On top of getting an intense and informative introduction to machine learning by Marco Steenbergen, the whole package of the @usi.ch Summer School in Lugano was pretty memorable 🦦⛰ From what I've heard around, this week's quant courses were excellent and there is more on the program next week 🧑‍💻

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 🧵

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..

1/ New paper out in Electoral Studies with @heikekluever.bsky.social and @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social We show that nuclear power plants reduce electoral support for Green parties in Germany. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... A thread on the paper:

📣 It’s official – we launched the Humboldt Governance Lab! 📣 We use innovative methods to deliver evidence-based insights for policy-makers, public admin, and civil society – tackling the key challenges facing democracy today. 🌐 hu-govlab.de @humboldtuni.bsky.social

Apart from the great work going on 🤓 you can join an awesome community of peers and I would go as far as saying we are quite fun to be around ✨ Reach out should you have any questions beyond hard facts!

🚀 Launching the Humboldt Governance Lab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social! We deliver evidence-based insights and policy advice on today’s key challenges to democracy. 🌐 hu-govlab.de Follow us for research, updates & collaborations. #GovLab #Democracy #PolicyResearch

Can traditional campaign tools still mobilize young voters in the digital age? 📬 With @heikekluever.bsky.social, I present evidence from a field experiment ahead of the 2024 European elections targeting first-voters. Join us after sleeping in on Saturday 🙌 #epsa2025 ⏰: Sat, 11:20 📍: -1.A.06

If you're still looking for a panel at lunchtime, join @zethis.bsky.social, @bdellasala.bsky.social, @hannohilbig.bsky.social and me, it's BYOF 🥡 #epsa2025

Excited to present work on the impact of local unemployment in formative years on anti-immigration attitudes in adulthood tomorrow at #epsa2025 Saturday 11.20am-1pm Room 1A.08

I took a closer look at the program #EPSA2024 and found some interesting trends – there seem to be more US based scholars than last year 🇺🇸 @epsanet.bsky.social‬ A thread on this year's authors and affiliations 🧵

Are tailored ads in political campaigns as persuasive as conventional wisdom holds? 📢 In joint work w/ @heikekluever.bsky.social we present evidence from a field experiment with the German Greens ahead of the 2024 European Elections calling this into question 🤔 #epsa2025 ⏰: Friday, 16:50 📍: 0A.10

Who ideologically collaborates with the occupier under military occupation? 🪖 At #epsa2025 I'll be presenting joint work w/ Salma Mahamed on how the German occupation in WW2 impacted membership in the Danish Nazi party, using now digitized individual-level membership data ⏰: Friday, 13:10 📍: 0A.05

Very excited to present my paper with @heikekluever.bsky.social on the consequences of far-right parties in government at #EPSA2025 on Friday! 🗓️ Friday 4:50-6:30 📍 Room 0A.06 | Panel P10-S253

Really glad to see this published! It was a true pleasure to collaborate with the wonderful @ankuepfer.bsky.social throughout every stage of this project 🙏 🎉

🚨 New paper out at @jeppjournal.bsky.social. We show a growing youth gender gap in far-right support, driven by young men. 3 key findings in 🧵⬇️ w/ @zachdickson.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social @tonirodon.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Congratulations to Dr. @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social who succesfully defended his PhD thesis on Voter Targeting and Campaign Communication Strategies @humboldtuni.bsky.social @dynamics.bsky.social today 👨‍🎓🥳🍾

⏰ Please share widely! We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq) wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!

This is a great opportunity to join a wonderful team in a beautiful city! 🙌 You'd become part of a talented chair team, from student RAs to fellow post-docs, and a group of brilliant colleagues across the whole institute.

📢Job Alert: We´re recruiting 10 Doctoral Researchers @dynamics.bsky.social Program studying #DemographicChange, #DemocraticProcesses and #PublicPolicy @hertieschool.bsky.social and Humboldt-University Berlin. Great Job, great city, vibrant research community! Come and join our team in Berlin!

Starting this month I'll be joining the MINISTERIALLOBBY project additional to my regular role at HU. The project investigates interest group behavior in Germany. First up for me will be a field experiment on the effectiveness of different lobbying strategies - stay tuned ☝️