Roi Litvak-Zur
Political scientist at the University of Essex. Parties, voters, institutions, and representation. www.roizur.com
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- I'm very excited to start a short visit in the Department of European & International Studies at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. I'll be in London (mostly) on Wednesdays this semester, so drop me a line if you want to meet.
- May you find the brightest light at the darkest times. Happy Chanukah!
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurIt is almost 10 years since Hanspeter Kriesi published his seminal article on the politicization of European Integration @jcms-eu.bsky.social. A short thread on how things stand as of 2024, with @chesdata.bsky.social, looking at salience, clarity, and unity of party positions towards the EU 🧵:
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurThe year 2024 confirmed a global environment defined by: ↔️ pronounced political fragmentation 🗳️ heightened electoral activity 📈 + a deepening wave of autocratisation that continued a 25-year trajectory. ⬇️ Read the 2025 yearbook now! buff.ly/lSheCuB
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-Zur🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨 We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social Any questions, please reach out to me 📣 Please share! 📣 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurJoin us for “Populism: On the Rise” — a student-organised panel exploring a most pressing challenge in politics. 📅 Wednesday 29 October 🕒 15:00–16:00 📍 EBS 1.1 Ft. Professor Natasha Lindstaedt, Dr. Roi Zur, and Dr. Rafael Tauil, moderated by Professor Faten Ghosn. #EssexGov #EssexPoliticsSociety
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-Zur@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris). We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵: #PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurWe are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI. We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research! Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurJob Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)
- Writing about Israel is emotionally challenging, but equally important to me. Thanks, @liranharsgor.bsky.social for inviting me to collaborate on this @pdyearbook.bsky.social report. Hopefully, next year's report won't have such a somber tone. ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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- Reposted by Roi Litvak-Zur🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with @campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-Zur🎯New publication out in @wepsocial.bsky.social 'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇 Read the full article (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurAre you interested in how parties' parliamentary behavior (e.g., passing bills, calling for elections, forming coalitions, cooperating/conflicting) affects voters (e.g., electoral behavior, perceptions, affective polarization)? Please let me know. I am putting together an MPSA panel proposal.
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurCome join us @iepolisci.bsky.social! This dept has one of the healthiest environments I've found in academia. Plus, everyone does brilliant work and you get to live in a great city with a salary that allows you to enjoy it. We only work in English, so language is not an issue. Apply!
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- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurThe CHES EU team has published a new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social describing some trends across the 25 years now covered by our trend file and exploring two new items included in the 2024 wave of the survey: doi.org/10.1016/j.el... Here’s a summary thread: 1/
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- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurAnd 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...
- The #EPSS2026 conference features 19 amazing sections: 🔹 Climate Politics 🔹 Comparative Politics 🔹 Comparative Politics of Development 🔹 Conflict, Violence and Security 🔹 Electoral and Voting Behaviour 🔹 European and EU Politics 🔹 Formal Political Theory 🔹 Gender and Sexuality Politics 4/
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurI'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage! I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
- There's no easy way to learn your colleagues are antisemites.
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-Zur✨ Come and join @politicsoxford.bsky.social for 5 years ✨ This is the perfect position for a research and teaching active junior colleague with expertise in European politics and quant methods. Apply!
- 📢APPLY NOW!: DPIR seeks a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative European Politics to provide teaching and supervision at the undergraduate and graduate level and contribute to the Departmental examining and graduate admissions processes.🗓️ CLOSES: 12pm, 5 Aug: ow.ly/brXi50WpZav
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurMy department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years. If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply! shorturl.at/kcTbG
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-Zur📢 Out now! The Handbook of Affective Polarization is officially published 🎉 📖 Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! 💙 Link below for the e-book 👇
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- Yael Shomer, @etzelgov.bsky.social, and I have a new editorial in Frontiers. We review the multiple crises in Israeli politics since 2019 and summarize 6 articles published in a “Research Topic” related to these crises. We also review the scale of democratic backsliding before and during the war.
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- Reposted by Roi Litvak-Zur📢 Job Alert | Political Science The Social Sciences Dept. at @uc3m.es is hiring a *2-year fixed-term faculty position* in Political Science. 📅 Deadline: June 14, 2025 🚀 Start date: Jan 1, 2026 📬 Questions? socialsciences.department@uc3m.es 🔗 Full call & application: www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite...
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- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurMy ESS course 'Ideal Point Estimation, IRT, and Scaling Methods for Surveys and Behavior' returns this summer -- online and in-person, 21 July - 1 August. essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
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- Very excited to see this online. A huge thank you to a great team, I leaned a lot! Another huge thank you to all the experts who took the time to provide us with this amazing data.
- With much thanks to @ndelacerda.bsky.social & a great @chesdata.bsky.social team, we have a new JOP article (early access) comparing expert evaluations of party positions from Europe to Israel to North America to Australia. doi.org/10.1086/736578
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-Zur🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy." Interested in making scholarly & societal impact? We’re looking for: 🔹 1 Postdoc (100%) 🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%) Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8 More info ⬇️ (1/7)
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-Zur🎓Scholarship Deadline Reminder!🎓 Thinking of joining the Essex Summer School? Don’t miss your chance to apply for a scholarship! 🗓️Deadline: 15 May 2025, 5 PM (BST) 📬Decisions Announced: 27 May 2025 🔗Apply here: essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo... 📢 Spread the word and apply now!
- Our department is on this platform now 👇🏼
- Not alone enough
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurExciting news: as I’ve started a new chapter as an assistant professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover, my postdoc position at MZES is now open! It’s a fantastic opportunity for recent PhDs: wonderful colleagues, excellent research infrastructure, and plenty of time to develop your own ideas.
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurThe international strength of political science research at Essex has been recognised in a new global ranking. Our Department of Government is ranked in the top five in Europe for citations and the global top 20 for 'recent impact' in an @apsa.bsky.social journal. www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/04...
- That turned out to be a huge understatement.
- The last lecture in Israeli Politics is tomorrow. I cannot stop thinking about how things could turn out much better for everyone if only the Israeli center wasn't led by a bunch of wimpy politicians. Just imagine Benny Gantz actually wanting to be Prime Minister.
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- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurI'm hiring! I'm looking for 1️⃣ pre-doc and 2️⃣ post-docs. If you're fascinated by media effects, quantitative methods, and open science, please consider applying 🙂 International applications welcome! Application Pre-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie... Application Post-doc: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...
- Reposted by Roi Litvak-ZurWe are thrilled to anounce the release of the 2024 CHES-Europe at chesdata.eu/2024-chapel-.... As always, the data are freely available on the website. Thank you to the hundreds of experts who share their expertise to make these data possible!
