I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices! Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

Thank you, Julius! If I reconstruct this correctly (I remember that you asked me about own research initiatives on the BSW), part of our motivation for contributing a paper to research on BSW voting actually emerged from the podcast.

PhD opportunity in my team! 📢 Fully funded PhD position (3+1 years) 🏫 University of Zurich / Zurich University of Applied Sciences 📅 Start of the position: September 1, 2025 ⏳ Application deadline: May 31, 2025 Job ad: www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns... Project Info: www.dizh.uzh.ch/en/2025/04/1...

The takeaway is that the declining faith in politics and institutions may be in part to the lack of socio-economic diversity amongst political elites. Paper: djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

What are the political consequences of long-term population loss? In a new paper for German Politics @benjaminhoehne.bsky.social, Hendrik Träger and I find that East German places more affected by depopulation provided stronger support for the AfD in recent state elections.🧵👇 shorturl.at/cujwa

Nicht noch ein Politik Podcast by @janskudlarek.bsky.social Political science? No problem et al by @vikburgi.bsky.social & @juliusk.bsky.social and The Transformation of European Politics Podcast

With Germany's coalition negotiations ongoing and strongly centered on the issue of debt borrowing, this might be the perfect moment to listen to our most recent podcast episode on this topic featuring @bjoernbremer.bsky.social. 👇

Thank you for the kind words!

Important listen 👇

Just before the general elections in Germany, the topic migration dominates the political agenda again. We wanted to talk about something else and had @bjoernbremer.bsky.social as a guest on the podcast🤩 Give it a listen if you want to know more about austerity politics and public opinion📉🎙️

Don't hesitate to check our previous episodes with guests like @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @valentimvicente.bsky.social or @kai-arzheimer.com in which we discussed the crisis of social democracy or the recent rise of the radical right. podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/p...

In the episode we especially discuss this paper by Björn and @retobuergisser.bsky.social. So have a look if you're interested 👇 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Podcast Alert🎙️🚨🧵! Ahead of Germany's crucial election, @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to the brilliant @bjoernbremer.bsky.social from @europeatharvard.bsky.social about public opinion on austerity politics and debt borrowing. open.spotify.com/episode/0VHO...

Interested in pursuing a PhD in comparative politics (institutions, behaviour, representation, parties)? We have a four-year position at our department, with great conditions, lots of freedom and a reasonable teaching load. Get in touch if you have questions! jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

Follower Power: @vikburgi.bsky.social and me are looking for interesting topics related to the upcoming German elections to discuss on our podcast, Political Science - No Problem et al." Does anybody have any ideas/thoughts?

The Washington Post’s editorial cartoonist quits after editors spike cartoon mocking tech billionaires (including WashPost owner Jeff Bezos) for sucking up to Trump open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

The last General Election has seen much talk about Reform UK's popularity in so-called 'left-behind places, characterized by socioeconomic deprivation. Looking at variation in deprivation levels across the UK's constituencies suggests this pattern exists, but only partially. A short thread. 🧵

Nunja, BSW ist links-authoritär. #BSW bedient erfolgreich eine Marktlücke im Wählerspektrum. Davor sollte man nicht die Augen verschliessen. Es gibt eben auch solche Linke. Dazu gibt es eine spannende Podcastfolge von @juliusk.bsky.social und @vikburgi.bsky.social . open.spotify.com/episode/44Zy...

Many thanks to Kai and everyone who listened to our podcast this year (especially to the 63 hardcore listeners on Spotify who had us in their Top 5 most listened podcasts). If you have an hour to spare during the cozy Christmas season, check out our new episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5TD8... 🎄🎁

Story of today

I am very happy to have been this week's guest in the podcast "Political Science? No problem et al.!" by @juliusk.bsky.social and @vikburgi.bsky.social, where we discussed my book "The Normalization of the Radical Right".

If you prefer to listen rather than read, a couple of podcast episodes discussing the book can be found here: open.spotify.com/episode/5TD8... (@juliusk.bsky.social and @vikburgi.bsky.social) open.spotify.com/episode/7I6J...

Podcast alert 🧵🚨 In the seventh episode of our podcast, @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to @valentimvicente.bsky.social about the normalization of the radical right and the role of social norms. open.spotify.com/episode/5TD8...

Want to know more about "The Normalization of the Radical Right"? We speak to the author of this timely book, @valentimvicente.bsky.social (@ieuniversity.bsky.social), in another episode of No Problem et al🥳🎙️

I am very excited that we will publish a newepisode next week with another stellar guest (who maybe wrote one of the best books of the year). So if you haven't listened to the last episode with Silja Häusermann yet, now might be a brilliant time to do so!

My favourite so far on this podcast: Sabrina Mayer @sabrinajmayer.bsky.social talks about immigrant-origin voters in #Germany #PolSci #AfD

Sorry for the repeated self-promotion. Our latest podcast episode on the crisis of the social democratic parties with Silja Häusermann is online since last Tuesday and the listener numbers have been great so far. Feel free to listen and consider sharing if you liked it!

Interesting data about the crisis of social democratic parties in Western Europe that can be replicated with different socio-economic factors in the crisis of "umbrella" party in South Africa #southafricanpolitics

Just for some non-polsci content, I wanted to share this paper with you: www.cell.com/current-biol... It shows that French and German babies (2-5 *days* old) already cry with accents 😆😂

open.spotify.com/episode/2XAD... Here we go

Also 👇 bsky.app/profile/juli...

Our latest episode is out, recorded just last week! 🎙️🤩 We spoke to Silja Häusermann about the crisis of social democratic parties and a little bit about the German national elections at the very end. Give it a listen - and we're happy to receive suggestions for future guests/topics btw!

Podcast Alert! 🚨In the sixth episode of our podcast @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to Silja Häusermann about the crisis of the social democratic parties, its origins and what strategies these parties might adopt to get out of it. 🧵👇 open.spotify.com/episode/2XAD...

And of course this piece by Jane Gingrich on the changing political geography of the social democratic electoral coalition. www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

Work from @bjoernbremer.bsky.social on the welfare state reforms of left-wing governments and their political consequences. www.mpifg.de/1211247/2023...

@thmskrr.bsky.social and @danbischof.bsky.social , who examine the individual voting transitions among social democratic voters in recent decades. www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

The book "Beyond Social Democracy: The Transformation of the Left in Emerging Knowledge Societies". www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

Of course, the podcast is also available on Apple Music. If you enjoyed the episode, consider sharing and recommending it to others. Below I will list a few books and papers that we discussed and mentioned in the episode. podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/e...

New episode in two days and then another one in the beginning of December 👀👀

How do immigrant-origin citizens vote in Germany? Why is their behaviour so heterogeneous? And what are "Russian Germans"? Glad you asked, because no one can explain all this better than Sabrina Mayer @sabrinajmayer 🎙️ https://podcastaddict.com/political-science-no-problem-et-al/episode/175644083

Podcast Alert!🚨🎙️We are back with the fourth episode of our podcast, in which @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to @sabrinajmayer.bsky.social about the voting behavior & party preferences of immigrant-origin voters. open.spotify.com/episode/4p1K...

Podcast Alert!🚨🎙️In the third episode of our podcast, @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to @mabreyer.bsky.social about how voters react to different trajectories of women's representation & how this is linked to broader gender differences in political behavior 👇. open.spotify.com/episode/7gkv...

#Polisky #GermanPoliticsSky since @juliusk.bsky.social already screenshotted my hot take on BSW weeks ago, I‘m happy to see/hear other political scientists‘ hunch on this party‘s performance. 😉 this and many evidence-based assessments, in this new episode featuring @nilssteiner.bsky.social!

Excited to share our second episode of "No Problem et al."! Great insights from @nilssteiner.bsky.social on BSW and the left-authoritarian supply gap on the basis of his own papers (and research of others).

Here is the link to the podcast on Apple Music👇. If you enjoyed this episode, consider sharing the podcast or following us on the platform you listen to it. podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/e...

Very excited to share our latest project: in "No Problem et al.", @Juliusk.bsky.social and I talk to political scientists about their research, with special regard to current political events❗🥳 In the first episode, we discuss the success of the German radical right with @kaiarzheimer.bsky.social

We talked about what might explain the AfD's high level of support, why the party performs more strongly in eastern Germany and why the party's electorate might look like an onion. Here is the link to the episode on Apple Music. Enjoy the podcast! podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/e...

Today @vikburgi.bsky.social & I launch a new podcast where we discuss current political science research in the context of recent political events. In the first episode, we spoke with @kaiarzheimer.bsky.social about the latest success of the far right AfD in Germany. open.spotify.com/episode/33cl...

hi political science and economy folks! I’m putting together a syllabus for a new course on the politics of precarious work/precarity — what topics would you recommend? Do you have any suggestions for literature? Any ideas, hints & shameless self-promotions are highly appreciated! 🤩 🌐 #EconSky