Jelle Koedam
@jellekoedam.bsky.social
Political Scientist @ University of Zurich | PhD UNC Chapel Hill | Research on polarization, multidimensionality, European politics
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Jelle Koedam
@jellekoedam.bsky.social
· Feb 26
NEW -
Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality - cup.org/4gLJspU
- @jellekoedam.bsky.social, Garret Binding & @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social
Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality - cup.org/4gLJspU
- @jellekoedam.bsky.social, Garret Binding & @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social
How should we study party polarization in Europe?
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
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We are hiring a postdoc in Comparative Politics at JGU Mainz!
Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social).
• Full-time position
• Five-year contract (!)
• Start: from 1 October
Apply by 22 August:
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328
Please share!
Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social).
• Full-time position
• Five-year contract (!)
• Start: from 1 October
Apply by 22 August:
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328
Please share!
August 6, 2026 at 5:27 AM
We are hiring a postdoc in Comparative Politics at JGU Mainz!
Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social).
• Full-time position
• Five-year contract (!)
• Start: from 1 October
Apply by 22 August:
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328
Please share!
Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social).
• Full-time position
• Five-year contract (!)
• Start: from 1 October
Apply by 22 August:
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328
Please share!
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This was a fantastic workshop in a beautiful city! Thanks so much @giorgiomalet.bsky.social @tinepaulsen.bsky.social @nicolaiberk.bsky.social and @jellekoedam.bsky.social for organizing!
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!
Two days of thoughtful discussions, new connections, and lots of fun... 🏊 Thanks to everyone who joined!
July 23, 2026 at 8:41 AM
This was a fantastic workshop in a beautiful city! Thanks so much @giorgiomalet.bsky.social @tinepaulsen.bsky.social @nicolaiberk.bsky.social and @jellekoedam.bsky.social for organizing!
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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!
Two days of thoughtful discussions, new connections, and lots of fun... 🏊 Thanks to everyone who joined!
July 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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!
Two days of thoughtful discussions, new connections, and lots of fun... 🏊 Thanks to everyone who joined!
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I'm thrilled to share the latest @chesdata.bsky.social paper "A Global Scale of Economic Left–Right Party Positions: Cross-National and Cross-Expert Perceptions of Party Placements", out now at JOP, where we compare expert ratings from Europe, Latin America, Australia, Israel, Canada, & the US.
www.journals.uchicago.edu
July 20, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I'm thrilled to share the latest @chesdata.bsky.social paper "A Global Scale of Economic Left–Right Party Positions: Cross-National and Cross-Expert Perceptions of Party Placements", out now at JOP, where we compare expert ratings from Europe, Latin America, Australia, Israel, Canada, & the US.
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Several years of data collection, 2 editorial teams and a few rounds of R&R were all well worth it to finally see this paper in print. Thanks to all the survey teams and the many experts who helped make this possible.
doi.org/10.1086/736578
doi.org/10.1086/736578
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
doi.org
July 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Several years of data collection, 2 editorial teams and a few rounds of R&R were all well worth it to finally see this paper in print. Thanks to all the survey teams and the many experts who helped make this possible.
doi.org/10.1086/736578
doi.org/10.1086/736578
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🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven!
Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026.
All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Share widely!
Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026.
All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Share widely!
1 doctoraatspositie in kiesgedrag
1 PhD position to research how parties build connections with social groups
www.kuleuven.be
May 19, 2026 at 5:32 AM
🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven!
Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026.
All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Share widely!
Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026.
All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Share widely!
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Precies over een maand, op 12 maart verschijnt mijn boek De symfonie van onvrede: De opmars van radicaal-rechts in Europa bij Querido:
www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/querido/boek...
Dit boek gaat me aan het hart en ik kom graag een lezing geven.
🧵
www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/querido/boek...
Dit boek gaat me aan het hart en ik kom graag een lezing geven.
🧵
De symfonie van onvrede - Singel Uitgeverijen
Catherine de Vries groeide op op een boerderij in Overijssel die al generaties in de familie was. Eind jaren tachtig veranderde dat leven ingrijpend: dalende prijzen, Europese regels en terughoudende ...
www.singeluitgeverijen.nl
February 12, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Precies over een maand, op 12 maart verschijnt mijn boek De symfonie van onvrede: De opmars van radicaal-rechts in Europa bij Querido:
www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/querido/boek...
Dit boek gaat me aan het hart en ik kom graag een lezing geven.
🧵
www.singeluitgeverijen.nl/querido/boek...
Dit boek gaat me aan het hart en ik kom graag een lezing geven.
🧵
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🚨 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....
“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
🚨 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....
“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....
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Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties.
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - Volume 55
cup.org
July 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties.
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
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Together with @jellekoedam.bsky.social, @tinepaulsen.bsky.social, and @nicolaiberk.bsky.social, we brought together an amazing group of researchers doing exciting work here in Zurich — and it turned into a super fun, engaging workshop. Huge thanks to everyone who joined and made it so special!
July 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Together with @jellekoedam.bsky.social, @tinepaulsen.bsky.social, and @nicolaiberk.bsky.social, we brought together an amazing group of researchers doing exciting work here in Zurich — and it turned into a super fun, engaging workshop. Huge thanks to everyone who joined and made it so special!
Reposted by Jelle Koedam
How should we study party polarization in Europe?
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
NEW -
Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality - cup.org/4gLJspU
- @jellekoedam.bsky.social, Garret Binding & @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social
Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality - cup.org/4gLJspU
- @jellekoedam.bsky.social, Garret Binding & @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
How should we study party polarization in Europe?
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
How should we study party polarization in Europe?
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
NEW -
Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality - cup.org/4gLJspU
- @jellekoedam.bsky.social, Garret Binding & @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social
Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality - cup.org/4gLJspU
- @jellekoedam.bsky.social, Garret Binding & @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
How should we study party polarization in Europe?
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
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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!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!
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
lu.varbi.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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!
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Happy to answer any questions, and thanks in advance for circulating the call!
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Check out the latest addition to the CHES family, CHES-Canada 2023: www.chesdata.eu/chescanada
Thanks to @jellekoedam.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social for their work on this project!
More news to follow soon on CHES-Europe 2024!
Thanks to @jellekoedam.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social for their work on this project!
More news to follow soon on CHES-Europe 2024!
CHES-Canada — Chapel Hill Expert Survey
www.chesdata.eu
February 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Check out the latest addition to the CHES family, CHES-Canada 2023: www.chesdata.eu/chescanada
Thanks to @jellekoedam.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social for their work on this project!
More news to follow soon on CHES-Europe 2024!
Thanks to @jellekoedam.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social for their work on this project!
More news to follow soon on CHES-Europe 2024!
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‼️ O, Canada is now in CHES!
The data include party position estimates for federal parties in Canada + parties in Ontario and Quebec. It's also super easy to combine with other @chesdata.bsky.social data to compare positions with positions of parties in other countries!
The data include party position estimates for federal parties in Canada + parties in Ontario and Quebec. It's also super easy to combine with other @chesdata.bsky.social data to compare positions with positions of parties in other countries!
Check out the latest addition to the CHES family, CHES-Canada 2023: www.chesdata.eu/chescanada
Thanks to @jellekoedam.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social for their work on this project!
More news to follow soon on CHES-Europe 2024!
Thanks to @jellekoedam.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social for their work on this project!
More news to follow soon on CHES-Europe 2024!
CHES-Canada — Chapel Hill Expert Survey
www.chesdata.eu
February 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
‼️ O, Canada is now in CHES!
The data include party position estimates for federal parties in Canada + parties in Ontario and Quebec. It's also super easy to combine with other @chesdata.bsky.social data to compare positions with positions of parties in other countries!
The data include party position estimates for federal parties in Canada + parties in Ontario and Quebec. It's also super easy to combine with other @chesdata.bsky.social data to compare positions with positions of parties in other countries!
Reposted by Jelle Koedam
‼️ Hiring ‼️
Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich
📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)
Application deadline in early March.
Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk
We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich
📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)
Application deadline in early March.
Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk
We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
January 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
‼️ Hiring ‼️
Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich
📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)
Application deadline in early March.
Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk
We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich
📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years)
📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years)
Application deadline in early March.
Job ads & details:
tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk
We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
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Closing in two weeks:
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
January 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Closing in two weeks:
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
2 open positions in my new consolidator project "Decades of Peace" at the University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social, focusing on Latin America.
PhD position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:e32a...
Postdoc position: ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:94e1...
New study 🚨
Original survey in 9 countries on the ideological profile of citizens with technocratic attitudes
🇦🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧🇬🇷🇮🇹🇳🇱🇸🇪🇺🇸
See @eribertsou.bsky.social's 🧵 for more!
Original survey in 9 countries on the ideological profile of citizens with technocratic attitudes
🇦🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧🇬🇷🇮🇹🇳🇱🇸🇪🇺🇸
See @eribertsou.bsky.social's 🧵 for more!
📢 New study alert! We (@JelleKoedam.bsky.social, Daniele Caramani and I) examine the ideological profile of technocratic-minded citizens across nine Western democracies, and find that they are *not* necessarily ‘neutral’ or ‘pragmatic’. ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
The ideological profile of the technocratic citizen
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ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 18, 2024 at 9:58 AM
New study 🚨
Original survey in 9 countries on the ideological profile of citizens with technocratic attitudes
🇦🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧🇬🇷🇮🇹🇳🇱🇸🇪🇺🇸
See @eribertsou.bsky.social's 🧵 for more!
Original survey in 9 countries on the ideological profile of citizens with technocratic attitudes
🇦🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇧🇬🇷🇮🇹🇳🇱🇸🇪🇺🇸
See @eribertsou.bsky.social's 🧵 for more!
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Here it is! Thanks for self-nominating. go.bsky.app/VgtNvt9
November 16, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Here it is! Thanks for self-nominating. go.bsky.app/VgtNvt9
CHES party positions are now also available for Canada!
Thank you @rdassonneville.bsky.social and
@chesdata.bsky.social for a great collaboration.
See 🧵 below for more!
Thank you @rdassonneville.bsky.social and
@chesdata.bsky.social for a great collaboration.
See 🧵 below for more!
Excited to share CHES Canada! We (with @jellekoedam.bsky.social) published a note in the CJPS in which we present the data from this latest addition to the Chapel Hill Expert Survey. You can access the note here doi.org/10.1017/S000...
November 15, 2024 at 9:45 AM
CHES party positions are now also available for Canada!
Thank you @rdassonneville.bsky.social and
@chesdata.bsky.social for a great collaboration.
See 🧵 below for more!
Thank you @rdassonneville.bsky.social and
@chesdata.bsky.social for a great collaboration.
See 🧵 below for more!
🚨 Job Opportunities 🚨
Multiple postdocs on Daniele Caramani’s ERC project on “Global Cleavages” at the EUI!
polisky PSJMinfo
A few days left to apply:
europeangovernanceandpolitics.eui.eu/erc-advanced...
Multiple postdocs on Daniele Caramani’s ERC project on “Global Cleavages” at the EUI!
polisky PSJMinfo
A few days left to apply:
europeangovernanceandpolitics.eui.eu/erc-advanced...
ERC Advanced Grant GLOBAL - Call for applications - The European Governance and Politics Programme
3 post-doctoral Research Fellowships in the ERC Advanced Grant project “Global Cleavages: The Shape of Political Conflict across World Regions in Historical Perspective” (GLOBAL, 2023-28) led by PI Da...
europeangovernanceandpolitics.eui.eu
March 14, 2024 at 7:14 AM
🚨 Job Opportunities 🚨
Multiple postdocs on Daniele Caramani’s ERC project on “Global Cleavages” at the EUI!
polisky PSJMinfo
A few days left to apply:
europeangovernanceandpolitics.eui.eu/erc-advanced...
Multiple postdocs on Daniele Caramani’s ERC project on “Global Cleavages” at the EUI!
polisky PSJMinfo
A few days left to apply:
europeangovernanceandpolitics.eui.eu/erc-advanced...
One week left to apply! 🚨 PhD position on polarization in great department and city! @ipz.bsky.social
Start date = negotiable
polisky PSJMinfo
Start date = negotiable
polisky PSJMinfo
Excited to share on 🟦 as well: My project on Multidimensional Polarization received a 4-year grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation 🎉
🚨 Please help me share the ad for the PhD position on the project!
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
polisky PSJMinfo
🚨 Please help me share the ad for the PhD position on the project!
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
polisky PSJMinfo
October 24, 2023 at 11:25 AM
One week left to apply! 🚨 PhD position on polarization in great department and city! @ipz.bsky.social
Start date = negotiable
polisky PSJMinfo
Start date = negotiable
polisky PSJMinfo
Excited to share on 🟦 as well: My project on Multidimensional Polarization received a 4-year grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation 🎉
🚨 Please help me share the ad for the PhD position on the project!
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
polisky PSJMinfo
🚨 Please help me share the ad for the PhD position on the project!
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
polisky PSJMinfo
October 3, 2023 at 9:57 AM
Excited to share on 🟦 as well: My project on Multidimensional Polarization received a 4-year grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation 🎉
🚨 Please help me share the ad for the PhD position on the project!
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
polisky PSJMinfo
🚨 Please help me share the ad for the PhD position on the project!
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
polisky PSJMinfo