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Björn Bremer

@bjoernbremer.bsky.social
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Political economist @CEU | the politics of macroeconomic policies, economic crises & party politics | cycling enthusiast and wannabe sports commentator | www.bjoern-bremer.com

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 20h
For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November
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Markus Kollberg @markuskollberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Do you want to understand whether investments in public services can make democracies more resilient? Come and do your PhD with @heikekluever.bsky.social and me! We offer great conditions, a supportive team, and lots of room to develop your own ideas. Any questions? Please, do reach out!
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Vincent Heddesheimer @vheddesheimer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
🚨 New GERDA update: - Large update of mayoral elections (6 new states) - Landrat elections - Wahlkreis (district)-level results (BW & LW) - Local council seats (Gemeinde/Stadt & Kreis) - 2026 elections: BW state, BY & HE local More info below and here: www.german-elections.com
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GERDA: German Election Database
Comprehensive dataset of local, state, federal, European, mayoral, Landrat, and county election results in Germany at the municipality and constituency (Wahlkreis) level, plus subnational public opini...
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Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🚨 Job Alert 🚨 We're hiring a six-year Postdoc @stawi-univie.bsky.social, starting in Oct 2026 (or thereafter). Research: political representation, party competition, institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields 📅 Deadline: 20 Aug 2026 Apply here: tinyurl.com/dyf9bt7h
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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🚨We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher (80%) at the University of Zurich within the new Horizon Europe project WELFAIR on the political implications of technological change, demographic ageing and rising inequality. The full job ad is here: tinyurl.com/3b6ddm25 Apply by August 9, 2026.
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Björn Bremer @bjoernbremer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I'm really honored & incredibly grateful that I received the 2026 Carolina de Miguel Moyer Young Scholar Award from @ces-europe.bsky.social in Dublin last week. Thank you to CES, the award committee, and everyone who shaped my research along the way! councilforeuropeanstudies.org/uncategorize...
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Climate Policy Journal @climate-policy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🔓️ Emphasising #carboninequality increases public support for using wealth tax revenues to finance the #greentransition, especially if spent on public investment in transport infrastructure & subsidies for #lowcarbon technologies, find Leo Ahrens, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social & Lukas Hakelberg ⬇️ 🌱
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Taxing uber-polluters: carbon inequality and support for wealth taxation to finance the green transition
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Björn Bremer @bjoernbremer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Hanging out with @ccavaille.bsky.social, @ldeblok.bsky.social & @catherinedevries.bsky.social on Zoom to talk about fiscal policy was one of the few good things that happened during the pandemic. It's been fun to work on this since and I'm very happy to see the paper out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social!
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Miguel Pereira @miguelpereira.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A good opportunity for advanced grad students working on Europe to get feedback and meet peers. Apply or share it with your students ✌️
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Zoltan Miklosi @zmiklosi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
For years, but especially in the last few months, I have been trying hard to imagine what it will feel like seeing Orban decisively defeated. I just couldn't. And yet here we are: it is truly and well over. I have more reservations about Peter Magyar than I could say in 300 characters or a thread...
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Lukas Haffert @lhaffert.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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...
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Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Here. We. Go. 🇭🇺💪 It’s a beautiful day for regime change in Hungary! Over the past weeks I wrote a few pieces making sense of what’s going on, how we got here & what’s at stake. I thread them here. 1/x brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/can-hungar...
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Can Hungary Vote Out Its Autocrat?
Musings on the politics & political economy of Orbánism ahead of the April 12 election
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Reto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🚨 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...
Job vacancy announcement for a postdoctoral position at the University of Vienna Department of Government, starting August/September 2026. Research focus includes political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behavior, or related fields. Application deadline: 29 April 2026. Full details are also available through the shared link.
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Vincent Heddesheimer @vheddesheimer.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🚨 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
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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Delighted our paper (with an amazing group of co-authors) is forthcoming in the APSR Takeaway for Labour and other centre-left parties: fixing public services is key to reducing support for the populist right 👇
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Björn Bremer @bjoernbremer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
My former job @mpifg.bsky.social now comes with a tenure track. I'm obviously biased, but this is a great opportunity for comparative/international political economists and an important milestone for the MPIfG (see Philipp's thread). Happy to answer questions about what the job was like for me!
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Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict is looking for Postdoc & Doc Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict www.ips.mpg.de/13135/stelle...
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Bastian Becker @beckerbastian.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Also finding it hard to keep up with new research? I built something to fix this. SciLove — swipe through recent papers in your field. The feed learns from your saves. Also matches you with researchers saving your work back (opt-out if you prefer). www.scilove.app 3,000+ journals, updated daily
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SciLove — Discover new research on the go
A personalized feed of the latest peer-reviewed papers — swipe to save, skip, and make connections in minutes a day.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Für den Spiegel habe ich darüber geschrieben was andere grüne Parteien aus dem Erfolg der Grünen in Großbritannien lernen können. Eine Agenda die soziale Ungleichheit betont. Ein Zuhause für progressiven Aktivismus und progressive Identitäten. Kein mea culpa bei Anfeindungen. tinyurl.com/4hmhmdzd
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(S+) Meinung: Strategiedebatte bei den Grünen: Es ist okay, gehasst zu werden – Gastbeitrag
Der Erfolg von Cem Özdemir in Baden-Württemberg scheint für einen mittig-konservativen Kurs der Partei zu sprechen. Doch aus dem Durchbruch der Grünen in Großbritannien lässt sich etwas anderes lernen...
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Björn Bremer @bjoernbremer.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Today is the last day to submit your paper or panel proposal for the DVPW Section Political Economy conference (24–25 Sept 2026, FU Berlin)! Submissions in English and German from all fields of political economy are welcome. Join us in Berlin! 👇
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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September. The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe. 🗓 Deadline: May 17 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract
For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026
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Björn Bremer @bjoernbremer.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The next conference of the DVPW Section Political Economy takes place 24–25 Sept 2026 at Freie Universität Berlin. Contributions in English and German are welcome. Please send us your paper or panel proposal by next Friday, 27 Feb 2026. All info in our Call for Papers: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us...
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 04/02/2026
🚨 The political economy of finance summer school is back, 3rd year running! Better still: We're bringing it to London via @lse-ei.bsky.social. 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Finance & democracy 𝙳̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲: 4-5 June 2026 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: March 1. Link below. We've got brilliant instructors as usual. Please spread the word!
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Dóra Piroska @piroskadora.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
My IR department at the CEU in Vienna, Austria is hiring a security scholar. I am happy to answer questions. careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...
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Assistant Professor (f/m/d)
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Björn Bremer @bjoernbremer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Department of Network and Data Science at @weareceu.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in network science or computational social science. I'm in a different department, but am very happy to answer questions about CEU or life in Vienna in general.
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Department of Political Science @ceu-polsci.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🌍 Apply now to the MA in Politics at Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, Austria! 🇦🇹 💡 Study in English, connect with a global network, and pave your future in politics! politicalscience.ceu.edu/how-apply-ma #MAinPolitics #CEU #GraduatePrograms #Scholarships #Research #PoliticalScience
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Important and constructive contribution on an often misdefined and underdeveloped issue by @tabouchadi.bsky.social & @bjoernbremer.bsky.social & @siljahausermann.bsky.social
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To halt the far right, Europe’s progressive parties must fix its housing crisis. Our research shows how | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann
The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer
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Björn Bremer @bjoernbremer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Based on our new PPRNet research briefs @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, and I argue in The Guardian that building alone won't solve the housing crisis. Housing is fundamentally redistributive, and progressive policy must treat it as such. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Europe’s housing crisis is fuelling the rise of the far right. Our research shows how to address it | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann
The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer
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Björn Bremer @bjoernbremer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
With housing affordability becoming one of the most pressing challenges today, our new PPRNet research briefs couldn't be more timely. 8 expert analyses on what progressive housing policy should look like—and how to make it politically viable. politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low. European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths! Me in @theguardian.com
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The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna! ⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025 wratil.eu/files/MULTIR... 1/4 🧵
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food) www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨 Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
❗️Please share widely: TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T... Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
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Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
In a new paper, we provide fresh evidence on the macroeconomic effects of public investment in 27 EU member states. We find that public investment has favorable effects on output and unemployment; doesn't crowd out private investment; and doesn't jeopardise debt sustainability.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Very excited for our 4th Progressive Politics Research Network workshop today and tomorrow at Humboldt University in Berlin. With a fabulous group of participants we will not only discuss our research but also how we can use it to inform public debate.
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
⏳Beyond thrilled to co-launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy next week — with this *incredible* lineup of female talent 🙌 @dustinvoss.bsky.social @mpifg.bsky.social
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Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🚨 New working paper alert 🚨 Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 05/09/2025
Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
There it is: call for papers, inaugural conference of @epssnet.bsky.social in Belfast, 2026. Please send your best work and support this new important initiative! epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
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EPSS 2026 Conference | June 18–20 | ICC Belfast, UK
Join top political scientists for the EPSS 2026 Annual Conference in Belfast. Submit papers, attend panels, and network with fellow researchers.
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Delia Zollinger @dpzollinger.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Even in times of sociocultural conflict, a progressive left electorate is more averse to sociocultural *and* socioeconomic inequalities than (far) right voters. New paper with @siljahausermann.bsky.social Palmtag @tabouchadi.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social Berkinshaw tinyurl.com/d42wyb79 1/n
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Zbigniew Truchlewski @ztruchlewski.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
New book out at @oxfordacademic.bsky.social on COVID and the EU by @nenaoana.bsky.social @alexmoise.bsky.social and Hanspeter Kriesi. The book was presented at the @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social with very insightful comments by @simonhix.bsky.social www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
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Pandemic Polity-Building: How Covid-19 Shaped the European Union
This event features a book presentation by Zbigniew Truchlewski (EUI Research Fellow), Ioana-Elena Oana (EUI Part-time Assistant Professor), Alexandru Moise (EUI Research Fellow), and Hanspeter Kriesi...
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Hanna Schwander @hannaschwander.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
📢 Wie gelingt Klimapolitik trotz Widerständen? PPRnet liefert diese Woche im @pwportal täglich neue Antworten – mit einer Serie von Research Briefs.
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Hanna Schwander @hannaschwander.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Neu im @pwportal: Wir starten die PPRnet Brief Serie zur politischen Machbarkeit von Klimapolitik mit der Einleitung: „Klimapolitik – aber machbar“. Warum Klimapolitik nur wirkt, wenn sie tragfähig ist #Klima #Polisky #PPRnet Mit @bjoernbremer.bsky.social & Jane Gingrich
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Erik Neimanns @eneimanns.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Our (@bjoernbremer.bsky.social) paper on childcare expansion (<3y) in 🇩🇪 was just published @reggovjournal.bsky.social! We examine how the interplay between local government partisanship and fiscal conditions explains parts of the regional variation in childcare provision doi.org/10.1111/rego... 1/n
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The Local Politics of Social Investment Under Fiscal Constraints: The Case of Childcare Expansion in Germany
Governments in many of the advanced economies expanded childcare, an exemplary social investment policy, in recent years. Yet, considerable regional variation exists in expansion efforts, and often t...
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Maurits Meijers @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Very happy to see this published! Thanks for the great collaboration in these last 5 (!) years, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social !
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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Online first: "Partisan cueing and preferences for fiscal integration in the European Union" by @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140... #Academicsky #Polisky
Abstract of the article "Partisan cueing and preferences for fiscal integration in the European Union" by Maurits J. Meijers, Björn Bremer, Theresa Kuhn and Francesco Nicoli. Published online first in West European Politics.Table 1, displaying the expected effects of party cues on support for Eurobonds relative to the control group.Figure 4, displaying the party cueing effects on support for Eurobonds by country.Figure 5, displaying the party cueing effecs on support for Eurobonds by EU integration priors.
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