Robert A. Huber

@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:

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Abstract of the article "Structural and cyclical unemployment and redistribution support in Europe: the moderating role of welfare state size" by Ivan Petrúšek and Kristyna Basna. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 3, displaying point estimates and confidence intervals for the effects of contextual variables.

Figure 4, displaying marginal effects of cyclical unemploymemt at different levels of average public social expenditure.

Structural unemployment drives support for income redistribution in Europe, while cyclical unemployment shows no general effect.

👉 Discover how welfare state size moderates the effect of cyclical unemployment in the latest study by Ivan Petrúšek & Kristyna Basna

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New SI "Cleavage Politics in Western
Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social!

If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you.

The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.

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New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

Representation matters: Technocracy, populism, and attitudes towards international organisations | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Representation matters: Technocracy, populism, and attitudes towards international organisations

🆕 Attitudes toward international organisations? 🌍

Exploring #Technocratic & #Populist attitudes, Reinout van der Veer & @profonderco.bsky.social use survey data across five European 🏤 countries to explain how people view IOs

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Screenshot der Website des International Journal of Press/Politics (IJPP). Im Abschnitt „Most recent“ sind vier aktuelle Open-Access-Artikel aufgelistet. Drei davon stammen aus Österreich: “Rally and Recalibrate: Political Dynamics of Audience Expectations of Journalism During Times of Crisis” von Claire Roney, Daniel Wiesner, Andreas A. Riedl und Jakob-Moritz Eberl. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612251375203 “Autonomy, Objectivity, and Transparency: The Meaning and Negotiation of Journalistic Values Across Different Journalistic Beats” von Phoebe Mares, Kim Löhmann, Folker Hanusch und Daniel Nölleke. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612251375208 “Dissonant Public Spheres and Facebook Campaigning in Austria: A Cross-Level Study of the 2024 European and National Parliament Elections” von Franz Reiter und Uta Rußmann. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612251370104 Das Bild hebt diese drei Publikationen visuell mit roten Rahmen hervor.

Ein Chefredakteur über "Institute für Publizistik" in AT: "ideologische Bedürfnisanstalten, in denen Menschen, die für die Wissenschaft nicht genügend Talent oder Fleiß hatten."

Gleichzeitig: Gleich 3 österreichische Studien unter den „Most recent“ Artikeln in einem der führenden Journals im Fach.

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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Really excited that after several years of working on it, revising, and getting lots of rejections, our paper (w/ Rune Stubager & Mads Thau) on citizens’ responses to group appeals is *finally* out @ejprjournal.bsky.social

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A 🧵 on our findings...

Sore losers on election night? Examining the temporal emergence of the winner–loser gap | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Sore losers on election night? Examining the temporal emergence of the winner–loser gap

🆕 Sore losers on election night? 🫢

Einar Bäckström shows #VoterSatisfaction does not change right after electoral decisions, but becomes more polarised over time ⏰ instead long-term processes drive the winner-loser gap🏅

📖 #OA

A. Pelinka. “Die FPÖ im internationalen Vergleich. Zwischen Rechtspopulismus, Deutschnationalismus und sterreich-Patriotismus”. In: conflict & communication online 1 (2002), pp. https://web.archive.org/web/20230315030559/http://www.cco.regener-online.de/2002 1/pdf 2002

Populism, Radical Politics and the EU European Consortium for Political Research

The call for papers/panels for the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social conference is open.
Have a look at section 3 on populism, radical politics and the EU that I'll chair together with @sldelange.bsky.social
Deadline: December 10

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🎓✨ Officially Dr. Reuse! ✨🎓

After 4 years of hard work, I defended my PhD on ideology in local politics.

It was an unforgettable night. Grateful to my supervisors @nicolasbouteca.bsky.social & Kristof Steyvers, colleagues, family & friends for making this possible. ❤️

Happy to see our study out! Our main takeaway is that while poor voters vote less often, are less ideologically aligned with their preferred party, and see their preferred party less often in government - voting still does not seem to explain unequal representation.

I'm so pleased to see our new article out in Perspectives on Politics.

Since I moved to Australia, I've heard many people say "you'll never publish in a top US journal with Australia as your only case" (and they weren't wrong to think that).

But yesterday, we did.

Thread by Josh about it below:

📢🔎@ejpgjournal.bsky.social call for editors is out! As journal editor you are a key gatekeeper who is on top of the most recent research. You initiate new ideas and nourish a community. Truth be told: it is a lot of work. But with the right team it is a rewarding professional experience.

You can fool some of the people some of the time, but as campaigns unfold, you can fool fewer of the people.

New paper w/ Derek Beach and Jannik Fenger on framing effects out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social

Open Access: doi.org/10.1017/S147...

#22 Mariia Tepliakova: Is Hungary the Andrew Tate of the EU?

I’ve also been interviewed about my dissertation after I submitted it in June and I have done a terrible job promoting it 😅

Our stellar EU students talked ti me about the anti-gender backlash in the EU 🇪🇺, main challenges and yes, also Andrew Tate

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finally posting about this here as well: I have successfully defended my dissertation this Monday 🤓

with a stellar committee @lucykinski.bsky.social & @rheinisch.bsky.social and my lovely supervisors by my side @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social & @nzwiener-collins.bsky.social 🤍

onwards and upwards now!

🎉 New publication out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with @duncanmcdonnell.com and Michelle Evans!

We expected public bias to work against aspiring Indigenous political candidates in Australia. Instead, we found the opposite - an 'inverted hierarchy' of bias.

Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S153...

My co-authored article with Iepke Rijcken and Kyoko Shinozaki, “Embodied experiences in motion: integrating the senses in research and teaching” has just been published in
@ersjournal.com as part of the Special Issue: Multisensory Approaches in Migration Studies.

Application deadline: 23 November 2025 The Editorial Management Board of the European Journal of Politics and Gender invites applications for the editorship of the journal to run for a period of three years from July 2026, with the possibility of renewing for a second two-year term. The European Journal of Politics and Gender (EJPG) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes international, cutting-edge research in the broad field of politics and gender. The journal has an Impact Factor of 2.3, ranking in the top quartile of both Political Science and Women’s Studies journals. The journal understands research in ‘politics and gender’ to include both gender and LGBTQIA+ politics. The new editorial team is expected to continue the journal’s LGBTQIA+-inclusive approach to gender and politics scholarship. The current Lead Editors, Phillip Ayoub and Jennifer Piscopo, are stepping down with their Associate Editor team in July 2026. We are looking to appoint a team of two to three new Co-Lead Editors to shape the journal. The newly appointed Co-Lead Editors may work alongside one of the outgoing Lead Editors for a period of several months to ensure a smooth transition.

WE WANT YOU! 🫵

The call for a new editorial team for the EJPG is now open❗
The mandate of the journal's sitting stellar team led by @jennpiscopo.bsky.social & @payoub.bsky.social will come to an end in July 2026.

📆 Applications must be received by November 23rd

Details of call here: rb.gy/lqidii

Do voters strategically attempt to affect the identity of the next prime minister?
In a new paper at @ejprjournal.bsky.social, we show they do!
Using @cses.bsky.social and German surveys, we find when and how "formateur optimization" is more likely to occur
@ortuttnauer.com
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Partisan affect and political tolerance in the context of shifting norms: the effect of coalition signals towards the radical right Mainstream political actors in many countries face the challenging decision of how to engage with radical-right parties. While some systematically exclude them from power, others accept them as coa...

🤝 @jochemvanagt.bsky.social, Katrin Praprotnik, @luanarusso.bsky.social, and @markuswagner.bsky.social show that when the mainstream right signals openness to govern with the far right, it eases tensions on the right but amplifies antipathy on the left 👇

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🎉 Thanks to our incredible authors, reviewers & readers for your patience and support as we move to @universitypress.cambridge.org

📘 @ejprjournal.bsky.social is now live with Cambridge!
💡 And more @ecpr.bsky.social journals to join 🧵

Together towards an #OpenAccess future in #PoliticalScience 🫱🏾 🫲

Call for applications for new editorial team for JEPOP (1)

Call for applications for new editorial team for JEPOP (2)

We are now accepting applications for a new editorial team for #JEPOP, the official EPOP journal (www.tandfonline.com/journals/fbe...).

❗Closing date for applications: 21 Nov at 17:00 GMT❗

For further information/to get in touch with any informal enquiries, please see details in the call below.

What Mainstream Parties and Media Should Learn from the Dutch Extreme-Right Riots illiberalism.org | Stijn van Kessel and Andrej Zaslove on the far-right riots in The Hague, the reaction from political leaders, and lessons for preserving liberal democracy and liberal democratic principles.

Top comment on the #farright riots in the Netherlands by 2 top people

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We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.

🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

EJPR 64.4 Out Now Click here and read online!

EJPR News 📰

That is all from📘 Vol 64, Issue 4 of EJPR!

Featuring 20 articles and more than 8 research notes, 📖 looking at the latest in #PolSci research and the comparative study of politics.

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