Selektive Anreize für eine Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft wie es bereits von Mancur Olson (1965) beschrieben wurde. www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/c...

🚨Publication alert🚨 Mitgliederentwicklung deutscher Gewerkschaften💡 B.Ebbinghaus und ich beschreiben Faktoren für den Mitgliederrückgang, analysieren -trends von Berufsgruppen, diskutieren die aktuelle -stabilisierung & eine neue Wertschätzung in der Öffentlichkeit. 👉 doi.org/10.1007/978-...

Der Beitrag von @katjamoe.bsky.social @claraoverweg.bsky.social und mir zur aktuellen Rentendebatte

CRC 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" Enters Third Funding Phase! 🌏🥳 DFG is supporting the CRC for another four years until the end of 2029! #socialpolicy Read more: socialpolicydynamics.de/en uni-bremen.de/en/

🚨New publication out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social @danielk24.bsky.social & I show that the support for green subsidies by unions & business interest groups in the 🇺🇸 & in 🇩🇪 goes hand in hand with the support for eco-social policies. Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/rego... A summary below 👇

We are really excited to kick this semester's InFER Colloquium & Comparative Politics Speaker Series off with a talk by Valerie Sticher (@ethz.ch): "Satellite Data for Understanding and Monitoring Armed Conflict” Join us next tuesday!

Wir suchen für ein Drittmittelprojekt an der TU Chemnitz Verstärkung auf einer vollen Stelle. Analysiert werden Einstellungen von jungen Gewerkschaftsmitgliedern. Mehr Infos hier: www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...

Zurück vom FiS Forum @difis.bsky.social wo ich unsere Studie zu Insider-Outsider Debatten & Gewerkschaften vorgestellt habe. Fazit: Low-skilled INSIDER & low-skilled OUTSIDER haben den größten Einfluss auf die Positionen der Gewerkschaft, weil sie die Mitgliederstärksten & aktivsten Gruppen sind.

🚨New publication out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social @danielk24.bsky.social & I show that the support for green subsidies by unions & business interest groups in the 🇺🇸 & in 🇩🇪 goes hand in hand with the support for eco-social policies. Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/rego... A summary below 👇

🚨New publication🚨 How do organised interests shape welfare state reforms? In this chapter, we review various political economy approaches to explaining ongoing reforms. We also discuss the challenges of member mobilisation & political influence in times of multiple crises. doi.org/10.4337/9781...

Celebrate #ESPANET2025 #ESPANET with 50% off select print books! Handbook on Welfare State Reform: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... #publishing #sociology #finance

Vielen Dank für die Einladung und die tolle Veranstaltung. Bei 250-300 Teilnehmenden war es kontrovers, aber fair & ein Ausdruck konstruktiver Debattenkultur. Weiterhin viel Erfolg im Wahlkampf!

Kommunalwahlen in NRW am 14. September 2025 und ich freue mich heute Abend eine Wahlarena im Oberbergischen Kreis zu moderieren. „Drei Kandidaten – Eine Wahl“. 👇

Back from my summer break & excited to share my new publication 🎉 What does methodological quality mean for qualitative & quantitative research? We review debates, highlight skepticism & possibilities, and call for a differentiated approach. Many thanks to @leburn.bsky.social & Claudius Wagemann

I highly recommend this fascinating article! Congratulations to @dorobohle.bsky.social and @vvukov.bsky.social

I have a new paper out in @wepsocial.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... The paper situates discussions about the Educational Cleavage in a longer temporal context (back to the Medieval time) to show that there have ALWAYS been conflicts between educational groups. (1/3)

France’s 🇫🇷 social partners are involved in the pension reform process, ensuring their participation & input. Some unions have left the negotiations; however, an important session is taking place today. www.reuters.com/business/wor...

Interessiert an Sozialpolitikforschung in Deutschland? Hier ist das Starterpacket 🧚🎁 Für Ergänzungen gerne melden 😊 #Sozialpolitik Interested in social policy research in Germany? Here is the starter package 🧚🎁 Please let us know if you would like to be added 😊 #socialpolicy go.bsky.app/TvvhgdD

Prime Minister Tusk's coalition is much more diverse than Germany's former 'traffic-light coalition'🚦ever was. Nevertheless, the coalition holds.

Trade unions in Germany are no longer fighting for the 4-day working week. According to Ch.Benner (chairwoman of IG Metall): “It is the employers who are reducing working times. They do this to compensate for lack of business but at the expense of the employees.” www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...

What the Hell is Going on in North America? Daniel Béland (McGill) visits us next Tuesday, 20th of May, to discuss the politics of social policy from Trudeau and Trump 2.0. We look forward to learn from his research focus on public policy and territorial politics at our InFER colloquium. Join us!

‼️JOB ALERT‼️ Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work 100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc. Apply by 31 May DM me for questions👨‍💻👩‍🏫🦸 tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy

Am Tag der Arbeit ein Blick auf einen der stabilsten Konflikte mit hoher Salienz: Arbeitszeit! Was sagen über 300 codierte Dokumente (2015-2020) zur Ausdehnung & flexiblen Gestaltung der Wochenarbeitszeit, Lockerung des Sonntagsverbotes, etc. (1/2👇)

⏰ Finally out & happy to share the key finding + a quick summary of our analysis below 📢 🔑 Due to their high union membership & high level of activity within trade unions, blue-collar workers and low-service functionaries show a strong correlation with union positions on welfare state reforms.

Mark Blyth and I sang a duet. It’s about how a country’s growth model shapes its state capacity to decarbonize - both the advantages and disadvantages. Enjoy! @ripejournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share

Infos zur Sozialpolitik im Koalitionsvertrag: 🔔 Rente (u.a. Rentenniveau + Finanzierung) 🔔 Pflege (u.a. steigender Bedarf + Finanzierung) 🔔 Gesundheit (u.a. Weiterentwicklung der Krankenhausreform) Kurz zusammengefasst bei www.deutschlandfunk.de/sozialpoliti...

Happy to share!!!🥳 I received financial support (€10,000) to better understand (1) under which conditions national governments decide for or against implementing climate-friendly policies and (2) the patterns of support & opposition by UNIONS & EMPLOYERS towards such policies across Europe.

Lektüreempfehlungen (nicht nur) für das Wochenende!

Falls erste Daten/Berechnungen zum Wahlverhalten & Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft vorliegen, dann bitte teilen. @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social @wsiinstitut.bsky.social

"Bundestagswahlkampf: Wo bleibt die Sozialpolitik?" 👇 www.deutschlandfunk.de/bundestagswa...

🎉 Happy that my paper co-authored with Luzie Hackenbroch has been accepted at Socio-Economic Review 🎉 We find that low-skilled INSIDER & low skilled OUTSIDER play a significant role in shaping unions’ positions on welfare state reforms (memership & union activity is important). More soon 🚨

Freue mich zwar sehr über die Zusage von CES @temple.edu. Ärgerlich aber, dass der DAAD schon keine Bewerbungen mehr zur finanziellen Unterstützung entgegennimmt ("Fördervolumen überschritten"). Darf man fragen wie hoch das Fördervolumen in Katego.4 (Langstrecke) war? @daadworldwide.bsky.social

Hello everyone👋 and all the best for 2025! This is my first post on Bluesky as I am reducing my activities on X. I look forward to sharing information, articles, and conference input etc. Let’s be in touch as we used to be when X was Twitter.