Elias Koch
@eliaskoch.bsky.social
Doctoral Candidate in Political Science @dynamics.bsky.social (HU Berlin/Hertie School) & Research Associate @hertieschool.bsky.social | Party Competition, Public Opinion & Quantitative Methods | https://www.elias-koch.com
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Elias Koch
@eliaskoch.bsky.social
· Aug 1
New paper out @wepsocial.bsky.social!
🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result.
Read full 🧵 below:
🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result.
Read full 🧵 below:
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Today, @malojan.bsky.social and I are launching the PartySOME website at partysome.org, an open, interactive platform for exploring how much political parties communicate online and what they talk about 🎤💻📊
September 30, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Today, @malojan.bsky.social and I are launching the PartySOME website at partysome.org, an open, interactive platform for exploring how much political parties communicate online and what they talk about 🎤💻📊
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📄 New paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social: “From the center to the fringes: A comparative test of attitudinal explanations for mainstream-to-challenger defection”
👥 with @krausewe.bsky.social and @aigneranna.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
👥 with @krausewe.bsky.social and @aigneranna.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Redirecting
doi.org
September 28, 2026 at 9:37 AM
📄 New paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social: “From the center to the fringes: A comparative test of attitudinal explanations for mainstream-to-challenger defection”
👥 with @krausewe.bsky.social and @aigneranna.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
👥 with @krausewe.bsky.social and @aigneranna.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
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We are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science.
Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20.
Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7
Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20.
Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7
September 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
We are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science.
Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20.
Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7
Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20.
Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7
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Thinking about doing a PhD in political science?
We are looking for people interested in studying politics in the Baltic Sea Region (the Nordic countries, the Baltics, Poland, etc.). Projects may come from a range of subfields, including gender & politics, legislative studies, and party politics.
We are looking for people interested in studying politics in the Baltic Sea Region (the Nordic countries, the Baltics, Poland, etc.). Projects may come from a range of subfields, including gender & politics, legislative studies, and party politics.
📢 🌊 We are hiring!
The University of Greifswald's IRTG “Baltic Peripeties” is offering 10 part-time (65%) Research Assistant positions.
📌 Deadline: 20.11.2026
🗓️ Start: 1 April 2027
⏳ Duration: Until 31 March 2030
For more info on application: peripeties.uni-greifswald.de/job-advertis...
The University of Greifswald's IRTG “Baltic Peripeties” is offering 10 part-time (65%) Research Assistant positions.
📌 Deadline: 20.11.2026
🗓️ Start: 1 April 2027
⏳ Duration: Until 31 March 2030
For more info on application: peripeties.uni-greifswald.de/job-advertis...
September 23, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Thinking about doing a PhD in political science?
We are looking for people interested in studying politics in the Baltic Sea Region (the Nordic countries, the Baltics, Poland, etc.). Projects may come from a range of subfields, including gender & politics, legislative studies, and party politics.
We are looking for people interested in studying politics in the Baltic Sea Region (the Nordic countries, the Baltics, Poland, etc.). Projects may come from a range of subfields, including gender & politics, legislative studies, and party politics.
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Do you want to understand whether investments in public services can make democracies more resilient? Come and do your PhD with @heikekluever.bsky.social and me!
We offer great conditions, a supportive team, and lots of room to develop your own ideas.
Any questions? Please, do reach out!
We offer great conditions, a supportive team, and lots of room to develop your own ideas.
Any questions? Please, do reach out!
📣 We're hiring!
Looking for a PhD position? Join our team in Berlin!
Work with @heikekluever.bsky.social and @markuskollberg.bsky.social in #STATEWORK at Humboldt University and join our @dynamics.bsky.social PhD programme
Great people, great project, great city!
🗓️ Deadline: 13 October 2026
Looking for a PhD position? Join our team in Berlin!
Work with @heikekluever.bsky.social and @markuskollberg.bsky.social in #STATEWORK at Humboldt University and join our @dynamics.bsky.social PhD programme
Great people, great project, great city!
🗓️ Deadline: 13 October 2026
September 22, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Do you want to understand whether investments in public services can make democracies more resilient? Come and do your PhD with @heikekluever.bsky.social and me!
We offer great conditions, a supportive team, and lots of room to develop your own ideas.
Any questions? Please, do reach out!
We offer great conditions, a supportive team, and lots of room to develop your own ideas.
Any questions? Please, do reach out!
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🧵 Just accepted @thejop.bsky.social, with @tswalve.bsky.social
"What's in a name? Name recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success"
Voters prefer local candidates. But how do they know who's local? Often simply from the name on the ballot👇
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
"What's in a name? Name recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success"
Voters prefer local candidates. But how do they know who's local? Often simply from the name on the ballot👇
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
What's in a name? Name recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
September 15, 2026 at 9:25 AM
🧵 Just accepted @thejop.bsky.social, with @tswalve.bsky.social
"What's in a name? Name recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success"
Voters prefer local candidates. But how do they know who's local? Often simply from the name on the ballot👇
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
"What's in a name? Name recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success"
Voters prefer local candidates. But how do they know who's local? Often simply from the name on the ballot👇
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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We've built a website for our DFG project: we collect, process, and study 30,000+ hours of video recordings of legislative debate in all German State Parliaments and the German Bundestag! ⤵️
videoparl.github.io
videoparl.github.io
August 20, 2026 at 3:31 PM
We've built a website for our DFG project: we collect, process, and study 30,000+ hours of video recordings of legislative debate in all German State Parliaments and the German Bundestag! ⤵️
videoparl.github.io
videoparl.github.io
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Does losing an election affect politicians' democratic attitudes? A large literature documents a winner–loser gap among voters, but evidence on political elites was long scarce. A series of recent studies has narrowed this gap. A thread on the state of the evidence. 🧵
August 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Does losing an election affect politicians' democratic attitudes? A large literature documents a winner–loser gap among voters, but evidence on political elites was long scarce. A series of recent studies has narrowed this gap. A thread on the state of the evidence. 🧵
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Are politicians gatekeepers of democracy? Will they reject candidates for party leadership or coalitions to protect it? We ran pre-registered experiments on 2,000 Norwegian politicians. They do gatekeep, but it’s conditional.
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
August 12, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Are politicians gatekeepers of democracy? Will they reject candidates for party leadership or coalitions to protect it? We ran pre-registered experiments on 2,000 Norwegian politicians. They do gatekeep, but it’s conditional.
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
🚨 New GERDA update:
- Large update of mayoral elections (6 new states)
- Landrat elections
- Wahlkreis (district)-level results (BW & LW)
- Local council seats (Gemeinde/Stadt & Kreis)
- 2026 elections: BW state, BY & HE local
More info below and here: www.german-elections.com
- Large update of mayoral elections (6 new states)
- Landrat elections
- Wahlkreis (district)-level results (BW & LW)
- Local council seats (Gemeinde/Stadt & Kreis)
- 2026 elections: BW state, BY & HE local
More info below and here: www.german-elections.com
GERDA: German Election Database
Comprehensive dataset of local, state, federal, European, mayoral, Landrat, and county election results in Germany at the municipality and constituency (Wahlkreis) level, plus subnational public opini...
www.german-elections.com
July 28, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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New public pre-print with @aarslew.bsky.social and Martin Bisgaard 🧵
We introduce a perspective on democratic erosion that focuses on quiet anticipation among political elites: what do they think happens to those who cross a strongman that challenges democracy?
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
We introduce a perspective on democratic erosion that focuses on quiet anticipation among political elites: what do they think happens to those who cross a strongman that challenges democracy?
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The Imagined Strongman: How Elites Anticipate the Cost of Opposing Trump
PDF | What happens to politicians who speak up against a strongman that challenges democracy? Political scientists typically answer this question using... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
www.researchgate.net
July 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
New public pre-print with @aarslew.bsky.social and Martin Bisgaard 🧵
We introduce a perspective on democratic erosion that focuses on quiet anticipation among political elites: what do they think happens to those who cross a strongman that challenges democracy?
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
We introduce a perspective on democratic erosion that focuses on quiet anticipation among political elites: what do they think happens to those who cross a strongman that challenges democracy?
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after!
📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim
💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July
📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim
💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July
July 1, 2026 at 8:59 AM
📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after!
📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim
💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July
📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim
💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July
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Are preferences for authoritarian rule individual predispositions—or can they spread socially?
Using field + survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces, we show that openness to strongman rule can spread socially.
American Journal of Political Science:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Using field + survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces, we show that openness to strongman rule can spread socially.
American Journal of Political Science:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
The increasing popularity of strongman rule in democratic societies underscores the need to explore how authoritarian regime preferences might spread socially. We assess the role of social influence ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 27, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Are preferences for authoritarian rule individual predispositions—or can they spread socially?
Using field + survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces, we show that openness to strongman rule can spread socially.
American Journal of Political Science:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Using field + survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces, we show that openness to strongman rule can spread socially.
American Journal of Political Science:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University is hiring both Assistant Professors and Associate Professors.
Assistant Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Associate Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Please share these opportunities with your networks!
Assistant Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Associate Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Please share these opportunities with your networks!
Assistant Professor in Political Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
June 23, 2026 at 5:28 AM
The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University is hiring both Assistant Professors and Associate Professors.
Assistant Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Associate Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Please share these opportunities with your networks!
Assistant Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Associate Professor: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Please share these opportunities with your networks!
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So excited to be at the @epssnet.bsky.social Conference! Interested in the link between heat and everyday aggression, and what we can learn about it from one million amateur football matches? I'd love to see you there:
📅 19 June
🕥 9:00–10:40
📍 Meeting Room 2a (ICC)
#EPSS2026
📅 19 June
🕥 9:00–10:40
📍 Meeting Room 2a (ICC)
#EPSS2026
June 18, 2026 at 12:58 PM
So excited to be at the @epssnet.bsky.social Conference! Interested in the link between heat and everyday aggression, and what we can learn about it from one million amateur football matches? I'd love to see you there:
📅 19 June
🕥 9:00–10:40
📍 Meeting Room 2a (ICC)
#EPSS2026
📅 19 June
🕥 9:00–10:40
📍 Meeting Room 2a (ICC)
#EPSS2026
On my way to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast. I'm very much looking forward to presenting two papers!
Paper I on party strategies in contested liberal democracies: 13:30-15:10, 20 June, Lagan B (Hilton)
Paper I on party strategies in contested liberal democracies: 13:30-15:10, 20 June, Lagan B (Hilton)
June 17, 2026 at 8:53 AM
On my way to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast. I'm very much looking forward to presenting two papers!
Paper I on party strategies in contested liberal democracies: 13:30-15:10, 20 June, Lagan B (Hilton)
Paper I on party strategies in contested liberal democracies: 13:30-15:10, 20 June, Lagan B (Hilton)
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⚽📚 The Ultimate World Cup Research Thread
I've set up a little automated thread: every day of the 2026 World Cup (11 Jun–19 Jul) it shares one study on what football does to society: politics, economics, migration, health, crime & more.
One paper a day. Kickoff below 👇
I've set up a little automated thread: every day of the 2026 World Cup (11 Jun–19 Jul) it shares one study on what football does to society: politics, economics, migration, health, crime & more.
One paper a day. Kickoff below 👇
June 11, 2026 at 2:20 PM
⚽📚 The Ultimate World Cup Research Thread
I've set up a little automated thread: every day of the 2026 World Cup (11 Jun–19 Jul) it shares one study on what football does to society: politics, economics, migration, health, crime & more.
One paper a day. Kickoff below 👇
I've set up a little automated thread: every day of the 2026 World Cup (11 Jun–19 Jul) it shares one study on what football does to society: politics, economics, migration, health, crime & more.
One paper a day. Kickoff below 👇
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New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social)
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
June 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social)
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language?
New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Can Simple Language Affect Voters’ Political Knowledge and Their Beliefs About Politicians? | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No 0
How does the level of sophistication in political messages affect citizens? While
research has examined how politicians use this element to distinguish themselves,
little is known about how it resonat...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
June 8, 2026 at 10:24 AM
🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language?
New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Post-doc position at @scripts-berlin.eu! If you are a survey researcher interested in cross-national research on how people perceive liberalism, democracy etc, take a look! You’ll get to work with 🥳 @swenhutter.bsky.social: www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/post...
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (f/m/x) (ID 402)
For the research project “Public Attitudes towards the Liberal Script” (PALS) at the Center for Civil Society Research, in collaboration with other research units and the Cluster of Excellence...
www.wzb.eu
June 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Post-doc position at @scripts-berlin.eu! If you are a survey researcher interested in cross-national research on how people perceive liberalism, democracy etc, take a look! You’ll get to work with 🥳 @swenhutter.bsky.social: www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/post...
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A great overview of the accommodation question by Hanno Hilbig, worth your time!
May 30, 2026 at 9:07 AM
A great overview of the accommodation question by Hanno Hilbig, worth your time!
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🗣️ Do citizens believe parliamentarians when they call out autocratic behavior?
A survey experiment by @jmvanlit.bsky.social, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham suggests that credibility depends on government/opposition status and consistency 👇️
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A survey experiment by @jmvanlit.bsky.social, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham suggests that credibility depends on government/opposition status and consistency 👇️
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Credible resistance or political ploy? How government status and consistency shape citizen perceptions of parliamentarians’ democratic defence
Parliamentarians play a primary role in defending democracy against incumbent-led democratic recession. They can resist autocratization in the political arena by standing up against the incumbent g...
www.tandfonline.com
April 30, 2026 at 4:25 AM
🗣️ Do citizens believe parliamentarians when they call out autocratic behavior?
A survey experiment by @jmvanlit.bsky.social, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham suggests that credibility depends on government/opposition status and consistency 👇️
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A survey experiment by @jmvanlit.bsky.social, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham suggests that credibility depends on government/opposition status and consistency 👇️
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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I’m hiring 2 doctoral researchers in Politics of Climate Change at Heidelberg University 🌍
📊 Survey Research & Political Participation
🗣️ Qualitative Research & Group Formation
Part of “The New Climate Divide”
Deadline: 21 June 2026
Calls: www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/...
Please share!
📊 Survey Research & Political Participation
🗣️ Qualitative Research & Group Formation
Part of “The New Climate Divide”
Deadline: 21 June 2026
Calls: www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/...
Please share!
Job Vacancies - Institute for Political Science
www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de
May 19, 2026 at 8:09 AM
I’m hiring 2 doctoral researchers in Politics of Climate Change at Heidelberg University 🌍
📊 Survey Research & Political Participation
🗣️ Qualitative Research & Group Formation
Part of “The New Climate Divide”
Deadline: 21 June 2026
Calls: www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/...
Please share!
📊 Survey Research & Political Participation
🗣️ Qualitative Research & Group Formation
Part of “The New Climate Divide”
Deadline: 21 June 2026
Calls: www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/...
Please share!
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Wanna talk about the cordon sanitaire (the "Brandmauer"?)
🚨We (@christinajuen.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social and I) have a new paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
What do we do in the paper? A 🧵:
1/7
🚨We (@christinajuen.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social and I) have a new paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
What do we do in the paper? A 🧵:
1/7
May 18, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Wanna talk about the cordon sanitaire (the "Brandmauer"?)
🚨We (@christinajuen.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social and I) have a new paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
What do we do in the paper? A 🧵:
1/7
🚨We (@christinajuen.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social and I) have a new paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
What do we do in the paper? A 🧵:
1/7
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📣 New paper out in BJPolS 📣
NEW -
Who Do Parties Speak To? Introducing the PSoGA: A New Comprehensive Database of Parties’ Social Group Appeals https://cup.org/43fmXFj
- @alonadolinsky.com, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social & @rwillh11.bsky.social
#FirstView
Who Do Parties Speak To? Introducing the PSoGA: A New Comprehensive Database of Parties’ Social Group Appeals https://cup.org/43fmXFj
- @alonadolinsky.com, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social & @rwillh11.bsky.social
#FirstView
May 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM
📣 New paper out in BJPolS 📣