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PostDoc FU Berlin & Research Affiliate WZB | PhD from EUI | Populism, Parliamentary Behaviour, Party Communication, Protest Behaviour, Text-as-Data | https://rebecca-kittel.eu/

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Rebecca Kittel @rebeccakittel.bsky.social · Mar 26

🚨Publication Alert

Very happy to share that my second PhD paper is now out with @govandopp.bsky.social 🤗🎉

Do populist politicians use simpler language? I analyse 30 years of parliamentary discourse to shed light on that question! 👇

Full article: doi.org/10.1017/gov....
#OpenAccess

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Jens Wäckerle @jwaeckerle.bsky.social · 2d

New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:

Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas

Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p

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GESIS-Suche

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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 3d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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Rebecca Kittel @rebeccakittel.bsky.social · 18d

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Und einen guten Start :)

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Eva Krejcova @evakrejcova.bsky.social · 28d

1/ How does migration affect political attitudes? Using 380k obs from 104 sending & 28 receiving countries, @filipkostelka.bsky.social, Nicolas Sauger & I find some migrants’ attitudes align with locals, while others exceed origin-host context, reshaping ideological space.
👉 doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

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Manifesto Project @manifestoproj.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 Manifesto Project Data & Corpus Update 2025 is here! What's new? 🧵:

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Sep 8

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️

Petition unterschreiben

Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master

https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Aug 26

👋🏻 Welcome to those attending the ECPR General Conference #ecprgr25! Our section this year is action-packed with panels every day of the conference - here is an outline of what to expect:

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Lisa Zehnter @tiondelisa.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Wissenschaftskommunikation ist Teil meiner Arbeit und nicht mein Privatvergnügen."

Genau deshalb muss der Umgang mit Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit systematisch erfolgen und darf nicht an Individuen hängenbleiben. Auch wenn gerade bei kommunizierenden Forscherinnen die "Kritik" ad personam erfolgt.

Jan-Martin Wiarda @jmwiarda.bsky.social · Aug 25

Hotline gegen Hass

Wie der Scicomm-Support angefeindeten Wissenschaftler:innen hilft: Teresa Völker und Matthias Fejes über Drohungen, Schutzstrukturen und den Mut, in der Öffentlichkeit weiter für Wissenschaft einzustehen.

Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/08...

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Rebecca Kittel @rebeccakittel.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thanks! Very happy to hear 😊

Rebecca Kittel @rebeccakittel.bsky.social · Jul 23

Also, big thanks to @sophiahunger.bsky.social and @gessler.bsky.social for inviting me and the organisation team!

Rebecca Kittel @rebeccakittel.bsky.social · Jul 23

On my way home after a great day of teaching Web-Sraping and Automated Data Collection at the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology @unibremen.bsky.social. It was a pleasure to meet all these motivated and talented researchers! #wpm #WomenInPolMeth

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Sarah Engler @saengler.bsky.social · Jul 21

Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties.

A thread 👇 (1/n)

#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV

The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - Volume 55

cup.org

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Christian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · Jul 16

🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such?

My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).

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Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · Jul 13

🚨 New article out in Journal of Civil Society with Swen Hutter!

We explore how civil society organizations (CSOs) mobilized volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a moment of both rising need and shrinking organizational capacity.

📖 Open access link: doi.org/10.1080/1744...

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Lisa Zehnter @tiondelisa.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION! Who belongs to “the people” – and who does not?

What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓

doi.org/10.1177/0032...

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Screenshot of the abstract of the article.

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Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social · Jun 6

📣 "Contentious Politics in Catalonia"

Join us June 20, 2pm @wzb.bsky.social

Book launch "Organizing for Independence" by @hajogu.bsky.social (WZB)

Discussion: @laiabalcells.bsky.social (Georgetown) on aff. polariz. & nat. conflicts

Info & registration (on site/Zoom) www.wzb.eu/de/veranstal...

Program of the Lecture Series "Civil Society and Political Conflict" at the WZB, 2025.

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Sven Schreurs @svenschreurs.bsky.social · May 26

During the past months, I've been working on a debate section for JEPP. I invited a group of scholars with (very) different disciplinary backgrounds and substantive views to revisit Fritz Scharpf's asymmetry thesis, discussing its relevance in the twenty-first-century EU.

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Sofie Cairo @cairosofie.bsky.social · May 22

🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · May 16

When politicians use simple language, citizens understand more and see them as less elite.

New paper with @danbischof.bsky.social out in @thejop.bsky.social!

doi.org/10.1086/736693

Can Simple Language Affect Voters' Political Knowledge and Their Beliefs About Politicians? | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · May 12

📢 🇪🇺📘 Exciting news! The second edition of our textbook "Foundations of European Politics: A Comparative Approach" - with @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @jbslapin.bsky.social - is out at Oxford UP! 🧵👇 1/5

Book cover of the second edition of Foundations of European Politics A Comparative Approach

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Rebecca Kittel @rebeccakittel.bsky.social · May 12

Politik und Grammatik - Im @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy durfte ich über meine Forschung zur Sprachkomplexität im Bundestag reden und welchen Effekt diese auf Wähler*innen hat. Wer reinhören mag: www.deutschlandfunk.de/politik-und-...

Politik und Grammatik - Rebecca Kittel, Politikwissenschaftlerin

www.deutschlandfunk.de

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theresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · Apr 22

We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉
summerschoolwpm.org

Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social

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Sophia Hunger @sophiahunger.bsky.social · Apr 14

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨

Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org

Image of a building of the University of Bremen with the text "Summer School for Women in Political Methodology" and "20 to 26 July at the University of Bremen" writen on it.

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Eric @ericbeltermann.bsky.social · Mar 31

Morgen ist es soweit: In einem transdisziplinären Workshop loten wir die Möglichkeiten der Landesparlaments-Datenbank stateparl.de für Wissenschaft, Journalismus, Verwaltung und Zivilgesellschaft aus. Die Veranstaltung wird durch die @berlinualliance.bsky.social möglich gemacht. 🫶

Gemeinsam Politik im föderalen System besser verstehen und
analysieren
Transdisziplinärer Workshop
Wann?
Wo?
1. April 2025, 09:30 Uhr bis 16:30 Uhr
Vertretung des Landes Schleswig-Holstein beim Bund, In den Ministergärten 8, 10117
Berlin
Programm
09:1509:3010:1513:0014:0015:1515:3016:30Uhr
Uhr
Uhr
Uhr
Uhr
Uhr
Uhr
Uhr
Ankommen
Begrüßung & Einführung
Überblick über den Projektkontext
Transdisziplinäre Potentiale von „StateParl“ entdecken
Interaktive Einführung
Szenario-Entwicklung in transdisziplinären Kleingruppen
Kennenlernen
Entwicklung einer gemeinsamen Fragestellung
Bearbeitung mit den verschiedenen Werkzeugen von „StateParl“
Mittagspause
Bu[et in der Landesvertretung
Prototyping in transdisziplinären Kleingruppen
Beantwortung der Fragestellung
Empfehlungen für die Anwendung und Weiterentwicklung von „StateParl“
Pause
Ergebnisse und Reﬂexion
Ende

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Bruno Castanho Silva @bcastanho.bsky.social · Mar 26

Pretty cool by @rebeccakittel.bsky.social - populists do not use easier language when speaking in parliament. They have to try and show competence?

Government and Opposition @govandopp.bsky.social · Mar 26

Out today on #FirstView -

"Simply Speaking? Language Complexity among (Non-)Populist Actors in Parliamentary Debates" - tinyurl.com/yc65ezcy

by @rebeccakittel.bsky.social

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