🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350... @manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” RIP Jane Goodall

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New publication with @kgattermann.bsky.social : “Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?” @polstudies.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0032... A short 🧵:

🎉🎉🎉 Extremely proud of @manuelwagner.bsky.social who yesterday defended his excellent PhD thesis on the political representation of the working class. Big thanks to co-supervisor Nick Carnes & committee members @noamlupu.bsky.social, @denisetraber.bsky.social & @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social)!

We have a JOP article about how swifties ~randomly denied tickets to the eras tour due to website allocation errors changed their views on related policies www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

I think you should be able to say things the president doesn’t like and still be a citizen. Maybe we should write that down somewhere.

‪European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)‬ #Serbia: We urge the EU to respond to the ongoing repression of journalists, students and civil societies, also being perpetrated by state representatives and law enforcement officers. Absolute indifference must stop. The EU must take action.

I can only echo this - very excited to finally see this out in print! For anyone interested in (citizens' meanings of) voting, political participation, and the use of open-ended questions in public opinion research across countries 💡

In every writing process, there’s a time when nothing works. When everything looks like a mess: No argument, no structure, no nothing. If that’s where you’re, congratulations! You’re doing it right. 👉 My latest Respect the Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/your-first... 🧵

Doing important things at @epsanet.bsky.social …like locating the one veg canapé at the reception 👀 @stawi-univie.bsky.social @bseisl.bsky.social @mkaltenegger.bsky.social @alexanderdalheimer.bsky.social @marvins.bsky.social @elenaheinz.bsky.social @mascakir.bsky.social @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

Excited to kick off #EPSA2025 on Day 1, Panel 1! 🎉 I’ll present my co-authored research with @michaelimre.bsky.social on 50 years of gender representation in political science publications. We analyze nearly 100,000 articles across 72 journals to uncover long-term trends. 🔍 @epsanet.bsky.social

I wonder if appeals to self-interest on immigration—rather than, say, appeals to fairness or due process—might move Republicans? For example, does telling people mass deportation will weaken social security shift any attitudes?

Interview bei ZEIT ONLINE: Hat die SPD die Arbeiter verloren, weil sie zu viel über das Bürgergeld redet? Unsinn, findet der Soziologe Linus Westheuser. Die SPD brauche ein völlig anderes Konzept. Sie muss bereit sein, sich mit den ökonomischen Eliten anzulegen. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar. We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads. What we find is disturbing: osf.io/preprints/os...

🚨 “Good Description” with @annagbusse.bsky.social 🚨 What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description? We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers. Two main contributions... 🔗📄 tinyurl.com/gooddesc

🛡️ Democracy’s defenders need knowledge, not just ideals. The AUTHLIB project investigates Europe’s illiberal challenges and offers tools for action. 📩 Sign up to receive our research highlights, event news, and policy insights: www.authlib.eu/newsletter/

🚨 My first publication, co-authored with Sylvia Kritzinger & Susanna Bastaroli, is out! In our chapter, we explore how Italians re-elaborate their country’s role in the WWII & the Holocaust. Available online & in print (EN): www.wallstein-verlag.de/978383535866... 🧵 Some key findings: 👇

NEW - Choosing Democracy Over Party? How Civic Education Can Mitigate the Anti-Democratic Effects of Partisan Polarization - cup.org/4iooX3d - Melek Hilal Eroglu, Steven E. Finkel, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @aykutozturk.bsky.social & Ericka G. Rascón Ramírez #OpenAccess

People often overestimate how many others share their views—a phenomenon known as the false consensus effect. In a new article in @ispp-pops.bsky.social, @clandwehr.bsky.social, Philipp Harms and I show that this tendency is associated with stronger populist attitudes: doi.org/10.1111/pops....

NEW - Does Reason-Giving Affect Political Attitudes? - cup.org/4lMuN1x "I find that reason-giving has very limited effects on the constraint, stability, or polarization of the public’s political attitudes" - Jack Blumenau #OpenAccess

#Data collected during face-to-face interviews in #Ukraine 🇺🇦 during Round 10 (2020-22) of our #survey is now available. The majority of Round 10 #questions were replicated in early 2022, and can be compared with countries included in our main #dataset.

📣 Join us with for an inspiring talk by Dr. Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social next week! 📅 Date: 8 April, 2025 ⏰ Time: 12:00–13:00 CEST 📍 Location: Maker Space, @hertieschool.bsky.social More details and register here 👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...

📚 Call for Papers – Special Issue in Political Psychology "Re-examining Norms of Good Citizenship When Democratic Values are Under Threat" 📅 Deadline for submission: 15 July 2025 🔗 Learn more & submit: ispp.org/wp/wp-conten... #PoliticalPsychology #CallForPapers @ispp-pops.bsky.social

✨Big news✨ I successfully defended my PhD last month! Still can’t quite believe it. So grateful to everyone who made it possible, especially my amazing supervisors @carolinaplescia.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social & committee @turnbulldugarte.com @zeynsom.bsky.social @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social

Our "Defending Liberalism" workshop is underway at @ceudeminst.bsky.social 🗨️ What are the normative limits of protecting democracy from illiberal actors? How can we respond to their varieties? Our agenda: www.authlib.eu/defending-li... 🗣️ @zmiklosi.bsky.social @zsolt.bsky.social & Andres Moles

Many feel that politics globally has become toxic and hostile over recent years. But is this actually the case? And if so, who's to blame? What issues are driving toxicity? We analyze 18M tweets from politicians in 17 countries to find out! w/ @julianachueri.bsky.social arxiv.org/pdf/2503.22411

🚨New paper alert!🚨 Women are less likely to enter competitions than men—even when equally qualified. But telling them this can change behavior. 📈 In a field experiment on a job application platform, we found that highlighting this gender gap increased the # of job apps women submitted by ~20%.

🚨New article🔥 🗳️ What helped close the turnout gender gap after female enfranchisement? ▶️ We study a 1933 lottery that assigned newly enfranchised women as poll officers and its impact on their voting in 1936. One of my favourite projects! 🎉 @upf.edu @politiquesupf.bsky.social

🚨 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...

Netanyahu has not allowed any food, water, or fuel into Gaza in two weeks. Now he has resumed bombing, killing hundreds of people and breaking the ceasefire that had given Gaza a chance to live again. NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.

We are happy to announce that PhD student Belén Abdala successfully defended her thesis "From Voting to Candidacy: An Analysis of Individuals’ Motivations to Participate in Politics" on 12th of March! Congratulations, Belén! Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors! #PhDone

The most reliable monitor of protests in Serbia has given its verdict on today's Belgrade demo: "Based on field research and analysis of footage from today's "15 for 15" protest, the Archive of Public Assemblies estimates that this assembly was attended by between 275,000 and 325,000 people...

‼️ No party is immune from the competitive pressures that polarization places on them to moralize: the language of right and wrong, good and evil is used by parties positioned at extreme ends as well as those in the middle of the ideological spectrum ⚡️⚡️⚡️ A key conclusion from our new study 👇🏼

I’m so proud and grateful for everyone who peacefully protested throughout the day. Now it’s time to head home and not give the government’s provocateurs a chance to incite violence.

Massive protests against the government in Belgrade, Serbia. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of Belgrade. They have cut off traffic. The protests have been going on since the fall when an incident at a train station in Novi Sad killed 15 people.

The rally — which is probably the biggest anti-government protest ever held in Serbia — comes after more than four months of anti-corruption demonstrations. #EuropeNews

We are excited to announce the release of the new #AUTNES dashboard! 🥳 Discover insights on Austrian voters' attitudes and behavior from 23 waves of the AUTNES Online Panel Study (2017–2024) here: 131.130.71.40:3838/autnes/ 📝📈🗳️

I’m very late to this, but (regrettably) decided to watch some of the TV debate between Scholz and Merz yesterday. Must have been one of the most depressing 25 opening minutes on asylum/crime/migration I can recall. Not a single mention of the benefits of migration, not a single one.

Fascinating new findings: Our stereotypes of successful leaders focus on agency, dominance, etc. However, our real preferences for leaders are communal; we want leaders who are compassionate, fair, etc.

Vote choice by birth cohort and gender in the 2024 European election in Germany: - Increased gender gaps among young voters for several parties. - AfD share more than twice as high among young men (21% vs. 10%). - 49% of young men voted for the right-leaning parties, but only 32% of young women.

Weidel's framing of Hitler as a communist & not right-wing is part of a wider AfD strategy. We discussed this & other findings of our @bjpols.bsky.social paper on how Germany's far right politicizes history with @populismblog.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/3tnj64ak. Thank you, Luca Manucci, for having us!

One for those who like field experiments with validated behavioural outcomes and political identities doi.org/10.1086/730718

From our upcoming issue: "Negative Political Identities and Costly Political Action" by Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social , Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com , Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social , and Joshua Townsley. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

🚨Neue Studie: Prekäre Arbeitsverhältnisse an Österreichs Universitäten 📊 >2.300 befragte Wissenschafter:innen 🏛️ 22 Universitäten 📖 Zusammenfassung & Link zur Studie: www.nuwiss.at/nuwiss-studi... 📰 Bericht in Profil: www.profil.at/oesterreich/... 🔽 Langer Thread #ichbinhanna @nuwiss.bsky.social

📢 New @wzb.bsky.social Working Paper w/ @lennartschuermann.bsky.social: “How Anti-Racist Protests Influence Pro- and Anti-Migration Voting Behavior: Evidence from National and European Elections” ❗️Main finding: Anti-racist protests can change voting behavior towards a more inclusive society 🧵1/8

MAD1SON KEYS IS THE NEW AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPION 🏆 #AusOpen

This is an interesting study on the relationship between economic inequality and democratic erosion: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Overall, certainly something worth pondering.