Great conference to launch an excellent new book on French Democracy in Distress. @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @vtiberj.bsky.social @caterinafr.bsky.social @cevipof.bsky.social

Où en est la démocratie en France? Très fier de cet ouvrage collectif qui vient de sortir. Ça cause citoyens, institutions, partis, mouvements sociaux, légitimité, alternatives et y est rassemblée une belle équipe de collègues

Such a special day in French politics - and at the Assemblée nationale today. For now, the parliamentary reality is: Banque des Ministres - empty. Streets - full of journalists. The last meeting of the assembly - Jeudi, October 2. Next meeting - suspended. The battle for power - on.

2 more days to apply for this 5-year research-focused postdoc position in my @erc.europa.eu team at @goetheuni.bsky.social on the politics of the educational cleavage!

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) ⤵️

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Why do some people keep voting throughout their lives while others drop out? And how do authoritarian elections - even uncompetitive ones- shape citizens’ habits? Ksenia Northmore-Ball and I tackle these questions in my new paper, now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.

Highly recommend giving it a read! What a fun and insightful writing journey. Also, I’m new here on Bluesky, excited to connect!

Once again, PBC is back and calling for your applications! As always, this is a no-budget but heart-rich story — and we can’t wait to see your proposals!

In a new article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social I propose an institution reform to make representative government less oligarchic: having elected politicians held accountable by randomly selected "Constituency Juries"

Direktor*in (m/w/d) im Bereich Demokratieforschung für eine neu einzurichtende Abteilung am WZB gesucht. 🔄Gerne teilen: www.wzb.eu/de/jobs/dire...

📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs! Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring: 🔹 Assistant Professor 🗓 Deadline: 25 August 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil... 🔹 Associate Professor 🗓 Deadline: 8 September 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

This week I delivered a lecture for the European Academy of Diplomacy and the EU Diplomatic Programme for the Enlargement Region, supported by the European Commission @ec.europa.eu, in the beautiful buildings of the @collegeofeurope.bsky.social in Bruges.

"Coalition of the reluctant? Germany's Merz elected chancellor after backbench rebellion" @f24debate.france24.com Moderator: François Picard. I discussed with Joachim Bitterlich (Former German Ambassador to NATO), Jacob Ross (DGAP) and Will Wilkes (Bloomberg News). www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NtJ...

🗨️ "It was a warning sign." 👉American University of Paris's @mirjamdageforde.bsky.social on what happened in #Merz's first-round defeat⤵️ 📺 Full show: f24.my/B9EK.x @en.france24.com #Germany

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨 Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org

How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates? @tevoelker.bsky.social (@wzb.bsky.social) will discuss “Mainstreaming the Far Right” on Friday, April 18. Discussant: Friederike Windel (AUP). Register here: tinyurl.com/CCDSVolker

How should Europe structure its response to the threats coming from the White House and elsewhere? Together with @marcobuti.bsky.social, Roel Beetsma & Kalin Jansve, we developed a plan @bruegel.bsky.social ⤵️ www.bruegel.org/analysis/thi...

In der letzten Woche gab ich ein Interview bei @france24.com indem ich sagte, dass es für die Ausweitung der Ausgaben für Sicherheit und Verteidigung eine große Zustimmung in der Bevölkerung gibt. Daraufhin sah ich in fragende und erstaunte Augen. Hier die neuesten Werte zur öffentlichen Meinung:

🇩🇪 Quelques éléments de l’état de l’opinion en #Allemagne dans le #DeutschlandTrend #ARD 🧵 🇫🇷🇩🇪 La #France reste le premier partenaire de confiance pour les Allemands (85%) alors que les #USA 🇺🇸 chutent à 16% (-38%), effet #Trump… 1/n 👉 www.tagesschau.de/inland/deuts...

🚨 KITE Insta-Analysis: Trump has announced his intention to put 25% tariffs on all EU goods. The impact would be significant for the EU, but the US would also face major costs—especially if the EU retaliates. 1/5 @kiel.institute

Next, @mirjamdageforde.bsky.social explains the relationship between parliamentary congruence and crisis, and uses Germany as one of the cases www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

After the recent German elections, and while they still negotiate to agree on a coalition, we (more specifically the great @drspguerra.bsky.social) have prepared a special collection of @repjournal.bsky.social with recent articles on German politics 1/ www.tandfonline.com/journals/rre...

What a week! In untertan times, while ‚The West‘ is collapsing, searching for identity, German elections bring another change and the world that we once knew is over, i had a full and super interesting week. It was marked by the uncertainty and the dramatic changes we are facing.

Tonight I will be at @france24.com to discuss the German election results with an amazing panel - we will discuss implications for the country (internally, externally) and give some more insights into possible changes in different policy fields! Come join us at 7.10pm :)

Les élections fédérales allemandes auront lieu ce dimanche. Quels sont les avantages/inconvénients du mode de scrutin proportionnel utilisé outre-Rhin ? Quelles conclusions tirer pour la France ? Avec son scrutin majoritaire, la France fait figure d’exception en Europe. avec J. Lang & JF Laslier

I am looking forward to this event co-organized by the Center for Critical Democracy Studies (@ccds-aup.bsky.social) and the Saint Omer Foundations for Transatlantic Values at The American University of Paris! Come join us!

How will voters react to CDU shifting away from its strict "no collaboration"-stance toward AfD? During my PhD, I sought to answer this question. Sooner than I had hoped, it is no longer mostly hypothetical. A thread… (1/6) doi.org/10.1017/S000...

New paper 🚨with Natasha Wunsch in EJPR A new regime divide? Democratic backsliding, attitudes towards democracy and affective polarization We theorize & empirically explore how democratic backsliding may shape an affective divide between government & opposition supporters doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Interested in pursuing a PhD in comparative politics (institutions, behaviour, representation, parties)? We have a four-year position at our department, with great conditions, lots of freedom and a reasonable teaching load. Get in touch if you have questions! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍 🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations 📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p... Thanks for sharing! 🤝

🚨Job Alert🚨 We are seeking to recruit not only 1, but 2⃣ tenure-track Assistant Professors in political science (Politics and policy in/of Europe and the European Union) Description and application guidelines: sciencespo.fr/centre-etude... #AcademicJobs #PolSci

The political situation in France is widely discussed! How did we get there? Check out my chapter on representation and the relation of citizens & politics in France & Germany. I focus on political trust - who trusts, who doesn't, how did trust develop within the last 2 decades?

Now officially out and open access! ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Last Friday I successfully defended my PhD 🥳 Many thanks to my fantastic supervisors Swen Hutter & @caterinafr.bsky.social and committee @mirjamdageforde.bsky.social Barbara Pfetsch @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de (unfortunately not in the picture) and everyone who supported me along the way!

For master's students interested in social science research: Free (!) week-long summer school at the European University Institute in Florence, Tuscany in September 2024. Classes by scholars such as @simonhix.bsky.social @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social Apply by 15/5. Check: blogs.eui.eu/sps-summer-a...