New article , together with Salvatore Barbaro, in Public Choice: On the prevalence of Condorcet's Paradox. Analyzing 253 national elections, we show that Condorcet Paradoxes virtually never occur. This raises an important question: who is the Condorcet winner? link.springer.com/article/10.1...

I want to emphasize that this has been a very cool and stimulating event in previous years!

Consider applying to this panel at the „Second International Conference on Political Theory“ on the revolutionary idea of democracy! Deadline: Dec 15. Submit your abstract here: www.uni-passau.de/backsliding-...

What an honor! @na-wehl.bsky.social & I received the ALLBUS Preis 2025 for our paper "How education policies shape political inequality: analyzing policy feedback effects in Germany"! 🥳🥳 Thanks a lot to the jury & a very kind laudatio by Markus Tausendpfund @gesis.org Mannheim!

Happy to share that the German Research Foundation DFG funds my new project: “Countering Polarization: The Borda count as a basis for proportional representation”. I am recruiting 2 PhD candidates to join me in Hannover as of March 2026 or later! Feel free to reach out!

🏆 Hatten wir schon erwähnt? Natürlich schreiben wir auch für 2026 unseren #Dissertationspreis aus! 👉 www.dvpw.de/informatione... Bewerbungen & Nominierungen bis 28.02.2026 an [email protected] #Promotion #PhDone #Postdoc

🚨New Preprint (in press @ JPSP)🚨 Publishing my research on Germans' desire for a “Schlussstrich” (to achieve closure on the Nazi past) was hard, as it seemed too specific for one context to many. Our new paper led by @zakfio.bsky.social provides global perspectives on the desire to remember/ forget.

We are delighted that the IPP-funded guest researcher stay of Prof. Srinivasalu resulted in identifying four joint research areas between colleagues at JGU and at University of Madras in India, which will be further operationalised in the planned Memorandum of Understanding between our universities.

Members of the IPP gathered for the 11th consecutive retreat in Bodenheim close to Mainz on 13th and 14th November. The main purpose of the retreat was once again to foster the exchange of research ideas and collaboration and talk about the future of the IPP.

IN NEW ISSUE: How do institutional parameters affect citizens’ evaluations of a political system as democratic? @clandwehr.bsky.social, C Ojeda & @stallbaum.bsky.social compare citizens’ design preferences in #Germany & #US: buff.ly/3Wx9YMl @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

Greatly looking forward to hosting @mpatberg.bsky.social in Mainz next week!

Video abstract summarizing Professor Kai Arzheimer's research on "Islamophobia in Western Europe is unrelated to religiosity but highly correlated with far right attitudes" 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpgH... 👇

⏰ Only ONE day left to apply for this fantastic position! Excellent research condition, up to six years contract, vibrant hub for Econ here in Munich 🤩 Please reach out if you have any questions 🤓 econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

🎧 JETZT REINHÖREN: #Forschungspodcast #MindsOfMainz – #DerGutenbergTalk | Folge 27: Stadt- und Geschlechtergeschichte – eine detektivische Forschungssuche | mit Prof. Nina Gallion #Geschichte #Stadtgeschichte

Together with @kenbenoit.bsky.social we offer a hands-on workshop on @instats.bsky.social for qualitative researchers to use LLMs for annotating texts, images, audio, etc. without requiring deep programming skills but with the full flexibility and fun of R. instats.org/seminar/ai-p...

🎉 New paper accepted at JPSP: ASC! Verena Heidrich, Felicitas Flade & I ask: When people meet others, which social lens do they use — age, gender, race? Our paper: “Face the Difference: Meta-contrast as an Affordance to Spontaneous Social Categorization.” osf.io/preprints/ps...

12.11.2025 - Öffentliches Symposium "Vertrauen in der Wissenschaft – Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft" mit Vorträgen und Podiumsdiskussion 👉 https://stg.uni-mainz.de/vertrauen/

Very proud of my PhD student @kwalz.bsky.social who successfully defended his thesis on "Pathways to breakdown resilience" today and is now Dr. (des.) Kevin Walz 🎉 Watch out for his book to learn how accountability can stop autocratization! In Picture: Kevin🧑‍🎓, Natasha Wunsch, 2nd supervisor and me 😀

🔍 Check out this video from the 4th edition of our Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, co-organized with @lergetporer.bsky.social, @fpeter.bsky.social, and @simonwiederhold.bsky.social 🫶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GW1... 📢 Next edition will take place on September 7-8, 2026 📆✏️

🚨 Job alert! 🚨 (English in comment) An meinem Lehrbereich ist zum 1.2.26 eine Postdoc-Stelle (100%) zu besetzen. Gesucht wird ein*e Kandidat*in mit Kenntnissen in quantitativen Methoden sowie Expertise in einschlägigen Themenbereichen. Mehr hier: www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...

▶️JETZT REINSCHAUEN: #VoicesForClimate mit Dr. Eckart von #Hirschhausen & Lea Dohm zum Thema "Gesunde Erde - Gesunde Menschen - Gesunde Seele" 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFVV... #Klima #Nachhaltigkeit #BildungFürNachhaltigeEntwicklung #Klimabildung #Zukunftsmodul #VisionsForClimate

#CWTSLeidenRanking 2025: #UniMainz mit zahlreichen Platzierungen in internationaler und nationaler Spitzengruppe, insbes. in Naturwissenschaften 👉 https://presse.uni-mainz.de/hervorragende-platzierungen-fuer-die-johannes-gutenberg-universitaet-mainz-im-cwts-hochschulranking-2025/

#GutenbergZukunftsAward 2025 der #UniMainz für Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen und Lea Dohm in Anerkennung ihres herausragenden #Engagements für eine nachhaltige Zukunft 👉 https://presse.uni-mainz.de/gutenberg-zukunfts-award-2025-fuer-eckart-von-hirschhausen-und-lea-dohm/

29.10.2025 - "Kann man KI eigentlich auch gut machen?" - Meenzer #ScienceSchoppe in der Reihe "Wissensdurst zum Feierabend" 👉 https://www.wissenschaftsallianz-mainz.de/veranstaltungen/themenjahr-2025/2025-10-29-meenzer-science-schoppe #KünstlicheIntelligenz #MainzerWissenschaftsallianz

Das Wintersemester an der @unimainz.bsky.social geht los. Ich freue mich besonders auf mein neues Seminar zu Generationenunterschieden in politischen Einstellungen und dem Wahlverhalten.

Semesterstart an der #UniMainz: Erstsemesterbegrüßung im vollen Hörsaal / JGU zählt im WiSe 2025/2025 voraussichtlich knapp 30.000 Studierende in 297 Studiengängen 👉 https://presse.uni-mainz.de/jgu-rueckt-im-wintersemester-2025-2026-die-foerderung-von-entrepreneurship-skills-in-den-fokus/

@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris). We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵: #PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐

IPP supporting young researchers: @anlopatina.bsky.social from the Chair of Methods of domestic politics and political sociology received IPP funding for her travel costs to participate in the GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science 2025!

SAVE THE DATE: #VoicesForClimate - Start am 27.10.2025 mit "Gesunde Erde - Gesunde Menschen - Gesunde Seele" von Dr. Eckart von #Hirschhausen & Lea Dohm / Anmeldung unter 👉 https://zukunft.uni-mainz.de/vfc/ #Klima #Nachhaltigkeit #BildungFürNachhaltigeEntwicklung #Zukunftsmodul #VisionsForClimate

had a really good time at last week's DVPW Political Economy section meeting in @unimainz.bsky.social @ipp-jgu.bsky.social! Many thanks to the organizers & hosts: @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @leaelsaesser.bsky.social @thomasrixen.bsky.social @claraweinhardt.bsky.social

Panel on Empirical Research and Evidence-based Policy Advice @ipp-jgu.bsky.social

Exciting lineup for our (@powimz.bsky.social) research colloquia—the Forschungswerkstatt and the Democracy Seminar—this coming winter semester! I’m looking forward to welcoming many great guests and hearing from my colleagues.

Right now: Gunnar Otte and Natasha Nisic opening this year's congress of the Academy of Sociology @unimainz.bsky.social sponsored by @ipp-jgu.bsky.social Looking forward to three inspiring days in Mainz!

🚨Promotionsstelle "Antisemitismus am Arbeitsplatz" - TVL-13 75%, 4 Jahre 🚨 Bitte gerne eifrig weiterleiten: ab März 2026 (vorbehaltlich finaler BMFTR-Zusage) ist in unserem Team eine Stelle im Projekt von @zakfio.bsky.social zu vergeben. Näheres in der Ausschreibung: www.psychjob.eu/de/job/wisse...

How can we bettet connect citizens, political organizations, and public institutions through digital technologies? On my way to Brussels again... #Relink2 #CA23114 #BrIAS @ramonv.bsky.social @giuliasandri.bsky.social @lucaskins.bsky.social brias.be/index.php/ev...

BIS 1.10.2025 ANMELDEN: "Datenschutz in der neuen Medienrealität" - MAINZ MEDIA FORUM am 9.10.2025, 16-18 Uhr 👉 www.mainzer-medieninstitut.de/mainz-media-... #Datenschutz #Kommunikation #Datenverarbeitung #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Journalismus #Medienprivileg

Two fantastic days of the annual conference of the #AKWahlen are now behind us. Many thanks for the many excellent presentations, the friendly atmosphere, and to the local Berlin team for the fabulous organisation on site! ❤️ Watch out for the special issue in @electoralstudies.bsky.social!

📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers! ❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊 💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas 💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance 📆 Deadline: 28 November Full information: 👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

Economics as a school subject leads to more #entrepreneurship: Recent study of #ifoInstitute and #MainzUniversity shows connection between economics classes in schools and entrepreneurial activity in adulthood 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/economics-as...

A fantastic #fgsp2025 German SocPsy meeting is crowned with a band performance feat. organizers @hansalves.bsky.social @wilhelmhofmann.bsky.social and @moritzingendahl.bsky.social! A really great organization and inspiring event. See you at #fgsp2027 in Lüneburg (w/ @olivergenschow.bsky.social).

Thank you for a wonderful conference!! 😊

2 more days to apply for this 5-year research-focused postdoc position in my @erc.europa.eu team at @goetheuni.bsky.social on the politics of the educational cleavage!

Ph.D. position/ Promotionsstelle (75%; f/m/d) "Parsimony in Bias Research". Please share with potential candidates - gerne streuen: www.psychjob.eu/de/job/promo...

Postdoctoral Researcher #ECPRMemberJobs 🎓 Doctorate in the field of social sciences 🏫 Goethe University Frankfurt ⌛ Monday 15 September

The #Call for Proposals for the joint #Dreiländertagung #3LT2026 of DVPW, @oegpw.bsky.social & SVPW/ASSP is open. We are looking forward to panel and paper proposals until 14 November 2025! 👉 www.dvpw.de/veranstaltun... #CfP 11/14 #PolSci #PoliticalScience #Europe #Future #SpreadTheWord

📢 For my DFG project “The Role of Religiosity in Delinquency among Christian and Muslim Youths,” (ReliDeli) I am looking for a research associate: 🔗 en.kfn.de/wp-content/u... #Sociology #Psychology #PoliticalScience #Criminology 👇

I had a wonderful time presenting and discussing some of the #EUPeople24 output at the #ecprgc25. Thank you to @ipp-jgu.bsky.social and @daadworldwide.bsky.social for sponsoring the data collection and the travel grant. Thank you to @felixvonnostitz.bsky.social for this collaboration!