Klaudia Wegschaider
Postdoc at UVienna and Yale ISPS || DPhil in Politics at Oxford DPIR || migration & suffrage & parties & mixed methods || klaudiawegschaider.com
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderFor the FES, I wrote a short brief about how mainstream party strategies have fueled far-right success. They move toward more anti-immigration positions to win voters back. This does not work, but shifts public opinion to the right. Parties then react to shifts in public opinion. A vicious cycle.
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider🎉 New paper out in Political Behavior (with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social) Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others? 💡Not political knowledge, but interest and confidence-in-knowledge drive emotional engagement. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧵
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderThis past Winter Term, I taught an introductory class in Quantitative Methods at the University of Vienna. I think it went really well, so I’m sharing the course material (including editable slides and markdown files) for anyone that might be interested. ucloud.univie.ac.at/index.php/s/...
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider“What we are seeing is the weakness of strong states. Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy.” Gift link
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider"In an era of information overload, there is no scarcity of data or analysis; what is lacking is attention. And whoever controls that controls the debate." So true also way beyond IR, e.g. in government vs opposition dynamics of both authoritarian and democratic regimes.
- Today in @theguardian.com, I argue that Donald Trump’s foreign-policy playbook is increasingly about attention capture, or what I call geopolitical clickbait. Plus I outline why this matters for Europe & what to do about it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderReally happy this work with @fraraffaelli.bsky.social found a home at EJPR. We show that growing up at times of high salience of immigration produces cohorts of voters who are more likely to vote for parties that they agree with specifically on immigration. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderNeighborism. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderThe elites and institutions have folded but regular people haven’t
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider📣 Call for Papers: 🗓️ 23-24 April 2026 at LSE Submit full papers: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p Please share with colleagues & early-career researchers!
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderWith the irreplaceable help of @davidsteinecke.bsky.social, Christina Zuber and I venture into legislative studies with this analysis of party groups and role call voting in parliaments in multinational societies. @uni-konstanz.de @lsqjournal.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderWe’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)
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderJoin us in Florence on 14-15 May for this year's Annual Conference of the @mpc-eui.bsky.social and @globalcit.bsky.social ! CfP: www.eui.eu/events?id=57... Deadline: 3 February
- 📣 Call for Papers: Annual GLOBALCIT and @mpc-eui.bsky.social Conference: Architectures of Global Mobility We invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners from all disciplines to explore the complex system governing the movement of people across borders Abstract: 3 Feb 🔗 tinyurl.com/2cp2f2yd
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderApologies for being self-referential but
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderGlobally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average. climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderX is the megaphone of 21st century fascism and authoritariansim. It has poisoned public debate. It is a tool for bullying, abuse, and assault. X needs to disappear from our discourse. When people and institutions post there, it gives X credibility. It keeps it relevant. It's time to stop.
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderPostdoctoral research position at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Applications are due next month. I’m happy to answer any questions about the position! puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderInterested in pursuing a career in climate governance, policy or politics research? Do you have a relevant PhD degree in political science, public administration or international relations? Then you should check out this opportunity! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderWith everything going on, it's easy to forget that immigration reform can fail EVEN IF a majority says it's "for" it. Politics runs on attention, and immigration supporters often care less about it than opponents. My new paper in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social tries to address this gap.
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderAre you a PhD researcher from #Oxford or #Cambridge? Consider applying for a 1 to 2 years postdoctoral grant from the Wiener-Anspach Foundation to come work with me at ULB. Deadline: 9 March. Interested? Drop me an email! fwa.ulb.be/subsides-et-...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderThe Commission’s new Democracy Shield🛡️raised high expectations but proposes mostly additions to existing frameworks rather than attempt innovation. 👇In my new policy brief out today, I analyse the Commission’s newest democracy strategy. 1/🧵 www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...
- New issue of QMMR out! Also in there: A preview of the papers developed as part of last year's cohort of the Emerging Methodologists Workshop. ➡️ That includes my piece on episode analysis in historical political science. The long-form version is still in progress. Feedback welcome! 🙏
- The new issue of QMMR, our last as editors, is out! It’s been a privilege to work with Juan Masullo over the past four years. We leave a publication with a growing number of submissions, a more diverse pool of contributors, & that peer-reviews most pieces www.qmmrpublication.com/_files/ugd/7...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderIs there a piece of scholarship on your syllabus that students really connected with or really worked well for your semester? You should take some time today to email those authors and tell them. I love sending these emails.
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider🚨 📖 “Nationalism and the Transformation of the State” is out with CUP! I’m so happy to conclude 6 years of research with Lars-Erik Cederman, Luc Girardin, Yannick Pengl and many others like that! It’s open access @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org here: tinyurl.com/nastac What’s the book all about? A 🧵
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderNEW Publication featuring a great lineup of citizenship scholars!! :) “The Archipelago Capitalism of Citizenship-By-Investment”, Comparative Political Studies, lnkd.in/dQPG4Q7J @maartenpvink.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social @eui-ggp.bsky.social
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderUse of mental health medications in the population of Swedish PhD students is 40% higher than a matched sample by the fifth PhD year. Be kind to PhD students. Don't take up PhD students you can't invest in. Alert prospective students of the reality of a PhD. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider🚨Job News: Postdoc positions in LSE Government Department 🚨 Apply to work with the brilliant and wonderful Carl Muller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social on his BORDERS ERC project at LSE @lsegovernment.bsky.social jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaiderupdating 🧵 with this essay on the attempt to redefine birthright citizenship by @evanbernick.bsky.social @gowder.io and @anthonymkreis.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/anth...
- If you want a read about the recent anti-constituonal attempt to denaturalize American children from their claim to birthright citizenship using bad history, @evanbernick.bsky.social, @gowder.io, I wrote about it in the Cornell Law Review Online. publications.lawschool.cornell.edu/lawreview/wp...
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider📢 Call for Submissions UK-based early career researchers in political science, political economy & public policy: apply to our January Early Career Workshop at LSE. 🗓️ Deadline: 28 Dec 2025 🔗 forms.gle/HXU4DnBq9HmX...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderPlease apply! munkschool.utoronto.ca/petro-jacyk/...
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider❄️ December is here, so it's a good time to plan methods training for 2026! I’ve been asked about methods schools recently, so here’s a non-authoritative list. I did my PhD in Europe, and focus on quantitative political science, so this is inevitably biased and may be outdated. Additions welcome! 🧵👇
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider📢 📢 Call for Papers IV Yale–UB Historical Political Economy Workshop Organized by @Didacqueralt.bsky.social & @Cescamat.bsky.social 🎤 Keynote: Lisa Blaydes (Stanford) 📍 University of Barcelona 🗓 June 29–30, 2026 Submit your papers by Jan 21, 2026: shorturl.at/oZTNy #pleaseRT
- Great opportunity for EU citizens to pursue doctoral studies at Oxford. And speaking from experience: Giovanni is a fantastic supervisor!
- PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider📣 Call for Abstracts! Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne. 🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025. s.gwdg.de/U27NQb
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderToday at 4pm London/UK time: Dominik Hangartner (@ethz.ch) presents at the @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour Seminar, organised together with @sarahobolt.bsky.social @florianfoos.bsky.social & @mathiaspoertner.bsky.social. Join us in London or on Zoom!
- The @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour Seminar Series will be back for the '25/26 academic year, as usually on Thursdays, 4-5pm, in CBG 4.17. Let us know if you are external and want to attend in-person, or join remotely on Zoom. More info here: www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider📣 PhDs & postdocs: Our Call for Papers is now open! If you work on (de)polarization including migration, media or radical right parties — come to Dresden in June 2026. We’re eager to see what ideas, cases and theories are out there!. Please share! @tudresden.bsky.social @gsw-tudresden.bsky.social
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderWhat happens when a minority decides for the majority? On Sunday, Swiss citizens head to the polls again. But Switzerland remains one of the most exclusionary democracies in the OECD. In highly cosmopolitan places like Basel-Stadt, only 50.5% of all residents were entitled to vote (as of 2024)
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider🚨New genAI teaching material: an Electoral System Explorer built with Claude. It lets students see how votes translate to seats under different electoral systems. Try it here: claude.ai/public/artif.... Feedback, as always, is very much appreciated! #poliski
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderI wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider🚨 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/...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderI think AI issues are manifesting in very different ways based on the kinds of institutions, the disciplines we're in, etc. But a lot seems tied together by the ways we've set up failure as something to be feared, utterly, and this was already a huge problem before the arrival of ChatGPT etc
- "Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a saviour. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection. Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead." www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderOur paper just got accepted in the @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 and is now on the journal website: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... For me personally, it's a milestone: my first paper accepted after a peer review!
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderI‘m excited to take part in the @zweitstimme.bsky.social Workshop on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behavior at the @hertieschool.bsky.social this week! I'll be presenting first results from a project with @klingelt.bsky.social on the Geography of Electioneering in Multi-Party Systems.
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaidernew paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderThis plot is from a different, evil world. Oh, wait a minute: this is reality. Publishers making like 38% profit margins.
- What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider🚨New working paper: Compositional Effects, Internal Migration and Electoral Outcomes osf.io/preprints/so... #polisciresearch
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderCfP🗣️: 7th edition of the Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration. 28-29 May 2026, in Rome! Organised by CEPR/King's College/EBRD/Sapienza Keynotes are Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi) and Vicky Fouka (Stanford). Submit your papers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Deadline 23 Jan. 🤓🔥🍕🍝🍷
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderCall for Submissions: Democratic Resilience and the Politics of Belonging Columbia, June 4-5, 2026 Co-Organizers: @aalrababah.bsky.social (Bocconi), @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social (Columbia), Shigeo Hirano (Columbia), @ginvernizzi.bsky.social (Bocconi) Submit: lnkd.in/eiPgt_w5 Details ⬇️
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna! ⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025 wratil.eu/files/MULTIR... 1/4 🧵
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider#Abstimmungsschablone Secret ballot is fundamental to (direct) democracy. Yet until now the 377000 visually impaired people in Switzerland had to disclose their vote every single time. In the upcoming referendum, a newly developed stencil will allow them to cast a truly secret vote for the 1st time
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider🚨🎉New Publication Friday 🎉🚨 Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social Out now in Political Communication. #polisky #commsky doi.org/10.1080/1058...
- Reposted by Klaudia WegschaiderAre you a PhD or early career researcher in EU law and politics? Come to the Europa Institute of the University of Edinburgh to give a paper at our PhD/ECR Workshop on the topic of "Defending the European Union". Dates: 23-24 April 2026. Details here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Reposted by Klaudia Wegschaider📣 Connecting Europe Fellowship Young professionals from EU enlargement countries can now apply for a 3-month fellowship in Brussels to advance research on EU enlargement, democracy, climate, digital and foreign policy. Apply by 4 December 👇 www.epc.eu/vacancies/co...
