New publication with @turnbulldugarte.com in @psrm.bsky.social! 🧵 We study whether citizens’ liberal values are selective: do people support policies based on who promotes them? Short answer: Yes, and it's driven by ethnic out-group disidentification. (1/11) 👇 doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

Lesekreis Weihnachtsfeier. Wir besprechen Judith Butler „Who’s Afraid of Gender?” - Angriffe auf sogenannte „Gender-Ideologie“ sind zentraler Bestandteil der globalen radikalen Rechten geworden und werden zusätzlich bis tief in die Mitte der Gesellschaft legitimiert.

Ich freue mich sehr: Ich habe gestern einen Rechtsstreit mit Ahmad Mansour gewonnen. Ich hatte auf X in Zusammenhang mit einem Kommentar von ihm in der Welt mit der Überschrift „Menschen, die vor Unfreiheit flüchten, importieren Unfreiheit nach Europa“ (siehe Screenshot) geschrieben, dass 1/

Vote shares are often used to compare social democratic party success and to decide who to learn from. However, SD parties operate in very different socio-structural contexts. If we e.g. compare today's vote shares with those in the 90s, the Swiss SP stands out as having lost the least votes.

Radical right parties in Europe have not moderated. Their positions and rhetoric have entered the mainstream. They have become normalized and legitimized. Unless we understand this, we have little chance of countering their success.

Must be that famous left-progressive bias of the media elite that let's the BBC pretend that "cultural erasure" (i.e. the extreme right racist idea at the heart of contemporary and historic fascism) is a serious starting point for discussion. Why not "Do Germans need more Lebensraum in the East?"

Heute sicher nochmal ein guter Tag diesen äußerst informativen Podcast mit @annewill.bsky.social und Christina Berndt zu hören. Der Umfang des Schadens und das Ausmaß der Fahrlässigkeit und Überheblichkeit. Und Fahrlässigkeit ist schon die großzügige Interpretation. open.spotify.com/episode/3gFx...

Now out in QMMR (Notes from the Field): I reflect on my PhD fieldwork in informal camps of migrant farmworkers in Italy, and on how the slow work of building trust in a challenging field environment radically reshaped my research questions and methods doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

DPIR's @tabouchadi.bsky.social has co-authored a new paper in @thejop.bsky.social on 'The electoral effects of state-sponsored anti LGBTQ measures': www.journals.uchicag...

This is a brilliant piece on the restructuring of political competition in Western Europe and goes far beyond the question of populism. Great also for teaching.

📢 APPLY NOW! @politicsoxford.bsky.social are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor of the Comparative Politics of Africa, in association with St Peter’s College. 🗓️ CLOSES: Noon (GMT) 21 Jan 2026: ow.ly/H31A50XHn83

Out now with @adamsharris.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social : We test “rooted” activist frames for LGBTQI tolerance—grounded in local history & national narratives—in Zimbabwe. Biggest thanks to the many people who helped get this off the ground. (1/3) Read here:

Everywhere you look there is an opening for leadership. What an irony that the Democratic consultant-pundit class fell into a poll-following Popularist obsession at a time of such volatility

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Oxford, spotlighting the Centre for Democratic Resilience and its work to protect liberal democracy and academic freedom. #OxfordUniversity #DemocraticResilience #InternationalCollaboration #ResearchImpact Read more: ow.ly/5VeR50XFKQC

Nächste Woche diskutiere ich bei der Schwarzkopf-Stiftung Junges Europa wie die radikale Rechte in Europa die Demokratie bedroht. Man kann sich noch weiterhin zur Veranstaltung anmelden.

A worldview that divides people into givers and takes will prevent people from supporting redistribution, inclusion, sustainability and other progressive values. It will prevent people from voting Labour in elections. Labour is shaping public opinion against progressive politics.

🚨Job News: Postdoc positions in LSE Government Department 🚨 Apply to work with the brilliant and wonderful Carl Muller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social on his BORDERS ERC project at LSE @lsegovernment.bsky.social jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

An English translation of our book "Trigger Points. Inequality and Political Polarization in Contemporary Society" will come out @brisunipress.bsky.social: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/triggerpoints It studies the social bases of political divides over migration, climate, diversity & redistribution

📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database! The data now covers - > 3.000 parties - 1.100 parliamentary elections - 402 presidential elections - 2.044 cabinets across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31). All info: ppeg.wzb.eu We hope that data is helpful to the community!

The electoral effects of state-sponsored anti-LGBTQ measures doi.org/10.1086/739782 Accepted paper in @thejop.bsky.social by Violeta I. Haas, Konstantin Bogatyrev, Nuffield Fellow @tabouchadi.bsky.social Heike Klüver and Lukas F. Stoetzer

Difficult to grasp how the crisis of UK universites - largely caused by bad policy and bad management - is not treated as a massive national problem that requires government involvement to help solve the issue. Product of a discourse in which parties don‘t want to be seen as appealing to graduates?

As people still need to hear this: the Danish social democrats are polling at below 20%. In this poll, the radical right in Denmark also nearly receives 20%. It remains striking how often Denmark is still referenced as a case were social democrats beat the radical right.

Europe’s housing crisis is worsening while progressives stay silent. DPIR's @tabouchadi.bsky.social argues in @theguardian.com that we need bold policies that make homes affordable, fair and a social right again:

Very unprofessional of the APSR to publish a response to a published article without publishing the original authors' reaction. "They will be published in the same issue." So we see them together when we get our hardcopy in the mail and flip through it on a Sunday afternoon?

A critique of our (w/ @bertous.bsky.social) paper “Instrumentally inclusive” has just been published. Our response is under review (see below on process) but we feel obliged to share our draft for balance since the comment has been released without the response. osf.io/rn6h3/files/...

Oxford’s PPRNet unveils eight new briefs showing how soaring housing costs are reshaping European politics—hurting centre-left parties and boosting anti-establishment sentiment. Led by @tabouchadi.bsky.social, the project urges an evidence-based debate on housing: ow.ly/5ICT50XyAIH

With the Progressive Politics Research Network, we have published 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. What does a progressive agenda on housing look like? Which elements are important? What the hurdles are and how can they be overcome? politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...

For the Guardian, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social and I write about how building new homes is not enough to tackle the housing crisis. Housing is a redistributive issue and progressive policy solutions need to acknowledge that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

For the Guardian, @jonhenley.bsky.social reports on our new research briefs on the politics of housing. Current policies too often treat housing as an asset. Housing as a social right has nearly disappeared from the agenda of even progressive parties. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

With the Progressive Politics Research Network, we have published 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. What does a progressive agenda on housing look like? Which elements are important? What the hurdles are and how can they be overcome? politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...

Am Wochenende will sich in Gießen die neue Jugendorganisation der AfD gründen – begleitet von großen Gegendemonstrationen. Ideologisch wie auch personell zeigen sich Kontinuitäten zu der Jungen Alternativen, analysiert ANNA-SOPHIE HEINZE (@asheinze.bsky.social). verfassungsblog.de/afd-jugendor...

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

🔔Job Alert 🔔 Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?” We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!

@brendannyhan.bsky.social is right: young people are reluctant to come to the defense of institutions that have excluded them, ignored them, and crushed their movements www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...

We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!

New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies. Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇

Happy that our paper with @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, and @lstoetze.bsky.social found a home at @thejop.bsky.social. You can read it here 👇 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Thanks to all the fantastic people giving feedback and supporting us

Thank you for writing this @casmudde.bsky.social saves me to have to explain this every other week to journalists and politicians! This plus the great work by @tabouchadi.bsky.social et al & @turnbulldugarte.com et al should now hopefully settle this issue.

Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A fascinating scene to understand how personalistic regimes work. First, there is an in-or-out decision by the leader. This is always in flux, deliberately uncertain and essential to extract rents and exert power. When you are on the inside the substance of what you say and do becomes secondary.

Labour is desperately trying to appeal to Reform supporters. In October, we asked people in the UK if they perceive a party as a "party for someone like them". Only very few people say this for both Labour and Reform. The correlation is negative. Labour is chasing an electorate that does not exist.

New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝 We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

The far right will be the dominant force on the right in Europe within the next 5-10 years. Most focus is still on how to prevent this but imho too many mistakes have been made that have created path dependencies. We need to focus more on what it means for our democracies when we reach this stage.

Next week, with the Progressive Politics Research Network, we are going to publish 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. While housing has become a huge grievance across Europe, it is often absent from progressive parties‘ agendas. Our group of experts discusses different aspects of this

Im EU-Parlament wurde letzte Woche erstmals ein relevantes Gesetz mit den Stimmen der extremen Rechten beschlossen. Das ist ein guter Anlass, sich diese Woche dieses unheimlich kluge Gespräch zwischen @tabouchadi.bsky.social und @emcke.bsky.social anzuhören. www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/podc...

Fascinating how often political commentary in the UK still refers to the median voter. In a multi-dimensional space with salience endogenous to positions, it‘s unclear to me who that should be. In a multi-party system, winning the median voter is of course not necessarily a vote-maximizing strategy.

Do people in the Labour party think that you can recover from this? Is there any historic precedent for turning something like this around? Starmer has tied himself to a strategy, that strategy has failed. The consequence should be quite clear.

Research on this is clear: the uncertainty created by this policy will lead to people integrate less into British society. It is trading-off the reasonable policy goal of integration for the useless symbolism of immigration numbers. Bad policy to appease the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...