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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 3h

This is gonna be a busy but exciting term @powimz!! 👇👇👇

Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting lineup for our (@powimz.bsky.social) research colloquia—the Forschungswerkstatt and the Democracy Seminar—this coming winter semester! I’m looking forward to welcoming many great guests and hearing from my colleagues.

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · 7h

Right now: Gunnar Otte and Natasha Nisic opening this year's congress of the Academy of Sociology @unimainz.bsky.social sponsored by @ipp-jgu.bsky.social
Looking forward to three inspiring days in Mainz!

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 1d

I promise @davidattewell6.bsky.social 🧵 is worth your time - in fact, the entire @wepsocial.bsky.social SI is 👇

David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 1d

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 1d

ARE YOU LISTENING MAURICE DUVERGER?? YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING

TONY DOWNS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WHERE IS YOUR MEDIAN VOTER NOW???

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.

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Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 5d

Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben

Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.

www.faz.net

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Daniel Mertens @danmertens.bsky.social · 6d

Hi bsky people - if you care about how the EU seeks to fund all things "social-ecological transformation", which institutional architecture has emerged out of it, and why it is both contested and an unrealized promise: please have a look at our special issue on the politics of sustainable finance 👇

JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 21d

🌱🪙 In their introduction to the Special Issue "Puzzling, powering, profiting: The politics of sustainable finance in Europe", editors
@danmertens.bsky.social and @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social define EU sustainable finance & outline how best to analyse it 💡

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 9d

Finde gut, dass Teile der Schäl Sick wahltechnisch zur Innenstadt gehören. Mülheim 58% Aymaz

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Thorsten Faas @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de · 11d

Morgen Abend, 18 Uhr (deutscher Zeit). InstaLive zu diesen jungen Leuten, was sie denken, was sie wählen. Sneak Preview zu Ergebnissen unserer Jugendwahlstudie zur btw 2025, die wir mit der @fesonline.bsky.social durchgeführt haben @arminschaefer.bsky.social @juliareuschenbach.bsky.social

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you to all who joined us in Cologne this week for the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! A fantastic line-up of speakers and participants, thoughtful discussions and global perspectives. Huge thanks to organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social!

Pauline Kohlhase speaking in a group setting

Audience member speaking at a panel session

participant speaking in group discussion

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 14d

'It has been widely observed that the speed of America’s democratic slide surpasses that of other “elective autocracies” such as Narendra Modi’s India and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey. But that understates Trump’s impatience.'

America’s accelerating exit from itself

After the Kirk murder, Trump is pulverising the country’s founding principles with astonishing ease

www.ft.com

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · 16d

had a really good time at last week's DVPW Political Economy section meeting in @unimainz.bsky.social @ipp-jgu.bsky.social!
Many thanks to the organizers & hosts: @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @leaelsaesser.bsky.social @thomasrixen.bsky.social @claraweinhardt.bsky.social

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 17d

No pun intended!

Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 17d

Reiche gegen höhere Erbschaftssteuer#Erbschaftssteuer#Reiche

Reiche gegen höhere Erbschaftssteuer

Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche sieht in Steuererhöhungen "Gift" für den Standort Deutschland.

www.tagesschau.de

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 20d

I cannot think of a democracy anywhere in the world where this sort of thing could happen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure

www.nytimes.com

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 21d

"Warum junge Männer die AfD wählen – und junge Frauen die Linke"
- (unter anderem) darüber habe ich mit dem Handelsblatt gesprochen: www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deut...

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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 21d

Just out at JOP (www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....) : Why do so few working-class people hold office? It's not lack of interest. Noam Lupu and I ran 10 surveys in 8 countries and found no evidence of a social class gap in how often qualified people consider running.

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · 25d

2 more days to apply for this 5-year research-focused postdoc position in my @erc.europa.eu team at @goetheuni.bsky.social on the politics of the educational cleavage!

Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · Sep 5

Oh no, I might have to change my Introduction to Comparative Politics slides yet again... have a look at @ganghof.bsky.social 's paper 👇

Steffen Ganghof @ganghof.bsky.social · Sep 5

What constitutional forms of democracy exist in the world today and what’s their rationale? A forthcoming paper of mine in Global Constitutionalism @globcon.bsky.social gives some new answers to these questions. Short 🧵https://shorturl.at/iWAeg

(PDF) Taking democracy seriously A theory and global typology of democratic forms of government

PDF | Although the distinction between presidential, parliamentary and hybrid forms of government is fundamental to the study of democratic... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Resear...

shorturl.at

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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Sep 5

Online first:

"Pathways to politics: a sequence analysis of political apathy and involvement"

by @sjungkunz.bsky.social l & Paul Marx

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Abstract of the article "Pathways to politics: a sequence analysis of political apathy and involvement" by Sebastian Jungkunz and Paul Marx. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 4, displaying predicted probabilities of cluster membership by parental covariates (Germany).

Figure 5, displaying estimated probabilities of late involvement and independents by individual level covariates (Germany).

Figure 6, displaying the sequence distribution and sequence frequency by cluster (UK, age 11–15).

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · Aug 31

Great recommendation!

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · Aug 27

The @powimz.bsky.social crowd enjoys the sunset cruise at the @ecpr.bsky.social conference in Thessaloniki. 😎
Together with @clandwehr.bsky.social, @arminschaefer.bsky.social, @stallbaum.bsky.social, @lionmert.bsky.social & @kwalz.bsky.social.

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · Aug 27

@powimz.bsky.social at #ECPRGC25 in Thessaloniki

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · Aug 27

We cannot think of democratic innovations as simple add-ons to existing institutions. Instead, we need to reform the institutions that are already in place.

What a powerful pitch of my dear colleagues @clandwehr.bsky.social and @arminschaefer.bsky.social’s super important book! #ecprgc25 #deminno

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · Aug 26

Missed my flight to Thessaloniki but still made it on time for the first panel this morning. I look forward to our discussions tomorrow morning at #ecprgc25 on 'Class, Gender, Diversity and Political Representation.'
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Class, Gender, Diversity and Political Representation: Intersections of Identity and Responsiveness I

European Consortium for Political Research

ecpr.eu

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Miriam Sorace @miriamsorace.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thrilled to share this 16-country conjoint experiment with @catherinedevries.bsky.social & @simonhix.bsky.social. We find strong support for majoritarian reforms and tougher legal enforcement, even when paired with policies people dislike. Policy-inelastic institutional preferences exist! A 🧵...

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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · Aug 15

🌅📙 64.3

Are poor people poorly heard?👂

These authors (🧵⬇️) use citizen surveys in 🇧🇪🇨🇭🇨🇦 & 🇩🇪 to claim that politicians hold biased views of what citizens want & shows that politicians perceptions parallel the rich for the most pressing economic issues.

buff.ly/5UlH75b

Are poor people poorly heard?

JULIE SEVENANS, AWENIG MARIÉ, CHRISTIAN BREUNIG, STEFAAN WALGRAVE, KAROLIN SOONTJENS, RENS VLIEGENTHART

ow.ly

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