Christian Breunig
@breunig.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Politics
University of Konstanz
University of Konstanz
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
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🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science PAR 2025/838
The Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers and
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November 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
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📣 We're hiring a postdoc in political science for our ReJust project @uni-konstanz.de!
Project with Dirk Leuffen @leuffen.bsky.social and Urs Fischbacher
3-year position | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2025 | Start: April 2026
Please share widely 🙏
Project with Dirk Leuffen @leuffen.bsky.social and Urs Fischbacher
3-year position | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2025 | Start: April 2026
Please share widely 🙏
Postdoctoral Research Position
Deadline: 15.12.2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
📣 We're hiring a postdoc in political science for our ReJust project @uni-konstanz.de!
Project with Dirk Leuffen @leuffen.bsky.social and Urs Fischbacher
3-year position | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2025 | Start: April 2026
Please share widely 🙏
Project with Dirk Leuffen @leuffen.bsky.social and Urs Fischbacher
3-year position | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2025 | Start: April 2026
Please share widely 🙏
Just realized that I will miss the Schwellköpp etc by a day. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing.
Delighted to be invited. Looking forward to meeting people in Mainz.
Greatly looking forward to @breunig.bsky.social speaking in our research seminar @powimz.bsky.social on Wednesday!
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Just realized that I will miss the Schwellköpp etc by a day. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing.
Delighted to be invited. Looking forward to meeting people in Mainz.
Greatly looking forward to @breunig.bsky.social speaking in our research seminar @powimz.bsky.social on Wednesday!
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Delighted to be invited. Looking forward to meeting people in Mainz.
Tot kijk #3
Uf Wiederluege #2
Doei! #1
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Tot kijk #3
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New article out in Regional and Federal Studies with @julitudo.bsky.social. We analyze the rise of Aliança Catalana, comparing its manifesto and voters with those of Vox.
🇪🇸 🏴 “Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation”
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
🇪🇸 🏴 “Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation”
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
New article out in Regional and Federal Studies with @julitudo.bsky.social. We analyze the rise of Aliança Catalana, comparing its manifesto and voters with those of Vox.
🇪🇸 🏴 “Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation”
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
🇪🇸 🏴 “Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation”
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
and just saw another good one 'ponytail candidate'.... must have been a special spell checker at work
November 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
and just saw another good one 'ponytail candidate'.... must have been a special spell checker at work
'champagne strategists' 🍾 is a good spelling error.
November 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
'champagne strategists' 🍾 is a good spelling error.
Holly Herndon - Chorus [Official Video]
YouTube video by RVNG Intl.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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CorrelAid such Verstärkung fürs @civic-data-lab.bsky.social: Referent:in (80%) ab 1.1.
⏰ 31.10.2025
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⏰ 31.10.2025
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CorrelAid - Data4Good
CorrelAid hilft Non-Profits dabei, Daten kritisch und reflektiert für ihre Ziele einzusetzen und ermöglicht Ehrenamtlichen ein wirksames Engagement im Bereich Data4Good.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
CorrelAid such Verstärkung fürs @civic-data-lab.bsky.social: Referent:in (80%) ab 1.1.
⏰ 31.10.2025
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⏰ 31.10.2025
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Very excited about the lineup for our #ComparativePolitics & #PoliticalEconomy colloquium in the winter @uni-konstanz.de !!
▶️Hannah Werner @ipz.bsky.social
▶️Fabio Franchino
▶️ @ashelshehawy.bsky.social
▶️Kevin Munger @eui-sps.bsky.social
▶️@rdassonneville.bsky.social
▶️@svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social
▶️Hannah Werner @ipz.bsky.social
▶️Fabio Franchino
▶️ @ashelshehawy.bsky.social
▶️Kevin Munger @eui-sps.bsky.social
▶️@rdassonneville.bsky.social
▶️@svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Very excited about the lineup for our #ComparativePolitics & #PoliticalEconomy colloquium in the winter @uni-konstanz.de !!
▶️Hannah Werner @ipz.bsky.social
▶️Fabio Franchino
▶️ @ashelshehawy.bsky.social
▶️Kevin Munger @eui-sps.bsky.social
▶️@rdassonneville.bsky.social
▶️@svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social
▶️Hannah Werner @ipz.bsky.social
▶️Fabio Franchino
▶️ @ashelshehawy.bsky.social
▶️Kevin Munger @eui-sps.bsky.social
▶️@rdassonneville.bsky.social
▶️@svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social
Maybe this one www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Inaccurate Politicians: Elected Representatives’ Estimations of Public Opinion in Four Countries | The Journal of Politics: Vol 85, No 1
Knowledge of what voters prefer is central to several theories of democratic representation and accountability. Despite this, we know little in a comparative sense of how well politicians know citizen...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
October 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Maybe this one www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Wer ihn im Kino verpasst hat, kann jetzt "Die Unbeugsamen" @3sat.bluesky.com.de nachholen. Ein Lehrstück über den jahrzehntelangen Kampf um Emanzipation in der Politik, mit grandiosem Archivmaterial.
Die Unbeugsamen
Der Dokumentarfilmer Torsten Körner zeigt durch Interviews und eindrucksvolles Archivmaterial namhafter Politikerinnen die Geschichte des bundesdeutschen Parlamentarismus konsequent aus ihrer Perspekt...
www.3sat.de
September 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Wer ihn im Kino verpasst hat, kann jetzt "Die Unbeugsamen" @3sat.bluesky.com.de nachholen. Ein Lehrstück über den jahrzehntelangen Kampf um Emanzipation in der Politik, mit grandiosem Archivmaterial.
archive.today/WrZk4 (archived version) and paywalled: www.zeit.de/2025/42/mein...
Meinung über Wähler: Verachten Politiker uns? Womöglich gar: zu Recht?
Egoistisch, schlecht informiert, unsozial: So sehen Politiker laut einer Studie ihre Wähler.
www.zeit.de
October 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
archive.today/WrZk4 (archived version) and paywalled: www.zeit.de/2025/42/mein...
The @zeit.de has 3 pages on one of our PolPop articles, led by @jacklucas.bsky.social, where politicians reflect on our finding that they perceive voters differently than voters perceive themselves. Would love to see this more often, where the subjects get a chance to reflect on the findings.
Meinung über Wähler: Verachten Politiker uns? Womöglich gar: zu Recht?
Egoistisch, schlecht informiert, unsozial: So sehen Politiker laut einer Studie ihre Wähler.
www.zeit.de
October 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The @zeit.de has 3 pages on one of our PolPop articles, led by @jacklucas.bsky.social, where politicians reflect on our finding that they perceive voters differently than voters perceive themselves. Would love to see this more often, where the subjects get a chance to reflect on the findings.
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#UniKonstanz winter semester 2025/26 starts today! Welcome (back) in Konstanz! We wish you all the best for the upcoming winter term and are excited that campus life will soon be buzzing again. Useful infos for our newbies: uni.kn/study-starter
October 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#UniKonstanz winter semester 2025/26 starts today! Welcome (back) in Konstanz! We wish you all the best for the upcoming winter term and are excited that campus life will soon be buzzing again. Useful infos for our newbies: uni.kn/study-starter
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*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
September 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system
* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...
Uf Wiederluege #2
Doei! #1
Wird eine Trainerentlassungsrekordsaision #bl
September 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Uf Wiederluege #2
legal age for driving stuff with solid wheels.
September 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
legal age for driving stuff with solid wheels.
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Depolarization is not "a scalable solution for reducing societal-level conflict.... achieving lasting depolarization will likely require....moving beyond individual-level treatments to address the elite behaviors and structural incentives that fuel partisan conflict" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Depolarization is not "a scalable solution for reducing societal-level conflict.... achieving lasting depolarization will likely require....moving beyond individual-level treatments to address the elite behaviors and structural incentives that fuel partisan conflict" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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How do governments mobilise public opinion in times of uncertainty? Do they gauche public opinion systematically across policy domains or unevenly depending on the issue ?🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Government polling in times of crises: when capacity meets incentives
How do governments mobilise public opinion in times of crises? While recent research examines the factors that determine the intensity of government polling at different points in the electoral cyc...
www.tandfonline.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
How do governments mobilise public opinion in times of uncertainty? Do they gauche public opinion systematically across policy domains or unevenly depending on the issue ?🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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6/7
Our results are especially interesting in the context of collective attention: Whereas books, news stories, movies, etc. get popular, then lose popularity at a higher and higher pace (see www.nature.com/articles/s41...), the most-popular hit songs now stay popular for longer.
Our results are especially interesting in the context of collective attention: Whereas books, news stories, movies, etc. get popular, then lose popularity at a higher and higher pace (see www.nature.com/articles/s41...), the most-popular hit songs now stay popular for longer.
Accelerating dynamics of collective attention - Nature Communications
The impacts of technological development on social sphere lack strong empirical foundation. Here the authors presented quantitative analysis of the phenomenon of social acceleration across a range of ...
www.nature.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
6/7
Our results are especially interesting in the context of collective attention: Whereas books, news stories, movies, etc. get popular, then lose popularity at a higher and higher pace (see www.nature.com/articles/s41...), the most-popular hit songs now stay popular for longer.
Our results are especially interesting in the context of collective attention: Whereas books, news stories, movies, etc. get popular, then lose popularity at a higher and higher pace (see www.nature.com/articles/s41...), the most-popular hit songs now stay popular for longer.