🤔 Illiberal policy frames? Turns out it’s fear-mongering, not crisis-driven 👥 @miklossebok.bsky.social, @buzogany.bsky.social, @juliafleischer.bsky.social, @gessler.bsky.social, Anna Takács, @seanmtheriault.bsky.social & Ákos Holányi 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yD

‼️Last chance to submit your paper or panel proposal to EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is TODAY! Don’t miss out - it will be full of great political science and fun social events! 👩‍🏫🥳 epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

🚨 CfP: SekMethoden 2026 🗓️ March 12-13, 2026 🗺️ Hannover, Germany ⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025 👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2... 👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!

Am kommenden Dienstag gebe ich im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung zur Klimakrise an der @uni-hamburg.de einen Vortrag zu den physikalischen Grundlagen der Klimakrise. Der Vortrag ist öffentlich, also gerne vorbeikommen! Freue mich auf den Austausch! #climatecomms www.zfw.uni-hamburg.de/oeffentliche...

Some professional news as I took my oath of office today: On September 1st, I joined the University of Hamburg as a full professor of democratic political decision making👋 I'm very excited about this job & the chance to continue researching democracy, party competition and digitalization here 1/2

@deeesharp.bsky.social & I are looking for a collaborator on a project w/ @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social on empathy-based interventions against affective polarization @uni-hamburg.de j0b.de/veca 75% PhD position, 1st yr project funded & can be converted to a position w/ teaching afterwards 📆31/08

Noch (fast) eine Woche / One week left ⤵️ Wir beantworten gerne Fragen und freuen uns übers Teilen👋 #polscijobs #PoliSky

@deeesharp.bsky.social & I are looking for a collaborator on a project w/ @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social on empathy-based interventions against affective polarization @uni-hamburg.de j0b.de/veca 75% PhD position, 1st yr project funded & can be converted to a position w/ teaching afterwards 📆31/08

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years. If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply! shorturl.at/kcTbG

It's not easy being a female researcher. But this week, I felt the power of brilliant women* coming together: mutual support, inspiring conversations & lots of code!👩‍💻 We tackled it all: Web scraping, LLMs & data viz. Many thanks to @sophiahunger.bsky.social @gessler.bsky.social, Jelena & Sophia #wpm

I had the best time getting ✨multilingual✨ in R and Python at the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🤗 Couldn’t ask for a more supportive group; very important when several hours of live-coding is involved 🙈

Today, we wrapped up the first part of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology at @unibremen.bsky.social with a hackathon 👩‍💻 #WomeninPolMeth #PolMeth #wpm So far, we've had a great week thanks to our fantastic participants and instructors 🧵⏬

What an inspiring first day at the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology here in Bremen yesterday! We were honored to be welcomed by the president of @unibremen.bsky.social‬, Prof. Jutta Günther, (1)

on my way to Bremen with spezi and the most beautiful booklet I’ve ever seen 🥹 (there is a even list of specialty coffee locations!)

🇵🇱🇩🇪 During the first day of Polish border checks on the DE-PL border, Polish law enforcement stopped almost 700 vehicles, controlled nearly 4400 people, and denied entry to 1 (one) person. That's some ROI there.

Our Element is out! 🎉 Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms? www.cambridge.org/core/element...

#showyourstripes Hamburg, Germany Human caused climate change is noticeable everywhere: showyourstripes.info

🇵🇱⚖️🗳️ The rule of law repair process in Poland just got incredibly more difficult. I expect President Nawrocki to be even less cooperative than Duda, as Nawrocki will work hard for a PiS parliamentary election victory. Tough times ahead. 1/

🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.

Thrilled to see my 1st PhD paper out in #PartyPolitics! Based on ~15000 posts by 86 German subnat. parties (2015-2019), Simon Franzmann & I show that dominant & challenger parties differ in the use of policy-based vs symbolic & positive vs negative appeals. 🔓: doi.org/10.1177/1354...

The Hungarian government 🇭🇺 further cracks down on its civil sector. The bill proposes forcing those leading civil orgs to disclose their private assets and defunding orgs that 'harm sovereignty' e.g. by criticizing the gov as undemocratic or advocating LGBTQ rights summary: telex.hu/english/2025...

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

Die ARD lässt die afd live aus dem Bundestag kommentieren, wie es nach der gescheiterten Merz-Wahl weitergeht. Ganz normal.

🚨Last days to apply!🎉 summerschoolwpm.org

We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉 summerschoolwpm.org Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social 📆01/05

Such an important call by @katalincseh.bsky.social to respond to Orban’s hideous Pride ban👇 Please share it widely & write your representatives. Also: no one from the @ec.europa.eu has offered more than deep concerns so far #SeeYouAtBudapestPride 🏳️‍🌈 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🗳️🇭🇺With every credible poll showing Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz far behind Péter Magyar’s TISZA party, talk in Hungary is shifting to whether Orbán might try to jail or ban his rival—à la Turkey. The real question now: will Hungary have free and fair elections in 2026? And would Orbán give up power?

This was by far the most inspiring and transformative summer school of my PhD! I learned so much and connected with so many brilliant Women*. Thanks for maintaining spaces like these. 🚨 Now hurry and apply before May 1st!

This is such an amazing opportunity to learn more about computational methods and connect with inspiring women*! Can't recommend it enough.

it’s so amazing to have this summer school back, cannot recommend enough that PhD female students apply!

🚨 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

🚨📚🧪 Less than a week to apply for the open position of Editor of Open Science at the EJPR @ecpr.bsky.social ! Join a great & diverse team of editors, and help us develop new open science initiatives for the journal 🔥 Check out all info below 👇 Apply!

Gestern vor 22 Jahren haben Rechte in Frankfurt (Oder) Enrico Schreiber ermordet. todesopfer-rechter-gewalt-in-brandenburg.de/enrico-schre... Auch jetzt, wo rechte Gewalt in Brandenburg wieder Höchstwerte erreicht ist es wichtig daran zu erinnern. www.opferperspektive.de/aktuelles/st...

After 2 terms of office, I am stepping down as spokesperson for the Methods Section of the @dvpw.bsky.social. Many thanks to my co-speakers @gessler.bsky.social and @denis-cohen.bsky.social for the great collaboration and the lovely gift.

Aus, aus, das Spiel ist aus!! Zumindest für unser Vorhersagemodell von @zweitstimme.bsky.social für die #btw25. Hier unsere vorläufig finalen Prognosen, vor ca. 70 Zeugen an der @hertieschool.bsky.social vorgestellt. zweitstimme.org/presentation

💥 New: Women are disappearing from the Bundestag ✍️ @corinnakroeber.bsky.social & @lenastephan.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

This week in Frankfurt (Oder): sunny winter wonderland at the doorstep of @viadrina.bsky.social ❄️☃️☀️

131 Politikwissenschaftler haben im Open Expert Survey 2025 die Positionen der Parteien zu wichtigen Themen eingeschätzt. Im Vergleich zum OES21 ist vor allem die Wichtigkeit von Migrationspolitik gestiegen. Einen ausführlicheren Blick & die Pre-Release-Daten gibt es hier: oes25.de/OES25prerele...

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: 🧵👇

BTW: This documentary⏬ also has English subtitles! A ✨must-see✨ for everyone interested in Hungary 🇭🇺 and the economic power grab of the Orbán family. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ4S... 📌Plus, you can read more of the amazing work of Direkt36 journalists on their webpage www.direkt36.hu/en/

Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”

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.

EPSA rejection: to all early career people who face this today, I want to say that I had two of them in the past, one of them was published in AJPS in the end, the other has not been submitted yet. Today, my third EPSA rejection. If you have it, too: hear me it means nothing! Enjoy your weekend 😇

🚨 Women will disappear from the next Bundestag! While national news reports close to equal % of women candidates compared to 2021 shorturl.at/KSYvj, the upcoming election on Feb 23 will lead to an even more male-dominated parliament. Here's why the new electoral system is pushing women out—🧵

"Ich kenne kein Land, in dem die Strategie der Übernahme rechtspopulistischer Themen [durch Mitteparteien] langfristig erfolgreich war - schon gar nicht in der Migrationspolitik." - @saengler.bsky.social im Spiegel www.spiegel.de/geschichte/m...

Reminder that these protests work: - Evidence from Greece: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... - Evidence from Italy: academic.oup.com/poq/article-... - Evidence from France: academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...

Vergewaltigungen finden leider auch regelmäßig in Geflüchtetenunterkünften statt. Täter sind Bewohner, aber auch Security-Mitarbeiter. Mit dem Gewalthilfegesetz sollte auch der Schutz geflüchteter Frauen verbessert werden. Im Zuge der Verhandlungen mit der Union wurde dieser Teil gestrichen.

Watching this debate has really been textbook how not to deal with the far right. And watching the AfD's responses in parliamentary debate shows exactly how the far right uses this to their advantage.