4 years in Salzburg — many challenges, many successes, and a written, submitted & defended #PhD thesis 🎓🎉 As this exciting period of my life ended in September, I’d like to share some impressions & learnings from my 4 year PhD journey with you. 🧵 (1/10)

New York Times having a totally normal one

I did a lecture on the impact of Brexit on British politics. Watch it here if you're really bored www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...

"gentrification looks like integration in the data" New ways to look into segregation.

Last day to apply! 👇

This 👇 administration was still running on 39% approval ratings when I last checked. Future generations will struggle to comprehend.

This is how destruction of freedom of speech & media independence looks like, it’s autocratization & unlevelling the playing field. Yet again, it is not surprising what Trump does, but shocking how weak resistance by civil society & media is. Democratic society in the U.S. is not up to the task.

Excited to announce the publication of my article in Comparative Political Studies on how crises shape the ideological legitimation strategies of authoritarian regimes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

🌊 Join us at a beautiful lakeside retreat with @apbtutzing.bsky.social! Exchange about current IR debates. Connect with fellow #EarlyCareerResearchers and explore exciting new research. 📢 #CfP open — submit your abstracts now! 🗓 Deadline: 30.09.2025 #InternationalRelations #PoliticalScience

Regular reminder to 🇩🇪 parties who see such numbers: That AfD got strong bc nobody represented right-wing populist positions does not mean that AfD will lose if you adopt such positions. Often it may just make things worse: you acknowledge you were wrong, AfD was right & now you appear spineless.

🤔 Who shape's the EU's economic security measures? 🥁 @andduer.bsky.social, Gemma Mateo González & @loranevisart.bsky.social suggest that part of the answer is business interests 💼👇

🚨New working paper 🚨 Excited to share my new working paper on rural discontent with climate policies in Europe. As the climate backlash materialises, especially in rural places, I ask: why do people oppose the green transition in rural areas? A quick 🧵 The paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

My most personal post yet, a response to so many messages after launching Respect the Marble “Breaking the Intellectual Doom Loop: How to Write While the World Burns” ft. anxiety, a doom-containment protocol & heroic attempts to write offline 🧵 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

I can highly recommend applying for this position! Working with the amazing Salzburg colleagues in a great academic environment is an absolute pleasure. If you have questions about my past and present experiences as an IR PhD student in Salzburg, feel free to contact my anytime 🙂

We are inviting applications for a 4-year PhD position in International Relations at the @unisalzburg.bsky.social. Requirement: MA in Political Science or a closely related social science Application deadline: 2 June 2025 For more details, see tinyurl.com/5ew3auby #Polisky #poliscijobs

ICYMI #openaccess in Geopolitics: When Trade Hits Home: Distributional Effects of Trade and Populist Voting Across Space by @stefanhee.bsky.social Download and read for free:

🚨Publication alert 🚨 (it feels totally surreal to post this finally 😱) A few months before my PhD defence, I can finally report that my first peer-reviewed article has been published. This is a major milestone for my career, so thank you to everyone involved 🙏 #EarlyCareer It is free access, so:

Mein Kommentar zum heutigen Standard. Let the shitstorm begin 👇 www.derstandard.at/story/300000... @sceus.bsky.social #EUsky #Eursky #Migcit

Ever wondered what happened in the last EU elections in each Member State? Can't wait for the upcoming edited books? Wait no more – the latest @politiqueue.bsky.social special issue brings together short research notes from EU specialists in every EU MS just for you: shs.cairn.info/journal-poli...

How does employment change differ across German regions & is it all about the urban-rural divide? 🏙️ 🏡 Happy to see the first paper of my PhD now out in Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie and Sozialpsychologie! Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1007/s115... and 🧵👇:

This is what Trump's "economists" say about how they calculated the "reciprocal" tariffs. Don[t be fooled by the equation. They commit countless crimes against economics. ustr.gov/issue-areas/... +

I just did the numbers and this assumption looks to be completely right. Let’s pause for a minute and consider how INSANE this is. 🧵

apnews.com/article/whit... how dare you? #magnolia #beautiful #salzburg

Happy Liberation Eve!

Linking public service deprivation to immigration rather than to cuts & administrative burdens is a POLITICAL CHOICE My research shows that “immigrants cutting the cue" framing was key part of far right’s rise in Europe 👇🏽 🇬🇧: ap.lc/jwBBV 🇮🇹: ap.lc/WRePJ Yet another form of far right normalization

3. I think the easiest way to help is aimed as helping science in general rather than US science or scientists. And that is to protect endangered datasets — house them outside of the U.S. and make them publicly available.

I am extremely proud to announce that my first co-authored paper got published recently 😍 Thank you so much @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social for your guidance and support. It was an inspiring experience working with you! Thanks also to @callegall.bsky.social for making this possible!

Danke @maithinkx.bsky.social für die Zsf! Wann immer mich jemand aus meiner Familie fragt, was ich an der Uni eigentlich mache für meinen Doktor, werde ich ab jetzt dieses Video zeigen. Ca. 1/2 Jahr vor der Verteidigung genau perfekt. Dicke Empfehlung für alle die einen PhD anfangen!

Very cool illustration of sectoral effects! This really shows the connection of economic and non-economic regional clusters. Would this also work with manufacturing sectors, like textiles or cars? 🤔 I would guess so

That's a wrap! ✅ Our first-ever workshops concluded successfully today. Many thanks to @apbtutzing.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social and especially @anjaopitz.bsky.social for many years of hospitality and fantastic collaboration! We hope to return to Tutzing soon with more exciting research in IR. 🧑‍🎓

It's done! The first IR early career @dvpw.bsky.social event in English and our first ECIB workshop format ever! A great pleasure to be part of the organizing team. A big thank you to my co-organizers @ecib-dvpw.bsky.social and especially to @anjaopitz.bsky.social from @apbtutzing.bsky.social

The workshop "Crises, Contestation, Complexity: International Organizations in the Changing 21st Century" starts in its final day. Yesterday came with lakeside (yet productive) discussions and a roundtable. Thanks to @debremaria.bsky.social and @BernhardZangl from @globalpoliticslmu.bsky.social

Yesterday Lilli Banholzer and Jan Busse joined us in beautiful Tutzing for an meet the editor discussion 📰 Thank you for the valuable input on how to publish in @zibjournal.bsky.social as #EarlyCareer researchers! @apbtutzing.bsky.social

Our first #ECIB workshops are about to kick off! 🎊 Workshop 1: Crises, contestation, complexity: IOs in the changing 21st century Workshop 2: International political sociologies of planetary crises A big thank you to @apbtutzing.bsky.social for their fantastic support!

And it will not come as a shock to political scientists....

#PolSky #PoliSky

#ISA2025 in Chicago was great, thank you to all the fantastic colleagues I met there! Yet one theme loomed large: "But fear prevailed" - A scary take, but it might describe the situation well. Trump's America Is in a Free Fall—Not a Slippery Slope—to Tyranny www.theunpopulist.net/p/trumps-ame...

✋A joint project to #measure #rural and #urban #consciousness in #Europe has now been published in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the talented colleagues👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ec.europa.eu

German newspaper taz tracks the current wave of mobilisation against the #farright. According to their tally, at least 1.5 million people have taken to the streets since the beginning of this year. You can find some neat visualisations and all the data they have collated here

"Bei mir hat der Erfolg mit Stimmen der AfD Urängste ausgelöst." - Nach Annahme des Antrags zur Migrationspolitik im Bundestag gibt #AlbrechtWeinberg, Überlebender der KZ #Auschwitz, #MittelbauDora und #BergenBelsen, sein Bundesverdienstkreuz zurück. t1p.de/mbto0

"Vor allem die verstörende Gleichzeitigkeit macht sprachlos. Um 12 Uhr gedachte der Bundestag der Opfer des Holocausts anlässlich des 80. Jahrestages der Befreiung von Auschwitz. Und um 14 Uhr dann begann der CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz mit der Demontage der Brandmauer. [...] 1/2

If I were SPD or Greens I would now stress day in & day out on all channels that Merz… 1. Is weak leader giving in to AfD 2. Cannot be trusted („Austria“) 3. Lacks political judgment 4. Changes positions like cloths 5. Panders just to win votes 6. Lacks principles Talk about valence not positions.

If Trump's threatened 25% tariffs on Mexico & Canada went into effect, the largest flows affected would be transportation equipment & machinery, as well as electronics, some manufacturing, & fuel. Current tariffs on goods imported from the USMCA partners are generally below 1%. #EconSky

#kw45 Already the worst week of the year. And it is Wednesday. #Trump #Lindner

#CfP Here is an excellent opportunity for early-career political scientists whith IR focus. Design your own workshop‼️ Invite other young scholars to participate and keynote speakers to complement workshop with their expertise. #ECIB #DVPW