Marta Kołczyńska
@mkolczynska.bsky.social
Assistant professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences • PhD Soc @ Ohio State • Sociology & Political Science • Social Science Data & Methods • R • assoc. editor @ IJPOR & Survey Research Methods • #pokolenieNCN
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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/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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Four (!) three-year postdoc positions available at @au.dk: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Four three-year postdoctoral positions in the project Slow-Motion Democracy - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Four (!) three-year postdoc positions available at @au.dk: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
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🍂 17.4
📊 How does political #Polarization shape #Participation?
@mkolczynska.bsky.social reviews 25 studies to examine how individual and system-level polarization relate to electoral and non-electoral engagement, revealing key trends and research gaps
📊 How does political #Polarization shape #Participation?
@mkolczynska.bsky.social reviews 25 studies to examine how individual and system-level polarization relate to electoral and non-electoral engagement, revealing key trends and research gaps
Does polarization increase participation? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Does polarization increase participation? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis - Volume 17 Issue 4
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🍂 17.4
📊 How does political #Polarization shape #Participation?
@mkolczynska.bsky.social reviews 25 studies to examine how individual and system-level polarization relate to electoral and non-electoral engagement, revealing key trends and research gaps
📊 How does political #Polarization shape #Participation?
@mkolczynska.bsky.social reviews 25 studies to examine how individual and system-level polarization relate to electoral and non-electoral engagement, revealing key trends and research gaps
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❗️Our next workshop will be on Oct 16th, 6 pm CEST titled Structural Bayesian Techniques for Experimental and Behavioral Economics in R& Stan by @jamesbland.bsky.social
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats
October 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
❗️Our next workshop will be on Oct 16th, 6 pm CEST titled Structural Bayesian Techniques for Experimental and Behavioral Economics in R& Stan by @jamesbland.bsky.social
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share!
#AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats
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We're looking for a PhD candidate for a project investigating neural synchrony in #autism at @upf.edu ! 🎓
📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain
📅 Duration: 3–4 years, starting Winter term 2025/26
🔍 About the project & application: See attachment 👇
Please share with anyone interested!
@mrgbcn.bsky.social
📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain
📅 Duration: 3–4 years, starting Winter term 2025/26
🔍 About the project & application: See attachment 👇
Please share with anyone interested!
@mrgbcn.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We're looking for a PhD candidate for a project investigating neural synchrony in #autism at @upf.edu ! 🎓
📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain
📅 Duration: 3–4 years, starting Winter term 2025/26
🔍 About the project & application: See attachment 👇
Please share with anyone interested!
@mrgbcn.bsky.social
📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain
📅 Duration: 3–4 years, starting Winter term 2025/26
🔍 About the project & application: See attachment 👇
Please share with anyone interested!
@mrgbcn.bsky.social
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We look forward to receiving your submissions for the Comparative Politics section of the EPSS conference (@epssnet.bsky.social)! In addition to innovative work on traditional topics & cases, we especially welcome strong contributions on less studied countries and regions (e.g., Eastern Europe). 📝
▶️ Comparative Politics
👉🏽 Section chairs: @nathaliegiger.bsky.social & @filipkostelka.bsky.social
📢 Our section welcomes individual papers and panels that engage with states, political regimes, welfare institutions, and governance from both contemporary and historical perspectives.
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👉🏽 Section chairs: @nathaliegiger.bsky.social & @filipkostelka.bsky.social
📢 Our section welcomes individual papers and panels that engage with states, political regimes, welfare institutions, and governance from both contemporary and historical perspectives.
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September 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We look forward to receiving your submissions for the Comparative Politics section of the EPSS conference (@epssnet.bsky.social)! In addition to innovative work on traditional topics & cases, we especially welcome strong contributions on less studied countries and regions (e.g., Eastern Europe). 📝
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Soon to open offer for a *funded* PhD to study child poverty dynamics at @demosocupf.bsky.social @upf.edu If you have an interest in quantitative methods, social policy and child poverty this may be for you! Feel free to reach out for enquiries
August 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Soon to open offer for a *funded* PhD to study child poverty dynamics at @demosocupf.bsky.social @upf.edu If you have an interest in quantitative methods, social policy and child poverty this may be for you! Feel free to reach out for enquiries
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🎉 Delighted to share new research out today: The Political Consequences of the Mental Load
📄 European Sociological Review
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
@europeansocreview.bsky.social
What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵
📄 European Sociological Review
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
@europeansocreview.bsky.social
What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵
The political consequences of the mental load
Abstract. How do levels of cognitive household labour—the ‘mental load’ involved in anticipating, fulfilling, and monitoring household needs—affect politic
doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🎉 Delighted to share new research out today: The Political Consequences of the Mental Load
📄 European Sociological Review
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
@europeansocreview.bsky.social
What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵
📄 European Sociological Review
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
@europeansocreview.bsky.social
What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵
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Should liberal leaders prioritize quick action or effective reform after illiberalism? Both options could benefit their opponents.
Read "Democracy After Illiberalism: A Warning from Poland" by Stanley Bill and Ben Stanley:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
Read "Democracy After Illiberalism: A Warning from Poland" by Stanley Bill and Ben Stanley:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
July 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Should liberal leaders prioritize quick action or effective reform after illiberalism? Both options could benefit their opponents.
Read "Democracy After Illiberalism: A Warning from Poland" by Stanley Bill and Ben Stanley:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
Read "Democracy After Illiberalism: A Warning from Poland" by Stanley Bill and Ben Stanley:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
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I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
July 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
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New article out in Global Networks! We explore how donor dynamics, embeddedness, and organizational form shape civil society’s strategies for contesting global power and advancing justice, using a global dataset of 290 organizations.
Proud to co-author this with @mkolczynska.bsky.social!
Proud to co-author this with @mkolczynska.bsky.social!
Donor Dependency, Embeddedness and Organizational Structure of Civil Society: An Analysis of a Global Sample of Actors Active in the Field of Corporate Accountability
Faced with the growing influence of multinational corporations on global politics and economy, civil society organizations play an increasing role in holding corporations accountable for human rights...
doi.org
July 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
New article out in Global Networks! We explore how donor dynamics, embeddedness, and organizational form shape civil society’s strategies for contesting global power and advancing justice, using a global dataset of 290 organizations.
Proud to co-author this with @mkolczynska.bsky.social!
Proud to co-author this with @mkolczynska.bsky.social!
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NEW -
Understanding Voter Fatigue: Election Frequency and Electoral Abstention Approval - cup.org/4enhQaZ
"findings hold major implications for our understanding of voter turnout and democratic institutional engineering"
- @filipkostelka.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Understanding Voter Fatigue: Election Frequency and Electoral Abstention Approval - cup.org/4enhQaZ
"findings hold major implications for our understanding of voter turnout and democratic institutional engineering"
- @filipkostelka.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
June 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NEW -
Understanding Voter Fatigue: Election Frequency and Electoral Abstention Approval - cup.org/4enhQaZ
"findings hold major implications for our understanding of voter turnout and democratic institutional engineering"
- @filipkostelka.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Understanding Voter Fatigue: Election Frequency and Electoral Abstention Approval - cup.org/4enhQaZ
"findings hold major implications for our understanding of voter turnout and democratic institutional engineering"
- @filipkostelka.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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We just published this open access review paper on SES inequality in family formation and dissolution in Central and Eastern Europe. We identified several promising RQ and hypotheses for others to examine. Especially with the new @ggp.bsky.social data. compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Inequality in Family Formation and Dissolution in Central and Eastern Europe
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
We just published this open access review paper on SES inequality in family formation and dissolution in Central and Eastern Europe. We identified several promising RQ and hypotheses for others to examine. Especially with the new @ggp.bsky.social data. compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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For researchers with limited background in statistics, we have written this gentle introduction to simulation studies (with @timpmorris.bsky.social and other people from the STRATOS initiative):
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/1...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/1...
Introduction to statistical simulations in health research
In health research, statistical methods are frequently used to address a wide variety of research questions. For almost every analytical challenge, different methods are available. But how do we choos...
bmjopen.bmj.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
For researchers with limited background in statistics, we have written this gentle introduction to simulation studies (with @timpmorris.bsky.social and other people from the STRATOS initiative):
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/1...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/1...
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🌎 Compare #data across countries!
🔎 Prof. Marta Kołczyńska's "Comparative Survey Research" course at #RECSM teaches essential harmonization techniques, including survey weights and multilevel regression!
More #discounts available:
🔗 www.upf.edu/web/survey/2...
#Barcelona #Summer #Methods
🔎 Prof. Marta Kołczyńska's "Comparative Survey Research" course at #RECSM teaches essential harmonization techniques, including survey weights and multilevel regression!
More #discounts available:
🔗 www.upf.edu/web/survey/2...
#Barcelona #Summer #Methods
June 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🌎 Compare #data across countries!
🔎 Prof. Marta Kołczyńska's "Comparative Survey Research" course at #RECSM teaches essential harmonization techniques, including survey weights and multilevel regression!
More #discounts available:
🔗 www.upf.edu/web/survey/2...
#Barcelona #Summer #Methods
🔎 Prof. Marta Kołczyńska's "Comparative Survey Research" course at #RECSM teaches essential harmonization techniques, including survey weights and multilevel regression!
More #discounts available:
🔗 www.upf.edu/web/survey/2...
#Barcelona #Summer #Methods
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⬇️Video is *live*! Fabulous talk by @carolinaplescia.bsky.social about her forthcoming OUP book on "The Meanings of Voting." Highlight video: youtube.com/watch?v=2wT0... Full video & additional info: prd-erc.eu/events Thanks to Carolina, student panelists, webinar advisory board members including...
June 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
⬇️Video is *live*! Fabulous talk by @carolinaplescia.bsky.social about her forthcoming OUP book on "The Meanings of Voting." Highlight video: youtube.com/watch?v=2wT0... Full video & additional info: prd-erc.eu/events Thanks to Carolina, student panelists, webinar advisory board members including...
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🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy."
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
May 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy."
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
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Are #smartphones and #socialmedia harming a generation?
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Are #smartphones and #socialmedia harming a generation?
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
This is a hotly debated and often polarizing debate. So we surveyed over 120 experts on the topic to see where there was genuine consensus (or not), like experts have previous done for climate change.
See our paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Update: We submitted the comment to the Journal of Population Economics, and today we got a desk reject with this motivation. However, we do not know their conclusion about the main results and why the paper was not retracted. Clearly, they do not hold. 1/4
May 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Update: We submitted the comment to the Journal of Population Economics, and today we got a desk reject with this motivation. However, we do not know their conclusion about the main results and why the paper was not retracted. Clearly, they do not hold. 1/4
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WE'RE HIRING! Four 3-year Doctoral Research Assistant positions in my research project on students, generations, and communism...candidates have to be enrolled in a Polish doctoral school programme...otherwise, there's quite some flexibility...links here:
isppan.bip.gov.pl/search/jobof...
isppan.bip.gov.pl/search/jobof...
May 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
WE'RE HIRING! Four 3-year Doctoral Research Assistant positions in my research project on students, generations, and communism...candidates have to be enrolled in a Polish doctoral school programme...otherwise, there's quite some flexibility...links here:
isppan.bip.gov.pl/search/jobof...
isppan.bip.gov.pl/search/jobof...
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🎓 Heads up! Apps are OPEN for the SPS Summer Academy 2025 at @eui-eu.bsky.social
📍 Florence | 🗓️ 1–5 Sept
📝 Deadline: 15 May (spots = limited!)
💶 Free + support available
www.eui.eu/apply?id=the...
#SummerSchool #EUISPS #SmartSummer
📍 Florence | 🗓️ 1–5 Sept
📝 Deadline: 15 May (spots = limited!)
💶 Free + support available
www.eui.eu/apply?id=the...
#SummerSchool #EUISPS #SmartSummer
SPS Summer Academy
The strongDepartment of Political and Social Sciencesstrong SPS at the strongEuropean University Institutestrong EUI is launching the sixth edition of the SPS
www.eui.eu
May 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🎓 Heads up! Apps are OPEN for the SPS Summer Academy 2025 at @eui-eu.bsky.social
📍 Florence | 🗓️ 1–5 Sept
📝 Deadline: 15 May (spots = limited!)
💶 Free + support available
www.eui.eu/apply?id=the...
#SummerSchool #EUISPS #SmartSummer
📍 Florence | 🗓️ 1–5 Sept
📝 Deadline: 15 May (spots = limited!)
💶 Free + support available
www.eui.eu/apply?id=the...
#SummerSchool #EUISPS #SmartSummer
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If your NSF grant has been terminated recently, please report it here ⤵️
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We're tracking these terminations to organize, advocate, and possibly litigate.
And please spread the word!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We're tracking these terminations to organize, advocate, and possibly litigate.
And please spread the word!
April 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If your NSF grant has been terminated recently, please report it here ⤵️
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We're tracking these terminations to organize, advocate, and possibly litigate.
And please spread the word!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We're tracking these terminations to organize, advocate, and possibly litigate.
And please spread the word!