Currently preparing a lecture on policy implementation. This slide's for you, @supaproject.bsky.social :-)

Call for abstracts: "Studying legislative design in the European Union and beyond" at the Dreiländertagung of the @dvpw.bsky.social at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen from 17-19 June 2026. If you'd like to join, please send me your abstracts and four keywords by 7 November!

Auch @steffenhurka.bsky.social sucht noch bis zum 7.11. Beiträge für den Panel-Vorschlag "Studying legislative design in the European Union and beyond" bei der #Dreiländertagung #3LT2026 in Friedrichshafen! bsky.app/profile/stef...

Call for abstracts: "Studying legislative design in the European Union and beyond" at the Dreiländertagung of the @dvpw.bsky.social at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen from 17-19 June 2026. If you'd like to join, please send me your abstracts and four keywords by 7 November!

🚨 New article out! “Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000... We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany. Short summary thread below 👇

New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner: Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries Harmonized roles/policy areas Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940 Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p ⬇️

The hypocrisy is mind-numbing. Those who always complain the loudest about excessive EU red tape just voted in favor of banning terms like "Veggie Burger" on menus or food packaging, creating massive compliance costs for restaurants and food producers across Europe. www.euractiv.com/news/parliam...

Delighted to co-convene the track on EU Elections and Legislative Politics with Lukas Obholzer at @ecprsgeu.bsky.social 2026, next July in Catania! 🇪🇺 Learn more about what we're looking for here ▶️ ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Submit your panels and/or papers by 10 December here ▶️ ecpr.eu/Events/341

You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU? Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇 @bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.

@kaplaner.bsky.social and @steffenhurka.bsky.social had the privilege to present and discuss the DEMOLAW project at the University of Aarhus. DEMOLAW thanks @rsenninger.bsky.social and the entire department of political science for the kind invitation, the hospitality, and the great feedback!

🚨🎉 New Publication 🎉🚨 w/ @meredithconroy.bsky.social Where Do Women Win Primaries? Asymmetric Opportunity Theory in Congressional Nominations We offer a party-asymmetric theory of incentives for female candidates in nominations across different districts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🤔 What makes a law complex—and why does it matter? In his talk, Steffen Hurka @steffenhurka.bsky.social (a close friend of SUPA) explains: 📏 how to measure legislative complexity ⚖️ why it varies across laws & policy areas 🏛️ how it shapes institutions & implementation www.youtube.com/watch?v=gclb...

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social. Petition (de/en) ⤵️

I started the year with a great personal achievement. After years in the making, our book manuscript is ready and under contract with Oxford University Press. So stay tuned for deep insights into the security apparatus of dictatorships. Small preview 👇

Wir können alles...außer Lehrerstellen ausschreiben.

🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such? My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020). A thread (1/n)

The new issue of @worldpolitics.bsky.social also includes a contribution from me 🥳 The article studies the targeted use of foreign influence campaigns. It examines an exchange program of a young Harvard scholar & one of the most influential politicians of the 20th century. 1/

Administrative overload and policy triage: causal evidence from the introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the United States url: academic.oup.com/jpart/articl...

🚨 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. 🧵

Happening today! #EPSA2025

‼️ Save the date: Die #Dreiländertagung 2026 von DVPW, @oegpw.bsky.social und SVPW/ASSP findet am 17.-19.06.2026 an der Zeppelin Universität in Friedrichshafen statt! Thema: Europas Zukunft – Zukunft Europa. Innere Spannungen und äußere Herausforderungen Details & #CfP folgen Anfang September 2025!

On Thursday at 17:00 (-1.A.05) @kaplaner.bsky.social presents "Balancing Versatility and Precision: A Framework for Capturing Legislative Design Choices in Democratic Systems", the first empirical paper of the @demolaw.bsky.social project. #EPSA2025 DEMOLAW conceptual paper: tinyurl.com/5auvzcbs

This week, we're in Madrid for #EPSA2025 where @kaplaner.bsky.social will present our first empirical research paper "Balancing Versatility and Precision: A Framework for Caputring Legislative Design Choice in Democratic Systems" on Thursday at 17:00 (-1.A.05).

🚨New article now available #openaccess at @jeppjournal.bsky.social "Treated by the Treaty? How the expansion of co-decision affected the volume and complexity of EU legislation" #EU #legislation #policy #Commission #complexity www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Short 🧵 (1/6)

🚨New article now available #openaccess at @jeppjournal.bsky.social "Treated by the Treaty? How the expansion of co-decision affected the volume and complexity of EU legislation" #EU #legislation #policy #Commission #complexity www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Short 🧵 (1/6)

Today, I had the honor to deliver the keynote speech at Constantin-Vanotti-School Überlingen on the occasion of the school's "Democracy Day". I talked about policy accumulation and the challenges it entails for democracies. Thanks to the school for organizing this important event and the invitation!

Today, I had the honor to deliver the keynote speech at Constantin-Vanotti-School Überlingen on the occasion of the school's "Democracy Day". I talked about policy accumulation and the challenges it entails for democracies. Thanks to the school for organizing this important event and the invitation!

The DEMOLAW website is now live!

🌟 Scholar Spotlight 🌟 @wdaniel127.bsky.social & @steffenhurka.bsky.social reveal how changes in #EuropeanCommission cabinets impact #EU policy-making. More diverse cabinets boost legitimacy but don’t affect proposal quality or political processing. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share

The article cites an incumbent US Senator stating "I hadn't thought of that". I mean, how can anyone still be surprised by this? time.com/7276234/trum...

Meet the DEMOLAW-Team! Constantin Kaplaner (@kaplaner.bsky.social), Stefanie Rueß (@steffiru.bsky.social), myself, Amelie Sieber and Mike Cowburn (@mikecowburn.bsky.social). So much looking forward to the years ahead! Follow us at @demolaw.bsky.social!

New preprint 📄 Voters navigating complex, multilevel systems are exposed to many kinds of political information. But what kind do they actually seek — and use? We find voters prefer policy over principles and they update their vote intention accordingly. osf.io/preprints/os...

Today, we had the great pleasure to welcome the MEP Norbert Lins as a guest speaker to our MA seminar "European Institutions" at Zeppelin University. Thank you for the inspiring session that enriched our theoretical debates with some practical insights from the legislative activity in the EU!

Two inspiring days in Munich have come to an end. Thank you team LMU for hosting a SUPA kick-off, and to everyone participating. Look forward to seeing you soon! #supaproject #horizoneurope

The Dictators’ Club: How Regional Organizations Sustain Authoritarian Rule (OUP) is out now! 📚 We live in an age of rising authoritarianism. Many assume that regional organizations (ROs) are key to help protect democracy and human rights - but what if they do the opposite?

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

My inaugural lecture at Zeppelin University is now available as a podcast (in German). Thanks to the many people who attended the lecture and the warm welcome! zeppelinuni.podigee.io/67-steffen-h...

Do governments put their money where their mouth is? New paper in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Fantastic new data resource 👇 And what an incredible service to the research community! Thank you @chrauh.bsky.social and all those involved in this massive data collection effort!

On February 12th at 4 PM, I’ll give my inaugural lecture at Zeppelin University. In my talk, I will share some key insights from the EUPLEX project and outline my future research agenda. A reception will follow. I look forward to seeing many of you there! Register here: www.zu.de/newsroom/ter...

Besser spät als nie 😉 Die DVPW ist nun auch auf Bluesky in Sachen #Politikwissenschaft unterwegs! Wir posten erst einmal zu Aktivitäten der DVPW - Ausschreibungen, Veranstaltungen, #DVPWblog,... - und reposten gerne Calls und Termine, wenn Ihr uns erwähnt. Und dann sind natürlich Listen in Arbeit.

Given how things are going, if anyone in the US (or anywhere where science is under attack) gets their academic journal/press library access defunded or withdrawn and wants to retrieve knowledge about political science, reach out. I am sure I speak for others when I say that many of us can help.

Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.

Very important update from the German Science and Humanities Council! Zeppelin University receives its reaccreditation for another five years 👏 🥳 www.wissenschaftsrat.de/SharedDocs/P...

Auch Unternehmen tragen selbst zu Ihrer bürokratischen Überlastung bei. Interessantes Interview zur "Firmokratie". www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/b...

Last Thursday, I was invited to present research on policy complexity in the EU and the DEMOLAW project in the webinar "Metrics of Regulation", hosted by Nir Kosti and David Levi-Faur. In case you're interested, my talk is now online here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gclb...

Be part of the @leverhulme.bsky.social Climate Vulnerability team 🚀 I’m looking for a 2-year postdoc to join my group at @politicsoxford.bsky.social. Apply if you’re an empirically minded junior researcher who just finished or abt to finish a PhD! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLQ634/p... ⏰ midday Feb 26 ⏰

Congratulations, I think we can now declare the Perfect EU Headline #ImGonnaNeedMoreCoffee

On Thursday (30 January, 15 h CET), I will present research on the measurement, origins and consequences of policy complexity in the webinar "Metrics of Regulation", hosted by Nir Kosti and David Levi-Faur. I'll also talk a bit about my new project DEMOLAW. Stop by if you're interested!