Lena Stephan
@lenastephan.bsky.social
PhD @ Greifswald University | working on all things political representation, the role of parliamentary staff & MPs legislative behaviour
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🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
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📢 Call for Papers and Panels: join our section on Gender, Sexuality and Political Careers at the #ECPG2026!
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
September 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
📢 Call for Papers and Panels: join our section on Gender, Sexuality and Political Careers at the #ECPG2026!
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
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With the deadline extension you still have a few days left to send us your abstracts for the #ECPG26 Methods Section!
We are looking forward to reading your work :)
@ecpr.bsky.social @ecprgender.bsky.social
@nclpolitics.bsky.social
#polsci, #PoliticalScience, #Methodology, #Researchmethods
We are looking forward to reading your work :)
@ecpr.bsky.social @ecprgender.bsky.social
@nclpolitics.bsky.social
#polsci, #PoliticalScience, #Methodology, #Researchmethods
Gender bias in algorithms, LLMs, & NLP? We’re putting it under the microscope in our Methods Section at #ECPG26.
Have you seen these biases in your own research?
Come join the debate—submit your work by Nov 7!
@ecpr.bsky.social @ecprgender.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social
Have you seen these biases in your own research?
Come join the debate—submit your work by Nov 7!
@ecpr.bsky.social @ecprgender.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social
Interested in gender & politics and working with exciting empirical methods?
Want to critically discuss “quant” and “quali” research on gender, intersectionality & inequality?
Join us at #ECPG26 for the section:
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Want to critically discuss “quant” and “quali” research on gender, intersectionality & inequality?
Join us at #ECPG26 for the section:
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
1/3
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
With the deadline extension you still have a few days left to send us your abstracts for the #ECPG26 Methods Section!
We are looking forward to reading your work :)
@ecpr.bsky.social @ecprgender.bsky.social
@nclpolitics.bsky.social
#polsci, #PoliticalScience, #Methodology, #Researchmethods
We are looking forward to reading your work :)
@ecpr.bsky.social @ecprgender.bsky.social
@nclpolitics.bsky.social
#polsci, #PoliticalScience, #Methodology, #Researchmethods
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We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sexism and the Gender Gap in Support for the Radical Right
Using survey data from Spain we show that the gender gap in the probability of voting for the radical-right party Vox is mainly due to men having higher levels of modern sexism than women. We find ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Job Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Job Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)
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🚀🎉 Thrilled to share that the first paper of my PhD dissertation is now published in Political Studies Review: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?
A short 🧵
Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?
A short 🧵
From Marginalized to Mainstream? An International Comparative Analysis of Gender Differences in Social Media Adoption and Activity by Politicians in Non-Election Times - Elise Storme, 2025
Traditional media and party gatekeepers are found to restrict women's visibility and influence in politics. Social media, however, is seen as a potential m...
journals.sagepub.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🚀🎉 Thrilled to share that the first paper of my PhD dissertation is now published in Political Studies Review: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?
A short 🧵
Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?
A short 🧵
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🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels & Papers ⤵️
🌈 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers
🪑 @lenastephan.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social, Andrea Aldrich, William Daniel (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) Ragnhild Louise Muriaas (@unibergen.bsky.social)
⌛👇 7 Nov
🌈 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers
🪑 @lenastephan.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social, Andrea Aldrich, William Daniel (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) Ragnhild Louise Muriaas (@unibergen.bsky.social)
⌛👇 7 Nov
Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers
European Conference on Politics and Gender, Newcastle University, 15 – 17 June 2026
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September 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels & Papers ⤵️
🌈 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers
🪑 @lenastephan.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social, Andrea Aldrich, William Daniel (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) Ragnhild Louise Muriaas (@unibergen.bsky.social)
⌛👇 7 Nov
🌈 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Careers
🪑 @lenastephan.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social, Andrea Aldrich, William Daniel (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) Ragnhild Louise Muriaas (@unibergen.bsky.social)
⌛👇 7 Nov
📢 Neue Publikation
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen - Nomos eLibrary
www.nomos-elibrary.de
September 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📢 Neue Publikation
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
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🧲 We are hiring!
✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social
🏁 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English
📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected]
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social
🏁 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English
📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected]
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
Call for expressions of interest for a PhD scholarship within the project GPOL – Democracy, Elections and Citizenship
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September 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🧲 We are hiring!
✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social
🏁 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English
📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected]
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social
🏁 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English
📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected]
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
📢 Call for Papers and Panels: join our section on Gender, Sexuality and Political Careers at the #ECPG2026!
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
September 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
📢 Call for Papers and Panels: join our section on Gender, Sexuality and Political Careers at the #ECPG2026!
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
🚨🚨🚨Join us at Greifswald University for a PostDoc with the amazing Jochen Müller @jocmuel.bsky.social :)
(Also, as our office windows will be side by side - feel free to reach our for any questions regarding work and life in HGW)
(Also, as our office windows will be side by side - feel free to reach our for any questions regarding work and life in HGW)
📣 Postdoc (75 %, 3 yrs) at @unigreifswald.bsky.social — start autumn 2025 on perhaps Germany’s most beautiful campus. Know someone with a PhD (or nearly done) in Political Science? ⬇️ #PolSci #Postdoc
July 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
🚨🚨🚨Join us at Greifswald University for a PostDoc with the amazing Jochen Müller @jocmuel.bsky.social :)
(Also, as our office windows will be side by side - feel free to reach our for any questions regarding work and life in HGW)
(Also, as our office windows will be side by side - feel free to reach our for any questions regarding work and life in HGW)
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Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been published open access today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 💫
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on.
A quick 🧵:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on.
A quick 🧵:
June 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been published open access today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 💫
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on.
A quick 🧵:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on.
A quick 🧵:
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🚨 New article out in @jwpp.bsky.social on the gender gap in political ambition 🚹🚺
Another project with amazing co-authors @robindevroe.bsky.social @audreyvdleene.bsky.social @hildecoffe.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social (1/7)
Another project with amazing co-authors @robindevroe.bsky.social @audreyvdleene.bsky.social @hildecoffe.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social (1/7)
May 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🚨 New article out in @jwpp.bsky.social on the gender gap in political ambition 🚹🚺
Another project with amazing co-authors @robindevroe.bsky.social @audreyvdleene.bsky.social @hildecoffe.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social (1/7)
Another project with amazing co-authors @robindevroe.bsky.social @audreyvdleene.bsky.social @hildecoffe.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social (1/7)
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🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.26
♀️ #IWD25
🗳️ A study by @hildecoffe.bsky.social & colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals how sexist attacks, stereotypes & dismissals are damaging careers of women candidates, silencing their voices & discouraging future leaders.
👉 bit.ly/41J1inT
♀️ #IWD25
🗳️ A study by @hildecoffe.bsky.social & colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals how sexist attacks, stereotypes & dismissals are damaging careers of women candidates, silencing their voices & discouraging future leaders.
👉 bit.ly/41J1inT
🌈 Sexism in politics: a barrier to women’s representation
Sexism in politics restricts women’s participation and weakens democracy. A study by Hilde Coffé and colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals the impact of sexist attacks, stere...
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March 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.26
♀️ #IWD25
🗳️ A study by @hildecoffe.bsky.social & colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals how sexist attacks, stereotypes & dismissals are damaging careers of women candidates, silencing their voices & discouraging future leaders.
👉 bit.ly/41J1inT
♀️ #IWD25
🗳️ A study by @hildecoffe.bsky.social & colleagues on the 2024 legislative elections in Belgium reveals how sexist attacks, stereotypes & dismissals are damaging careers of women candidates, silencing their voices & discouraging future leaders.
👉 bit.ly/41J1inT
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🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.25
♀️ #IWD25
The new German Bundestag will be smaller, more right-wing wing & more male-dominated. @corinnakroeber.bsky.social & @lenastephan.bsky.social discuss the potential long-term consequences for women’s political representation in Germany.
👉 bit.ly/4iiCoTa
♀️ #IWD25
The new German Bundestag will be smaller, more right-wing wing & more male-dominated. @corinnakroeber.bsky.social & @lenastephan.bsky.social discuss the potential long-term consequences for women’s political representation in Germany.
👉 bit.ly/4iiCoTa
🌈 How a new electoral reform has pushed women out of the Bundestag
The new German Bundestag will be smaller and more right-wing wing. And it will be more male-dominated. Corinna Kröber and Lena Stephan discuss how the political shift to the right and the new electora...
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March 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.25
♀️ #IWD25
The new German Bundestag will be smaller, more right-wing wing & more male-dominated. @corinnakroeber.bsky.social & @lenastephan.bsky.social discuss the potential long-term consequences for women’s political representation in Germany.
👉 bit.ly/4iiCoTa
♀️ #IWD25
The new German Bundestag will be smaller, more right-wing wing & more male-dominated. @corinnakroeber.bsky.social & @lenastephan.bsky.social discuss the potential long-term consequences for women’s political representation in Germany.
👉 bit.ly/4iiCoTa
Just in time for the 8th of March: 📢 Women’s representation in the Bundestag declines – but some parties defy the trend. Here comes a summary of @corinnakroeber.bsky.social's and my analysis on @dvpw.bsky.social
Neu im #DVPWblog: Kleiner. Rechter. Männlicher. @corinnakroeber.bsky.social & @lenastephan.bsky.social analysieren, wie sich #Wahlrechtsreform und #Rechtsruck bei der #BTW2025 auf die Repräsentation von #Frauen im Bundestag ausgewirkt haben.
👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/frauena...
👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/frauena...
March 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Just in time for the 8th of March: 📢 Women’s representation in the Bundestag declines – but some parties defy the trend. Here comes a summary of @corinnakroeber.bsky.social's and my analysis on @dvpw.bsky.social
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Für den Verfassungsblog haben @lenastephan.bsky.social & ich unsere Analyse der Kandidierendenlisten ins Deutsche übersetzt und weiter gedacht. Ergebnis: die Wahlrechtsreform führt Sonntag nicht nur zu einem kleineren, sondern auch einem männlicheren Bundestag.Hier geht’s zum Beitrag: goto.now/ao0DQ
Männerlastig, Frauen lästig?
goto.now
February 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Für den Verfassungsblog haben @lenastephan.bsky.social & ich unsere Analyse der Kandidierendenlisten ins Deutsche übersetzt und weiter gedacht. Ergebnis: die Wahlrechtsreform führt Sonntag nicht nur zu einem kleineren, sondern auch einem männlicheren Bundestag.Hier geht’s zum Beitrag: goto.now/ao0DQ
Letzte Woche haben @corinnakroeber.bsky.social und ich basierend auf den Kandidierendenlisten & der Wahlrechtsreform geteilt, dass der neue Bundestag deutlich weniger weibliche Abgeordnete beinhalten wird. Unsere Überlegungen dazu könnt ihr bei @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social nachlesen. 📚🕵️♀️
Women will disappear from the next Bundestag. Learn about the mechanisms through which the new German electoral law will reduce women’s presence in Sunday’s election on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social shorturl.at/v0uyi - joint work with the great @lenastephan.bsky.social
Women are disappearing from the Bundestag
Germany’s federal election on 23 February is almost certain to produce a significant decrease in the number of women in the German parliament, write Corinna Kroeber and Lena Stephan. Following the …
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February 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Letzte Woche haben @corinnakroeber.bsky.social und ich basierend auf den Kandidierendenlisten & der Wahlrechtsreform geteilt, dass der neue Bundestag deutlich weniger weibliche Abgeordnete beinhalten wird. Unsere Überlegungen dazu könnt ihr bei @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social nachlesen. 📚🕵️♀️
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Women will disappear from the next Bundestag. Learn about the mechanisms through which the new German electoral law will reduce women’s presence in Sunday’s election on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social shorturl.at/v0uyi - joint work with the great @lenastephan.bsky.social
Women are disappearing from the Bundestag
Germany’s federal election on 23 February is almost certain to produce a significant decrease in the number of women in the German parliament, write Corinna Kroeber and Lena Stephan. Following the …
shorturl.at
February 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Women will disappear from the next Bundestag. Learn about the mechanisms through which the new German electoral law will reduce women’s presence in Sunday’s election on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social shorturl.at/v0uyi - joint work with the great @lenastephan.bsky.social
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🚨 Women will disappear from the next Bundestag! While national news reports close to equal % of women candidates compared to 2021 shorturl.at/KSYvj, the upcoming election on Feb 23 will lead to an even more male-dominated parliament. Here's why the new electoral system is pushing women out—🧵
February 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🚨 Women will disappear from the next Bundestag! While national news reports close to equal % of women candidates compared to 2021 shorturl.at/KSYvj, the upcoming election on Feb 23 will lead to an even more male-dominated parliament. Here's why the new electoral system is pushing women out—🧵