Nathalie Giger
- 🔔Job Alert 🔔 Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?” We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
- Join our international teams in Basel and Geneva for a four-year postdoc and two four-year PhD positions as of March 2025, here the job ads: tinyurl.com/postdocUNIGE tinyurl.com/phdUNIGE tinyurl.com/phdUNIBAS
- In the project we explore whether MPs can effectively perform and implement their ideas - something shaped by their effort and policy influence. The project develops a comprehensive index of MP quality always with a close focus on which qualities voters value most in a comparative perspective.
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- Reposted by Nathalie Giger🆕 Side income impacts trust in politicians? 💰 @ohuwyler.bsky.social @stefaniebailer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social study voters across 7 🇪🇺 countries to see how transparency about parliamentarians’ extra income shapes #VoterPerceptions, #Trust, and electability
- Reposted by Nathalie GigerMise au concours #Postdoc.Mobility. Approfondissez votre expérience de #recherche grâce à un séjour à l’étranger. Si vous voulez en savoir plus sur cet appel, participez à notre événement d’information en ligne, le 17.11.2025. ➡️ sohub.io/f091 🗓️ Délai de soumission: 03.02.2026
- Reposted by Nathalie GigerBetter get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)! epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
- Reposted by Nathalie Giger📣 New EJPR publication! @stefaniebailer.bsky.social, @nathaliegiger.bsky.social and I study citizens’ attitudes toward MPs’ side income disclosure in 7 European countries. MPs who conceal income are trusted least, even less than those with very high side incomes. doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100303
- Reposted by Nathalie Giger📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Comparative Politics & International Relations
- I am very happy to serve as section co-chair for #EPSS Belfast next June, please consider submitting your most excellent work!
- And we have an incredible list of section co-chairs for Belfast 2026, from 18 countries and every part of Europe. We are really grateful to these dedicated colleagues for taking on this role and helping us shape the future of political science in our continent. epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
- Excited to have become a member of this great initiative - do the same and show support!
- 🚨 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. 🧵
- Reposted by Nathalie Giger"Invitation Letters Increase Response Rates in Elite Surveys" with @nathaliegiger.bsky.social. Short report @ JEPS. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Nathalie Giger📣 New research in EJPR together with the wonderful @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @stefaniebailer.bsky.social, T. Turner-Zwinkels & S. Heller: We find: 1) MPs use more constituency signals while campaigning, 2) voters notice the signals, 3) but don't reward that behaviour. doi.org/10.1111/1475...
- Reposted by Nathalie GigerAre you a parent, and an early career scholar? Are you going to #EPSA? I'm thinking of organizing an event on #parenting and #academia at EPSA. Are you interested? Drop me an email. I'm looking for "partners in crime".
- Reposted by Nathalie Giger📢 We are hiring: 4-year PhD position at the Department of Government @univie.ac.at 👇
- Interested in pursuing a PhD in comparative politics (institutions, behaviour, representation, parties)? We have a four-year position at our department, with great conditions, lots of freedom and a reasonable teaching load. Get in touch if you have questions! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
- Reposted by Nathalie Giger📚 New book review published Ari Ray @ariray.bsky.social reviews "Unequal Democracies" (eds. Noam Lupu @noamlupu.bsky.social and Jonas Pontusson) in the SPSR @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Nathalie Giger⚠️ Six-year position at our department - work in lovely Vienna with a friendly team, 2 classes a term, and follow/develop your own research agenda. Feel free to ask me questions you might have. Deadline 24/01/25 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
- Reposted by Nathalie Giger🚨 Publication alert I am so glad my publication "Political Attitudes and Sexual Identity in Germany: Examining the Sexuality Gap" has now been published in Swiss Political Science Review. While there is an increasing literature on political behaviour, research on... #LGB #LGBTQ
- Reposted by Nathalie GigerOut now! Thijs Vos, Lianne van Kalken, Geerten Boogaard and I look at voting patterns in Dutch municipal councils and what shapes the importance of the coalition-opposition divide onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Nathalie Giger🚨 Call for Papers: #EPSAXV in Madrid! 🚨 📅 June 26-28, 2025 📍 UC3M, Madrid, Spain 🔗 Submit: coms.app/epsa2025 🗓️ Deadline: Dec 18, 2024 Showcase your research in one of 18 divisions! 🌍🌞 Don’t miss out—join us in sunny Madrid! Details: epsanet.org
- Reposted by Nathalie GigerIf you are a PhD student and work on inequality, you can get funded for spending some time at our Cluster 'Politics of Inequality' @excinequality.bsky.social www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/en/ungleichh...
- Reposted by Nathalie GigerNew @excinequality.bsky.social working paper together with @mbusemeyer.bsky.social & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social based on data from the #InequalityBarometer "Individual Ideology and Biased Perceptions of Income" kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstreams/c...
- Reposted by Nathalie Giger"Encouraging politicians to act on climate." @ajpseditor.bsky.social (w @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, Maria Pérez & Kaya Axelsson) We study the motivations of local officials to learn about net zero policies in 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇨🇭🇮🇹🇩🇪🇫🇷 link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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- We are hiring: The political science department at the University of Geneva is looking for a PhD candidate in political behavior: jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta... French for teaching required, otherwise free to work on any topic of interest!
