Jonathan Polk

It is almost 10 years since Hanspeter Kriesi published his seminal article on the politicization of European Integration @jcms-eu.bsky.social.

A short thread on how things stand as of 2024, with @chesdata.bsky.social, looking at salience, clarity, and unity of party positions towards the EU 🧵:

Huge congratulations to the best @turnbulldugarte.com & @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social for getting Wallenberg fellowships (equivalent to two ERC grants!!!) So well-deserved!!

Asymmetric Influence: Politicians Can Fuel but Not Dampen Conflict Research from the deeply polarized United States suggests that the impact of elite communication is asymmetrical: antagonistic messages often heighten divisions, while positive appeals fail to dampen...

My new article with @leberntzen.bsky.social out in @scandpolstud.bsky.social!

Can politicians calm conflict as effectively as they can inflame it?

Our experimental evidence from Norway suggests that they cannot.
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🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟

I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)

Check out chesdata.eu for the 1999-2024 CHES trend file, along with individual year surveys with both means and expert-level datasets.

We are also happy to release an updated CHES Shiny (CHES Interactive on the website) at chesdata.shinyapps.io/Shiny-CHES/!

The 2024 EU @chesdata.bsky.social has been added to both the trend file (1999-2024) and the Shiny app. Please take both for a spin!
www.chesdata.eu/ches-europe
chesdata.shinyapps.io/Shiny-CHES/

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.

We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!

Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Register FREE European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Online, 14 October, 16:00 – 17:30 BST

🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable
☢️ European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
🤝 Collab with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
🗣️ @Susmonika.bsky.social @lindedesma.bsky.social, Valentina Cassar, July Decarpentrie & Mahmoud Javadi
📅 Tue 14 Oct, 16:00–17:30 BST

🗓️ One week to go!
🗣️ Don't miss this fascinating roundtable featuring a panel of expert speakers from our ☢️#NuclearPowerPolitcs blog series. ⬇️

Big congrats from all of us at Lund! So happy for you Flori!

So proud that this is out, the first results of our HITS project, on which we will present more at the plenary roundtable @ecpr.bsky.social in Thessaloniki

The CHES EU team has published a new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social describing some trends across the 25 years now covered by our trend file and exploring two new items included in the 2024 wave of the survey: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Here’s a summary thread:
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⭐ The blog post we wrote with Lida Ahmad for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social has been selected for the best blog award for 2024!

We feel deeply touched and also, we extend this acknowledgement to the collective struggle of Afghan women, and to all people living under oppressive regimes.

Europe’s call to international scholars must come with real support European leaders are inviting American academics to seek refuge in Europe. But as Joseph Noonan argues, the policies do not always match the rhetoric. If Europe truly wants to attract global talent, i...

🏠 #EuropeanLeaders are inviting US academics to seek refuge in Europe. 🗣️ But, as @joenoonan.se argues, their policies don't always match the rhetoric.
🧲 If Europe really wants to attract global talent, it must back up its words with tangible support
➡️ ow.ly/enJ450W8aUh

I wrote a post on attracting non-EU academics to Europe.

I argue that: (1) we need to be transparent about our internal political discussions on higher ed (2) recognize that immigration policy and academic freedom are linked for international scholars and...

⏰ Ahead of tomorrow's roundtable on electoral integrity, the Eds of our Political Data Yearbook compiled key data on recent elections in the countries covered – CZ, DE, PL, PT & RO 🗳️

📊⬇️ Download your snapshot here: bit.ly/4mYxKwp

#ECPRHouseSeries #Elections #Polisky
@raulgomez.bsky.social

Still time to sign up for tomorrow's discussion of recent elections in Europe: @cristinachiva.bsky.social on Romania 🇷🇴, @hferrinholopes.bsky.social on Portugal 🇵🇹 @alesmichal.bsky.social for Czechia 🇨🇿 @sarahwagner.bsky.social takes Germany 🇩🇪 and @aleksszczerbiak.bsky.social on Poland 🇵🇱
Join us!

This Thursday. 👇🏼

ECPR House Series: Electoral Integrity and Disinformation in an Era of Democratic Backsliding Online and FREE, Thursday 12 June 2025

🔜 FREE #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable
🗳️ Electoral Integrity & Disinformation in an Era of Democratic Backsliding
💻 Thu 12 Jun, 13:00 BST
👇 Speakers
@cristinachiva.bsky.social
@hferrinholopes.bsky.social
@alesmichal.bsky.social
@aleksszczerbiak.bsky.social
@sarahwagner.bsky.social
‬Jonathan Polk

Electoral Integrity and Disinformation in an Era of Democratic Backsliding, Online, 12 June 2025 European Consortium for Political Research

Please join me online this Thursday afternoon for an #ECPRHouseSeries discussion of recent elections across Europe, featuring expert input from: @cristinachiva.bsky.social, @hferrinholopes.bsky.social, @alesmichal.bsky.social, @sarahwagner.bsky.social, and @aleksszczerbiak.bsky.social. Details 👇

Two weeks left to apply for a post-doctoral position in my project on social cleavages and political party competition in Europe.

Thanks for helping me alert interested researchers!

Thanks for making the trip up to visit us on the tour! A lot of fun to see you back in Sweden.

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CHES estimates of party positions in Europe for 2024 are now available!

Big thanks to all respondents that have helped us build 25 years of CHES data on party positioning in Europe!

How should we study party polarization in Europe?

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

Two great job opportunities in polisci/CPE at @ipz.bsky.social

Less than 2 weeks left to apply!

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

Check out this awesome postdoc opportunity with my friend @jonathanpolk.bsky.social at Lund: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

So much great work to be done in this area and working with Jon would be fantastic!

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!

CHES is now on Bluesky! Give us a follow for data on political party positions in Europe and increasingly across the globe!

The Comparative Politics group @comppollu.bsky.social is excited to welcome Liv Bjerre from Aarhus today. Liv’s talk on the impact of immigration policy on asylum takes place at 12:00 today. Come on out if you’re in the area! Full spring schedule in Flori’s post below.