Filip Kostelka

Here is the call for papers in full. Participants from the CEE region can have their travel & accommodation fully covered. Apply by 30/3. More info: www.eui.eu/en/projects/...

This will be the 3rd edition. If you study pol. behaviour and work on #CEE, this is the right place to present your research. Dates: June 25-26. Discussants include @simonhix.bsky.social & @eliasdinas.bsky.social. Highlight: roundtable on dem. erosion with H. Kriesi, M. Svolik & N. Wunsch.

Why did antisemitism rise in Germany during the Covid pandemic? And why was this increase concentrated among political centrists, rather than on the fringes?

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@kanol.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social

Looking forward to discussing this article with a bunch of clever MA students tomorrow (morning 🥱)

🎄 Now if this isn't the perfect Christmas gift for scholars of elections! A fresh @cses.bsky.social Module 6 Advance Release for you all to analyze and explore!

I am hiring a post-doctoral fellow (2 years) to work on all things political finance in Africa. There are no teaching obligations, and lots of opportunities for fieldwork. A PhD in Political Science is a requirement. Please spread the word! Happy to answer questions - send them to my LSE email.

Congratulations again, Dr Zinober, on an excellent dissertation!

A week has passed since I successfully defended my dissertation at @eui-sps.bsky.social, and I still feel extremely proud of the skills I have learned and the research I have produced.

🎉 SPS researcher Max Bradley has been awarded the Ireland Thinks Best Paper Prize for his paper 'Cost, Risk, and Threat: The Material & Contextual Factors Driving Climate Policy Preferences&#3... 🎉 SPS researcher Max Bradley has been awarded the Ireland Thinks Best Paper Prize for his paper 'Cost, Risk, and Threat: The Material & Contextual Factors Driving Climate Policy Preferences' 💬 “This...

So this happened a little while ago. I'm very grateful to the judges from the @psaireland.bsky.social and to @kevcunningham.bsky.social for generous financial support of the prize. It was great to be in Galway a few weeks ago to collect the award at the PSAI annual conference.

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Good morning. A coda (from me) on this replication business.

While I understand the impulse, it is disheartening that most of the discussion generated by this replication is about the replication "process" -- both the APSR's process and my own process.

What could we be talking about instead?

I have now read the response by Turnbull-Dugarte and López Ortega again with a clearer eye.

Multiple claims in this response are untrue or seek to obscure the truth.

My interest has always been the accuracy of the scientific record, so I feel compelled to note some of these claims here.

The relevance of meritocratic beliefs for redistributive preferences increases with income A leading explanation for why in democratic societies the rich are not taxed more is that meritocratic beliefs breed tolerance for inequality. We prob…

📢New publication:

The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic.

🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu!

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Rethinking politics after migration, with Eva Krejcova Moving abroad can change how people see politics A new article led by Eva Krejcova in the American Journal of Political Science reveals a dual dynamic: migran

Here is a short interview for the @eui-eu.bsky.social about our article (w/ @filipkostelka.bsky.social & Nicolas Sauger) in the AJPS @ajpseditor.bsky.social. We discuss the key findings, why they matter, and how they speak to broader debates on migration and politics.
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IPSA Companion to Political Science This open access companion is a comprehensive reference work for political science, detailing the 200 most central concepts of the discipline.

Useful undergrad resource: A brief overview of 200 important concepts in political science

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The EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences invites prospective PhD candidates to join the SPS Virtual Open Day 2025. Discover online our doctoral programme, meet faculty and researchers, and learn about life at the EUI. 📅 4 December 2025 | Online event
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New OA article @europe-asia.bsky.social: The Incumbency Advantage and the Enabler Effect: How Londongrad Beat the UK AML Regime

Drawing on £2bn of property data, we show that not a single incumbent kleptocrat (0/72!) lost their UK assets.

with @jheathershaw.bsky.social T. Mayne & S. Tokubayev

Thanks for the question. Unfortunately, they can be considered only if they have external funding (www.eui.eu/en/services/...), or if they are eligible in a Member state (for example, if they did their master's there - some MS are willing to fund such candidates). I wish there were more options.

If you know anyone considering doing a PhD in political science or sociology, encourage them to apply to the EUI PhD program and join the institute's landmark 50th cohort of PhD researchers in the SPS Department! Applications from Central and Eastern Europe are particularly welcome!

We have reached peak "NATO expansion propaganda". Jeffrey Sachs claims he was personally told by someone he didn't meet that there was a broken promise to a person who says it wasn't made.

Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
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🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨

Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Last week, I presented my research at the University of Rijeka (@unirijeka.bsky.social) during an event celebrating Croatia's accession to @eui-eu.bsky.social. I am grateful to the session's chair, Tena Prelec (@tenaprelec.bsky.social), & the audience for great questions & engagement.

China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.

Sheffield Hallam University appeased China Govt to protect its income from Chinese student enrollment.

It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.

Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.

Join us on October 30 (12:00, IDHEAP Learning Lab) for the next IDHEAP–LAGAPE seminar!

Anna Gwiazda (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) will present her work on Women’s Political Participation and Democratic Resilience in an Era of Democratic Decline.

@unil.bsky.social @sspunil.bsky.social

Nano-targeting is not a persuasive weapon: it is a dissuasion and polarization weapon. New paper out osf.io/preprints/so... with the brilliant Thomas Robinson, @simonhix.bsky.social and @fresejoris.bsky.social – the first to quantify the perverse incentives/inherent democratic dangers of this tech.

Abstract of the article "Awakening the sleeping giant: rising Euroscepticism and turnout in European Parliament elections" by Filip Kostelka and Eva Krejcova. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 1, displaying voter turnout in EP elections between 1979 and 2024.

Figure 2, displaying Euroscepticism in national elections between 1974 and 2024.

Figure 3, displaying predicted turnout at different levels of euroscepticism in national parliament.

What explains the rising turnout in recent EP elections?

@filipkostelka.bsky.social & @evakrejcova.bsky.social find that it's the strength of Eurosceptic parties at the national level. The more seats they hold in national parliament, the more mobilizing the EP election is

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Félicitations 👏

Bacteriologists cannot turn into bacteria, but political scientists can turn into voters. Today is one of those days. #volby2025 #VotingInRome #frecciarossa

You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU?

Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇

@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.

The call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025.

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@rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!