Some papers are a long time in the making. This one, written with the excellent @iguinaudeau.bsky.social, took long and I am incredibly grad to see it published. 1/8 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Thrilled to announce our 1st Interdisciplinary conference on "The Future of Democracy"— Oct 8–10 @ WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social for researchers (and practitioners), co-hosted w/ Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln & Michael Zürn. 🔗 Program: www.wzb.eu/en/events/1s... 📝 Register: events.wzb.eu/dialogue81025/

Macron has just appointed Sebastian Lecornu, from the centrist ranks, as new PM. Short 🧵/1 www.lemonde.fr/politique/li...

Very excited to be at APSA in Vancouver this week! I am looking forward to the conference and to many interesting presentations. #apsa2025 Let me know if you would like to grab a coffee and discuss any of the topics that I'll be talking about ⬇️

Tomorrow, during the PolComm PreConference workshop, I'll talk about “Political Violence and Partisan Reactions on Polarised Debates”, which is co-authored work with @tevoelker.bsky.social ; Wed., 9.15 am at Simon Fraser University -- lnkd.in/eGFvd6tF

Präzise, beharrlich, konzentriert: Mit »Das Deutsche Volk« gelingt dem Regisseur Marcin Wierzchowski ein eindringlicher Dokumentarfilm über den Anschlag von Hanau im Februar 2020. Dabei geht es um die Frage: Wer gehört zu Deutschland?

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...

New study out today—“Is the Urban-Rural Divide Affectively Polarised?“ finds a substantial political cleavage between urban and rural populations in multiple European countries. Place-based affective polarization is associated with voting along liberal vs nationalist divide #PoliticalScience

💡Two super useful resources for when academics (or journalists!) are being targeted - and for institutions to be prepared. (We are underprepared…) 1) expertvoicestogether.org/researcher 2) researchersupport.org #ECPRgc25 @ecpr.bsky.social

New article out! @luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics Read the full article, open access, here 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in ‪@wepsocial.bsky.social‬ (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social‬!) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This is followed by my personal highlight, which will be a plenary roundtable I will moderate on academic freedom and harrassment and intimidation of scholars. Delighted to have experts Iris Seegers, @isaliba.bsky.social Peter Maassen and @rebekahtromble.bsky.social on the roundtable.

Just arrived in Thessaloniki for @ecpr.bsky.social Conference, where I will be presenting my current research on democratic resilience and political violence. I'm very much looking forward to it & hope to see many of you! #Ecprgc25 ⬇️

"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.

Hotline gegen Hass Wie der Scicomm-Support angefeindeten Wissenschaftler:innen hilft: Teresa Völker und Matthias Fejes über Drohungen, Schutzstrukturen und den Mut, in der Öffentlichkeit weiter für Wissenschaft einzustehen. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/08...

On Tuesday, Ill be discussing four exciting papers on the far right and illiberalism. They will be presented by @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social @larboe.bsky.social @javidibad.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social

So excited for #ECPRgc25 in Thessaloniki next week, and for connecting with everyone of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social. If you have time, join me for one of the following four events.

Center-right politicians erode democractic norms more through rhetoric than their far-right counterparts. A new study looking at Germany🇩🇪 by @dziblatt.bsky.social @valentimvicente.bsky.social & @eliasdinas.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social ‪⤵️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

An exceptional piece of scholarship by @pauliinapatana.bsky.social , which goes straight on my Qualitative Methods syllabus as it is a perfect example of the value of mixed methods research. It is also highly relevant for my own work on European politics and the far right. Bravo! 👏

📫 Latest special issue: Europe's Changing Protest Landscape, edited by ‪@sophiahunger.bsky.social and Swen Hutter. In their introductory article, they sketch Europe's ‘new contentious politics’ landscape and preview the issue's articles 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📖 Our @jeppjournal.bsky.social article now has a volume & issue number! In our work, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social, @caterinafr.bsky.social & I overview far-right contentious politics in Europe and argue for a ‘normalisation of protest’. 🔗 50 free copies available at this link: shorturl.at/iiDrt

🚨New article w/ @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter Protest and the rise of left-nationalist challengers: evidence from Germany 📔 Social Movement Studies 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1474... In 2022, Germany faced a cost-of-living crisis. Many expected a “Hot Autumn” of mass protest—but it never happened. Why?

Very happy to see this out! We show that defending democracy against autocratizing incumbents is possible, but an uphill battle!

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-...

✨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-...

New article w Elena Cossu : How terror attacks shape political agendas on #multiculturalism in France. 👉 We show how terror events push mainstream parties toward far-right rhetoric on #diversity & #Islam. @cogitatiopag.bsky.social @authlibeu.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social

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...

Excited to kick off #EPSA2025 on Day 1, Panel 1! 🎉 I’ll present my co-authored research with @michaelimre.bsky.social on 50 years of gender representation in political science publications. We analyze nearly 100,000 articles across 72 journals to uncover long-term trends. 🔍 @epsanet.bsky.social

❗ The 𝘞𝘡𝘉 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 (@wzb.bsky.social‬) establishes a 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 for the 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 and is looking for its future 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 ❗ 📣 Let all the excellent democracy researchers out there know! ⁣ ⁣ wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire... ⁣ #Polisky @epsanet.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social

Die deutsche Zivilgesellschaft diskutiert permanent über Strategie - zum Beispiel gegen die extreme Rechte. In unserem Forschungsprojekt haben wir 192 Handreichungen und Leitfäden von zivilgesellschaftlichen Organisationen - darunter sicherlich einige die sich als "links" verstehen - gesammelt.

Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been published open access today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 💫 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on. A quick 🧵:

🤩I'm extremely excited to have @laiabalcells.bsky.social at the WZB to discuss secessionism, protest, and affective polarization in Catalonia on June 20 - including findings from her research and my very own book. 📖 The event will be hybrid at the WZB and on Zoom - more info how to register below!👇

📢 A must-read paper on populist in-and outgroup references! Amazing work by @tiondelisa.bsky.social

Sexism isn't just driving support for the radical right — it shaped vote choice across the board in #btw21 🗳🇩🇪 Our new research shows how different forms of sexism influenced sympathy for chancellor candidates and party choice. (Spoiler: not just the AfD!) 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are happy to present our book: "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party" on 13. June 2025 at @rug.nl. For more information and registration please see the poster and the link below. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Want to explore how history shapes democracy, test big-picture theories, or pick case studies based on historical experience? Introducing 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸 - a new R package and #VDemInstitute #WorkingPaper. 🧵1(4) #Polisky #ResearchData #StockData #PoliticalScience #PoliSciSky #demstock #DemocracyResearch

🚨 New publication 🚨 : Happy to share that my paper, "Losing Touch: The Rhetorical Cost of Governing" is now forthcoming at @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Short 🧵 about the paper here 👇 1/10

Come join us in Amsterdam for a fully funded 4-year PhD position on the topic of "Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics", with @alessandronai.bsky.social and @lindabos.bsky.social! All info here, deadline is June 4 👇👇👇 (Please share!) #polcom #commsky werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸 doi.org/10.1086/736698

Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019 www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar. We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads. What we find is disturbing: osf.io/preprints/os...

Excited to share this new article co-authored with the amazing @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social on how institutions can foster safe organizational cultures and support researchers working on extremism & terrorism through safety tools and protocols doi.org/10.1177/1468...

Join us May 21, 5pm @wzb.bsky.social - book talk "Political Voice: Protest, Democracy, and Marginalized Groups" by Aidan McGarry (Loughborough, UK) Discussion by @simonteune.bsky.social Info & registration www.wzb.eu/en/events/po... 2025 Lecture Series no 2 'Civil Society and Political Conflict'

🧵 THREAD: Can a short online intervention help defend democracy against partisan polarization? In our new study - just published in the @bjpols.bsky.social - my colleagues and I tested this question across 33 countries 🌍 with over 41,000 participants 🧑‍🤝‍🧑. Here’s what we found 👇

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share

🚨 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

How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates? @tevoelker.bsky.social (@wzb.bsky.social) will discuss “Mainstreaming the Far Right” on Friday, April 18. Discussant: Friederike Windel (AUP). Register here: tinyurl.com/CCDSVolker

🔥Exciting postdoc position in political communication @ascor.bsky.social starting 1 Sep! The postdoc will work w/ @lindabos.bsky.social, @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social & me on media-politics relations + framing effects in the aftermath of elections. Interested?😀Apply by 5 May⬇️ tinyurl.com/4wz3u5vn

Very happy to start my 3-months visiting fellowship at Sciences Po today. Perfect place and timing to study democracy&the far right. Can't wait to work with @caterinafr.bsky.social & the amazing scholars @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social Let me know when you are in Paris, looking forward to catching up!

📗 Die neuen WZB-Mitteilungen zum Thema: Veränderung 🟢 Es geht u.a. um den Zustand der #Demokratie, #Bildung, #Protest, die Zukunft der Industrie, #Verkehrswende und den Einfluss von #KI auf die Arbeitswelt. 📰Zum Heft: www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...