More and more young people are turning to the far right. Why and what can we do about it? Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies. 🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social 💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw

Donnerstag und Freitag in Gießen! @politikuhh.bsky.social

Very proud of my PhD student @kwalz.bsky.social who successfully defended his thesis on "Pathways to breakdown resilience" today and is now Dr. (des.) Kevin Walz 🎉 Watch out for his book to learn how accountability can stop autocratization! In Picture: Kevin🧑‍🎓, Natasha Wunsch, 2nd supervisor and me 😀

Heute um 16 Uhr begrüßen wir Natasha Wunsch (Université de Fribourg) in unserer #Forschungswerkstatt. Das Thema ist wirklich spannend: "Democratic Commitment: Why Citizens Tolerate Democratic Backsliding". Alle sind herzlich willkommen!

Comparative Constitutional Studies early view: O'Flynn on "Constitutional referendums and randomly selected constitutional conventions." www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...

Diesen Mittwoch in der Forschungswerkstatt Politikwissenschaft @powimz.bsky.social : Nathasha Wunsch stellt ihr neues Buch vor! 16 Uhr in P5 - wir freuen uns schon 🎉

I’m deeply honored to receive the "Preis für Föderalismus- und Regionalforschung" for my book "Lobbyierende Kantone", presented by the presidents of the parliaments of the Austrian Bundesländer and South Tyrol, as well as the @ifoe.bsky.social. On the picture: e.g., Landeshauptmann Stelzer (ÖVP)

29.10.2025 - "Kann man KI eigentlich auch gut machen?" - Meenzer #ScienceSchoppe in der Reihe "Wissensdurst zum Feierabend" 👉 https://www.wissenschaftsallianz-mainz.de/veranstaltungen/themenjahr-2025/2025-10-29-meenzer-science-schoppe #KünstlicheIntelligenz #MainzerWissenschaftsallianz

Da ist der endlich: Der neue Leviathan-Sonderband "Politische Theorien öffentlicher Finanzen - Zur (De-)Politisierung von Geld, Eigentum und Steuern" ist ausgepackt! @nomosverlag.bsky.social www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/politis...

Im Rahmen unserer Forschungswerkstatt bieten wir im Wintersemester 2025/26 wieder ein spannendes Programm zu verschiedenen Themen an. Wie immer gilt: alle sind herzlich willkommen!

Now out in Party Politics 🎉 Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing. 👉 A legitimisation effect. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Happy to serve as the editor-in-chief of the Politische Vierteljahresschrift/German Political Science Quarterly (PVS/GPSQ) link.springer.com/journal/11615 @dvpw.bsky.social from January 2026 onwards. Thanks to Eric Linhart for his great work in the last six years! 1/3

Senator Merkley is on hour 20 of reading How Democracies Die, mixed w commentary, on u.s. senate floor

💫💫💫 Great News: We are over the moon that our paper "Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?" is now published in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🍾 🤗 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000... w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social 🧵1/5

Happening today - 4pm ET. Register below.

SAVE THE DATE: #VoicesForClimate - Start am 27.10.2025 mit "Gesunde Erde - Gesunde Menschen - Gesunde Seele" von Dr. Eckart von #Hirschhausen & Lea Dohm / Anmeldung unter 👉 https://zukunft.uni-mainz.de/vfc/ #Klima #Nachhaltigkeit #BildungFürNachhaltigeEntwicklung #Zukunftsmodul #VisionsForClimate

A reminder for those in Leiden/The Hague: Natasha Wunsch’s book talk is tomorrow at 5pm ☺️ www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Check out this call for two postdoctoral positions in the humanities and social sciences at Normative Orders in Frankfurt. Applications are due by the end of October

If you are interested in regional economic deprivation and how this shapes what citizens thinking about democracy, @cwegscheider.bsky.social got you covered! Check out his talk tomorrow! 💻 Wed 15 Oct, 13:00–14:00 BST

📅 Today! 👇 💡

This, from @catherinedevries.bsky.social, is really useful advice for young (and, tbh, old!) academics. Worth passing on if you know any, maybe? catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

Zum 1. Februar 2027 ist an der Universität Jena eine W2 Professur für Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte zu besetzen. Erwartet wird ein exzellentes Forschungsprofil im Bereich der politischen Theorie und Ideengeschichte mit einem Schwerpunkt auf... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30062

#CfP: Call for panels for the Second International Congress for Political Theory in Germany. The #TheoryCongress will take place from 5 to 7 October 2026 at the University of #Passau. Proposals for panels can be submitted until 6 November.

Einladung: Am 19.11., 12–13:30 Uhr stellen Vertreter*innen des @daadworldwide.bsky.social & @humboldt-foundation.de ihre Förderprogramme vor – mit Erfahrungsbericht von @mlewandowsky.bsky.social, ehem. DAAD-Langzeitdozent. Infos & Anmeldung bis zum 17.11. 👉 meine.dvpw.de/civicrm/even... #PoWi

Liebe Studis, bald wird es hier wieder voller. Wir freuen uns schon auf Euch!

Seit einiger Zeit sollen einheitliche Muster für #Abschlussberichte DFG-Projekte besser erschließen und so die Verwendung der Gelder und #Forschungsergebnisse transparenter machen. Unsere Informationsseiten dazu bündeln alles Wissenswerte: https://sohub.io/whrx

Right now: Gunnar Otte and Natasha Nisic opening this year's congress of the Academy of Sociology @unimainz.bsky.social sponsored by @ipp-jgu.bsky.social Looking forward to three inspiring days in Mainz!

Exciting lineup for our (@powimz.bsky.social) research colloquia—the Forschungswerkstatt and the Democracy Seminar—this coming winter semester! I’m looking forward to welcoming many great guests and hearing from my colleagues.

Lovely to talk referendums with the ever-insightful David Runciman. This is part of a series on how to fix democracy's problems - definitely worth a listen if you haven't done so yet!

R. I. P., Claus Offe, one of the great German social scientists of the post-war era. Here is the tribute of the Hertie School Berlin: www.hertie-school.org/en/news/deta...

I am saddened to hear that Claus Offe has died. I have admired his work since I was an undergraduate student and believe few others have influenced my thinking as much as he did. He was kind, generous and encouraging in person. He will be greatly missed.

Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

#ResearchCareers: Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme is a #funding option for your next step in academia? Come and find out in our digital info talk on 14 October. No registration, the meeting link will be published here: ➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

🚨Promotionsstelle "Antisemitismus am Arbeitsplatz" - TVL-13 75%, 4 Jahre 🚨 Bitte gerne eifrig weiterleiten: ab März 2026 (vorbehaltlich finaler BMFTR-Zusage) ist in unserem Team eine Stelle im Projekt von @zakfio.bsky.social zu vergeben. Näheres in der Ausschreibung: www.psychjob.eu/de/job/wisse...

John Searle, influential philosopher in the history of Analytic philosophy with works in philosophy of mind and language, has passed away. R.I.P. (1932-2025)

Morgen Abend, 18 Uhr (deutscher Zeit). InstaLive zu diesen jungen Leuten, was sie denken, was sie wählen. Sneak Preview zu Ergebnissen unserer Jugendwahlstudie zur btw 2025, die wir mit der @fesonline.bsky.social durchgeführt haben @arminschaefer.bsky.social @juliareuschenbach.bsky.social

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

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

📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers! ❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊 💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas 💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance 📆 Deadline: 28 November Full information: 👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)! 🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée! Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland! Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social

How plutocratic are democracies? 🇨🇭 In Switzerland, the higher electoral weight of the rich stems above all from turnout bias: people above the median income vote far more often than those below. The challenge is not just to raise turnout overall, but to make turnout more equal across income groups

ICYMI 🚨 Marit Hammond on how #deliberativedemocracy can be understood as 'a political culture marked by a citizen-initiated consciousness and motivation toward unending democratic social critique' ✊ ⬇️ delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...

"Warum junge Männer die AfD wählen – und junge Frauen die Linke" - (unter anderem) darüber habe ich mit dem Handelsblatt gesprochen: www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deut...

So thrilled that @wzbdemocracy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellow @boesevanessa.bsky.social has received this prestigious and important grant for important work on the global evolution of democracy.

Postdoctoral Researcher #ECPRMemberJobs 🎓 Doctorate in the field of social sciences 🏫 Goethe University Frankfurt ⌛ Monday 15 September

Every so often, a paper appears on the theme of 'deliberation in China'. Whatever you do, don't confuse this particular brand of deliberation-washing with deliberative democracy. Instead, try to see it for what it is. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🥳 I'm excited that my project on opinion formation around the future of citizenship has received funding by @dfg.de 🔎 On this highly polarized issue, I will investigate opinion and opinion change in 4 migration societies. 💡This will include an issue-specific analysis of the transnational cleavage.

Ph.D. position/ Promotionsstelle (75%; f/m/d) "Parsimony in Bias Research". Please share with potential candidates - gerne streuen: www.psychjob.eu/de/job/promo...

Gestern wurde unser Direktor Rainer Forst mit der Goethe-Plakette der Stadt Frankfurt ausgezeichnet. Die Stadt ehrt damit seine wegweisenden Arbeiten zu Gerechtigkeit, Demokratie & Toleranz – und seinen Beitrag zum geistigen Leben Frankfurts. Zu unserer Meldung ➡️ normativeorders.net/news/rainer-...