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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Upcoming Guest Talk! 🎤 We are happy to announce that Assoc. Prof. Miguel Pereira @miguelpereira.bsky.social will be holding a talk on Homeowners in Office and Housing Policy at our department on October 10th. staatswissenschaft.univie.ac.at/news-detaila...

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Presenting at #ECPRGC26 in Kraków tomorrow! Where do parties hang their campaign posters? @klingelt.bsky.social and I walked every street of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg during the 2025 Bundestag election and collected 6,800+ photos, 10,000+ posters. THU 9:00–10:45, Room 08 @ecpr.bsky.social

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Werner Krause @krausewe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In einem Interview mit dem @tagesspiegel.de habe ich über die Sonntagsfrage, ihre Ungenauigkeiten und ihren Einfluss auf Wählende gesprochen. Hierbei ging es auch um meine aktuelle Forschung zum Thema (u.a. mit @christinagahn.bsky.social). www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/die-...

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Die Last-Minute-Macht der Umfragen: „Die Wähler verlassen das sinkende Schiff“

Werner Krause ist Politikwissenschaftler und hat 142 Wahlen in 25 Ländern untersucht. Wie funktionieren Voraussagen – und was beeinflusst ihre Treffsicherheit?

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

How do voters perceive the political ads they receive, and what effect does their perception have? 📱 Using data donations from Germany and the US, a recent study finds that microtargeting in online political ads works largely through perceived tailoring. Read the study recap:

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BLOG: Did you make this for me? A two-country study on individuals’ perceptions of tailoring in online political ads

Online targeted advertising has become an increasingly powerful tool with which political parties can engage their electorate. Utilizing data left by users throughout the web allows them to tailor the...

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Isabella Rebasso @isabellareb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

New paper with Yanna Krupnikov out in Political Communication! 🎉 We know moral-emotional content ("moral outrage") spreads fast on social media. But does that mean people actually want to see it? We tested whether people select this content when given the choice - turns out, not really.

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Rethinking Assumptions About Moral Content Selection: Moral-Emotional Content May Be Less Appealing Than Assumed

Recent work has shown that moral-emotional content spreads rapidly on social media platforms such as X (Twitter). These patterns have led to concerns that social media facilitates the spread of mor...

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🥳 New Paper with @jadevrielink.bsky.social and @skruikemeier.bsky.social: on how voters perceive the political ads they receive, and why that tailoring perception matters more than we usually assume. 🧵 1/3 📄 doi.org/10.1080/1369...

Hand-drawn doodle illustration in three steps. On the left, a large smartphone with "VOTE for me" on the screen, surrounded by small icons such as animals and speech bubbles. An arrow points to a smiling person looking thoughtful, with thought bubbles above showing the same motifs (pets, music, people). Another arrow points to the same person, now beaming, holding up the smartphone with the "VOTE for me" ad and giving a thumbs up. The illustration shows how political advertising that feels personally relevant is evaluated more positively.

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hier das ganze Interview, vielen Dank nochmal @irisbonavida.bsky.social! 📰📊 Zum Paper mit @krausewe.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1086/742632

Zeitungsseite der Salzburger Nachrichten vom 21. Juli 2026, Seite 4, Ressort Österreich. Interview mit Christina Gahn unter dem Titel „Die Macht der Umfragen". Großes Foto: eine Hand wirft einen gefalteten Stimmzettel in eine Wahlurne. Rechts unten ein Porträtfoto von Christina Gahn mit dem hervorgehobenen Zitat: „Ein Problem ist nur, wenn taktisches Wählen auf falschen Annahmen beruht."

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Danke @irisbonavida.bsky.social für das Gespräch! Kurz gesagt: Für Parteien an der Vier-Prozent-Hürde macht es einen Unterschied, ob eine Umfrage sie knapp darunter oder knapp darüber zeigt. 📊🗳️ Wer mehr Details wissen möchte – das Paper mit @krausewe.bsky.social gibt es hier: doi.org/10.1086/742632

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Isabella Rebasso @isabellareb.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Very belatedly sharing this because the last months were busy: The limits of appraisal theory for political emotions is out in Political Psychology! @gijsschumacher.bsky.social, @mrooduijn.bsky.social and I ask whether appraisal theories of emotion work the same way in politics as in everyday life.

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The limits of appraisal theory for political emotions: Evidence from two U.S. surveys

Emotions, such as anger and anxiety, play a central role in political behavior and are extensively studied by political scientists. However, political science has largely adopted psychological theori...

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Werner Krause @krausewe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

New working paper w/ @denis-cohen.bsky.social @rantuna.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com! *Does publicly refusing to cooperate with the far right only strengthen it?* A widespread belief says yes. In this paper, we test it based on a natural experiment from Spain. tinyurl.com/5azkfnas [1/6]

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Koichi Osamura @koichiosamura.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I'm very happy to share that my first dissertation paper is now online in Party Politics (🔓)! I examine how political appointments (patronage) relate to coalition support in multiparty presidential systems, using roll-call data from Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (2003-2018). doi.org/10.1177/1354...

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Bureaucratic appointments and coalition support in presidential systems – An analysis of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies - Koichi Osamura, 2026

How does the provision of political appointments influence coalition support in multiparty presidential systems? While the importance of cabinet portfolios for ...

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Why does democracy backslide even when most people say they support it? ⚖️🏛️ Senior Scientist Dr. Marta Vukovic @martav.bsky.social explains why citizens sometimes tolerate democratic violations and what it takes to protect liberal democracy in Rudolphina's newest article and video. ⬇️ @univie.ac.at

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Democratic backsliding explained | University of Vienna

Democracy can backslide even when most people say they support it. University of Vienna political scientist Marta Vukovic explains why citizens sometimes tolerate democratic violations and what it tak...

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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Really enjoyed attending the first EPSS conference in Belfast! Many thanks to the organizers for putting together such a great event 🙏🏻 @epssnet.bsky.social See you next year in København! 🇩🇰 #EPSS2026 -> #EPSS2027

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Looking forward to presenting at #EPSS2026 in Belfast this week! @klingelt.bsky.social and I hand-collected 10,000+ campaign posters in Berlin and use automated image analysis to study placement and content strategies across parties THU, 5:10–6:50pm, Brookfield (Hilton) @epssnet.bsky.social

Map showing the spatial distribution of campaign posters by party across electoral precincts in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin. Nine panels display poster locations (dots) overlaid on precinct-level 2021 vote shares (shading) for: Die Linke (n=1,129), Die Grünen (n=1,459), SPD+JUSOS (n=693), CDU (n=639), AfD (n=107), FDP (n=348), Volt (n=780), and BSW (n=248). Each panel uses the party's color. Based on automated classification of 5,854 detected posters (conference version, ~50% of full corpus).

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Got a PhD in social sciences and expertise in (digital) survey research and programming? We are looking for you! With the establishment of the new #NexusSoSci facility we are seeking to hire a Senior Scientist for the Online-Panel Lab. 📅Deadline: 22nd of June Find out more and apply ⬇️

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Senior Scientist for Online-Panel Lab NexusSoSci

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Excited to share our new paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @krausewe.bsky.social! Parties polling just below an electoral threshold are far less likely to clear it: a self-fulfilling prophecy that diminishes when polls communicate uncertainty. 🗳️📊 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Isabelle Guinaudeau @iguinaudeau.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

💫 New paper! @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social, @theresmatthiess.bsky.social & I are happy to see our new paper published in open access with the @ejprjournal.bsky.social Do group-targeted campaign pledges pay off electorally? We test this with a preregistered survey experiment in Germany.

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Werner Krause @krausewe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social) Do opinion polls shape election results? Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Image showing the abstract of the paper "Self-Fulfilling Prophecies at the Voting Booth" by Werner Krause and Christina Gahn, published in the Journal of Politics. The abstract describes a quasi-experimental study across 25 countries finding that parties polling just below electoral thresholds are approximately 45 percentage points less likely to clear them, and that this effect diminishes when voters are informed about polling uncertainty.

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Budget - Unis rufen zu Demos gegen Kürzungen auf 📅 Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2027 um 13.00 🏛️ Start am Ring vor dem Hauptgebäude der Uni Wien www.univie.ac.at/aktuelles/pr...

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Budget - Unis rufen zu Demos gegen Kürzungen auf

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Andreas Nanz @andreasnanz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Finally, the data stems from the Austrian National Election Survey project, which conducted an online panel survey with 23 waves, three of which assessed alt. media use. Big thanks to those making the data available via @aussda.bsky.social. See also for details/link: bsky.app/profile/schn... 5/5

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Andreas Nanz @andreasnanz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New paper in IJPP📗 How does right-wing alternative media use affect political anxiety and anger as well as trust in political institutions? Drawing from 3 survey waves, RW alt. media use was positively related to anger. In turn, anger negatively affected pol. trust. OA: doi.org/10.1177/1940... 1/5

Picture of the paper's abstract: "The rise of right-wing alternative media across many Western democracies has been discussed as a challenge to democratic institutions and processes, contributing to the erosion of political trust. Political trust scholars, as well as previous research on alternative media use, have both recognized that emotions play a crucial role in their subject of study. However, research investigating this affective component is extremely sparse. Drawing from appraisal theory and affective intelligence theory, this study investigates the role of anger and anxiety in the nexus between right-wing alternative media use and political trust. The study relies on data from a three-wave panel survey conducted in Austria (N = 1,504) to estimate a random intercept cross-lagged panel model distinguishing within- and between-person relationships. Results suggest that right-wing alternative media use increased political anger over time. Further, anger reduced political trust over time. For anxiety, the picture is more nuanced: Political anxiety was not affected by right-wing alternative media use. Anxiety reduced political trust between wave 1 and wave 2, but not between wave 2 and wave 3. Neither anger nor anxiety increased right-wing alternative media use over time. Implications are discussed."

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Upcoming Guest Talk! 🎤 We are happy to announce that Christoffer Green-Pedersen will be holding a talk on the topic "Coalition Voting in Comparative Perspective: Under What Circumstance do Voters take Coalitions into Account?" on 1st of June.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

NEW - Who Do Parties Speak To? Introducing the PSoGA: A New Comprehensive Database of Parties’ Social Group Appeals cup.org/43fmXFj - @alonadolinsky.com, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social & @rwillh11.bsky.social #FirstView

BJPolS abstract discussing political party appeals across multiple European countries from 1970 to 2025. It mentions Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, highlighting the use of the Parties’ Social Group Appeals (PSoGA) Database and its compatibility with MARPOR.

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🎯 New paper alert! It includes the main theoretical & empirical contribution of my dissertation: disentangling targeting and tailoring in political social media advertising. Really happy @meinungsfuehrer.bsky.social and I found such a great home for it 🏠 Open Access 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1369... 1/4

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Targeting and/or tailoring?! A theoretical framework and its application to political social media advertising

Despite the widespread use of data-driven campaigning (DDC), there is limited conceptual clarity and empirical understanding of how political parties employ the advertising strategies of targeting ...

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Jule Kegel @julekgl.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

My first paper is out! Co-authored with @falkscheidig.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/pa/g...

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Can attitudes change our identities? 🪪 Group-based anti‑immigration appeals nudged participants to newly claim “working‑class” or “Christian” even without strong objective ties or changes to policy views - showing instrumental belief justification. #Identity #Immigration Read the study recap:

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BLOG: Identity Spillovers

Social identities are often considered to be given facts that define us and our perspective of the world. Especially in politics, they are a driving force mobilizing voters across the political spectr...

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🚨 New Article in Politics and Governance When Populists Win but Are Excluded From Power: Explaining Post‐Electoral Dynamics of Democratic Satisfaction By @schnizzl.bsky.social and S. Kritzinger 🔗 Open access: doi.org/10.17645/pag... 🧵 1/6 #Polisky

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When Populists Win but Are Excluded From Power: Explaining Post‐Electoral Dynamics of Democratic Satisfaction | Article | Politics and Governance

Julia Partheymüller, Sylvia Kritzinger

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

In the age of AI, there's a lot of talk about students not doing real work anymore. As a teacher, I catch myself focusing on the struggles rather than the wins. Time to fix that. A thread highlighting standout papers from my quantitative methods seminar last term @univie.ac.at. 🧵

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

"Kann sich die Sozialdemokratie noch retten?" 🥀 fragt @markuswagner.bsky.social im Kommentar der Anderen im @derstandard.bsky.social Neben den Gründen für den Wählerverlust der Sozialdemokraten zeigt Prof. Wagner außerdem mögliche Wege aus der Krise auf: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

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Kann sich die Sozialdemokratie noch retten?

In Deutschland geht es rapide bergab, auch anderenorts, etwa in Österreich, läuft es schlecht. Gibt es einen Ausweg?

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Marta Vukovic @martav.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I’d especially like to encourage women to apply. We’re a fantastic department with excellent scholars, in beautiful Vienna. Data shows that women are less likely to apply for positions than equally qualified men (Muriel Niederle & Lise Vesterlund 2011), so if you’re considering it, please go for it!

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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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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🎉 New release! An updated version of the #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 (SUF edition) is now available via @aussda.bsky.social. 📊 Now includes the post–coalition formation wave (March 2025). 🔗 Download & explore: doi.org/10.11587/HNU... #openscience #elections #PoliSky

Screenshot of the AUSSDA (Austrian Social Science Data Archive) webpage for the “AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 (SUF edition).” The page shows the dataset title, version 2.0, authors, citation information with DOI link, and a description noting it is a multi-wave panel survey covering Austrian national elections (2017, 2019, 2024). On the right, there is a blue “Access Dataset” button and a metric indicating 8,594 downloads. Keywords and licensing information are listed below.

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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 22/03/2026

I've been asked over the last few days/weeks what I think will happen on April 12th in Orbán's 🇭🇺 (and the aftermath), so here's my assessment, looking at everything as it stands now 🧵 tldr: It's complicated, and no one really knows (and those who say they do are either lying or overly confident) 1/

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Jule Kegel @julekgl.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Are you a policymaker, teacher, practitioner, academic in political science, psychology, education or related field? We’re inviting experts to complete a short survey on youth political participation: tinyurl.com/ywnseae3 For every completion, we’ll donate €1.20 to UNICEF. Please share!

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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

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Tristan Klingelhöfer @klingelt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It was an immense honor to contribute to the 30th anniversary issue of Party Politics. Richard Katz and I advocate for the continued relevance of studying party organization, both to understand how politics in democracies actually works and to articulate how it should work. doi.org/10.1177/1354...

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Politics remains a team sport: On the continued relevance of studying party organization - Richard S Katz, Tristan Klingelhöfer, 2026

In advanced industrial democracies, politics has become heavily personalized. What are the implications of this process for research on, and the practice of, de...

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

This was one of the classes I wished I was a student again to join! 👇👇

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The 2024 Austrian parliamentary elections made history: the far-right FPÖ became the strongest party for the first time, and Austria saw its longest-ever government formation, ending in the first three-party coalition since 1947. 📜 Curious? Find out more in our blog: tinyurl.com/2k5dptuc

The outside of the Austrian parliament building with a tall flagpole in the front and a blue sky in the background. ©Jerome Dufek

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

👇 Let me know if you have any questions on the position, Department or city!

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Clint Claessen @clint0475.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🚨📣Very excited to announce our Online INCONEX Kick-Off Workshop on December 12 from 13:45 to 17:45 (CET)! We have a great line-up of paper presentations and a fantastic roundtable. Everyone is welcome! 👉 Sign up here: bit.ly/inconex_workshop @erc.europa.eu #PoliticalScience #Representation

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Data Science Lab - Hertie School @hertiedatascience.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

At the recent Zweitstimme.org Workshop on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour at the Hertie School, researchers from across Europe shared new insights on elites, participation and polling, highlighting how data, methodology and communication are reshaping the study of democratic politics.

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Werner Krause @krausewe.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database! The data now covers - > 3.000 parties - 1.100 parliamentary elections - 402 presidential elections - 2.044 cabinets across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31). All info: ppeg.wzb.eu We hope that data is helpful to the community!

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zweitstimme.org @zweitstimme.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🎉 Kicking off the Zweitstimme.org Workshop! We’re looking forward to two days discussing new work on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour. Today’s sessions: 👉 Panel I – Elites 👉 Panel II – Participation 👉 Panel III – Party Strategies Huge thanks to @hertieschool.bsky.social for hosting us!

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Maria Hornung @mariahornung.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

📢 New paper out! How do partnership constellations relate to poverty in Germany? Together with @emstruffolino.bsky.social, we examine different-sex partnerships and how low education and non-employment cluster, distinguishing non-migrants, descendants of migrants, and EU vs. non-EU migrants.

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I‘m excited to take part in the @zweitstimme.bsky.social Workshop on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behavior at the @hertieschool.bsky.social this week! I'll be presenting first results from a project with @klingelt.bsky.social on the Geography of Electioneering in Multi-Party Systems.

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

👀 Political Sciences at University of Vienna ranked #33 worldwide... www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gra... @univie.ac.at #rankings

Screenshot of the 2025 ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects in Political Sciences. The table shows ETH Zurich ranked #31, Johns Hopkins University at #32, Leiden University and the University of Vienna tied at #33, and University College London at #35.

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Im Oktober erschien in den Salzburger Nachrichten (@sn.at) ein Artikel von @irisbonavida.bsky.social zu personalisierter Onlinewerbung mit Kommentaren von mir. Darin verweise ich auf aktuelle Forschung von Kolleg*innen sowie auf Ergebnisse meines eigenen Experiments: doi.org/10.1177/1940...

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Werner Krause @krausewe.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Excited to present ongoing work from my @dfg.de project "Powerful Polls" @uni-muenster.de on Wednesday (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social). Say hello if you are in Münster! Thanks for the invite & the fabulous organization @danbischof.bsky.social, @elenaleuschner.bsky.social & @mwegemann.bsky.social.

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