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Fabian Habersack
@fabianhabersack.bsky.social
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁

Postdoc at @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
PhD from @unisalzburg.bsky.social
Alum of @sciencespo.bsky.social

Party Competition | Representation | Democracy | Far Right

🌐 www.fabianhabersack.com
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Still a bit overwhelmed by this one, but mostly just very happy to share that I’ve been awarded an ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for my project, DEMOCRESP!!! 🥳🥳🥳
ERC Starting Grants: €705 million to back Europe's next generation of researchers
The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced the winners of its latest Starting Grant competition. The funding, worth €705 million in total, will go to 421 early-career researchers across E...
erc.europa.eu
Still a bit overwhelmed by this one, but mostly just very happy to share that I’ve been awarded an ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for my project, DEMOCRESP!!! 🥳🥳🥳
ERC Starting Grants: €705 million to back Europe's next generation of researchers
The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced the winners of its latest Starting Grant competition. The funding, worth €705 million in total, will go to 421 early-career researchers across E...
erc.europa.eu
September 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Finally got around to updating my website, with a little help from some vibe-coding.

Feel free to have a look around: www.fabianhabersack.com
April 30, 2026 at 12:52 PM
All good things must come to an end... 😊

Today, we wrapped up our workshop at the ECPR Joint Sessions 2026 in Innsbruck on “Blurring or Accident? Voluntary and Involuntary Sources of Ambiguous Party Positions and Their Consequences for Democracy.”

#ecprjs26
April 10, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reposted by Fabian Habersack
🌀

Political parties often adjust their strategies on emerging issues to broaden their support or 🗳️ regain lost voters

⚠️ However, this can be a risky move, especially if parties misjudge their electoral potential, writes @fabianhabersack.bsky.social

👉 bit.ly/41Yx1TL
@ecprpovb.bsky.social
How voter availability shapes parties’ policy priorities
Political parties often adjust their policies to address emerging issues, or to attract — or regain — support. However, warns Fabian Habersack, such strategic pivots carry significant risks,…
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March 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I’m over the moon to have received Tyrolean state funding for my project Austrian Study of Populist Backlashes against Liberal Democracy (ASPoB). ✨
55 Nachwuchsforscherinnen und Nachwuchsforscher erhielten heuer die Tiroler NachwuchsforscherInnenförderung. Insgesamt konnten mehr als eine Million Euro in innovative Projekte investiert werden. Die…...
55 Nachwuchsforscherinnen und Nachwuchsforscher erhielten heuer die Tiroler NachwuchsforscherInnenförderung. Insgesamt konnten mehr als eine Million Euro in innovative Projekte investiert werden. Die ...
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January 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Happy that my article just published in PSRM! In "Inclusion to Exclude“, I show that when politicians invoke women's rights to justify anti-immigration positions, it shifts citizens' policy preferences - but differently so depending on their prior views. doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

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January 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Heute im Büro angekommen: das Jahrbuch Extremismus & Demokratie 2025 – mit unserem Beitrag (gemeinsam mit @cwegscheider.bsky.social) zur ehemaligen „Jungen Alternative“.

Darin analysieren wir die #JA als Versuchslabor und Kaderschmiede der AfD von 2013 bis 2025. 🤓

👉 doi.org/10.5771/9783...
January 28, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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💥 Last year ended with super exciting news 💥 “𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴’ 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴” with the amazing @fabianhabersack.bsky.social was published in 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 📚✨ (1/4)

➡️ shorturl.at/kVBSq
Parties’ Ideological Cores and Peripheries: Examining How Parties Balance Adaptation and Continuity in Their Manifestos | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Parties’ Ideological Cores and Peripheries: Examining How Parties Balance Adaptation and Continuity in Their Manifestos - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
January 9, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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🪙Do politicians signal partisan conflict through what they say?

➡️ Using Danish parliamentary debates, @mathiasoestergaard.bsky.social & @fghjorth.bsky.social show that vocal pitch signals partisan polarization, revealing the strategic use of nonverbal cues cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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NEW -

Parties’ Ideological Cores and Peripheries: Examining How Parties Balance Adaptation and Continuity in Their Manifestos - https://cup.org/4rXxRuH

- @profannikawerner.bsky.social & @fabianhabersack.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
December 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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⚙️ #ecprjs26 Workshop director 🎬 @fabianhabersack.bsky.social

💡 Seeks Papers which explore the role and effects of ambiguity in party communication, particularly in the context of recent political developments

⌛ Submit by 10 Dec buff.ly/XTvL4wr

#PoliSky #CallforPapers #Covid19
Blurring or Accident? Voluntary and Involuntary Sources of Ambiguous Party Positions and Their Consequences for Democracy
Joint Sessions of Workshops 2026, 7 – 10 April, University of Innsbruck
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December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Working on party positioning, policy complexity, or political ambiguity using text-analytic, survey-experimental, or other methods? 💡

If you still need a home for your paper at the ECPR Joint Sessions 2026, then look no further! 👇

Only 5 days left to apply! ⏰

#ecprjs26

ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Blurring or Accident? Voluntary and Involuntary Sources of Ambiguous Party Positions and Their Consequences for Democracy
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“Some people are saying there’s a workshop. Others are saying there isn’t one. A lot of people are talking about it. The best people!”

📚 Joint Sessions workshop on party policy ambiguity
📍 ECPR Joint Sessions 2026 Innsbruck
🚀 Send in your abstract by 10 December

ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

#ecprjs26
Trump on striking Iranian nuclear facilities: 'I may do it. I may not do it.'
YouTube video by NBC News
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November 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Abstract submissions are now open for our workshop on ambiguity and blurring in party communication (ECPR Joint Sessions 2026).

🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

📅 Deadline: December 3, 2025

👇 Details below
Blurring or Accident? Voluntary and Involuntary Sources of Ambiguous Party Positions and Their Consequences for Democracy
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Delighted to see that my #EJPR article now has page numbers! ☺️
🌅📙 64.3

Carrots 🥕 and Sticks 🪵

@fabianhabersack.bsky.social looks at over 30 years of 🇪🇺 party data to see if parties expand their focus or stick to key issues, with a focus on loyalty and opportunity to see why policy changes can fail 😤

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Carrots and sticks: How voter loyalty and electoral opportunities shape parties' policy priorities in Europe
FABIAN HABERSACK
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September 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Thrilled to share that the Palgrave Handbook on the 2024 EP Election is finally out! 🤩

Martin Dolezal and I co-authored the #Austria chapter on the rise of the #FPÖ, voter disaffection, and mapping 🇦🇹 and 🇪🇺 parties in the 2D policy space via #manifestoberta.

📖 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
July 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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❗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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July 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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📝🧵 New Publication ✨

My paper on multi-option referendums is now available open access in @cpsjournal.bsky.social

If you are interested in referendum design and/or immigrant enfranchisement and/or multi-method work, read on...
July 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
“What we’re seeing right now mirrors elements of different historical periods, but this has never all happened at once.”

On the bright side of this #illiberal #backlash, I appreciate the US for curating this year’s most interesting summer reading list. 📚

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Multi-level barrage of US book bans is ‘unprecedented’, says PEN America
Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes ‘but this has never all happened at once’
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reposted by Fabian Habersack
Thrilled to share that this study, which I started back in 2021, has finally been published! 🎉 While topic modeling may not be the most cutting-edge anymore, the discussion on validation & standardization is still highly relevant. Proud of this work & contribution! 🙌📚
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
June 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Had a phenomenal time at the 1st ever Extremism & Democracy SG Conference #SGED25 in London — taking lots of new ideas and inspiration home. Really enjoyed @kai-arzheimer.com’s keynote reflecting on the field and history of the SG since its inception in 1999. Already looking forward to #SGED27!
June 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Join us in London next week for our @ecpr-ead.bsky.social conference. Keynote by @kai-arzheimer.com, roundtable and panels on populism and radicalism. Observer only registration available- with @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @profannikawerner.bsky.social @stijntvankessel.bsky.social @sajuria.com
Conference of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, Queen Mary University of London, 9 – 10 June 2025
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
June 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Hello #PolSky! 👋

What are your favorite non-journal sources for research inspiration? What are you reading or listening to these days? 🎧📚

Think blogs, podcasts, newsletters — anything accessible and rigorous that helps spark ideas. Bonus points if it’s great for #teaching in political science! 💡
April 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Fabian Habersack
Out today on #FirstView -

"Simply Speaking? Language Complexity among (Non-)Populist Actors in Parliamentary Debates" - tinyurl.com/yc65ezcy

by @rebeccakittel.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM