Marta Kozłowska
@mkozlowska.bsky.social
PhD, political sociologist, post-doc @UniBwM
Author of "Political Meanings of Solidarity" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58323-0
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Author of "Political Meanings of Solidarity" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58323-0
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@mkozlowska.bsky.social
· Nov 24
First post, so obligatory self-promotion:
my recent book 'Political Meanings of Solidarity: Parties, Manifestos, and Cleavages'.
There will also be a German version next year!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
my recent book 'Political Meanings of Solidarity: Parties, Manifestos, and Cleavages'.
There will also be a German version next year!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Dann gehen wir jetzt eben zu Rossmann. Es ist schließlich egal, wo wir keine Müller-Milch kaufen
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Dann gehen wir jetzt eben zu Rossmann. Es ist schließlich egal, wo wir keine Müller-Milch kaufen
The Polish government annlunced that they will honour the ECJ ruling and implement recognition of same-sex marriages certificates from abroad.
Obviously, the PiS-supported president is very much against, but he has no say in the matter.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/26/p...
Obviously, the PiS-supported president is very much against, but he has no say in the matter.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/26/p...
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The Polish government annlunced that they will honour the ECJ ruling and implement recognition of same-sex marriages certificates from abroad.
Obviously, the PiS-supported president is very much against, but he has no say in the matter.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/26/p...
Obviously, the PiS-supported president is very much against, but he has no say in the matter.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/26/p...
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
The EU court has ruled that Poland must recognise the marriage of a Polish same-sex couple who married in Germany, even though Polish law does not allow such marriages.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
EU court orders Poland to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other member states
notesfrompoland.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The EU court has ruled that Poland must recognise the marriage of a Polish same-sex couple who married in Germany, even though Polish law does not allow such marriages.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
This seems to be a fitting metaphor for current politics.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
A “veggie burger” ban nobody wanted is becoming one Brussels might actually pass.
How a ‘veggie burger’ ban nobody wanted became one Brussels might actually pass
A fringe amendment to protect meaty vocabulary has become a test of Europe’s loyalty to tradition and its waning appetite for food innovation.
www.politico.eu
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This seems to be a fitting metaphor for current politics.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Yalta, Helsinki, Budapest, Minsk - there is a long Western tradition of being weak in negotiations with the Kremlin.
We should stop signing treaties that favor Moscow and were written in the Kremlin.
We should stop signing treaties that favor Moscow and were written in the Kremlin.
November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yalta, Helsinki, Budapest, Minsk - there is a long Western tradition of being weak in negotiations with the Kremlin.
We should stop signing treaties that favor Moscow and were written in the Kremlin.
We should stop signing treaties that favor Moscow and were written in the Kremlin.
The leaked US-RU 'peace plan', beside being absolutely amateurish in both language and content, is also incredibly stupid.
It also boils down basically to:
1) Russia gets the land,
2) US get the money,
3) Ukraine gets empty promises and toothless provisions, and
4) Europe gets the bill.
It also boils down basically to:
1) Russia gets the land,
2) US get the money,
3) Ukraine gets empty promises and toothless provisions, and
4) Europe gets the bill.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The leaked US-RU 'peace plan', beside being absolutely amateurish in both language and content, is also incredibly stupid.
It also boils down basically to:
1) Russia gets the land,
2) US get the money,
3) Ukraine gets empty promises and toothless provisions, and
4) Europe gets the bill.
It also boils down basically to:
1) Russia gets the land,
2) US get the money,
3) Ukraine gets empty promises and toothless provisions, and
4) Europe gets the bill.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
📣 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
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
📣 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
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
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Other cultures acknowledge that they all share qualities that help them get through life and smile. Poles share the fact that the horrors persist, but so do we.
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Other cultures acknowledge that they all share qualities that help them get through life and smile. Poles share the fact that the horrors persist, but so do we.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Inzwischen frage ich mich, ob das Verbotverfahren gegen AfD nicht (nur) wegen Rechtsextremismus angestoßen werden sollte, sondern wegen ihrer fragwürdigen Kontakten zu Chinas und Russlands Geheimdiensten und dadurch wegen Spionage- und Landesverratsverdacht.
#afdverbotjetzt
#afdverbotjetzt
Die Jobwechsel dieses AfD Mitarbeiters zwischen Bundeswehr, russischem Militärkomplex und Parlament sind atemberaubend. Aktuell arbeitet er ausgerechnet für den AfD-EU-Abgeordneten, Hans Neuhoff, der zur umstrittenen Russland-Delegation gehört, die jetzt nach Sochi reist.
Die seltsame Beziehung eines AfD-Mitarbeiters zum russischen militärisch-industriellen Komplex
Die AfD im Europäischen Parlament stützt sich auf einen Experten aus den Reihen des russischen militärisch-industriellen Komplexes. Nach eigenen Angaben auf LinkedIn war Sergej Erler, Mitarbeiter des ...
correctiv.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Inzwischen frage ich mich, ob das Verbotverfahren gegen AfD nicht (nur) wegen Rechtsextremismus angestoßen werden sollte, sondern wegen ihrer fragwürdigen Kontakten zu Chinas und Russlands Geheimdiensten und dadurch wegen Spionage- und Landesverratsverdacht.
#afdverbotjetzt
#afdverbotjetzt
Mit so einem Kanzler ist man leider gezwungen, Bürgerdiplomatie zu betreiben.
Weil Kanzler Friedrich Merz nicht will: Ich entschuldige mich bei den Menschen in Brasilien und ich hoffe, ihr schließt euch an.
👉🏼 weact.campact.de/petitions/br...
Wieso es dazu kam erkläre ich hier im längeren 🧶
👉🏼 weact.campact.de/petitions/br...
Wieso es dazu kam erkläre ich hier im längeren 🧶
Brasilien: Entschuldigung für Friedrich Merz!
Friedrich Merz war nicht einmal 24 Stunden bei der COP. Über seinen Aufenthalt in der Stadt erzählte er:
»Ich habe einige Journalisten, die mit mir in Brasilien waren, letzte Woche gefragt: Wer von e...
weact.campact.de
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Mit so einem Kanzler ist man leider gezwungen, Bürgerdiplomatie zu betreiben.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Wenn es um Polen geht, klingen mittlerweile einige AfD-Leute wie NSDAP-Funktionäre im Sommer 39.
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Wenn es um Polen geht, klingen mittlerweile einige AfD-Leute wie NSDAP-Funktionäre im Sommer 39.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
#AcademicSky
Women deserve to study and work in safe places. Period.
Let's hope that men in academia start doing more to make this a reality, structurally
It's not enough to refrain from personally harassing; we need to change the norms
Be an anti-harasser, visibly, not simply a non-harasser
Women deserve to study and work in safe places. Period.
Let's hope that men in academia start doing more to make this a reality, structurally
It's not enough to refrain from personally harassing; we need to change the norms
Be an anti-harasser, visibly, not simply a non-harasser
This—on my former university, department, and advisor—is harrowing but required reading for all social psychologists. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#AcademicSky
Women deserve to study and work in safe places. Period.
Let's hope that men in academia start doing more to make this a reality, structurally
It's not enough to refrain from personally harassing; we need to change the norms
Be an anti-harasser, visibly, not simply a non-harasser
Women deserve to study and work in safe places. Period.
Let's hope that men in academia start doing more to make this a reality, structurally
It's not enough to refrain from personally harassing; we need to change the norms
Be an anti-harasser, visibly, not simply a non-harasser
"foreign states or other groups [can use it to] influence policy decisions, warp electoral strategies, and erode public trust in the democratic institutions that rely on accurate polling. This potentially turns a tool for scientific discovery into a vector for information warfare."
This is bad.
This is bad.
AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"foreign states or other groups [can use it to] influence policy decisions, warp electoral strategies, and erode public trust in the democratic institutions that rely on accurate polling. This potentially turns a tool for scientific discovery into a vector for information warfare."
This is bad.
This is bad.
Ich habe gerade eine Grafik mit den Bundestagswahlergebnissen mit den 2025 Daten aktualisiert, für die deutsche Übersetzung meines Buches.
Und ich habe die BSW unter den "Sonstigen" gelistet.
Schaffe ich damit die Realität oder bilde ich sie nur ab? 🤔
Und ich habe die BSW unter den "Sonstigen" gelistet.
Schaffe ich damit die Realität oder bilde ich sie nur ab? 🤔
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Ich habe gerade eine Grafik mit den Bundestagswahlergebnissen mit den 2025 Daten aktualisiert, für die deutsche Übersetzung meines Buches.
Und ich habe die BSW unter den "Sonstigen" gelistet.
Schaffe ich damit die Realität oder bilde ich sie nur ab? 🤔
Und ich habe die BSW unter den "Sonstigen" gelistet.
Schaffe ich damit die Realität oder bilde ich sie nur ab? 🤔
Well, her PhD is actually very useful. It is a great repellent for the type of losers that leave comments like that under a woman's celebration of her defense. If a doctorate makes a woman unattractive in their eyes, GOOD.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Well, her PhD is actually very useful. It is a great repellent for the type of losers that leave comments like that under a woman's celebration of her defense. If a doctorate makes a woman unattractive in their eyes, GOOD.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse
Statement on the Planned Event “The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia” at LMU Munich
www.lmu.de
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
"Europe is in a culture war with Trump’s America.
Part of this involves Trumpists propping up their ideological allies in European politics. A deeper level involves humiliating Europeans in their dealings with the US."
"Trump can only do this because Europeans let him."
A must read from ECFR:
Part of this involves Trumpists propping up their ideological allies in European politics. A deeper level involves humiliating Europeans in their dealings with the US."
"Trump can only do this because Europeans let him."
A must read from ECFR:
How do people feel about Europe? Do they perceive the EU as more than just a common market? And how do they see its role in the future?
🔗 Check our latest policy brief to find out: https://bit.ly/3VxF9X7
🔗 Check our latest policy brief to find out: https://bit.ly/3VxF9X7
November 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"Europe is in a culture war with Trump’s America.
Part of this involves Trumpists propping up their ideological allies in European politics. A deeper level involves humiliating Europeans in their dealings with the US."
"Trump can only do this because Europeans let him."
A must read from ECFR:
Part of this involves Trumpists propping up their ideological allies in European politics. A deeper level involves humiliating Europeans in their dealings with the US."
"Trump can only do this because Europeans let him."
A must read from ECFR:
Inzwischen frage ich mich, ob das Verbotverfahren gegen AfD nicht (nur) wegen Rechtsextremismus angestoßen werden sollte, sondern wegen ihrer fragwürdigen Kontakten zu Chinas und Russlands Geheimdiensten und dadurch wegen Spionage- und Landesverratsverdacht.
#afdverbotjetzt
#afdverbotjetzt
Die Jobwechsel dieses AfD Mitarbeiters zwischen Bundeswehr, russischem Militärkomplex und Parlament sind atemberaubend. Aktuell arbeitet er ausgerechnet für den AfD-EU-Abgeordneten, Hans Neuhoff, der zur umstrittenen Russland-Delegation gehört, die jetzt nach Sochi reist.
Die seltsame Beziehung eines AfD-Mitarbeiters zum russischen militärisch-industriellen Komplex
Die AfD im Europäischen Parlament stützt sich auf einen Experten aus den Reihen des russischen militärisch-industriellen Komplexes. Nach eigenen Angaben auf LinkedIn war Sergej Erler, Mitarbeiter des ...
correctiv.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Inzwischen frage ich mich, ob das Verbotverfahren gegen AfD nicht (nur) wegen Rechtsextremismus angestoßen werden sollte, sondern wegen ihrer fragwürdigen Kontakten zu Chinas und Russlands Geheimdiensten und dadurch wegen Spionage- und Landesverratsverdacht.
#afdverbotjetzt
#afdverbotjetzt
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
🚨new publication🚨
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆
in: Understanding Social Struggles: Relating Recognition Theories and Epistemic Injustice (eds. H. Hänel and F. Schuppert), Transcript. pp. 49-64. 2025.
Open Access: philpapers.org/archive/BLUC...
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆
in: Understanding Social Struggles: Relating Recognition Theories and Epistemic Injustice (eds. H. Hänel and F. Schuppert), Transcript. pp. 49-64. 2025.
Open Access: philpapers.org/archive/BLUC...
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🚨new publication🚨
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆
in: Understanding Social Struggles: Relating Recognition Theories and Epistemic Injustice (eds. H. Hänel and F. Schuppert), Transcript. pp. 49-64. 2025.
Open Access: philpapers.org/archive/BLUC...
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆
in: Understanding Social Struggles: Relating Recognition Theories and Epistemic Injustice (eds. H. Hänel and F. Schuppert), Transcript. pp. 49-64. 2025.
Open Access: philpapers.org/archive/BLUC...
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Not hard to make profit margins over 30% if you don't pay people who produce the content you sell, and their employers pay you for access
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Not hard to make profit margins over 30% if you don't pay people who produce the content you sell, and their employers pay you for access
So, Poland's economy is decarbonizing FAST.
I guess getting pissed at the Russians (from whom PL was buying gas and most of its coal, as domestic production was expensive and insufficient) and stopping imports from RU was the best incentive. See how much you can achieve with spite.
I guess getting pissed at the Russians (from whom PL was buying gas and most of its coal, as domestic production was expensive and insufficient) and stopping imports from RU was the best incentive. See how much you can achieve with spite.
Truly remarkable: Poland used to be a climate laggard.
Today, wind and solar are increasingly replacing coal in the Polish electricity mix with almost 30% of all electricity generated to date this year from wind and solar.
In 2000 coal provided 95% of Polish electricity.
Today it is at 51%.
Today, wind and solar are increasingly replacing coal in the Polish electricity mix with almost 30% of all electricity generated to date this year from wind and solar.
In 2000 coal provided 95% of Polish electricity.
Today it is at 51%.
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
So, Poland's economy is decarbonizing FAST.
I guess getting pissed at the Russians (from whom PL was buying gas and most of its coal, as domestic production was expensive and insufficient) and stopping imports from RU was the best incentive. See how much you can achieve with spite.
I guess getting pissed at the Russians (from whom PL was buying gas and most of its coal, as domestic production was expensive and insufficient) and stopping imports from RU was the best incentive. See how much you can achieve with spite.
The scientific publishing is broken and open-access not only failed to fix it, it made it worse.
If we do not address the parasitic nature of the for-profit (>30% margins!) publishing, we will not solve the problem. And if the funders (universities) do not intervene, it won't change.
A must read:
If we do not address the parasitic nature of the for-profit (>30% margins!) publishing, we will not solve the problem. And if the funders (universities) do not intervene, it won't change.
A must read:
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
a 🧵 1/n
Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The scientific publishing is broken and open-access not only failed to fix it, it made it worse.
If we do not address the parasitic nature of the for-profit (>30% margins!) publishing, we will not solve the problem. And if the funders (universities) do not intervene, it won't change.
A must read:
If we do not address the parasitic nature of the for-profit (>30% margins!) publishing, we will not solve the problem. And if the funders (universities) do not intervene, it won't change.
A must read:
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf fänd ich ganz gut.
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf fänd ich ganz gut.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
🗳️ New study (w @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social) on AfD success in integration council elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: AfD achieved significant results in councils elected exclusively by voters with migration backgrounds. It's not about economics—it's about political competition. (1/3)
November 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🗳️ New study (w @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social) on AfD success in integration council elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: AfD achieved significant results in councils elected exclusively by voters with migration backgrounds. It's not about economics—it's about political competition. (1/3)