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Political scientist WZB Berlin Social Science Center/FU Berlin Web:
http://saldiviagonzatti.com/
pinned post!
"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
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18 days ago
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Hans Jonas Gunzelmann
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💡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/...
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Civil Society and Democracy
https://link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_9643-1
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Gerry Doyle
7 days ago
miami herald apparent scoop: venezuela strikes are imminent
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article312722642.html#storylink=cpy
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Thomas Wystrach
8 days ago
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
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Wie die extreme Rechte die Politik der Mitte beeinflusst
Welchen Beitrag leisten Parteien der Mitte in westlichen Demokratien zur Normalisierung von rechtsextremem Gedankengut und Themen? Einen erheblichen, wie Teresa Völker und Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti...
https://www.wzb.eu/de/news/wie-die-extreme-rechte-die-politik-der-mitte-beeinflusst
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Stephen Cornford
10 days ago
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...
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Anita Gohdes
10 days ago
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!
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Teresa Völker
10 days ago
I'm very excited, extremely grateful and deeply honoured to receive the Best Dissertation Award from the German Political Science Association(DVPW)!
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Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki
11 days ago
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...
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Civil Society, Cleavages, and Political Parties in Western Europe
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]
https://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/news/civil-society-cleavages-and-political-parties-western-europe
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Christian Rauh
16 days ago
@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
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Welcome! – VARICRIS
VARICRIS research project
http://bit.ly/varicris
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Christin Jänicke
16 days ago
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 ⬇️
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Curd Knüpfer
16 days ago
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.
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Germany's Merz under pressure from CDU to abandon 'firewall' against AfD
As Germany prepares for five state elections next year, chancellor Friedrich Merz's center-right CDU faces a dilemma over how to handle the surging influence and popularity of the far-right Alternativ...
https://euobserver.com/migration/arb5413447
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Hans Jonas Gunzelmann
16 days ago
💫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:
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European Journal of Political Research
16 days ago
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 📰
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
https://buff.ly/gDcEslu
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Tarik Abou-Chadi
17 days ago
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.
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Konservativer Anti-Migrationskurs befeuert die AfD
Wenn konservative Kräfte die Narrative von Rechtspopulisten übernehmen, hilft das den Rechts-Außen-Parteien statt sie zu schwächen. Das zeigt die EU-weite Forschung des Politologen Tarik Abou-Chadi.
https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr3/wdr3-resonanzen/audio-konservativer-anti-migrationskurs-befeuert-die-afd-100.html
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Teresa Völker
18 days ago
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
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Curd Knüpfer
18 days ago
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...
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"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
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Tarik Abou-Chadi
20 days ago
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"
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Cas Ⓜ️udde
20 days ago
“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?
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/18/german-far-right-setting-agenda-as-opponents-amplify-its-ideas-study-finds?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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The Guardian
20 days ago
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in Germany have found, describing it as a shortcoming that had unwittingly helped the far right by legitimising their ideas and disseminating them more widely. The findings, published in the European Journal of Political Research, were based on an automated text analysis of 520,408 articles from six German newspapers over the span of more than two decades. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/18/german-far-right-setting-agenda-as-opponents-amplify-its-ideas-study-finds?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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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...
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21 days ago
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Communication and Social Sciences
21 days ago
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
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Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream
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Amarnath Amarasingam
24 days ago
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...
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U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/politics/trump-drugs-boat-attack.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tU8.T2sb.I1FRDIf8IJui&smid=url-share
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European Journal of Political Research
28 days ago
🆕 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
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Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream
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Political Studies
about 1 month ago
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
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Wissensnetzwerk Rechtsextremismusforschung
29 days ago
#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...
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Jens Wäckerle
30 days ago
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
⬇️
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https://doi.org/10.7802/2940
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Teresa Völker
about 1 month ago
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
🧵
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Freie Universität Berlin
about 1 month ago
👏 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
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WZB Berlin
about 1 month ago
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...
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Roberto Pannico
about 1 month ago
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
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The Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (12 waves)
Scientific Data - The Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (12 waves)
https://rdcu.be/eIkms
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Sociology FU Berlin
about 1 month ago
👋🎉 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...
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theresa gessler
about 2 months ago
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
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Swen Hutter
about 2 months ago
Out now
@socmovstudies.bsky.social
: we introduce the concept of a "protest script" & demonstrate how video-enhanced protest event analysis (vPEA) helps trace a common script of the Italian and German anti-containment protests.
doi.org/10.1080/1474...
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Understanding protest scripts: the anti-containment protests in Germany and Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic did not bring protest politics to a halt. Instead, it sparked diverse and divergent forms of contention. This study compares the development and characteristics of anti-containment pro...
https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2025.2554603
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WZB Berlin
about 2 months ago
Congratulations! 🏆 Penny Goldberg receives the A.SK Social Science Award 2025. The WZB honors the economist
@yalejackson.bsky.social
for her research on global trade linkages and inequality.
www.wzb.eu/en/press-rel...
📅This year's award ceremony will take place on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.
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Swen Hutter
about 2 months ago
As I am fairly new to Bluesky, this comes a bit late, but it is still worth checking out: Our
#oa
introduction to the
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
special issue on "Europe’s Changing Protest Landscape" with
@sophiahunger.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
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Journal of European Public Policy
Special Issue: Europe's Changing Protest Landscape. Guest Editors: Sophia Hunger & Swen Hutter. Volume 32, Issue 8 of Journal of European Public Policy
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/32/8
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Andreas Küpfer
about 2 months ago
New article on parliamentary reactions 👏 (with
@jocmuel.bsky.social
and
@pluggedchris.bsky.social
) online first at
@wepsocial.bsky.social
!
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WEP Journal
about 2 months ago
💥Online first: "The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments" by
@ankuepfer.bsky.social
@jocmuel.bsky.social
&
@pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
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Thomas Lin Pedersen
about 2 months ago
I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN. It's not every day we have a new major
#ggplot2
release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package. Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts
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A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09/ggplot2-4-0-0/
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Very excited to be at APSA in Vancouver this week! I am looking forward to the conference and to many interesting presentations.
#apsa2025
Let me know if you would like to grab a coffee and discuss any of the topics that I'll be talking about ⬇️
about 2 months ago
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Please consider signing this petition and supporting the great political science research and teaching at the University of Cologne!
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about 2 months ago
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Stefan Müller
about 2 months ago
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) ⤵️
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Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master
https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master
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Macartan Humphreys
about 2 months ago
@wzb.bsky.social
is looking for a new director Two weeks left to apply; these are really great permanent senior positions with resources to support an ambitious research agenda hugely important topic
www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
please share with people not on here
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NeFCA Political Communication
about 2 months ago
📢 Launching this fall: PolCom Classics! A monthly online webinar where leading scholars revisit “classic” themes in political communication - mis/disinfo, framing, digitalization & more. 🗓 Every last Thu, 12–13 CET First session: Sept 25 w/
@rensvliegenthart.bsky.social
.
@nefca.bsky.social
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Mark Copelovitch
2 months ago
One of the several reasons why a bunch of senior officials in the GWB administration needed to go to jail was precisely so that we did not arrive at the point we are now with 👇, & disappearances/renditions, & all the other things, happening daily, totally divorced from both domestic & int'l law.
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Isabela Zeberio
3 months ago
📢 Call for papers: "Political Identities in Europe" workshop, Nov 13-14, 2025
@uvahumanities.bsky.social
@theresakuhn.bsky.social
How are political identities constructed across Europe? Deadline: Sept 26, 2025. 🔗 Info & submission:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Interdisciplinary Workshop on Political Identities in Europe
We invite submissions for an interdisciplinary workshop on "Political Identities in Europe". The event will take place on November 13-14, 2025 at the University of Amsterdam. Political communities acr...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUpg_r_7SqYGhnbgqiF_etMZeg0kEzsDZU8ev7nSjDDGEdvw/viewform?usp=dialog
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Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki
2 months ago
I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with
@eborbath.bsky.social
& Swen Hutter has now been published online in @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/ open access funding thanks to
@wzb.bsky.social
!)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Tarik Abou-Chadi
2 months ago
Es ist ermüdend. Die immer gleichen abgedroschenen und unfundierten Narrative über die Linke und den Aufstieg der radikalen Rechten. Was macht man aber wenn Leitmedien unbeirrt von Kritik und journalistischen Standards den Unsinn reproduzieren? Der immer gleiche Tanz aus Provokation und Empörung...
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Teresa Völker
2 months ago
On Thursday at 8:30: I'll be presenting joint work with
@dasalgon.bsky.social
on how parties react to political violence and contribute to political polarisation.
@kanol.bsky.social
, Gary LaFree and I organised a panel with excellent cotributions by
@britdavidson.bsky.social
and Leoni Heyn
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Teresa Völker
2 months ago
Tomorrow 10:45: I'll be presenting a working paper with
@lennartschuermann.bsky.social
which shows that effective state action against the far right increases public support for democracy. This is part of the great panel by
@larboe.bsky.social
,
@javidibad.bsky.social
&
@sldelange.bsky.social
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theresa gessler
3 months ago
@deeesharp.bsky.social
& I are looking for a collaborator on a project w/
@offenegesellschaft.bsky.social
on empathy-based interventions against affective polarization
@uni-hamburg.de
j0b.de/veca
75% PhD position, 1st yr project funded & can be converted to a position w/ teaching afterwards 📆31/08
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