Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti
@dasalgon.bsky.social
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"Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda" - for the @theguardian.com, @ashifakassam.bsky.social summed up our study.
@tevoelker.bsky.social and I answered some questions to put our results into context. Give it a read!
Study: bit.ly/4hhRFUN
@tevoelker.bsky.social and I answered some questions to put our results into context. Give it a read!
Study: bit.ly/4hhRFUN
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🚨NEW PAPER
The Logic of Connective Faction:
How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social & @mikecowburn.bsky.social
Online radicalization doesn't just affect the public.
It also reshapes how elites & parties behave. doi.org/10.1080/1058...
The Logic of Connective Faction:
How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social & @mikecowburn.bsky.social
Online radicalization doesn't just affect the public.
It also reshapes how elites & parties behave. doi.org/10.1080/1058...
The Logic of Connective Faction: How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
Across democratic systems, ideological cleavages increasingly emerge not only between but also within political parties. At the same time, hyperpartisan and digitally networked media ecosystems amp...
doi.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
🚨NEW PAPER
The Logic of Connective Faction:
How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social & @mikecowburn.bsky.social
Online radicalization doesn't just affect the public.
It also reshapes how elites & parties behave. doi.org/10.1080/1058...
The Logic of Connective Faction:
How Digitally Networked Elites and Hyper-Partisan Media Radicalize Politics
w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social & @mikecowburn.bsky.social
Online radicalization doesn't just affect the public.
It also reshapes how elites & parties behave. doi.org/10.1080/1058...
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Das @manifestoproj.bsky.social analysiert seit vielen Jahren politische Texte - aber unser Datensatz ist voll mit Zahlen. In einem Artikel in den neuen WZB-Mitteilungen haben meine Kolleg:innen und ich anhand von sechs Zahlen beschrieben, was wir da eigentlich so machen. 🔍🖥️📄
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Das @manifestoproj.bsky.social analysiert seit vielen Jahren politische Texte - aber unser Datensatz ist voll mit Zahlen. In einem Artikel in den neuen WZB-Mitteilungen haben meine Kolleg:innen und ich anhand von sechs Zahlen beschrieben, was wir da eigentlich so machen. 🔍🖥️📄
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🔔 New paper on party brands with @swenhutter.bsky.social in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
We study the supply (how parties call themselves) and demand (what voters reward) sides. We pair a new European dataset of party names with conjoint experiments on voter reactions
OA 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S153...
We study the supply (how parties call themselves) and demand (what voters reward) sides. We pair a new European dataset of party names with conjoint experiments on voter reactions
OA 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S153...
January 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM
🔔 New paper on party brands with @swenhutter.bsky.social in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
We study the supply (how parties call themselves) and demand (what voters reward) sides. We pair a new European dataset of party names with conjoint experiments on voter reactions
OA 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S153...
We study the supply (how parties call themselves) and demand (what voters reward) sides. We pair a new European dataset of party names with conjoint experiments on voter reactions
OA 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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📣 Come work with us! The @wzb.bsky.social Center for Civil Society Research is looking for a research associate/doctoral candidate (75%) for a 3 year period, starting on Apr 1, 2026. The researcher will work in the Manifesto Project. More:
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/428...
Apply by Jan 25, 2026! 🗓️
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/428...
Apply by Jan 25, 2026! 🗓️
Research associate – doctoral candidate (75%) (ID 377)
The Manifesto Project analyses parties’ election manifestos in order to study parties’ policy preferences. To this end, the project conducts conte...
wzb.hr4you.org
January 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
📣 Come work with us! The @wzb.bsky.social Center for Civil Society Research is looking for a research associate/doctoral candidate (75%) for a 3 year period, starting on Apr 1, 2026. The researcher will work in the Manifesto Project. More:
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/428...
Apply by Jan 25, 2026! 🗓️
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/428...
Apply by Jan 25, 2026! 🗓️
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BITTE REPOSTEN! Wir brauchen Daten!
Im Rahmen eines meiner Seminare @powimz.bsky.social sollen die Studis eigene Erfahrungen mit der Datenerhebung sammeln. Dazu haben wir eine Umfrage zusammengestellt (ca. 10 Min.). Wir sind dankbar für jede*n Teilnehmer*in :)
survey.zdv.uni-mainz.de/index.php/34...
Im Rahmen eines meiner Seminare @powimz.bsky.social sollen die Studis eigene Erfahrungen mit der Datenerhebung sammeln. Dazu haben wir eine Umfrage zusammengestellt (ca. 10 Min.). Wir sind dankbar für jede*n Teilnehmer*in :)
survey.zdv.uni-mainz.de/index.php/34...
Studierendenumfrage Wintersemester 25/26
survey.zdv.uni-mainz.de
December 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
BITTE REPOSTEN! Wir brauchen Daten!
Im Rahmen eines meiner Seminare @powimz.bsky.social sollen die Studis eigene Erfahrungen mit der Datenerhebung sammeln. Dazu haben wir eine Umfrage zusammengestellt (ca. 10 Min.). Wir sind dankbar für jede*n Teilnehmer*in :)
survey.zdv.uni-mainz.de/index.php/34...
Im Rahmen eines meiner Seminare @powimz.bsky.social sollen die Studis eigene Erfahrungen mit der Datenerhebung sammeln. Dazu haben wir eine Umfrage zusammengestellt (ca. 10 Min.). Wir sind dankbar für jede*n Teilnehmer*in :)
survey.zdv.uni-mainz.de/index.php/34...
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NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names
By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names
By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
December 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names
By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names
By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Join us! Wir bieten eine volle Promotionsstelle für drei Jahre @powimz.bsky.social - Verlängerung um weitere drei Jahre möglich. Alle Details hier 👇
FB 02 – Innenpolitik und Politische Soziologie
Wir forschen und lehren zu Themen der (deutschen) Innenpolitik und der Politischen Soziologie. Dazu gehören vor allem die Wahl-, Einstellungs- und Parteienforschung. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt unserer Abteilung sind die Gebiete Rechtsextremismus, Rechtsradikalismus und Rechtspopulismus.
innen.politik.uni-mainz.de
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Join us! Wir bieten eine volle Promotionsstelle für drei Jahre @powimz.bsky.social - Verlängerung um weitere drei Jahre möglich. Alle Details hier 👇
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99-0.
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & yet, here we are.
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & yet, here we are.
Every single democratic senator voted to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. Every single one. Not one “no” vote.
Q: Do you stand by your statement from earlier this year that nobody has died from USAID cuts?
RUBIO: I'm very proud of the changes we've made in foreign aid
RUBIO: I'm very proud of the changes we've made in foreign aid
December 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
99-0.
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & yet, here we are.
Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & yet, here we are.
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I’m excited to share that my first book came out this summer! The book looks at how EU state aid cases become politicised (and de-politicised) and what this means for the EU’s legitimacy. At its core, the book shows how competition policy is never just technical, but also deeply political.
August 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I’m excited to share that my first book came out this summer! The book looks at how EU state aid cases become politicised (and de-politicised) and what this means for the EU’s legitimacy. At its core, the book shows how competition policy is never just technical, but also deeply political.
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we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
Goethe-Universität — FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...
www.uni-frankfurt.de
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
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After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
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Two PhD Positions in Project about Protests in Africa
@sophiahunger.bsky.social and I are looking for two PhD researchers in our project „Welfare States and Protest: Understanding the Contentious Outcomes of Social Policy in Africa". Application deadline is 14.1.26:
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
@sophiahunger.bsky.social and I are looking for two PhD researchers in our project „Welfare States and Protest: Understanding the Contentious Outcomes of Social Policy in Africa". Application deadline is 14.1.26:
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen
Offene Stellen
www.uni-bremen.de
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Two PhD Positions in Project about Protests in Africa
@sophiahunger.bsky.social and I are looking for two PhD researchers in our project „Welfare States and Protest: Understanding the Contentious Outcomes of Social Policy in Africa". Application deadline is 14.1.26:
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
@sophiahunger.bsky.social and I are looking for two PhD researchers in our project „Welfare States and Protest: Understanding the Contentious Outcomes of Social Policy in Africa". Application deadline is 14.1.26:
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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Once again in re: the utterly abject poverty of the “Democrats Must Not Talk Funny because they are Alienating Real Folkz” Discourse™️ that we have suffered through in the last year while the Republicans keep Doing A Fascism & calling people “vermin” & “morons” & "piggy" & this hateful nonsense.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Once again in re: the utterly abject poverty of the “Democrats Must Not Talk Funny because they are Alienating Real Folkz” Discourse™️ that we have suffered through in the last year while the Republicans keep Doing A Fascism & calling people “vermin” & “morons” & "piggy" & this hateful nonsense.
I am thrilled to have welcomed Martin Schulz to my lecture on European integration! The students were very interested in discussing the current challenges and opportunities of the European Union with him.
By the way, it's my first time holding a Vorlesung as a Gastprofessor this semester at FU.
By the way, it's my first time holding a Vorlesung as a Gastprofessor this semester at FU.
👥 Last week, Martin Schulz delivered a guest talk in Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti's Lecture on European integration. He engaged with students from the MA "European Societies" to discuss current and future challenges and potentials of the EU. We're delighted that Mr. Schulz visited our teaching program!
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I am thrilled to have welcomed Martin Schulz to my lecture on European integration! The students were very interested in discussing the current challenges and opportunities of the European Union with him.
By the way, it's my first time holding a Vorlesung as a Gastprofessor this semester at FU.
By the way, it's my first time holding a Vorlesung as a Gastprofessor this semester at FU.
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Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇
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Join us at the last Data Science Brown Bag this year for a talk by @ankuepfer.bsky.social “Look Who’s Confronting: Opposition Status, Gender, & the Far Right.”
He’ll share insights on how politicians use eye contact as confrontation in parliamentary debates.
👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...
He’ll share insights on how politicians use eye contact as confrontation in parliamentary debates.
👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Is meritocratic ideology an "opium of the masses" of sorts that tames redistributive demands? Not for lower income strata. The myriad mechanisms through which the rich exert disproportionate influence are probably better explanations of why we do not observe higher redistribution.
Check it out!😊👇
Check it out!😊👇
📢New publication:
The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic.
🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The poor want redistribution regardless of whether they think society is meritocratic.
🎉 Big congrats to my former supervisees — now co-authors, @irenepaneda.bsky.social, @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social, and Bala Battu!
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The relevance of meritocratic beliefs for redistributive preferences increases with income
A leading explanation for why in democratic societies the rich are not taxed more is that meritocratic beliefs breed tolerance for inequality. We prob…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Is meritocratic ideology an "opium of the masses" of sorts that tames redistributive demands? Not for lower income strata. The myriad mechanisms through which the rich exert disproportionate influence are probably better explanations of why we do not observe higher redistribution.
Check it out!😊👇
Check it out!😊👇
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“The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since the campaign began in early September. But it does not know who specifically is being killed, and the strikes were not designed to take out high-ranking cartel leaders.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
Intelligence on U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Is Limited
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since the campaign began in early September. But it does not know who specifically is being killed, and the strikes were not designed to take out high-ranking cartel leaders.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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There is no batshit far-right idea that the NYT's "reasonable" conservatives will not launder into polite discourse.
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
There is no batshit far-right idea that the NYT's "reasonable" conservatives will not launder into polite discourse.
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Ende letzter Woche stufte das US-Außenministerium #AntifaOst als ausländische Terrororganisation ein. Mit dem epd sprach über das Label:
www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/2496...
www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/2496...
www.evangelisch.de
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Ende letzter Woche stufte das US-Außenministerium #AntifaOst als ausländische Terrororganisation ein. Mit dem epd sprach über das Label:
www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/2496...
www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/2496...
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SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce that the 8th COMPTEXT Conference will take place at the Institute of Data and AI (lnkd.in/ebN7za_Q) of the University of Birmingham, 23-25 April 2026, with @chrisguarnold.bsky.social serving as the lead local organiser. Call for Papers coming soon!
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce that the 8th COMPTEXT Conference will take place at the Institute of Data and AI (lnkd.in/ebN7za_Q) of the University of Birmingham, 23-25 April 2026, with @chrisguarnold.bsky.social serving as the lead local organiser. Call for Papers coming soon!
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🚨🎉New Publication Friday 🎉🚨
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
Social media platforms now play a central role in election campaigns for parties and politicians. Yet comparatively little research has compared how these actors use these platforms during and outs...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨🎉New Publication Friday 🎉🚨
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
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💡New publication with @tevoelker.bsky.social and @swenhutter.bsky.social:
"Civil Society and Democracy" In: List, R.A., Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
"Civil Society and Democracy" In: List, R.A., Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
Civil Society and Democracy
link.springer.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
💡New publication with @tevoelker.bsky.social and @swenhutter.bsky.social:
"Civil Society and Democracy" In: List, R.A., Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
"Civil Society and Democracy" In: List, R.A., Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society
link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...