@eribertsou.bsky.social
Ass. Professor of Political Science at the University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science (CH) Mom of three and one border collie
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Congratulations Mathilde!
12.01.2026 12:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Europe* really needs to wake up
Europe = the European continent, including UK, Switzerland and other non EU countries.
Good news and an excellent study!
15.10.2025 16:33 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
#Science is not doing well, true or false?🔬Between 15 years of decline in #AcademicFreedom and strong but dented #confidence: introspection from within the world of research with @eribertsou.bsky.social @colognaviktoria.bsky.social @angelovpanaro.bsky.social.👇
15.09.2025 18:03 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.
She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
🔥 Call for papers for EPSS 2026 in Belfast: migration, forced displacement, mobility, borders, asylum, diaspora, and other migration-related topics.
Excited to co-chair the Migration Politics section with @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social. Submit proposals by Nov 7!
#EPSS2026
Synthetic sampling is gaining momentum in a lot of the social sciences and, while I have been ambiguous about it myself, this white paper provides more information to ground the debate
19.08.2025 15:19 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In polling world, “synthetic sampling” (using LLMs to replace human respondents) has been getting a lot of attention recently. Last wk, Ipsos announced a synthetic panel!
But does it actually work? Here’s a white paper I wrote: “Your Polls on ChatGPT”
report.verasight.io/synthetic-sa...
📢 EPSS 2026 Call for Papers! @hannaeback.bsky.social and I are excited to invite submissions for the Political Representation section at EPSS 2026 in Belfast. EPSS has some exciting new panel formats this year - read on! 🧵
18.08.2025 07:33 — 👍 27 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 0
Science for democracy. Much needed. Powerful @science.org editorial by @gretchentg.bsky.social & @chenoweth.bsky.social
“The ability to tell the truth, especially when it does not suit any particularly partisan aims, is an essential prerequisite for a free society”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What--and I say this with my chest--the hell are we doing here people
25.07.2025 12:14 — 👍 529 🔁 117 💬 22 📌 7Many congratulations @jzmarlier.bsky.social! I look forward to seeing where your journey takes you next.
11.07.2025 21:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week we had to say goodbye to our dearest Lana, very suddenly and way too soon. A dedicated polisci dog, she conducted elections fieldwork for LSE's EPOB, became an honorary member of IPZ Zurich and visited the EUI. My loudest cheerleader, patient proofreader & the bestest girl that ever was ❤️🩹
03.07.2025 10:43 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 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.
🧵
Proportion of Papers by Year and Team Type
Excited to kick off #EPSA2025 on Day 1, Panel 1! 🎉
I’ll present my co-authored research with @michaelimre.bsky.social on 50 years of gender representation in political science publications. We analyze nearly 100,000 articles across 72 journals to uncover long-term trends. 🔍
@epsanet.bsky.social
Five things to remember about war:
22.06.2025 04:28 — 👍 8339 🔁 3723 💬 143 📌 298Great thread and breadth of resources to learn more on this topic 👇🏼. Thank you @profsaunders.bsky.social
18.06.2025 14:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Third vote for Dynata. They can provide samples in many European countries, including Poland.
27.05.2025 09:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is a view from the surface of Comet 67P.
The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.
The dots moving in the background are stars.
Enjoy Prague and the Joint Sessions Luca! And pass the message on to Lea, I don’t see her on bsky
22.05.2025 10:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Shout out to Lea Heyne and Luca Manucci @populismblog.bsky.social whose work on populist radical right electorate in Portugal was mentioned on my fav politics podcast @therestpolitics.bsky.social this morning!
22.05.2025 08:44 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Congrats Charlotte!
16.05.2025 10:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Canceling research on misinformation is not only an attack on science and academic freedom.
It is also a democracy, safety, and security threat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...
In short, Starmer has taken a massive hit among Labour voters, for no gain elsewhere, while boosting Farage's popularity, including doubling his ceiling among Labour voters.
I.e., the political scientists were right, Morgan McSweeney was horrendously wrong.
if you teach, you are engaged in an inherently political--but not necessarily partisan--act
the political vs partisan distinction stays kicking people's ass
this old @asociologist.bsky.social is very helpful on this
scatter.wordpress.com/2020/11/10/p...
Politicians share similar climate policy views with citizens, but are slightly less supportive. Crucially, they underestimate public support for climate policies, potentially limiting climate action www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
24.04.2025 08:56 — 👍 21 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
🧵 THREAD: Can a short online intervention help defend democracy against partisan polarization?
In our new study - just published in the @bjpols.bsky.social - my colleagues and I tested this question across 33 countries 🌍 with over 41,000 participants 🧑🤝🧑.
Here’s what we found 👇
She’s got guts. Chilling to watch, but necessary
11.04.2025 14:52 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
