Timo Sprang
@timo-sprang.net
PhD Candidate U of Frankfurt, Institute of Political Science.
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Timo Sprang
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🧵 Do radical parties receive fewer ministries? I investigated this fundamental question in my first single-authored article which is now online in
@cpsjournal.bsky.social. Find out here 👇
@cpsjournal.bsky.social. Find out here 👇
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we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
Goethe-Universität — FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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T. Sprang. “Radical Weakness-Do Radical Parties Receive Fewer Ministries?” In: Comparative Political Studies online first (2025), pp. 1-38. dx.doi.org/10.1177/00104140251349670.
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
T. Sprang. “Radical Weakness-Do Radical Parties Receive Fewer Ministries?” In: Comparative Political Studies online first (2025), pp. 1-38. dx.doi.org/10.1177/00104140251349670.
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📢 Very happy that my first single-authored paper found its home at @environmentalpol.bsky.social 🌱 I am beyond thankful to all the fantastic people who gave me feedback and supported me along the way! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (1/5)🧵
Everywhere you vote, you always take the weather with you: the effects of local temperature anomalies on Green party voting
Does local exposure to weather extremes and anomalies influence voting behavior? Previous research has linked extreme weather events, temperature anomalies, and attitudes toward climate change. How...
www.tandfonline.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
📢 Very happy that my first single-authored paper found its home at @environmentalpol.bsky.social 🌱 I am beyond thankful to all the fantastic people who gave me feedback and supported me along the way! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (1/5)🧵
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Sehr guter Kommentar zu den absurden Erzählungen des Hessischen Innenministers und des Ministerpräsidenten:
"Es gab keine „bürgerkriegsähnlichen Zustände“ in Gießen. Mit ihrem Framing übernimmt die hessische Regierung die AfD-Rhetorik."
"Es gab keine „bürgerkriegsähnlichen Zustände“ in Gießen. Mit ihrem Framing übernimmt die hessische Regierung die AfD-Rhetorik."
Bürgerkriegs-Rhetorik nach Gießen: Rhein und Poseck übertreiben – und schaden der Demokratie
Es gab keine „bürgerkriegsähnlichen Zustände“ in Gießen. Wer das behauptet, spielt der AfD wirklich in die Karten – und nicht die überwiegend friedlichen Demonstranten.
www.hna.de
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Sehr guter Kommentar zu den absurden Erzählungen des Hessischen Innenministers und des Ministerpräsidenten:
"Es gab keine „bürgerkriegsähnlichen Zustände“ in Gießen. Mit ihrem Framing übernimmt die hessische Regierung die AfD-Rhetorik."
"Es gab keine „bürgerkriegsähnlichen Zustände“ in Gießen. Mit ihrem Framing übernimmt die hessische Regierung die AfD-Rhetorik."
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Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇
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December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇
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🇸🇪 I am very happy to announce that my first article, based on my master's thesis, is now out in open access in Scandinavian Political Studies!
doi.org/10.1111/1467...
doi.org/10.1111/1467...
Gamson's Law in the City Hall: The Populist Radical Right and the Dilemma of Allocating Municipal Portfolios in Sweden
Does the proportional distribution of office payoffs between coalition partners, known as ‘Gamson's Law’, hold at the local level? And can the inclusion of a populist radical right (PRR) party in a c...
doi.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🇸🇪 I am very happy to announce that my first article, based on my master's thesis, is now out in open access in Scandinavian Political Studies!
doi.org/10.1111/1467...
doi.org/10.1111/1467...
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Why do @theresabernemann.bsky.social, @timo-sprang.net and I believe that #History is overrated (where the #farright is concerned)? #Videoabstract, full free article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 📓 💻
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Why do @theresabernemann.bsky.social, @timo-sprang.net and I believe that #History is overrated (where the #farright is concerned)? #Videoabstract, full free article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 📓 💻
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Der @juergenklatzer.bsky.social hat mich zu unserer (@manuelwagner.bsky.social) jüngsten Studie über Politiker:innen aus der Arbeiterklasse befragt:
www.falter.at/maily/202511...
www.falter.at/maily/202511...
Interview: "Politik ist zu einem Mittel- und Oberschichtgewerbe geworden"
Woher rekrutieren Parteien ihr politisches Personal? Eine neue Studie hat sich die Biografien von 2000 Regierungsmitgliedern angeschaut und liefert spannende Ergebnisse.
www.falter.at
November 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Der @juergenklatzer.bsky.social hat mich zu unserer (@manuelwagner.bsky.social) jüngsten Studie über Politiker:innen aus der Arbeiterklasse befragt:
www.falter.at/maily/202511...
www.falter.at/maily/202511...
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Edeltraud Roller wäre heute 68 geworden.
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Edeltraud Roller wäre heute 68 geworden.
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Here's next week's cover of the New Yorker
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Here's next week's cover of the New Yorker
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Crazy story: I finished my habilitation with my inaugural lecture last Thursday.👩🎓 A lot of work completed under not always easy circumstances: #MomInAcademia #FirstGen At the same time, I am grateful for all the support along the way 🍀🙏 @kai-arzheimer.com @jasminriedl.bsky.social & Simon Franzmann
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Crazy story: I finished my habilitation with my inaugural lecture last Thursday.👩🎓 A lot of work completed under not always easy circumstances: #MomInAcademia #FirstGen At the same time, I am grateful for all the support along the way 🍀🙏 @kai-arzheimer.com @jasminriedl.bsky.social & Simon Franzmann
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Bildungssystem durchgespielt!🎓✨Antrittsvorlesung der großartigen @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social mit würdigem Ende (s. Bild). Eine inspirierende & engagiertere Wissenschaftlerin, geschätzte Koautorin & wichtige Wegbegleiterin: danke, dass ich bei diesem besonderen Moment dabei sein durfte!
October 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Bildungssystem durchgespielt!🎓✨Antrittsvorlesung der großartigen @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social mit würdigem Ende (s. Bild). Eine inspirierende & engagiertere Wissenschaftlerin, geschätzte Koautorin & wichtige Wegbegleiterin: danke, dass ich bei diesem besonderen Moment dabei sein durfte!
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Top work with top peeps @theresabernemann.bsky.social & @timo-sprang.net
Are you interested in the #RadicalRight in Germany? → K. Arzheimer, T. Bernemann, and T. Sprang. “Oppression of Catholics in Prussia Does Not Explain Spatial Differences in Support for the Radical Right in Germany. A Critique of Haffert (2022)”. In: Electoral Studies 89 (2024),
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Top work with top peeps @theresabernemann.bsky.social & @timo-sprang.net
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I find it so silly seeing so many articles that claim X percent of ChatGPT answers are wrong. I can create a test where it gets 100 percent of the questions wrong. To me, that's an irrelevant metric. It's on users to understand what good questions are to ask of AI, what good use cases are.
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I find it so silly seeing so many articles that claim X percent of ChatGPT answers are wrong. I can create a test where it gets 100 percent of the questions wrong. To me, that's an irrelevant metric. It's on users to understand what good questions are to ask of AI, what good use cases are.
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🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
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Look. It would be great if there was one simple trick for winning elections. But 'just be more moderate' isn't it.
In fact, you can use the NYT's exact method to 'prove' a 'Progressive Advantage' of +1.4 pts.
This piece shows what's really going on: funded candidates do better than unfunded ones.
In fact, you can use the NYT's exact method to 'prove' a 'Progressive Advantage' of +1.4 pts.
This piece shows what's really going on: funded candidates do better than unfunded ones.
The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion
After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Look. It would be great if there was one simple trick for winning elections. But 'just be more moderate' isn't it.
In fact, you can use the NYT's exact method to 'prove' a 'Progressive Advantage' of +1.4 pts.
This piece shows what's really going on: funded candidates do better than unfunded ones.
In fact, you can use the NYT's exact method to 'prove' a 'Progressive Advantage' of +1.4 pts.
This piece shows what's really going on: funded candidates do better than unfunded ones.
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The more general point ,I guess, is that, somewhat unsurprisingly, a man without previous executive experience who left parliament in a huff back in 2009, appears not to be very good at politics
Apart from everything else, #PolSci research suggests that this is not even a winning strategy - on the contrary. But what do I know? #GermanPolitics is of course totally different from how politics is done everywhere else, so why bother looking across borders?
October 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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⌛ Time flew by during my research stay at @gesis.org Cologne this Aug/Sept! I had the pleasure of working with Dennis Abel & Stefan Jünger on how weather extremes shape climate policy support across political orientations. Grateful for the inspiring environment and great collaboration!
October 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
⌛ Time flew by during my research stay at @gesis.org Cologne this Aug/Sept! I had the pleasure of working with Dennis Abel & Stefan Jünger on how weather extremes shape climate policy support across political orientations. Grateful for the inspiring environment and great collaboration!
Missed this, but amazing feeling to be known by this great bot! 😎
T. Sprang. “Radical Weakness-Do Radical Parties Receive Fewer Ministries?” In: Comparative Political Studies online first (2025), pp. 1-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00104140251349670.
Radical Weakness—Do Radical Parties Receive Fewer Ministries? - Timo Sprang, 2025
Radical parties’ electoral surge has intensified debates about their inclusion in government coalitions. This article presents the most extensive analysis of mi...
journals.sagepub.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Missed this, but amazing feeling to be known by this great bot! 😎
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It would make government formation more difficult, coalitions less stable and decrease governability. Small parties like SGP and CU play a crucial role in ensuring the governability of this country.
Larger parties make the country difficult to govern with their mutual vetos
Larger parties make the country difficult to govern with their mutual vetos
October 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
It would make government formation more difficult, coalitions less stable and decrease governability. Small parties like SGP and CU play a crucial role in ensuring the governability of this country.
Larger parties make the country difficult to govern with their mutual vetos
Larger parties make the country difficult to govern with their mutual vetos
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New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
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Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
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GESIS-Suche
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
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Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
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There's a fascinating case study to be done on the different strategies of Macron and Sánchez. Both emerged, against the odds, from centrist milieux in the mid-2010s to lead their countries since 2017/18. But their fates are totally different.
October 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There's a fascinating case study to be done on the different strategies of Macron and Sánchez. Both emerged, against the odds, from centrist milieux in the mid-2010s to lead their countries since 2017/18. But their fates are totally different.
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I'm super happy & proud to be able to work with this rock star group of a team (and academic guests)! 🧠🧠🧠💫🙏 @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social
- and it's really nice to check out parts of Frankfurt that I hadn't been to as part of our team event
- and it's really nice to check out parts of Frankfurt that I hadn't been to as part of our team event
September 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I'm super happy & proud to be able to work with this rock star group of a team (and academic guests)! 🧠🧠🧠💫🙏 @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social
- and it's really nice to check out parts of Frankfurt that I hadn't been to as part of our team event
- and it's really nice to check out parts of Frankfurt that I hadn't been to as part of our team event
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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#/jgu/job/49637
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
August 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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#/jgu/job/49637