Mirco Good
@goodmirco.bsky.social
PhD Student in Political Science at the University of Bern / Public Opinion / Politicization / Swiss-EU Relations 🇪🇺🇨🇭 / EU Politics
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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) 🧵👇
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
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) 🧵👇
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) 🧵👇
Very interesting paper — and highly relevant to current Swiss politics.
📮 Swiss voters will decide on a 50% inheritance tax for bequests exceeding CHF 50 million (only the portion above 50 million would be taxed) on 30.11.2025.
📮 Swiss voters will decide on a 50% inheritance tax for bequests exceeding CHF 50 million (only the portion above 50 million would be taxed) on 30.11.2025.
🚨Elites often warn: taxing the rich hurts everyone.
🤔But do citizens buy that story?
With @bcastanho.bsky.social & Hanna Lierse, we find: They don’t! Most people believe progressive taxes can deliver both — more equality and more growth. @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social #openaccess cup.org/3JVuvHm
🤔But do citizens buy that story?
With @bcastanho.bsky.social & Hanna Lierse, we find: They don’t! Most people believe progressive taxes can deliver both — more equality and more growth. @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social #openaccess cup.org/3JVuvHm
Taxing your cake and growing it too: public beliefs on the dual benefits of progressive taxation | Journal of Public Policy | Cambridge Core
Taxing your cake and growing it too: public beliefs on the dual benefits of progressive taxation
cup.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Very interesting paper — and highly relevant to current Swiss politics.
📮 Swiss voters will decide on a 50% inheritance tax for bequests exceeding CHF 50 million (only the portion above 50 million would be taxed) on 30.11.2025.
📮 Swiss voters will decide on a 50% inheritance tax for bequests exceeding CHF 50 million (only the portion above 50 million would be taxed) on 30.11.2025.
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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
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?
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🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)!
🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!
Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!
Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social
🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!
Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!
Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)!
🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!
Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!
Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social
🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!
Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!
Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social
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Gesund studieren, lehren & arbeiten: Die @unibe.ch bietet ihren Studierenden, Dozierenden & Mitarbeitenden zum #WorldMentalHealthDay am 10.10.2025 ein vielfältiges Programm an, um zum Austausch anzuregen & Impulse für einen achtsamen, gesunden Universitätsalltag zu geben. So wichtig & wertvoll 💜!
September 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Gesund studieren, lehren & arbeiten: Die @unibe.ch bietet ihren Studierenden, Dozierenden & Mitarbeitenden zum #WorldMentalHealthDay am 10.10.2025 ein vielfältiges Programm an, um zum Austausch anzuregen & Impulse für einen achtsamen, gesunden Universitätsalltag zu geben. So wichtig & wertvoll 💜!
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Excited to share our new PEGO publication: Hijacking or helping?
We show how crises like COVID-19 can shape narratives, open or close policy windows, and influence climate policy advocacy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s110...
@policysciences.bsky.social polisky
We show how crises like COVID-19 can shape narratives, open or close policy windows, and influence climate policy advocacy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s110...
@policysciences.bsky.social polisky
September 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Excited to share our new PEGO publication: Hijacking or helping?
We show how crises like COVID-19 can shape narratives, open or close policy windows, and influence climate policy advocacy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s110...
@policysciences.bsky.social polisky
We show how crises like COVID-19 can shape narratives, open or close policy windows, and influence climate policy advocacy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s110...
@policysciences.bsky.social polisky
A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
August 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
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Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties.
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - Volume 55
cup.org
July 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties.
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
A thread 👇 (1/n)
#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV
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Amid wealth tax discussion, it's worth reflecting on recent changes in tax takes across the income distribution. Combining all payments (ie income taxes and VAT etc), the richest and poorest pay the most as a share of their gross income. But rates are down markedly in the middle of the distribution
July 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Amid wealth tax discussion, it's worth reflecting on recent changes in tax takes across the income distribution. Combining all payments (ie income taxes and VAT etc), the richest and poorest pay the most as a share of their gross income. But rates are down markedly in the middle of the distribution
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The far-right SVP continues to frame itself as the voice of the “little man”.
Yet it is now the Swiss party with *the highest* number of formal ties between its MPs & the banking lobby.
Also, in Switzerland, public skepticism toward deregulatory policies is growing, as shown in my new publication
Yet it is now the Swiss party with *the highest* number of formal ties between its MPs & the banking lobby.
Also, in Switzerland, public skepticism toward deregulatory policies is growing, as shown in my new publication
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The far-right SVP continues to frame itself as the voice of the “little man”.
Yet it is now the Swiss party with *the highest* number of formal ties between its MPs & the banking lobby.
Also, in Switzerland, public skepticism toward deregulatory policies is growing, as shown in my new publication
Yet it is now the Swiss party with *the highest* number of formal ties between its MPs & the banking lobby.
Also, in Switzerland, public skepticism toward deregulatory policies is growing, as shown in my new publication
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WZB-Digitalisierungsforscherin @jeah.bsky.social hat auf @libmod.de eine Replik auf den deutsch-amerikanischen Politikwissenschaftler Yascha Mounk zum Thema #Zensur in Deutschland und Großbritannien veröffentlicht:
libmod.de/debatte-mein...
@hiigberlin.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
libmod.de/debatte-mein...
@hiigberlin.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
Debatte Meinungsfreiheit: Keine Täter-Opfer-Umkehr! - Eine Antwort auf Yascha Mounk
„In Europa werden Menschen tatsächlich für ihre Meinung eingesperrt“ betitelt Yascha Mounk seinen Essay. Jeanette Hofmann, Professorin an der Freien Universität mit den Schwerpunkten Digitalisierung u...
libmod.de
June 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
WZB-Digitalisierungsforscherin @jeah.bsky.social hat auf @libmod.de eine Replik auf den deutsch-amerikanischen Politikwissenschaftler Yascha Mounk zum Thema #Zensur in Deutschland und Großbritannien veröffentlicht:
libmod.de/debatte-mein...
@hiigberlin.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
libmod.de/debatte-mein...
@hiigberlin.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
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#POLITKOLUMNE: There are 2 main strategies to counter the far-right: legal means & political responses
Courts alone won’t save democracy. What’s needed:
1️⃣firm stance against the far-right
2️⃣protest /civil soc. mobilization
3️⃣public institutions that guarantee equal public service access for everyone
Courts alone won’t save democracy. What’s needed:
1️⃣firm stance against the far-right
2️⃣protest /civil soc. mobilization
3️⃣public institutions that guarantee equal public service access for everyone
May 12, 2025 at 6:36 AM
#POLITKOLUMNE: There are 2 main strategies to counter the far-right: legal means & political responses
Courts alone won’t save democracy. What’s needed:
1️⃣firm stance against the far-right
2️⃣protest /civil soc. mobilization
3️⃣public institutions that guarantee equal public service access for everyone
Courts alone won’t save democracy. What’s needed:
1️⃣firm stance against the far-right
2️⃣protest /civil soc. mobilization
3️⃣public institutions that guarantee equal public service access for everyone
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🌍 The PEGO Research Group is now on Bluesky!
Follow us for updates, insights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into our research, events, projects, etc. We’d love to connect with you.
🔗 Learn more: www.eawag.ch/en/departmen... 👋 Also connect with us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/pego...
Follow us for updates, insights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into our research, events, projects, etc. We’d love to connect with you.
🔗 Learn more: www.eawag.ch/en/departmen... 👋 Also connect with us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/pego...
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May 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
🌍 The PEGO Research Group is now on Bluesky!
Follow us for updates, insights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into our research, events, projects, etc. We’d love to connect with you.
🔗 Learn more: www.eawag.ch/en/departmen... 👋 Also connect with us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/pego...
Follow us for updates, insights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into our research, events, projects, etc. We’d love to connect with you.
🔗 Learn more: www.eawag.ch/en/departmen... 👋 Also connect with us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/pego...
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
Post 1: Introduction
Do Swiss voters want closer ties with the EU? 🇨🇭🇪🇺
We asked voters if they support the new 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement that extends existing bilateral agreements – and how important good EU relations are to them. We also included two survey experiments. Curious what they said? 👇 (1/11)
Do Swiss voters want closer ties with the EU? 🇨🇭🇪🇺
We asked voters if they support the new 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement that extends existing bilateral agreements – and how important good EU relations are to them. We also included two survey experiments. Curious what they said? 👇 (1/11)
April 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Post 1: Introduction
Do Swiss voters want closer ties with the EU? 🇨🇭🇪🇺
We asked voters if they support the new 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement that extends existing bilateral agreements – and how important good EU relations are to them. We also included two survey experiments. Curious what they said? 👇 (1/11)
Do Swiss voters want closer ties with the EU? 🇨🇭🇪🇺
We asked voters if they support the new 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement that extends existing bilateral agreements – and how important good EU relations are to them. We also included two survey experiments. Curious what they said? 👇 (1/11)
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BlueSky, kannst Du helfen?
Bald steht unser Masterseminar zum Vergleich der polit. Systeme 🇩🇪🇨🇭 an, inkl. Studienreise nach Berlin & Austausch mit einem MdB.
Nun verpasste es die Wiederwahl.
Hat i-jemand einen niederschwelligen Kontakt zu einem MdB? Unsere Studierenden würden sich SO freuen! #btw25
Bald steht unser Masterseminar zum Vergleich der polit. Systeme 🇩🇪🇨🇭 an, inkl. Studienreise nach Berlin & Austausch mit einem MdB.
Nun verpasste es die Wiederwahl.
Hat i-jemand einen niederschwelligen Kontakt zu einem MdB? Unsere Studierenden würden sich SO freuen! #btw25
February 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
BlueSky, kannst Du helfen?
Bald steht unser Masterseminar zum Vergleich der polit. Systeme 🇩🇪🇨🇭 an, inkl. Studienreise nach Berlin & Austausch mit einem MdB.
Nun verpasste es die Wiederwahl.
Hat i-jemand einen niederschwelligen Kontakt zu einem MdB? Unsere Studierenden würden sich SO freuen! #btw25
Bald steht unser Masterseminar zum Vergleich der polit. Systeme 🇩🇪🇨🇭 an, inkl. Studienreise nach Berlin & Austausch mit einem MdB.
Nun verpasste es die Wiederwahl.
Hat i-jemand einen niederschwelligen Kontakt zu einem MdB? Unsere Studierenden würden sich SO freuen! #btw25
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If you've lost track of Swiss-EU relations, Fabio Wasserfallen's piece @republik.ch is highly recommended. Key point: A favorable deal for Switzerland, but it risks failure unless domestic legislation (eg. regional minimum wage) is passed to mitigate the deal's impact www.republik.ch/2025/01/23/w...
January 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If you've lost track of Swiss-EU relations, Fabio Wasserfallen's piece @republik.ch is highly recommended. Key point: A favorable deal for Switzerland, but it risks failure unless domestic legislation (eg. regional minimum wage) is passed to mitigate the deal's impact www.republik.ch/2025/01/23/w...
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Reportedly, the theme of today’s speech was supposed to be «unity»
a close up of a man wearing a beanie that says hugs
ALT: a close up of a man wearing a beanie that says hugs
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reportedly, the theme of today’s speech was supposed to be «unity»
This Trump speech is scary. Another moment of great polarization.
January 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This Trump speech is scary. Another moment of great polarization.
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Extraordinary quote in the FT profile of Alice Weidel - the AFD candidate for German Chancellor.
Asked to explain how her being married to a woman fitted with the party's "anti-woke" philosophy an official said:
"She is just gay by biology but not by political conviction."
Asked to explain how her being married to a woman fitted with the party's "anti-woke" philosophy an official said:
"She is just gay by biology but not by political conviction."
January 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Extraordinary quote in the FT profile of Alice Weidel - the AFD candidate for German Chancellor.
Asked to explain how her being married to a woman fitted with the party's "anti-woke" philosophy an official said:
"She is just gay by biology but not by political conviction."
Asked to explain how her being married to a woman fitted with the party's "anti-woke" philosophy an official said:
"She is just gay by biology but not by political conviction."
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FPÖ-Chef Herbert Kickl steht an der Schwelle zum Kanzleramt. Was kommt da auf uns zu? Nehmen wir ihm beim Wort – ein #Thread mit Kickl-Zitaten.
January 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
FPÖ-Chef Herbert Kickl steht an der Schwelle zum Kanzleramt. Was kommt da auf uns zu? Nehmen wir ihm beim Wort – ein #Thread mit Kickl-Zitaten.
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1/ Die NZZ kritisiert wieder mal, dass zu viele Menschen studieren und erst noch das Falsche: Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften.
Lasst uns anschauen, ob und was die Leute bei der NZZ studiert haben. 🧵
Lasst uns anschauen, ob und was die Leute bei der NZZ studiert haben. 🧵
January 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
1/ Die NZZ kritisiert wieder mal, dass zu viele Menschen studieren und erst noch das Falsche: Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften.
Lasst uns anschauen, ob und was die Leute bei der NZZ studiert haben. 🧵
Lasst uns anschauen, ob und was die Leute bei der NZZ studiert haben. 🧵
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"Was bleibt, ist die Frage für Politik und Gesellschaft, welche Ziele die Politik im Bereich der Finanzierung und der Subventionierung der familienergänzenden Kinderbetreuung anstreben soll."
Mehr dazu in meinem Artikel bei CHSS: sozialesicherheit.ch/de/roestigra...
Mehr dazu in meinem Artikel bei CHSS: sozialesicherheit.ch/de/roestigra...
Röstigraben bei der familienergänzenden Kinderbetreuung - Soziale Sicherheit CHSS
Die Zahl der familienergänzenden Betreuungsplätze für Kinder nimmt in allen Kantonen zu. In der Westschweiz sowie in städtisch geprägten Kantonen gibt es deutlich mehr Plätze als anderswo.
sozialesicherheit.ch
December 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM
"Was bleibt, ist die Frage für Politik und Gesellschaft, welche Ziele die Politik im Bereich der Finanzierung und der Subventionierung der familienergänzenden Kinderbetreuung anstreben soll."
Mehr dazu in meinem Artikel bei CHSS: sozialesicherheit.ch/de/roestigra...
Mehr dazu in meinem Artikel bei CHSS: sozialesicherheit.ch/de/roestigra...
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The polarization of European politics:
The European Parliament officially approved Ursula von der Leyen’s team for her second term today.
But the incoming Commission is the least supported by EU lawmakers since the Parliament was awarded the right to vote on the cohort.
Take a look 👇
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
But the incoming Commission is the least supported by EU lawmakers since the Parliament was awarded the right to vote on the cohort.
Take a look 👇
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
November 27, 2024 at 1:07 PM
The polarization of European politics:
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🧐Do you teach comparative politics?
❓Do your students sometimes struggle to find the right data for their projects?
If so, my chapter might be what you need! It offers a collaboratively curated collection of data sets specifically tailored for the study of political institutions polisky
❓Do your students sometimes struggle to find the right data for their projects?
If so, my chapter might be what you need! It offers a collaboratively curated collection of data sets specifically tailored for the study of political institutions polisky
September 24, 2024 at 8:37 AM
🧐Do you teach comparative politics?
❓Do your students sometimes struggle to find the right data for their projects?
If so, my chapter might be what you need! It offers a collaboratively curated collection of data sets specifically tailored for the study of political institutions polisky
❓Do your students sometimes struggle to find the right data for their projects?
If so, my chapter might be what you need! It offers a collaboratively curated collection of data sets specifically tailored for the study of political institutions polisky