Robert A. Huber

Happy that our paper with @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, and @lstoetze.bsky.social found a home at @thejop.bsky.social. You can read it here 👇

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🍊 Fresh out!

Eliska Drapalova and @fredpaxton.bsky.social analyse four rounds of local elections across 670 Czech municipalities to show how the rise of independent local lists (ILLs) shapes the electoral performance of populist parties.

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New publication w/ my friend & amazing coauthor @fedetrastulli.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🎉

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We explore: Who considers which political issues as important & how is this related to sociodemographic/socioeconomic variables?

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Distributional preferences in a global pandemic: Voter attitudes toward COVID-19 economic policy interventions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Distributional preferences in a global pandemic: Voter attitudes toward COVID-19 economic policy interventions

💸🦠 #PublicOpinion on #Covid19 economic cris?
Jeffrey M. Chwieroth & Andrew Walter's Australia–UK 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 conjoint study shows support for wage subsidies but mixed or negative reactions to financial-sector aid, highlighting the importance of #PolicyDesign

Abstract It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, but in very specific ways: First, overall, people still perceive status as largely socioeconomically determined. Second, sociocultural groups figure in perceptions of who is gaining/losing status, less so in perceptions of the top/bottom of society. Third, more than conservative voters, it is social progressives who mention women and minorities as “winners”. While on race/ethnicity, we find evidence for a backlash, on gender and sexuality we find more evidence for a progressive momentum. This matters for progressive politics today and for how we empirically study status concerns.

New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.

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Political corruption and voting in Romanian municipal elections: Why perceptions of collective action matter | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Political corruption and voting in Romanian municipal elections: Why perceptions of collective action matter

🗳️ Why don’t people vote corrupt 🦹‍♀️ leaders out?

Romania 🇷🇴 study by Nicholas Charron & Andreas Bågenholm find many stay home 🏡 because they think others won’t vote either – but can more information improve turnout? 🤷

Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.

Sehr wichtiger und guter Gastkommentar von @heikekluever.bsky.social in der Süddeutschen Zeitung (@szde.bsky.social)!

Im Oktober erschien in den Salzburger Nachrichten (@sn.at) ein Artikel von @irisbonavida.bsky.social zu personalisierter Onlinewerbung mit Kommentaren von mir. Darin verweise ich auf aktuelle Forschung von Kolleg*innen sowie auf Ergebnisse meines eigenen Experiments: doi.org/10.1177/1940...

Having won this last year, there are few people I'd be happier to see take the title than Ben Moffitt - a truly world-class researcher and a nice guy too!

I am delighted to finally see this article out in (online) print!

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Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Coalition government and the electoral consequences of legislative organization

🆕 Why do junior coalition parties sometimes dodge voter anger? 😤
Lasse Aaskoven & @shane-martin.bsky.social study 36 🇪🇺 & OECD countries to show how strong legislative committees help smaller parties protect their policy brand and navigate electoral costs

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.

We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!

Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Transparency matters: The positive effect of politicians’ side income disclosure on voters’ perceptions

🆕 Side income impacts trust in politicians? 💰
@ohuwyler.bsky.social @stefaniebailer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social
study voters across 7 🇪🇺 countries to see how transparency about parliamentarians’ extra income shapes #VoterPerceptions, #Trust, and electability

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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#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

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

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...

BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of anti-immigration sentiment on regional demographic changes and its economic implications, focusing on the German labor market and residential choices in the context of the Global Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) study.

NEW -

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

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

#OpenAccess

“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

🍂 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

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

🆕 #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. 📊

🚨 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

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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

🆕 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

#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...
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BJPolS abstract discussing the relationship between asset accumulation and voting patterns in Britain, focusing on the Conservative Party and generational differences in political behavior.

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

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

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...

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/...

📄 New WP version out - full overhaul!

The Politics of Evidence Selection (w/ @jesperasring.bsky.social )

Comments welcome!

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