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PSA German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social · 8d

Excellent job opportunity in the SPARK project👇

Marc Geddes @marcgeddes.uk · 8d

🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SPARK)

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience in the politics of the UK, Scottish, German or Bavarian parliaments to join the UKRI-funded research project, ‘Studying Parliaments an...

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PSA German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social · 21d

Keyword 'Germany', we got you covered!

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 25d

IN NEW ISSUE: What is the far-right’s foreign policy outlook? @thorstenwojczewski.bsky.social tests a proposed theoretical framework through a comparative analysis of two German right parties. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/NLJLIFU

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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PSA German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social · Sep 2

Reminder that it's still possible to apply! Please share!

PSA German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Are you an undergraduate or masters student in the UK 💂‍♂️working on German Politics⚫🔴🟡?

We award up to three Essay Prizes 🥇

Submit your essays or dissertations now 📫

Contact us, if you have any question 🙋

More information: psagermany.wordpress.com/events-2/psa...

PSA75 Essay Prize

To mark the 75th anniversary of the UK’s Political Studies Association, the German Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) has created a one-off essay prize for undergraduate and masters students to celeb…

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Aug 28

*PSA EVENT* Our Teaching & Learning Network Conference is taking place next week. Bringing together the teaching and learning community to share practices, ideas and experiences.

4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social.

Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Network Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Theme: Teaching Well4th-5th September 2025 This year’s PSA TLN annual conference will take place on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th of September at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Egham, Surrey.

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Dr. Jan Philipp Thomeczek @drphilphil.bsky.social · Aug 28

New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵

Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany

www.sciencedirect.com

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Aug 28

🧪 🗳 New in Scientific Data

"The #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A Dataset of Austrian Voter Attitudes and Behavior”

The new data descriptor offers background on study design & data quality.

➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415...

📂 Dataset: doi.org/10.11587/HNU...

#OpenScience @aussda.bsky.social

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Jul 25

*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social has launched an l #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students.
📆 Deadline 30 Sept.
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Paul Meiners @pmeiners.bsky.social · Jul 25

Dangerous things are happening in Germany.
We know that a lack of trust is a significant factor in RR voting. Has anyone also looked at whether RR politicians trust the state? These people always seem to radiate intense hatred for democratic institutions. But maybe that's just for show.

Anna-Sophie Heinze @asheinze.bsky.social · Jul 25

Viel wurde über die "neue" Strategie der AfD gesprochen - ich bezeichne diese als "elektorale Ausdehnungsstrategie ohne inhaltliche Mäßigung". Letzteres fällt im öffentlichen Diskurs gerne einmal herunter. Mehr dazu hier (zu hören und zu lesen): www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...

Der Weg ins Kanzleramt? Wie die AfD-Strategie funktioniert

Vor Kurzem wurde eine Strategie der AfD öffentlich, wie sie ins Kanzleramt kommen will - nämlich mit Kulturkampf und Spaltung. Das Auftreten der Partei zeigt: Sie hält sich auch dran. Von Benjamin Gro...

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · Jul 25

July 1950: the Communist hymn „Die Partei hat immer recht“ is performed for the first time in East Berlin www.deutschlandfunk.de/24-07-1950-l...

Kommunistischer Hit der DDR: "Die Partei hat immer recht"

Es ist eine Hymne auf den Kommunismus: "Die Partei hat immer recht" oder auch "Das Lied der Partei" des böhmisch-deutschen Dichters Louis Fürnberg.

www.deutschlandfunk.de

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Jul 24

*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the #German #Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social have launched an #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students ➡️

German Politics | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Essay Prize 2025Deadline - 30 September '25To mark the 75th anniversary of the UK’s Political Studies Association, the German Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) has created a One-off Essay Prize for…

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Dr. Jan Philipp Thomeczek @drphilphil.bsky.social · Jul 21

Mit Sabine Müller von @tagesschau.bsky.social/@rbb24.de habe ich über den Aufbau der Bezirksverbände des BSW in Berlin gesprochen www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...

Berlin: Verbände in allen Bezirken: Wie sich das BSW in Berlin für den Wahlkampf rüstet

Das BSW ist nun in allen zwölf Berliner Bezirken vertreten, bis Sonntagnachmittag gründeten sich die letzten Verbände. Eine neue Mitgliederpolitik soll dafür sorgen, dass die Partei gut aufgestellt is...

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PSA German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social · Jul 18

🔁Please share 🔁
Are you an undergraduate or masters student in the UK 💂‍♂️working on German Politics⚫🔴🟡?

We award up to three Essay Prizes 🥇

Submit your essays or dissertations now 📫

Contact us, if you have any question 🙋

More information: psagermany.wordpress.com/events-2/psa...

PSA75 Essay Prize

To mark the 75th anniversary of the UK’s Political Studies Association, the German Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) has created a one-off essay prize for undergraduate and masters students to celeb…

psagermany.wordpress.com

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Dr. Jan Philipp Thomeczek @drphilphil.bsky.social · Jul 10

Die FAZ hat einen interessanten Artikel zu Gemeinsamkeitendder Wählerschaft von AfD und BSW geschrieben, wozu ich einige Einschätzungen Beiträgen durfte. Fazit: Es gibt Gemeinsamkeiten, aber auch viele Punkte, in denen entgegengesetzte Interesse vorliegen
👉 archive.li/7jOMB

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · Jul 10

A beautiful, beautiful refutation of a very strange claim about #farright voting in #Germany that can 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 serve as a methodological primer

Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · Jul 9

Local reactions to wolf attacks in Germany are not powerful enough to influence the election decisions of many voters www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The East in wolf’s clothing. Wolf attacks correlate with but do not cause far-right voting

The resurgence of wolves in Germany has sparked intense debate, particularly in rural areas where wolf attacks on livestock are frequent. Prior resear…

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Dr. Jan Philipp Thomeczek @drphilphil.bsky.social · Jun 30

Just found out that this baddy on Die Linke's populism has (after two years) received a volume, issue and page numbers in @jpolideologies.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#GermanPolSky

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · Jul 2

Over at @kathimerini.gr, @xkounalaki.bsky.social was kind enough to ask me some questions, so here are my 2 (Euro) cents on 16 years of government by Angela #Merkel.

What 16 years of Merkel left us with | eKathimerini.com

Could someone else have done a better job? The rhetorical question is a good place for Kai Arzheimer to start taking stock of former German chancellor Angela Merkel’s legacy.

www.ekathimerini.com

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Jul 3

*PSA EVENT* ➡️ Save the date for our Teaching & Learning Network Conference. Bringing together the teaching and learning community to share practices, ideas and experiences.
📆 4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social
➡️ Find out more

Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Network Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Theme: Teaching Well4th-5th September 2025 This year’s PSA TLN annual conference will take place on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th of September at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Egham, Surrey.

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Matthias Dilling @matthiasdilling.bsky.social · Jun 26

And if you're an early bird (or are still jet-lagged), Amel Ahmed, Michael Bernhard & I will be discussing my recent @uchicagopress.bsky.social book tomorrow/Friday at 9am @ces-europe.bsky.social. Join us for a conversation about party politics, democracy & comparative-historical analysis.

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PSA German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social · Jun 25

Happy to announce that the German Politics Specialist BlueSky Account will from now on be managed by the new co-convenor @drphilphil.bsky.social 🙂
Please tag us if you have interesting articles or events to promote/share around German politics or drop us a direct message 📫

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PSA Italian Politics @psa-italian.bsky.social · May 27

The conference, organized by @cbesurrey.bsky.social, @psa-italian.bsky.social, @psagermanpol.bsky.social & @psagreekpol.bsky.social, will explore key issues shaping Europe—populist radical right, securitization, European security, migration & human rights

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Professor Daniele Albertazzi @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social · May 27

It's all starting tomorrow!

A warm welcome to all researchers joining us in Guildford!

Centre for Britain and Europe @cbesurrey.bsky.social · May 13

Just over 2 weeks to go until our European Challenges Conference!🌍

We’re lucky to be joined by experts in European politics who will be ready to delve into the pressing issues impacting the continent!

Register for the event here: lnkd.in/ewVcZWeE ✅

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · May 27

*PSA EVENT* Challenges to Europe - European Challenges. 28 - 29 May @UniOfSurrey. @SurreyCbe by PSA Specialist Groups for Italian Politics, German Politics & Greek Politics @psa-italian.bsky.social @psagermanpol.bsky.social @psagreekpol.bsky.social. buff.ly/aM3LKUd

Challenges to Europe – European Challenges Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

In collaboration with the University of Surrey and the Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE), the Italian Politics Specialist Group, German Politics Specialist Group, and Greek Politics Specialist…

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PSA German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social · Apr 14

Finally, we're celebrating the launch of @matthiasdilling.bsky.social's book Parties under Pressure (t.co/1vvjasFYfD), with a great line-up of speakers incl. @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social, @marianaborges.bsky.social, @pcorreavila.bsky.social &
@timhaughton.bsky.social, at 3.30pm, The Rep, LOB102. 5/5

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PSA German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social · Apr 14

Also on Wednesday (16 April) at 1.30pm, we have our next group panel on Germany’s Liberal Democracy. Actors and Institutions in Times of Crisis. Room: The Rep, LOB103B, w papers by @chantal-st.bsky.social, @drphilphil.bsky.social & Bluesky-less Carolyne Rowe, Ed Turner & Josefin Graef. 4/

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