Something I have been working on is starting to feel real, the proofs of Constitutional Change under Autocracy have arrived. I could not be more excited! Publication is expected in early 2026.

Out now @socmovstudies.bsky.social: we introduce the concept of a "protest script" & demonstrate how video-enhanced protest event analysis (vPEA) helps trace a common script of the Italian and German anti-containment protests. doi.org/10.1080/1474...

Hoping this thread kicks off some new/renewed interest in @ganghof.bsky.social ‘s work.

📢 Join us for a one-day workshop "Russia’s Right-Wing and the War" 🗓️ 26.09.25 📍 Edwin-Redslob-Str. 29 🖋️Please sign up at [email protected]! ℹ️ shorturl.at/YTWM6 Co-organizer @scripts-berlin.eu Funded by @dfg.de

We've tried to do something better than the 'grey literature' standard with the GSoD report this year. We worked with some amazing designers to produce an interactive online report that enables the reader to see what's behind the summary data in the graphs.

🔔 Very happy to see our paper published open access on cleavage theory and civil society! 📖 We have tried to sketch a new research agenda, that I think has a lot of potential. I very much enjoyed working on this! Check Alex's thread below 👇 & read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"Wissenschaftskommunikation ist Teil meiner Arbeit und nicht mein Privatvergnügen." Genau deshalb muss der Umgang mit Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit systematisch erfolgen und darf nicht an Individuen hängenbleiben. Auch wenn gerade bei kommunizierenden Forscherinnen die "Kritik" ad personam erfolgt.

If you prefer to listen to your books, the audio book version of Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social was released today. Get it wherever you get your audio books - Audible, Amazon, Apple, Storytel, your library, etc.

Zahlreiche Menschen haben sich 2015 spontan für Geflüchtete eingesetzt – ein beispielloser Moment zivilgesellschaftlicher Mobilisierung. @claraberg.bsky.social hat für ihre Dissertation erforscht, wie sich solches Engagement verstetigen lässt.  www.wzb.eu/de/news/was-...

Edgar Grande and @dasalgon.bsky.social examine the role of political trust in protests 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Am 18. Juli hat die EU neue #Sanktionen gegen #Russland verabschiedet, u.a. eine verschärfte Ölpreisdeckelung. Sebastian Hoppe forscht am ZOiS zur politischen Ökonomie Russlands. In der ZOiS-Expertenstimme beschreibt er, wie die versch. Maßnahmen wirken könnten: www.zois-berlin.de/presse/exper...

Stellungnahme zur Causa „Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf“ Knapp 300 Rechtswissenschaftler:innen, darunter zahlreiche Professor:innen und ehemalige Richter:innen des BVerfG, kritisieren den Umgang mit Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf. Die gesamte Stellungnahme gibt es hier: verfassungsblog.de/stellungnahm...

Die Aktion Brosius-Gersdorf: eine Probe auf die Handlungsfähigkeit der latenten rechten Mehrheit. Mein Gastkommentar im Deutschlandfunk. www.deutschlandfunk.de/kommentar-zu...

Vielen Dank fürs teilen! Mehr zum Thema wundersame Gesundheitsmythen aus dem Reich der Esoterik findet ihr in unserem Buch „Gefährlicher Glaube. ❤️🤝

Die Attacken der #noAfD und anderer autoritärer Populisten gegen Richter:innen und Gerichte nehmen zu! Auf Basis unseres Aufsatzes in @democratization.bsky.social (doi.org/10.1080/1351...) erkläre ich hier, welche Strategie dahintersteckt und wie dadurch die Unabhängigkeit der Justiz gefährdet wird.

Nach den Beschlüssen des VG Berlin sind die drei beteiligten Richter*innen diffamiert und bedroht worden. Kein Ausnahmefall, meint PHILIPP KÖKER (@philippkoeker.bsky.social), denn autoritäre Populisten arbeiten systematisch daran, die Justiz zu delegitimieren. verfassungsblog.de/delegitimier...

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION! Who belongs to “the people” – and who does not? What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓 doi.org/10.1177/0032... 🧵 1/10

I guess I'm a 'long-time listener, first-time host' for International IDEA's podcast. I had the great pleasure to talk to two science journalists about their experiences covering the Covid-19 pandemic, and more broadly about the role of journalism in democracy. www.idea.int/podcasts/leg...

📣 "Contentious Politics in Catalonia" Join us June 20, 2pm @wzb.bsky.social Book launch "Organizing for Independence" by @hajogu.bsky.social (WZB) Discussion: @laiabalcells.bsky.social (Georgetown) on aff. polariz. & nat. conflicts Info & registration (on site/Zoom) www.wzb.eu/de/veranstal...

🚨Last days to apply!🎉 summerschoolwpm.org

🚨 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

Ein Thread nur für Frauen. Ich hab nämlich im vergangenen Jahr etwas über Frauen gelernt, was ich vorher nicht wusste. Als ich mich als Kommunikationsberaterin selbstständig gemacht habe, war meine Tochter 1 Jahr alt. Es war okay. Nicht geil, aber okay. Und dann kam der erste KITA-Winter.

🚨Publication Alert Very happy to share that my second PhD paper is now out with @govandopp.bsky.social 🤗🎉 Do populist politicians use simpler language? I analyse 30 years of parliamentary discourse to shed light on that question! 👇 Full article: doi.org/10.1017/gov.... #OpenAccess

Out today on #FirstView - "Simply Speaking? Language Complexity among (Non-)Populist Actors in Parliamentary Debates" - tinyurl.com/yc65ezcy by @rebeccakittel.bsky.social

🚨Call for Papers🚨 Charlotte Rößler-Prokhorenko, @chjncke.bsky.social und ich organisieren beim Kongress der @dgsoziologie.bsky.social im September in Duisburg ein Panel (aka "Ad-hoc-Gruppe") zur Politisierung der Zivilgesellschaft. ❗Deadline: 30.04.❗ kongress2025.soziologie.de/fileadmin/us...

Last call: The deadline for applications for #UNET fellowships for Ukrainian researchers at ZOiS is tomorrow! 📍 Berlin or Ukraine 🎓 tracks for postdocs & M.A. graduates 💼 peer support, ZOiS mentor, publishing support for articles in peer-reviewed journals 🤝 stipend & research budget Read more ⤵️

Ahead of #PolMethEurope2025, we spoke to leading political scientist, Assistant Professor Michelle Torres from the Department of Political Science at the University of California. On 7 April, she'll be discussing "Image Analysis: lessons, challenges, and meta questions" [1]

The Dictators’ Club: How Regional Organizations Sustain Authoritarian Rule (OUP) is out now! 📚 We live in an age of rising authoritarianism. Many assume that regional organizations (ROs) are key to help protect democracy and human rights - but what if they do the opposite?

Hörempfehlung!

Land does not vote. Eine Karte wie zu Beginn der Animation ist seit der Bundestagswahl oft zu sehen gewesen. Sie zeigt die Parteizugehörigkeit der Wahlkreissieger nach Erststimmen. Wir sehen: ziemlich viel AfD-Blau. 🧵 #Bundestagswahl 📊

15 February 1934 | Hans Ament was born in Vienna - one of the Jewish children from the orphanage in #Izieu arrested by the Gestapo on 6 April 1944. On 30 May 1944 he was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz where he was murdered.

Stéphane Frédéric Hessel (1917-2013)… 🇺🇦🫶🇪🇺 …vivement la résistance !!! Danke für das Erinnern! 🇺🇦🕯️🇪🇺 www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/lange-nacht-...

Wir hätten übrigens Schwangerschaftsabbrüche in Deutschland – inmitten des Rechtsrucks – rechtlich besser absichern können. Gerade jetzt wäre das mehr als wichtig. Dass ausgerechnet die FDP das verhindert hat, zeigt deutlich, dass sie mit Freiheit kaum noch etwas am Hut hat. Es ist so bitter.

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📚📚New book by @cbambrick.bsky.social "Constitutionalizing the Private Sphere: A Comparative Inquiry" with @cambridgeup.bsky.social. The book examines when courts understand private actors, such as private individuals, businesses, schools, and hospitals, to be responsible for constitutional rights.

New publication: "A Revolt of the Distrustful? Political Trust, Political Protest and the Democratic Deficit", co-authored with Edgar Grande; Journal of European Public Policy. #OpenAccess Article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Replication: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm... 1/3

📢 Call for Papers! Digital Communication and Computational Approaches to Understanding Social Movements in the Social Media Era Special Issue w. Computational Communication Research: tinyurl.com/2p8wcbh2 co-edited with: @smtorres.bsky.social & @oenna2002.bsky.social More details below 👇

📢 Excited to share our new @wzb.bsky.social Working Paper together with the brilliant @meretstephan.bsky.social! ❗️Key finding: Anti-racist protests can change voting behavior, pushing society toward greater inclusivity. 📄 Link: bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2025/zz2... 🔍 For a quick summary, see thread 👇

🚨 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! 🤝

✨ @sarabkn.bsky.social and I have a new article out: "A Voice or an Echo? Women in the UN Human Rights Expert Bodies"✨ We study the impact of biographies on the behavior of experts in IOs. Most interesting finding: female members are more active. Open Access: brill.com/view/journal...

Ein Bekenntnis zur Anerkennung des Existenzrechts Israels als Voraussetzung der Einbürgerung? FLORIAN MEINEL über ein Fehlurteil des Verwaltungsgerichts Regensburg, moralischen Triumphalismus und einen falschen Begriff der Staatsräson: verfassungsblog.de/die-idee-der...

Some Ukrainian students will never hold their diplomas because they were killed by Russia. They never got to finish their studies, to start their careers, to live their lives. Polina Zheldak, who was killed in Chernihiv on March 3, 2022, and was a student at the Nizhyn Pedagogical University. 1/

Wichtige Notfallsituationen und verschiedene Formen den Notruf zu wählen, trotz der bisschen polemischen Überschrift wichtig verschiedene Wege zu kennen.

Queer & working on a proposal for conflict-related research? Interested in doing conflict research with queer communities? Read Maureen Freed's open-access resource guide, including 12 questions to help researchers gauge readiness for sensitive research. bit.ly/3VDGGeG

📰 Exciting news: the Moldovan Analytical Digest will be launching in January 2025. The digest will be quarterly and analyzes the political, economic, and social situation in Moldova 🇲🇩 You can sign up here (for free): css.ethz.ch/en/publicati...

Polisky Dictatorsky If you like the project, consider donating to APSG! We are an independent and self-funded group and, as our activities increase, our expenses grow as well. Any donation helps! Thank you! donorbox.org/support-apsg...

🚨new pub 🚨 Does it matter to citizens where #foreignaid comes from? Survey experiment with citizens in #Serbia (N=2500) now on @SCID__journal : link.springer.com/article/10.1... I find that donors' regime and practices impact citizens' views of their local politicians and donors

My book is out! I’m grateful for the many people in Jordan, Tunisia, Stanford, and elsewhere who helped it reach this point. If you’re interested in why some autocrats stay popular or why ruling monarchs are so durable in today’s world, this book is for you! www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...