Assistant Professor for Comparative Politics @ Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Researching political violence & the inner workings of dictatorships https://felixhaass.de/
🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Our article "Cadre networks and bureaucratic careers in autocracies" has just been published online first in @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 — joint work with Alexander De Juan & Jan Pierskalla www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Short summary thread below 👇
Extremely interesting post-doc opportunity!
Jochen Müller🚨 Job alert! 🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion/IR (3 yrs) @unigreifswald.bsky.social Work on democratic resilience in times of crisis using cross-national survey data. flexible start (earliest possible) deadline: 31 May 2026 🔗 www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...
@au.dk is hiring 3 postdocs (2 yrs) on personality cults & strategic communication in autocracies, led by Jakob Tolstrup & Alexander Baturo. They're looking for profiles with text-as-data, survey experiments and/or Chinese politics experience. Start fall 2026. Looks like a great opportunity!
Three 2-year Postdoctoral positions at Aarhus University: Projects on personality cults and strategic communication in autocracies - Vacancy at Aarhus UniversityVacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus Universityinternational.au.dkPeriodic reminder that paper-picnic.com is a terrific one-stop-shop to stay updated on the latest publications in the social sciences. Thanks Moritz! Pro tip: installing the website as an app on your phone to easily access it from your home screen: support.google.com/chrome/answe... (Android/iOS)
Moritz Marbach🧺 Paper Picnic 2.0 is here! More journals. New features. An easier way to keep up with the latest research in political science and adjacent fields. 🧵👇
This is such a fantastic book & I'm extremely happy to see this print! Can't wait to put my hands on a physical copy. It will help us to better understand the inner workings of dictatorships and of "evil" organizations more broadly--should definitely go on every "Autocratic politics 101" syllabus.
Adam ScharpfRussia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ... Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups? Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com: tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf
Excellent postdoc opening in a great department. Apply!
Department of Political Science, University of Oslo📣CfA for a Postdoctoral Fellow Position in political science (3-4 years) as part of the ERC project “Waging of War” (WOW) - PI Scott Gates. The application deadline is March 16th, 2026. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Very excited about Alexander De Juan's talk today in the Politics Lecture Series! Topic is "Devolving the Monopoly on Violence." 🗓️Today, 12-1pm, Room 002, ISW. Stop by, if you're interested!
Hanna Schwander📣 The Politics Lecture Series is back with a fantastic line-up! Opening talk: Melissa Sands (LSE) on “Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets” Tue, 28 Oct 2025, 12–1 pm, Room 002 Everyone is welcomed to attend!
🚨Job alert! 🚨 I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills. ⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26 More info:
Research fellow (m/f/d) in the field of “contentious politics/political violence/autocratic politics” - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlinwww.hu-berlin.de