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

I ran a simulated social media experiment with 1450 Republicans to test different fact-checking interventions. AI produced the largest decrease in engagement with Trump misinformation, outperforming independent fact-checkers and doing so far more consistently than Community Notes.

New 📝 out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social 1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training 2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🎉 Today at @humboldtuni.bsky.social the 1st Annual Workshop of the Humboldt Governance Lab! 🚀 Inspiring discussions on the challenges facing democracy & how to strengthen it. 🔗 More information on the GovLab: hu-govlab.de

✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social ! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/8 🧵

New paper out @wepsocial.bsky.social! 🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result. Read full 🧵 below:

📣 Call for Applications 📣 3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀 Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us! 🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025

🚀 Launching the Humboldt Governance Lab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social! We deliver evidence-based insights and policy advice on today’s key challenges to democracy. 🌐 hu-govlab.de Follow us for research, updates & collaborations. #GovLab #Democracy #PolicyResearch

It was so inspiring to participate in the CERIUM-FMSH summer school. The brilliant group of researchers, excellent guest speakers, thoughtful discussions and great atmosphere really made it special. Thanks so much for organizing this @rlachat.bsky.social and @rdassonneville.bsky.social!

Day 4 of the CERIUM-FMSH summer school, with @simonchauchard.bsky.social on Misinformation, Rumors and Hate Speech. @rdassonneville.bsky.social @fondationmsh.bsky.social @cerium-udem.bsky.social

It was great talking about recent developments in campaign and (social) media influence at the CERIUM-FMSH summer school - and even better to learn about so many promising PhD projects on these topics. Thanks for having me in sunny Paris @rlachat.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social!

Looking forward to welcome the participants of the 2025 CERIUM-FMSH summer school, on Challenges to Electoral Democracy. With @rdassonneville.bsky.social , @fondationmsh.bsky.social, @cerium-udem.bsky.social

Excited to present work on the impact of local unemployment in formative years on anti-immigration attitudes in adulthood tomorrow at #epsa2025 Saturday 11.20am-1pm Room 1A.08

Can traditional campaign tools still mobilize young voters in the digital age? 📬 With @heikekluever.bsky.social, I present evidence from a field experiment ahead of the 2024 European elections targeting first-voters. Join us after sleeping in on Saturday 🙌 #epsa2025 ⏰: Sat, 11:20 📍: -1.A.06

I took a closer look at the program #EPSA2024 and found some interesting trends – there seem to be more US based scholars than last year 🇺🇸 @epsanet.bsky.social‬ A thread on this year's authors and affiliations 🧵

Who ideologically collaborates with the occupier under military occupation? 🪖 At #epsa2025 I'll be presenting joint work w/ Salma Mahamed on how the German occupation in WW2 impacted membership in the Danish Nazi party, using now digitized individual-level membership data ⏰: Friday, 13:10 📍: 0A.05

Very excited to present my paper with @heikekluever.bsky.social on the consequences of far-right parties in government at #EPSA2025 on Friday! 🗓️ Friday 4:50-6:30 📍 Room 0A.06 | Panel P10-S253