Simon Weschle

(Soft) deadline for this is tomorrow, so please apply!

The Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for the position of Teaching Assistant Professor of Political Science. We are looking for a colleague who will teach three courses per semester in our undergraduate curriculum. The principal responsibility will be teaching in Comparative Politics, especially the introductory course, but the candidate may be invited to teach other courses, depending upon the department’s needs and the candidate’s areas of expertise. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated record of successful undergraduate instruction. There are no research expectations associated with this position. This is a fixed term position with an initial appointment for three years and opportunities for re-appointment and advances contingent on performance and available funding. As part of the University’s teaching track, the position offers competitive benefits. More information on UNC’s career ladder and fixed term ranks is available here: https://facultyaffairs.unc.edu/policies-and-procedures/faculty-appointments/fixed-term-faculty-ranks/.

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨

We're hiring a Teaching Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics!

Come join a great department: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/312...

I'm on the committee, so send any questions my way.
#polisky #academicjobs

Alright, I'll tell you all the details he mentioned in a few months ;)

The Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for the position of Teaching Assistant Professor of Political Science. We are looking for a colleague who will teach three courses per semester in our undergraduate curriculum. The principal responsibility will be teaching in Comparative Politics, especially the introductory course, but the candidate may be invited to teach other courses, depending upon the department’s needs and the candidate’s areas of expertise. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated record of successful undergraduate instruction. There are no research expectations associated with this position. This is a fixed term position with an initial appointment for three years and opportunities for re-appointment and advances contingent on performance and available funding. As part of the University’s teaching track, the position offers competitive benefits. More information on UNC’s career ladder and fixed term ranks is available here: https://facultyaffairs.unc.edu/policies-and-procedures/faculty-appointments/fixed-term-faculty-ranks/.

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨

We're hiring a Teaching Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics!

Come join a great department: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/312...

I'm on the committee, so send any questions my way.
#polisky #academicjobs

That'll pass. I remember talking to someone who works for the Nets who is usually a very diplomatic person, and he had absolutely zero good things to say about Harden.

☀️☀️ Exciting news in Madrid!

We are VERY happy to officially announce the creation of the Instituto Juan Linz (aka “IJL”).
ijlinz.es

The IJL ("Juan Linz Institute" in English) is dedicated to cutting-edge research and teaching in political science, sociology, economic history and more.
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PEEP 2026 - Submission Please complete this form if you would like to attend the 2026 Political Economy of Europe APSA Pre-Conference. The pre-conference will be held on Wednesday September 2, 2026 (the day before APSA) at ...

PEEP is back this year🤌 ! The 4th Political Economy of Europe APSA Pre-Conference will be hosted at Harvard on Sept 2, the day before APSA.

We welcome observational, experimental and formal theory work focused on Europe. Deadline: March 1st.

forms.gle/V6NEy4AfnSs7...

Postdoctoral Position at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” Deadline: 20 February 2026, 12:00 pm CET

🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨

We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.

4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026

Please share widely 🙏

The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...

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BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of electoral candidate wealth on voter preferences in different countries. The text analyzes voter bias toward wealthy candidates and its influence on democratic preferences.

NEW -

Like ’Em Rich? Public Perceptions and Opinions of Politicians’ Wealth - https://cup.org/3L6V50J

- Marko Klašnja & @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

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.

📣 New EJPR publication!

@stefaniebailer.bsky.social, @nathaliegiger.bsky.social and I study citizens’ attitudes toward MPs’ side income disclosure in 7 European countries.

MPs who conceal income are trusted least, even less than those with very high side incomes.
doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100303

Only the Super-Rich can Run Campaign finance doesn't just influence winning, it decides who can even stand for elections

Nice write-up of our recent paper on the link between campaign finance permissiveness and the wealth of politicians.

We're hiring at UNC Political Science!

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Methods (Deadline Oct 24)

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

#polisky #psjobs #poliscijobs

We're hiring at UNC Political Science!

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Methods (Deadline Oct 24)

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

#polisky #psjobs #poliscijobs

Just out at JOP (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....) : Why do so few working-class people hold office? It's not lack of interest. Noam Lupu and I ran 10 surveys in 8 countries and found no evidence of a social class gap in how often qualified people consider running.

🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨

If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!

More here 👇🏽

Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests

At this point my book is practically writing itself...

🌟🎉 Celebrating @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social (WashU)—recipient of the 2025 Emerging Scholar Award!
Her research is already shaping the field in big ways.
Come and celebrate with her at the business meeting (Sept 12, Friday, @12pm)
#APSA25 @apsa.bsky.social #EmergingScholar

I'm delighted to advertise an exciting job as centre manager, helping me build Oxford's new Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). We start this academic year and aim to attract as new faculty some of the world's top people in computational, experimental and qualitative methods.

Pal if you can share the secret of how to control a group of 3yos that’ll make you more cash than any AI project

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

5/6 🧵In ‪@ajpseditor.bsky.social‬ @luciamotoliniac.bsky.social Klašnja & @simonweschle.bsky.social‬ show that higher pressures to spend in campaigns leads to a wealthier politician pool. Use data on MP wealth from 40 countries, & quasiexperimental evidence from 🇧🇷 & 🇨🇱 https://doi.org/pz7c

Does political sophistication moderate how citizens use information to infer left-right distances between parties? Research identifies numerous factors associated with citizens’ perceptions of party ideologies, including the Left-Right orientations of parties’ election manifestos, governing coalition arrangemen...

Our paper (w/ wonderful co-authors @rwillh11.bsky.social, @simonweschle.bsky.social, @cbwlezien.bsky.social, and Jim Adams) is now out in print! 🎉 May be of interest to those studying electoral behavior, party strategy, or how citizens use information!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library We provide a comprehensive theoretical and empirical account of the relationship between campaign finance pressures and the wealth of politicians. We argue that the heavily right-skewed wealth distri...

Now out in @ajpseditor.bsky.social:

@luciamotoliniac.bsky.social, Marko Klašnja and I show that greater pressures to spend more money on campaigning leads not just to more politicians who are rich, but especially to more politicians who are are *super* rich

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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To be fair, he's tweeting that he's upset that he *didn't* get anything out of it, which suggests he thinks the causal effect of campaign finance is zero :)

Special Interest Trade-Offs: Campaign Finance Reforms and Religious Influence in Politics in Brazil | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

In a just-accepted paper at the @thejop.bsky.social , @MelaniCammett, Guadalupe Tuñon, and I examine how campaign finance reforms have unanticipated effects: organized actors gain an edge. In our case, the Universal Kingdom of God Church in Brazil.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The WaPo-AI summary of the comments section on this piece is quite something

The #UniKonstanz Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality @excinequality.bsky.social will continue to receive funding in the context of the German #ExcellenceStrategy @dfg.de @wissenschaftsrat.de. Details: t1p.de/ouhyj