Swiss Political Science Review
@spsr.bsky.social
Official account of SPSR/RSSP, a generalist political science journal published on behalf of the Swiss Political Science Association (SPSA)
New book review published:
"Understanding Referendums", by Matt Qvortrup, reviewed by Robin Gut @zdaarau.bsky.social
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"Understanding Referendums", by Matt Qvortrup, reviewed by Robin Gut @zdaarau.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
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Understanding Referendums: The Comparative Politics of Direct Democracy. Matt Qvortrup. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, 170 pp., 978–1–0353‐3243‐4
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September 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New book review published:
"Understanding Referendums", by Matt Qvortrup, reviewed by Robin Gut @zdaarau.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
"Understanding Referendums", by Matt Qvortrup, reviewed by Robin Gut @zdaarau.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
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A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
August 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
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🚨 New paper out!
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Latent Ideological Positions of Swiss Parties and Subsets of the Population
Prominent theories of political representation consider ideology to be a central concept that links political elites and citizens. However, studies usually rely on different data and measures to oper...
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July 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🚨 New paper out!
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Using data on direct democracy, the paper proposes an alternative estimation strategy of the ideological positions of Swiss municipalities in the party competition space.
It’s open access in @spsr.bsky.social .
Check it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📢 Publication alert:
"Welfare Chauvinism among Voters and Political Parties: Exploring Preferences for Restricting EU Migrants' Access to Social Assistance in Switzerland" by Angie Gago, @julianachueri.bsky.social & Mia Gandenberger
open access in SPSR 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Welfare Chauvinism among Voters and Political Parties: Exploring Preferences for Restricting EU Migrants' Access to Social Assistance in Switzerland" by Angie Gago, @julianachueri.bsky.social & Mia Gandenberger
open access in SPSR 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Welfare Chauvinism among Voters and Political Parties: Exploring Preferences for Restricting EU Migrants' Access to Social Assistance in Switzerland
The access of EU migrants to social assistance is highly politicised in Switzerland. However, we know little about parties' and voters' positions on this issue across the ideological spectrum. Using ....
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July 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📢 Publication alert:
"Welfare Chauvinism among Voters and Political Parties: Exploring Preferences for Restricting EU Migrants' Access to Social Assistance in Switzerland" by Angie Gago, @julianachueri.bsky.social & Mia Gandenberger
open access in SPSR 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"Welfare Chauvinism among Voters and Political Parties: Exploring Preferences for Restricting EU Migrants' Access to Social Assistance in Switzerland" by Angie Gago, @julianachueri.bsky.social & Mia Gandenberger
open access in SPSR 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Now published in SPSR: a review of Sean Mueller's @seanstmllr.bsky.social "Shared Rule in Federal Theory and Practice" by André Lecours
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Shared Rule in Federal Theory and Practice. Concept, Causes, Consequences. Sean Mueller. Oxford University Press (2024), 272 p., ISBN 978–0–198‐88214‐5
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June 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Now published in SPSR: a review of Sean Mueller's @seanstmllr.bsky.social "Shared Rule in Federal Theory and Practice" by André Lecours
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Out now! The introduction to our Special Issue on Party Politics at the Local Level with @rafreuse.bsky.social @christinajuen.bsky.social @martingross.bsky.social and Michael Jankowski
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Party Politics at the Local Level: Introduction to the Special Issue
This Special Issue explores the evolving role of local party politics in Europe and beyond, emphasizing the increasing autonomy of local governments and their growing influence in public life. Despit...
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June 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Out now! The introduction to our Special Issue on Party Politics at the Local Level with @rafreuse.bsky.social @christinajuen.bsky.social @martingross.bsky.social and Michael Jankowski
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💥Very happy & proud that the Special Issue "Party Politics at the Local Level" has found such an excellent home @spsr.bsky.social
Huge thanks to my co-editors @christinajuen.bsky.social @rafreuse.bsky.social @simonotjes.bsky.social & @cerpintaxt.bsky.social
A 🧵on the SI contributions:
Huge thanks to my co-editors @christinajuen.bsky.social @rafreuse.bsky.social @simonotjes.bsky.social & @cerpintaxt.bsky.social
A 🧵on the SI contributions:
June 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
💥Very happy & proud that the Special Issue "Party Politics at the Local Level" has found such an excellent home @spsr.bsky.social
Huge thanks to my co-editors @christinajuen.bsky.social @rafreuse.bsky.social @simonotjes.bsky.social & @cerpintaxt.bsky.social
A 🧵on the SI contributions:
Huge thanks to my co-editors @christinajuen.bsky.social @rafreuse.bsky.social @simonotjes.bsky.social & @cerpintaxt.bsky.social
A 🧵on the SI contributions:
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🗳️ Sind 16- und 17-Jährige politisch reif genug fürs Stimmrecht?
Laut einer neuen Studie von Robin Gut, Juri Ezzaini und Daniel Kübler: Ja.
Warum das so ist? 👉 Mehr dazu im verlinkten Beitrag:
📚 Erschienen bei @spsr.bsky.social
🔗 www.zdaarau.ch/de/sweet-six...
#Stimmrechtsalter16 #Demokratie
Laut einer neuen Studie von Robin Gut, Juri Ezzaini und Daniel Kübler: Ja.
Warum das so ist? 👉 Mehr dazu im verlinkten Beitrag:
📚 Erschienen bei @spsr.bsky.social
🔗 www.zdaarau.ch/de/sweet-six...
#Stimmrechtsalter16 #Demokratie
Sweet Sixteen – reif genug für Abstimmungen und Wahlen? — Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau (ZDA)
Sind 16-Jährige bereit für Politik? Sind sie im Vergleich zu jungen Erwachsenen reif genug, politische Entscheide zu treffen? Trauen sie sich politische Entscheidungen zu? Wie oft informieren sie sich...
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May 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🗳️ Sind 16- und 17-Jährige politisch reif genug fürs Stimmrecht?
Laut einer neuen Studie von Robin Gut, Juri Ezzaini und Daniel Kübler: Ja.
Warum das so ist? 👉 Mehr dazu im verlinkten Beitrag:
📚 Erschienen bei @spsr.bsky.social
🔗 www.zdaarau.ch/de/sweet-six...
#Stimmrechtsalter16 #Demokratie
Laut einer neuen Studie von Robin Gut, Juri Ezzaini und Daniel Kübler: Ja.
Warum das so ist? 👉 Mehr dazu im verlinkten Beitrag:
📚 Erschienen bei @spsr.bsky.social
🔗 www.zdaarau.ch/de/sweet-six...
#Stimmrechtsalter16 #Demokratie
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Excited to share our new article published in @spsr.bsky.social! We compiled Swiss municipality-level direct-democratic vote results from 1866 to 1944 through extensive archival work and filled some gaps in existing datasets up to 2023.
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Municipality‐Level Outcomes of Direct‐Democratic Votes in Switzerland, 1866–2023
Switzerland relies heavily on direct-democratic institutions to decide on a wide range of political issues. Since 1848, more than 600 direct-democratic votes have taken place at the national level. H...
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May 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Excited to share our new article published in @spsr.bsky.social! We compiled Swiss municipality-level direct-democratic vote results from 1866 to 1944 through extensive archival work and filled some gaps in existing datasets up to 2023.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Fichier cumulatif de près de 50 ans d'une enquête électorale nationale de grande qualité !
@asso-afsp.bsky.social @spsr.bsky.social
@asso-afsp.bsky.social @spsr.bsky.social
The cumulative Selects dataset (1971–2023) is now available! Explore over 50 years of Swiss election surveys in one place.
Download: doi.org/10.48573/2w7...
Download: doi.org/10.48573/2w7...
May 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Fichier cumulatif de près de 50 ans d'une enquête électorale nationale de grande qualité !
@asso-afsp.bsky.social @spsr.bsky.social
@asso-afsp.bsky.social @spsr.bsky.social
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🚨New Publication!🚨
Thrilled to share our latest article co-authored with @dannicafleuss.bsky.social
"Transmissions, Decisions, #Discourses – A Methodological Framework for Measuring and Comparing Democratic Innovations’ Policy-Impact(s)"
@spsr.bsky.social 🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
Thrilled to share our latest article co-authored with @dannicafleuss.bsky.social
"Transmissions, Decisions, #Discourses – A Methodological Framework for Measuring and Comparing Democratic Innovations’ Policy-Impact(s)"
@spsr.bsky.social 🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
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April 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨New Publication!🚨
Thrilled to share our latest article co-authored with @dannicafleuss.bsky.social
"Transmissions, Decisions, #Discourses – A Methodological Framework for Measuring and Comparing Democratic Innovations’ Policy-Impact(s)"
@spsr.bsky.social 🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
Thrilled to share our latest article co-authored with @dannicafleuss.bsky.social
"Transmissions, Decisions, #Discourses – A Methodological Framework for Measuring and Comparing Democratic Innovations’ Policy-Impact(s)"
@spsr.bsky.social 🔗 DOI: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
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Grateful to @spsr.bsky.social for publishing latest article:
Fleuß & Deppe: “Transmissions, Decisions, Discourses – A Methodological Framework for Measuring and Comparing Democratic Innovations’ Policy-Impact(s)”
Early view now online: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
Thanks @dannicafleuss.bsky.social
Fleuß & Deppe: “Transmissions, Decisions, Discourses – A Methodological Framework for Measuring and Comparing Democratic Innovations’ Policy-Impact(s)”
Early view now online: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
Thanks @dannicafleuss.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Grateful to @spsr.bsky.social for publishing latest article:
Fleuß & Deppe: “Transmissions, Decisions, Discourses – A Methodological Framework for Measuring and Comparing Democratic Innovations’ Policy-Impact(s)”
Early view now online: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
Thanks @dannicafleuss.bsky.social
Fleuß & Deppe: “Transmissions, Decisions, Discourses – A Methodological Framework for Measuring and Comparing Democratic Innovations’ Policy-Impact(s)”
Early view now online: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
Thanks @dannicafleuss.bsky.social
SPSR's March issue is out!
Featuring a Special Issue on "Political Parties and the Use of Digitalization in Daily Politics" guest edited by Sergiu Gherghina, Oscar Barberà and Marco Lisi
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Featuring a Special Issue on "Political Parties and the Use of Digitalization in Daily Politics" guest edited by Sergiu Gherghina, Oscar Barberà and Marco Lisi
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March 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
SPSR's March issue is out!
Featuring a Special Issue on "Political Parties and the Use of Digitalization in Daily Politics" guest edited by Sergiu Gherghina, Oscar Barberà and Marco Lisi
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16626370...
Featuring a Special Issue on "Political Parties and the Use of Digitalization in Daily Politics" guest edited by Sergiu Gherghina, Oscar Barberà and Marco Lisi
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A huge THANK YOU | MERCI BEAUCOUP | HERZLICHEN DANK | GRAZIE MILLE to all the 224 peer reviewers who reviewed for SPSR during 2024! 👏
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March 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A huge THANK YOU | MERCI BEAUCOUP | HERZLICHEN DANK | GRAZIE MILLE to all the 224 peer reviewers who reviewed for SPSR during 2024! 👏
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My book review of @lucasschramm91.bsky.social book is out at SPSR.
This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the crisis-afflicted history of European integration. Compelling, empirically rich, theoretically very well grounded.
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This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the crisis-afflicted history of European integration. Compelling, empirically rich, theoretically very well grounded.
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Crises of European Integration: Joining Together or Falling Apart? Lucas Schramm. London, Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xvii + 303 pp, ISBN 978–3–031‐54747‐8
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February 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
My book review of @lucasschramm91.bsky.social book is out at SPSR.
This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the crisis-afflicted history of European integration. Compelling, empirically rich, theoretically very well grounded.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the crisis-afflicted history of European integration. Compelling, empirically rich, theoretically very well grounded.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📣 New article:
Frédéric Gonthier (PACTE Grenoble) uses the novel “à la carte” (ALC) embedding regression model to analyze understandings of the "People" of protesters and supporters of the Yellow Vest Movement
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Frédéric Gonthier (PACTE Grenoble) uses the novel “à la carte” (ALC) embedding regression model to analyze understandings of the "People" of protesters and supporters of the Yellow Vest Movement
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February 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
📣 New article:
Frédéric Gonthier (PACTE Grenoble) uses the novel “à la carte” (ALC) embedding regression model to analyze understandings of the "People" of protesters and supporters of the Yellow Vest Movement
doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
Frédéric Gonthier (PACTE Grenoble) uses the novel “à la carte” (ALC) embedding regression model to analyze understandings of the "People" of protesters and supporters of the Yellow Vest Movement
doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
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Out now! Thijs Vos, Lianne van Kalken, Geerten Boogaard and I look at voting patterns in Dutch municipal councils and what shapes the importance of the coalition-opposition divide onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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November 7, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Out now! Thijs Vos, Lianne van Kalken, Geerten Boogaard and I look at voting patterns in Dutch municipal councils and what shapes the importance of the coalition-opposition divide onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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FORS met à disposition sur SWISSUbase les données de l’Observatoire des Élites Suisses (OBELIS): 15 ans de recherche sur les élites politiques, économiques, académiques et administratives helvétiques. Découvrez-les ici www.swissubase.ch/fr/catalogue... @obelitessuisses.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 7:40 AM
FORS met à disposition sur SWISSUbase les données de l’Observatoire des Élites Suisses (OBELIS): 15 ans de recherche sur les élites politiques, économiques, académiques et administratives helvétiques. Découvrez-les ici www.swissubase.ch/fr/catalogue... @obelitessuisses.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
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🚨 Publication alert
I am so glad my publication "Political Attitudes and Sexual Identity in Germany: Examining the Sexuality Gap" has now been published in Swiss Political Science Review.
While there is an increasing literature on political behaviour, research on...
#LGB #LGBTQ
I am so glad my publication "Political Attitudes and Sexual Identity in Germany: Examining the Sexuality Gap" has now been published in Swiss Political Science Review.
While there is an increasing literature on political behaviour, research on...
#LGB #LGBTQ
December 11, 2024 at 8:14 AM
🔥 NEW ISSUE ALERT 🔥
SPSR’s December issue is out ‼️
Articles and research notes 💯% open access
With articles on EU-Swiss negotiations, parental leave policy, territorially differentiated policies, foreign policies of extreme & radical right parties, ...
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SPSR’s December issue is out ‼️
Articles and research notes 💯% open access
With articles on EU-Swiss negotiations, parental leave policy, territorially differentiated policies, foreign policies of extreme & radical right parties, ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16626370...
Swiss Political Science Review: Vol 30, No 4
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December 10, 2024 at 2:34 PM
🔥 NEW ISSUE ALERT 🔥
SPSR’s December issue is out ‼️
Articles and research notes 💯% open access
With articles on EU-Swiss negotiations, parental leave policy, territorially differentiated policies, foreign policies of extreme & radical right parties, ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16626370...
SPSR’s December issue is out ‼️
Articles and research notes 💯% open access
With articles on EU-Swiss negotiations, parental leave policy, territorially differentiated policies, foreign policies of extreme & radical right parties, ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16626370...
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Glad to see that our article in @spsr.bsky.social has been (already!) assigned issue and volume. And it’s open access‼️
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Choosing who to hate? The Extreme and Radical Right's Foreign Policy between Anti‐Semitism, Islamophobia, and Russophilia
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December 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Glad to see that our article in @spsr.bsky.social has been (already!) assigned issue and volume. And it’s open access‼️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/KNJEPT...
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📚 New book review published
Ari Ray @ariray.bsky.social reviews "Unequal Democracies" (eds. Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social and Jonas Pontusson) in the SPSR
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
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Ari Ray @ariray.bsky.social reviews "Unequal Democracies" (eds. Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social and Jonas Pontusson) in the SPSR
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
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Unequal Democracies: Public Policy, Responsiveness and Redistribution in an Era of Rising Economic Inequality, Noam Lupu & Jonas Pontusson (Eds.). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (2023)
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December 6, 2024 at 8:32 AM
📚 New book review published
Ari Ray @ariray.bsky.social reviews "Unequal Democracies" (eds. Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social and Jonas Pontusson) in the SPSR
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Ari Ray @ariray.bsky.social reviews "Unequal Democracies" (eds. Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social and Jonas Pontusson) in the SPSR
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social
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📣 Swiss Political Science Review now accepts Review Article submissions!
More information on how to submit your Review Article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
More information on how to submit your Review Article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
November 28, 2024 at 12:24 PM
📣 Swiss Political Science Review now accepts Review Article submissions!
More information on how to submit your Review Article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
More information on how to submit your Review Article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Comme work with us at #University_of_Lausanne ! We are looking for a postdoc in the fields of #PublicAdministration and #AI The call for the job is here: tinyurl.com/346adhhz Please share widely. Happy to answer any questions.
Career Opportunities: Postdoctoral Researcher SNSF in the fields of public administration and artificial intelligence (21975)
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November 27, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Comme work with us at #University_of_Lausanne ! We are looking for a postdoc in the fields of #PublicAdministration and #AI The call for the job is here: tinyurl.com/346adhhz Please share widely. Happy to answer any questions.