FirstView at APSR! Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Thread 👇1/n
December 1, 2023 at 6:05 PM
🚨Do echo chambers polarize? Yes! 🚨Very excited that our paper “The Polarizing Effect of Partisan Echo Chambers” w @sarahobolt.bsky.social and James Tilley has been published FirstView at APSR! Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Thread 👇1/n
Schnitzel and great company (@rdassonneville.bsky.social @zeynsom.bsky.social )—can’t go wrong! Always such a pleasure to catch up with these two amazing mentors 🍽️🍾
March 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Schnitzel and great company (@rdassonneville.bsky.social @zeynsom.bsky.social )—can’t go wrong! Always such a pleasure to catch up with these two amazing mentors 🍽️🍾
Le discours de Trudeau sur la réponse du Canada aux tarifs américains est peut-être tout simplement son meilleur ! 🇨🇦 🍁
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Le discours de Trudeau sur la réponse du Canada aux tarifs américains est peut-être tout simplement son meilleur ! 🇨🇦 🍁
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🚨Neue Studie: Prekäre Arbeitsverhältnisse an Österreichs Universitäten
📊 >2.300 befragte Wissenschafter:innen
🏛️ 22 Universitäten
📖 Zusammenfassung & Link zur Studie: www.nuwiss.at/nuwiss-studi...
📰 Bericht in Profil: www.profil.at/oesterreich/...
🔽 Langer Thread #ichbinhanna @nuwiss.bsky.social
📊 >2.300 befragte Wissenschafter:innen
🏛️ 22 Universitäten
📖 Zusammenfassung & Link zur Studie: www.nuwiss.at/nuwiss-studi...
📰 Bericht in Profil: www.profil.at/oesterreich/...
🔽 Langer Thread #ichbinhanna @nuwiss.bsky.social
NUWiss-Studie zu prekären Beschäftigungsverhältnisse an österreichischen Universitäten - Netzwerk Unterbau Wissenschaft
Eine in Kooperation mit NUWiss enstandene neue Studie beleuchtet die Beschäftigungssituation von Mittelbau-Angehörigen an österreichischen Universitäten. Die Befragung von über 2.300 wissenschaftliche...
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January 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🚨Neue Studie: Prekäre Arbeitsverhältnisse an Österreichs Universitäten
📊 >2.300 befragte Wissenschafter:innen
🏛️ 22 Universitäten
📖 Zusammenfassung & Link zur Studie: www.nuwiss.at/nuwiss-studi...
📰 Bericht in Profil: www.profil.at/oesterreich/...
🔽 Langer Thread #ichbinhanna @nuwiss.bsky.social
📊 >2.300 befragte Wissenschafter:innen
🏛️ 22 Universitäten
📖 Zusammenfassung & Link zur Studie: www.nuwiss.at/nuwiss-studi...
📰 Bericht in Profil: www.profil.at/oesterreich/...
🔽 Langer Thread #ichbinhanna @nuwiss.bsky.social
🚨 Does elite ideological polarization lead to mass ideological polarization?
My latest article in European Journal of Political Research provides **limited** evidence that it is the case.
Let's break it down. 🧵
My latest article in European Journal of Political Research provides **limited** evidence that it is the case.
Let's break it down. 🧵
December 10, 2024 at 7:01 AM
🚨 Does elite ideological polarization lead to mass ideological polarization?
My latest article in European Journal of Political Research provides **limited** evidence that it is the case.
Let's break it down. 🧵
My latest article in European Journal of Political Research provides **limited** evidence that it is the case.
Let's break it down. 🧵
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Time to share some big professional news! After 9 amazing years at @umontreal.ca, I am moving back home. From January onwards, I am taking up a professorship at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social. I am excited and looking forward to the new challenge. But I’m also sad to leave an amazing department.
December 2, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Time to share some big professional news! After 9 amazing years at @umontreal.ca, I am moving back home. From January onwards, I am taking up a professorship at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social. I am excited and looking forward to the new challenge. But I’m also sad to leave an amazing department.
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Check out this great presentation by Bocconi PhD @bogatyrev.bsky.social next week on the electoral consequences of state-sponsored homophobia
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🌈 We’re beyond thrilled to keep the queer energy flowing in our Fall programme next Thursday with @bogatyrev.bsky.social!
🏛️ Konstantin will dive into his groundbreaking research on how State-sponsored homophobia affects elections.
📆 Mark your calendars! Zoom links will be sent next week.
🏛️ Konstantin will dive into his groundbreaking research on how State-sponsored homophobia affects elections.
📆 Mark your calendars! Zoom links will be sent next week.
November 28, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Check out this great presentation by Bocconi PhD @bogatyrev.bsky.social next week on the electoral consequences of state-sponsored homophobia
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