Last week, I attended a super inspiring workshop on right-wing #Populism in middle powers @carnegieeurope.bsky.social in Brussels. Thanks for the invitation @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social & @milanv.bsky.social !! @ideopop.bsky.social

‼️ Noch 9 Tage bis zum Bewerbungsschluss ‼️ Call for Papers: DGfP Young Researchers Conference 2026 📅 Wann? 13. Februar 2026, 10:00–17:00 📍 Wo? Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg 📝 Deadline für Abstracts: 19. Dezember 2025 Wir, @ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social und ich, freuen uns auf Einreichungen!

During last week's session of our Brown Bag Seminar, we discussed joint work by @ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social and Sebastian Jäckle on how democratic ideals have shifted in Germany.

Tomorrow in our internal research colloquium, we will discuss how democratic ideals have shifted among the German public, based on a paper by @ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social and Sebastian Jäckle.

Today :)

Check out this new article in #OnlineFirst! Call of Duty? German Public Opinion on Compulsory Service in Post-Zeitenwende Times - @ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social @judithreinbold.bsky.social @kirareneekurz.bsky.social @mariusfroehle.bsky.social and Sebastian Jäckle journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📆Save the date! On December 4th, we will host the next session of our Brown Bag Seminar Series (aka Research Colloquium) with a presentation from @ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social ! Open to MA students :)

Very happy to share that my new book "Populism and Foreign Policy", co-authored with Johannes Plagemann, is now out as an e-book with Oxford University Press! We examine how populist governments reshape #foreignpolicy across the globe. More here: academic.oup.com/book/61646

We had an excellent lecture by @hakkitas.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de yesterday in our #MSCA Doctoral Network IDEoPOP @ideopop.bsky.social. Thanks a lot, dear Hakki, for presenting your super inspiring and innovative research agenda on #populism and #territoriality! @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

@ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social, @judithreinbold.bsky.social, @mariusfroehle.bsky.social

Neu im #DVPWblog: Sebastian Jäckle @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social & David Hamann zeigen, wie Big-Five-Persönlichkeitsmerkmale Wahlwechsel & Populismus beeinflussen – Offenheit & Gewissenhaftigkeit wirken besonders. 👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/big-fiv... #Wahlverhalten #PoWi #BigFive @fidpol.bsky.social

‪💡Last week we had an excellent 1st session of our new Brown Bag Seminar series co-hosted by @kirareneekurz.bsky.social and Tim Zajontz. Huge thanks to Janne Mende, for presenting her paper "Good for All? Public Goods in Intergovernmental Organizations" and to Ignacio Lasheras for discussing it!

New publication by @ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social, @judithreinbold.bsky.social, @mariusfroehle.bsky.social, @kirareneekurz.bsky.social and Sebastian Jäckle: CALL OF DUTY? German Public Opinion on Compulsory Service in Post-Zeitenwende Times In @afssage.bsky.social 🧵 #compulsoryservice #wehrdienst

How do Big Five personality traits influence vote switching? A new article by David Hamann and Sebastian Jäckle from our department based on data from the www.politikpanel.uni-freiburg.de provides answers. Open access in @pvs-journal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1007/s116...

🧵1/5 Ich freue mich sehr, dass der gemeinsam mit @kirareneekurz.bsky.social verfasste Beitrag „Jugend, Rechtsruck und Polykrise – Generation Krise?“ im Dossier der aktuellen Ausgabe der #iz3w erschienen ist. www.iz3w.org/artikel/rech...

The PhD representatives at the @uni-freiburg.de (GAA), together with the PhiloDocs invite all junior researchers at UFR to an exchange on challenges to academic freedom. I will be moderating and Dr. Janika Spannagel will give an introductory talk! shorturl.at/DkMTh

Wir freuen uns auf den Vortrag von @deutschmann.bsky.social heute Abend. Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen. @uni-freiburg.de @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social.

Survey: Compact assessment tool mapping the outputs of Health in All Policies / intersectoral work. Targets: Public Health, HIA, policy makers Who: Unis Freiburg and Siegen & Public Health Scotland & partners in 20+ countries. Time: 20-25 minutes. ww3.unipark.de/uc/HIAP-surv... Please share!

Some impressions from our IDEoPOP Kick-off Conference on the international dimensions and effects of #populism held @uni-freiburg.de on 17-19 September. The entire network met in person for the first time for an inspiring mix of poster sessions by our doctoral candidates, panels, and roundtables.

The local newspaper reported about our public roundtable (in German only): www.badische-zeitung.de/wie-war-s-be...

🍊Fresh out! How did THAT Oval Office meeting between Trump, Vance, and Zelenskyy affected the German public perceptions of the US? 🤵‍♂️ @ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social, @mariusfroehle.bsky.social, @judithreinbold.bsky.social & Sebastian Jäckle discuss 👇 buff.ly/RbnrAmi @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

New publication (with Emidio Diodato) in @jcms-eu.bsky.social The Long‐Term Effects of #Populism on #ForeignPolicy: Berlusconi's Legacy and Its Impact on Italy's Approach to the #EU and International Politics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ideopop.bsky.social @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

I’m excited to share 'The Trump Treatment: A Natural Experiment in German Public Perception of the US', a great collaboration with @mariusfroehle.bsky.social, @judithreinbold.bsky.social, and Sebastian Jäckle, has just been published in @prxjournal.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1080/2474...

Ganz herzlichen Glückwunsch liebe @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social!

#CallforApplications #CfA for researchers from #Africa: Apply for our fellowship programme 2026/27. Deadline: 12 September 2025, 13:00 (CET) uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

The CAT initiative offers teams of #EarlyCareerResarchers (3-5 members) short stays at FRIAS or other European Institutes for Advanced Studies. Deadline: 14 October 2025. More information: uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

📝Analyse: Kamerun vor Präsidentschaftswahlen Für das Magazin iz3w hat ABI-Direktor @mehler.bsky.social aufgeschrieben, warum die Wahlen in #Kamerun im Oktober spannend werden - der 92-jährige Präsident tritt noch einmal an! www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/news/die-lag...

New research note by Judith Reinbold, @kirareneekurz.bsky.social, Ronald Schleehauf, @mariusfroehle.bsky.social & Sebastian Jäckle from our chair for comparative politics! They investigate the salience of key issues in vote choice across social and partisan groups during 2025 Bundestag elections.

My contribution this morning in Deutschlandfunk (in German) on Germany's foreign minister's trip to #India www.deutschlandfunk.de/wirtschaft-u...

📖🎉 New Monograph by Anas Ansar Anas Ansar's first monograph, “Rohingyas and the Geographies of Precarity in Exile: Everyday Life in Bangladesh and Malaysia,” has been published with De Gruyter. The ABI congratulates him on this! ▶️ Find out more: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/new-...

Tomorrow, our doctoral student @kirareneekurz.bsky.social will present and discuss research on youth political representation in parliaments at the conference of the @sgparliaments.bsky.social in Barcelona. #sgop25

Studierende der UFreiburg @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social und der RUB informierten sich im @bmz.de über aktuelle Trends der deutschen Entwicklungspolitik. Die vom @abi-freiburg.bsky.social organisierte Exkursion fand in Zusammenarbeit mit der RUB und dem GSI-Bonn statt.

Dr Tim Zajontz spoke to @politico.com's @eenews.bsky.social about the #Trump administration's backing of investments along the #LobitoCorridor and the minerals-for-security 'deal' with the #DRC. www.eenews.net/articles/one...

Heute Abend in #Freiburg: Prof. em. Dr. Jürgen Rüland Weniger abhängig von #China? Südostasien und sein Stellenwert für deutsche „De-risking“-Strategien Von @bpb.de BaWü, @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social & Carl-Schurz-Haus/Deutsch-Amerikanisches-Institut e.V. www.studiumgenerale.uni-freiburg.de/cp/ev

✏️ Save the date: Prof. Seth Schindler @sethschindler.bsky.social from the @globaldevinst.bsky.social at @manchester.ac.uk will visit the @uni-freiburg.de to talk about "Geopolitical Rivalry in the 21st Century and the Renegotiation of Globalization". Date: 3/7/25. Time: 6pm. Location: HS1098, KG4.

📰 New article from our own Tim Zajontz on "the geopolitical economy of Kenyan #polyalignment". It is open access thanks to @uni-freiburg.de

👏 ABI-Mitarbeiter @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social hat gemeinsam mit zwei unserer Praktikant*innen (Isaac Lanan & Robin Dietz) für die aktuelle Ausgabe der iz3w über die Wahlen in #Ecuador geschrieben. ▶️ Der gesamte Artikel ist auf der Webseite der iz3w mit Abo verfügbar: www.iz3w.org/artikel/wahl...

📅 Next Monday in #Freiburg! The Rule of Law and the “Many Democracies” Speaker: Edwin Etieyibo, Professor of Philosophy, University Witwatersrand (South Africa) Moderation: @mehler.bsky.social www.act.uni-freiburg.de/de/was-wir-t... ➡️ @actunifreiburg.bsky.social & @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

Based on a randomized controlled survey experiment among 6875 Germans, Sebastian Jäckle and James K Timmis from Political Science #UniFreiburg show in #BMCPublicHealth that framing in terms of Long COVID and economic consequences matters for attitudes towards vaccination incentives rdcu.be/epvnE

Die Professur für Politische Philosophie, Theorie und Ideengeschichte der #UniFreiburg lädt am 6. Juni 2025 zu einer Tagung zum Thema „#Demokratie im Zeitalter der #Desinformation“ ein. @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social @martinbaesler.bsky.social uni-freiburg.de/demokratie-i...

📣 We're #hiring: You successfully completed your #PhD and are motivated to research and teach in #InternationalRelations? Consider joining our lovely team at @uni-freiburg.de in Germany's sunniest region. 🌞 More info 👇 @sdestradi.bsky.social @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

Für alle in Darmstadt, die sich für junge Menschen in der Politik interessieren: @hallehellmann.bsky.social und @danschindler.bsky.social präsentieren joint work zu jungen Kandidat*innen bei deutschen Wahlen :)

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This afternoon!

🤩 👏 @franziscaz.bsky.social 's #PolMig-Team is ready to go! We welcome Sophie Stille, Jamila Hamidu and Edwin Mutyenyoka to the project "The Political Lives of Migrants: Perspectives from Africa" (PolMig) funded by the @erc.europa.eu Read more: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/polm...

CFP: ***Current Perspectives on Populism in Authoritarian Regime Contexts*** 📆 25-26 September 2025 📍 @uni-freiburg.de jointly with @dvpw.bsky.social & #IRex

Am 20. bis 21. Juni findet an der @uni-freiburg.de die 42. Jahrestagung der DGfP statt. Organisiert wird die Tagung von Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal und Marius Fröhle. Das ganze Programm sowie Infos zur Anmeldung finden sich auf der Webseite der DGfP: www.dgfp.org

A few days ago, I spoke with NZZ about the India-Pakistan conflict and Kashmir: podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/n...

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In Kooperation mit Richard Tsogang Fossi... rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/2025/04/25/p...