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Nina López Uroz @ninalopezuroz.bsky.social · 1d

I'm very happy to have started my postdoctoral position at @mpifg.bsky.social, after submitting my PhD at @eui-eu.bsky.social! I'll be continuing to research the political economy of climate change, with a focus on the building sector. Feel free to reach out if you are in Cologne!

Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday we welcomed our most recent newcomers as well as this year’s new IMPRS cohort to the Institute. We wish you all a great start at the MPIfG! 🤗
@bryanboyle.bsky.social @lucacigna.bsky.social @jonasfischer.bsky.social @ninalopezuroz.bsky.social @joseuf.bsky.social

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Tarek Jaziri-Arjona @tarekjaziri.bsky.social · Sep 8

Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized?

In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s striking how much these patterns are similar across many European counties (both the center left one and the radical right one).

And yet there’s much work to be done in shifting the discourse from competing narratives that have little empirical backing.

The British Election Study @britishelectionstudy.com · Sep 3

Labour's next biggest losses are to left-liberal parties (Liberal Democrats and Greens).

Reform's growth in support has mostly come from the Conservatives and non-voting (much less from Labour).

These reflect patterns of party-bloc voting that we saw in the 2024 UK GE: tinyurl.com/y5pv7thw

Alluvial plot showing the flow of support from vote in the 2024 UK General Election to vote intention in 2025 Wave 30 of the British Election Study Internet Panel.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 28

“.. democracy often erodes slowly at first .. But with each concession, autocrats become bolder.. and reversal becomes harder. Responses that, early on, can feel pragmatic—waiting it out, remaining silent, cutting a deal—only embolden ..”

@dziblatt.bsky.social
www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...

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Rens Chazottes @renschazottes.bsky.social · Jul 22

Publication du rapport d’évaluation d’impact des ateliers 2tonnes dans l’enseignement supérieur !

Le rapport publié ici: rens-chazottes.com/publication/...

Un wébinaire pour discuter des résultats!

Mardi 23 juillet 2025, de 15h00 à 17h00
Inscription : events.teams.microsoft.com/event/606171...

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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · Jul 18

Une pétition pour demander l’abrogation de la loi Duplomb bat des records sur le site de l’Assemblée nationale

La pétition a déjà recueilli plus de 200 000 signatures en l’espace de huit jours. La conférence des présidents de l’Assemblée nationale peut décider d’organiser un débat en séance publique si elle en recueille au moins 500 000.

www.lemonde.fr

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Nina López Uroz @ninalopezuroz.bsky.social · Jul 18

To join the discussion (in French) on how these workshops can be used in higher education, you can register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/606171... 🌞

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Nina López Uroz @ninalopezuroz.bsky.social · Jul 18

Looking at the deployment of the "2tonnes workshop", we studied the knowledge gained, emotions felt, perception of responsibilities related to climate change, and opinions on climate policies among students.

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Nina López Uroz @ninalopezuroz.bsky.social · Jul 18

Join our webinar on the impact of climate education workshops in France on Wednesday July 23 at 3 PM (in French)! @renschazottes.bsky.social, @susannagarside.bsky.social, @maxbradley.bsky.social, and I will share findings from our study of over 2000 students across 10 higher education institutions.

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Nabil Wakim @nabilwakim.bsky.social · Jun 30

Excellent entretien avec @magalireghezza.bsky.social sur l'adaptation au réchauffement climatique et les défis qui sont là maintenant - par @audreygarric.bsky.social

Le Monde @lemonde.fr · Jun 30

« Face à la canicule, on n’est pas prêts. L’écart entre ce qu’il faudrait faire et la vitesse du changement climatique se creuse d’année en année »

Pour la géographe Magali Reghezza-Zitt, les réponses d’urgence apportées aux canicules ne suffisent plus devant l’ampleur des effets du réchauffement sur toute la société.

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Anita Gohdes @argohdes.bsky.social · Jun 30

If you’re a political scientist please consider joining @epssnet.bsky.social as a member to help support this new (not for profit!) organization and the next European Political Science Conference in 2026 in Belfast 👇

If that’s not in the budget: spreading the word is just as important 😊

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 29

1.3K followers & counting. Thank you all for your incredible support!

The EPSS journey is just getting started & we couldn’t do it without you.

Thank you for so many of you who already joined EPSS! If you haven't already, please join: epssnet.org/sign-up/#join

Let’s do this together.

Sign Up – EPSS

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Anne Bringault @annebringault.bsky.social · Jun 28

Et c'est justement la semaine prochaine que devraient être publiées les premières estimations pour les émissions de GES nationales du 1er trimestre qui devraient être très mauvaises.

On compte sur les politiques pour enfin réagir (et sur les journalistes pour les interroger sur le sujet).

Nicolas Berrod @nicolasberrod.bsky.social · Jun 28

🥵 Vous avez chaud aujourd'hui ? Ce n'est rien par rapport à ce qui nous attend.

Mardi, on pourrait atteindre 40 °C l'après-midi sur une large partie du pays.

Sans parler des températures minimales à l'aube, qui s'annoncent étouffantes dans le sud.

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Magali Reghezza @magalireghezza.bsky.social · Jun 25

On est juste à +1.3º. Ce n’est rien comparé à ce qui nous attend. Que signifient compétitivité, croissance, souveraineté, innovation, sécurité, travail, retraites ou démocratie à +2º?

Plus le mercure grimpe, plus on recule sur la transition. Que faut-il faire pour que nos décideurs comprennent?

Météociel @meteociel.fr · Jun 25

Très fortes chaleurs ce mercredi 25 juin, avec plusieurs #records mensuel battus. #Canicule🌡️
41.5°C à Céret (66)
39.8°C à Clermont Ferrand (63)
38.8°C à Challes les Eaux (73) Record
38.2°C à Grenoble (Le Versoud 38) Record
37.5°C à Bourgoin (38) Record
35.4°C Annecy (74) Record

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · May 16

🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar.

We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.

What we find is disturbing:

osf.io/preprints/os...

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · May 7

There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · Apr 22

We just finalized the program for our PDW for our SER special issue on the Socio-Economics of Loss and Decline in the Climate Crisis.

Super excited that this is actually happening very soon, together with @vapunkt.bsky.social, @trgn.bsky.social and this amazing crowd of scholars!

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Apr 1

🎓 EUI Virtual Open Week - 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴!

📅 12-15 May

✔️Explore PhDs, Executive Education, Fellowships & Master’s in 4 days of interactive online sessions.

👉Register🔗 loom.ly/HlCjW74

#EUIopenWeek #EUIPhD #EUImasters #EUIexeced #EUIfellowships

@eui-stg.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social

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David Perrotin @davidperrotin.bsky.social · Apr 1

« D’Éric Ciotti à Jean-Luc Mélenchon, en passant par le chef du gouvernement, François Bayrou, un cartel de l’impunité s’ébroue pour dire qu’un tribunal qui applique… la loi causerait un trouble à l’ordre démocratique. On en est là et il faut vraiment se frotter les yeux pour le croire. »

Mediapart @mediapart.fr · Apr 1

Le jugement Le Pen et les réquisitions du procès Sarkozy-Kadhafi ont en commun d’avoir libéré en quelques jours la parole déchaînée d’un populisme contre l’État de droit. En creux pointe un profond désir du retour des privilèges et de la fin de l’égalité devant la loi.

Par Fabrice Arfi

Le Pen, Sarkozy : il n’y a pas de « République des juges », mais des juges de la République

Le jugement Le Pen et les réquisitions du procès Sarkozy-Kadhafi ont en commun d’avoir libéré en quelques jours la parole déchaînée d’un populisme contre l’État de droit. En creux pointe un profond désir du retour des privilèges et de la fin de l’égalité devant la loi.

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Pauline Kohlhase @pkohlhase.bsky.social · Mar 21

To all female scholars, working in the broad field of political economy: Apply for the Max Planck Summer School for women in political economy! Two years ago we had a blast!
www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025....

Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Mar 17

The distance between a legal resident who's not a citizen being deported without due process and a citizen being deported without due process is a hell of a lot shorter than many folks seem to believe, and when it does happen to a citizen, just remember it started here and who was quiet in response.

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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · Mar 14

The universities should form a common front to articulate the corrupt and authoritarian threat, and they should do it while they still can…. If you’re going to get hammered either way, at least stand for you values…you might be the spark that saves the country. But solidarity in numbers is key…

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Mar 14

BREAKING: The Trump administration opens investigations at more than 50 universities as part of its anti-DEI campaign.

More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign

More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity and equity programs that his officials say exclude white and Asian American students.

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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · Mar 14

We’re beyond thrilled to launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy

If you’re a fellow political economist annoyed by all-male rooms & gendered comments— join us & share!

🗓️ 22-25 Sept, 2025 in Cologne
🚨 Apply by 25 Apr, 2025

www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...

Dustin Voss @dustinvoss.bsky.social · Mar 14

*Call for Applications*

We’re excited to announce the Second Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy!

Link to the conference website: www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...

Please share widely!

@mpifg.bsky.social @palmapolyak.bsky.social

Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy

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Nina López Uroz @ninalopezuroz.bsky.social · Mar 13

Check out this fascinating new research by the brilliant @juliettes.bsky.social ! And highly relevant in this political context!

juliette saetre @juliettes.bsky.social · Mar 13

How do local expressions of dissent become global? 🌎🪧

In the first paper of my PhD—just accepted in the American Journal of Sociology (!!!)—I show how historical emigration patterns can inadvertently create latent global infrastructures for diffusion.

🔗 tinyurl.com/44s2wkvp

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How Protests Spread: Diasporas, Wide Bridges, and the Transnational Diffusion of Un Violador en tu Camino | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja

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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · Mar 10

Lots of great positions at @mpifg.bsky.social, pls share!
- 2yr postdoc in wealth research
- 2yr postdoc in technology & sovereignty
- 3+3yr senior researcher in political economy
- 3+3yr senior researcher in economic sociology
- tenure/director-track group leader digitalization & society

Job Openings

www.mpifg.de

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · Mar 8

The list of words the Trump administration has banned from research grants is even longer than the lists I’ve seen online. Here are screenshots of the words confirmed by the NYTimes and listed in this article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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