Juliana Chueri

Pretty wild: I just learned that, in terms of Altmetric, this paper became the most impactful Political Science article of the past five years, and the 4th most impactful EVER. 😳

Altmetric is... well, Altmetric. But still, kind of surreal.

The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde

@casmudde.bsky.social makes the case (again!) to social democratic leaders that aping the far right is not a good electoral strategy!

… it’s almost like they a deliberately ignoring political science research in their dash to oblivion 🤦‍♂️
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Join us in Catania to discuss your research about populism, the far left and right, and everything related

Who deserves student finance? Results from a survey experiment in six advanced capitalist economies Higher-education policy is increasingly politicised across advanced western democracies, one important point of contention being the treatment of immigrant students, who are often portrayed as a ‘b...

* New Publication*:
Across Western democracies, higher education is under pressure, from budget cuts to restrictions on immigrant students. Our new study dives into a critical but overlooked question: When do people think immigrant students deserve financial aid?

Vacancy — Senior lecturers Political Science Are you passionate about teaching and hold a PhD in Political Science? If so, this might be the perfect job for you! We are looking for an all-round senior lecturer who can inspire our international, ...

The University of Amsterdam is hiring Senior lecturers in Political Science, see information here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

🚨New article out 🚨 How do states seek to influence the spatial distribution of refugees within their borders? We conceptualise & measure refugee dispersal policies across Europe ➡️ common feature of asylum policies, more restrictive with functional pressure and local autonomy doi.org/10.1111/gove...

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The study:

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Välfärdsstat ut, gigjobb in Gigjobb och nedmonterad välfärd går hand i hand

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It was great to talk to @flamman.se about the link between weak welfare state protection and the expansion of online platform work in Europe. @pettertornberg.com

And if you’re a scholar from the Global South thinking of applying, feel free to reach out. I’d be more than happy to share my experience and what I’ve learned!

Super excited to share that I got the ERC Starting Grant! 🎉

Over the next five years, I’ll be studying how AI is reshaping the politics of the welfare state.

A huge thank you to all the friends and colleagues who supported me along the way.

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#ERCStG

Full OA article:
👉 Chueri & Törnberg (2025), European Journal of Social Policy:
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We shouldn't understand the gig economy as merely the product of technological disruption.

It is deeply entangled with the welfare institutions — and the broader transformation of work, security, and social protection.

In generous welfare states, platform work is smaller in scale and more often high-skill.

Where protections are weaker, it is larger and more frequently low-skill and precarious.

Where social protection is thin, platform labor becomes the fallback — the “employer of last resort.”

Yes, wages matter.

Low-income countries dominate low-skill gigs, while richer ones offer a more balanced mix.

But this only explains part of the story.

We scraped all records from the world’s largest online labor platform, covering 26 European countries.

Using these data, we examine how welfare state design shapes both the quantity and quality of platform work.

Gig labor is often understood as the expression of digital disruption.

But our new study suggests a deeper story:

👉 The rise of platform labor is inseparable from the retreat of the welfare state.
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w/ @pettertornberg.com

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Vacancy — PhD Position on Improving Social Media Using Large Language Models The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the NWO VIDI project "Improving Social Media Using L...

🚨 PhD Position at the University of Amsterdam 🚨

Join my team as a computer scientist / computational social scientist working on LLMs, social media, and politics.

We offer freedom, impact, and an inspiring environment at one of Europe's leading universities.

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Don’t blame the algorithm: Polarization may be inherent in social media In simulations, AI-generated users of stripped-down social media without content algorithms still split into polarized echo chambers

Don’t blame the algorithm: Polarization may be inherent in social media | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @pettertornberg.com

Thank you, Johanna!

Thank you, Ben!

(Chueri & Törnberg 2025b)

So happy to continue coauthoring our life together, @julianachueri.bsky.social ❤️

Welfare Chauvinism among Voters and Political Parties: Exploring Preferences for Restricting EU Migrants' Access to Social Assistance in Switzerland The access of EU migrants to social assistance is highly politicised in Switzerland. However, we know little about parties' and voters' positions on this issue across the ideological spectrum. Using ....

📢 Publication alert:

"Welfare Chauvinism among Voters and Political Parties: Exploring Preferences for Restricting EU Migrants' Access to Social Assistance in Switzerland" by Angie Gago, @julianachueri.bsky.social & Mia Gandenberger

open access in SPSR 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Ascendance Of Algorithmic Tyranny | NOEMA As today’s platforms become all-powerful, the metaphors we use to describe our digitally infused world exemplify a new, stealthier form of domination that is emerging.

As we transition from industrial to digital modernity, business tycoons no longer view humans as cogs in machines. Now, as platforms become all-powerful, a new, stealthier form of domination is emerging, @pettertornberg.com & @uitermark.bsky.social argue.

Home On the rise of a digital modernity

Why does everything suddenly feel so unsettled?

The economy, technology, geopolitics—everything seems to change

It's more than a vibe shift. It's epistemic.

In our new book, @uitermark.bsky.social and I explore this shift—

and argue we're entering Digital Modernity 🧵

www.seeinglikeaplatform.com

that would be @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social work which is by far the most cited on Bluesky so far with 5733 unique accounts posting about it (according to @altmetric.com).

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We’re looking for papers that rethink how social risks are evolving in the age of AI, populism, and economic crisis. Topics include migration, LGBTQ+ rights, and the new risks emerging from the cost-of-living crisis, housing crises, and technological disruption in the labor market.

🚨 Call for papers! 🚨
Excited to co-chair the ESPAnet Milan 2025 stream “New Social Risks 2.0? Social vulnerability in the age of AI, populism, and the cost-of-living crisis” 🌍🤖📉.

📅 Deadline: April 14

@carloknotz.bsky.social

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