IPZ - Political Science UZH

Early-career researchers: we offer a Peace Research Fellowship at @ipz.bsky.social University of Zurich - fully funded, 2-week research visit with the Decades of Peace team.
Deadline: March 20
Application details: www.decadesofpeace.com/fellowship
August in Zurich may include a swim in the river.

Offene Stellen / Open Positions

🚨Job alert 🚨

I have an opening for a postdoc in my team at @ipz.bsky.social in the area of digital democracy starting Sep 1, 2026.

If you are working on the impact of the digital transformation on politics, please apply by 🗓️ Mar 1, 2026.

📤 Please share widely!

www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns...

A presenter talking in front a presentation.

A group photo of the professors from UZH's IPZ and ETH's CIS.

A photo of the audience filling up the room.

At his year's annual CIS Colloquium, researchers from @ipz.bsky.social and @ciseth.bsky.social presented their latest work, showcasing the vital role of political science in developing multidisciplinary responses to today's complex global challenges.

Logo for the European Journal of Political Research displaying the text "EJPR European Journal of Political Research" in cream letters on a blue background, accompanied by the hashtag "#OpenAccess".

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

Voices of the party base: How supporters want established parties to respond to new parties - https://cup.org/4q1M0ET

- Dominik Duell, @dielea.bsky.social, @sopro.bsky.social, Jonathan B. Slapin & @chriswratil.bsky.social

#FirstView

💻 Who actually wants “digitalisation”?

Alexander Kuo, @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @ainagallego.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social survey five EU countries and find a clear mainstream-populist divide in support for digitalisation policies 👇

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨Happy to finally see this out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social (with @leonardocarella.bsky.social)

⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*?

doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Great way to kick off this year‘s #SPSA conference in Zurich: a keynote by the great @catherinedevries.bsky.social.

Thanks also to @jbslapin.bsky.social for running the conference and the fantastic @ipz.bsky.social admin team for an excellent organization.

A welcome poster for the SPSA's annual congress with the theme: emotional politics

Participants are checking in at the welcome desk. the organising team is wearing the new IPZ shirt with the slogan "power analysts"

Participants in lively discussion

Today the IPZ opens its doors to the annual congress of the Swiss Political Science Association. We wish all the participants two insightful days. May you enjoy many interesting talks with old and new friends on the topic of emotional politics!

#WePZ #IPZ #UZH #polisci #politikwissenschaft

Grüezi mitenand! One of the “real ones” will be presenting a new project on the crumbling of Germany’s cordon sanitaire and its consequences for progressive voting behavior tomorrow (early) morning.

The real ones know: there is only one SPSA conference today! 🇨🇭

Looking forward to present two brand-new paper projects ((Paper 1) co-authored with @hannaschwander.bsky.social and @franziskaveit.bsky.social & (Paper 2) co-authored with @juliusk.bsky.social) in Zurich today and tomorrow!

I'm delighted to announce that my paper "How terrorism affects support for democracy" doi.org/10.1007/s111... is now published in Public Choice.
Thanks to all my dear colleagues and friends who supported this project in whatever way over the years.😍🥳🍀

In a new paper, we show that "opportunity moves" foster political integration and shift political preferences to the left.

Please have a look at @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social's excellent summary for some more details.

👉 tinyurl.com/46utjj65

Very proud of our @ipz.bsky.social students who celebrated their graduation tonight. Congratulations to all, especially our prize winners! The prizes for best dissertation go to @reidingerve.bsky.social and @indubioproreto.bsky.social - Congrats! 🎉🥂🍾

New publication made in @ipz.bsky.social. Congrats, Verena!

Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media

📢 In a new online field experiment, we find that #counterspeech with perspective-based messages can reduce online hate speech, and its 🌟amplification🌟

with a large research team across #ETHZurich @ipz.bsky.social @uclspp.bsky.social and beyond

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Newest Comparative Political Data Set released!🚨

Updated until 2023

Available here 👉cpds-data.org/data

@leuphana.bsky.social
@uniluzern.bsky.social
@ipz.bsky.social

❗The segmentation of the right field is eroding, especially among young voters❗

New article out by @simonbornschier.bsky.social @dpzollinger.bsky.social
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself
@ipz.bsky.social ‬ @wepsocial.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj

A short 🧵

1/7

How much competition within the right field?
❗Segmentation is eroding, especially among young voters❗
New article out by @siljahausermann.bsky.social ‪@dpzollinger.bsky.social
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself

@ipz.bsky.social @wepsocial.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj

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New @ipz.bsky.social PhD!

Let's see whether the tariffs are actually implemented as threatened, but this graph shows just how much the trade regime has changed since January.

Last day of my research stay at IPZ (@ipz.bsky.social). It’s been such a welcoming and intellectually generous environment. Many thanks to everyone who made this such a rewarding and inspiring experience.

Next stop: my Alma Mater in Vienna (@stawi-univie.bsky.social).

PoliTea Podcast · Institut für Politikwissenschaft UZH | Fachverein Polito · 🎙 Willkommen bei PoliTea – Politik, aber nicht langweilig! Wir bringen euch die spannendsten politischen Themen direkt aufs Ohr! 🧠...

Just spent time discussing my career and research with our cool @ipz.bsky.social polito students for their newest project PoliTea, a podcast series featuring interviews with different IPZ members.

Already online: interviews with Hannah Werner and @enzonussio.bsky.social – check it out!

Do you work on issues related to digital public administration?

We are hiring!

We are a department that prizes both excellence in research and teaching and a collegial and supportive work environment and would love to hear from you.

(Zurich is also a great place to live)

PhD position job ad available as PDF at https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:77dfe94b-ae4d-4b61-9e4a-2da1ad38ca25/05_PhD_Donnay.pdf

PhD opportunity in my team!

📢 Fully funded PhD position (3+1 years)
🏫 University of Zurich / Zurich University of Applied Sciences
📅 Start of the position: September 1, 2025
⏳ Application deadline: May 31, 2025

Job ad: www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns...
Project Info: www.dizh.uzh.ch/en/2025/04/1...

job ad as found on www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns/offene-stellen/

The Department of Political Science @ipz.bsky.social at University of Zurich is inviting applications for a Senior Lecturer in Digital Public Governance, starting Sep. 1, 2025, or later by agreement. This is primarily a teaching position with ~25% of the time reserved for research.

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🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social

❓Political implications of labor market transformation

Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.

Deadline: May 18, 2025.

tinyurl.com/postdoczurich

#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

UZH: Three-Year Post-Doctoral Research Position in the Research Group of Professor Fabrizio Gilardi The Department of Political Science at the University of Zurich (http://www.ipz.uzh.ch) invites applications for a post-doctoral research position in the research group of Professor Fabrizio Gilardi (...

I'm hiring a postdoc!

> Aug 2024 - July 2027
> PhD completed or close to completion
> Interest in digital technology & politics
> Causal inference and/or computational social science
> Salary: CHF 81,400/yr

Pls help me spread the word!

jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

Schweiz–EU: «Von SVP bis Gewerkschaften formiert sich Widerstand» Stefanie Walter, Professorin für internationale Beziehungen an der Universität Zürich, ist nicht optimistisch im Hinblick auf ein Abkommen mit der EU.

Some thoughts on the state of play in Switzerland-EU relations.

There will be another TOPIQ talk @ipz.bsky.social tomorrow 5pm CET (online) Andrew McNeil will present new work on the effects of (lacking) social mobility on political discontent. Registration here: www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/en/registrat...

Am 6.5.2024 biete ich einen Kurs im Rahmen der Weiterbildung für Lehrer:innen an Maturitätsschulen an:

"Soziale Medien und KI: Eine Bedrohung für unsere Demokratie?"

Bitte an potenziell interessierte Lehrpersonen weiterleiten!

www.weiterbildung.uzh.ch/whp/programm...