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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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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Yiqing Xu @yiqingxu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🧵 Introducing ReproAI, an author-facing agentic AI plugin for replication packages: reproai.org We built this tool to help authors prepare replication packages before submission, w/ @leoyangyang.bsky.social.

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ReproAI: the plugin for reproducible replication packages

An author-facing AI plugin that helps you prepare a cleaner, reproducible replication package before submission.

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World will be out this July Endorsement below by @argohdes.bsky.social

At a moment when the majority of people across the globe are living in nondemocratic systems, this book asks an urgent question: what can the Arab world teach us about authoritarianism? Spanning the many faces of authoritarianism, it offers an impressive collection of rigorous comparative analyses by a truly diverse set of contributors, many with lived experience in the region. Essential reading for anyone trying to understand not just the Arab world, but why authoritarianism keeps winning, and what it takes to resist it."
Anita r gohdes professor hertie school germany

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Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Our article "Cadre networks and bureaucratic careers in autocracies" has just been published online first in @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 — joint work with Alexander De Juan & Jan Pierskalla www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Short summary thread below 👇

Title page of an academic paper titled "Cadre networks and bureaucratic careers in autocracies" by Alexander De Juan, Felix Haass, and Jan H. Pierskalla. The abstract examines whether formalized recruitment systems in autocracies eliminate informal personal ties, using biographical data on over 180,000 cadres from the former German Democratic Republic. Difference-in-differences models show that cadre networks aided individuals' career trajectories and that network-based promotions mirrored regime preferences rather than producing decentralized cronyism

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Adam Scharpf @ascharpf.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🎧 Audiobook Giveaway Lottery! Dive into the secret logic behind repression & coups with our new audiobook: "MAKING A CAREER IN DICTATORSHIP" I’m giving away 3 FREE copies! 1️⃣ Repost this 2️⃣ Do it by Monday 12 PM (noon) After that, I’ll randomly select 3 winners and send the audiobook links!

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Adam Scharpf @ascharpf.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ... Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups? Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com: tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf

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Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

🚨Job alert! 🚨 I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills. ⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26 More info:

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Research fellow (m/f/d) in the field of “contentious politics/political violence/autocratic politics” - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🚨 New article out! “Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000... We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany. Short summary thread below 👇

Abstract for the article: How does right-wing terrorism affect electoral support for populist radical right parties (PRRPs)? Recent research has produced contrary answers to this question. We argue that only high-intensity attacks, whose motives and targets mirror PRRPs’ nativist agenda, are likely to generate a media backlash that dampens electoral support for PRRPs. We test this argument by combining high-frequency survey and social media data with a natural and survey experimental design. We find that right-wing terror reduced support for the radical right party Alternative für Deutschland after one of the most intense nativist attacks in recent German history. An analysis of all ninety-eight fatal right-wing attacks in Germany between 1990 and 2020 supports our argument. Our findings contribute to an understanding of how political violence triggers partisan detachment and have important implications for media responsibility in the aftermath of terrorist attacks.

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Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

🚨 New paper out! 🚨I'll post a summary thread with the main findings shortly.

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Elias Koch @eliaskoch.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

New paper out @wepsocial.bsky.social! 🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result. Read full 🧵 below:

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Elias Koch @eliaskoch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Happy to see @ankuepfer.bsky.social's & my study on when politicians engage in discourse — and when they prefer to avoid it — featured at @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social! blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

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When do politicians engage in discourse – and when do they avoid it?

Ideological polarisation shapes who debates whom in the German Bundestag, but substantive discourse may become less common in the years ahead.

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Thomas Tichelbaecker @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Happy to share a new paper now out in EJPR w/ @jeyalizade.bsky.social , @fabioellger.bsky.social and @mgruenewald.bsky.social exploring gendered effects of political violence on political supply. ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu… A 🧵 with findings

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Authoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Polisky Dictatorsky 📣 Join us next week! On March 25, @danielkuhlen.bsky.social (Humboldt University) will present "Crackdowns Increase Public Safety: Causal Evidence from El Salvador" and Kaitlyn Chriswell (Brown University) and @igoracacio.bsky.social (Cal State, Fullerton) will discuss.

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Elias Koch @eliaskoch.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

New paper with @ankuepfer.bsky.social accepted at EJPR🎉 When do MPs debate each other & when do they avoid discourse? Applying a new framework to study the emergence of elite discourse, we find that ideology and gov/opp dynamics shape MPs incentives to seek & avoid dialogical interactions. #polisky

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Elias Koch @eliaskoch.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Today @danielkuhlen.bsky.social, @jocmuel.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social & I released StatePol – a database on 🇩🇪 state MPs and cabinet members! statepol.github.io/Database/ A 📄 examining trends in descriptive representation in 🇩🇪 state politics is out @pvs-journal.bsky.social. bit.ly/statepol

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Martin Gross @martingross.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

New article w/ Jochen Müller @pluggedchris.bsky.social & @marcdebus.bsky.social in Regional & Federal Studies State parties' incentives to avoid coalitions bridging the gov-opp divide at federal level is dependent on level of legislative party system fragmentation doi.org/10.1080/1359... polisky

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