Julius Diener
@dienerjulius.bsky.social
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PhD Student Political Science Uni Mannheim Comparative Politics / (Youth) Representation / Quantitative Methods / Text as Data Big foodie in my free time (He/Him)
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My first paper has been published at PVS. In it, I investigate the strategic incentives behind parliamentary interruptions using data from the German Bundestag. In this thread you can find a short summary of the paper, which is available under open access here: rdcu.be/d4mHq
Explaining Interruption Behavior in Parliament: The Role of Topic Expertise, Career Status, and Government-Opposition Dynamics
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dienerjulius.bsky.social
For the next 10 weeks, I will be a visiting PhD student at the University of Vienna, hosted by @chriswratil.bsky.social, discussing Representation etc.
If you are in Vienna, I would love to have coffee, so please reach out.
dienerjulius.bsky.social
Causal evidence of historical religious landmarks on current day voting 🤯
dienerjulius.bsky.social
In addition to my wonderful students, I want to thank @chrisvsteinert.bsky.social and @sarahwagner.bsky.social for answering all my questions about how to be a good teacher two years ago.
dienerjulius.bsky.social
I am super happy to have received this year’s CDSS teaching award for my seminar “democratic representation in parliament”. In addition to the positive feedback from students, this is a great valuation of the effort put into preparing courses and giving feedback.
dienerjulius.bsky.social
Come visit us next year, we have good feedback and tasty food.
mzesunimannheim.bsky.social
📣 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...
Screenshot of the call for applications for MZES Visiting Fellowships, 22 September 2025. For the full text, please follow the link.
dienerjulius.bsky.social
Wow, das sind wirklich tolle Neuigkeiten. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!!!
dienerjulius.bsky.social
The innovation I have been waiting for the most
jbengler.de
The new ggplot2 4.0.0 now supports absolute plot dimensions 🤩

#rstats #dataviz #phd
library(tidyverse)

mtcars |> 
  head(8) |> 
  rownames_to_column("name") |> 
  ggplot(aes(x = drat, y = name, fill = name)) + 
  geom_col() +
  theme(panel.widths = unit(50, "mm"), panel.heights = unit(50, "mm"))
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ankuepfer.bsky.social
👏Applause offers a revealing lens on party competition! In a recent article @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/@[email protected]), we study how applause reflects party and coalition unity, ideological agreement, political exclusion, issue ownership, and the electoral cycle! (1/6)
Cover page of the article:
"The sound of party competition: how applausereflects unity, disagreement, and the electoralcycle in parliamentsAndreas Küpfera , Jochen Müllerb and Christian Steckeraatechnical university of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany; buniversität Greifswald, Greifswald,GermanyABSTRACTThis article studies how applause reflects the dynamics of party competitionduring parliamentary debates. While legislative scholars often emphasise theselection of speakers and content of debates, spontaneous reactions from fel-low MPs remain understudied. Analysing 750,000 instances of applause in thedebates of the German Bundestag (1976–2020), it was found that applausepatterns, although largely spontaneous and immediate by nature, systemati-cally reflect incentives from party competition such as signalling party andcoalition unity, ideological (dis)agreement, and ostracising specific parties.Applause also indicates issue emphasis, especially near elections. The findingssuggest that applause can serve as a nuanced and abundant indicator in thestudy of party competition, complementing more static measures derived frommanifestos and expert judgements. By analysing applause patterns over fourdecades, this study opens new avenues to explore nonverbal reactions asmarkers of party competition in other parliaments."
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joschbrl.bsky.social
Excited that my first PhD paper is published in Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties!🎉

🧵 @wurthmann.bsky.social & I examine: Do They Know What They Represent? Parliamentary Candidates’ Perceptions of Their Own Party’s Positions

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
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saengler.bsky.social
Three weeks left to apply 👇
saengler.bsky.social
My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.

If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!

shorturl.at/kcTbG
dienerjulius.bsky.social
Recently saw one of them for the first time. Of course had to give it a try. Turns out, eggplants need some more time to ripen.
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youthpolrep.bsky.social
Want to get an overview of research on #youthpolrep?

We have started a 💥thematically sorted bibliography💥 on our website!

Let us know, if there are publications still missing 🤗
Bibliography | Youth Political Repr
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indubioproreto.bsky.social
The actual truth: Wenig hat der Demokratie in den letzten Jahren so geschadet wie die ständige Verharmlosung der extremen Rechten durch selbsternannte "liberale" oder "konservative" Akteure und die komplett absurde Hufeisen-Gleichstellung von radikal-rechten mit links-progressiven Kräften.
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3-year, full-time post-doc position with my ‪@griffith.edu.au‬ friend & colleague, Ferran Martinez i Coma.

Ferran is one of the key people who has made our department the top comparative politics research cluster in Australia.

Please apply, share, etc.

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Grade 1
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dienerjulius.bsky.social
Thank you very much for reposting!
dienerjulius.bsky.social
Thank you very much for sharing!
dienerjulius.bsky.social
Another round of thank you goes to @marcdebus.bsky.social , @kirareneekurz.bsky.social and the participants of the @sgparliaments.bsky.social Conference 2025 for insightful feedback during the preparation of the paper.
dienerjulius.bsky.social
I want to thank the editor and the reviewers at party politics for their valuable comments during the review process.
dienerjulius.bsky.social
I find that younger candidates are indeed more likely to prioritize the views of their voters, compared to their older colleagues. This effect is only partially driven by variation in incumbency and prior offices and remains after these measures are included.