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Delia Zollinger @dpzollinger.bsky.social · 1d

New SI "Cleavage Politics in Western
Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social!

If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you.

The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.

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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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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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 27d

💥Online first:

"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"

by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Abstract of the research article "The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments" by Andreas Küpfer, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 1, displaying the occurences of different types of reactions in the German Bundestag between 1976 and 2020.

Figure 3, displaying the heatmap of predicted applause per 1000 words based on a Poission regression model.

Figure 5, displaying expected applause for interaction terms government and opposition.

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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 27d

Heute in der Kulturhauptstadt Chemnitz in der VHS unterwegs 🙂 Wie ist hier die Stimmung zur Frage, ob die Demokratie noch Parteien braucht ? Der Auftakt letzte Woche in Bautzen war spannend und kontrovers. Freue mich auf weitere Kontroversen 🗣️
www.slpb.de/veranstaltun...

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 29d

🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨

If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!

More here 👇🏽

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

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Manifesto Project @manifestoproj.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 Manifesto Project Data & Corpus Update 2025 is here! What's new? 🧵:

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Martin Gross @martingross.bsky.social · 28d

Noch 3️⃣Wochen Zeit für Einreichungen zur @dvpw.bsky.social Tagung des AK „Lokale Politikforschung“!

🌟Demokratie auf lokaler Ebene: Herausforderungen, Krisen und Perspektiven

🎫11.-12.12.2025 in Berlin

⏱️Deadline für Einreichungen: 1.10.2025

@munchsybille.bsky.social @christinajuen.bsky.social

Call for Papers für die Tagung des AK "Lokale Politikforschung" mit dem Thema "Demokratie auf lokaler Ebene: Herausforderungen, Krisen und Perspektiven", die am 11. und 12. Dezember 2025 bei der Bertelsmann-Stiftung in Berlin stattfindet.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 29d

📄 Call for Papers: #EPSS2026 Belfast The call is out!

Submit your proposals here: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Proposals are already coming in, please help us spread the word!

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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

epssnet.org

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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · Sep 4

🤔"Braucht die Demokratie noch Parteien?"
Weiter geht's mit politischer Bildung und Diskussion in Bautzen im Steinhaus im Rahmen der "kontrovers vor Ort"-Reihe der Sächsischen Landeszentrale für politische Bildung. Ich bin gespannt auf den Austausch! www.steinhaus-bautzen.de/event/kontro...

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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · Sep 3

Time to re-up this to avoid confusion on EPSS and EPSA
The @epssnet.bsky.social (nonprofit!) call is here:
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

bsky.app/profile/epss...

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Ronja Sczepanski @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ever asked yourself how to detect and extract social groups from texts with computational social science? @haukelicht.bsky.social and me have a solution for you out at @bjpols.bsky.social. You can also find the pre-trained models on huggingface!

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Sep 1

NEW -

Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ

- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS Abstract discussing a social science research method that uses text analysis for understanding group language patterns and political leanings, mentioning the use of British articles and generating new empirical insights.

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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · Sep 1

Es ist wieder Zeit für politische Bildung in Ostdeutschland 😉 Heute bin ich in Altenburg in Thüringen mit dem Vortrag"Wahlversprechen auf dem Prüfstand: Wie viel halten Parteien wirklich?" unterwegs. Ich freue mich auf spannende Diskussionen!
👉🏻 www.vhs-altenburgerland.de/programm/pol...

VHS Altenburger Land: Wahlversprechen auf dem Prüfstand: Wie viel halten Parteien wirklich?

&bdquo;Parteien versprechen das Blaue vom Himmel!“, &bdquo;Wahlversprechen gebrochen!“, &bdquo;Wählertäuschung!“ – so oder so ähnlich lauten oft die Schlagzeilen in den Medien....

www.vhs-altenburgerland.de

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Swen Hutter @swenhutter.bsky.social · Aug 29

Highly recommend giving it a read! What a fun and insightful writing journey. Also, I’m new here on Bluesky, excited to connect!

Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki @mierkezat.bsky.social · Aug 28

I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in ‪@wepsocial.bsky.social‬ (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social‬!)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Jan-Martin Wiarda @jmwiarda.bsky.social · Aug 25

Hotline gegen Hass

Wie der Scicomm-Support angefeindeten Wissenschaftler:innen hilft: Teresa Völker und Matthias Fejes über Drohungen, Schutzstrukturen und den Mut, in der Öffentlichkeit weiter für Wissenschaft einzustehen.

Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/08...

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Forum Wissen @forumwissen.bsky.social · Aug 13

Der Matilda-Effekt beschreibt, wie Leistungen von #Wissenschaftlerinnen übersehen oder Männern zugeschrieben werden. Beispiel: Lucy Mensing. In den 1920ern prägte sie die #Quantenmechanik u.a @uni-goettingen.de – doch blieb weitgehend unbekannt. Mehr dazu in unserer #Ausstellung „Was zum Quant?!“.

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Leibniz-Gemeinschaft @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de · Aug 19

Zum 30. Jubiläum der @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de befragen wir #30umdie30: Die Politikwissenschaftlerin Lisa Zehnter analysiert am @wzb.bsky.social wie Parteien kommunizieren.

👉 www.leibniz-magazin.de/alle-artikel...

#WZB #Politikwissenschaft #LeibnizMagazin

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

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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

www.cambridge.org

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.

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Sarah Engler @saengler.bsky.social · Jul 21

Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties.

A thread 👇 (1/n)

#OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV

The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - Volume 55

cup.org

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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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Alexandre Fortier-Chouinard @skelalex.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thank you to @theresmatthiess.bsky.social and her team for welcoming us at the University of Göttingen for a very productive and pleasant workshop on election promises with the Comparative Pledges Project! It was a blessing to present our work, meet everyone and visit Göttingen! 😎 À la prochaine!

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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · Jul 14

It was an amazing workshop! 🤩 Thanks to the participants & student assistants for their great support.
@skelalex.bsky.social @profannikawerner.bsky.social @tabithabonilla.bsky.social @frasmcm.bsky.social @profannikawerner.bsky.social B.Carignan P.Vodová, J.Ylisalo, S.Nieminen, C.Saravakos, R.Thomson

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Institut für Demokratieforschung Göttingen @ifdemgoettingen.bsky.social · Jul 10

Two days of great panels ahead! ☕ We are thrilled to host the "Promises Under Pressure?" workshop, organized by @theresmatthiess.bsky.social at @uni-goettingen.de!

Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · Jul 10

✨Looking forward to the Workshop „Promises Under Pressure? The Role of Pledges in a Changing Political Landscape“@uni-goettingen.de @ifdemgoettingen.bsky.social 2 days with great colleagues🤩 @frasmcm.bsky.social @tabithabonilla.bsky.social @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social @profannikawerner.bsky.social

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