Zohran Mamdani won with 50.4%. Eric Adams won in 2021 with 67%. Bill de Blasio won in 2017 with 66%

The satisfaction of scribbling a little square under a proof that took you way too long to understand makes it all worth it.

Events such as these are what motivates me to pursue an academic career. Thanks to @fabioellger.bsky.social @hannohilbig.bsky.social @wzbdemocracy.bsky.social for hosting us & to all participants for constructive feedback on @antonkoenneke.de & my paper, and the great vibes. C u ➡ summer!

I'll try this again: What is the most important paper in political econ (broadly defined) published in the last two years that I should read?

Personal news: I am happy to share that I will be starting a PhD in the joint @dynamics.bsky.social doctoral program of the @humboldtuni.bsky.social and the @hertieschool.bsky.social this autumn in Berlin. I will now briefly thank some people who have supported me over the past few years 🧵.

📄 Whose expert knowledge informs policymaking around the world? @rsenninger.bsky.social and I analyze data from 1.2 million government policy documents from 185 countries—and find a prominent pattern: 🌍 Policy evidence is overwhelmingly sourced from the Global North. Preprint: osf.io/w8q3y 🧪🧵👇

Reminder that earlier naturalization leads to better integration of immigrants. Extending the period necessary for settlement in the UK will have exactly the opposite effect of what Starmer and the Labour leadership claim. "Migrants first have to prove themselves" is a nativist trope and bad policy.

Nice visual of the spatial dynamics of the recent German federal election. Obv not the whole story but this makes it really obvious how the left was so successful.

@jacobedenhofer.bsky.social is the batsignal for sharp thinking on any political issue.

OK, what are the papers I need to read to understand the normative and empirical implications of a potential AfD ban?

🐯 Excited to announce that this summer, I will start my PhD in Political Economy with @princetonpolitics.bsky.social @princetonecon.bsky.social. After a challenging but rewarding year and a half in the private sector, I am looking forward to returning to academia.

In light of this natural disaster, I am happy to share a new paper with @prashantgarg.bsky.social that aims to shed light on a phenomena of patterns in transnational & dyadic media coverage around "events". To me this is the best way to study many geopolitical phenomena these days. What do we do?

Call for papers! The annual meeting of the @dvpw.bsky.social working group on Analytical Political Theory will take place on Oct 9-10, 2025 in Mainz. This year, we are particularly interested in papers on democratic process preferences! theorie.politik.uni-mainz.de/files/2025/0...

I'll be on vacation next week so I have plenty of time to read. What is the most important paper in political econ (broadly defined) published in the last two years that I should read? Self-promotions welcomed!

I'll be on vacation next week so I have plenty of time to read. What is the most important paper in political econ (broadly defined) published in the last two years that I should read? Self-promotions welcomed!

Scharfsinnige Analyse zum Erfolg der Linken.

If anyone is keeping tabs, I want someone/people to gift me a FT subscription.

@cendt.de Ist die Grafik hier in Prozent des 2021 Wahlergebnis oder nur in Prozentpunkten? In Bezug auf die Erst- oder die Zweitstimme? Würde mich sehr interessieren, danke!

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This is a fantastic paper: doi.org/10.1017/pan....

Is DeepSeek subject to the Chinese room argument?

I have an old #iMac which has stopped getting software updates. I want to extend its life by installing a #Linux distro on it. I care about: 1. it still working as an external monitor 2. being able to connect remotely somehow to run calculations What distros do you recommend?

Another incredibly interesting "Not Another Politics Podcast"-episode, covering and interesting JPE article www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... open.spotify.com/episode/0LMZ...

Das wäre dann doch ziemlich lustig, wenn diese Aktion Merz die Kanzlerschaft kosten würde.

A new season of “Not Another Politics Podcast” open.spotify.com/episode/4qTI...

Nudge. (signing out of X and installing the Bsky app)

Da könnte man Mal ein halb-interessantes Survey-Experiment bauen, ob solche Aussagen einen negativen Effekt auf Support haben.

The menswear guy is on Bluesky, time to leave X in the rear.

The fires are revealing how good elected officials are at their jobs. Unbiased information systematically affects electoral fortunes. This is why natural disasters being bad for incumbents on average isn't evidence of voter irrationality. voices.uchicago.edu/ethanbdm/fil...

Follower Power: @vikburgi.bsky.social and me are looking for interesting topics related to the upcoming German elections to discuss on our podcast, Political Science - No Problem et al." Does anybody have any ideas/thoughts?

Interesting analysis.

I really love when I accidentally stumble over a paper that is incredibly insightful. Go read this paper!

"Searching for Good Policies" by Steven Callander: "Policy experimentation is increasing in the unattractiveness of the status quo outcome and decreasing in the complexity of the underlying issue." doi.org/10.1017/S000...

This almost feels like Twitter in the old days ????

Rosen sind rot Nicht jeder Wissenschaftler arbeitet so rigide wie Drosten

As if she expected to win the Nobel, Claudia Goldin just published a new NBER working paper entitled "Why women won". www.nber.org/papers/w3176...

Auch spannend: 10.000 Wähler*innen von der Linken zur AfD in Hessen. Neuste Forschung von @sarahwagner.bsky.social @drphilphil.bsky.social @wurthmann.bsky.social hilft beim Verstehen: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Wir werden heute wohl viel von Rekorden lesen. AfD, FW. Wir sollten nicht vergessen dass es recht normale LTWen sind, in denen die Opposition gewinnt wenn die Bundesregierung unbeliebt ist. AfD und FW profitieren stark, weil CDU/CSU deren Themen bedienen und die Linke mit sich selbst beschäftigt ist

Bayerns Großstädte könnten am kommenden Sonntags nochmals deutlich grüner werden. Sortiert man Bayerns 2056 Gemeinden nach ihrer Einwohnerdichte, zeigt sich, dass die Grünen 2018 vor allem in den urbansten Regionen Bayerns deutlich dazu gewinnen konnten. Ein kurzer Thread.. 🧵👇

Wondering if anyone has started compiling lists of handles of politicians (or media) on this platform? 🏛️🗞️ All countries welcome. 🌐 polisky polcom

We're hiring! 4-year PhD position in Methods focusing on comparative politics, University of Salzburg. Application deadline: 1.11. More details: dropbox.com/scl/fi/di8k2... Please share! polisky

Hi Bluesky, I‘m a political science graduate student at the LSE interested in representation and mobilisation. I studied PolSci at FU Berlin (undergrad) and SocSci at HU Berlin (graduate) and work with geo-spatial, survey, and text (as) data. Expect plots!

All time classic

Returned to Berlin three weeks ago today. Very happy to be back home. Here are some pics of what I have been up to. Professional news coming soon 😶‍🌫️