R. I. P., Claus Offe, one of the great German social scientists of the post-war era. Here is the tribute of the Hertie School Berlin:
www.hertie-school.org/en/news/deta...

Very sadly, John Groom passed away a week ago. My heart goes out to Antoinette, Anna and Helen.

www.bisa.ac.uk/news/memoria...

BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.

Returning from vacation and looking for a late summer read? @ivobantel.bsky.social and I got you covered!

In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, we assess how mainstream parties rhetorically create an affect-based "common front" against the radical right.

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

1/4. We're excited to announce the publication of: "How populist are ethnic minorities? Populist attitudes and voting for populist parties in the Netherlands", by Niels Spierings & Kristof Jacobs.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@sagepub.com

This incidentally is one of the reasons they are polling so poorly - they give people who are sympathetic to them little reason to support them.

Usually, when Switzerland makes it into the NYT, it’s about a major bank collapsing. This time, though, it’s the country’s quite peculiar housing co-ops („Genossenschaften“) that make headlines.

They’re no panacea, but certainly worth exploring as part of the solution to the housing crisis

⭐ Let's Talk Methods TODAY @ #ecprgc25 ⭐

Join our Academic Convenors @sebastiankoehler.uk & Susana Salgado for a friendly, group-based session to find the right methods training path for you!

⏰ 11:30–12:15
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On Wednesday (at the crack of dawn), we continue with a book panel, celebrating two OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it, co-hosted with the great @sldelange.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/ecpr...

🇨🇭🇪🇺 After Trump’s 39% tariff bombshell on Switzerland, even traditionally eurosceptic voices seem to be shifting towards the EU.

My dear colleague @goodmirco.bsky.social has just published his (first!) article that shows who the diehard eurosceptics are & how Switzerland compares to other countries

With Brexit, HS2, the Rwanda scheme and more Westminster is easily the most wasteful layer of Government in the UK. Over the past year alone blowing almost double the Scottish Government’s entire annual budget - www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 28% (=)
LAB: 21% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
LDM: 15% (-1)
GRN: 10% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 17-18 Aug.
Changes w/ 10-11 Aug.

Umfrageverlauf: #Wahltrend Bundestagswahl (bis zum 21.08.25) - zugehöriges Flächendiagramm (Summendarstellung) ist auf unserer Website ➤ dawum.de/Bundestag/ | #Wahlumfrage #Sonntagsfrage #btw2025

Still no book, but we have an advertisement.
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Important read 👇

On the risk of confusion🤔 between @epssnet.bsky.social and EPSA
See

epssnet.org/epsa-reform-... and the report of the EPSA working groups that gave rise to this and the FAQs here:

epssnet.org/news/qa/

Wondering about submitting your proposal to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference? See 👇🏻 and its exciting new panel formats.

#GermanLinksQuiz: our series explores British-German links by asking what connects familiar aspects of UK life with Germany. Questions on a Wednesday, answers on a Thursday. Feel free to post your guesses below 👇 Enjoy and be kind in your comments!

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Now with less than a week to go! ⚠️👇🌟

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

We will see whether linguistic analysis provides us with predictive tools.