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Daniel Höhmann @dahoehmann.bsky.social · 16d

🗣️ Our new study in @jwpp.bsky.social shows that online abuse on social media discourages young women from pursuing political offices—before their actual political careers have even begun.

With @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and Tomoko Latteier

#GenderSky

👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

An Early Leak in the Pipeline – Online Abuse as a Barrier for Young Women’s Political Engagement

To what extent does online abuse on social media platforms obstruct an equal representation of women and men in politics? We investigate the frequency, character, and consequences of online abuse a...

www.tandfonline.com

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 22d

Mehr Sozialstaat und eine "antifaschistische Wirtschaftspolitik" werden häufig als Mittel gegen den AfD-Erfolg genannt. Doch was ist dran an der These & welche Sozialpolitik wünschen sich die AfD-Wähler tatsächlich? Eine Datenanalyse von @schieritz.bsky.social und mir.

www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

Sozialpolitik: Wer wenig hat, ist in ihren Augen selbst schuld

Mehr Sozialstaat könnte den Aufstieg der Rechtspopulisten bremsen, heißt es oft. Umfragen zeigen aber: Die Wähler der AfD verstehen unter Gerechtigkeit etwas anderes.

www.zeit.de

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · Sep 8

A very inspiring read, congrats! :)

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yay, congrats! Such an important project

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, tolle Neuigkeiten! 🎉

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Ronja Sczepanski @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ever asked yourself how to detect and extract social groups from texts with computational social science? @haukelicht.bsky.social and me have a solution for you out at @bjpols.bsky.social. You can also find the pre-trained models on huggingface!

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Sep 1

NEW -

Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ

- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS Abstract discussing a social science research method that uses text analysis for understanding group language patterns and political leanings, mentioning the use of British articles and generating new empirical insights.

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Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft Universität Basel @polisciunibas.bsky.social · Aug 30

Autoritäre Kräfte schränken Frauenrechte gezielt ein.

👉 Wie wird Antifeminismus als politisches Mittel eingesetzt?

👉 Und warum unterstützen auch Frauen Akteure, die ihre Rechte angreifen?

@mabreyer.bsky.social
‪@sarahbuetikofer.bsky.social

www.polit-forum-bern.ch/veranstaltun...

Wie die Demokratie wehrhaft bleibt! - Polit-Forum Bern

Demokratie und Rechtsstaatlichkeit sind weltweit bedroht. Immer mehr Menschen leben in Ländern, in denen demokratische Errungenschaften wie Meinungsfreiheit, Gewaltenteilung und Menschenrechte eingesc...

www.polit-forum-bern.ch

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Jul 11

NEW -

The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW

- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the role of symbolic right-wing politics in cultural consumption, specifically referencing wine and classical music in pubs, based on a survey from Switzerland with 1,550 respondents.

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Jochen Rehmert @jochenrehmert.bsky.social · Jul 1

Another piece on candidate selection of mine is forthcoming in @thejop.bsky.social : Intra-party Competition, Geographic Responsiveness and Incumbent Deselection in Closed-List PR” (doi.org/10.1086/734244)

Intra-party Competition, Geographic Responsiveness and Incumbent Deselection in Closed-List PR | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

doi.org

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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Sofia Ammassari @ammassarisofia.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been published open access today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 💫

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on.

A quick 🧵:

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Jun 5

If you happen to have capacity for an extra first-time attendee do drop me a DM. :)

Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Jun 4

Thanks to all who signed up!

We received 100+ requests. We do have more first-time attendees than buddies.

If you signed up as a buddy (and my script works...) you will now have received an email with the details of the attendee we matched you with :)

Please do check your spam 🤓

Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · May 13

You've (probably) got mail! ✉️

Heading to #EPSA2025 in Madrid?

Consider signing up to our buddy/mentor scheme that the diversity committee has set up to help first-time attendees navigate Europe's biggest political science conference

Questions? Send them over to @alonadolinsky.com or me 🙂

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Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · Jun 4

Can government policies moderate political backlash to structural change?

Yes, the effect operates through material benefits and social recognition.

🚨New WP by @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social and @susanadptavares.bsky.social 🚨

shorturl.at/zFbZE

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thank you Peter 😊

Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · May 19

And more cool research by @noracwe.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, Rasmus Kappelgaard Gustafsson, Viktoriia Muliavka, David Beck, @robinweisser.bsky.social, @linerenn.bsky.social, @leaelsaesser.bsky.social, @johannaplenter.bsky.social, Mikolaj Czesnik & @manuelwagner.bsky.social (days 2.5-4)😊

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · May 19

✨We have a great line-up with work by Rune Stubager, @micagrossmann.bsky.social, Garret Binding, @denisetraber.bsky.social, @magneflemmen.bsky.social, Marta Eidheim, @pstanig.bsky.social, Lewis Anderson, Geoff Evans, Sung in Kim, @marvinreis.bsky.social (days 1-2)

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · May 19

Looking forward to an exciting workshop 'Inequality and the politics of class in the 21st century' at the ECPR Joint Sessions in Prague 🏰, co-organized by @peterla.bsky.social and me: ⬇️

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Felicia Riethmüller @feliciarthm.bsky.social · May 13

Thrilled to see my 1st PhD paper out in #PartyPolitics! Based on ~15000 posts by 86 German subnat. parties (2015-2019), Simon Franzmann & I show that dominant & challenger parties differ in the use of policy-based vs symbolic & positive vs negative appeals.

🔓:
doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Abstract
Social group appeals are a crucial but often overlooked aspect of party competition. Challenger parties differ from
dominant parties not only in their issue entrepreneurship and anti-establishment rhetoric, but also in how they approach
social groups. Whereas dominant parties can and must use their policy record when appealing to groups rhetorically,
challenger parties compensate for their lack of policy influence and long-lasting group ties by using more symbolic groupbased appeals, creating affective affiliations with voters while avoiding accountability or dividing their potential base.
Similarly, they are more inclined to use negative group-based appeals. Using a most-similar-systems design and a new
dataset of 15,460 tweets from German subnational parties, our main finding is that dominant parties, particularly those
having held the prime minister’s office, favour policy-based group appeals, while challengers rely more on symbolic appeals.
However, differences in appeal strategies diminish during campaign times. Our findings underline the importance of groupbased appeals for mainstream-challenger competition.

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · Apr 30

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social

❓Political implications of labor market transformation

Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.

Deadline: May 18, 2025.

tinyurl.com/postdoczurich

#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

tinyurl.com

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · Apr 22

What are the political consequences of long-term population loss? In a new paper for German Politics @benjaminhoehne.bsky.social, Hendrik Träger and I find that East German places more affected by depopulation provided stronger support for the AfD in recent state elections.🧵👇
shorturl.at/cujwa

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · Apr 17

I cannot recommend this summer school enough!

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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Emilie van Haute @emilievh.bsky.social · Apr 17

🚨 Call for Expressions of Interest – BrIAS x ULB Solidarity Fellowships 🚨

Are you a researcher at risk working on democratic governance?

The new BrIAS program invites expressions of interest from early-career researchers who wish to apply for a ULB postdoctoral Solidarity Fellowship.

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Sabrina J. Mayer @sabrinajmayer.bsky.social · Apr 10

Are you interested in political partipation among youth and immigrants? @ aleininger.bsky.social and I edited a special issue for Politics and Governance (@cogitatiopag.bsky.social) - here are 13 new articles! doi.org/10.17645/pag...

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Apr 3

Exceptionally long, but familiarly pompous and uniformed, puff piece on the “good” nativism of Mette Frederiksen in Denmark.

Completely ignores most basic data and, of course, any academic research. Some quick points 🧵

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