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!

⌛ 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!

📣 Climate politics (+ adjacent subfields) researchers! @antvalentim.bsky.social and I will co-chair the Climate Politics section of @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026. Thanks to those who already submitted papers 🌟 We put together notes for the CfP for the section curious. Reach out if you have qs:

📢 My brilliant colleague @moretsof.bsky.social will present our joint paper (w @lucasschwarz.bsky.social) on how weather extremes shape political elite communication at the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference. Join her talk tomorrow at 13:30–15:15! 🌞

@deeesharp.bsky.social & I are looking for a collaborator on a project w/ @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social on empathy-based interventions against affective polarization @uni-hamburg.de j0b.de/veca 75% PhD position, 1st yr project funded & can be converted to a position w/ teaching afterwards 📆31/08

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

It's not easy being a female researcher. But this week, I felt the power of brilliant women* coming together: mutual support, inspiring conversations & lots of code!👩‍💻 We tackled it all: Web scraping, LLMs & data viz. Many thanks to @sophiahunger.bsky.social @gessler.bsky.social, Jelena & Sophia #wpm

Grateful to be part of this unique and inspiring summer school. Looking forward to the days ahead and the opportunity to learn from both the outstanding speakers and fellow participants. A heartfelt thank-you already for the excellent organization! #wpm

📢Join us today, 17:15 CET (VMP9 B130), when Sigrid Roßteutscher will present her paper "Social contexts and the gendered support for right-wing populism – a panel analysis of young voters in Germany" in our HPS³ seminar series. All are welcome to attend!➡️ www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei...

We invite paper submissions to our workshop on Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences @gesis.org ⏳November 26-28, 2025 🎓Keynotes Prof. Dr. Monika Kuffer (University of Twente) Dr. Ana Andries (University of Surrey). ⏱️Deadline August 6th ✉️abstracts (max. 500 words) to [email protected]

🌞 My second and final EPSA conference in hot Madrid comes to an end. It was great seeing so many familiar and new faces — and to engage in some heated & inspiring debates! Looking forward to the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference next year in Belfast. Safe travels! (📸 @moretsof.bsky.social)

And here it is: introducing the European Political Science Society EPSS! 🎉🎉🎉 Follow @epssnet.bsky.social on bsky, visit its website www.epssnet.org, and become a member!

On the way to Madrid for my first ever EPSA today! Looking forward to presenting our paper w/ @haakjes.bsky.social on the topic of weather effects on elite communication on social media🌡❄️🌤🌧📲 on Friday & to hearing many other interesting presentations! 😊 #EPSA2025

🌡️Talking about heat: How does exposure to extreme weather affect how candidates talk about climate change on social media? Join our presentation to find out! 🗓️ Friday, 27 June, 13:10-14:50 | 📍 Room 0A.07 #EPSA (@moretsof.bsky.social & @lucasschwarz.bsky.social)

📢 Join us tomorrow, 12:15 CET (VMP9 A315) when @mgoldenprof.bsky.social will present her paper "Corruption as a Shared Dilemma: Survey Evidence from Legislators and Citizens in Three Countries" in our HPS³ seminar series at the UHH. All are welcome to attend! www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei...

📢 Join us tomorrow at 5.15 pm (VMP9, B130) when Judith Spirig will present her paper "Of Polish Victimhood: How Wikipedia Captures Collective Memory" in our HPS³ seminar series at the University of Hamburg. All are welcome to attend! ⬇️ www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-...

📢 Join us today at 5.15 pm (VMP9, S28) when Mark Hallerberg will present his paper "Great Power Perceptions of Multi-lateral Development Banks?" in our HPS³ seminar series at the University of Hamburg. All are welcome to attend! ⬇️ www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei...

📢 Our latest research (with L. Rudolph, @uni-konstanz.de) on operationalizing natural experiments, particularly extreme weather, has just been accepted @thejop.bsky.social 🌦️Natural experiments offer a unique way to analyze causal effects in real-world settings. But operationalization is often messy:

Thrilled to be part of the MZES-DVPW Conference on Methods of Political Science & to present our paper "From Weather to Words:The Effect of Extreme Weather on Political Elite Communication" @moretsof.bsky.social & Lucas Schwarz. A special thanks to the MZES Travel Grant for Early Career Researchers!

🗳⁉️ Nach der Wahl ist vor der (Hamburger Bürgerschafts-)Wahl! Noch unentschlossen? Im Herbst habe ich an der Erstellung von Thesen für den Wahl-O-Mat mitgearbeitet und mit @haakjes.bsky.social u.a. Parteiprofile erstellt, die bei der Entscheidung helfen können: www.wahl-o-mat.de/hamburg2025/

📰Aufschlussreiche Analyse von Ajit Niranjan (@theguardian.com) darüber, wie sich die politische Diskussion über die Klimakrise verlagert hat. Ich durfte auch meine Einschätzung zu den Ergebnissen der gestrigen Wahl geben. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

🌞Am Wahlsonntag ist mit milden Temperaturen zu rechnen. Mit MDR Wissen habe ich über den Einfluss des Wetters auf die Wahl gesprochen. Hörenswerter Beitrag, der auch Einblicke in meine eigene Forschung & den Zusammenhang von Extremwetter, Klimawandel & Wahlverhalten gibt ⬇️ www.mdr.de/wissen/audio...

🌤🌧🗳 Das Wetter ist politisch. Mit @nordbayern.bsky.social habe ich u.a. über den Einfluss von Wetter auf Wahlbeteiligung gesprochen. Warum Wetter etwa nicht alle Wähler:innen gleichermaßen beeinflusst, könnt ihr hier nachlesen ⬇️ www.nordbayern.de/bayern/trube...

⁉️🗳️Welche Parteien treten bei der Bürgerschaftswahl 2025 in Hamburg an? Welche Positionen vertreten sie? Was sind ihre Besonderheiten? Mit @moretsof.bsky.social & vielen weiteren Kolleg:innen (@uni-hamburg.de) haben wir Kurz-Profile verfasst @bpb.de ⬇️ www.bpb.de/themen/parte...

📢 Join us today at 5.15 pm (VMP9, B130) when @macartan.bsky.social will present his paper "Effects of Economic and Social Incentives on Bureaucratic Quality" in our HPS³ seminar series at the University of Hamburg. All are welcome to attend ⬇️ www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei...

📢 Join us tomorrow at 5.15 pm (VMP9, B130) when @anacweeks.bsky.social will present her paper "Gender Quota Laws & Women in Cabinets" in our HPS³ seminar series at the University of Hamburg. All are welcome to attend! ⬇️ wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-...

Thanks to the @cssuhh.bsky.social for supporting our new Working Group w @haakjes.bsky.social, @kkvk7.bsky.social, Vera Troeger, Kai-Uwe Schnapp & Grischa Perino! We aim to contribute to it's subject "public spheres & communication", studying politicians social media use📢. Excited to work on this! 😊

🚀Excited for our new working group @cssuhh.bsky.social! We’ll explore the strategic use of communication by political parties in response to extreme weather 🌡️🌧️(@kkvk7.bsky.social, @moretsof.bsky.social, Vera Troeger, Kai-Uwe Schnapp & Grischa Perino) ⬇️ www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung...

Very excited to be part of #SPSA2024 and present today! 🥳 We'll talk about gender bias in the editorial process of @thejop.bsky.social. Join us at 2:00pm, Churchill B1 - 2nd floor!

❓ Can bias in political nomination processes explain why ethnic minorities are underrepresented in politics? Magnus Carlsson, Henning Finseraas & Arnfinn H. Midtbøen studied this question by conducting a survey experiment among politicians in Norway.📖⬇️ jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/can-bias-in-...

⁉️ Wie passen sich etablierte Parteien an die Digitalisierung an? Welche Herausforderungen und Chancen sind mit der Migration in die digitale Sphäre verbunden? Antworten liefert unsere Studie ⬇️📖 www.kas.de/de/einzeltit... 💻 Jasmin Fitzpatrick, Anna Lopatina & Frauke Schöne.

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