New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social. It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨‍💼💰👩‍💼 are by studying many local labour markets. Thread 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Da die Zustimmung zu einem egalitären Rollenbild konstant wuchs, galt das Thema Geschlechtergleichstellung vielen als Selbstläufer. Weshalb diese Gewissheit nun ins Schwanken geraten könnte, zeigt der aktuelle DIW Wochenbericht: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....

Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Wir suchen für ein Drittmittelprojekt an der TU Chemnitz Verstärkung auf einer vollen Stelle. Analysiert werden Einstellungen von jungen Gewerkschaftsmitgliedern. Mehr Infos hier: www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...

We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure). You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented! #sociology More 👇 jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Endspurt für den #CfP zum zweiten Theoriekongress. Bis zum 6. November können noch Panels eingereicht werden.👇

Educational gap and pay gap in Europe.

Out in the European Economic Review after many years of datawork with @sbachtax.bsky.social and Theresa Neef: The distribution of national income in Germany, 1992-2019. We document 1) high income concentration at the top in Germany - similar to the US

"Academic practice is not only a search for truth, but also a form of struggle and intellectual self-defence within a structured field, governed by rules, hierarchies, and resources." Has academia become a professional sport? @swallaschek.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing this and for the helpful recommendations👏 I would add that the rejection context matters. When one faces the end of a fixed-term contract while project proposals and manuscripts are also being rejected, “failing better” can be an especially difficult part of an academic career.

Joint conference of @europasoziologie.bsky.social & the Agendis project in April 2026 at #EUF #Flensburg on ‘Gender Equality Conflicts in Europe’ Abstract submissions until 31 October 2025. The #cfp can be accessed via @dgsoziologie.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy : soziologie.de/call-for-pap...

Calling all comparative legislative scholars! We’ve got a new dataset with committee memberships from 14 countries over 35 years, spanning almost 15,000 MPs in 260 parties! Grateful for my excellent coauthors! #polisky #gendersky

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🧵

In the blog post below, I use this analogy to make sense of the current state of science with the constant competition, quantification and precarity.

„Ein gelungenes Stück soziologischer Aufklärung, das sich nicht scheut, politische Konsequenzen zu ziehen.“ – Claus Leggewie rezensiert „Exponentialgesellschaft. Vom Ende des Wachstums zur Stabilisierung der Welt“ von Emanuel @deutschmann.bsky.social: www.soziopolis.de/wird-doch-no... @suhrkamp.de

🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social ! 📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests” With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

An often-overlooked aspect in discussions on EU enlargement? The role of welfare security💡. I address this in my latest contribution for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social. Thanks @vanghel.bsky.social for inviting me🇪🇺

„Familienunternehmen“ klingt nach Bäckerei oder Mittelstand. Recherchen des ARD-Magazins Panorama & @investigativ.greenpeace.de zeigen: Dahinter stehen Milliardärsfamilien & Konzerne wie Lidl, Bertelsmann, Rossmann. Von 123 Förderern waren nur 2 echte Mittelständler www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Start des Panels "Aktuelle Europasoziologische Forschungsprojekte" @europasoziologie.bsky.social mit vielen spannenden Beiträgen zu verschiedenen Aspekten der Europaforschung #dgs2025

Der #dgs2025 Mittwoch ist einfach zu eng getaktet. 14.15-17.00 Uhr Panelslot 17.00-18.00 Uhr author meets critics Veranstaltung Ab 18.15 Uhr Mitgliederversammlung Wo sind da die #Transitionen

Interested in gender & politics and working with exciting empirical methods? Want to critically discuss “quant” and “quali” research on gender, intersectionality & inequality? Join us at #ECPG26 for the section: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... 1/3

Meine Kollegin Renée Krug trägt zusammen mit mir am Mittwoch zu "Geschlechterpolitik in Transition – zwischen Fortschritt und Regression?" im Panel der @gender4dgs.bsky.social vor. Wir reden über Magnete, Freiheit, Kinder&Karriere und regressiven Fortschritt. Raum: MC 122; Start: 14.15 Uhr #dgs2025

Hunderte Kinder & Jugendliche erlebten Gewalt durch ihre Fußballtrainer. @correctiv.org & @11freunde.de decken gravierendes Missbrauchsproblem im deutschen Fußball auf + DFB-Vizepräsidentin fordert weniger Hürden, um Vereine besser vor übergriffigen Trainern zu warnen. correctiv.org/aktuelles/ge...

🎯New publication out in @wepsocial.bsky.social 'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇 Read the full article (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Great study by @laraminkus.bsky.social & Ruth Abramowski! Highly relevant research on the economic determinants of experiencing physical intimate partner violence, using #pairfam data. @plosone.org doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Gemeinsame Tagung der @europasoziologie.bsky.social & des Agendis-Projektes im April 2026 an der #EUF #Flensburg zu "Gender Equality Conflicts in Europe" Einreichungen von Abstracts bis 31.10.2025. Unser Call findet sich auch bei @soziopolis.bsky.social unter www.soziopolis.de/ausschreibun... #CfP

Join our team @fgz-risc.bsky.social in our comparative research project on local protests and social cohesion headed by Priska Daphi and Sebastian Haunss (@sehaunss.bsky.social). We are offering a full post-doc position for 3.5 years.

"highlights the organized&persistent nature of online harassment, orchestrated through online forums or by influential anti-feminist social media profiles. These profiles attack targets to create viral content&attract followers, while monetizing the harassment" journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Ein neuer UN-Bericht zeigt, wie prekär es um reproduktive Rechte steht. akkuhnt.bsky.social, HENRIKE VON SCHELIHA und danavalentiner.bsky.social erklären das Konzept "reproductive justice" anhand von drei Baustellen in Deutschland – und fordern ein Umdenken. verfassungsblog.de/reproduktive...

It always reminds me of the satirical song by Deichkind & Clueso "Auch im Bentley wird geweint" with the following refrain: "Auch im Bentley wird geweint (Rich) Auch im Learjet fließen Tränen Ich bin nur ein Mensch Was guckst du? So weit oben in den Wolken Kann es niemand sehen"

Im tollen Podcast von @kicker.de "Verboten gut": Frauenfußball verdient mehr Aufmerksamkeit und Anerkennung. Auch Kicker: Die letzten 3(!) Seiten im neuen Bundesliga-Heft (ca. 230 Seiten) zur neuen Saison der Frauen-Bundesliga - 1 Seite Bericht und 2 Seiten schlichte Teamauflistung Bravo!😑

Fundstück beim manuellen Kodieren einer BT-Debatte 09/2014: C. Reimann: "...Zeitkonflikte von Familien beschränken sich nicht auf die Zeit, wenn Kinder klein und niedlich sind. ([...] Eckhard Pols [CDU/CSU]: Große sind auch niedlich! – Iris Gleicke, Parl. Staatssekretärin: Das wächst sich aus!)" 😅

highly interesting special issue on "Contemporary and Future LGBTQ+ Scholarship in Political Science" @pspolisci.bsky.social Looking forward to read more about this in the included articles that cover so many different aspects of LGBTQ+ scholarship www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

@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

The CHES EU team has published a new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social describing some trends across the 25 years now covered by our trend file and exploring two new items included in the 2024 wave of the survey: doi.org/10.1016/j.el... Here’s a summary thread: 1/

Hier nochmal die Grafik als tatsächlich lesbares Diskursnetzwerk #meaculpa

Der Umgang mit Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf zeigt exemplarisch, wie risikohaft es für Wissenschaftlerinnen ist, ihre Expertise in politische Debatten einzubringen und dann für ein Amt zu kandidieren. Versuch eines Threads, um auf zwei Aspekte aus meiner Sicht hinzuweisen. 1/ 🧵

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

We built the simplest possible social media platform. No algorithms. No ads. Just LLM agents posting and following. It still became a polarization machine. Then we tried six interventions to fix social media. The results were… not what we expected. arxiv.org/abs/2508.03385

"While prominence influences US male and female politicians’ probability to receive uncivil tweets the same way, women in our European sample receive incivility regardless of their status." fascinating study by @maarja.bsky.social et al in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...

In "The 2024 European Parliament Elections – A Turn to the Right in the Shadow of War", I co-authored a chapter with @swallaschek.bsky.social, Renée Krug and Wiebke Vendt on Gendered Representation of Lead Candidates on Instagram. Read the chapter: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Even in times of sociocultural conflict, a progressive left electorate is more averse to sociocultural *and* socioeconomic inequalities than (far) right voters. New paper with @siljahausermann.bsky.social Palmtag @tabouchadi.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social Berkinshaw tinyurl.com/d42wyb79 1/n

good piece by former colleague Kavyanjali Kaushik @ic3jm.bsky.social : "Spain’s blackout was a preview of a darker future, one where the vulnerabilities of the digital public sphere convert every disaster into a socio-political war." blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2... @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

🚀 Apply now for the #CAISFellowship 2026/27! You're researching #DigitalTransformation? Get funding, space & community in Bochum, Germany. + Special call on Industry 5.0 & a human-centered future 🌟 🗓 Apply by July 31, 2025 👉 Details: www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll... #CAIScollege #Bochum

#Spain recently equalised #ParentalLeave, so that paternity and maternity leave are now both 16 weeks. But did fathers take advantage of the new policy? The answer is a resounding yes. #Policy design matters for #GenderEquality. @lsebr.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social

How does geography shape value orientations in Europe? In our new paper, using #ValCon data, @mverbalyte.bsky.social , Monika Eigmüller & I show that country context matters most -> cosmopolitan & emancipatory values follow different patterns. Article is #OA: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

✨NEW PAPER OUT✨ “Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: ‘indexing by proxy’ in a German immigration debate” together with Lance Bennett & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social in @journal-of-comm.bsky.social. Why do far-right issues keep making the news? 🧵⤵️ academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...

Our Element is out! 🎉 Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms? www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Happy to share my new publication in @sfjournal.bsky.social!📣 Why is household equality so hard? Unequal scripts mean that equality takes work—often falling to women, even when men say they want it. Paradoxically, for women, doing less still means more work. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...