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Christian Stecker @pluggedchris.bsky.social · 2d

Wir suchen Wahlhilfenhelfer zur #Kommunalwahl in #Hessen 2026.
👉 Anmeldung zur Infoveranstaltung: tudaipol.limesurvey.net/994956?lang=de

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Ann-Kathrin Reinl @annreinl.bsky.social · 12d

An often-overlooked aspect in discussions on EU enlargement? The role of welfare security💡.

I address this in my latest contribution for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social. Thanks @vanghel.bsky.social for inviting me🇪🇺

The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 12d

🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.29
@annreinl.bsky.social of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social argues that #Welfare security is the quiet hinge of public support for enlargement. Credible guarantees on national benefits blunt fears about costs and #Migration and support for a larger #EU holds.
👉 bit.ly/3KfwFlb

🧭 Why securing welfare benefits is key to EU enlargement

Ann-Kathrin Reinl argues that welfare security is the quiet hinge of public support for EU enlargement. Credible guarantees on national benefits blunt fears about costs and migration. If we reassure c...

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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · 17d

The call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025.

epssnet.org/belfast-2026/

@rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 19d

Two fantastic days of the annual conference of the #AKWahlen are now behind us.

Many thanks for the many excellent presentations, the friendly atmosphere, and to the local Berlin team for the fabulous organisation on site! ❤️

Watch out for the special issue in @electoralstudies.bsky.social!

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Ann-Katrin Müller @akm0803.bsky.social · Sep 6

Müllermilch is very big in UK and other countries, so we translated our piece about Theo Müllers extravagant birthday party and his right wing friends with the help of our trusted translator Charles:

www.spiegel.de/internationa...

Müllermilch Boss with Fringe Friends: A German Dairy Billionaire's Links to the Far Right

The dairy billionaire Theo Müller is friends with Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the right-wing extremist party Alternative for Germany. She and other fringe figures were invited to his extravagant bi...

www.spiegel.de

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Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social · Sep 1

Excited about the very first EPSS conference in Belfast next year!🤩 @kenbenoit.bsky.social & I co-chair the Political Communication Section and invite submissions on contents & effects of political communication, broadly conceived, and media-politics relations⬇️Please reach out in case of questions

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 1

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!

📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 
📍 ICC Belfast 
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025

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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · Jul 16

We’re live! 🚀

Just launched the Humboldt GovLab with a great workshop on #CitizensAssemblies @humboldtuni.bsky.social

Because strengthening democracy takes more than ideas.
It takes evidence. And collaboration.

Follow us @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
🌐 hu-govlab.de

Humboldt GovLab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣 It’s official – we launched the Humboldt Governance Lab! 📣

We use innovative methods to deliver evidence-based insights for policy-makers, public admin, and civil society – tackling the key challenges facing democracy today.

🌐 hu-govlab.de
@humboldtuni.bsky.social

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · Jul 13

Guten Morgen deutsche Medien:

Diese Studie zeigt:
a) dass die AfD unverhältnismäßige mediale Aufmerksamkeit erhält (=mehr als ihre elektorale Größe suggerieren könnte).
b) dass diese Aufmerksamkeit mit der strategischen Störung des politischen Prozesses durch die AfD an sich zusammenhängt.

Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · Jul 13

This is such a great new piece of research by @curdknupfer.bsky.social et al. It should be mandatory reading for journalists. academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...

Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: “indexing by proxy” in a German immigration debate

Abstract. This study examines the mechanisms by which illiberal politics make the news by disrupting democratic systems. During the late 20th century, a li

academic.oup.com

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Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · Jun 17

Took months of work, but @aagilli.bsky.social and I are proud to bring you a paper that deals with the true elephant in the room:

Should the EU equip itself with a nuclear deterrent, and if so, how?

www.bruegel.org/working-pape...

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Marcel Fratzscher @mfratzscher.bsky.social · Jun 10

Die Erhöhung der #Verteidigung|sausgaben von ca. 1,5 % auf 5 % des anvisierten #NATO Ziels erfordert 140 Milliarden € an zusätzlichen Staatsausgaben in Deutschland. Der einzige (!) Weg, zusätzliche Verteidigungsausgaben dauerhaft zu finanzieren, ist über höhere #Steuern.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · Jun 6

Are you a concerned European who thinks that Europe should absorb US academics that genuinely want to flee America (even with a pay cut)?

Remember that the academic market conditions in Europe really do not allow for that without a *big* escalation of spending in Higher Education.

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Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) @tepsa.bsky.social · May 30

What are the drivers of political #engagement in Europe❓ #ActEU researcher @alexhartland.bsky.social (@uni-saarland.de) explores the triggers of political participation in our latest video recording from our December mid-term conference 📺

Watch it on YouTube ➡️ youtu.be/M7Rcmco6jCQ?...

Triggers of political engagement | Alex Hartland | #ActEU Mid-Term Conference

YouTube video by Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)

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Ann-Kathrin Reinl @annreinl.bsky.social · May 26

⬇️New week - new publication ⬇️ This time we focus on the 2024 EP elections🗳️
Thanks for putting this @wepsocial.bsky.social symposium together @simonhix.bsky.social!

Alex Hartland @alexhartland.bsky.social · May 26

🛎️ New Publication 🛎️

How did public and party priorities interact during the 2024 European Parliament elections?

In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social article, Daniela Braun, @giucarny.bsky.social @rosanavarrete.bsky.social @annreinl.bsky.social and I find some connections

tinyurl.com/yhc4ae8m

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The role of key European issues in the 2024 election campaign

International crises and Euroscepticism have made European issues prominent in citizens’ lives. This article studies the role of three key European issues – migration, the environment, and EU integ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Conrad Ziller @conradziller.bsky.social · May 20

📣 Call for Papers: Jahrestagung DVPW-Arbeitskreises "Wahlen und politische Einstellungen"

📅 18.-19. September 2025 Freie Universität Berlin

📨 Einreichungsfrist Abstracts: 15. Juni 2025 an [email protected]

@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social

www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us...

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Ann-Kathrin Reinl @annreinl.bsky.social · May 22

One week – two new publications 📚🤗

1. My article on welfare governance in the EU multi-level system has been published @eupthejournal.bsky.social.
2. @monasr.bsky.social & I published a piece about party communication on EU Solidarity @polcommjournal.bsky.social.

Check them out & get in touch 🤓

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Joris Frese @fresejoris.bsky.social · May 21

🇪🇺🇦🇫 Published Today in CPS 🇪🇺🇦🇫

“Stand by those who share our values” – how refugees fleeing the Taliban improved European attitudes toward immigration

Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os...

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · May 12

Delighted that the 2nd edition of our textbook - with @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sopro.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social - is out now!

📘Foundations of European Politics 📒

Copies can be ordered here: www.oup.com/ukhe/product...

Data and exercises here: www.foundationsofeuropeanpolitics.com

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · May 12

3 more days to apply for 2 postdoc positions in Frankfurt - let me know if you have any questions!

Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · Apr 17

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social!

German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf
English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · May 11

Zusätzlich zur politikwissenschaftlichen Perspektive frage ich mich als queere POC natürlich ob ich dazugehöre bei Klingbeils normalen Menschen. Haben meine Wünsche und Sorgen Platz in der SPD? Oder gehöre ich nicht zu den normalen Menschen? Was bin ich dann: unnormal, abnormal, ein Freak?

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · May 11

Es gibt kaum Sätze, die die Misere der Sozialdemokratie so verdeutlichen wie dieser von Klingbeil. Man gibt das transformative Projekt der Linken auf für einen inhaltsleeren Deliverism für die imaginierten „normalen Leute“. Wen soll so eine Partei begeistern?

www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/spd-...

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · Apr 17

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social!

German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf
English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf

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Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social · Apr 4

🔥Exciting postdoc position in political communication @ascor.bsky.social starting 1 Sep! The postdoc will work w/ @lindabos.bsky.social, @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social & me on media-politics relations + framing effects in the aftermath of elections. Interested?😀Apply by 5 May⬇️ tinyurl.com/4wz3u5vn

Vacancy — Postdoctoral Researcher "Political Communication in the Aftermath of Democratic Elections"

Are you looking for a postdoctoral position in political communication research? Are you interested in elections, media-politics relations and framing effects, and would like to become an expert on th...

tinyurl.com

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Susanne Garritzmann @sgarritzmann.bsky.social · Jan 29

New article out! 🥳 We study whether & how internal political efficacy contributes to unequal turnout among newly enfranchised citizens - open access with Politics & Governance. 🙏 for the great cooperation to @aleininger.bsky.social, @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Armin Schäfer!

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · Mar 24

"Specifically on the vaccine rollout, and most interesting for our research, is a recent paper published by Reinl, Katsanidou and Pötzschke (Reference Reinl, Katsanidou and Pötzschke 2023)." Awww, thank you 😊!

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Mar 14

NEW -

Benchmarking pandemic response: How the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout impacted diffuse and specific support for the EU - cup.org/425D2O7

- @irenerodriguez.bsky.social, @tonirodon.bsky.social, @aslunn.bsky.social, @lisaherbig.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social & @theresakuhn.bsky.social

BJPolS abstract of a scholarly article discussing the impact of the EU's response to COVID-19 on public support, compared to non-EU countries, with a case study on the UK's vaccine program.

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Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · Mar 18

in our latest @bruegel.bsky.social column, Roel Beetsma, Marco Buti & myself look into the pros and pitfalls of the proposed SAFE defence fund, waiting for tomorrow's White Paper release by @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu .

www.bruegel.org/first-glance...

The problem of missing European public goods from the ReArm Europe plan

Focusing on defence financing and delivery at national level risks fiscally weaker countries not increasing spending or running up unsustainable debts

www.bruegel.org

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · Mar 17

As speakers of the @dvpw.bsky.social's working group Elections and Public Opinion, we invite proposals for a special issue on the 2025 German federal election (to be submitted to Electoral Studies).

See: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...

Also see the previous SI: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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