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André Walter

@megapeng.bsky.social

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Ambizione Grant Holder @ University of Zurich, Lecturer @ University of St. Gallen.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Jun 16

From April 2025 -

Who Counts? Non-Citizen Residents, Spatial Sorting, and Malapportionment - cup.org/42vfiTR

- @megapeng.bsky.social & Patrick Emmenegger

"we argue that regions with high shares of non-citizen residents benefit from population-based apportionment"

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing regional biases in electoral systems due to population distribution and its impact on democracy, presented in a green bordered box with a white background.

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Carl Müller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social · Jun 3

This looks great!! If you are interested in linking it to other data on ethnic groups (in Africa), you may find it helpful to add your groups to our ethnic data linkage project: github.com/carl-mc/LEDA

GitHub - carl-mc/LEDA: Linking Ethnic Data from Africa

Linking Ethnic Data from Africa. Contribute to carl-mc/LEDA development by creating an account on GitHub.

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · Jun 3

📄 Working paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
💾 Data: github.com/AndreWal/atlas

#econsky #polisky

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · Jun 3

• 3,000 group-location observations – more than twice the size of the current EA, and three times the size of Murdock’s original.
• Lat/Long coordinates for spatial mapping
• Data on population size in 1960 for most groups, helpful for aggregation and spatial interpolation.

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · Jun 3

🚀 New dataset & working paper out!

I’m thrilled to share “The Extended Ethnographic Atlas” --> an open, massively expanded version of Murdock’s classic Ethnographic Atlas (EA).

What’s new?

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · May 21

I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.

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Anke Tresch @anketresch.bsky.social · May 10

📣The new Selects cumulative file 1971-2023 is out!
Free download here: doi.org/10.48573/2w7...

#Polisky #ElectionStudies #Selects

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FORS Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences @forsresearch.bsky.social · May 10

The cumulative Selects dataset (1971–2023) is now available! Explore over 50 years of Swiss election surveys in one place.
Download: doi.org/10.48573/2w7...

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Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik @blaetter.bsky.social · May 7

Nach gestern fragt man sich noch einmal mehr: Wohin schlingert die Merz-Union?

Andreas Püttmann schreibt über den Richtungsstreit in der CDU, der sich am Umgang mit der AfD festmacht, aber auch die Frage betrifft, wie christlich die Union eigentlich noch ist: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...

Zwischen Christdemokratie und Rechtspopulismus

Wohin schlingert die Merz-Union? Andreas Püttmann beschreibt das Ringen der christdemokratischen Partei um die Bedeutung des »C« in ihrem Namen.

www.blaetter.de

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Defacto Expert @defactoexpert.bsky.social · May 6

Wer zählt? Wie Wahlsysteme und Immigration politische Repräsentation prägen – @megapeng.bsky.social Patrick Emmenegger

Der Artikel zeigt, wie die Zählweise der Bevölkerung – Wahlberechtigte oder Gesamtbevölkerung – die Verteilung von Parlamentssitzen beeinflusst.

www.defacto.expert/2025/05/05/w...

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · May 2

The data can be found here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · May 2

The result: a comprehensive dataset of 1.3 million observations covering 600+ national votes over more than 150 years.

The article describing the dataset and illustrating its potential uses is available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · May 2

Our article on Swiss municipality-level vote results has just been published in the @spsr.bsky.social!

We compiled results from 1866 to 1944 by visiting numerous archives and filled some gaps of the dataset for the period 1944-2025 from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.

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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · Apr 12

Reflecting the current authoritarian Zeitgeist, Nations in Transit research project by @freedomhouse.bsky.social, evaluating the state of democracy in former post-communist countries, has been discontinued after twenty years due to a lack of funding. This is what civilizational decline looks like.

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Nicole Micheroni @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social · Apr 11

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1

Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2

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Defacto Expert @defactoexpert.bsky.social · Apr 8

Vox populi: Unterstützung des Volkes für die Volksinitiative - @lucasleemann.bsky.social, Patrick Emmenegger, André Walter

Warum unterstützen Wähler:innen die Einführung neuer direktdemokratischer Instrumente? Dieser Frage geht eine aktuelle Studie nach:

www.defacto.expert/2025/04/08/v...

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Apr 4

NEW -

Who Counts? Non-Citizen Residents, Spatial Sorting, and Malapportionment - cup.org/42vfiTR

- @megapeng.bsky.social & Patrick Emmenegger

"we argue that regions with high shares of non-citizen residents benefit from population-based apportionment"

#OpenAccess

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Sofia Gil-Clavel @sof14g1l.bsky.social · Mar 13

“When people told him that the supervisor had a second side, he didn’t give it too much thought.”

Thanks Deutche Welle for this very important documentary.

Supervisors, we are looking at you. (1/2)

How Germany's elite research institution fails young scientists | DW Documentary

YouTube video by DW Documentary

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · Mar 9

Sounds like you are looking for something like bayesian model averaging: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Bayesian Model Averaging: Theoretical Developments and Practical Applications | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core

Bayesian Model Averaging: Theoretical Developments and Practical Applications - Volume 18 Issue 2

www.cambridge.org

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Christian Breunig @breunig.bsky.social · Feb 25

Come work with us! In my research group, we have two four-year PhD positions available in comparative politics. Happy to answer questions per email. Please share the ad.

You can find the ad here: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/d...

job ad for PhD positions in Comparative Politics at the University of Konstanz

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · Feb 24

I don't think this outmigration has been "political" neutral because it followed specific demographic patterns like education, age, or gender. Is there no research on that?

André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · Feb 24

I'm reading a lot of hot takes about the German election. I agree that a lot of today's voting behavior in East Germany has to do with its historical legacy. But I'm surprised that no one has connected the dots between the huge flows of outmigration over the last 30 years and the electoral results.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Feb 22

This is resistance.

Former NFL Kicker Arrested At City Council Meeting After Slamming 'Nazi' MAGA Movement

Now that's resistance.

www.comicsands.com

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · Feb 19

Another advantage is that the LLM measures are on a more fine-grained left-right scale. I also outline new research questions. You can find the paper on researchgate. Feedback is highly welcome!

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Fine-Tuning Ideology. Leveraging Large Language Models to Measure the Ideology of Heads of Government Around the World, 1870-2020

PDF | On Feb 19, 2025, André Walter published Fine-Tuning Ideology. Leveraging Large Language Models to Measure the Ideology of Heads of Government Around the World, 1870-2020 | Find, read and cite al...

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · Feb 19

New working paper: I show that LLMs can generate valid ideology scores for Heads of Governments across the world and over time. The measures display high correlations with existing indicators (e.g. V-DEM) and replicate established hypotheses (taxation, welfare state development, electoral systems).

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · Feb 18

Just published on APSR First View: "Vox Populi: Popular Support for the Popular Initiative" by Lucas Leemann (@LucasLeemann), Patrick Emmenegger, and André Walter. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · Feb 13

Cantonal Governments' Partisan Composition Dataset Extended to 2024 📊. Available on GitHub (github.com/AndreWal/can...) and the accompanying paper published in the Swiss Political Science Review (doi.org/10.1111/spsr...).

#Polisky

The Partisan Composition of Cantonal Governments in Switzerland, 1848‐2017. A New Data Set

Scholars increasingly use Swiss cantons to examine the effect of democratic processes and institutions on political, economic and social outcomes. However, the availability of political indicators at...

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Apr 17

#OpenAccess from our latest issue -

Landholding Inequality, Social Control, and Mass Opposition to Suffrage Extension - cup.org/3VBtsjh

"...landholding inequality also influences the political preferences of ordinary citizens..."

- Patrick Emmenegger, Andreina Thoma and
@megapeng.bsky.social

British Journal of Political Science Emmenegger, Thoma & Walter abstract image

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Kevin R. McClure @drkevinrmcclure.com · Mar 31

I've been writing about pay in higher education, so here's a little story from a conversation I had with 2 deans at an exclusionary public university.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Mar 27

#OpenAccess from our new issue -

Landholding Inequality, Social Control, and Mass Opposition to Suffrage Extension - cup.org/49fvoBc

- Patrick Emmenegger, Andreina Thoma and @megapeng.bsky.social

British Journal of Political Science Emmenegger et al abstract graphic

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