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MZES Uni Mannheim
@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social
Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, MZES) - interdisciplinary research institute, University of Mannheim
https://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de
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📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
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🚨 Upcoming: "Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms"

👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)

🗓️ Wed, December 3, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
❗️ Do., 27. Nov., 18:00 CET
Online-Vortrag von Politikwissenschaftler Marc Debus
@marcdebus.bsky.social zum Thema Parteienwettbewerb

Veranstalter: Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg.
#ltwbw
Anmeldung erforderlich!
👉 www.uni-mannheim.de/news/wahl-we...
„Wahl-Web-Talk“ zur Landtagswahl in Baden-Württemberg |
Prof. Dr. Marc Debus, Professur für Politikwissenschaft, Vergleichende Regierungslehre, spricht zum Thema Parteienwettbewerb.
www.uni-mannheim.de
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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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!
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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🚨New VAA Dataset🚨
@wurthmann.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social & I have published a new piece in European Union Politics that introduces our GEPARTEE Expert Survey and Europartycheck VAA data for the 2024 German EP elections: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Some insights 🧵1/n
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨

We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social

Any questions, please reach out to me

📣 Please share! 📣

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Reminder 👇🙂
❗️ Tue, Nov 25, 13:45-15:15 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@fabriberna.bsky.social

"Luck and Educational Attainment"

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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⏰ Two weeks left to apply for SekMethoden 2026 — the annual meeting of the DVPW Section "Methods of Political Science"!

⬇️ See below for the CfP and link to the application portal.

@gessler.bsky.social @lukrudolph.bsky.social @donyhu.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social
🚨 CfP: SekMethoden 2026
🗓️ March 12-13, 2026
🗺️ Hannover, Germany
⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025

👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2...

👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Reminder 👇🙂
❗️ Tue, Nov 25, 12:15-13:30 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@riazsascha.bsky.social

"Regime Loyalty in Nazi Germany during WWII"

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...

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November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Reminder 👇🙂
❗️📢 Tue, Nov 25, 10:00-11:00 CET:
Mannheim Research Colloquium on Survey Methods
#MaRCS

Jessica Daikeler ( @gesis.org ):

"The Tip of the Iceberg? From Data Quality to Exploring Publication Bias in the Social Science"

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"Cancel Culture":
@cdiehl.bsky.social , Richard Traunmüller (MZES, Uni Mannheim) & Team haben die Neigung erforscht, kontroverse Standpunkte an Universitäten zu verbannen.

Gastbeitrag bei @zeit.de (Bezahlschranke):
👉 www.zeit.de/2025/49/canc...

Die Studie ist frei verfügbar.
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"Cancel-Culture": Canceln? Nutzt die Spannungen!
Wir haben die Neigung erforscht, kontroverse Standpunkte an Universitäten zu verbannen.
www.zeit.de
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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📣 Final Call for visiting fellowships for postdocs at the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social! Great opportunity to spend 2-4 weeks in a fantastic academic environment! See 👇 for details!
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Off to Mannheim!
Tomorrow I’ll be presenting at the MZES:

“Unequal Luck: Chance as a Mechanism of Educational Inequality”

with @ferraraale.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social

where luck= chance+ consequences

Here the wp:

osf.io/preprints/so...

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November 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
❗️ Tue, Nov 25, 13:45-15:15 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@fabriberna.bsky.social

"Luck and Educational Attainment"

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...
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Detail
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November 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
❗️ Tue, Nov 25, 12:15-13:30 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@riazsascha.bsky.social

"Regime Loyalty in Nazi Germany during WWII"

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...

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November 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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GLES data in the news: "Die Zeit" created a tool to compare your own attitudes on various issues to the attitudes of the GLES Cross-Section 2025 respondents:
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Politische Einordnung : Gehören Sie zur politischen Mitte?
Migration, Klima, Wirtschaft: Testen Sie, wo Sie politisch stehen, und was die Deutschen insgesamt denken. Aber Achtung: Nicht immer ist die Mitte der beste Ort.
www.zeit.de
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
❗️📢 Tue, Nov 25, 10:00-11:00 CET:
Mannheim Research Colloquium on Survey Methods
#MaRCS

Jessica Daikeler ( @gesis.org ):

"The Tip of the Iceberg? From Data Quality to Exploring Publication Bias in the Social Science"

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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‼️ #Mitglieder aufgepasst: Heute startet der Vorstand seine Mitgliederbefragung zu Erfahrungen mit #Anfeindungen und #Bedrohungen in der #Politikwissenschaft, die Zugangsdaten kommen per Mail. Bitte nehmt Euch 10 Minuten für die #Umfrage!

👉 www.dvpw.de/informatione...
November 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Interested in the sociodemographic background, policy preferences, attitudes and campaign strategies of candidates for the 2025 Bundestag election? The @gles.bsky.social Candidate Study 2025 is now available (doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA... @gesis.org) and includes CCS Module IV
@ccs-project.bsky.social 👇
🚨New GLES release for #BTW25: GLES Candidate Study 2025 (ZA10102)
📅24/03–09/06/2025
👥512 interviews
🗳️Political background & nomination, campaigning, political issues, democracy & representation, sociodemographic background
🌍Includes CCS Module IV (@ccs-project.bsky.social)
📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
October 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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For those who didn’t catch it:🚨 We’ve released 3 additional panel waves via @GESIS, bringing the total to 71 waves of survey data. Spanning Sep 2012–May 2024, the GIP dataset is fully accessible for researchers studying trends, attitudes, and social changes over more than a decade.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Social spending in the EU:
Is Ireland really at the bottom of the table?

Macrosociologist and MZES project director Bernhard Ebbinghaus comments on the latest Eurostat data.
@euronews.com

👉 www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Social benefits: Which EU countries spend the most?
With pensions, social housing, unemployment benefits, medical care, and disability support, Europe has among the best social protections in the world. But which EU countries are the most generous when...
www.euronews.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
❗ Reminder ❗
Apply now for our Visiting Fellowships!
📆 Deadline: 28 November!
Please share widely 👇🙂
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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📣 Apply Now: Be part of the GESS 📣

🎓 #ApplyNow to our fully funded doctoral programs beginning Fall 2026!

📊 #Business
📊 #Economics
📊 #SocialSciences

Application Deadlines:
📬 Early: 15 Jan 2026
📬 Final: 31 March 2026

🔗 Don’t miss your chance to apply via our Online Application Portal:
Online Application: Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences
gess-application.uni-mannheim.de
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
❗️ Tue, Nov 18, 13:45-15:15 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@llhipp.bsky.social

"Where Are the Barriers to Success? Insights into Gender Inequality from Contemporary German Literature"

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November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"Gehören Sie zur politischen Mitte?", fragte die @zeit.de und löste mit ihrem Tool eine hitzige Debatte aus.
@marcdebus.bsky.social ordnet das Tool und die zugrundeliegenden Daten der @gles.bsky.social ein.

Lesenswerter Beitrag von @cendt.de und @jalenz.bsky.social !

👉 www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Politisches Spektrum: Die große Sehnsucht nach der Mitte
Unser interaktives Tool zur politischen Mitte hat großes Interesse hervorgerufen – und wird leidenschaftlich diskutiert. Sieben Erkenntnisse
www.zeit.de
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM