Doctoral Candidate in Political Science @dynamics.bsky.social (HU Berlin/Hertie School) & Research Associate @hertieschool.bsky.social | Party Competition, Public Opinion & Quantitative Methods | https://www.elias-koch.com
Elias Koch
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Paper II on the presentation of election polls: 10:50-12:30 Friday, 19 June, Lagan A.
This is joint work w/ @linushagemann.de, @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social, @hannahrajski.bsky.social, T. Gschwend, @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social & @lstoetze.bsky.social from the @zweitstimme.bsky.social project.
On my way to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast. I'm very much looking forward to presenting two papers!
Paper I on party strategies in contested liberal democracies: 13:30-15:10, 20 June, Lagan B (Hilton)
Elias Koch
Elias Koch
🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language?
New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
A great overview of the accommodation question by Hanno Hilbig, worth your time!
So excited to be at the @epssnet.bsky.social Conference! Interested in the link between heat and everyday aggression, and what we can learn about it from one million amateur football matches? I'd love to see you there:
📅 19 June
🕥 9:00–10:40
📍 Meeting Room 2a (ICC)
#EPSS2026
Post-doc position at @scripts-berlin.eu! If you are a survey researcher interested in cross-national research on how people perceive liberalism, democracy etc, take a look! You’ll get to work with 🥳 @swenhutter.bsky.social: www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/post...
How does the level of sophistication in political messages affect citizens? While
research has examined how politicians use this element to distinguish themselves,
little is known about how it resonat...
Heute beginnt #FIFAWorldCup #WM2026.
Die Diskussionen um einen #Boykott des Turniers wurden in der 🇩🇪 Öffentlichkeit weniger intensiv geführt als 2022, aber wie sehen das eigentlich die Bürgerinnen und Bürger?
👉Fußfallfans stimmen verschiedenen Boykottszenarien weniger zu als andere Befragte
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For the research project “Public Attitudes towards the Liberal Script” (PALS) at the Center for Civil Society Research, in collaboration with other research units and the Cluster of Excellence...
⚽📚 The Ultimate World Cup Research Thread
I've set up a little automated thread: every day of the 2026 World Cup (11 Jun–19 Jul) it shares one study on what football does to society: politics, economics, migration, health, crime & more.
One paper a day. Kickoff below 👇
New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social)
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
