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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 2d

How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/sGDTDQV

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs

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Wissensnetzwerk Rechtsextremismusforschung @wi-rex.bsky.social · 21h

#NeuesAusDerForschung

@dasalgon.bsky.social und @tevoelker.bsky.social unterstreichen in ihrer Analyse (für Deutschland, seit 1990), dass die Übernahme rechtsextremer Positionen durch andere Parteien deren Ideologie und Positionen normalisiert und verbreitet:
doi.org/10.1017/S147...

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Jens Wäckerle @jwaeckerle.bsky.social · 2d

New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:

Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas

Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p

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GESIS-Suche

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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 3d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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Freie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social · 4d

👏 Die 100 wichtigsten Köpfe der Berliner Wissenschaft:

Wir gratulieren dem Soziologen Dr. Eylem Kanol, dem Historiker Dr. Hanno Hochmut und Politikwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Thorsten Faas, @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de im sechsten Teil der Serie des @tagesspiegel.de

Berlin University Alliance @berlinualliance.bsky.social · 4d

👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 Heute im @tagesspiegel.de : Spitzenforscher*innen, die den #Gemeinsinn im Blick haben – und dank ihrer herausragenden Arbeit zu den „100 wichtigsten Köpfen der Wissenschaft 2025“ gehören. 7 der 10 Vorgestellten sind von der #BerlinUAlliance 👉 www.berlin-university-alliance.de/kampagne-ts2...

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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 9d

Hochaktuell sind die neuen WZB-Mitteilungen zum Thema Weltordnung, denn die Regeln, nach denen das globale Zusammenleben über Jahrzehnte funktionierte, gelten nicht mehr. Ein Heft über Krieg & Frieden, über Demokratie, Profit & Wissenschaft, über China, Amerika und die EU.
www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...

Das Bild zeigt das Cover der Zeitschrift „WZB Mitteilungen – Quartalsheft für Sozialforschung“. Der Hintergrund ist ein klarer blauer Himmel. Rechts oben schwebt ein großer Luftballon in Form eines Baby-Darstellung einer bekannten politischen Figur mit orangefarbener Haut und gelben Haaren, der einen wütenden Gesichtsausdruck zeigt. Unten links befindet sich ein weißes Textfeld mit den Ausgabeninformationen: Ausgabe 3|25, September 2025, sowie die Webseite „wzb.eu“ in grün. Darunter steht der Titel des Hefts „Weltordnung“ und die Unterthemen „Regeln“, „Krieg“ und „China“.

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Roberto Pannico @robpannico.bsky.social · 10d

From the research group @dec-gr.bsky.social, we are glad to share our new Scientific Data article presenting the release of the first 12 waves of the Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (POLAT).

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The Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (12 waves)

Scientific Data - The Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (12 waves)

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Sociology FU Berlin @socfub.bsky.social · 14d

👋🎉 We welcome our new BA & MA students in their first semester! 🎓 Join us for our Introduction Event on 📅 7 October! Find the 🕙 program here: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/soziologi...

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Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social · 17d

Großartige Neuigkeiten! Ich freue mich sehr für dich und wünschen einen tollen Start in Hamburg! 😃

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theresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · 17d

Some professional news as I took my oath of office today:
On September 1st, I joined the University of Hamburg as a full professor of democratic political decision making👋

I'm very excited about this job & the chance to continue researching democracy, party competition and digitalization here
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Swen Hutter @swenhutter.bsky.social · 21d

Out now @socmovstudies.bsky.social: we introduce the concept of a "protest script" & demonstrate how video-enhanced protest event analysis (vPEA) helps trace a common script of the Italian and German anti-containment protests.

doi.org/10.1080/1474...

Understanding protest scripts: the anti-containment protests in Germany and Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic

The pandemic did not bring protest politics to a halt. Instead, it sparked diverse and divergent forms of contention. This study compares the development and characteristics of anti-containment pro...

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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations! 🏆 Penny Goldberg receives the A.SK Social Science Award 2025. The WZB honors the economist @yalejackson.bsky.social for her research on global trade linkages and inequality.
www.wzb.eu/en/press-rel...
📅This year's award ceremony will take place on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.

This is the invitation for the A.SK Social Science Award

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Swen Hutter @swenhutter.bsky.social · 23d

As I am fairly new to Bluesky, this comes a bit late, but it is still worth checking out:

Our #oa introduction to the @jeppjournal.bsky.social special issue on "Europe’s Changing Protest Landscape"
with @sophiahunger.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...

Journal of European Public Policy

Special Issue: Europe's Changing Protest Landscape. Guest Editors: Sophia Hunger & Swen Hutter. Volume 32, Issue 8 of Journal of European Public Policy

www.tandfonline.com

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Andreas Küpfer @ankuepfer.bsky.social · 27d

New article on parliamentary reactions 👏 (with @jocmuel.bsky.social and @pluggedchris.bsky.social) online first at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 28d

💥Online first:

"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"

by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Abstract of the research article "The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments" by Andreas Küpfer, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 1, displaying the occurences of different types of reactions in the German Bundestag between 1976 and 2020.

Figure 3, displaying the heatmap of predicted applause per 1000 words based on a Poission regression model.

Figure 5, displaying expected applause for interaction terms government and opposition.

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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 28d

💥Online first:

"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"

by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 29d

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.

It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.

Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

ggplot2 4.0.0

A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.

www.tidyverse.org

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Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social · Sep 9

Later that day, I'll present a new study on “Democratic Innovations and Political Ideology: A Large-N Comparative Analysis” together with Thamy Pogrebinschi; 4pm, West Level 3, West 301.

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Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social · Sep 9

On Saturday, I'll present the paper “Movement Parties and Parliamentary Speech in Chile, Spain, and Mexico”, co-authored with @eborbath.bsky.social and @janschwalbach.bsky.social ; 2pm, East Meeting Level, East 3.

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Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social · Sep 9

Tomorrow, during the PolComm PreConference workshop, I'll talk about “Political Violence and Partisan Reactions on Polarised Debates”, which is co-authored work with @tevoelker.bsky.social ; Wed., 9.15 am at Simon Fraser University -- lnkd.in/eGFvd6tF

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Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social · Sep 9

Very excited to be at APSA in Vancouver this week! I am looking forward to the conference and to many interesting presentations. #apsa2025

Let me know if you would like to grab a coffee and discuss any of the topics that I'll be talking about ⬇️

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Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social · Sep 9

Please consider signing this petition and supporting the great political science research and teaching at the University of Cologne!

Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Sep 8

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
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Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Sep 8

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️

Petition unterschreiben

Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master

https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master

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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · Sep 8

@wzb.bsky.social is looking for a new director

Two weeks left to apply; these are really great permanent senior positions with resources to support an ambitious research agenda

hugely important topic

www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...

please share with people not on here

www.wzb.eu

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NeFCA Political Communication @nefcapolcom.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢 Launching this fall: PolCom Classics!

A monthly online webinar where leading scholars revisit “classic” themes in political communication - mis/disinfo, framing, digitalization & more.

🗓 Every last Thu, 12–13 CET

First session: Sept 25 w/ @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social.

@nefca.bsky.social

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Sep 3

One of the several reasons why a bunch of senior officials in the GWB administration needed to go to jail was precisely so that we did not arrive at the point we are now with 👇, & disappearances/renditions, & all the other things, happening daily, totally divorced from both domestic & int'l law.

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · Sep 3

People celebrating the extrajudicial execution of persons who, even if guilty of the crime they are accused of, would not be convicted of a capital offense... it is a perversion of any sense of law.

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