Jelle Koedam

Gefeliciteerd, Matthijs! Dat is fantastisch nieuws! 🎉

🚨 New article out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social with @svenhegewald.bsky.social

“The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war."

How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies?

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

Congrats, Theresa! That's amazing! 🎉

Wat mooi! Gefeliciteerd, Sarah!

Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties.

A thread 👇 (1/n)

#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV

Together with @jellekoedam.bsky.social, @tinepaulsen.bsky.social, and @nicolaiberk.bsky.social, we brought together an amazing group of researchers doing exciting work here in Zurich — and it turned into a super fun, engaging workshop. Huge thanks to everyone who joined and made it so special!

Gefeliciteerd, Gijs! 🎉

Congratulations on two huge milestones, Tadeas! 🎉

Gefeliciteerd, Maurits! Exciting times ahead!

Congrats, Tadeas! 🎉

Thank you, Tadeas! Glad you find it helpful :)

Thanks, Seth! 🙏

How should we study party polarization in Europe?

Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)

Thank you for sharing!

Thanks so much, Ana!

Thank you for sharing, Alina!

Paper is part of my @snsf-ch.bsky.social Ambizione

More to come soon, including code to easily use our measures yourself!

Using @chesdata.bsky.social and @cses.bsky.social data, we demonstrate the value of our multidimensional approach and its ability to better predict mass partisanship

We introduce the *effective dimensionality* of a political space, and use it to analyze multidimensional polarization

✅ Simple, intuitive, and easily extended to any type or number of dimensions

Main point 🎯

-- Dimensions can collapse into 1D polarization (see PT)
-- Dimensions can be orthogonal and produce 2D polarization (see NL)

🚨 Reinforcing vs. cross-cutting polarization have different consequences for democracy!

⚠️ Left vs. right polarization frequently underestimates party differences, especially on cultural issues

⚠️ Summing up individual polarization scores assumes dimensional independence

➡️ We need an alternative approach!

We argue that left vs. right polarization is ill-suited to capture contemporary party conflict

European party systems are complex, fragmented, and structured by multiple ideological divides (e.g., economic + cultural)

How should we study party polarization in Europe?

Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)

Congratulations, Zeynep! 🎉

Postdoctoral fellow in political science: party competition in Europe Are you our next postdoc with a focus on using expert surveys to examine political party competition around cleavage politics? The Department of Political Science invites applications for a 2-year pos

I am looking to hire a post-doctoral researcher to work with me in a project on social cleavages and political party competition in Europe:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!

Check out the latest addition to the CHES family, CHES-Canada 2023: www.chesdata.eu/chescanada

Thanks to @jellekoedam.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social for their work on this project!

More news to follow soon on CHES-Europe 2024!

‼️ O, Canada is now in CHES!

The data include party position estimates for federal parties in Canada + parties in Ontario and Quebec. It's also super easy to combine with other @chesdata.bsky.social data to compare positions with positions of parties in other countries!

‼️ Hiring ‼️

Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich

📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)

Application deadline in early March.

Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk

We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions

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...

Congratulations, Julian! 🎉