Congratulations to the brilliant @martav.bsky.social for a stellar PhD & defense! 🎉
Serving on PhD committees and getting to read all this new & exciting work is one of the best parts of our job. 🙃
Left-pawed dogs take fewer risks. Right-pawed dogs can be more aggressive. And ambilateral dogs appear to be more fearful of thunderstorms. Fun story by @phiejacobs.bsky.social for @science.org
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/...
Please sign this petition. #UnisRetten
Often we hear “education is a key investment in the future”. Yet the federal government is planning major cuts to universities. These cuts would put research and teaching at risk – and, ultimately, undermine our shared future.
mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/un...
Budget - Unis rufen zu Demos gegen Kürzungen auf
📅 Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2027 um 13.00
🏛️ Start am Ring vor dem Hauptgebäude der Uni Wien
www.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/pr...
Congratulations! 🎉🎓
Yesterday, PhD candidate in the @authlibeu.bsky.social project @martav.bsky.social successully defended her thesis "Democracy's Conditional Guardians: How Citizens Understand Democracy and Respond to Its Erosion"
#phdone
Science chats with researchers about a new method of assessing canine “handedness” and what it reveals about your pup’s health and personality
www.science.org
Luckily, I already landed my dream first post-defense job 🥹✨
But I’m always open to talk invites, collabs, or just brainstorming ideas and projects 🙈 😉
Thanks Ben! 🥹
Die Regierung plant massive Einsparungen bei den Universitäten. Forschung, Lehre und freie Wissenschaft stehen jetzt auf dem Spiel.
🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven!
Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026.
All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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theresa gessler
Paulus Wagner
1 PhD position to research how parties build connections with social groups
Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government
Werner Krause
Soo, since yesterday I am officially PhDone! 😮🎓✨🥂
I’m incredibly grateful to my supervisors Sylvia Kritzinger & @markuswagner.bsky.social for their guidance & support in this journey, and to my wonderful committee @gessler.bsky.social & @chrisclaassen.bsky.social for the thoughtful discussion. 1/2
