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Postdoc at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social | Visiting Fellow @lse-ei.bsky.social | interested in political participation, democratic theory, and European politics | https://paul-kindermann.net

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What are our teams witnessing in #Lebanon? How is Doctors Without Borders responding? Jeremy Ristord, Country Director, updates on the situation and our activities:

06.03.2026 18:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 90 ๐Ÿ” 56 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Document detailing a call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship at Goethe University Frankfurt

Document detailing a call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship at Goethe University Frankfurt

Document detailing a call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship at Goethe University Frankfurt

Document detailing a call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship at Goethe University Frankfurt

Document detailing a call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship at Goethe University Frankfurt

Document detailing a call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship at Goethe University Frankfurt

Document detailing a call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship at Goethe University Frankfurt

Document detailing a call for applications for a postdoctoral fellowship at Goethe University Frankfurt

๐Ÿ“ข Four postdoc positions in Political Theory at @normativeorders.bsky.social in Frankfurt, deadline 15 March:
Political theory/philosophy | global health justice | future of democracy | global order in transition. 10 months from Oct 2026, โ‚ฌ2,400/month tax-free. See the calls below for details

13.02.2026 11:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ’ผ We're #HIRING!

We are seeking an Assistant Professor in International Migration specialised in forced #migration and #policy responses to the #international #displacement of people and/or #immigration, #race and #citizenship (from a #comparative perspective).

๐ŸŒ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘‰๏ธ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

30.01.2026 14:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 22 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Mackenzie Book Prize 2025-26 Shortlist Announced - Political Studies Association Thank you to all who nominated a book for this esteemed prize which celebrates the distinctive contribution these works have made to advancing Political Studies. From an impressive number of entries, ...

Two books by our colleagues are shortlisted for this year's @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Mackenzie Book Prize! @elizabethjevans.bsky.social for 'Disability and Political Representation', and @drjennings.bsky.social for 'The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales'. www.psa.ac.uk/news/mackenz...

29.01.2026 13:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ“ฃ Call for Papers:
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 23-24 April 2026 at LSE

Submit full papers: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p

Please share with colleagues & early-career researchers!

20.01.2026 12:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 33 ๐Ÿ” 34 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Iโ€™m thrilled to see this JEPP Special Issue on the 2024 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บEuropean Parliament elections in print

Great articles on far-right voting, realignment, attitudes to EU climate action etc.

Thanks to everyone who contributed and those who made EES 2024 @eesresearch.bsky.social possible!

Read more here ๐Ÿ‘‡

16.01.2026 19:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 29 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine.

I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors.

Hope it's useful.

๐Ÿ™Œ djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

09.01.2026 17:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 31 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Krass: Die US-Regierung hat Sanktionen gegen Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon von @hateaid.org erlassen, dazu trifft es auch den frรผheren EU-Kommissar Thierry Breton, weil "These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states". Einreiseverbot

23.12.2025 22:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1027 ๐Ÿ” 423 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49 ๐Ÿ“Œ 60
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Two months in, the Gaza ceasefire is floundering The consequences will ripple beyond the Middle East

But it was Trump's plan! Who could possibly have foreseen this happening?

22.12.2025 17:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 83 ๐Ÿ” 27 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Goethe-Universitรคt โ€” FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften Die Goethe-Universitรคt ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europรคischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversitรคt ein einzigartiges MaรŸ an E...

we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure

www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

17.12.2025 10:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 56 ๐Ÿ” 61 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
This plot shows average response rates of the European Social Survey. Between 2002 and 2023 the have fallen from 61 to 41 per cent.

This plot shows average response rates of the European Social Survey. Between 2002 and 2023 the have fallen from 61 to 41 per cent.

This plot breaks down ESS response rates by country. In almost all countries, the rate has gone down over time - in some cases, like Sweden, quite dramatically so.

This plot breaks down ESS response rates by country. In almost all countries, the rate has gone down over time - in some cases, like Sweden, quite dramatically so.

In line with the 'credibility revolution', we are thinking about research designs that allow us to get closer to causal effects. Those who use surveys have often turned to survey experiments. At the same time, survey response rates have dropped considerably. Below are the figures for the ESS.

16.12.2025 09:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 39 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The US is not just Europeโ€™s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde Donโ€™t say you werenโ€™t warned: Trumpโ€™s new national security strategy seeks to destroy liberal democracy as we know it, says academic and author Cas Mudde

The 2025 National Security Strategy document makes it official: the Trump administration believes that European liberal democracy is a threat to U.S. national interest.

10.12.2025 12:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 189 ๐Ÿ” 101 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

๐ŸšจJob News: Postdoc positions in LSE Government Department ๐Ÿšจ

Apply to work with the brilliant and wonderful Carl Muller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social on his BORDERS ERC project at LSE @lsegovernment.bsky.social

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

06.12.2025 08:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 43 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐ŸŒThe latest cleavage: the universalist divide

@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social , @dpzollinger.bsky.social , @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @simonbornschier.bsky.social, and @lhaffert.bsky.social provide evidence from the 2024 European Election Study ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ”— www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

02.12.2025 18:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Welcome - Login | Appointment Portal

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ JOB! Professor of Political Theory and the History of Political Thought at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

๐Ÿ“… Deadline - 11 December 2025

berufungsportal.uni-jena.de?showProcedur...

01.12.2025 10:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Forthcoming May 1st 2026 (with @lwestheuser.bsky.social and @thomaslux.bsky.social)

30.11.2025 19:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 111 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics at UCL An academic position as a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

Not a drill - there's a Britain-focused lectureship (FT, permanent) available.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPQ588/l...

28.11.2025 16:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 37 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In this new paper, we use open-ended survey questions to study how people perceive (changes in) social hierarchies.ย 

We show how and among whom status gains of women, ethnic minorities, or LGBTQ+ people are saliently perceivedโ€“namely among progressives, not just conservatives!

21.11.2025 08:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University

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/...

06.11.2025 13:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 78 ๐Ÿ” 68 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Deadline tomorrow! If you have a paper on European and EU politics, @chriswratil.bsky.social and I would love to consider it for our section. Hope to see you in Belfast!

06.11.2025 06:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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We are hiring an Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science. The post will be part of our new Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM) and is a joint hire with the Oxford Internet Institute. All details in the job ad below.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

03.11.2025 12:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿšจ Job alert! ๐Ÿšจ

A full-time postdoctoral position (100%) is available at my chair starting February 1, 2026. We are looking for a candidate with knowledge of quantitative methods and expertise in relevant subject areas.

30.10.2025 13:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Information sessions for prospective students Join us for our online information sessions at the European Institute to learn more about our postgraduate offering across our MSc and PhD programmes.

๐Ÿ“ฃ Applications to our MSc and PhD programmes are now open for ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†!

Join us in 3 weeks for our ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ to discover postgraduate study in the European Institute.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Register: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

28.10.2025 10:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Die Frageformulierung ist so natรผrlich schon komplett bodenlos. Aber es dann so verkรผrzt darzustellen ist schlicht Irrefรผhrung. Vollkommen inakzeptabel.

24.10.2025 09:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 359 ๐Ÿ” 75 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></...

๐Ÿšจ New LSE job in political science ๐Ÿšจ

We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy

Please share!

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

22.10.2025 16:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 63 ๐Ÿ” 67 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vacancy โ€” Senior lecturers Political Science Are you passionate about teaching and hold a PhD in Political Science? If so, this might be the perfect job for you! We are looking for an all-round senior lecturer who can inspire our international, ...

Passionate about teaching politics in internationally-oriented political science programs? werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

16.10.2025 16:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vacancy โ€” Assistant Professor Public Policy and Governance Are you an enthusiastic public policy scholar with a passion for education? Do you conduct research on the Global South with an interest in the politics of policy implementation? Then we have the perf...

Great opportunity for public policy academics! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

16.10.2025 16:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:

๐Ÿงตโฌ‡๏ธ

07.10.2025 11:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 118 ๐Ÿ” 57 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Great opportunity if youโ€™re interested in pursuing a PhD in political science at @lsegovernment.bsky.social - with a particular interest in elections and campaigning โฌ‡๏ธ

06.10.2025 11:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben Claus Offe prรคgte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgรคnger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.

Ein von Michael Zรผrn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

03.10.2025 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 242 ๐Ÿ” 83 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8