Seid einfach besser gelaunt, ihr Verzagten. Dann wird es auch wieder. Soziologische Analyse am Limit. SZ, 15.5.2026, S. 9.

Did German left parties abandon economic equality in favor of equal rights, as the diagnosis of the "Lifestyle-Left" suggests? Analyzing party programs since 1970, we caution against sweeping claims in Unequal German Democracy (open access). 3 key qualifications👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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!

75 Jahre DVPW – 75 Jahre #Politikwissenschaft in Deutschland Heute Abend wird gefeiert! In Lüneburg mit und an der @leuphana.bsky.social diskutieren ehemalige und amtierende Vorstände zu Stand und Perspektiven unseres Fachs. #DVPW75 #75JahreDVPW #PoWi

Just arrived in sunny London 🌤️ I look forward to spending May at @conunitucl.bsky.social, working on the new book I'm writing with @arminschaefer.bsky.social Let me know if you're around and want to get coffee or chat about democratic theory - or both!

New paper out with @antonialang.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social 📣 Why is support for the Alternative for Germany often high in low-diversity rural areas, while ethnically diverse cities show mixed patterns? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our Executive Committee expresses its support for @apsa.bsky.social in light of the proposed drastic cuts to research funding in the USA: 👉 Statement of Support: www.dvpw.de/informatione... 👉 APSA Statement on the Proposed Elimination of the SBE Directorate at the NSF: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/do...

🚨 I have an article out at APR titled “Educational Polarization in American Politics: More than Just a Diploma Divide” in which i look at how educational attainment shapes public opinion and political behavior across the entire education spectrum, not just the across the degree/no degree binary 1/x

I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Bremen. 5-year-contract, top-up to 100% possible for most of the contract period. Apply by 04 May 2026. If you have questions about the position, send me an email! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...

Happy that our article is now available online at JEPOP! Using German data, @salvabarbaro.bsky.social, Maike Roth and me illustrate how voter preferences are translated into electoral outcomes, challenging common narratives about declining support for social democrats and rising right-wing support.

The richest percent of households in Austria owns 41 percent of the private wealth. #30DayChartChallenge | Day 09 - Wealth #dataviz 📊

🚨 Job Alert 🚨 We have an opening for a 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 @stawi-univie.bsky.social starting Aug/Sep 2026! Focus: political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields 📅Apply by 29 April 2026 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

I will be spending the next 3 months as a guest at @UZH and the Collegium Helveticum. Many thanks to the wonderful @siljahausermann.bsky.social for hosting me! I am looking forward to catching up with old friends and getting to know new colleagues, as well as going on a few hikes in Switzerland.

Artemis II crew returning to Earth.

🚨 Just shipped a major update to GERDA, the German Election Database. - State elections update: new years + mail-in - 3 new election types: Mayoral, County, European - Municipal elections: 1984-2025 - Meinungsbild public opinion - New website & features german-elections.com

We are already looking forward to the 2026 "AK Wahlen" @dvpw.bsky.social conference at JGU Mainz on 7–8 May and to welcoming many of you there for an exciting program. The conference is open to non-presenters. Registration deadline: 24 April 2026. More information: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...

A massive seven-year project exploring 3,900 social-science papers has ended with a disturbing finding go.nature.com/4bZ9k0W

Somehow I always take up new positions on April Fool's Day but this is no joke: as of today I am professor of political science, especially methods @uni-hamburg.de. Obviously I'm stoked to have landed a permanent position and look forward to working w/ great new colleagues @politikuhh.bsky.social

Interested in recent public opinion in Israel? Here is a 🧵, based on online surveys fielded by Reichman's U.'s Institute for Liberty & Responsibility: (1) What is Israel's current situation? (entire sample + Coalition/Opposition) [An increase in "good" responses over the last year] >>>

Our new article on gender differences in why young people join political parties is now out, open access, in @ejprjournal.bsky.social ✨ www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @duncanmcdonnell.com @profannikawerner.bsky.social @rheinisch.bsky.social Marco Valbruzzi @cwegscheider.bsky.social

📢 Call: Tenure Track Position The MPIfG Political Economy Research Area led by Lucio Baccaro is seeking a Senior Researcher. Open to candidates with at least two years’ postdoc experience. Please share widely! 🗓️ Apply by April 20, 2026 s.gwdg.de/WPMPp1

Today I received my official appointment as a W2 Professor of Political Behavior and Representation at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. As of April 1, this marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life and career—one I am very much looking forward to.

This chart goes a long way in explaining why Orbán’s system is under real pressure for the first time. The growth that sustained it has stalled—and with it, the political bargain that kept voters on board. I tried to unpack what that means. 👉 brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/can-hungar...

Und hier nun mit dem tatsächlichen Wahlergebnis. Umdrehung des Umfragefehlers gegenüber den beiden vorangegangen Landtagswahlen in Rheinland-Pfalz.

Statistical Rethinking 2026 is done: 20 new lectures emphasizing logical and critical statistical workflow, from basics of probability theory to causal inference to reliable computation to sensitivity. It's all free, made just for you. Lecture list and links: github.com/rmcelreath/s...

Im @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy habe ich den Umgang mit dem Epstein-Skandal zwischen Elitenkritik und Verschwörungstheorie eingeordnet - und skizziert, wie sich gute Elitenkritik gegen das Abdriften absichern sollte. www.deutschlandfunk.de/elitenkritik...

1/ Updated paper alert! @guygrossman.bsky.social @yiqingxu.bsky.social, @william-dinneen.bsky.social, and I revised "The Credibility Revolution in Political Science" based on all the great comments we got. Three changes worth flagging:

Last week, we (@clandwehr.bsky.social, my colleague Leonard and I) had the joy of welcoming some great colleagues working on the topic of democracy to Mainz, for the concluding workshop of our project "Conceptions of Democracy among Citizens and Political Elites". Thank you for three wonderful days!

„The USA loses its long-term status as a liberal democracy – for the first time in over 50 years. […] The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history“ (V-Dem 2026)

„Der glänzende Essayist, begnadete Polemiker, kontextsensible Soziologe und scharfsinne Philosoph hat nie aufgehört, in den Gängen der Finsternis, trotz aller Widerstände, nach dem Lichtstrahl der Vernunft zu graben.“ Regina Kreide zum Tod v Habermas www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/der-v...

Jürgen Habermas ist heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg verstorben.

True, this is a good book. However, Bartels is also the author of another book in which he tells us that citizens are inescapably ill-informed and short-sighted, and punish governments for the wrong reasons. His defence of the people seems half-hearted to me.

Im Rahmen eines repräsentativen Surveys im Vorfeld der Wahl in Baden-Württemberg haben wir u.a. danach gefragt, ob die Partei mit den meisten Wählerstimmen den Ministerpräsidenten stellen sollte. Dieser Aussage stimmten rund drei Viertel der CDU-Wählerinnen und -Wähler „voll“ oder „eher“ zu /1

Super Sunday in Switzerland! What is already clear: the far-right popular initiative aimed at slashing funding for the public broadcaster has been decisively rejected. A broad cross-party alliance successfully campaigning against it & early results suggest strong countermobilization in urban areas

🧵 Excited to share my new book w/ @hildecoffe.bsky.social : "Different and Unequal? Gendered Political Participation in European Democracies" — with @universitypress.cambridge.org Elements in Gender and Politics (open access!) TLDR? Women don't just participate less. They participate *differently*

Tomorrow marks the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. It also marks the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court first upholding the Voting Rights Act. We have gotten so, so far away from a Court that cares about democracy. New from me at @brennancenter.org:

EPSS Travel Grants for 2026 Belfast conference: PhD students & junior scholars @ institutions in European countries that are often underrepresented, can apply for full fee waiver & £500 stipend Apply: lnkd.in/ehXjhCgf Deadline: March 8, 11:59pm GMT. More details: lnkd.in/eZTP5sWR

Sorry, Bluesky, but I have to say it: AI can already do social science research better than most professors with PhDs. And, for the first time in my life, I really have no idea what happens in five years. Things are changing already, we just need to wake up.

Based on a representative survey of academics at German universities, Christiane Thompson and I find little support for "canceling" controversial views on campus. Instead, universities are widely expected to facilitate debate on controversial issues. Our two main findings: doi.org/10.1007/s110...

New #OpenAccess - "People-centred or Elite-centred Democrats? Legislators’ Process Preferences in the United States and Germany" - cup.org/4tGsbpP by @crowdermeyer.bsky.social, Leonard Häfner, @clandwehr.bsky.social & @stallbaum.bsky.social

📍Democratic Resilience Syllabus 📑 I'm sharing my master’s seminar syllabus on democratic resilience. I *loved* teaching it and had great students. I hope I get to do it again some day. ❤️ If you use it or adapt the syllabus, I’d love to hear how it goes. klaudiawegschaider.com/media/democr...

‼️ The editorial board of @pvs-journal.bsky.social invites proposals for a special issue in 2027: 👉 www.dvpw.de/informatione... Submit your proposals by 31 May 2026 to [email protected] #CfP #PVS #GPSQ #PolSci #specialissue #Journal

⏰👋🏼 Jetzt bis Montag noch schnell anmelden für unsere Jahrestagung des AK Hochschullehre @dvpw.bsky.social an der @unitrier.bsky.social. Auch wenn es nur an einem der beiden Tage passt, wir freuen uns, wenn Ihr Zeit und Lust zum Austausch über gute Lehre und Lehrprojekte habt.

Happy Birthday #DVPW! 💐🥂 Heute vor 75 Jahren wurde die Deutsche Vereinigung für #Politikwissenschaft in Königstein gegründet - gefeiert wird das Jubiläum mit einem Symposium am 7. Mai 2026 in Lüneburg 🥳 #75JahreDVPW #DVPW75

I keep posting these images because they get at a really deep problem - the class divide in political participation. Those who want our democracy to truly represent all its citizens need to create and sustain real connections with people and communities who do not currently feel represented.

🧵I am happy to announce a new article in Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social, “Are the Politically Active Better Represented?”, co-authored with @jenny-oser.bsky.social, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, @professormpersson.bsky.social, and Anders Sundell. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

5.2.2026 - Podiumsdiskussion zur Landtagswahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2026 - auf Einladung des Fachschaftsrats des Instituts für Politikwissenschaft der Uni Mainz sowie des Vereins der Freunde der Mainzer Politikwissenschaft e. V. 👇

Looking for speeches from all German state parliaments? @cgnguyen.bsky.social , Eric Beltermann, Sabine Kropp & Antonios Souris have you covered. Introducing the StateParl Corpus. Now open access with PVS: doi.org/10.1007/s11615-025-00643-5

Habermas weist auf ein wichtiges Buch von @arminschaefer.bsky.social und Michael Zürn hin: Die demokratische Regression @suhrkamp.de Es zeigt, wie das demokratische (Gerechtigkeits)Versprechen durch die von der Elefantenkurve beschriebene Einkommensentwicklung an Glaubwürdigkeit verloren hat. 5/5