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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 19d

🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)!

🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!

Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!

Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social

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Nathalie Herren (former Hofstetter) @nathalieherren.bsky.social · 19d

Gesund studieren, lehren & arbeiten: Die @unibe.ch bietet ihren Studierenden, Dozierenden & Mitarbeitenden zum #WorldMentalHealthDay am 10.10.2025 ein vielfältiges Programm an, um zum Austausch anzuregen & Impulse für einen achtsamen, gesunden Universitätsalltag zu geben. So wichtig & wertvoll 💜!

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Maiken Maier @maikenmelanie.bsky.social · 29d

Excited to share our new PEGO publication: Hijacking or helping?
We show how crises like COVID-19 can shape narratives, open or close policy windows, and influence climate policy advocacy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s110...

@policysciences.bsky.social polisky

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Sep 3

I think it‘s just a certificate, unfortunately :)

Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Aug 25

Herzlichen Dank, liebe Maiken!

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Aug 24

Ganz herzlichen Dank, liebe Théoda!

Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Aug 21

Celebrating this milestone with a break and some travels. I am happy to hear your thoughts on our paper and want to thank all who gave feedback and support—especially the editors and reviewers, who made my first publication process a positive experience!

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Aug 21

On utilitarian factors, Switzerland looks unremarkable. Norway, by contrast, resembles Sweden more than the UK or Switzerland. The key difference: EEA membership has depoliticized the EU question in Norway.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Aug 21

We find that the strong politicization of EU issues in Switzerland increases the impact of national identity and rightist political attitudes on Euroscepticism. The only clear parallel in Europe: the UK.

Dot-and-error-bar plot showing how national identity (attachment to nation) influences Euroscepticism across countries. Switzerland and the UK stand out with much stronger positive effects compared to EU27 and EEA countries, where the difference from the overall effect is insignificant or negative.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our results confirm strong Swiss Euroscepticism and low support for EU accession. The novelty lies in comparison: How do the underlying factors in Switzerland differ from those shaping Euroscepticism across EU and non-EU Europe?

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Aug 21

A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...

Bar chart comparing public perceptions of the EU across European countries. Switzerland stands out with one of the highest shares of negative views (very negative or fairly negative) and the lowest positive evaluations, similar only to the UK and Czech Republic. Most other countries, including Norway and Iceland, show more positive or neutral attitudes.

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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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Matt Whittaker @mattwhittaker.bsky.social · Jul 15

Amid wealth tax discussion, it's worth reflecting on recent changes in tax takes across the income distribution. Combining all payments (ie income taxes and VAT etc), the richest and poorest pay the most as a share of their gross income. But rates are down markedly in the middle of the distribution

Line chart showing trends in the shares of gross income being paid in total tax by those living in five equally sized income groups, from the richest fifth (quintile 5) to the poorest fifth (quintile 1). Covers the UK and the years 1980 to 2022-23. Shows shares falling then rising among the richest 20%; rising, plateauing, then rising again among the poorest 20%, and falling, plateauing and then falling again among the middle three groups. By 2022-23, average effective tax ‘rates’ (measured as four-year averages) were 37.5% among the poorest, 29.7% among quintile 2, 30.6% among quintile 3, 31.9% among quintile 4, and 37% among the richest 20%.

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · Jul 11

The far-right SVP continues to frame itself as the voice of the “little man”.

Yet it is now the Swiss party with *the highest* number of formal ties between its MPs & the banking lobby.

Also, in Switzerland, public skepticism toward deregulatory policies is growing, as shown in my new publication

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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · Jun 26

WZB-Digitalisierungsforscherin @jeah.bsky.social hat auf @libmod.de eine Replik auf den deutsch-amerikanischen Politikwissenschaftler Yascha Mounk zum Thema #Zensur in Deutschland und Großbritannien veröffentlicht:
libmod.de/debatte-mein...
@hiigberlin.bsky.social @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social

Debatte Meinungsfreiheit: Keine Täter-Opfer-Umkehr! - Eine Antwort auf Yascha Mounk

„In Europa werden Menschen tatsächlich für ihre Meinung eingesperrt“ betitelt Yascha Mounk seinen Essay. Jeanette Hofmann, Professorin an der Freien Universität mit den Schwerpunkten Digitalisierung u...

libmod.de

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congrats Konstantin! 🥳

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · May 12

#POLITKOLUMNE: There are 2 main strategies to counter the far-right: legal means & political responses

Courts alone won’t save democracy. What’s needed:
1️⃣firm stance against the far-right
2️⃣protest /civil soc. mobilization
3️⃣public institutions that guarantee equal public service access for everyone

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · May 7

🌍 The PEGO Research Group is now on Bluesky!

Follow us for updates, insights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into our research, events, projects, etc.  We’d love to connect with you.

🔗 Learn more: www.eawag.ch/en/departmen... 👋 Also connect with us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/pego...

Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology - Eawag

www.eawag.ch

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Apr 3

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Apr 2

I think the first one makes sense. My perception is, that the package has more prominent supporters in the German speaking part.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Apr 2

Good question!

Quick look at the data shows a big gap in undecided social democrats (SP) between F-/I- and G-speaking regions. 40% of F-speaking SP voters are undecided compared to 14% G-speaking SP voters. Gap is less pronounced for other parties.

My first intuition, other ideas?

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Apr 2

Survey conducted by @leewas.bsky.social.

📰 Newspaper article in Tages-Anzeiger: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/mehrheit-fue...

📄 Full report: drive.google.com/file/d/1E-PR... (11/11)

Exklusive Umfrage: Mehrheit für EU-Vertragspaket – viele sind aber noch unentschlossen

Laut einer repräsentativen Umfrage unterstützen 47 Prozent das Vertragspaket mit der EU, 35 Prozent lehnen es ab. Überraschend viele Unentschlossene finden sich bei den Grünen.

www.tagesanzeiger.ch

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Apr 2

🔬 Whose support matters most to voters?

In the second conjoint experiment, voters favored 🇨🇭🇪🇺 solutions that had broad domestic backing.

Proposals supported by both unions and employer associations were especially popular. (10/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Apr 2

Good news for the government!

That’s exactly the approach the Federal Council chose for the 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement – though the exact details are still unclear.

Again: pragmatism over idealism. (9/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Apr 2

🔬 Which 🇨🇭🇪🇺 policy do voters prefer?

Migration and wage protection matter to voters.

But it’s not all or nothing: in the conjoint experiment, a unilateral safeguard clause is as popular as a hard migration cap. (8/11)

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