Assistant Professor @univie.ac.atโฌไธจPreviously @ipz.bsky.socialโฌ & @eui-sps.bsky.socialโฌไธจPolitical Economy and Political Behavior: Labor Markets, Fiscal Policy, Green Transition, Technological Change | www.retobuergisser.com
Reto Bรผrgisser
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๐จI have a new paper out in PNAS with my co-authors,
@maxbradley.bsky.social @renschazottes.bsky.social
and @ninalopezuroz.bsky.social: "Educational policies can strengthen climate coalitions." A thread on what we found (and a great story about doing ambitious research without funding!) [1/9]
Out now in #Socio-EconomicReview ( @sasemeeting.bsky.social)
"Individual ideology and biased perceptions of relative income position"
Jointly with @mbusemeyer.bsky.social (@excinequality.bsky.social) & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social
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Five days left to apply
Nadja Wehl
Susanna Garside
On 10 June, I am going to give a talk at the IHS in Vienna on Party Competition and the Normalization of the Radical Right. If you are around, you can sign up with the link below. I am at the IHS for the whole week, so do reach out if you'd like to meet up.
www.ihs.ac.at/news-and-eve...
Reto Bรผrgisser
Tarik Abou-Chadi
We're hiring!
@ineq-wu.bsky.social (@wuvienna.bsky.social) is looking for a Pre-Doc Researcher to study wage inequality using Austrian administrative microdata alongside @lukaslehner.bsky.social and me.
Details and application:
wirtschaftsuniversitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Project-staf...
A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy.
Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET
Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible)
Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if youโd like to discuss the position
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
Iโm hiring 2 doctoral researchers in Politics of Climate Change at Heidelberg University ๐
๐ Survey Research & Political Participation
๐ฃ๏ธ Qualitative Research & Group Formation
Part of โThe New Climate Divideโ
Deadline: 21 June 2026
Calls: www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/...
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In June, Switzerland will vote on what is so far the most radical far-right popular initiative launched by the Swiss Peopleโs Party SVP: capping the population at 10M (currently โ9.1M).
In this thread, Iโll break down what itโs about and how it fits into broader findings on Swiss direct democracy
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/...
๐ข New paper out in @AJPS_Editor with Christian Baehr & Fiona Bare:
"Climate Exposure Drives Firm Political Behavior: Evidence from Earnings Calls and Lobbying Data"
When & how do firms engage in climate politics? ๐งต
๐ doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
Emanuel List
Diane Bolet
Rahel Freiburghaus
Endre Borbรกth
๐จ Job Alert ๐จ
We have an opening for a ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป @stawi-univie.bsky.social starting Aug/Sep 2026!
Focus: political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields
๐ Apply by 29 April 2026
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
