„Auf zur Wahl!“ Folgt man dem Aufruf des Kioskbesitzers von nebenan? Eher nein, so das Ergebnis eines Feldexperiments während der #NRWKommunalwahl. Wichtige Erkenntnisse für die #politischeBildung hat ein Projekt @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social der #UDE dennoch gebracht. www.uni-due.de/2025-11-03-w...

💡 The takeaway: Democracy needs competition—especially in "symbolic" institutions. When established parties neglect these elections, they become vulnerable to populist mobilization. Link to study: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (3/3)

📊 We analyzed 113 municipalities. Key findings: Where mainstream parties didn't compete, AfD reached up to 51.6% Where CDU, SPD, Greens ran, AfD vote share dropped significantly (28% → 20%) Low turnout (15.5%) creates a vacuum AfD exploits strategically (2/3)

🗳️ New study (w @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social) on AfD success in integration council elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: AfD achieved significant results in councils elected exclusively by voters with migration backgrounds. It's not about economics—it's about political competition. (1/3)

Tomorrow, @pckemper.bsky.social will give a presentation on his paper “Level up Your Data: A Feasibility Study on Using Video Games for Data Collection in the Experimental Social Sciences” as part of the Mittagsforum at the @unidue.bsky.social !

New blog post by Adriana Cassis: From Data Points to Faces 👥 What happens when research stops being about data and becomes about people — and how that changed Adriana’s perspective as a researcher. 👉 Read it on our blog: https://www.politik-wissenschaft.org/2025/10/20/data-points-to-faces/

📢📚Lesetipp! Am 31. Dezember 2035 geht der letzte deutsche Babyboomer in #Rente 👵🏼👴🏼. Dann werden etwa 23 Millionen Menschen, die zwischen 1946 und 1968 geboren wurden, das offizielle Rentenalter erreicht haben. (1/4)

📢Neuer Blogbeitrag online! Integration beginnt im Viertel! 🏘️ Ein offenes, nachbarschaftliches Klima kann das politische Vertrauen von Zugewanderten stärken – selbst dann, wenn sie #Diskriminierung erfahren. (1/2)

Last week, @madiazgarcia.bsky.social, Achim Goerres, and @sabrinajmayer.bsky.social attended the annual conference of the @dvpw.bsky.social AK Wahlen @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social ! (1/2)

Kommunalwahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Konsolidierte Koalitionsparteien, erstarkte AfD und Verluste bei den Grünen. Darüber konnte ich am Wahlabend mit dem Deutschlandfunk sprechen 🎙️➡️ www.deutschlandfunk.de/wie-weiter-n... #Kommunalwahl #NRW @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social

On Saturday, September 13, 2025, @conradziller.bsky.social  will present the poster „Disparities in Perceived Discrimination among Immigrants and Non-Immigrants“ (Co-Authored with @namanrawat.bsky.social ) at #APSA2025! #politicalscience #discrimination #immigration

#APSAbyseaplane maybe not the environmentally friendliest way to travel, but certainly the coolest 😎 Looking forward to discussing latest polsci research and meeting friends and colleagues at #APSA2025

On Thursday, September 11, 2025, @conradziller.bsky.social  will present the paper „Understanding Public Support for Integration Councils in Germany“ (co-authored with @hummlerteresa.bsky.social  and @paulvierus.bsky.social ) at #APSA2025!

🚨 New blog post online!
 What do missing schools, closed hospitals, or long trips to the nearest train station reveal about trust in government? (1/3)

📻 Heute Morgen war Achim Goerres beim Magazin Mosaik des WDR3 zum Thema politische Teilhabe von Menschen mit Einwanderungsgeschichte zu hören! #interview #politicalscience #politikwissenschaft #kommunalwahl #wahlbeteiligung #migration #teilhabe #einwanderung #einwanderungsgeschichte

📢Just Published! The new article by Achim Goerres, Jonas Elis, and @sabrinajmayer.bsky.social  in West European Politics shows how the #voting behavior of people with and without a family history of #migration is shaped in three important phases of the political life cycle 🗳️

🗳️ Am 14.09.2025 ist #Kommunalwahl in NRW – und über 2 Mio. Menschen mit internationalen Wurzeln können mitentscheiden! Wer darf wählen? Wo wohnen die meisten?  Darum geht es in dem neuen Blogbeitrag von @madiazgarcia.bsky.social !

📰Lesetipp! @conradziller.bsky.social erklärt im Welt Artikel zur NRW- #Kommunalwahl in Köln, warum die Aufstellung eigener Kandidaten der Parteien positiv zu bewerten ist und inwiefern die Karten in Köln neu gemischt werden! 👇

Over the past months, the #POLITSOLID team has made progress in several key areas: (1/4) Cross-national panel survey: We are preparing a major two-wave panel study on political solidarities, to be fielded across several European countries in 2025/2026.

Neuer Blogbeitrag  von @johannaplenter.bsky.social  online! Wer gehört heute noch zur Arbeiter:innenklasse? Viele arbeiten prekär oder atypisch – aber fühlen sich trotzdem zur Mittelschicht zugehörig Was sagt das über unsere Gesellschaft aus? Und was heißt das für die Politik?

Join us tomorrow at 11 for the session on attitudes toward immigrants, closing #epsa25 ! With exciting presentations by @christian.czymara.com, @fresejoris.bsky.social, #BernhardChristoph and me. @esrasurvey.bsky.social

On Friday, July 18, 2025, @jeicheler.bsky.social will present the paper “Local Exposure to Refugees Differentially Affects Welfare Chauvinism: Causal Evidence from German Panel Data” at #ESRA2025!

Join the #ESRA25 panels with today's presentations by @pckemper.bsky.social at 9:00 and 13:30 👇

On Thursday, July 17, 2025, Philipp C. Kemper will present the paper “Level up Your Data: A Feasibility Study on Using Video Games for Data Collection in the Experimental Social Sciences” at #ESRA2025!

Join the panel on factorial surveys and conjoint experiments at #ESRA25 on Wednesday morning from 11-12:30! With exciting presentations by (BSKY-less) #ElenaSestini, #SophieLitvak, #SandraGilgen, #LodeDeWaele (and me) @esrasurvey.bsky.social

On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, @jeicheler.bsky.social will present the paper “Solidarity, but not for everyone! The causal effect of social identity on costly solidarity behavior in a two-wave large-scale survey experiment” (co-authored with Achim Goerres and Markus Tepe) at #ESRA2025! #solidarity

Why do some immigrant-origin citizens show high levels of political interest in both home & origin countries, some none, some favour one over the other? A Goerres, J Elis, @sabrinajmayer.bsky.social & D Spies examine this: buff.ly/42p6f7t (OPEN ACCESS) @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social @sagepub.com

📢📚Neuer Blogpost von Paul Gies online! Was ist Einsamkeit und warum ist diese politisch relevant? Was hat Einsamkeit mit Gesundheit, Demokratie und politischer Radikalisierung zu tun?

Extremely happy to see my first single-authored paper published! Check it out in @ersjournal.com 👇

How does the social climate in a neighborhood influence political trust among immigrants? In her new paper, @hummlerteresa.bsky.social presents new insights based on LiV data: 👉 Perceived discrimination reduces political trust among immigrants. (1/2)

🎯 The study shows: Cultural attributions fall short! Successful integration policy requires focusing on social and political participation processes – not simplistic religious attributions @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social @ifp-ude.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social 3/3

🔍 Key finding: Religion serves only as a proxy for underlying mechanisms: ✔️ Traditional values, ✔️ lower social trust, and ✔️ reduced internal political efficacy largely explain the differences ➡️ When accounting for these mechanisms, differences between Muslims and non-Muslims disappear 2/3

📢 New publication in Social Science Research: "Beyond Religious Categories" (with @hummlerteresa.bsky.social ) 📊 In a survey experiment, we investigate why Muslims are more likely to accept violent parenting practices than non-Muslims 📚 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/3

On July 2, 2025, Adriana Cassis will be presenting the paper "Transnational Political Practices of Turkish Immigrants and their Children in Germany and the Netherlands at the IMISCOE Annual Conference! #transnationalism #immigrants #politicalscience

On June 28, 2025, @hummlerteresa.bsky.social will be presenting the paper „Rising Rents - Rising Dissatisfaction? On the Influence of Rental Prices on Satisfaction with Local Public Administration in German Cities“ at #EPSA2025 ! #rents #risingrents #dissatisfaction #politicalscience

📢 On Thursday, June 26, 2025, @conradziller.bsky.social will present "The Unseen Divide: Analyzing Disparities in Perceived Ethnic Majority-Minority Conflicts Among Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in Germany" (with @namanrawat.bsky.social) at #EPSA2025 #PoliticalScience #Migration

and details on my paper presentation on refugee immigration's effects on welfare chauvinism in Germany here: bsky.app/profile/empp...

See details on the Novaland paper presentation here: bsky.app/profile/empp...

Proud to take part in #EPSA2025 in Madrid. I’m excited for Philipp Kemper's presentation of joint work with @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social and @chapkovski.bsky.social tomorrow, and my presentation on refugee immigration and welfare chauvinism on Saturday. See you @epsanet.bsky.social in the next days!

Check out all these presentations by members of the @erc.europa.eu funded #POLITSOLID team @unidue.bsky.social 👇 #epsa2025

I arrived in Philadelphia yesterday and look forward to present work from my PhD at the CES conference @templeuniversity.bsky.social tomorrow! 🙂 join us to discuss the gig economy‘s relevance in party competition.

The POLITSOLID Team at EPSA 2025 🎓✨ On June 26, 2025, Philipp C. Kemper will present his paper "Level Up Your Data: A Feasibility Study on Using Video Games for Data Collection in the Experimental Social Sciences" as part of his dissertation project. #EPSA2025 #videogames #politicalresearch

❕📣 My first paper is now published! “They don’t have the time for that, participating in politics” - How local politicians interpret political integration in the USA. It is available as open access in the Journal of International Migration and Integration. doi.org/10.1007/s121...

📢On June 25, 2025, @johannaplenter.bsky.social  will be presenting the paper "The Dog That Didn't Bark: Explaining Parties' Issue Avoidance of the Gig Economy in Election Manifestos in the #Netherlands" at the #CES #Conference! #gigeconomy #politicalscience

🗞️ Honored to be featured in The New York Times discussing the far-right's strategic expansion in western Germany 📰 "Far-Right Party Tries to Expand Its Appeal in Germany’s West" by Clay Risen // Link (w paywall): www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/w... 📄 PDF for those behind the paywall: shorturl.at/1svWh

Key finding: "Green" messaging creates trust that spills over to privacy decisions ⚠️ Companies could exploit this to distract from poor data practices Clearer rules on marketing and privacy protections needed #privacy #sustainability #datasharing @unidue.bsky.social @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social

📊 New study: What makes people share personal data with digital services? Large-scale experiment shows: 🤝 Friend recommendations strongly increase data sharing willingness 🌱 Sustainability promises work - but mainly for environmentally conscious users doi.org/10.1016/j.te...

🗳️ How do voters with and without a migration background engage with political media? New data from the IGES II (Duisburg) offers first-time insights into media use during election campaigns. 📄 Paper by Jonas Elis in PVS. 👇 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11615-025-00618-6

🎮 Video games as research tools?The new blog post by Philipp Kemper explores how political scientists use games to study (and influence) real-world attitudes—from Animal Crossing to geopolitical simulations. 👇Read here! www.politik-wissenschaft.org/2025/06/16/v...

📰Zuletzt gab es vermehrt Berichterstattung über unser Projekt "Wahldemokratie vor Ort" zur #Kommunalwahl 2025 in NRW! Dabei handelt es sich um eine Kooperation mit der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung NRW, der Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg und dem Zentrum für Türkeistudien Essen. (1/3)