Dear colleagues, We’re currently advertising an exciting position at GESIS that will play an important role in shaping comparative political science in the coming years – especially in connection with CSES, one of the key datasets in this field. We’re looking for an experienced researcher with a completed PhD. The position is based in Cologne, with the prospect of a permanent contract. You’d be joining a very friendly and supportive team, and the office space in Cologne offers a great working environment. If you know of someone who might be interested, we’d be grateful if you could pass this along or get in touch! https://www.gesis.org/en/institute/career/jobs/details/senior-researcher-international-electoral-research-postdoc Warm regards, Alexia Katsanidou ----- Prof. Dr. Alexia Katsanidou Scientific Director – Survey Data Curation<https://www.gesis.org/en/institute/departments/survey-data-curation> GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences<http://www.gesis.org/> Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8, D-50667 Köln tel: +49 (0) 221 47694 490 Websites: Personal<https://sites.google.com/site/alexiakatsanidou/> , GESIS<https://www.gesis.org/institut/mitarbeiterverzeichnis/person/alexia.katsanidou?no_cache=1>, University of Cologne<https://www.wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/research/find-an-expert/experts3/prof-dr-alexia-katsanidou/> Professor of Empirical Social Research Department of Sociology and Social Psychology<https://www.iss-wiso.uni-koeln.de/en/> Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences University of Cologne Current Projects: Men4Dem<https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101177356> on Masculinities for the Future of European Democracy (Funder: Horizon Europe) TWIN4DEM<https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101178061> on Strengthening Democratic Resilience Through Digital Twins (Funder: Horizon Europe) Push*Back*Lash<https://www.gesis.org/en/research/external-funding-projects/details/project/177/anti-gender-backlash-democratic-pushback-pushbacklash> on anti-gender strategies and their effect on democracy (Funder: Horizon Europe) Latest Publications: Katsanidou, Alexia and Nils Jungmann (2025) Rethinking political space in Europe: the modernisation and globalisation dimensions<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2025.2501091> in Journal of European Public Policy Heyne, Lea., Navarrete, Rosa and Katsanidou, Alexia., (2025) Fading EUphoria: party system polarisation and EU attitudes in Greece, Portugal and Spain<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2025.2468930>. in South European Society and Politics Otjes, Simon, Slaven Živković, and Alexia Katsanidou (2025). Between class conflict and culture war. How left-right self-positioning reflects elite conflict and social-economic context<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13540688251342518>. in Party Politics Katsanidou, Alexia, and Quinton Mayne. (2024). Is there a geography of Euroscepticism among the winners and losers of globalization<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2024.2317361>? in Journal of European Public Policy