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@danbischof.bsky.social
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danbischof.com Political Scientist: studying democracy with experiments & data Professor | University of Münster Associate Professor | Aarhus University (he/him | "Sie" als Anrede brauche ich nicht)

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ein Strandkorb, wirklich? Der er selbst bezahlt. Das ist dekadent? Soll er den Balkon leer lassen? Darf er mit seinem Gehalt keinen Strandkorb kaufen? Welche Form der Dekadenz signalisiert ein selbst erworbener Strandkorb?
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Thomas Stadler @rastadler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wollen wir vielleicht auch mal über antisemitische Tendenzen bei der CDU sprechen? Wo wir jetzt schon mal dabei sind.
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Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨 New working paper! 🚨
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Danbischof @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...
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Heike 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
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From July 2026 - When Legislators Do Not Differentiate: A Field Experiment on British MPs’ Responses to Constituent Policy Queries - cup.org/4hormhs - @danbischof.bsky.social, @vchengm.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Sarah Cohen, @florianfoos.bsky.social, et al #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract of a study on how UK Members of Parliament (MPs) respond to constituent policy queries. The research indicates that MPs' responsiveness varies with the level of agreement with constituents.
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Zu den Thesen des Steckers, sehr gute Zerlegung:
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 06/08/2026
Under Hegseth, Women’s Share of Top Military Promotions Plunged This Year The percentage of high-ranking officer nominations going to women is currently at its lowest level in over two decades. Via @cj-robinson.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
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Thilo N. H. Albers @thiloalbers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New working paper out, aiming to provide an explanation why populism is so widespread across the income ladder. @danbischof.bsky.social describes our results in the thread below!
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We are hiring a postdoc in Comparative Politics at JGU Mainz! Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social). • Full-time position • Five-year contract (!) • Start: from 1 October Apply by 22 August: stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328 Please share!
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📄 And another working paper: **Pretty much all citizens say they support democracy.** But what do they mean by that? We ask whether voters from different partisan camps mean the same thing when they talk about "democracy." Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📄 New working paper out: osf.io/preprints/so... We (@thiloalbers.bsky.social @felixkersting.bsky.social and Fabian Kosse) try to understand why some citizens who are objectively well off still feel left behind, and why this matters for populist attitudes.
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Violeta Haas @haasvioleta.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Some personal news 💫 After almost two years at @iast.fr, I’m moving to Ireland to start as an Assistant Professor in political science at @tcddublin.bsky.social I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity and for the trust my new department has placed in me. Can’t wait to join the team in Dublin.
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW - When Legislators Do Not Differentiate: A Field Experiment on British MPs’ Responses to Constituent Policy Queries - cup.org/4hormhs - @danbischof.bsky.social, @vchengm.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Sarah Cohen, @florianfoos.bsky.social, et al #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract of a study on how UK Members of Parliament (MPs) respond to constituent policy queries. The research indicates that MPs' responsiveness varies with the level of agreement with constituents.
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Patrick M Kuhn @pmkuhn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The article 👇 is now available open-access @bjpols.bsky.social under doi.org/10.1017/S000... and kindly mentioned in @philipjcowley.bsky.social's The House Blog on MP Post www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Unpopular opinion: England deserved to lose this match. The chart below summarizes it: they get the lead and are not even thinking about continuing to do what did work. Instead, they fall into the "oldest" trap in football...
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Bernd Schlipphak @bschlipphak.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We are doing it again: thanks to @aufdroeseler.bsky.social and #CDSC, there will be a 2nd round of reproduction games in Münster. These will also see the reproduction of PolSci papers, hence: don't hesitate to register, #PolSci / #SocSci scholars from Münster and beyond!
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I've invested quite some time in archives and asking for access to get to my grandfather's SS information. Now here is some of it accessible, just one click away: www.zeit.de/wissenschaft... This is amazing and there is absolutely no excuse why you should not look up your grandfathers' history.
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SS-Akten: Durchsuchen Sie die Personalakten von SA und SS nach Ihrer Familie
SA und SS mordeten im Namen der NS-Ideologie. Wir haben Hunderttausende Akten erstmals aufbereitet: Recherchieren Sie in Lebensläufen, Briefen oder Charakterzeugnissen.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/07/2026
The Trump administration's executive orders have meant that administrators are questioning what art can — and can't — be seen on campus.
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An artist brought 'I.C.E. pops' to a Texas campus. The show was shut down in days
The Trump administration's executive orders have meant that administrators are questioning what art can — and can't — be seen on campus.
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Does protesting authoritarianism alienate moderates? New working paper on 1960s West German student movement suggests protest was associated with modest *increase* in support for the center left, potentially by reshaping perceptions of the far right. osf.io/preprints/so...
Title page of an academic working paper titled The Electoral Effects of Anti-Authoritarian Protest: Evidence from the West German Student Movement. The author is Julian Voß, and the paper is dated July 6, 2026.Abstract of a working paper examining whether anti-authoritarian protest generates electoral backlash. Using evidence from the 1960s West German student movement, the study finds no city-level backlash. Instead, protest is associated with increased support for the center-left Social Democrats, apparently driven by defections from the center right and by changes in how voters perceived the far-right NPD and democratic threats.Map of West Germany showing the spatial distribution of student protest events between 1965 and 1969. Municipalities with protest activity are shaded in progressively darker red to indicate one, two to five, or more than five events. Protest occurred across much of West Germany, with clusters around major urban areas, while East Germany is shaded gray.Dot-and-whisker plot showing estimated associations between protest exposure and party support at the individual level. Protest exposure is associated with higher support for the Social Democrats (SPD) and lower support for the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), with little apparent change for the far-right NPD or the liberal FDP. Results are similar across models using respondent-only controls and models that additionally include municipality controls.
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
One thing is for sure: the world didn't need Claude Excel. The world needs a law against excel.
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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Genuinely interested in your views: What is the future of teaching statistical programming language for data science in the age of AI? Will we even still teach programming R or Python?
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It's one thing for corruption to make a red card disappear. It's another for the coach to send that player onto the pitch. That's not just tolerating corruption: it's legitimizing it. The case shows how much power other actors have in enabling the autocratic playbook. Stand firm!
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Alexandra Jabbour @alexjabbour.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
My department at @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social is advertising 3 Tenure-Track AP positions in Political Science and 2 Teaching positions. The department is nice, non-toxic, and in good financial shape (which is not a given these days, in the UK or elsewhere): warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
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OPPORTUNITIES - University of Warwick
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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Cancelled today - due to extreme heat in London
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Apply! One of the best environments to do empirical social sciences in the world.
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Arrived in Bamberg yesterday for a very special event: a workshop celebrating Thomas Saalfeld and his achievements. Safe to say that without Thomas, I would never have done a PhD. Thank you! If you'd like to read the Festschrift in his honor: www.routledge.com/Democracy-at...
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Mirko Wegemann @mwegemann.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Great @epssnet.bsky.social so far! Today, I am presenting ongoing work w. @elenaleuschner.bsky.social, @timallinger.bsky.social, @danbischof.bsky.social, @kristianvsf.bsky.social, and @morganlcj.bsky.social on citizen's conceptualisations of democracy. 📍 CP09, Lagan B (Hilton) ⏰ 15:20
Abstract: "What Citizens Mean By Democracy: Evidence from Open- and Closed-Ended Survey Responses"

Why do citizens report high support for democracy in standard survey questions even as democratic backsliding advances in many countries? We address this puzzle by comparing two ways of measuring democratic orientations: an open-ended question asking respondents to define democracy in their own words and closed-ended items asking whether they endorse specific democratic principles. Drawing on more than 25,000 survey responses from representative samples in 14 countries, we use a fine-tuned language model to classify open-ended answers into substantive dimensions. First, across countries, citizens most often define democracy in terms of individual and civil rights, while multidimensional conceptions are rare. Second, open- and closed-ended measures diverge systematically. Center-right voters invoke liberal-democratic language at rates similar to the center-left, yet they are less supportive of minority rights and electoral norms when prompted. Far-right voters stand out more clearly in open-ended responses, where majoritarian conceptions are more prevalent than among other electorates.
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Tobias Widmann @twidmann.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
📢 I’m hiring 2 three-year postdocs at Dept of Political Science, @au.dk! Come work with me on The Politics of Shaming and Shamelessness — a new project on elite rhetoric, emotions, norms, hostility and political violence. Deadline: 31 August 2026 Start: Dec 2026–Feb 2027 Please share widely! 🙏
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2 three-year postdocs in political communication and political psychology at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Now traveling to @epssnet.bsky.social I would like to draw your attention to a panel on: Standards for Replication in Political Science 10:50-12:30 Thursday, 18 June, 2026, Bar 2 w. @bochkareva.bsky.social @fresejoris.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social @aeggers.bsky.social and myself.
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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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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Exactly 10 years ago today, Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered by a far-right man. She was just 41 years old. One of many victims of far-right terrorism. R.I.P. 💔
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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Our department has three calls for tenure track positions. IE is a fast growing group of scholars doing top-notch work, which offers very attractive conditions in a great European city. If you are looking for an academic job in Europe, definitely do consider applying.
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I'm tired of switching around survey platforms from Qualtrics to Question Pro to limesurvey and so forth. Also tired to write code in small boxes instead of doing everything with code. I'm thinking about going formR with an own server. Any opinions on formR?
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I’ll be at @eui-eu.bsky.social this Thursday and Friday to present ongoing work on whether social norms can be used as interventions to help safeguard democracy. Talk: Thursday, 4pm Seminar Room 2, Badia Fiesolana www.eui.eu/events?id=58... Come by, say hi, or message me if you’d like to meet up.
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Social norm interventions increase resistance to real-world anti-democratic elite behavior
This session of the Comparative politics Seminar Series features a presentation by Daniel Bischof, Professor in Comparative Politics at the University of Münster and Associate Professor at Aarhus Univ...
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Marcel Roman @mfroman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 in Science Advances. We meta-reanalyze 100 conjoint experiments to assess which immigrants citizens prefer around the world. Our evidence reinforces existing findings, identifies novel insights, and provides a basis for future research 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Which immigrants do citizens prefer? A meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments
Meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments reveals patterns of similarity and variation in public immigration preferences worldwide.
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I like this @thejop.bsky.social : "We are now implementing a system in which the editorial team has the right to not consider submissions from authors who have failed to review for the journal three or more times, when invited to do so by the editorial team."
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language? New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Can Simple Language Affect Voters’ Political Knowledge and Their Beliefs About Politicians? | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No 0
How does the level of sophistication in political messages affect citizens? While research has examined how politicians use this element to distinguish themselves, little is known about how it resonat...
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Elena Leuschner @elenaleuschner.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It's time for our final speaker series of the semester! On Wednesday, @mstalinski.bsky.social will present work on "The Prosocial Ranking Challenge: Reducing Polarization on Social Media without Sacrificing Engagement". w @danbischof.bsky.social @mwegemann.bsky.social @thiloalbers.bsky.social
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Markus Wagner @markuswagner.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A great overview of the accommodation question by Hanno Hilbig, worth your time!
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Markus Patberg @mpatberg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🚨Stellenausschreibung🚨 Postdoc-Stelle: Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte (100%, 3+2 Jahre) @unigreifswald.bsky.social Bewerbungsfrist: 24.06.26 Bei Fragen gerne per E-Mail bei mir melden. Gerne teilen! www.uni-greifswald.de/universitaet...
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Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in - Lehrstuhl für Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte 26/ES02
Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
New paper out in Nature Human Behaviour. "Government policy documents across 185 countries largely cite Global North sources" with @seramirezruiz.bsky.social DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415... Ungated: rdcu.be/fh0Ss
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Government policy documents across 185 countries largely cite Global North sources - Nature Human Behaviour
This analysis of 1.2 million policy documents from 185 countries identifies global inequalities in whose knowledge is cited in policymaking. Governments in the Global South rely more on foreign source...
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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Chapter on AI and Democracy with Bailey Flanigan, @politicsprof.bsky.social and Charles Stewart 👇
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Having a hard time managing travels to lovely Belfast. Anyone with experience able to tell me if it's at all possible to catch a flight in Dublin 10am on Saturday?
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Elena Leuschner @elenaleuschner.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
On Wednesday at 12.00, we welcome @cathrinmohr.bsky.social in Münster, presenting her working paper "Hysteresis and Selection in the Rise of Fascism: The “Ordinary Men” of the Nazi Party" @danbischof.bsky.social @mwegemann.bsky.social @thiloalbers.bsky.social
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Very glad to have you around today and tomorrow. Looking very much forward to your talk!
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📄 Neues Paper mit MA-Studentin @jmschulte.bsky.social: Wenn Sozialdemokrat:innen in der Migrationspolitik nach rechts rücken, folgen die Wähler:innen dann tatsächlich? Wir untersuchen Olaf Scholz' radikalen Kurswechsel in Deutschland im Oktober 2023. (original: EN, Abstract Übersetzung via AI)
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📄 New paper with a fantastic MA student @jmschulte.bsky.social: When social democrats move right on migration, do voters actually follow? We study Olaf Scholz's radical shift on migration in Germany (October 2023).
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Stimmt, ich gehe künftig auch nur noch zur Arbeit wenn’s nicht „mies“ ist. Das muss mir schon reinlaufen, sonst nixe mixe.
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