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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
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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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November 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

Political corruption and voting in Romanian municipal elections: Why perceptions of collective action matter - https://cup.org/4oUhWuS

- Nicholas Charron & Andreas Bågenholm

#FirstView
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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I don't often write opinion, but I got fed up seeing examples of men claiming to be the "protectors" of the very people they (sometimes literally) attack.

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/710...
The hypocrisy of our hard-right ‘protectors’
Anti-immigrant rioters and vigilante groups say they want to defend women, children and British communities—while attacking these very things
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September 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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NEW -

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

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

#OpenAccess
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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🍂 17.4

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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November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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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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November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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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

wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...

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November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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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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November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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#VendrediLecture 📚

Our PhD students @malojan.bsky.social & @luissattelmayer.bsky.social just released a great dataset on political parties' social media activity: 498 parties, 37 countries, 4 platfoms!

PartySOME Dataset: github.com/malojan/part...
📑 : journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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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/...
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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From April 2025 -

Does the Accumulation of Assets Shape Voting Preferences? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Britain - cup.org/42JWcZl

- Justin Robinson, @pavlosvas1.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
June 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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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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November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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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
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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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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November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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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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November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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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
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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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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November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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🆕 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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November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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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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November 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Steffen Wamsler and I have a new paper in @ejprjournal.bsky.social !

We show that citizens who perceive their in-group to be disadvantaged express lower support for democracy and higher openness towards authoritarian alternatives!

tinyurl.com/y78hj253 @espol-lab.bsky.social @lifbi.bsky.social
Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support
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October 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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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! 🎉

www.uva.nl/shared-conte...
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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October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Please spread the word word 👇
November 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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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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October 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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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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October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM