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Sophie Suda @sophsuda.bsky.social · 16d

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Sophie Suda @sophsuda.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yeay 🎉

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Constantin Wurthmann @wurthmann.bsky.social · Sep 4

I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
#ERCStG

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Rick van Well @rickvanwell.bsky.social · Aug 4

🧵 New article out in @govandopp.bsky.social ! Why do opposition parties sometimes support government legislation? Should they not be, well... opposing? I analysed 75 years of parliamentary votes in 4 parliamentary democracies. Here is what I found👇🔗 cup.org/3JeLkw4

To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Parties’ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core

To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Parties’ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation

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Zeljko Poljak @zeljkopoljak.bsky.social · Aug 6

In our new study, @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social and I looked at who gets interrupted during debates in the parliaments of 🇦🇺🇭🇷🇬🇧. We find that women and men get interrupted just as often. Yet, when more women join the debate, politicians interrupt less.

➡️ Read the full study: doi.org/10.1093/pa/g...

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Sophie Suda @sophsuda.bsky.social · Jul 14

Amazing office (4km to the sea), great working environment, fun colleagues and a mensa with the best Kohlroulade!

Jochen Müller @jocmuel.bsky.social · Jul 14

📣 Postdoc (75 %, 3 yrs) at @unigreifswald.bsky.social — start autumn 2025 on perhaps Germany’s most beautiful campus. Know someone with a PhD (or nearly done) in Political Science? ⬇️ #PolSci #Postdoc

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thank you to everybody that attended our #sgop25 conference last week - here are some of the highlights:

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A group of political scientists are standing under the cover of trees at a wine reception on a concrete concourse

A presenter is pointing at slides while giving an overview of her research, with lots of people in the audience sitting in rows to listen and make notes

An auditorium with lots of people in the audience listening to a panel at the front of the room talking

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University of Basel @unibas.ch · Jun 12

Populism is a political reality in many European countries. A study by @sophsuda.bsky.social and her research team now shows that coalition governments that include populist parties are often unstable. But it isn’t the radicalism of the party that counts, rather it’s the political style.

Increased risk: why coalitions with populists fail sooner

Populism is a political reality in many European countries – both on the right and on the left. A study now shows that coalition governments that include populist parties are often unstable. But it is...

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Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft Universität Basel @polisciunibas.bsky.social · Jun 10

🏆⚽ Go Team!! ⚽🏆

Mit vollem Einsatz hat unser Team vom FB Basel und @swisspeace.bsky.social am diesjährigen Powi-Fussballturnier teilgenommen – und abgeräumt!

Vielen Dank an alle Mitspielenden, Fans und Organisator*innen – wir sind stolz auf Euren Einsatz und freuen uns schon aufs nächste Jahr!! 💪🎉

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Sophie Suda @sophsuda.bsky.social · Jun 3

Populist concepts are not in line with the willingness to compromise required by coalitions, which makes governing with them much harder 👇

Rick van Well @rickvanwell.bsky.social · Jun 3

Wilders’ populist logic that his asylum plans reflect “the will of the people” and must be implemented immediately clashes with the logic of governing. It fits a broader pattern: coalitions with populists are less stable. doi.org/10.1093/pa/g... @sophsuda.bsky.social @mlewandowsky.bsky.social

Friendly foes or enemies within? Assessing the (in)stability of coalition governments with populists in Europe

Abstract. Do populist parties in government impact government stability? From a theoretical perspective, the anti-pluralist and anti-elitist characteristic

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Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft Universität Basel @polisciunibas.bsky.social · Jun 2

🎉 We are so thrilled to share that our amazing postdoc Magdalena Breyer has won the 3rd prize of the 2025 SAGW Early Career Award! 👏

Congratulations, Magdalena 💐🎉
We are very proud and inspired by your work!

@mabreyer.bsky.social
@unibas.ch
@dgw.philhist.unibas.ch

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Sophie Suda @sophsuda.bsky.social · May 20

Happy to present our paper about the influence of populist parties on government stability.
Overall, populists in cabinet is one of the strongest predictors of premature government termination - but more in some countries than others

Marcel Lewandowsky @mlewandowsky.bsky.social · May 20

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
Do populists get “disenchanted” in office? We analyze if coalitions with populists are less stable than mainstream coalitions and find that indeed, populists coalitions have a high chance of early termination. But—it depends. New paper out👇🏻 academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...

Friendly foes or enemies within? Assessing the (in)stability of coalition governments with populists in Europe

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Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft Universität Basel @polisciunibas.bsky.social · Apr 22

🔊🔊 Tuesday, 29 April is Sexual Harassment Awareness Day at the University of Basel.

We invite you to a German-English Roundtable to reflect on how our university addresses sexual violence.

We are also content to have our expert Jude Schönberg from the Basel Institute on Governance on the panel!

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Apr 22

Not long now until registration for our conference closes - you have until tomorrow! All participants must register to attend the conference. We will be in the glorious city of Barcelona. Please join us! 🦉

ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Mar 27

🚨 Registration for our conference in Barcelona, 2-4 July, is now OPEN! Please check out the ECPR website for further details: ecpr.eu/Events/319 🦉

9th Conference of the Standing Group on Parliaments, University of Barcelona, 2 – 4 July 2025

European Consortium for Political Research

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Mar 27

Curious about what the programme will look like? Here is a sneak-peak *draft* programme we are currently finalising: 🦉

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Mar 27

🚨 Registration for our conference in Barcelona, 2-4 July, is now OPEN! Please check out the ECPR website for further details: ecpr.eu/Events/319 🦉

9th Conference of the Standing Group on Parliaments, University of Barcelona, 2 – 4 July 2025

European Consortium for Political Research

ecpr.eu

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Constantin Wurthmann @wurthmann.bsky.social · Mar 14

Happy to present: Unser Kompaktbuch zum Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Veröffentlichung steht zeitnahe an. Open access!
#BSW

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Lena Stephan @lenastephan.bsky.social · Feb 19

Letzte Woche haben @corinnakroeber.bsky.social und ich basierend auf den Kandidierendenlisten & der Wahlrechtsreform geteilt, dass der neue Bundestag deutlich weniger weibliche Abgeordnete beinhalten wird. Unsere Überlegungen dazu könnt ihr bei @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social nachlesen. 📚🕵️‍♀️

Corinna Kroeber @corinnakroeber.bsky.social · Feb 19

Women will disappear from the next Bundestag. Learn about the mechanisms through which the new German electoral law will reduce women’s presence in Sunday’s election on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social shorturl.at/v0uyi - joint work with the great @lenastephan.bsky.social

Women are disappearing from the Bundestag

Germany’s federal election on 23 February is almost certain to produce a significant decrease in the number of women in the German parliament, write Corinna Kroeber and Lena Stephan. Following the …

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Sophie Suda @sophsuda.bsky.social · Feb 18

@mabreyer.bsky.social und ich haben ein paar Fragen zur Bundestagswahl beantwortet. Mit dabei Koalitionsbildungen, die AfD, Überraschungen im Wahlkampf und Vor- und Nachteile des politischen Systems

Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · Feb 18

@sophsuda.bsky.social und ich durften heute für den SRF Fragen der Leser*innen zur deutschen Bundestagswahl beantworten. Dabei waren viele interessante Fragen aus der schweizerischen Perspektive:
www.srf.ch/news/srf-new...
@unibas.ch

Antworten zu den Wahlen in Deutschland 2025

Eine Fachrunde hat von 11 bis 13 Uhr Ihre Fragen zu den Wahlen in Deutschland beantwortet.

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Jan 27

🙋‍♀️ Do you have news about research on parliaments that you would like us to share? Feel free to message us any time and we will get the word out! 🦉

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Jude Schönberg @judesch.bsky.social · Jan 28

New Quick Guide out: Sexual corruption - The Basel Institute on Governance's primer on this under-recognised intersection of corruption and sexual abuse, its impacts, and how social norms contribute to its persistence.

🔗 baselgovernance.org/publications/qg35

Quick Guide 35: Sexual corruption

Sexual corruption is a serious and under-recognised form of both corruption and sexual abuse. A particularly harmful form of corruption, it is difficult to measure and prosecute, and can have devastat...

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Julius Diener @dienerjulius.bsky.social · Jan 7

My first paper has been published at PVS. In it, I investigate the strategic incentives behind parliamentary interruptions using data from the German Bundestag. In this thread you can find a short summary of the paper, which is available under open access here: rdcu.be/d4mHq

Explaining Interruption Behavior in Parliament: The Role of Topic Expertise, Career Status, and Government-Opposition Dynamics

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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · Dec 23

🌟 We are very pleased to announce the Call for Papers for our conference in Barcelona is now open!

🦉 We welcome contributions from scholars at any career stage and diverse theoretical and methodological approaches.

👉 Find out everything you need to do to submit here: ecpr.eu/Events/319

9th Conference of the Standing Group on Parliaments, University of Barcelona, 2 – 4 July 2025

European Consortium for Political Research

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · Jan 3

Apply to be our colleague in Basel!
Assistant Professorship in Political Science (without Tenure Track) with a focus on Environment and Development. Deadline 20 January:
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Universität Basel: Professorship in Political Science with a focus on Environment and Development

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Basel seeks to fill a Professorship in Political Science with a focus on Environment and Development beginning on August 1, 2025, or ...

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Jana Boukemia @jboukemia.bsky.social · Nov 22

Right in time with the exodus of academics from Twitter, the article I wrote together with @msaeltzer.bsky.social and Sébastien Boyer is finally published! 😁

Find the open access article here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Misogyny, politics, and social media determinants of hostile engagement against women parliamentarians on Twitter

Politicians use social media to engage directly with the public using diverse communication styles including aggressive or uncivil language. Yet, little is known about gender differences in politicia...

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