@ipz.bsky.social
Department of Political Science, University of Zurich 🌐 https://www.ipz.uzh.ch/
📢 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 🧵
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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
A short 🧵
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New @ipz.bsky.social PhD!
16.06.2025 12:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Let's see whether the tariffs are actually implemented as threatened, but this graph shows just how much the trade regime has changed since January.
23.05.2025 15:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Last 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).
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.
polisky socsky
🚨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
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...
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...
06.11.2023 10:35 — 👍 8 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
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...
Call for papers: 1st Conference of the European Network for Digital Democracy
www.eddy-network.eu/in-person-co...
Take rankings with a grain of salt (at least) - but still cool to see that @ipz.bsky.social made it to the Top-20 of the Shanghai Ranking in Political Science for the first time in 2023! 👏
27.10.2023 15:38 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Excited that this workshop on cleavage politics is happening at the ECPR Joint Sessions 2024 in Lüneburg.
Find all the information here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
You can propose papers until 23 November. We look forward to your submissions! Feel free to get in touch with any questions. polisky
Very much looking forward to our annual Digital Democracy Workshop Thu and Fri this week!
📔 28 papers
📈 Record number of 100+ participants
🎓 Keynote by Atoosa Kasirzadeh: "AI Existential Risks and the Problem of Alignment"
democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/... (pdf)
One week left to apply! 🚨 PhD position on polarization in great department and city! @ipz.bsky.social
Start date = negotiable
polisky PSJMinfo
Have a look at this great fully funded PhD opportunity at @ipz.bsky.social 🇨🇭
24.10.2023 11:39 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0A "mid-term" perspective to understand the "corrective" element of the 2023 Swiss elections
22.10.2023 17:04 — 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
New paper out in Electoral Studies! @lhaffert.bsky.social and I argue in a new paper that the urban-rural divide is not a divide between age groups. It mainly divides the young:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The IPZ is here!
Follow @ipz.bsky.social for news (jobs, talks, etc) from the University of Zurich‘s political science department.
Polisky
happening next week: our 2023 Digital Democracy Workshop
if you happen to be in Zurich, please register here: digdemlab.io/forms/regist...
should be a good one :)
Headlines Labeled as AI-Generated Are Less Likely to Be Believed and Shared, Even When True or Human-Generated
New paper with @sachaltay.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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