Mathias Poertner

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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...

EPSS 2026 submissions FAQ - EPSS Submissions are coming in fast for Belfast 2026 and so are your questions about submissions. Here are answers to the most common questions: Where do I go to submit? For panel submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/75765/symposia/create For paper submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79266/submissions/new? How many papers can I submit? We put a constraint of max one presentation per person. This does …

Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026

really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting

⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...

Today we kick off this year’s Political Behaviour Seminar series at @lsegovernment.bsky.social with @alicirone.bsky.social on gender dynamics in online deliberation. Glad to co-host the seminars with @florianfoos.bsky.social, @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @mathiaspoertner.bsky.social! Details below 👇

Excited and honored that “Creating Partisans” has won the Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award for its contributions to research on pol. organizations and parties from @apsa.bsky.social! Many thanks to the committee & everyone who helped improve the book! @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

I am so excited that this excellent line-up of speakers are presenting in the LSE @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour seminar series this term! 👇

Here is our speaker line-up: @alicirone.bsky.social, @lalamur.bsky.social, @aalrababah.bsky.social,
@aliz-toth.bsky.social, @profrosiecamp.bsky.social, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @thchau.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social, @gaetanoinglese.bsky.social, @aecoppock.bsky.social ...

Political Behaviour The Political Behaviour research group brings together faculty and students from across the LSE to share research on public opinion, voting and elections.

The @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour Seminar Series will be back for the '25/26 academic year, as usually on Thursdays, 4-5pm, in CBG 4.17. Let us know if you are external and want to attend in-person, or join remotely on Zoom. More info here: www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...

If you’re a political scientist please consider joining @epssnet.bsky.social as a member to help support this new (not for profit!) organization and the next European Political Science Conference in 2026 in Belfast 👇

If that’s not in the budget: spreading the word is just as important 😊

📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢

Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!

Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!

sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...

"The reader doesn’t care how it felt to write. They care how it feels to read." Fantastic piece about academic writing.

Political Behaviour The Political Behaviour research group brings together faculty and students from across the LSE to share research on public opinion, voting and elections.

If you can’t come in-person (CBG 4.17), you can also join remotely. For more info on how to join remotely and to sign up for the email list, please email gov.comms@lse.ac.uk

For more information on the PB seminar series:

www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...

Excited to welcome @dbroockman.bsky.social at the @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour seminar today! He will present a paper on “How Constituent Contact Reinforces the Status Quo: Evidence from Administrative Records on Contact to Congress” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)

Thank you, Daniel!

Thank you, Ben!

Thank you, Saad!

Thank you, Zach!

Thanks a lot, Guy!

Thanks! 😊

Thank you, Erin!

Thank you!

Thanks a lot, Catherine!

Thanks for your kind words, Pratik!

Exciting news to share — I have been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor @lsegovernment.bsky.social!

I’m immensely grateful for the support and guidance from colleagues, mentors, and students, and I’m looking forward to the journey ahead!

Come and do a postdoc with us… 👇

Political Behaviour The Political Behaviour research group brings together faculty and students from across the LSE to share research on public opinion, voting and elections.

If you can’t come in-person (CBG 4.17), you can also join remotely. For more info on how to join remotely and to sign up for the email list, please email gov.comms@lse.ac.uk

For more information on the PB seminar series:

www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...

The @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour seminar is hosting @seonghuilee.bsky.social for a talk on “Gender and the ‘misinformed’ type: Are men more ‘confidently wrong’ about political facts?” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)

Political Behaviour The Political Behaviour research group brings together faculty and students from across the LSE to share research on public opinion, voting and elections.

If you can’t come in-person (CBG 4.17), you can also join remotely. For more info on how to join remotely and to sign up for the email list, please email gov.comms@lse.ac.uk

For more information on the PB seminar series:

www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...

Excited to welcome Nan Zhang at the @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour seminar today! He will present a paper on “The Upside of Prejudice: Do Muslims in Europe Enjoy a Religious Trust Premium?” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)

Political Behaviour The Political Behaviour research group brings together faculty and students from across the LSE to share research on public opinion, voting and elections.

If you can’t come in-person (CBG 4.17), you can also join remotely. For more info on how to join remotely and to sign up for the email list, please email gov.comms@lse.ac.uk

For more information on the PB seminar series:

www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...