📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after! 📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim 💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July

Today we launch the new version of The PopuList! The PopuList provides an overview of far-left, far-right and populist parties in 31 European countries from 1989 until 1 May 2026. Explore the new website here: popu-list.org

Hier ist die Gleichsetzung der politischen Gegner mit der AfD übrigens Parteilinie.

‘It isn’t enough simply to condemn attacks after they occur. A response centred solely on policing is treating the symptoms while ignoring the causes, and may even contribute to further alienation.’ Luqman Saeed in Belfast, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

ich hab den deutschen medien mal den ganzen gestrigen tag gegeben, was und vor allem *wie* sie zu den ereignissen in belfast berichten und die lage einordnen. 🧵 /1

It’s a wrap! 💫 We just concluded two packed days of inspiring talks, discussions and a roundtable at our @iast.fr migration workshop. What a fantastic group, I learned so much. À bientôt! shorturl.at/fxfqu

White liberals' response to George Floyd's murder was largely to increase symbolic support. White liberals' exhibited little change in substantive/material policy commitments.

Last week, @charlottekuberka.bsky.social and I hosted our ECR Conference on the Political Dimensions of Place-Based Inequalities in Urban & Rural Life at the LSE. Thanks to all participants, @neillee.bsky.social, @msands.bsky.social, @lseinequalities.bsky.social & @lsegovernment.bsky.social 🎉

Heute, am 20.04.2026, wurde die Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik #PKS des Bundes vorgestellt. Dr. @niklas-harder.bsky.social, Abt. Integration, erläutert in seinem Kommentar warum die PKS kein verlässliches Bild zur inneren Sicherheit oder zum Zusammenhang von #Migration und #Kriminalität liefert.

2026 APSA Virtual Dissertation Workshop on New Topics in European Politics (Mareike Kleine and Miguel Pereira | London School of Economics) Sessions: June 9 and June 11, 2026 Submit Proposals Here: apsa.wufoo.com/forms/2026-a... DEADLINE: April 26, 2026. Participants will be notified in early May.

Raquel Rego und @jeyalizade.bsky.social finden in den Daten des European Social Survey keine systematischen Nachweise dafür, dass Sicherheitskräfte häufiger rechtsextreme Parteien wählen als die breite Bevölkerung (Open Access 🔓): doi.org/10.1017/S175...

🆕 Has security gone #FarRight?🛡️ @jeyalizade.bsky.social & Raquel Rego address concerns on the rising support for the #FarRight among security forces, using European Social Survey data to assess the drivers of this support 🪧 buff.ly/SmTpryY

#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - Why do security forces vote for far-right parties? Evidence from Europe - https://cup.org/4tp1VPW - Raquel Rego & @jeyalizade.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

Glad to see this out at @epsrjournal.bsky.social! Using ESS data, Raquel Rego and I find that an anti-immigration stance is the strongest predictor of far-right sympathies among police and military personnel—similar to the general population. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Very happy to share that our paper "Political socialization and immigrants' support for progressive politics: the case of green parties" with @antvalentim.bsky.social is now published in @psrm.bsky.social! Link to paper: doi.org/10.1017/psrm... Short summary in 🧵below: (1/5)

📢 New in IMR. We often ask whether #refugees “integrate.” But what happens when the host society becomes hostile? I develop the concept of social marginalization and show that refugees in more #violent German counties report stronger feelings of exclusion and discrimination. doi.org/10.1177/0197...

New working paper! I examine whether exposure to local unemployment during adolescence shapes immigration attitudes in adulthood, focusing on the long-term imprint of early economic insecurity doi.org/10.31235/osf...

🚨 New WP w/ @leonardocarella.bsky.social on OSF doi.org/10.31235/osf... We usually think that social identities precede preferences We show the reverse is also true: people update their social identities to match their immigration preferences Focus: class identity in 🇬🇧 + Christian identity in 🇮🇹

Why does mainstream accommodation of far-right and Eurosceptic parties often electorally backfire? In my 3rd dissertation paper, just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social, I argue that voters specifically punish internally divided parties for accommodation: doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/13 🧵

Der deutsche Staat verweigert Oskar-nominierten Filmleuten aus Afrika das Visum, um an der Berlinale teilzunehmen, weil das Risiko zu hoch sei, sie würden das Land nicht wieder verlassen. Hier könnte Grosskitschist Wender mal was zu sagen. www.screendaily.com/news/acclaim...

Warum wir #differenzierter über die Zusammenhänge von #Kriminalisierung und #Migration sprechen müssen – mein Gastbeitrag heute in der FAZ Einspruch. www.faz.net/einspruch/ex...

🎉 Excited to share that our article “Adopting restriction: how coalition governments respond to radical right parties” (with @fabioellger.bsky.social) has won the Gordon Smith & Vincent Wright Memorial Prize 2025 from @wepsocial.bsky.social 🏆

Neue Studie: Schwarze Personen und Muslime in Deutschland haben deutlich schlechtere Chancen am Wohnungsmarkt als die Gesamtbevölkerung: Sie werden seltener zu Besichtigungen eingeladen, erhalten mehr Absagen und müssen mehr Miete zahlen: mediendienst-integration.de/rassismus-un...

From October 2025 - Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - cup.org/47ifc4B "we show that educational divides are diminished in the presence of countervailing networks" - @davidattewell6.bsky.social & @dpzollinger.bsky.social #OpenAccess

📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database! The data now covers - > 3.000 parties - 1.100 parliamentary elections - 402 presidential elections - 2.044 cabinets across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31). All info: ppeg.wzb.eu We hope that data is helpful to the community!

📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer” I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies ➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election) tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2

Very happy to see "The Green Transition and Political Polarization Along Occupational Lines" out in the @apsrjournal.bsky.social. w/ @erikvoeten.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Überraschend, dass das ZDF-Politbarometer diese Umfrage so verzerrt darstellt: Statt nach der Originalaussage von Merz zu fragen, die tagelang diskutiert wurde, wird in der Umfrage seine späte Rechtfertigung ergänzt. In der Grafik wird das aber gar nicht erwähnt. So geht Framing.

🚨 New article out! “Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000... We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany. Short summary thread below 👇

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🧵

How have Americans’ immigration attitudes changed in recent decades? Ollerenshaw and Jardina observe how opinions have evolved since 1988 among partisan and racial/ethnic groups. The most significant shifts have been from white Democrats. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

The electoral politics of immigration and crime by Jeyhun Alizade is now available in Early View. @jeyalizade.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/10/01/t...

Glad to see this out at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! I show that the immigration-crime issue, when salient, can shift leftist cosmopolitans to the Right. This is due to leftist voters being more conservative on crime than leftist parties. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

How does electoral volatility influence party system polarization? Juliusz Gastev explores the relationship in the Latin American context from 1992 to 2018. Read the research note OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/oQLb9j6 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci

Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal.bsky.social "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity when answering relevant political questions. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

📘 64.4 🔍 Evidence from Germany 🇩🇪 shows that higher levels of political violence are associated with lower political ambition among women and weaker descriptive representation. @jeyalizade.bsky.social @fabioellger.bsky.social @mgruenewald.bsky.social @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social 🔗

And we are delighted to announce that @valentimvicente.bsky.social will be honored with the A.SK Bright Mind Award for his work on how social norms influence behavior. 🎉Congratulations!

It’s a wrap for PEEP 2025! Thank you to all the presenters, discussants and attendees! @awiedemann.bsky.social @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social @miguelpereira.bsky.social and I are already looking forward to another full day of Political Economy in 2026!

Es ist ermüdend. Die immer gleichen abgedroschenen und unfundierten Narrative über die Linke und den Aufstieg der radikalen Rechten. Was macht man aber wenn Leitmedien unbeirrt von Kritik und journalistischen Standards den Unsinn reproduzieren? Der immer gleiche Tanz aus Provokation und Empörung...

New article out! @luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics Read the full article, open access, here 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW - How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD "we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians" - @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Excited to host the 4th iteration of the Transformations of Democracy Junior Scholars Workshop at WZB Berlin together with Hanno Hilbig! Amazing talks & exchanges with colleagues from Princeton, Harvard, UC Davis, Toulouse School of Economics, Copenhagen, Humboldt, Chemnitz, EUI, and beyond..

The call for papers is out! Look at this leadership dream team 👇. Spread the world: 2026 is the year of EPSS! Expect a human scale conference with great feedback and networking. [background info provided below]. (1/3) epssnet.org/belfast-2026/

Anti-immigrant bias in the German criminal justice system: who would have thought? osf.io/preprints/so...

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.

In #Magdeburg hat ein polizeibekannter Rechtsextremer (61) ein dreijähriges (!) Kind aus Syrien mit seinem Auto angefahren, nachdem er die Familie rassistisch beleidigt hat. Manchmal fehlen einem nur noch die Worte. Zum Glück geht es dem Kind den Umständen entsprechend gut. Es hätte tot sein können.

🚨New article w/ @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter Protest and the rise of left-nationalist challengers: evidence from Germany 📔 Social Movement Studies 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1474... In 2022, Germany faced a cost-of-living crisis. Many expected a “Hot Autumn” of mass protest—but it never happened. Why?