@kaplaner.bsky.social and @steffenhurka.bsky.social had the privilege to present and discuss the DEMOLAW project at the University of Aarhus. DEMOLAW thanks @rsenninger.bsky.social and the entire department of political science for the kind invitation, the hospitality, and the great feedback!

Democratic women are disadvantaged in competitive district primaries, where party elites prioritize electability & view men as safer. Republican women are disadvantaged in safe district primaries, where elites & voters assume they are less conservative. www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

🚨🎉 New Publication 🎉🚨 w/ @meredithconroy.bsky.social Where Do Women Win Primaries? Asymmetric Opportunity Theory in Congressional Nominations We offer a party-asymmetric theory of incentives for female candidates in nominations across different districts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Empirically, we show that Democratic women are disadvantaged in competitive districts (likely due to perceptions of “electability”) whereas Republican women less often win safe districts (likely due to views about the role of women in politics/society among primary voters and party elites) #polisky

🚨🎉 New Publication 🎉🚨 w/ @meredithconroy.bsky.social Where Do Women Win Primaries? Asymmetric Opportunity Theory in Congressional Nominations We offer a party-asymmetric theory of incentives for female candidates in nominations across different districts www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

👉 Just published: "Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies" - Book of Abstracts of the Weizenbaum Conference 2025. #WIConf25 ➡️ doi.org/10.34669/WI.... 🔗

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Labour’s turn to the right on immigration did nothing to win them support from Reform voters and made their own voters like them less. It really is that simple.

Schumer is out of his fucking mind. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

this book is huge. i've never been able to believe that primaries are not a driver of polarization, an avenue for a re-anchoring movement. i have seen the dilemmas for that view posed by Sides and others, but i've resisted them fiercely. here is amazing data collection & a smart, plausible solution.

Felix continuing his fantastic work on intra-party politics. Always worth reading

Felix continuing his fantastic work on intra-party politics. Always worth reading

If you work in higher-ed, please read this interview with @dkreiss.bsky.social. I believe the types of public signals to the sector he points to here have direct ramifications beyond the US.

The left-most candidate – who was endorsed by AOC, Bernie and the Working Families Party – won the congressional primary, and the NYT is spinning it as a loss for Mamdani’s politics. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/u...

This is such a great new piece of research by @curdknupfer.bsky.social et al. It should be mandatory reading for journalists. academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...

The entire Open Access book is now available for FREE download here: academic.oup.com/book/60493

DEMOLAW team drinks in Madrid #EPSA2025

Happening this afternoon #EPSA2025

Intra-party politics night out in Madrid #EPSA2025 #falafel @blumrm.bsky.social @janaschwenk.bsky.social @malpas.bsky.social @jacobgunderson.bsky.social @mkaltenegger.bsky.social @felixlehmann.bsky.social @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social

Happening this afternoon! #EPSA2025

Happening today! #EPSA2025

Waking up this morning and wondering how primaries became factional contests between ideologically-distinct candidates, and whether these primaries have transformed parties? Well do I have just the book for you… tinyurl.com/4w6tfvjx

Waking up this morning and wondering how primaries became factional contests between ideologically-distinct candidates, and whether these primaries have transformed parties? Well do I have just the book for you… tinyurl.com/4w6tfvjx

The democratic socialist @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has beaten Cuomo and is now the Democrats’ nominee for Mayor of NYC, de facto Mayor-Elect. Democrats and liberals serious about defeating illiberalism better pay attention. There is a model for organizing the majority and saving democracy. 1/7

In Madrid, can confirm it is warm 🥵 #EPSA2025

On Friday at 17:00 (1A.10) I'll present "The Logic of Connective Faction: How Far-Right Media and Digitally-Networked Elites Radicalize Politics" (co-authored w/@curdknupfer.bsky.social & @yunkangyang.bsky.social) on panel "Politics, Media, and Radicalization" #EPSA2025 Paper: tinyurl.com/38czxhh6

On Thursday at 17:00 (-1.A.05) @kaplaner.bsky.social presents "Balancing Versatility and Precision: A Framework for Capturing Legislative Design Choices in Democratic Systems", the first empirical paper of the @demolaw.bsky.social project. #EPSA2025 DEMOLAW conceptual paper: tinyurl.com/5auvzcbs

On Thursday at 11:20 (0A.08) I'll be presenting "Comparing Intra-Party Factional Conflict: An Inductive Approach Using Leadership Contests", co-authored with @blumrm.bsky.social and @malpas.bsky.social in the panel "Intra-Party Conflict in Comparative Perspective" #EPSA2025 tinyurl.com/3acmdudt

Heading to Madrid for #EPSA2025 this week, where I will be presenting two papers and am a co-author of a third. Both the temperatures and the research are guaranteed to be hot 🔥(I have been reliably informed that there will be a/c) Posts on each paper to follow...

This week, we're in Madrid for #EPSA2025 where @kaplaner.bsky.social will present our first empirical research paper "Balancing Versatility and Precision: A Framework for Caputring Legislative Design Choice in Democratic Systems" on Thursday at 17:00 (-1.A.05).

On Friday at 17:00 (1A.10) I'll present "The Logic of Connective Faction: How Far-Right Media and Digitally-Networked Elites Radicalize Politics" (co-authored w/@curdknupfer.bsky.social & @yunkangyang.bsky.social) on panel "Politics, Media, and Radicalization" #EPSA2025 Paper: tinyurl.com/38czxhh6

On Thursday at 17:00 (-1.A.05) @kaplaner.bsky.social presents "Balancing Versatility and Precision: A Framework for Capturing Legislative Design Choices in Democratic Systems", the first empirical paper of the @demolaw.bsky.social project. #EPSA2025 DEMOLAW conceptual paper: tinyurl.com/5auvzcbs

On Thursday at 11:20 (0A.08) I'll be presenting "Comparing Intra-Party Factional Conflict: An Inductive Approach Using Leadership Contests", co-authored with @blumrm.bsky.social and @malpas.bsky.social in the panel "Intra-Party Conflict in Comparative Perspective" #EPSA2025 tinyurl.com/3acmdudt

Heading to Madrid for #EPSA2025 this week, where I will be presenting two papers and am a co-author of a third. Both the temperatures and the research are guaranteed to be hot 🔥(I have been reliably informed that there will be a/c) Posts on each paper to follow...

First of two of my #ICA25 talks in Denver: a paper co-authored with @yunkangyang.bsky.social and @mikecowburn.bsky.social, wherein we theorize how ideological digital networks might radicalize elites and political factions. Pictured: me attempting to explain a visual metaphor... 😅🤷‍♂️

Exceedingly cool new opportunity to do a Ph.D. in a great department surrounded by wonderful people. Might also be of interest to US students who want to be somewhere else for the next four years. #poliscisky #polisky

Hey y'all I am hiring a PhD student. Minimal teaching load and many opportunities for more ;) uol.de/job566en

Want to know what I've been up to in 2025? This is the new ERC project working with @steffenhurka.bsky.social @kaplaner.bsky.social & @steffiru.bsky.social

@curdknupfer.bsky.social presenting our co-authored work (w/ @yunkangyang.bsky.social) about connective factions Read the paper here: mikecowburn.com/wp-content/u...

Want to know what I've been up to in 2025? This is the new ERC project working with @steffenhurka.bsky.social @kaplaner.bsky.social & @steffiru.bsky.social

🚨Manuscript accepted 🚨 @meredithconroy.bsky.social and I introduce and test a novel theory of asymmetric partisan opportunity for women in primary elections. Forthcoming at @jwpp.bsky.social. Preprint available at: mikecowburn.com/wp-content/u...

New paper forthcoming, led by my coauthor @mikecowburn.bsky.social Figures below show that D women win in un-winnable (left) + safe (right) districts, but are less successful in purple districts. R women struggle everywhere except un-winnable places (definition of "sacrificial lambs" in politics).

Party-driven descriptive representation. Cool new work on party primaries.

🚨Manuscript accepted 🚨 @meredithconroy.bsky.social and I introduce and test a novel theory of asymmetric partisan opportunity for women in primary elections. Forthcoming at @jwpp.bsky.social. Preprint available at: mikecowburn.com/wp-content/u...

Taking the stage now is Dr. @mikecowburn.bsky.social from @demolaw.bsky.social! Mike presents "DEMOLAW: Understanding Legislative Design During the Biden Presidency" at the 2025 GAAS PoliSci conference.

Hello Jena! 🗽 Last night, we kicked off this year's GAAS PoliSci conference with a panel on Trump 2.0! @profausberlin.bsky.social, @atlanticboeller.bsky.social, @sarahwagner13.bsky.social and Prof. Michael Dreyer discussed current developments in the US!

Going to be in Berlin in 2 weeks, to speak about "The Logic of Connective Faction" ...a project I've been working on with @yunkangyang.bsky.social and @mikecowburn.bsky.social. Looking forward to see all my old friends & colleagues at the @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social 🫶

As far as I can tell this primary campaign has been run on entirely on good faith community engagement. That this is the GOP reaction to a Democratic candidate (of color) actually engaging with their community is so telling. Congressional primary politics is not what it used to be.

Happy to announce my first publication! 🚨 We extend an existing framework on disinfo resilience towards aspects that should be considered in dynamic contexts of backsliding democracies and especially investigate strengths and weaknesses in this regard in the Visegrád countries.