📣 Check out the latest post on @transformecon.bsky.social, a blog by @bertelsmannst.bsky.social. It's by researchers affiliated with Humboldt GovLab: @timwapps.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social & @antvalentim.bsky.social. 🎉 🧵1/2

🚀 Excited to kick off the 1st Annual Workshop of the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social at @humboldtuni.bsky.social today! 💥 Looking forward to engaging discussions on democracy, governance, and how to strengthen democratic resilience. 🔗 More about the GovLab: hu-govlab.de

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:

We’re live! 🚀 Just launched the Humboldt GovLab with a great workshop on #CitizensAssemblies @humboldtuni.bsky.social Because strengthening democracy takes more than ideas. It takes evidence. And collaboration. Follow us @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social 🌐 hu-govlab.de

📣 Call for Applications 📣 3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀 Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us! 🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025

🚀 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

📣 Very excited to welcome the fabulous @anjaneundorf.bsky.social at the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social @dynamics.bsky.social tomorrow. Come and join us! 👇

Day 3 at #EPSA25 ☀️ Looking forward to presenting joint work w/ @heikekluever.bsky.social "Correcting Misperceptions: The Impact of Coalition Performance Information on Citizen Attitudes & Voting Behavior" 👉🏻 Panel 'VOTBETH', 11:20am, 0A.02 (1/2)

The fabulous @frederikthieme.bsky.social will present results from a large-scale field experiment on the mobilization of young voters tomororw @epsanet.bsky.social #epsa2025 @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social

If you have not read @kenbenoit.bsky.social statement, please do! And support @epssnet.bsky.social by becoming a member today! www.linkedin.com/pulse/suppor...

Excited to join the newly founded European Political Science Society 🥳 Please support our fabulous colleagues by... 📌 joining the mailing list by sending a message to [email protected] 📌 joining *now* to show support 📌 spreading the word @epssnet.bsky.social #epss2026

Why do citizens collaborate with occupying forces? @frederikthieme.bsky.social presents exciting new evidence using a fascinating historical dataset from the Nazi occupation in Denmark @epsanet.bsky.social #epsa2025

📢 Can digital literacy training reduce the appeal of far right parties on social media? We present evidence from an online experiment that digital literacy training reduces the enagement with populist content #epsa2025 @epsanet.bsky.social @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social ⏰: Thursday, 13:10 📍: 1A.04

The amazing @frederikthieme.bsky.social will present results from a field experiment testing whether online targeting works @epsanet.bsky.social @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social #epsa2025 👇

Can including far right parties in government reduce their electoral appeal? The fabulous @anninahermes.bsky.social will show today #epsa2025 that this strategy does not work @epsanet.bsky.social @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social

@markuskollberg.bsky.social will kick-off this morning @epsanet.bsky.social #epsa2025

It‘s @epsanet.bsky.social time again. Looking forward to a great conference #epsa2025. Stay tuned for a number of exciting presentations by our amazing junior scholars from @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social

I look forward to meeting many of you soon in Madrid for EPSA 2025. In case that’s helpful to anyone, here are some of my personal Madrid favorites:

Können Bürgerräte die repräsentative Demokratie stärken? Wir diskutieren Ergebnisse aus vier praxisnahen Forschungsprojekten auf einem Roundtable mit @polenz.bsky.social, @kliesenberg.bsky.social, Felix Arndt, Stabstelle Bürgerräte @bundestag.de und @heikekluever.bsky.social 1/4

@heikogiebler.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke, @macartan.bsky.social, Swen Hutter & @heikekluever.bsky.social investigate support for petitions on migration and climate change across the EU-27 in the context of the 2024 European Parliament elections 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article from our latest issue (Issue 8, 2025): "Hitting the Sweet Spot? The Electoral Consequences of Supporting Minority Governments" by Maria Thürk @mariathurk.bsky.social and Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #polisky #socialscience #academicsky

Very excited to give at talk at the @eui-eu.bsky.social tomorrow presenting field experimental evidence on the effect of political protests on bystanders

1/6 📢 Just as Germany announces it will begin turning back asylum seekers at its borders (starting May 6), our new article in European Journal of Political Research is out: 🧵👇 “Closed borders, closed minds?” doi.org/10.1111/1475... #BorderPolitics #EUPolitics #Schengen #COVID19 #EJPR

Very excited to kick-off this term's Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social with the brilliant @mariacarreri.bsky.social tomorrow. Come and join us!

📣 We are very excited to announce the next iteration of the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social for the summer term 2025 🥳 Come and join us for many exciting talks!

🇪🇺Does performance benchmarking impact EU support? W/ @tonirodon.bsky.social @aslunn.bsky.social @lisaherbig.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social we explore how people compare EU performance to non-EU countries & adjust their attitudes accordingly🧵⬇️ 📄 doi.org/10.1017/S000...

We are delighted to welcome the fabulous @mbondeli.bsky.social as PostDoc in our new @dfg.de Project with @anselmhager.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social 🥳 Welcome to Berlin!

🚨 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 👨‍🎓🥳🍾

📣 Excited to welcome the fabulous @dianebolet.bsky.social at the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social and @dynamics.bsky.social tomorrow! Come & join us!

📣 Excited to welcome the fabulous @moritzmarbach.bsky.social at the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social tomorrow! Come & join us!

New Blog Post summarizing our recent @natclimchange.bsky.social article

Looking forward to present new research on how to combat populism at LMU Munich tomorrow!

Excited to welcome the brilliant Sascha Riaz giving a talk on "Public Pools and Xenophobia" at our Politics Lecture Series at Humboldt University tomorrow. Come and join us!

CfA for a 4 year PostDoc Position at our Research Group at Humboldt University in Berlin. Great people, great job, great city! Come and join us!

CfA for 10 Doctoral Positions @dynamics.bsky.social at Humboldt University and @hertieschool.bsky.social. Great program, great people, great city! Come and join us!

Looking forward to presenting new paper studying how inconsistent government messages following scientific advice influence public support @ Uni Oslo tomorrow! sv.uio.no/isv/english/re… @macartan.bsky.social

Absolutely excited that the DFG has just approved the renewal of @dynamics.bsky.social 🥳🍾 We are delighted to train 20 additional PhD students working on demography, democracy and public policy during the next 5 years at Humboldt University and @hertieschool.bsky.social! www.dfg.de/service/pres...

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