Graph of the month:

Analyzing 167 arguments made in 25 direct democratic voting campaigns on international issues in Switzerland, Giorgio Malet and Stefanie Walter show that the framing of arguments in favor and against international cooperation differ significantly.

Our results suggest that precedents of nationalist policies shape domestic politics well beyond the concerned countries themselves.

Here's the (open access) link:
tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Do you do political economy research related to any international issues? Then consider submitting a paper for the IPES 2024 conference – my favorite conference is being held in Florence (at the EUI) this year – for the first time in Europe.

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Thanks to you for coming over and for your amazing comments!

A *Political Contest Theory* to explain contemporary IO authority transfers: #informal internationalization and unilateral #renationalization with Bernhard Zangl LMU Global Governance --> out now JEPP #OpenAccess (short 🧵)
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tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Interested in survey measures for policy priorities and trade-offs (social policy or other fields)? This article Journal of Politics @[email protected] may be of interest to you.
Joint work with Macarena Ares Matthias Enggist and Michael Pinggera from the European Research Council (ERC) welfarepriorities-project IPZ - Political Science UZH .

Academic job alert!

I am recruiting two senior ERC postdoctoral fellowships.

4 year positions.

Quantitative scholar: my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal…

Qualitative scholar: my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal…

Please share widely to anyone who might be interested!

We have been collecting a lot of data on evolving public opinion on international cooperation in the European Research Council (ERC) funded DISINTEGRATION project. Some of this data is now publicly available for download in the SWISSUbase repository. Check it out!

Today, researchers and diplomatic representatives in the field of 🇨🇭-🇪🇺 relations come together to explore the lastest research and policy advances. A great opportunity to discuss the new negotiating mandat!
The workshop is co-organized by Stefanie Walter and Fabio Wasserfallen.

Call for applications! We’re looking for a tenure-track assistant #professor in political communication 📣
If you have a strong record in teaching and research in the field of #political #communication , apply by 14 February 🗓️

Pls share widely! More info: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen…

So happy for my awesome colleague and friend Silja Häusermann ! This is so well deserved.

🎢 'Our analysis reveals that the UK’s political rollercoaster significantly influenced how Europeans view the EU.'

🆕 Stefanie Walter and Giorgio Malet explore how the politics of Brexit reshaped Europeans’ views of the EU.

ukandeu.ac.uk/how-british-br…

The Swiss government decided today to launch new negotiations with the EU about developing Swiss-EU relations.

A first take on where we stand:

20min.ch/story/schweiz-…

I have invite codes, dm me if you are interested

🎢 'Our analysis reveals that the UK’s political rollercoaster significantly influenced how Europeans view the EU.'

🆕 Stefanie Walter and Giorgio Malet explore how the politics of Brexit reshaped Europeans’ views of the EU.

ukandeu.ac.uk/how-british-br…

Interesting piece from Giorgio Malet and Stefanie Walter on the findings of their recent research, which looks at how Brexit has impacted the way Europeans perceive the EU. ukandeu.ac.uk/how-british-br…

Cool new research on the politics of exchange rates!

🎢 'Our analysis reveals that the UK’s political rollercoaster significantly influenced how Europeans view the EU.'

🆕 Stefanie Walter and Giorgio Malet explore how the politics of Brexit reshaped Europeans’ views of the EU.

ukandeu.ac.uk/how-british-br…

🧐 You can read Stefanie Walter and Giorgio Malet's recent article 'The reverberations of British Brexit politics abroad' in full here 👇

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

„The second child teaches humility“, someone once told me. Very true in my experience- turns out that some of your parenting successes are simply luck…