Tobias Risse

‼️ Two weeks left to apply for the postdoc in Political Text Analysis in the MULTIREP project 👇.

Does public opinion shape elite preferences for nuclear weapon use? 🚀 Our new article in @ejisbisa.bsky.social provides the first experimental evidence that political elites are at least partially influenced by public sentiment when considering high-level decisions on nuclear weapon use.

🚨 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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We are excited to welcome new researchers to the PRCP! 🥳 Read more about their background and research focus below. 👇

Just two more days to apply! ⬇️ @iirprague.bsky.social

Now with an issue number: Check out our article (w/ D. Finke) @psrm.bsky.social on states‘ positions in UNGA 1st Comm. speeches: doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
Using a new combination of 3 methods, we find 2 latent conflicts: one on conventional arms, one on WMD.
#armscontrol
#polisky
#conflictsky
#nukesky

📢 My last PhD paper is out in Legislative Studies Quarterly 📢

📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation

🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Very happy to have this one with @patrickbayer.bsky.social and @fgenovese.bsky.social accepted in @psrm.bsky.social! We show that, without unambiguous policy commitments, stock markets will not stir capital away from fossil fuel and towards renewable energy investments.

More info in the thread!

Democracy and State Support for Arms Control Abstract. This article presents the first global quantitative study of the relationship between states’ level of liberal democracy and their support for ar

🚨 Just published: the first global quantitative study on the relationship between democracy and state support for arms control from @tobiasrisse.bsky.social!

➡️ Read the full article here (open access): academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

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🚨 Publication alert @fpajrnl.bsky.social

In this article, I examine how democracy affects states' arms control preferences. I find that democracy facilitates support for conventional, but not nuclear arms control. For more info, see abstract below or full article: academic.oup.com/fpa/article/...

Due diligence laws make firms liable for human rights violations and environmental damage in their supply chains. But the business lobby heavily criticizes these laws because of the required bureaucracy and potential compliance costs, which may create economic disadvantages. (1/5)

How does filing complaints to the United Nations affect the human rights situation of civil society organizations? To learn more about this question, check out our publication (with the fantastic Hannah Smidt) in the British Journal of Political Science. (1/8)
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New research alert! 🚨

@tobiasrisse.bsky.social just published an article in
@intlinteractions.bsky.social on the topic of interstate rivalry, major power status, and state support for arms control.

🌎 He argues that rivalries with major powers decrease non-major powers’ support for arms control.

Out now @intlinteractions.bsky.social:
In my new article, I find that rivalries with major powers tend to decrease minor powers' support for arms control. Why? See abstract below 👇 or here for the full article: doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2025.2518394

#armscontrol
#conflictsky
#polisky 🗺

Congrats! 🤗🤗

🚨🚨🚨 Publication alert!

Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:

"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"

together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?

⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇

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How will voters react to CDU shifting away from its strict "no collaboration"-stance toward AfD? During my PhD, I sought to answer this question. Sooner than I had hoped, it is no longer mostly hypothetical. A thread… (1/6)
doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Closing in two weeks:

2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.

PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...

Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...

Now with an issue number: Check out my article @conflictmanagement.bsky.social on civil war and state support for conventional arms control 👉 doi.org/10.1177/0738...

Thanks 😊

Check out this brilliant and important study by my friend and co-author @valentindaur.bsky.social 👇

🚨 Job Alert 🚨: Postdoc Opportunity @ LMU Munich!

Join the ERC-funded CIVILSPACE project. We're looking for a postdoc with:
📊 Experience in survey experiments
🤝 Interest in civil society, non-profit, organization or interest group research

⏰ Application deadline: December 8, 2024

Could you please add me? 😊

🚨🚨🚨 Very happy to share that my paper w/ Daniel Finke on states' rhetorical positions in the UNGA First Committee is out @psrm.bsky.social. We analyze speeches by combining 3 automated text-analytic methods in a novel way. See abstract below, or here: doi.org/10.1017/psrm... #polisky #conflictsky

Now with an issue number: Check out my article on external threats and state support for arms control in the Journal of Peace Research 👇
doi.org/10.1177/0022...
#polisky
#conflictsky

Elitist Remedies? Complaint Resources and Representation in International Human Rights Bodies Abstract. This article investigates determinants of representation in international human rights bodies. It is argued that socioeconomic factors shape whet

Are international human rights bodies remedies for elites? My new study shows that socio-economic elites are more likely to file complaints to UN human rights bodies, while marginalized groups from low-income countries are underrepresented (1/7) academic.oup.com/isq/article/...

My paper "Civil war and state support for conventional arms control" is now available at @conflictmanagement.bsky.social. It explores the relationship between, well, civil war and state support for conventional arms control. See below for the abstract and here for the paper: doi.org/10.1177/0738...

@profmusgrave.bsky.social Can you add me to polisky?