NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Join us! Wir bieten eine volle Promotionsstelle für drei Jahre @powimz.bsky.social - Verlängerung um weitere drei Jahre möglich. Alle Details hier 👇

99-0. Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & yet, here we are.

I’m excited to share that my first book came out this summer! The book looks at how EU state aid cases become politicised (and de-politicised) and what this means for the EU’s legitimacy. At its core, the book shows how competition policy is never just technical, but also deeply political.

we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt - a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage - 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵

Two PhD Positions in Project about Protests in Africa @sophiahunger.bsky.social and I are looking for two PhD researchers in our project „Welfare States and Protest: Understanding the Contentious Outcomes of Social Policy in Africa". Application deadline is 14.1.26: www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...

Once again in re: the utterly abject poverty of the “Democrats Must Not Talk Funny because they are Alienating Real Folkz” Discourse™️ that we have suffered through in the last year while the Republicans keep Doing A Fascism & calling people “vermin” & “morons” & "piggy" & this hateful nonsense.

I am thrilled to have welcomed Martin Schulz to my lecture on European integration! The students were very interested in discussing the current challenges and opportunities of the European Union with him. By the way, it's my first time holding a Vorlesung as a Gastprofessor this semester at FU.

Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇

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Is meritocratic ideology an "opium of the masses" of sorts that tames redistributive demands? Not for lower income strata. The myriad mechanisms through which the rich exert disproportionate influence are probably better explanations of why we do not observe higher redistribution. Check it out!😊👇

“The U.S. military has killed more than 80 people since the campaign began in early September. But it does not know who specifically is being killed, and the strikes were not designed to take out high-ranking cartel leaders.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

There is no batshit far-right idea that the NYT's "reasonable" conservatives will not launder into polite discourse.

Ende letzter Woche stufte das US-Außenministerium #AntifaOst als ausländische Terrororganisation ein. Mit dem epd sprach über das Label: www.evangelisch.de/inhalte/2496...

SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce that the 8th COMPTEXT Conference will take place at the Institute of Data and AI (lnkd.in/ebN7za_Q) of the University of Birmingham, 23-25 April 2026, with @chrisguarnold.bsky.social serving as the lead local organiser. Call for Papers coming soon!

🚨🎉New Publication Friday 🎉🚨 Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social Out now in Political Communication. #polisky #commsky doi.org/10.1080/1058...

💡New publication with @tevoelker.bsky.social and @swenhutter.bsky.social: "Civil Society and Democracy" In: List, R.A., Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

Welchen Beitrag leisten »Mainstream-Parteien« zur Normalisierung von #rechtsextreme​m Gedankengut? Wie die extreme #Rechte die #Politik der Mitte beeinflusst, haben @tevoelker.bsky.social und @dasalgon.bsky.social von der @wzb.bsky.social in ihrer #Studie zu »Far-right #AgendaSetting« erforscht:

Next week my partner, Lenka Vrablikova, will become a liver donor to her identical twin Katka. They are raising money to cover the costs this life-saving surgery . Please donate if you are able to: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-katka...

We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)! If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!

I'm very excited, extremely grateful and deeply honoured to receive the Best Dissertation Award from the German Political Science Association(DVPW)!

Our recent paper on civil society and cleavage formation (w @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social) was featured in the Research-in-Brief series at @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social. Check out their summary of the project here 😊 cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/news/civil-s...

@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris). We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵: #PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐

Our new article "Far-right contention in civil society"@europeansocieties.bsky.social is out now: direct.mit.edu/euso/article... Check the thread below for a summary ⬇️

I contributed some quotes citing our research to this @euobserver.com piece on the German center-right's relation to the far right. 🔗 euobserver.com/migration/ar... TDLR: We are witnessing a shift in the party of Merkel's "Yes we can" towards ethno-nationalist frames widely used by the far right.

💫New paper out with @chjncke.bsky.social in @europeansocieties.bsky.social: 📝"Far-right contention in civil society: Multiple lenses on action repertoires, actors, and targets" 🧵A short thread about the paper:

Delighted to see @theguardian.com covering the findings of a 🇩🇪 study by @dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social on how political opponents can unintentionally amplify far-right narratives #AfD 🗞️ 📘 Read their article in our First View, or check out the coverage 📰

Mit WDR 3 Resonanzen habe ich heute über die Aussagen von Friedrich Merz gesprochen, darüber wie sein Kurs die radikale Rechte normalisiert und stärkt und warum er vielleicht mal öfter mit jungen Frauen sprechen sollte. www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...

Wie die AfD die Rhetorik der anderen Parteien beeinflusst&die Debatte zu Migration bestimmt. Die Ergebnissen unseres Papers mit @dasalgon.bsky.social in der @tagesschau.bsky.social

If you've been reading that fantastic new paper by @dasalgon.bsky.social & @tevoelker.bsky.social on how mainstream parties lose if they adopt far-right issues: We looked at a case study & found similar dynamics for media. This was partly based on data from Daniel & Teresa!❤️ bsky.app/profile/curd...

"Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda" - for the @theguardian.com, @ashifakassam.bsky.social summed up our study. @tevoelker.bsky.social and I answered some questions to put our results into context. Give it a read! Study: bit.ly/4hhRFUN

Great write-up of an important study by @tevoelker.bsky.social and @dasalgon.bsky.social. Far-right actors have been very successful in setting the political agenda. Many in politics and media still ignore this. They argue "immigration is important to people, hence we need to talk about immigration"

“Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right” How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

In our new article, @tevoelker.bsky.social and I show how far-right actors have increased their influence on mainstream parties' agenda-setting. For the @euobserver.com, Hannah Kriwah has written about our study, and I had the pleasure to comment on it. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 far right; mainstream parties; political communication; agenda setting; automated text analysis @dasalgon.bsky.social · @tevoelker.bsky.social @ejprjournal.bsky.social

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

🆕 Research by @dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social shows how far-right actors increasingly shape the agendas of mainstream parties—especially around Islam, migration & cultural issues. 📖 buff.ly/PbHSKpC #politics #communication #mainstreaming”

How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/sGDTDQV @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs

#NeuesAusDerForschung @dasalgon.bsky.social und @tevoelker.bsky.social unterstreichen in ihrer Analyse (für Deutschland, seit 1990), dass die Übernahme rechtsextremer Positionen durch andere Parteien deren Ideologie und Positionen normalisiert und verbreitet: doi.org/10.1017/S147...

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 ⬇️

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

👏 Die 100 wichtigsten Köpfe der Berliner Wissenschaft: Wir gratulieren dem Soziologen Dr. Eylem Kanol, dem Historiker Dr. Hanno Hochmut und Politikwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Thorsten Faas, @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de im sechsten Teil der Serie des @tagesspiegel.de

Hochaktuell sind die neuen WZB-Mitteilungen zum Thema Weltordnung, denn die Regeln, nach denen das globale Zusammenleben über Jahrzehnte funktionierte, gelten nicht mehr. Ein Heft über Krieg & Frieden, über Demokratie, Profit & Wissenschaft, über China, Amerika und die EU. www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...

From the research group @dec-gr.bsky.social, we are glad to share our new Scientific Data article presenting the release of the first 12 waves of the Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (POLAT). rdcu.be/eIkms

👋🎉 We welcome our new BA & MA students in their first semester! 🎓 Join us for our Introduction Event on 📅 7 October! Find the 🕙 program here: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/soziologi...

Some professional news as I took my oath of office today: On September 1st, I joined the University of Hamburg as a full professor of democratic political decision making👋 I'm very excited about this job & the chance to continue researching democracy, party competition and digitalization here 1/2