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Nils Steiner
@nilssteiner.bsky.social
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Political Scientist at JGU Mainz, Germany. Research on public opinion, elections, parties, and democracy (more at: https://www.nilssteiner.com/). Spokesperson of the AK Wahlen (@dvpw.bsky.social). Associate editor at @pvs-journal.bsky.social.
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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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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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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 2d
Really excited that after several years of working on it, revising, and getting lots of rejections, our paper (w/ Rune Stubager & Mads Thau) on citizens’ responses to group appeals is *finally* out @ejprjournal.bsky.social

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A 🧵 on our findings...
How group appeals shape candidate support: The role of group membership, identity strength, and deservingness perceptions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
How group appeals shape candidate support: The role of group membership, identity strength, and deservingness perceptions
www.cambridge.org
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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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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · 4d
I am saddened to hear that Claus Offe has died.

I have admired his work since I was an undergraduate student and believe few others have influenced my thinking as much as he did.

He was kind, generous and encouraging in person. He will be greatly missed.
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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.
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 6d
Thank you!
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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 11d
They say: once there’s a paper 📝, it’s real…
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social

The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️
Screenshot of the article “Open science in democracy research: the research infrastructure ‘Monitoring Electoral Democracy’ (MEDem)” published in European Political Science. The header shows the journal name, DOI link, and the label “DEBATE.” Below, the title is followed by the author list: Hajo Boomgaarden, Alexia Katsanidou, Sylvia Kritzinger, Georg Lutz, Johanna Willmann, and Jakob-Moritz Eberl. The abstract explains the aims of MEDem as a European research infrastructure to make democracy research data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable). Keywords listed include open science, FAIR data, ESFRI roadmap, research infrastructure, democracy research, data harmonization, data linking, and data set search. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-025-00534-8
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Anne Rasmussen @annerasmussen.bsky.social · 9d
🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social

Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?

@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 11d
trump's numbers on economic policy are worse than bush/obama's during the financial crisis
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 15d
🎉 Our brand-new Research Network on Data Linkage in Political Science (@ecpr-datalinkage.bsky.social) has joined us on Bluesky!

📲 Follow them to stay updated on the latest research, job opportunities and forthcoming events

Join their network for FREE 👉 buff.ly/P98ZDx1
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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 15d
Coming up on Monday the @medem.bsky.social conference at @gesis.org in Cologne. Stay tuned for the future of democracy research infrastructures www.medem.eu/coming-up-th... Keynotes from @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social and @sldelange.bsky.social
Coming Up: The 2025 MEDem Conference & Workshop! - Monitoring Electoral Democracy
Coming Up: the 2025 medem Conference! We are thrilled for the upcoming 3rd MEDem Conference, scheduled to take place from September 29-30 at GESIS in Cologne!The 3rd MEDem conference will bring togeth...
www.medem.eu
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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 · 18d
Schönes Best-Practice-Beispiel für den journalistischen Verweis auf wissenschaftliche Forschung! Wenn man hier z. B. oben auf den hinterlegten Link klickt, kommt man direkt zu: Krause, W., Cohen, D., & Abou-Chadi, T. (2023). Does accommodation work? doi.org/10.1017/psrm... 👏👏👏
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Kathrin Ackermann @ackermannk.bsky.social · 18d
🥲 Thank you for the kind words, @nilssteiner.bsky.social! It was a great honor and pleasure for me to serve as spokesperson for @dvpw.bsky.social #AKWahlen for 6 years and to work with you, @conradziller.bsky.social, @heikogiebler.bsky.social and @melff.bsky.social in the steering committee.
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 18d
The conference marked the end of @ackermannk.bsky.social’s second term as spokesperson.

Kathrin, thank you so much for your dedicated service to the #AKWahlen over the past six years!

Conrad and I will miss working with you in this capacity.
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 18d
The #AKWahlen will meet again in Mainz on May 7-8, 2026, returning to our regular schedule. We hope to welcome many of you to beautiful Mainz next year!
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 18d
At the business meeting, @sgarritzmann.bsky.social was elected as a new spokesperson of the #AKWahlen of the @dvpw.bsky.social. 🎉

Welcome aboard, Susanne! We are very much looking forward to steering the working group together with you.
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 18d
The conference marked the end of @ackermannk.bsky.social’s second term as spokesperson.

Kathrin, thank you so much for your dedicated service to the #AKWahlen over the past six years!

Conrad and I will miss working with you in this capacity.
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 18d
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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Vincenzo Emanuele @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social · 19d
🎯New publication out in @wepsocial.bsky.social
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇

Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
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Conrad Ziller @conradziller.bsky.social · 19d
🗳️ Tag 1 der AK-Wahlen-Tagung @ FU Berlin

💡Hervorragende Präsentationen und intensive Diskussionen zu aktuellen Themen der Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung

🤝 Viele Gelegenheiten zum Networking

📝 Wir freuen uns auf den zweiten Tag mit weiteren spannenden Einblicken!

#Wahlforschung #AKWahlen
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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 29d
OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.

We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.

Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 21d
(3) www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The shifting issue content of left–right identification: cohort differences in Western Europe
Over the last decades, the rising salience of new issues has transformed politics in Western Europe. How has this transformation affected citizens’ left–right identities? This study shows how new i...
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 21d
(2) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Generational change in party support in Germany: The decline of the Volksparteien, the rise of the Greens, and the transformation of the education divide
Motivated by the eroding support for the old “Volksparteien” CDU/CSU and SPD, especially among younger voters, this study conducts an age-period-cohor…
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 21d
Als Wissenschaftler denkt man sich, wie immer, dass man noch viel mehr zu dem Thema sagen könnte. Für etwas mehr Hintergrund daher der Hinweis auf drei Studien von mir zu Generationenunterschieden: 👇
(1 ) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (mit @arminschaefer.bsky.social)
How education, generation and gender jointly structure green and radical right voting
This article refines our understanding of the socio-structural basis of voting for green and radical right parties by studying how formal education, generation and gender interact. Given the emerge...
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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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