@sopro.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science | University of Cologne | ERC MINORITYRULE | svenoliverproksch.com
The Call for Papers for the 2026 EPSS annual conference in Belfast is now live!
Looking forward to your submissions!! Check out all details in this thread 👇
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
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I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
Job Opening! We're seeking a Postdoc in Computational Social Science to join our team at GESIS! Apply now:
www.gesis.org/en/ins...
🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such?
My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).
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🚨 We're hiring!
Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment.
Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊
www.gesis.org/en/institute...
🌍 European Political Science Society is officially launched (EPSS)!
🗓️ June 26, 2025
📍EPSS is a not-for-profit & member-led association for political science in Europe
👉 Visit us: epssnet.org
Some updates 👇🏽
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Finally in the same place at the same time! Great to meet up in Madrid and celebrate the 2nd edition of Foundations of European Politics. Get your copy at OUP now! 📘 @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social
28.06.2025 14:12 — 👍 55 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions.
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1. Who formed EPSS?
EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.
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I just joined the newly established European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social. It will shape the discource and exchange in our discipline in forseeable future - thanks to all founding members & entrepreneurs.
27.06.2025 13:47 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Some more context on @epssnet.bsky.social founding and the problems with EPSA by Ken Benoit 👇. The not-for-profit model is the only solution for an academic association in the long-run... historical institutionalism will tell you why! 😅😉
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Great news for political science in Europe! Excited to be part of the founding council of the new non-profit and member-led political science association in Europe EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social
26.06.2025 22:34 — 👍 34 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0🚨 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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Delighted to be at my favourite political science conference #epsa2025 in beautiful Madrid!
Don't miss my Presidential Address this evening at 18:50, followed by the Presidential Drinks Reception in the Ground Floor Foyer
Have a great EPSA conference!
Foundations of European Politics - OUP textbook
Delighted to see the 2nd edition of Foundations of European Politics 🇪🇺 in print! @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sopro.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social
If you teach EU or European politics, you can order an inspection copy here: global.oup.com/ushe/product...
Congratulations!! That‘s a great project!
23.05.2025 15:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
Our Team Digital Society Observatory in #Cologne is looking for a #SeniorResearcher & #TeamLeader in Computational Social Science #CSS (Salary group 15 TV-L, working time 100%, initially for four years with possible tenure):
gesis.jobs.personio....
🎉 Exciting news! Our Cluster of Excellence @econtribute.bsky.social will be funded for another seven years by @dfg.de! We’re excited to continue our journey together. Many thanks to all involved! Find out more here: econtribute.de/funding-exte... #ExStra @unibonn.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
22.05.2025 15:26 — 👍 45 🔁 5 💬 5 📌 4The first edition instantly became my go to for my European Politics class. The second edition added important chapters, revised throughout and even updated the awesome data exercises! Thanks to the team!
13.05.2025 19:27 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Huge thanks to @jwaeckerle.bsky.social for invaluable help in creating the interactive exercises, and to @reidingerve.bsky.social for developing the companion website. 💻👏 4/4
13.05.2025 15:17 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Students can explore data from #ESS, #V-Dem, #EUDIFF, #Eurobarometer, #EES, #ParlGov, #CSES, #CHES, #ParlSpeech, #WhoGov, as well as lots of #EU-related data! 🌍🇪🇺
OUP hosts additional instructor materials including solutions to the dataset exercises! learninglink.oup.com/access/devri... 3/4
The website introduces students in greater depth to major political datasets related to the book chapters. 📊📈
To engage with the concepts from the chapters, students can engage with the data and answer a series of questions using interactive Shiny apps. #R 💻 2/4
🚨The updated companion site for the 2nd edition of our textbook #foundationsofeuropeanpolitics is now live! Discover all data exercise updates and additions at www.foundationsofeuropeanpolitics.com @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social 🚀🧵1/4
13.05.2025 15:17 — 👍 21 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
Delighted that the 2nd edition of our textbook - with @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sopro.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social - is out now!
📘Foundations of European Politics 📒
Copies can be ordered here: www.oup.com/ukhe/product...
Data and exercises here: www.foundationsofeuropeanpolitics.com
Learn more and order your copy at Oxford University Press: global.oup.com/academic/pro...! 📘🇪🇺 5/5
12.05.2025 19:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Laptop in an outside cafe overlooking Pacific ocean
It’s been a pleasure to collaborate on this second edition with such brilliant co-authors @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social! (And yes, some chapters were written within sight of the Pacific). 🌍📘
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The 2nd edition includes:
✅ Fresh content on recent developments
✅ Three additional chapters on the scientific study of European politics, political communication and information, and interest groups
✅ Companion site with updated data exercises: www.foundationsofeuropeanpolitics.com
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There’s never been a greater need to help students make sense of what’s happening in European politics.
The fully updated edition offers a clear and accessible introduction to national and EU-level politics in Europe.
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Book cover of the second edition of Foundations of European Politics A Comparative Approach
📢 🇪🇺📘 Exciting news! The second edition of our textbook "Foundations of European Politics: A Comparative Approach" - with @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @jbslapin.bsky.social - is out at Oxford UP! 🧵👇 1/5
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Image of a building of the University of Bremen with the text "Summer School for Women in Political Methodology" and "20 to 26 July at the University of Bremen" writen on it.
🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨
Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
