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Giorgio Malet
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Political scientist at ETH Zürich. I study how citizens change Europe and how Europe, through its policies, changes them.

www.giorgiomalet.net
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giorgiomalet.bsky.social
We did it again! A year after our first workshop, @jellekoedam.bsky.social, @tinepaulsen.bsky.social, @nicolaiberk.bsky.social, and I welcomed another fantastic group of researchers to Zurich.

Two days of thoughtful discussions, new connections, and lots of fun... 🏊 Thanks to everyone who joined!
July 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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thmskrr.bsky.social
🚨We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher (80%) at the University of Zurich within the new Horizon Europe project WELFAIR on the political implications of technological change, demographic ageing and rising inequality.
The full job ad is here: tinyurl.com/3b6ddm25
Apply by August 9, 2026.
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July 13, 2026 at 6:43 AM
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dianebolet.bsky.social
A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy.

Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET
Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible)

Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if you’d like to discuss the position

www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Position GREENLOSS Project
2 Years - Postdoctoral Position Starting January 2027
www.sciencespo.fr
June 10, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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politikuhh.bsky.social
Tomorrow (5:15 PM, VMP9 B130), we welcome
@giorgiomalet.bsky.social (ETH Zurich) in our Hamburg Political Science Seminar Series (HPS³). As always, everyone is welcome to attend, no prior registration required! More information 👉 www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei...
May 26, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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fabriberna.bsky.social
Which must-read book+3 articles would recommend to a first year Sociology PhD student? Which book+3 articles impacted you most, during your own PhD?

I have made these questions to a group of colleagues.

Here the combined list:
www.fabriziobernardi.net/a-sociology-...

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A Sociology PhD Starter Reading List » fabrizio bernardi
I created a kind of academic game and ask some colleagues in social stratification and social demography four short questions: I received answers from 15 colleagues: 6 women and 9 ... Read more
www.fabriziobernardi.net
April 27, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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robertfinger.bsky.social
'Conditional Subsidies and Political Backlash in the Green Transition'

Join us next week for the FRIES Seminar by Giorgio Malet

AT ETH and via zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/66232820267

More on FRIES frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
April 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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retobuergisser.bsky.social
🚨 Job Alert 🚨

We have an opening for a 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 @stawi-univie.bsky.social starting Aug/Sep 2026!

Focus: political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields

📅Apply by 29 April 2026

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
Job vacancy announcement for a postdoctoral position at the University of Vienna Department of Government, starting August/September 2026. Research focus includes political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields. Application deadline: 29 April 2026. Full details are also available through the shared link.
April 8, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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linerenn.bsky.social
📢 GREC lecture series in spring semester 2026 🗓️

5th March: @selmasarenkapa.bsky.social
16th April: Natasha Wunsch
21th May: @giorgiomalet.bsky.social

@sspunil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social
GREC lecture series Spring 2026
February 26, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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dianebolet.bsky.social
📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September.
The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe.
🗓 Deadline: May 17
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract
For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026
www.sciencespo.fr
February 24, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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robertfinger.bsky.social
Vacancy with Lukas Fesenfeld and the Einstein School of Public Policy at ETH Zürich: Postdoc position, Political Economy of Low-Carbon Technologies

jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Postdoc position: Political Economy of Low-Carbon Technologies
jobs.ethz.ch
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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rsenninger.bsky.social
We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting!

🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized

🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
January 15, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social -

Monitoring coalition partners in the EU: strategic committee appointments in the European Parliament - https://cup.org/3NjynDg

- @pitrieger.bsky.social

#FirstView
Logo of Political Science Research and Methods featuring the initials "PSRM" in a stylized grey font on a black background.
December 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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tabouchadi.bsky.social
This is a brilliant piece on the restructuring of political competition in Western Europe and goes far beyond the question of populism. Great also for teaching.
wepsocial.bsky.social West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · Dec 12
The 1️⃣article of our 5️⃣0️⃣Anniversary Special Issue "Debating European Politics: Advances and Perspectives" is out!🎉

"The rise of populism and the new cleavage" by Hanspeter Kriesi, describing contemporary populism is likely to be a temporary phenomen.

🔗https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2025.2591874
Abstract of the article "The rise of populism and the new cleavage" by Hanspeter Kriesi. Published online first, as part of the 50th Anniversary Special Issue "Debating European Politics: Advances and Perspectives".
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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jei-publication.bsky.social
🚨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐉𝐄𝐈 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

The Annual Lecture will be delivered by F. Schimmelfennig on 2 July 2026 on the occasion of the 13th SGEU Biennial Conference at Università di Catania, Italy. The title of the lecture is: “Between world orders: EU boundary formation in a changing international system.”
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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haasvioleta.bsky.social
Happy that our paper with @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, and @lstoetze.bsky.social found a home at @thejop.bsky.social. You can read it here 👇

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Thanks to all the fantastic people giving feedback and supporting us
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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gessler.bsky.social
We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...
Research Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG
stellen.uni-hamburg.de
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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tabouchadi.bsky.social
With the Progressive Politics Research Network, we have published 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. What does a progressive agenda on housing look like? Which elements are important? What the hurdles are and how can they be overcome?
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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mabreyer.bsky.social
New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
Abstract It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, but in very specific ways: First, overall, people still perceive status as largely socioeconomically determined. Second, sociocultural groups figure in perceptions of who is gaining/losing status, less so in perceptions of the top/bottom of society. Third, more than conservative voters, it is social progressives who mention women and minorities as “winners”. While on race/ethnicity, we find evidence for a backlash, on gender and sexuality we find more evidence for a progressive momentum. This matters for progressive politics today and for how we empirically study status concerns.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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simonecremaschi.bsky.social
Now out @apsrjournal.bsky.social with page numbers! 🫒

We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives

shorturl.at/bA55v

@catherinedevries.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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dpzollinger.bsky.social
How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations?

In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.

tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - Volume 55
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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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retobuergisser.bsky.social
Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET

@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.

👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
PhD Prep Talk: Switzerland
Meet an EUI Researcher and alumnus from your country​!
www.eui.eu
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
giorgiomalet.bsky.social
🚨 New article out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social with @svenhegewald.bsky.social

“The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war."

How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies?

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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fgenovese.bsky.social
On the continuity between Deaghi and Meloni, I have written in 2023 with Salvatore Vassallo here ⬇️

We were not wrong.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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pitrieger.bsky.social
Excited to share my first single-authored dissertation paper!

I study how voters react to party differentiation in coalitions. Voters like clear partisan signals, but the gains are short-lived and limited to aligned supporters.

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October 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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giadapasquettaz.bsky.social
New semester, new great lineup for our #InternationalStudies seminar with amazing speakers at @uni-konstanz.de

➡️ Gabriella Gricius @ggricius.bsky.social
➡️ Fabio Franchino
➡️ Livia Schubiger
➡️ Kenneth Schultz
➡️ Giorgio Malet @giorgiomalet.bsky.social
➡️ Timon Forster @timonforster.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM