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Kai Arzheimer is a German professor of Political Science at the University of Mainz. Previously, he was a Lecturer in… more

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Political science 68%
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by Kai Arzheimer

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Relatable #AcademicChatter #PoorlyDrawnLines
Four-panel comic: A mouse and a turtle discuss reading. The mouse states they are trying to read more, but haven’t started yet. The turtle interjects that sounds like not trying. The mouse insists it's different. Signed "Poorly Drawn Lines".
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by Kai Arzheimer

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Religion, authoritarianism, and extreme wealth mix rather well
From the Kremlin to Karlovy Vary: Inside Putin’s Orthodox Women’s Network - VSquare.org
The Russian Union of Orthodox Women pushes to outlaw abortion, advances a hardline pro-Kremlin agenda, and openly supports Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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by Kai Arzheimer

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Quite interesting: diversity is increasing very slowly, but doesn't seem to matter all that much anyway. From a European POV, the most surprising thing remains that there still so many church-going Americans 🇺🇸
The Most Segregated Hour? Rethinking Race and Religion in America
Is racial diversity commonplace in houses of worship?
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by Kai Arzheimer

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'We remain unclear as a profession about what exactly we expect from our students.' And it's very much the same here, not because we don't care, but because we do not really know #AcademicChatter
A new academic year has begun, but UK universities are still struggling to respond to AI - Impact of Social Sciences
Mark Carrigan argues university staff are still struggling to develop coherent, contextual and disciplinary responses to AI’s impact on teaching and learning.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
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Reposted by: Kai Arzheimer

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"emerging literature" = i thought about it a couple of years ago
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by Kai Arzheimer

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👀 'Democratic leaders’ position should at the very least be bolstered by Americans’ historically strong support for liberal fiscal policies.'
Americans are in an unusually liberal fiscal policy mood.
This could strengthen Democrats’ position in shutdown negotiations.
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by Kai Arzheimer

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This looks almost painfully relevant right now 👇
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New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
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Reposted by: Kai Arzheimer, Daphne Halikiopoulou

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Are Christians in Western Europe more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens?

New research finds no link between personal Christian beliefs and Islamophobia, but a close association with nativism/authoritarianism.

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Islamophobia in Western Europe is not driven by religiosity
Are Christians more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens in Europe? New research finds European Islamophobia has no link to a person’s religiosity.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
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Reposted by: Kai Arzheimer, Will Jennings, Rebecca Sear , and 9 more

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New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
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by Kai Arzheimer

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You: wasting tokens on writing "please" and "thank you" in a desperate bid to curry favour while our new overlords are colonising every screen on the planet.

Me: valiantly teasing the machine a bit while this is still an option, legally and technically.
A screenshot reading: Spelling and grammar are correct. However, “so-called #AI” sounds slightly dismissive and could be phrased more neutrally (e.g., "artificial intelligence"). The statement expresses an opinion, not a fact.
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by Kai Arzheimer

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Ah, happier days #tbp
Cas Mudde and I talk about the 2021 German federal elections - kai arzheimer
Cas Mudde and I discuss the 2021 German federal elections
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by Kai Arzheimer

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The Mash kind of nails it #France
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by Kai Arzheimer

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What fresh hell is this?
Chatbait Is Taking Over the Internet
How chatbots keep you talking
www.theatlantic.com
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by Kai Arzheimer

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Honey pots, but for political theorists #AcademicChatter
Social media profile for "John Rawls" with a portrait photo, 64 followers, and no posts.
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by Kai Arzheimer — Reposted by: Daphne Halikiopoulou

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Excellent question. Unfortunately, the answers seems to be: yes
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RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · 12d
The #RadicalRight in the US: L. de Jonge, V. Georgiadou, D. Halikiopoulou, et al. “Is the Far Right a Global Phenomenon? Comparing Europe and Latin America: A Scholarly Exchange”. In: Nations and Nationalism 31.1 (2025), pp. 7-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nana.13074.
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by Kai Arzheimer

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RIP
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A. Pelinka. “Die FPÖ im internationalen Vergleich. Zwischen Rechtspopulismus, Deutschnationalismus und sterreich-Patriotismus”. In: conflict & communication online 1 (2002), pp. https://web.archive.org/web/20230315030559/http://www.cco.regener-online.de/2002 1/pdf 2002
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by Kai Arzheimer

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In a nerdy way, this is quite funny 👇
The Two Mearsheimers
the best argument against his Russia theory is in his own work
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Reposted by: Kai Arzheimer

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#SilentSunday #Monochrome #AlgonquinPark #Ontario #NaturePhotography
A black-and-white photograph of a calm lake in Algonquin Park at dusk. A fallen tree trunk extends from the foreground into the still water, perfectly mirroring the treeline and clouds above. The mood is serene and reflective, evoking a sense of solitude and quiet beauty in nature.
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by Kai Arzheimer

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<weeps in pluralistic ignorance>
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Reposted by: Kai Arzheimer, Robert Huber

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A. Pelinka. “Die FPÖ im internationalen Vergleich. Zwischen Rechtspopulismus, Deutschnationalismus und sterreich-Patriotismus”. In: conflict & communication online 1 (2002), pp. https://web.archive.org/web/20230315030559/http://www.cco.regener-online.de/2002 1/pdf 2002
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Sahra Wagenknecht. Von der SED zum BSW. Jetzt vorbestellen beim Großkapitalisten Ihres Vertrauens 👉 www.amazon.de/dp/3756034704
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Reposted by: Kai Arzheimer, Steffen Ganghof

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Bereits über 5.500 User:innen habe ihre Daten in meinem Populismus-Selbsttest für die Forschung gespendet - danke! 🙏

Zudem habe ich wertvolle Anregungen erhalten und einige Ergänzungen zum Einschätzung des Ergebnisses und zur Anzahl der zugestimmten Statement aufgenommen.

👉 politiktest.de
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by Kai Arzheimer

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I feel seen 👀 #AcademicChatter
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Courtney Boen @courtneyboen.bsky.social · 4d
The high of putting finishing touches on your #PAA abstract for a newer, exciting project that you are 100% committed to and engaged in, while your older, longstanding, unfinished projects languish in despair.
A meme showing a man (labeled ME) looking provocatively at a woman (labeled NEW SIDE PROJECT) while several other women (labeled ALL MY OTHER UNFINISHED PROJECTS) stare at the man with a disgusted face.
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by Kai Arzheimer

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The anatomy of a minor miracle #moldova
Despite Russian meddling, Moldova’s pro-Europe party wins a majority
Russia’s social media campaign fell short.
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by Kai Arzheimer

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#videoabstract Secular citizens, pious MPs: why German attitudes about genetic testing are more permissive than German laws #socialscience #germany #religion #ivf #pgd #pgt
Secular citizens, pious MPs: Attitudes about genetic testing are more permissive than German laws
Germany has much stricter laws on pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (#PGD) than many of its neighbours. I use a survey experiment to show that Germans are more liberal than their MPs and would opt for permissive rules (like in Belgium and the UK) if they were given the choice. This is because German citizens are way more secular than members of parliament. This political secularism is not adequately represented in the Bundestag. The full article is published open access in Political Research Exchange (PRX) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2474736X.2020.1765693
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by Kai Arzheimer

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"Academic fortune cookies, rewind and resubmit edition"
Academic fortune cookies, R&R edition - kai arzheimer
Related posts: The Secret Life of Canada: Jewish Montreal – a culinary history Germany and the European Crisis: Confusion and Delay Interview with Diário de Notícias on the Nationalist International (or not) Video: policy brief on immigration, local decline, and anti-immigrant backlash
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by Aviel Roshwald — Reposted by: Kai Arzheimer

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Breaking: Supreme Court allows Trump executive order to stand, requiring Americans to hand over their firstborns to him. As one originalist scholar pointed out, there is nothing in the Constitution denying the President that power.
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by Kai Arzheimer

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1 vacation house in the woods, 3 'human-AI couples', and a bunch of AI friends with benefits. What could possibly go wrong? Even by Wired's standards, this story is wild 👇
My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them
I found people in serious relationships with AI partners and planned a weekend getaway for them at a remote Airbnb. We barely survived.
www.wired.com
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by Kai Arzheimer

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Exactly 11 years down the line, this looks absurdly quaint #Germany #farright
Germany's AfD has a racism problem - kai arzheimer
The rise of Germany's new far right party AfD has been nothing but meteoric. But recently, the party's image has suffered two significant blows.
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Reposted by: Kai Arzheimer, Daniel Bochsler, Andreas M. Wüst

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Die ZEIT hat mich gebeten, etwas über den großen Anton Pelinka zu schreiben - dessen Nachfolger ich werden wollte, als ich vor genau 40 Jahren seinetwegen begann, Politikwissenschaft zu studieren:
Anton Pelinka : Niemand hat Österreich besser erklärt
Mit Anton Pelinka verliert das Land seinen bekanntesten Politikwissenschaftler. Der ORF-Moderator Armin Wolf erinnert sich an seinen Lehrer – und an sein Vorbild.
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