Reminder 👇🙂

The call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025. epssnet.org/belfast-2026/ @rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!

🗳️ Tag 1 der AK-Wahlen-Tagung @ FU Berlin 💡Hervorragende Präsentationen und intensive Diskussionen zu aktuellen Themen der Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung 🤝 Viele Gelegenheiten zum Networking 📝 Wir freuen uns auf den zweiten Tag mit weiteren spannenden Einblicken! #Wahlforschung #AKWahlen

🚨 Upcoming: "Roundtable Discussion: New Developments in Large-Scale Survey Data in Germany" 👤 Claudia Schmiedeberg, Pablo Christmann, Stefanie Wolter, Michael Bergmann, Arne Bethmann 🗓️ Wed, September 24, 13:45-15:15 CET 📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Electoral + Voting Behaviour & Climate Politics ▶️ Electoral + Voting Behaviour 🧵

👏Applause offers a revealing lens on party competition! In a recent article @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/@[email protected]), we study how applause reflects party and coalition unity, ideological agreement, political exclusion, issue ownership, and the electoral cycle! (1/6)

I wrote a longer essay on how social status matters for far-right support. Many still wrongly associate the far right with the economically left behind. Taking social status seriously also cautions against the idea that deliverism will win back far-right voters. equitablegrowth.org/threats-to-s...

🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Assessing the Reproducibility of Observational Social Research' by @lschaechtele.bsky.social (LMU Munich) ⬇️ Zoom link and details below

The rise of radical-right parties doesn’t begin with the “left behind.” It begins with those most insulated from stigma. In Spain, the better-off broke the taboo first, making it easier for others to follow. 📄 Full paper here: osf.io/preprints/so... Feedback is more than welcome! 🙏

The takeaway: 👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters. 👉 It alienates the progressive base. 👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns. In short: it’s electoral self-harm.

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Looking forward to presenting recent findings on the attitudinal effects of election polls later this term in Mannheim, in part based on joint work w/ @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social, @linushagemann.de, @hannahrajski.bsky.social, Thomas Gschwend, @lstoetze.bsky.social & @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social.

I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”. #ERCStG

It’s striking how much these patterns are similar across many European counties (both the center left one and the radical right one). And yet there’s much work to be done in shifting the discourse from competing narratives that have little empirical backing.

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

🚨 Upcoming: "Assessing the Reproducibility of Observational Social Research" 👤 @lschaechtele.bsky.social (LMU Munich) 🗓️ Wed, September 10, 13:45-15:15 CET 📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/

🚨 The MZES Social Science Data Lab returns this Fall 2025 with a new round of events — live-streamed and open to all. 👉 Follow @mzes-ssdl.bsky.social for event announcements and content alerts 👉 Find the event schedule with Zoom registration at socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/

🚨 Reminder: Heute endet die Deadline für die Anmeldung zur Jahrestagung des AK Wahlen & pol. Einstellungen!

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

We're hiring @ifpolms.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de! 🟢 W3 Professorship in “Political Science with a Focus on International Sustainability” 🟢 📅 Deadline: 26 September 2025 🌐 stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/c... Please share #AcademicJobs #PoliticalScience #Sustainability #GlobalGovernance

🚨 Content alert 🚨 New recording and workshop materials published! ➡️ Forecasting the German Federal Election 2025 - Different Modelling Approaches 👤 @hannahrajski.bsky.social (Uni Mannheim) & @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social (Witten/Herdecke Uni) 📺 youtu.be/iQXUQ3NsKsk 🗒️ github.com/SocialScienc...

🚨 We're hiring! Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment. Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊 www.gesis.org/en/institute...

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Gestern Interview mit Rheinischer Post zur Frage, inwiefern Zusammenarbeit BSW/AfD wem nützt oder schadet. Jetzt laufen - wie erwartbar - die Mail- und Postfächer voll. Wissenschaftsfreiheit stirbt auch damit, wenn so aktiv versucht wird, Meinungsäußerung einzuschüchtern.

Did you know that @epssnet.bsky.social will honor your #EPSA membership? Sign up today! epssnet.org/sign-up/#join That said, your membership dues are staying with EPSA & EPSS is starting with zero financial funds. So if you can, consider paying for an EPSS membership to help us get off the ground.

Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions. A 🧵 1. Who formed EPSS? EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members. 1/

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢 Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply! Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ! sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...

📣 Neu von @sarahwagner.bsky.social und @wurthmann.bsky.social 📘 Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Eine politikwissenschaftliche Einordnung. Entstehung, Entwicklung, Positionierung und vieles mehr. 👇 #OpenAccess 😀 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉 summerschoolwpm.org Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social 📆01/05

So etwas darf es nicht geben. Punkt.

Some thoughts on the strategic rationale behind the "Brandmauer” – the cordon sanitaire vis-à-vis the AfD – and the challenges associated with maintaining it. Seems pertinent, given that senior CDU/CSU figures regularly float the idea of ditching it and exploring avenues for closer cooperation.

❗ Reminder: Apply now for a fellowship at the MZES, University of Mannheim! 📅 Deadline: 26 April ❗ Please note the updated link 😊👇🏻 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

Still a few days left to apply for my GESIS Training Workshop "Advanced Bayesian Statistical Modeling". Check out the course description below and feel free to get in touch if you have any questions ⬇️

Come join us in Mannheim as Professor for Survey Methodology! ✨ #academicsky #polisci www.uni-mannheim.de/media/Univer...

Huge thanks to @stefaniebailer.bsky.social, @jochenrehmert.bsky.social, and everyone else at @polisciunibas.bsky.social for the kind invitation and warm welcome — it was a fantastic experience from start to finish!

🚀 Our paper (with @eliaskoch.bsky.social) on ‘The Politics of Seeking and Avoiding Discourse in Parliament’ is finally out as EarlyView at the EJPR!

📣 new fellowship at the MZES, University of Mannheim! Deadline 26 April 2025. Come join us 👇🏻

Exciting news: as I’ve started a new chapter as an assistant professor at Leibniz Universität Hannover, my postdoc position at MZES is now open! It’s a fantastic opportunity for recent PhDs: wonderful colleagues, excellent research infrastructure, and plenty of time to develop your own ideas.

Before diving fully into MPSA mode, I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone at MZES, University of Mannheim, for hosting me this past month as a Visiting PhD Fellow. It was a wonderful place to focus, exchange ideas, and get work done — and I'm very grateful for the warm welcome! 🏞️

After 2 terms of office, I am stepping down as spokesperson for the Methods Section of the @dvpw.bsky.social. Many thanks to my co-speakers @gessler.bsky.social and @denis-cohen.bsky.social for the great collaboration and the lovely gift.

New preprint available! In this paper, @antvalentim.bsky.social and I investigate why progressive parties, such as the greens, might be more attractive for immigrants from established democracies than those from (post-)authoritarian regimes: osf.io/preprints/os... 🧵⬇️

As speakers of the @dvpw.bsky.social's working group Elections and Public Opinion, we invite proposals for a special issue on the 2025 German federal election (to be submitted to Electoral Studies). See: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a... Also see the previous SI: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Mit jeder weiteren Wahl in Europa gewinnen radikal rechte Parteien an Zustimmung. Welche Auswirkungen persönliche Sorgen vor Mieterhöhung auf den Zuspruch für radikal rechte Parteien haben, behandelt das #PaperderWoche von @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @denis-cohen.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social. 1/

Very happy that our paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social & E Dinas) has been accepted @bjpols.bsky.social . We've seen the center right increasingly adopt far-right rhetoric. Our experiment in 🇩🇪 finds that this erodes anti-prejudice norms *more* than when the far-right employs similar rhetoric. 1/3

🇩🇪 has voted: CDU/CSU can govern with SPD alone but centrist parties loose 2/3 majority, preventing them from implementing constitutional changes without the far-left Die Linke or the radical-right AfD party. What do these results mean for 🇪🇺, 🇺🇦 & response to 🇺🇸? 🧵 1/8 www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

📣 Last chance to join! Wondering what the #Bayes is all the fuss about? @denis-cohen.bsky.social @mzes-ssdl.bsky.social has the answers! Learn the benefits and key concepts of Bayesian statistics and how to apply Bayesian modeling with Stan in #R. ➡️ tinyurl.com/3-25-intro-b... @gesis.org

Ready to create the perfect model for your research? Move beyond pre-built solutions and dive into Bayesian methods! Join @denis-cohen.bsky.social & learn to craft custom Bayesian models tailored to the unique needs of your empirical applications using R & Stan. Info ➡️ tinyurl.com/5-25-adv-bay...

Presenters of the SSDL Spring 2025 Event Series: 👤 @nschwitter.bsky.social (Uni Mannheim) 👤 @lisadevries.bsky.social (@diebonn.bsky.social) 👤 Stefan Zins (IAB) 👤 @hannahrajski.bsky.social (Uni Mannheim) 👤 @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social (Witten/Herdecke Uni) 👤 @indiiigo.bsky.social (Uni Mannheim)

▶️ Social Science Data Lab: Spring 2025 Events Five input talks by great researchers (see below ⤵️)! 🗓️ Details & Zoom: socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/ 👥 Organizers: @rubac.bsky.social, @denis-cohen.bsky.social and Alexander Wenz