We very much enjoyed hosting the “AK Wahlen & politische Einstellungen” conference of @dvpw.bsky.social at JGU Mainz in 2026! Thank you for your excellent presentations and for contributing to such a nice atmosphere. In 2027, we will meet in Duisburg on 13–14 May. We hope to see many of you there!

🏛️ Local democracy is under threat in a growing number of European countries, @andresobczak.bsky.social emphasised at the opening of the #ActEU final conference earlier this month. Watch the full recording 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7s1...

Für Medienschaffende ist der Umgang mit der extremen Rechten zugegebenermaßen nicht immer einfach. Aber ein Lifestyle-Interview mit Chrupalla sprengt jeden journalistischen Rahmen. Hier wird nicht nur eine Plattform geboten, sondern extrem rechte Politik aktiv normalisiert. 🤯

First on our agenda 📆 @eurocities.eu's Secretary-General @andresobczak.bsky.social is giving a keynote speech, moderated by #ActEU Scientific Advisor @annreinl.bsky.social. Follow it online here 🔗 youtube.com/live/YVOClu1... /3

🇪🇺🇩🇪 Published Today in @bjpols.bsky.social 🇮🇹🇫🇷 How a voting advice application affected voting behavior in three large-scale field experiments: shorturl.at/2ekBj TLDR of our study (with @simonhix.bsky.social & @rlachat.bsky.social) below 👇 1/14

📢 Call for Papers: Jahrestagung des DVPW-Arbeitskreises Wahlen und politische Einstellungen 📅 7./8. Mai 2026 in Mainz 📧 [email protected] 🗓️ Deadline: 31.01.2026 Themenoffener Call - Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiche Einreichungen! @sgarritzmann.bsky.social @nilssteiner.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social

Writing isn’t just about what you say, it’s about what you refuse to lose in the process. Read my conversation with Cas Mudde on writing, voice, and resisting conformity in academia, in the media, and on the page. 🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-... 🧵

Wir suchen Wahlhilfenhelfer zur #Kommunalwahl in #Hessen 2026. 👉 Anmeldung zur Infoveranstaltung: tudaipol.limesurvey.net/994956?lang=de

An often-overlooked aspect in discussions on EU enlargement? The role of welfare security💡. I address this in my latest contribution for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social. Thanks @vanghel.bsky.social for inviting me🇪🇺

The call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025. epssnet.org/belfast-2026/ @rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!

Two fantastic days of the annual conference of the #AKWahlen are now behind us. Many thanks for the many excellent presentations, the friendly atmosphere, and to the local Berlin team for the fabulous organisation on site! ❤️ Watch out for the special issue in @electoralstudies.bsky.social!

Müllermilch is very big in UK and other countries, so we translated our piece about Theo Müllers extravagant birthday party and his right wing friends with the help of our trusted translator Charles: www.spiegel.de/internationa...

Excited about the very first EPSS conference in Belfast next year!🤩 @kenbenoit.bsky.social & I co-chair the Political Communication Section and invite submissions on contents & effects of political communication, broadly conceived, and media-politics relations⬇️Please reach out in case of questions

We’re live! 🚀 Just launched the Humboldt GovLab with a great workshop on #CitizensAssemblies @humboldtuni.bsky.social Because strengthening democracy takes more than ideas. It takes evidence. And collaboration. Follow us @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social 🌐 hu-govlab.de

Guten Morgen deutsche Medien: Diese Studie zeigt: a) dass die AfD unverhältnismäßige mediale Aufmerksamkeit erhält (=mehr als ihre elektorale Größe suggerieren könnte). b) dass diese Aufmerksamkeit mit der strategischen Störung des politischen Prozesses durch die AfD an sich zusammenhängt.

Took months of work, but @aagilli.bsky.social and I are proud to bring you a paper that deals with the true elephant in the room: Should the EU equip itself with a nuclear deterrent, and if so, how? www.bruegel.org/working-pape...

Die Erhöhung der #Verteidigung|sausgaben von ca. 1,5 % auf 5 % des anvisierten #NATO Ziels erfordert 140 Milliarden € an zusätzlichen Staatsausgaben in Deutschland. Der einzige (!) Weg, zusätzliche Verteidigungsausgaben dauerhaft zu finanzieren, ist über höhere #Steuern.

Are you a concerned European who thinks that Europe should absorb US academics that genuinely want to flee America (even with a pay cut)? Remember that the academic market conditions in Europe really do not allow for that without a *big* escalation of spending in Higher Education.

What are the drivers of political #engagement in Europe❓ #ActEU researcher @alexhartland.bsky.social (@uni-saarland.de) explores the triggers of political participation in our latest video recording from our December mid-term conference 📺 Watch it on YouTube ➡️ youtu.be/M7Rcmco6jCQ?...

⬇️New week - new publication ⬇️ This time we focus on the 2024 EP elections🗳️ Thanks for putting this @wepsocial.bsky.social symposium together @simonhix.bsky.social!

📣 Call for Papers: Jahrestagung DVPW-Arbeitskreises "Wahlen und politische Einstellungen" 📅 18.-19. September 2025 Freie Universität Berlin 📨 Einreichungsfrist Abstracts: 15. Juni 2025 an [email protected] @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us...

One week – two new publications 📚🤗 1. My article on welfare governance in the EU multi-level system has been published @eupthejournal.bsky.social. 2. @monasr.bsky.social & I published a piece about party communication on EU Solidarity @polcommjournal.bsky.social. Check them out & get in touch 🤓

🇪🇺🇦🇫 Published Today in CPS 🇪🇺🇦🇫 “Stand by those who share our values” – how refugees fleeing the Taliban improved European attitudes toward immigration Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os... Thread: 1/8

Delighted that the 2nd edition of our textbook - with @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sopro.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social - is out now! 📘Foundations of European Politics 📒 Copies can be ordered here: www.oup.com/ukhe/product... Data and exercises here: www.foundationsofeuropeanpolitics.com

3 more days to apply for 2 postdoc positions in Frankfurt - let me know if you have any questions!

Zusätzlich zur politikwissenschaftlichen Perspektive frage ich mich als queere POC natürlich ob ich dazugehöre bei Klingbeils normalen Menschen. Haben meine Wünsche und Sorgen Platz in der SPD? Oder gehöre ich nicht zu den normalen Menschen? Was bin ich dann: unnormal, abnormal, ein Freak?

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

🔥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

New article out! 🥳 We study whether & how internal political efficacy contributes to unequal turnout among newly enfranchised citizens - open access with Politics & Governance. 🙏 for the great cooperation to @aleininger.bsky.social, @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Armin Schäfer!

"Specifically on the vaccine rollout, and most interesting for our research, is a recent paper published by Reinl, Katsanidou and Pötzschke (Reference Reinl, Katsanidou and Pötzschke 2023)." Awww, thank you 😊!

in our latest @bruegel.bsky.social column, Roel Beetsma, Marco Buti & myself look into the pros and pitfalls of the proposed SAFE defence fund, waiting for tomorrow's White Paper release by @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu . www.bruegel.org/first-glance...

As speakers of the @dvpw.bsky.social's working group Elections and Public Opinion, we invite proposals for a special issue on the 2025 German federal election (to be submitted to Electoral Studies). See: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a... Also see the previous SI: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Check out our latest @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social post on what Germany’s election result means for the EU! 🇪🇺 What can we expect from the likely new grand coalition ⚫️🔴? @swallaschek.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social

Can mothers leverage the structural resources of their occupation like autonomy to balance motherhood and work, especially in the absence paid leave? My latest article in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests so.

European leaders met with 🇺🇦, 🇪🇺 & NATO officials to discuss 🇺🇦 support & defence cooperation. This is all very welcome & needed. But for peace & defence efforts to be future-proof & credible, public support is essential. Building it won’t be easy. 🧵with @eupinions.bsky.social data

Das ist - bei allem Ernst der Lage - lustig.

Women's representation has been stagnating around 30% for the past 30 years, after peaking at an all-time high of 36.4% in 2013—only to decline since. 32.4% after the 2025 Bundestag election. This is not progress. #GenderEquality #Politics #Bundestagswahl #Bundestagswahl2025

„Die Quote schadet ja in aller erster Linie den Frauen selbst.“

💥 New: Germany’s election – what happened and what might come next ✍️ @florianstoeckel.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

If you sum it up, 49% of young German men voted for a right-leaning party, but only 28% of young women. Conversely, 59% of young women voted for a left-leaning party, but only 38% of young men. (BSW left out.)

Eigentlich ist die Lage recht klar. Es steht U fällt mit dem Einzug der FDP. Wenn sie es nicht schafft, gibt's schwarz-rot oder Kenia, aber das ist das einzig mögliche dann. Wenn es die FDP schafft, wirds spannend. Kenia oder Deutschland Koalition.

Some thoughts and pointers on the upcoming German elections on Sunday. Nearly all polling institutes have released final polls in the last days that show a very similar picture. It is nearly certain that the CDU/CSU will come out on top and Friedrich Merz is going to be the next Chancellor. 1/

Two great job opportunities in polisci/CPE at @ipz.bsky.social Less than 2 weeks left to apply!

Danke an die Kolleg:innen von der Open Expert Survey, die für Daniel Morgenstern, @sophiahunger.bsky.social & mich Fragen zur Brandmauer aufgenommen haben 👏 📣Auf oes25.de/OES25prerele... gibt es alle Ergebnisse & pre-release Daten! Kurz: Es gibt klare Unterschiede im Ausmaß der Brandmauer Lang: 🧵👇

You wonder how the CDU/CSU playing with the "Brandmauer" to AfD last week has influenced German voters? @mafaldapratas.bsky.social @jmfernandes86.bsky.social & I have you covered. We surveyed sample of 2,000 German voters. 🧵with first results 👇. Spoiler: It did not go down as well as CDU/CSU hoped.

@liesbethooghe.bsky.social & Gary Marks measure the extent to which political parties on the contemporary socio-cultural divide are cleavaged. doi.org/10.1080/0140... Part of the forthcoming Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies". #polisky #academicsky

EU needs to act to secure its future to deal with climate, social, competitiveness & security, AI challenges To this end, Commission launched its “Competitiveness Compass” Yet, politically, it will be a long & whining road Some of my thoughts for Social Europe www.socialeurope.eu/can-europe-o...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of the German CDU, just claimed in parliament that gang rapes are committed on a daily basis by asylum seekers in Germany. It is pure far right propaganda. The mainstreaming of the far right is happening on steroids in Germany right now.

ANYONE mentoring prospective academics must inform them about the contemporary academic climate and market, not the one that existed when they themselves entered academia!

Völlig egal welche Programme Parteien vorlegen, es kommt nur eine Frage: Migration. Immer nur Migration. Als gäbe es keine Klimakrise, keinen Krieg in Europa, keine Krise der Wirtschaft und Sozialsysteme, keinen Autokraten im Weißen Haus. Ein medialer Diskurs als Steigbügelhalter der Rechtsextremen.