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by Thomas Saalfeld — Reposted by Claudia Landwehr

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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...
The Hertie School community mourns the passing of Professor Claus Offe
Offe was a distinguished political sociologist and a founding member of the Hertie School.
www.hertie-school.org
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by Thomas Saalfeld

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

www.bisa.ac.uk/news/memoria...
In memoriam: Professor A J R (‘John’) Groom
It is with sadness that we bring the news that former BISA Chair, Professor Groom has passed away.
www.bisa.ac.uk
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld, Michael E. Mann, Kim L. Scheppele , and 37 more

robertscotthorton.bsky.social
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.
‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’
Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities
www.thetimes.com
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld, Lucas Leemann, Klaus H. Goetz , and 1 more

markuskollberg.bsky.social
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....
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by Will Jennings — Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

drjennings.bsky.social
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.
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld, Robert Huber

politicsjournal.bsky.social
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
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by Thomas Saalfeld

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www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Science research gets more engagement on Bluesky than X, study finds
Bluesky posts referencing scholarly articles ‘find substantially higher levels of interaction’ than on Elon Musk’s platform
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld, Jan W. Mueller, Nils Gustafsson , and 1 more

nytimes.com
The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
An apartment complex. A headline reads: "Did Switzerland Solve The Housing Crisis?"
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

ecpr.bsky.social
⭐ 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
📍 Room 4, Law Building
👇 Details buff.ly/xsjJ14M
Let's Talk Methods with the Methods School Academic Convenors
European Consortium for Political Research
buff.ly
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld, Pietro Castelli Gattinara

ecpr-ead.bsky.social
🍿Do not miss our book panel at @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference celebrating these two important OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and the dreamteam duo @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it.
🍰 Featuring commentary by @sldelange.bsky.social & @leoniedejonge.bsky.social.
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by Thomas Saalfeld

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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Edith Pritchett's Venn diagrams | The Guardian
<p>Cartoonist Edith Pritchett takes a circular&nbsp;look at how the week pans out</p>
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

stephengethins.bsky.social
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...
Why Westminster is easily the most wasteful layer of Government
Westminster policy decisions have cost us all eye watering sums of money
www.scotsman.com
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

ericgordy.bsky.social
Still no book, but we have an advertisement.
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
Captured Societies in Southeast Europe
In Southeast Europe, there is a growing disjunction between “the way the world is” and the world that is described by law. The informal practices that address problems when formal institutions fail ca...
www.aup.nl
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

dawum.de
Umfrageverlauf: #Wahltrend Bundestagswahl (bis zum 21.08.25) - zugehöriges Flächendiagramm (Summendarstellung) ist auf unserer Website ➤ dawum.de/Bundestag/ | #Wahlumfrage #Sonntagsfrage #btw2025
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld, Lucas Leemann, Justin H. Kirkland

goodmirco.bsky.social
A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
Bar chart comparing public perceptions of the EU across European countries. Switzerland stands out with one of the highest shares of negative views (very negative or fairly negative) and the lowest positive evaluations, similar only to the UK and Czech Republic. Most other countries, including Norway and Iceland, show more positive or neutral attitudes.
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld, Steve Peers

jamesrball.com
“This ruling essentially writes the far right’s playbook for it: launch a protest outside an asylum hotel … Once there is violence, get local residents to put pressure on the council to take the hotel to court, and try to secure an injunction. Rinse and repeat.” www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
The Bell Hotel ruling incentivises the far right
By factoring extremist unrest into his judgment, a British judge has signalled that disorder works
www.thenewworld.co.uk
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

britgerassoc.bsky.social
#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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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

ecpr.bsky.social
The countdown to #ecprgc25 begins!

3️⃣ weeks until we reach Thessaloniki – the 2nd largest city in Greece

Walk through 2,300+ years of history from 🏛️ ancient Macedonia to the Ottoman Empire

🍸 Discover entertainment, activities, essential Greek phrases + more buff.ly/ftxeklb

#visitthessaloniki
ECPR General Conference 2025
26 – 29 August, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
ecpr.eu
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

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🧳 First time attending our General Conference? 👇 #ecprgc25
ℹ️ Visit our FAQs page buff.ly/c0c3QTJ
📲 Download the Event App to access programme, highlights, updates & more ecpr.eu/app
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electionmaps.uk
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.
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

leibniz-gemeinschaft.de
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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by Thomas Saalfeld

thomas-saalfeld.bsky.social
We will see whether linguistic analysis provides us with predictive tools.
maxzehring.bsky.social
Max Zehring @maxzehring.bsky.social · Aug 15
✨ New open-access paper ✨

We explored language similarity between Querdenken (Telegram) and German politicians (Twitter). In short: AfD’s communication most similar, but parts of FDP and CDU/CSU also find common ground through discrediting left-wing politics.

Full paper:

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...
The language similarity between corona protest mobilizers on Telegram and German politicians on Twitter
Protest movements against COVID-19 containment measures, like Germany’s Querdenken, aim to put their position on the political agenda. The German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) acted...
doi.org
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

idw-online.de
HoF-Publikation: Die vier Dimensionen des ostdeutschen Wissenschaftsumbaus 1990ff.
Der ostdeutsche Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsumbau in den 90er Jahren ist inzwischen nicht nur zu einem zeithistorischen Thema geworden, sondern weckt als solches ...
weiterlesen
Pasternack: Die vier Dimensionen des ostdeutschen Wissenschaftsumbaus ab 1990 - Copyright
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

maxzehring.bsky.social
✨ New open-access paper ✨

We explored language similarity between Querdenken (Telegram) and German politicians (Twitter). In short: AfD’s communication most similar, but parts of FDP and CDU/CSU also find common ground through discrediting left-wing politics.

Full paper:

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1369...
The language similarity between corona protest mobilizers on Telegram and German politicians on Twitter
Protest movements against COVID-19 containment measures, like Germany’s Querdenken, aim to put their position on the political agenda. The German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) acted...
doi.org
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Bonnie N. Field

sespjournal.bsky.social
📢NEW ARTICLE!📢

The young, the radical and the dissatisfied: the transformation of the Portuguese right-wing electorate in the 21st century

Read the article by L. Heyne, L. Manucci & @marinacostalobo.bsky.social here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld, Stefanie Walter, Alexandra Cirone

macartan.bsky.social
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/
EPSA Reform Working Group | EPSS Founding & Transition
Explore the background of EPSS’s formation after EPSA’s structural reform challenges. Learn why a new, accountable nonprofit association was needed.
epssnet.org
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

podmalm.bsky.social
“transformed a once mono-ethnic country into one where a fifth of the population was born overseas + anger over a lack of affordable homes has fuelled resentment towards immigrants and asylum seekers” Are you sure about that? Ethnicity of victims suggest attacks were racially motivated.
‘Why is this happening?’: violent attacks terrify Ireland’s immigrant community
Spate of physical incidents includes attack on a six-year-old girl at a County Waterford housing estate
www.theguardian.com
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by Thomas Saalfeld

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www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/welt...
Die Welt 2035: „Die Anarchie der Staatenwelt kehrt zurück“
Wohin führt das Ringen der Großmächte um die Vormacht auf dem Globus – und wie ergeht es Europa dabei? Der Politikwissenschaftler Ulrich Menzel gibt beunruhigende Antworten.
www.sueddeutsche.de
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Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld

amadeuantonio.bsky.social
Parlamentarischer Arm des Rechtsterrorismus oder Rechtsterroristen mit parlamentarischen Arm?

Die Frage stellt sich zwangsläufig, wenn man sich anschaut, was AfD Politiker so zu Hause haben: Waffen und größere Mengen Sprengstoff. Alles scheinbar völlig cool und normal bei der rechtsextremen Partei.
Razzia in Gutshaus: Polizei findet scharfe Waffen – AfD-Politiker verwickelt?
Bei einer Razzia in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern finden Ermittler scharfe Waffen und Sprengstoff – ein Lokalpolitiker steht im Fokus.
www.t-online.de
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