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Kai Arzheimer
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Politics Prof @powimz.bsky.social | parties, elections, attitudes, behaviour | right-wing extremism/populism/radicalism https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/

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Kai Arzheimer is a German professor of Political Science at the University of Mainz. Previously, he was a Lecturer in German and West European Politics at the Department of Government of the University of Essex. In 2017-2018, he held the Hannah Arendt Visiting Chair in German and European Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. .. more

Political science 68%
Sociology 12%
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Nils Gerster @gerstern.bsky.social · 1h
"Der AfD-Europaabgeordnete Petr Bystron ist auf Kosten der Kommunistischen Partei nach China geflogen. Die staatliche Propaganda-Agentur zahlte den Flug in der Business-Class und Übernachtungen im luxuriösen Sheraton-Hotel." www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
Luxushotel und Schiffsrundfahrt: China zahlte für AfD-Politiker
Der AfD-Europaabgeordnete Petr Bystron ist auf Kosten von China nach Beijing geflogen. Die Propaganda-Agentur Xinhua zahlte Flug und Luxushotel.
www.t-online.de

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Dominik Schraff @dschraff.bsky.social · 2h
Our Department at Aalborg University is hiring an Associate Professor in Sociology with a focus on quantitative methods: www.stillinger.aau.dk/videnskabeli...
Associate Professor in sociology with focus on quantitative methods
At The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Society and Politics, a position as Associate Professor in Sociology with focus on quantitati...
www.stillinger.aau.dk

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Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 4h
You'd think by now we'd have swapped January with February so we could start off with a short month.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4h
For the 2026th year in a row

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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.bsky.social · 5h
how about, EU gives rfk jr its 2012 nobel peace price for ending the war on protein, just to mess with Trump?

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 15h
And what do we say when 600 of us board a Dutch commuter train on a Wednesday night? We say 'Sorry about ze invasion. Now move over please. Jawoll!'

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 16h
Was about to start a petition, then realised the Belgians pulled this off a decade ago

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 16h
The ICE 🚂 to Amsterdam was some 90 minutes late, so they decided to stop the train in Utrecht and make us a problem for Dutch rail to take care of (which they thankfully did). Is that a standard procedure, @deutschebahn.com ?

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 16h
"When people tell you who they are..."

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 23h
Riding the German Shinkansen to a great European city, for an interesting workshop, in great company. After running an obstacle course and a very small detour. Than you for travelling with Deutsche Bahn 🥸

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 23h
Spare a thought for HMG's social media drones
“Our posts are either ignored or hated”: The government’s X dilemma
A ban might just put Whitehall's comms officials out of their misery
www.newstatesman.com

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d
Still a great tool for capturing online debates at academic events.
Wakelet as a tool for archiving online debates on (academic) events - kai arzheimer
wakelet is a great replacement for storify. With wakelet, academics can collect and reshare resources (tweets, images, videos ...) related to their events
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d
"I went to QMUL, and all I got is this lovely mug"

Just found this conference souvenir at the back of the cupboard. Good memories #AcademicChatter
A photo of a blue coffee mug with the QMUL logo and Centre for Governance and Democracy printed on

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d
Just one big happy #farright family
French far-right leader Bardella slams Trump’s ‘imperial ambitions’ in Greenland, Venezuela
The National Rally boss criticized the U.S. president’s hawkish moves in a New Year’s address.
www.politico.eu

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d
See you in court #farright #france
Le Pen fights to save her presidential dreams in court appeal
Expect Le Pen to take a highly legalistic approach to her appeal, rather than clamoring she is the victim of a political hit job.
www.politico.eu

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uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social · 1d
We are delighted to announce that @tommasopavone.bsky.social, Caleb Pomeroy and Nicole Bernhardt have each received Connaught New Researcher Awards for 2024-25! www.politics.utoronto.ca/news/connaug...

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d
'Obvious lies aren’t necessarily failed lies'
Why Donald Trump is telling such obvious lies on the ICE Minneapolis killing
Obvious lies aren’t necessarily failed lies. They can confuse, distract, excite and intimidate a range of audiences. They can also be believed, no matter how obviously false they seem.
theconversation.com

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d
Christmas gift from the daughter's boyfriend. Good man.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d
And soon, it will leave Twitter for good
The Radical Right Research Robot breaks free from Twitter
To raise awareness of the large body of knowledge of research on far-right parties and their voters, the Radical Right Research Robot (RRRR) has been tweeting random references from the Extreme Right Bibliography since February 2018 and hopefully making everyone happy. However, Elon Musk’s takeover of the platform and the subsequent changes to its algorithm ... Read more Related posts: Interview mit der dpa zum Rheinland-Pfalz Monitor 2025 Brexit : What I learned from watching BBC News for 48 hours straight ECPR Joint Sessions 2013 have a Facebook Fanpage
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d
In the past, 🇺🇸 Americans who did not go to church were still quite religious. Not anymore.
Are Never Attenders More Secular Today?
Or are there lots of folks who never show up to church, but still feel religious?
www.graphsaboutreligion.com

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d
'They have good instincts on which issues matter most to voters, [but] they also make mistakes as a result of motivated reasoning'
How well do politicians understand what matters to voters?
Politicians need to have a good understanding of which issues matters most to voters. Chris Butler reports from a recent survey of politicians that
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d
Hard agree #farright #Germany
A quote from Rensmann (2018: "Arzheimer’s earlier analysis, according to which the AfD has no nativist objectives and is thus not right-wing populist, is by now obsolete."

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d
Morning, y'all
A woman in a pink bonnet and white gloves holds a teacup, with overlaid text humorously claiming she needs coffee to remember basic tasks, referencing Mary Cassatt’s 1870 painting “The Cup of Tea.”

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d
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Are the members of populist radical right parties more likely to value ‘dark triad’ leaders? A UK case study.
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d
The bullshit machine is also the plagiarism machine. I find it quite amusing how aggressively corporations pushed the notion of intellectual property during the internet's early days, only to throw it out of the window two decades later
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
www.theatlantic.com

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d
Interesting data (as always), but who are 'the people'?
Power to the people?
 In 1946, a short-lived survey organization called the Psychological Corporation (which seems to have been connected to the Gallup Poll) ask...
justthesocialfacts.blogspot.com

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 3d
In the app , it's under settings -> moderation -> muted words and tags. Works like a charm

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RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · 3d
M. Mauk. “Rebuilding Trust in Broken Systems? Populist Party Success and Citizens" Trust in Democratic Institutions”. In: Politics and Governance 8.3 (2020), pp. 45-58. dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v8i3.2896.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 3d
We like Switzerland.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 4d
Thanks: you're obviously right, and that's a very succinct clarification