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Franziska Maier

@franziskamaier.bsky.social
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👩‍🔬Political scientist at Uni Stuttgart working on democratic preferences, identity, deliberation. ✨Fan of pop culture, books, feminism, food, fun facts and social media if it works again 🙏

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Franziska Maier @franziskamaier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ich freue mich riesig auf die Junge Nacht der Demokratie im Rahmen der Langen Nacht der Demokratie Baden-Württemberg. Ich gebe einen (hoffentlich) hoffnungsvollen Impuls zur Zukunft der Demokratie!🪐
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FSG Fellbach - Herzliche Einladung!
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Franziska Maier @franziskamaier.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Had a fantastic time in beautiful Krakow for #ECPR spent 🌎presenting on global democracy & 🪐democracy on Mars & ✋democratic preferences 🤗catching up with wonderful colleagues
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Anastasia Menshikova @anmen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
How does the latte-drinking-liberals idea play out in the Swedish multi-party context? Find out in our article recently published in Journal of CSS: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Created together with brilliant @felixlennert.bsky.social, Elida Izani Ibrahim & @mhbodell.bsky.social!
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Partisan tastes or ideological divides? Everyday interests and political identities in a multi-party system - Journal of Computational Social Science
Everyday interests expressed in leisure, media consumption, or cultural practices, increasingly intersect with political orientations, making them strong signals of individuals’ political identities. ...
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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
⚽📚 The Ultimate World Cup Research Thread I've set up a little automated thread: every day of the 2026 World Cup (11 Jun–19 Jul) it shares one study on what football does to society: politics, economics, migration, health, crime & more. One paper a day. Kickoff below 👇
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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Based on @howtheyvote.eu, the @szde.bsky.social has done a data analysis on all the times far-right groups were decisive in this European Parliament - with unsurprisingly mostly the EPP, a bit of Renew plus the Greens and the Left on the Mercosur vote:
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Vanessa Schwaiger @vanessaschwaiger.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"Left behind" and an undemocratic mind? Happy to see that my article on the link between perceived marginalization and democratic orientations is now out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social 🧵👇 Read the article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Wim Weymans @wimweymans.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
“Defending democracy is different than defending the status quo [..] we defend democracy best by trying to improve it and not simply by calling any critic an enemy.[..] In my view, unhappy are the lands that need an enemy to know who they are. Europe is not simply the anti-Russia and should not be.”
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Oliver Nachtwey @onachtwey.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
So krass.
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medico international @medico2.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Der US-Präsident kündigt die Auslöschung einer ganzen Zivilisation an und seine Verbündeten, auch Deutschland, bleiben stumm. Sie machen sich mitschuldig.
Trump: „Ganze Zivilisation wird heute Nacht untergehen“
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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/03/2026
the biggest disconnect between most people and government is that they don’t feel like government is doing anything useful for them bridging this divide is as difficult as it’s ever been in the age of fractured social media, but I genuinely do not think anyone is doing it better than Zohran
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Johannes Hillje @jhillje.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Das Wunschdenken über die AfD-Wählerschaft:
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Martin Gross @martingross.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Die AfD ist nur unwesentlich stärker als bei Landtagswahlen 2016 - da war sie ebenfalls drittstärkste Partei. Der Vergleich zu 2021 überschätzt massiv den angeblichen Wahlerfolg heute. Abstände zu Grüne & CDU nahezu gleich groß wie 2016. ARD & ZDF wollen aber lieber die andere Story. 🤷‍♂️ #ltwbw
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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
An Özdemir win would matter in another sense too. 7 decades after the first "guest workers" came to the federal republic, he would be the first minister-president of a German state to have Turkish roots. It wasn't a big factor in the campaign - people just like him (⬇️) - but is a moment nonetheless.
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars? These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research. So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Voters are not substantially better represented than nonvoters. However, people active in different types of nonelectoral political behavior, such as demonstrating, are better represented than the non-active link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Are the Politically Active Better Represented? - Political Behavior
Political participation is considered an important path for people to influence politics. However, whether those who participate actually see more of their preferred policies implemented remains an op...
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Francesco Raffaelli @fraraffaelli.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
🚨Happy to finally see this out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social (with @leonardocarella.bsky.social) ⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*? doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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From context to congruence: Immigration salience and voter socialization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
From context to congruence: Immigration salience and voter socialization
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DemoLabs @demolabs.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🫶 Wishing everyone restful holidays and a happy start into the new year! We look back on many inspiring moments in 2025, and forward to many more interesting discussions and projects in 2026 ✨🎄
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Vanessa Schwaiger @vanessaschwaiger.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🚀 How do citizens imagine their future democracy – on Mars and on Earth? Using large survey experiments in the US and Germany, we explore how people envision democratic governance with and without path dependencies 🪐 Read the preprint here ➡️ osf.io/preprints/so...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 03/12/2025
#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - Is ChatGPT conservative or liberal? A novel approach to assess ideological stances and biases in generative LLMs - cup.org/48Oh8Co - Christina P. Walker & @joantimoneda.bsky.social #FirstView #ChatGPT
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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🌍The latest cleavage: the universalist divide @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social , @dpzollinger.bsky.social , @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @simonbornschier.bsky.social, and @lhaffert.bsky.social provide evidence from the 2024 European Election Study 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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DemoLabs @demolabs.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
We were happy to welcome @lalamur.bsky.social who gave a brilliant talk on the impact of political talk about feminism when dating 💘 Future research projects and collaborations were also discussed 🤝 - stay tuned! 🤩
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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Thank you, Stuttgart, for such a wonderful time! Special thanks to DDME team @demolabs.bsky.social with @franziskamaier.bsky.social @seraphinearnold.bsky.social & André Bächtiger! 💜
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DemoLabs @demolabs.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Yesterday, the DDME Team held a workshop as part of the Freedom Week in Berlin, where participants got to design democracy on Mars! 🚀 💡 It was an inspiring experience to turn survey research into practice and watch participants discuss the pros and cons of involving different actors in the process.
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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Descriptive representation has comparatively limited appeal for citizens, but is more important for historically marginalised groups. Citizens do not only focus on local politicians, but also seek representation from politicians in other districts www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Citizens’ Preferences for Multidimensional Representation | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Citizens’ Preferences for Multidimensional Representation - Volume 23 Issue 2
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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
“Because of the tremendous wealth of key figures…major corporations have enabled, collaborated with, and turned a blind eye to efforts to suppress, torture, falsely imprison, terrorise and murder dissenters … around the world.” Twitter [gave] the Saudi government a reach well beyond its borders.
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
NEW - Deepening, Bridging, and Moving Minds in Stressful Times - cup.org/4pG5tfo "In highly polarized situations, however, open communication is the only way to communicatively reach out to people." - Simon Stocker, André Bächtiger, Bernhard Kittel & Marco Steenbergen #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the effects of communication modes on societal polarization during the COVID-19 crisis, with specific reference to Germany and Austria.
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Jeyhun Alizade @jeyalizade.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Glad to see this out at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! I show that the immigration-crime issue, when salient, can shift leftist cosmopolitans to the Right. This is due to leftist voters being more conservative on crime than leftist parties. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Concern that immigration worsens crime problems is prevalent across Western publics. How does it shape electoral politics? Prior research asserted a growing left–right divide in immigration attitudes...
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Anne Rasmussen @annerasmussen.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are? @simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions Thread 🧵1/10
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Franziska Maier @franziskamaier.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I can't wait for our Workshop on "Democracy on Mars" during the Berlin Freedom Week, with my favourite colleagues AND hosted in my favourite place, the Schwarzkopf-Stiftung Junges Europa 🚀 🫰 Sign up if you are in Berlin on November 15th! berlin-freedom-week.com/event/wie-so...
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
In den Niederlanden gab es am Wochenende rechtsextreme Ausschreitungen. In den 4 größten Ländern Europas führen rechtsradikale Parteien in den Umfragen. Ich verstehe den Fokus auf das Spektakel, aber der Dauerfokus auf Trump, Kimmel, Kirk scheint mir stark zu vernachlässigen was in Europa passiert.
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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
European democracies are harmed by societal polarization, but can benefit from partisan polarization: the former lowers quality and trust, the latter is linked to better democratic quality www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Opponents, not enemies: disentangling the relationship between polarization and democracy in Europe
Contradicting claims exist about the extent to which identity-based ideological polarization is eroding or improving democracy. We address this ambiguity by disentangling different forms of polariz...
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Edoardo Viganò @eavigano.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
📢 My last PhD paper is out in Legislative Studies Quarterly 📢 📌 Main finding ➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus ➡️ Open access increases constituency representation 🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Bertelsmann Stiftung @bertelsmannst.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Instagram und TikTok sind die Kanäle, über die sich junge Menschen am häufigsten über Politik informieren. Die Mehrheit folgt sogar politischen Influencer:innen. Unsere Studie mit dem @dpzberlin.bsky.social zeigt, wie die Social-Media-Kommunikation der Politiker:innen bei der Jugend ankommt. (bu)
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Studie - Social Media sind essenziell, um junge Menschen mit politischen Themen zu erreichen
Ohne Social-Media-Plattformen erreichen politische Akteur:innen junge Menschen mit politischen Themen kaum. Denn über das politische Geschehen informieren sich junge Zielgruppen mehrheitlich auf Socia...
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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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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
This is a paper I really care about. I feel the core message is very important for social scientists in general, and political scientists in particular. "Quantitative Research in Political Science is Greatly Underpowered." (with A+ co-authors)
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
God give me the reviewer strength of a well-caffeinated sweetener-loving junior scholar in an investigative mood
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Franziska Maier @franziskamaier.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
How to visually represent different democratic systems? We are currently working with an awesome design studio to figure it out. A sneak peak of a sketch for "Democracy on Mars" is here 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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How can experts, citizens and representatives collaborate? What role could AI take in governance? Together with Civocracy 📢, we are preparing an online deliberation around these questions for a… | Dem...
How can experts, citizens and representatives collaborate? What role could AI take in governance? Together with Civocracy 📢, we are preparing an online deliberation around these questions for a democr...
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Franziska Maier @franziskamaier.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
❓Are cosmopolitans participatory, technocratic or representative democrats? Despite their active role in society, few analyze cosmopolitans' governance preferences. My preprint uses cosmopolitanism as a multidimensional concept to investigate this question 🤔👇 Any feedback is welcome!
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Franziska Maier @franziskamaier.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🥳 I'm excited that my project on opinion formation around the future of citizenship has received funding by @dfg.de 🔎 On this highly polarized issue, I will investigate opinion and opinion change in 4 migration societies. 💡This will include an issue-specific analysis of the transnational cleavage.
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DFG - GEPRIS - Die Zukunft von Staatsbürgerschaft: eine deliberative Untersuchung von Meinungsbildung zum Wahlrecht in europäischen Migrationsgesellschaften
In Zeiten durchlässiger Grenzen stehen Konflikte um Staatsbürgerschaft in ganz Europa auf der politischen Agenda. Für Politik und Forschung ist es von ...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 02/09/2025
#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - “Sleeping with the enemy”: partisanship and tolerance in online dating - cup.org/3USYaD9 "...the influence of partisanship is on par with conventional criteria like physical appearance" - Yara Sleiman, Georgios Melios & Paul Dolan #FirstView
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
We have a paper on how Labour's strategy is disastrous. There's an exclusive coverage in @newstatesman.com www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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It’s official – Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech has backfired
Exclusive: the first survey before and after the immigration speech reveals a drop in Labour support.
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Franziska Maier @franziskamaier.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
❓Are cosmopolitans participatory, technocratic or representative democrats? Despite their active role in society, few analyze cosmopolitans' governance preferences. My preprint uses cosmopolitanism as a multidimensional concept to investigate this question 🤔👇 Any feedback is welcome!
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Das bemerkenswerte hier ist, dass die Verschiebung eben nicht 2015 passiert sondern 2017. Genau dann wenn Politik und Medien anfangen sich auf die aufsteigende AfD und ihre Themen einzuschießen. Wenn Migrationspolitik verschärft wird und Migranten dämonisiert werden. Es ist nicht Migration an sich.
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Andreas Hövermann @andreashoev.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Neue Studie des @diw.de: Weniger Geflüchtete fühlen sich in Deutschland willkommen. Unsere Studie ⬇️ zeigt, wie die Solidarität (unter Erwerbspersonen) mit (Ukraine-)Geflüchteten in den letzten Jahren zurückging und sich die Einstellungen ihnen gegenüber deutlich eintrübten.
Entwicklung der Einstellungen zu Ukraine-Geflüchteten --> Rückgang der Solidarität
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Do party alliances shift voter views? 🤝 A study in 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇬🇧 finds that when mainstream voters see their party cooperating with radical right parties, they’re more likely to adopt nativist views. Alliances may normalize exclusionary ideas. 🔗
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From collaboration to convergence: Nativist attitudes among non-radical right supporters
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Matt Polacko @mattpolacko.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
🚨New Publication🚨 Using the entire #Canadian Election Study (1965–2021), I examine voter turnout by class, education, & income over time & test whether the offerings of political parties impact these relationships. Available #OpenAccess in @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social #polisky doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Kate Long @katelong.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
My first paper is out in @bjpir.bsky.social ! 🎉 It looks at a novel dataset of local climate mini-publics in the UK, and how organisers justify their implementation. Full paper: journals-sagepub-com.libproxy.york.ac.uk/doi/epub/10....
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Carolin Emcke @emcke.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Wer Spiegelei oder Beerdigung oder Reanimation sagen kann, kann auch Richter:innen sagen #relax
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/GEvXWhB @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
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