Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineVassili Golod @golod.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Wiedervorlage. 521805381
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineMarkus Kollberg @markuskollberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🚨New Paper in @polbehavior.bsky.social! Julia Leschke and I ask: What works against populist rhetoric? We find: Advocating for pluralist ideals can mitigate the negative effects of populist rhetoric. link.springer.com/article/10.1... More details below ⏬ 18339
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 03/10/202620% mass reduction in 5 (!!!) years! Frightening things happening on our planet. 0101
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineStefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Our School of Politics and International Relations at @ucddublin.bsky.social is hiring two permanent (!) Assistant Professors in any field of political science, international relations, political theory, or development. Deadline: 9 November Start date: 30 August 2027 my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... 15546
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineMarius Sältzer @msaeltzer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Our colleague and friend Philipp Köker has left us and i can't begin to order my thoughts. I hope I can express to his family the feeling of loss we can't beginn to understand, but attempt to share. rundblick-niedersachsen.de/politikwisse...rundblick-niedersachsen.dePolitikwissenschaftler stirbt überraschend mit 40 JahrenPhilipp Köker, habilitierter Politikwissenschaftler und Experte für die Erforschung politischer Institutionen, ist im Alter von 40 Jahren überraschend gestorben. Die Nachricht hat in Kreisen der Unive... 17020
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineDanbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 23/09/2026📄 New working paper w. Alex De Juan, @felixhaass.bsky.social & Henry Thomson: We study Weimar Germany in 1932 to ask whether far right electoral success pacifies extremist movements - or can fuel violence when mandates do not translate into power. osf.io/preprints/so... 14522
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineHeike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 22/09/2026📣 We're hiring! Looking for a PhD position? Join our team in Berlin! Work with @heikekluever.bsky.social and @markuskollberg.bsky.social in #STATEWORK at Humboldt University and join our @dynamics.bsky.social PhD programme Great people, great project, great city! 🗓️ Deadline: 13 October 2026 06856
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineMujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Here is Moscow trying to help Le Pen by saying that she has become anti-Moscow. Why? Because they know that at heart she is pro-Moscow. 18928
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Was ist das für ein #merz Statement, bitte? Einfach nur die Aufmerksamkeit von den heute zur Wahlstehenden klauen? 😳 Nach welchem politischen Gespür ist das sinnvoll? 140
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineÖzden Terli @terliwetter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Mittlerweile kann man den Gletschern beim verschwinden zuschauen... #Klimaignoranz ist tödlich - auch für Gletscher Quelle: Matthias Huss 291236444
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Sommer 2026: 16.000 Hitzetote 🥵 alleine in 🇩🇪. Dürre. Brände. 🤯 Die Bundesregierung subventioniert jetzt mit 2.500.000.000 € von unseren Steuergeldern die Ursache der Hitze: fossile Brennstoffe. Unfassbar. 🤯🤯🤯 Das meiste Geld landet dann wieder bei den Ölkonzernen, der Lobby gegen Klimaschutz. 832120932
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Ich bin sicher, dass die Rückkehr des Tankrabatts die AfD-Ergebnisse spürbar drücken wird — wie das der Rabatt schon in der Vergangenheit getan hat. 🤦♂️ Irony off. www.tagesschau.de/eilmeldung/e...tagesschau.deKoalition einigt sich auf Tankrabatt und SpritpreisdeckelDie schwarz-rote Koalition hat sich wegen der hohen Spritpreise grundsätzlich auf einen Tankrabatt und einen Spritpreisdeckel geeinigt. Insgesamt sollen Bürger und Unternehmen um rund 2,5 Milliarden E... 062
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineLukas Haffert @lhaffert.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Überall in Europa brechen die alten Volksparteien zusammen oder sind es schon, aber auf der Titelseite von ZEIT Online denkt man immer noch, in Deutschland liege das an "handwerklichen Fehlern" der Regierungsparteien... 3259
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineÖzden Terli @terliwetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Wärmster Monat global ever #Klimaignoranz tötet 231292466
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineMarcus Wadsak @marcuswadsak.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Der September war bisher sehr warm, in Salzburg liegen die ersten 2 Wochen gleich 3 Grad über dem Mittel der aktuellen Klimaperiode. daran ändern auch kühlere Tage wie heute nur wenig. Schon morgen wird es wieder ungewöhnlich warm für die Jahreszeit. (Quelle: GeoSphere Austria) 04813
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineEurope Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Sweden, SVT projection at 21:15: Seat projection per bloc, national parliament SD+M+KD+L-ECR|EPP|RE: 175 (-1) S+V+MP+C-S&D|LEFT|G/EFA|RE: 174 (+1) +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/sweden 2133
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineEurope Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Sweden, SVT projection at 21:15: National parliament election S-S&D: 28.0% (-2.3) M-EPP: 20.4% (+1.3) SD-ECR: 17.1% (-3.4) V-LEFT: 8.3% (+1.5) C-RE: 6.8% (+0.1) MP-G/EFA: 6.2% (+1.1) KD-EPP: 6.1% (+0.8) L-RE: 5.6% (+1.0) +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/sweden 0102
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineReto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Zur Kontextualisierung: Die Schwedischen Sozialdemokraten könnten - gemäss den ersten Prognosen - das schlechteste Resultat seit 1908 erzielen. 1171
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Vor allem, da ein Szenario ist, dass KI alle Menschen mittels Viren töten wird 🫣 000
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineChristina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Presenting 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 25412
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineBarbara Prainsack @bprainsack.bsky.social · 09/09/20261/6 Sehr lesenswerter Kommentar von @szigetvari, der abseits der ausgetretenen Erklärungspfade argumentiert. Die These „mehr Reformen gegen die FPÖ" wird hier überzeugend hinterfragt. Zwei Punkte fehlen mir aber. 🧵 171
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Didn’t want to call you out on that, of course, i thought of you first 🤗 010
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 07/09/2026„Wie stark, aber auch wie einfach wäre ein Satz gewesen wie: »Unser eigenes Ergebnis ist mir an einem solchen Abend scheißegal.« Stattdessen aber hörte man nur die leeren Floskeln der Parteipolitik in dutzendfacher Variation.“ Exzellentes Kommentar! 👇 www.zeit.de/2026-09/wahl...zeit.deWahl in Sachsen-Anhalt: Wenn das die Mitte ist, dann gute NachtBei dieser historischen Wahl offenbarte sich die ganze Leere der politischen Kommunikation. Die Elite des Landes redet, als käme sie von einem anderen Stern. 002
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineJulius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Saxony-Anhalt went to the polls, with the AfD falling just short of a majority. Here are some takeaways based on the preliminary results across all 218 municipalities and local socioeconomic characteristics. A thread 🧵(1 /n) Full analysis + write-up: juliuskoelzer.de/saxony-anhal... 2246114
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I am old enough to remember those days when people claimed that the left benefitted from high turnout. Not that they were wrong then, but WOW how things have changed 👇. 4202
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I can point you to some research if you are interested in this. Just drop me an email — and yes, I think some of these experiments adopt no/minimal framing. Work on bandwagon effects, consensus heuristics, preference falsification & social desirability bias are interesting regarding this matter. 020
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 06/09/2026💯 ! Although I am happy we did not have a Germany-wide election today, bc I fear it would have shown millions for AfD. But my comment was more on @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu. I think viewing this as a pure framing/media issue ignores fundamental mechanisms about how people interpret 🗳️ results. 100
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Well, in parts because these are social psychological mechanisms that also impact journalists. All I am saying is that I am afraid that mechanisms get in motion now that have little to do with what is said on this or that media & more with how people make sense of social signals like voting results. 100
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It is regrettably not only commentators. It is also that people just take a „win“ or even a „relative majority supports X“ as a cue that something might be right/good about this party. Hence, the intention of not talking this up is good. But don’t be surprised if there builds momentum nevertheless. 220
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I feel sorry to break it to you, but this is very likely to help the AfD elsewhere. - People concerned about social sanctions for supporting AfD will update. - Uncertain people often support what an identifiable „majority“ supports. - Many people like to support the winning side. Be prepared! 052
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineSimon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A key issue is whether BSW will get above 5%. If they do, then it’s the worst possible outcome. If they don’t, AfD might not be able to govern, as the others would all vote against them. Either way, though, it’s a disaster for Germany and Europe. 57326
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineMujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Only 29% of the AfD's present voters were already AfD voters in 2021; 71% came from outside its previous electorate. 14010
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 06/09/2026No Sven Schulze, you do not need to congratulate an extreme right party when it wins elections! You have to accept the result, the reality and you should not normalize it! 215821
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 06/09/202644,5% for AfD in Saxony Anhalt at 76,5% all-time turnout record. I guess this is very well to the tail of worst imaginable results for Berlin. 211222
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineCatherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 31/08/2026We’re hiring! Poli Sci & IR department at IE University in Madrid is hiring three tenure-track Assistant Professors, starting 1st of September 2027, in: Comparative Politics: lnkd.in/ePDfwjJB International Relations: lnkd.in/eDu5vGTf Political Economy: lnkd.in/eciDukTA 1/3 28084
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkrainestevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Old fashioned extractive colonialism. Why not a peep from anyone, anywhere? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/b...nytimes.comTrump Says U.S. Struck Deal for Control of More Than 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuela’s Oil (Gift Article)The president said an agreement between the countries covered more than 65 billion barrels of reserves. A U.S. official said it would involve a partnership with a private company. 0147
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineIsabella Rebasso @isabellareb.bsky.social · 28/08/2026New 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.tandfonline.comRethinking Assumptions About Moral Content Selection: Moral-Emotional Content May Be Less Appealing Than AssumedRecent 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... 17641
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineLeonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 25/08/2026There's a lot of great work in political science on variants of "why/when do mainstream parties accommodate the radical right, and with what consequences?" but not as much on "why doesn't the radical right moderate, and if so when and with what consequences?" 5377
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineEuropean Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 18/08/202665:3 🐟️ Voices of the party base 📞 D.Duell, @dielea.bsky.social, @sopro.bsky.social, J.Slapin & @chriswratil.bsky.social use survey data from 14 countries to see how party supporters want their established parties to the rise of a hypothetical new partybuff.lyVoices of the party base: How supporters want established parties to respond to new parties | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CoreVoices of the party base: How supporters want established parties to respond to new parties - Volume 65 Issue 3 064
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineSara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026📢 LSE Political Theory job opening We’re looking for a political theorist to join us at @lsegovernment.bsky.social - it is an open rank search, so we welcome applications at Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level Reach out with questions & please share widely! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...jobs.lse.ac.ukAssistant/Associate/Professor in Political TheoryAssistant/Associate/Professor in Political Theory, , <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</p> <p style="margin:... 15059
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineÖzden Terli @terliwetter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Die ernste Frage von Kindern, was denn passiert wenn die globale Erhitzung sich fortsetzt….Der Kloß in meinem Magen und das Ringen nach Fassung in dem Moment nicht loszuheulen ist sehr sehr hart. Deswegen habe ich es vor einigen Jahren abgelehnt vor Kindern darüber zu sprechen. 1502569677
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is very clear (good!) and demands quite detailed transparency on AI usage in manuscript preparation. It will be interesting to see how implementable this is, especially the point on citing models used… who knows still what exact model they used last year to suggest edits to a paragraph…? 020
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineSander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Here is a basic smell test. If the Netherlands and Denmark - Germany’s neighbours - can keep pace with US growth, are EU regulations really to blame for Germany’s stagnation? The red tape Berlin needs to cut, and the deregulation it needs to pursue, are primarily at home—not in Brussels. 1/ 718281
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Soon the „sick man of Europe“ again? 🇩🇪 010
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026„34 Grad ist ganz normal, das ist einfach Sommer“ Heute und zuletzt mehrfach gehört. Von gebildeten Leuten. Aber in Wien hat sich die Zahl der Hitzetage über 30 Grad im Vergleich zu 1950-1970 verdreifacht bis verfünffacht. „Sommer“ in dieser Definition war damals nur 5-10 Tage im Jahr. 🧐momentum-institut.atWien: Fünfmal so viele Hitzetage wie noch in den 1950ern - Momentum InstitutAm Donnerstag wird mit Tageshöchsttemperaturen von 36 Grad der heißeste Tag seit Jahresbeginn erwartet. Seit 1955 haben sich die Hitzetage in Wien mehr als verfünffacht, während Eistage immer weniger ... 030
Reposted by Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraineParents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 04/08/2026"So legt das Rhein-Niedrigwasser fünf Schlüsselindustrien lahm" "Der Wasserstand im Rhein zeigt teilweise nicht mal die Hälfte des Normalwerts an. Für die deutsche Wirtschaft wird das zur existenziellen Bedrohung." Erinnert ihr auch an #Merz im April? 🤡 …hier als Video www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/... 25423177
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Schon wieder ein neuer. Im Minutentakt jetzt… 030
Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Und schon wieder ein neuer Allzeit-Wienrekord… #wienliebe 030