An article I could have written but have not written has mysteriously appeared on my Google Scholar page with two citations (now hidden). It has a journal name, volume, page numbers what have you. Pretty good journal too. Thanks ChatGPT, I guess? 🤔

Just a few days left to apply for this postdoc position and come and join me at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social & @cdfuos.bsky.social. *The deadline is the 28th* (not the 30th as I wrongly stated in the original post).

People often overestimate how many others share their views—a phenomenon known as the false consensus effect. In a new article in @ispp-pops.bsky.social, @clandwehr.bsky.social, Philipp Harms and I show that this tendency is associated with stronger populist attitudes: doi.org/10.1111/pops....

2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted. This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:

Als Hintergrund siehe diese Studie von @jamesrdennison.bsky.social & Kriesi: doi.org/10.1017/S175.... tl;dr: 1. Je öffentlich salienter Zuwanderung, desto mehr Stimmen für radikal rechte Parteien. 2. Öffentliche Salienz von Zuwanderung hängt auch von der Betonung durch Parteien ab.

Öffentliche Salienz von Zuwanderung (gegenwärtig das wichtigste oder zweitwichtigste Problem in Deutschland laut Umfragen) und AfD-Stimmanteil in Sonntagsfrage. Daten von Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Politbarometer).

Every time a EU politician gets news coverage for saying "something must be done" about spectacle of Musk amplifying domestic rivals, I hope journalists will ask the follow-up "on what legal basis"? Neither the DSA nor any other framework gives anyone the power to simply shut him up? 1/3

Ein langes, aber sehr kluges und lesenswertes Interview mit Lea Elsässer und @lwestheuser.bsky.social.

2) It draws inspiration from wikipedia. Wiki proved more epistemically reliable and useful than many educators would predict, or even now care to admit as the epistemic value of it has grown. This challenges elitism and provides empirical plausibility to alternative forms of knowledge-gathering.

I’m planning a panel on epistemic injustice for next year‘s ECPR conference. Anyone working on the intersection of inequality/diversity & knowledge/expertise in policy-making who would like to contribute? Send me a short abstract until Dec 12th via Email theory.politics.uni-mainz.de/dr-eva-krick/

Jobs: 1 PhD student, 1 Post-doc to work with me on the project "Parliamentary Accountability and EU Action Against Democratic Backsliding". Both positions are for 3 years, starting 1.4.2025. Happy to answer questions. See below or here: www.hhu.de/die-hhu/kont.... PSJMInfo

And here is another start pack, for all those interested in the politics of knowledge and expertise ! go.bsky.app/2A9TA3t

Why did Trump win? How well did we predict the MAGA landslide? What to expect from President Trump 2.0? Join us for this virtual roundtable with Herbert Kitschelt, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Mary Stegmaier, & Nils Steiner!

“How social inequality breeds unequal participation - and what to do about it” My knowledge transfer-contribution to the LSE Blog series. On the relationship of social inequality & public participation - and the institutional mechanisms that can help closing the gap blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

Kritische Stellungnahme der ProfsFuerHanna zum Kabinettsentwurf zur Reform des WissZeitVG. Zeit für eine echte Reform! www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/canbl...

Three great talks in the last 8 days. Eva Krick, Paula Jöst and Theresa Bernemann really kicked it!