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Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I’m hiring 2 doctoral researchers in Politics of Climate Change at Heidelberg University 🌍 📊 Survey Research & Political Participation 🗣️ Qualitative Research & Group Formation Part of “The New Climate Divide” Deadline: 21 June 2026 Calls: www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/... Please share!

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Job Vacancies - Institute for Political Science

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

On Sunday, one of Germany’s largest states went to the polls in a closely contested election. What can we learn from the results & how do they relate to looming deindustrialization in one of Germany’s industrial heartlands? A thread with some decriptive patterns from data on 1,101 municipalities. 🧵

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 27/12/2025

I used to think that I'm Bird, but in reality, I'm Snail #PoorlyDrawnLines

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David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social! Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan: 🧵⬇️

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

35 years ago, on October 3, 1990, Germany was reunified. Just two months later, voters in the former GDR went to the polls in the first free federal election since the Weimar era. Despite decades of socialist dictatorship, East German voting behavior displayed marked regional differences. Thread🧵

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Taking a closer look at @mierkezat.bsky.social @swenhutter.bsky.social & @eborbath.bsky.social's paper on cleavage formation and civil society and cannot recommend it highly enough! Really insightful theorizing, e.g. on changes in the form of civil society and its effect on group-party linkages:

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Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

🔔 Very happy to see our paper published open access on cleavage theory and civil society! 📖 We have tried to sketch a new research agenda, that I think has a lot of potential. I very much enjoyed working on this! Check Alex's thread below 👇 & read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Cleavage theory meets civil society: a framework and research agenda

How does civil society shape the development of cleavages? While intermediary organisations, such as trade unions and churches, featured heavily in historical accounts, neo-cleavage theory tends to...

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Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki @mierkezat.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in ‪@wepsocial.bsky.social‬ (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social‬!) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Alex Pries @alexprs.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

It creates some path dependencies, resulting in one to many beers

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Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

🚨 New article out in Journal of Civil Society with Swen Hutter! We explore how civil society organizations (CSOs) mobilized volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a moment of both rising need and shrinking organizational capacity. 📖 Open access link: doi.org/10.1080/1744...

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Simon Bornschier @simonbornschier.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

How much competition within the right field? ❗Segmentation is eroding, especially among young voters❗ New article out by @siljahausermann.bsky.social ‪@dpzollinger.bsky.social @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself @ipz.bsky.social @wepsocial.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj A short 🧵 1/7

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Hans Jonas Gunzelmann @hajogu.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

🤩I'm extremely excited to have @laiabalcells.bsky.social at the WZB to discuss secessionism, protest, and affective polarization in Catalonia on June 20 - including findings from her research and my very own book. 📖 The event will be hybrid at the WZB and on Zoom - more info how to register below!👇

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Lisa Zehnter @tiondelisa.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION! Who belongs to “the people” – and who does not? What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓 doi.org/10.1177/0032... 🧵 1/10

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Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Join us May 21, 5pm @wzb.bsky.social - book talk "Political Voice: Protest, Democracy, and Marginalized Groups" by Aidan McGarry (Loughborough, UK) Discussion by @simonteune.bsky.social Info & registration www.wzb.eu/en/events/po... 2025 Lecture Series no 2 'Civil Society and Political Conflict'

Program of the Lecture Series 'Civil Society and Political Conflict', Center for Civil Society Research.

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I must admit that I was thrown off by the Bourdieu reference, but this is a very interesting contribution to the "cleavage politics" literature that should be read together with the groundbreaking new Cambridge Elements by Bornschier et al.

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Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Join us March 7 (4pm) @wzb.bsky.social for the book presentation "Movement Parties of the Far Right" with @andreapirro.it & @pietrocastellig.bsky.social +Info & registration www.wzb.eu/de/veranstal... It's part of our Lecture Series 'Civil Society and Political Conflict' www.wzb.eu/en/node/62311

Program as PDF of the Lecture Series 'Civil Society and Political Conflict', Center for Civil Society Research.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Transatlantic Relationship waxes & wanes, but this week was a low point Since 2016 🇪🇺 had time to prepare, but perhaps because it didn’t want divorce to be final, did too little What do Europeans think? @eupinions.bsky.social found out In 2017 just 25 % wanted 🇪🇺 to go its own way; 2024 > 60 % 🧵

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Alex Pries @alexprs.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

📢 Exciting Job News post 🎉 I'm thrilled to join the Center for Civil Society Research at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social & the stunning @wzb.bsky.social 📸 for my PhD under Swen Hutter’s supervision! Looking foward to connect and discuss cleavage theory, social closure and affective polarization!

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Progressive Klimapolitik steckt in der Krise. Angesichts rechten Backlashs wollen Zentristen das Thema aus der Schusslinie nehmen. @jsbrt.bsky.social und ich plädieren im brandneuen @surplusmagazin.bsky.social für einen ganz anderen Ansatz: Klimapopulismus. 🧵 www.surplusmagazin.de/warum-wir-ei...

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Warum wir Klimapopulismus brauchen

Die Klimakatastrophe ist auch eine Verteilungsfrage. Nur wer die Reichen ins Visier nimmt, kann die Transformation voranbringen.

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Turns out that the cultural cleavage is alive and kicking in Belgium's French-speaking region So why have we (still!) not seen the rise of a Francophone far-right party? I present some answers in @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social!

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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A commonly held notion is that Germany's far-right party AfD is especially successful in the country's more rural areas. However, a look at the party's election results in over 10,000 municipalities suggests that the link between rurality and AfD support is rather diffuse. A simple thread. 🧵👇

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 22/11/2024

Kieran Healy is a prince amongst #sociologist, and we should all work up the courage to follow his example #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter

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