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Julius Diener
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PhD Student Political Science Uni Mannheim
Comparative Politics / (Youth) Representation / Quantitative Methods / Text as Data
Big foodie in my free time
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Julius Diener @dienerjulius.bsky.social · Jan 7
My first paper has been published at PVS. In it, I investigate the strategic incentives behind parliamentary interruptions using data from the German Bundestag. In this thread you can find a short summary of the paper, which is available under open access here: rdcu.be/d4mHq
Explaining Interruption Behavior in Parliament: The Role of Topic Expertise, Career Status, and Government-Opposition Dynamics
rdcu.be
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indubioproreto.bsky.social
New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!

We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.

Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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heikekluever.bsky.social
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”

I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies

➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)

tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil
Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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gessunimannheim.bsky.social
📣 Apply Now: Be part of the GESS 📣

🎓 #ApplyNow to our fully funded doctoral programs beginning Fall 2026!

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Online Application: Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences
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November 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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indubioproreto.bsky.social
"The kids are alright. The real problem might be older generations projecting their own racial anxieties onto them. Instead of treating Gen Z as a lost cause, it’s time to heed what their significantly lower racial resentment signals: They’re moving forward."

newrepublic.com/article/2030...
The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great
Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.
newrepublic.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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mzesunimannheim.bsky.social
"Gehören Sie zur politischen Mitte?", fragte die @zeit.de und löste mit ihrem Tool eine hitzige Debatte aus.
@marcdebus.bsky.social ordnet das Tool und die zugrundeliegenden Daten der @gles.bsky.social ein.

Lesenswerter Beitrag von @cendt.de und @jalenz.bsky.social !

👉 www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Politisches Spektrum: Die große Sehnsucht nach der Mitte
Unser interaktives Tool zur politischen Mitte hat großes Interesse hervorgerufen – und wird leidenschaftlich diskutiert. Sieben Erkenntnisse
www.zeit.de
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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denis-cohen.bsky.social
Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yD
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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indubioproreto.bsky.social
Crazy support numbers for Zohran Mamdani among young women: 84% (!) of women aged 18-29 voted for Mamdani in the NYC Mayoral Election.

But also important: young men voted MUCH MORE STRONGLY (67%) for Mamdani than old men (37%).
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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zeit.de
Haben Menschen früher rechter gedacht, als sie gewählt haben? Der Forscher Vicente Valentim sagt, dass wir eine Ursache für den Erfolg extrem rechter Parteien übersehen.
Vicente Valentim: "Angela Merkel lag richtig"
Haben Menschen früher rechter gedacht, als sie gewählt haben? Der Forscher Vicente Valentim sagt, dass wir eine Ursache für den Erfolg extrem rechter Parteien übersehen.
www.zeit.de
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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indubioproreto.bsky.social
@ipsosnl.bsky.social published an age breakdown of the results of the election polls regarding tomorrow's Dutch elections.

Young Dutch voters are leaning more towards the centre-left (D66, PvdA-GL, PvdD, Volt), and are less likely to vote for both the far-right and the center-right.
Voting Intention of 18-34 year old Dutch voters Voting Intention of total Dutch Population
October 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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denis-cohen.bsky.social
Ich habe mit @zeit.de über die Reaktionen etablierter Parteien auf den Erfolg der radikalen Rechten gesprochen – warum Anpassung und Einbindung riskant sind und wo Chancen jenseits reaktiver Strategien liegen.
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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sachlichepolitik.bsky.social
Diese zwei Ergebnisse des #Politbarometer sollten nicht untergehen, doch genau das passiert gerade...
ZDF In meiner Wohngegend gibt es mit Geflüchteten Probleme Polit Barometer 4% sehr große 14% große 37% nicht so große 37% keine 8% weiß nicht /keine Geflüchtete in der Gegend Quelle ZDF ... An öffentlichen Orten und Plätzen fühle ich mich in der Regel sicher < 20% 46% 25% 8% sehr sicher eher sicher eher unsicher sehr unsicher Quelle: ZDF >
October 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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marcdebus.bsky.social
Happy to serve as the editor-in-chief of the Politische Vierteljahresschrift/German Political Science Quarterly (PVS/GPSQ) link.springer.com/journal/11615 @dvpw.bsky.social from January 2026 onwards. Thanks to Eric Linhart for his great work in the last six years! 1/3
October 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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tabouchadi.bsky.social
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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alsogwenny.bsky.social
has this been done yet
[Two people shaking hands, man in polo shirt wearing a red cap, another holding a rainbow coloured sign with text "realTM scienceTM Against postcolonial & queer studies". Behind them, a line of people in handcuffs] Polo Shirt Man: We did it! We finally outlawed postcolonial & queer studies. Thanks for your help! T Shirt Man: Happy to be of service! Panel 2 [Close up of T Shirt Man] T Shirt Man: So, who are we going after next? Panel 3 [Close up of Polo Shirt Man solely in frame staring at T-Shirt Man] Panel 4 [Close up of T Shirt Man] T Shirt Man: I said who's next? Panel 5 [Close up of Polo Shirt Man smiling slightly more] Panel 6 [Close up of T Shirt Man looking more concerned] T Shirt Man: Who... Panel 7 [Close up of Polo Shirt Man smiling even more]
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
dienerjulius.bsky.social
For the next 10 weeks, I will be a visiting PhD student at the University of Vienna, hosted by @chriswratil.bsky.social, discussing Representation etc.
If you are in Vienna, I would love to have coffee, so please reach out.
October 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
dienerjulius.bsky.social
I am super happy to have received this year’s CDSS teaching award for my seminar “democratic representation in parliament”. In addition to the positive feedback from students, this is a great valuation of the effort put into preparing courses and giving feedback.
September 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
dienerjulius.bsky.social
Come visit us next year, we have good feedback and tasty food.
mzesunimannheim.bsky.social MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · Sep 22
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
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Screenshot of the call for applications for MZES Visiting Fellowships, 22 September 2025. For the full text, please follow the link.
September 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
dienerjulius.bsky.social
The innovation I have been waiting for the most
jbengler.de Jan Broder Engler @jbengler.de · Sep 18
The new ggplot2 4.0.0 now supports absolute plot dimensions 🤩

#rstats #dataviz #phd
library(tidyverse) mtcars |> head(8) |> rownames_to_column("name") |> ggplot(aes(x = drat, y = name, fill = name)) + geom_col() + theme(panel.widths = unit(50, "mm"), panel.heights = unit(50, "mm"))
September 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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ankuepfer.bsky.social
👏Applause offers a revealing lens on party competition! In a recent article @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/@[email protected]), we study how applause reflects party and coalition unity, ideological agreement, political exclusion, issue ownership, and the electoral cycle! (1/6)
Cover page of the article: "The sound of party competition: how applausereflects unity, disagreement, and the electoralcycle in parliamentsAndreas Küpfera , Jochen Müllerb and Christian Steckeraatechnical university of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany; buniversität Greifswald, Greifswald,GermanyABSTRACTThis article studies how applause reflects the dynamics of party competitionduring parliamentary debates. While legislative scholars often emphasise theselection of speakers and content of debates, spontaneous reactions from fel-low MPs remain understudied. Analysing 750,000 instances of applause in thedebates of the German Bundestag (1976–2020), it was found that applausepatterns, although largely spontaneous and immediate by nature, systemati-cally reflect incentives from party competition such as signalling party andcoalition unity, ideological (dis)agreement, and ostracising specific parties.Applause also indicates issue emphasis, especially near elections. The findingssuggest that applause can serve as a nuanced and abundant indicator in thestudy of party competition, complementing more static measures derived frommanifestos and expert judgements. By analysing applause patterns over fourdecades, this study opens new avenues to explore nonverbal reactions asmarkers of party competition in other parliaments."
September 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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joschbrl.bsky.social
Excited that my first PhD paper is published in Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties!🎉

🧵 @wurthmann.bsky.social & I examine: Do They Know What They Represent? Parliamentary Candidates’ Perceptions of Their Own Party’s Positions

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
September 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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saengler.bsky.social
Three weeks left to apply 👇
saengler.bsky.social Sarah Engler @saengler.bsky.social · Jul 28
My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.

If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!

shorturl.at/kcTbG
September 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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sophieehill.bsky.social
"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"

Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds
Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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youthpolrep.bsky.social
Want to get an overview of research on #youthpolrep?

We have started a 💥thematically sorted bibliography💥 on our website!

Let us know, if there are publications still missing 🤗
Bibliography | Youth Political Repr
youthpoliticalrep.wixsite.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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indubioproreto.bsky.social
The actual truth: Wenig hat der Demokratie in den letzten Jahren so geschadet wie die ständige Verharmlosung der extremen Rechten durch selbsternannte "liberale" oder "konservative" Akteure und die komplett absurde Hufeisen-Gleichstellung von radikal-rechten mit links-progressiven Kräften.
September 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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duncanmcdonnell.com
3-year, full-time post-doc position with my ‪@griffith.edu.au‬ friend & colleague, Ferran Martinez i Coma.

Ferran is one of the key people who has made our department the top comparative politics research cluster in Australia.

Please apply, share, etc.

jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Grade 1
Company Description: Every institution values excellence. What matters most is why. Griffith was created to be a different type of university. You’ll find we’re about leading research, academic excel...
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September 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM