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LSE EUROPP Blog @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social · 1d

Are Christians in Western Europe more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens?

New research finds no link between personal Christian beliefs and Islamophobia, but a close association with nativism/authoritarianism.

✍️ @kai-arzheimer.com @powimz.bsky.social

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Islamophobia in Western Europe is not driven by religiosity

Are Christians more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens in Europe? New research finds European Islamophobia has no link to a person’s religiosity.

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 2d

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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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RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · 21d

I'm getting my 15 pages of fame. Awkward.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2474736X.2025.2549079

Automating awareness, digitizing dissemination: the radical right research robot as a template for (political) science communication in a fragmented social media landscape

Over the last 15 years, social media have become an integral part of the science infrastructure. The emergence of ‘Science Twitter’, the collective of scholars active on the platform now known as ‘...

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 21d

Mehr Mainzer Forschung in den Medien 👇

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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RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · 22d

My merry maker wrote a research note about me. Very awkward.

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 22d

Social media bots: often annoying, sometimes useful. In this open access research note in @prxjournal.bsky.social, I tell the origin story of @rrresrobot.bsky.social (which you absolutely want to follow) 👀. The 🤖 exists to showcase research on the #farright by posting six times per day, every day.

www.tandfonline.com

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 22d

More research (& research infrastructure) made in Mainz. 🤖Bots for serendipity!

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 22d

Social media bots: often annoying, sometimes useful. In this open access research note in @prxjournal.bsky.social, I tell the origin story of @rrresrobot.bsky.social (which you absolutely want to follow) 👀. The 🤖 exists to showcase research on the #farright by posting six times per day, every day.

www.tandfonline.com

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Marcel Lewandowsky @mlewandowsky.bsky.social · 23d

Ich habe heute meine Ernennung zum Professor für Regierungslehre und Policyforschung an der Universität Halle-Wittenberg entgegengenommen. Ab dem Wintersemester lehre und forsche ich hier zu Demokratie, Parteien, Populismus. Ich freue mich auf die gemeinsame Arbeit mit Studierenden und KollegInnen!

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 23d

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · Sep 4

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jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social · Aug 29

Das Institut @powimz.bsky.social bei der #ecprgc25. Tolle Vorträge, inspirierender Austausch und interessante Eindrücke.

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Andreas Frings @geschichtsadmin.bsky.social · Aug 29

Für Menschen, die sich für den nachhaltigen Umgang mit Grundwasser interessieren:

👉 Frings, Cornelia, 2025: Nachhaltigkeit im Umgang mit Grundwasser in Deutschland als komplexes Governance-Problem. In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht (ZfU), Vol. 3, S. 315-350.

Gerne RT.

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · Aug 28

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · Aug 22

Durch kurzfristige Absagen sind noch Plätze in unserer Summer School „War in Ukraine – Pathways to Peace“ vom 25.08.-29.08.2025 frei geworden. Spontane Anmeldung möglich!
Details: www.sowiso.uni-mainz.de/summer-schoo...

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · Aug 13

How does the second-order national election (SONE) theory hold up in the 2024 European Parliament election?

I explore this in a short letter now published in @eupthejournal.bsky.social.

Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · Aug 7

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · Aug 4

I'm delighted to see this article out in @govandopp.bsky.social! Jonas Wenker and I show that losing an election has a far stronger negative effect on populist voters than on non-populist ones. For populists, losing signals that the system is broken. 1/5 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Losers’ Dissent: How Election Results Shape Populists’ Satisfaction with Democracy | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core

Losers’ Dissent: How Election Results Shape Populists’ Satisfaction with Democracy

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · Aug 4

Mainz University @mainzuniversity.bsky.social · Aug 4

#JGUinternational: International German Language School at #MainzUniversity welcomes 60 students from 20 countries, 5 of them from the #FORTHEMAlliance / German courses for language levels A1-C1 plus German history, literature, and culture

More information at 👉 summer.uni-mainz.de

#SummerSchool

Students from 20 countries are currently taking part in the 2025 International German Language School at Mainz University. (photo/©: Peter Pulkowski / JGU)

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Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz @unimainz.bsky.social · Aug 4

#JGUinternational: Internationale #SummerSchool an der #UniMainz begrüßt 60 Studierende aus 20 Ländern, u.a. von der europ. #FORTHEMAlliance / Deutschkurse, Seminare zu deutscher Geschichte, Literatur & Politik sowie kulturelles Erleben in Mainz und der Region

Infos unter 👉 summer.uni-mainz.de

Studierende aus 20 Ländern besuchen die International Summer School 2025 auf dem Gutenberg-Campus. (Foto/©: Peter Pulkowski / JGU)

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Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social · Jul 13

@kai-arzheimer.com discusses how far-right actors in Western Europe use "Christianism" to frame Muslims as a threat. Survey data shows religiosity is unrelated to far-right ideology; Islamophobia overlaps with nativism & authoritarianism at micro level.

More: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Islamophobia in Western Europe is unrelated to religiosity but highly correlated with far right attitudes - Kai Arzheimer, 2025

The far right’s relationship with religion has become a major focus of current research. Even in Western Europe, one of the most rapidly secularising areas of t...

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Fabio Ellger @fabioellger.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thanks so much for hosting us @powimz.bsky.social
It has been an amazing opportunity to present our work and exchange ideas on democracy, representation and the design of legitimate institutions.

Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · Jul 8

Greatly looking forward to talks by @fabioellger.bsky.social and @blfirestone.bsky.social in our Democracy Seminar series on Thursday this week 🎉 @powimz.bsky.social

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · Jul 10

🚨 🚨 🚨 New OA publication in Research&Politics @respol.bsky.social.bsky.social‬ out today: #Islamophobia in Western Europe is unrelated to ✝️ #religiosity but highly correlated with #farright attitudes. A short 🧵

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A structural equation model of far-right attitudes, religiosity, and Islamophobia

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