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theresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · 12h

After a year (already?!) at @politikuhh.bsky.social I'll give my Antrittsvorlesung 21/10🎉 I'm shy about my current research as I had a baby just weeks after joining UHH and the year has been exhausting with both start-up- & new-parent-tasks. But, that's just all the more reason to celebrate! 1/

Foto mit Vorlesungstitel: "We need to talk (about democracy)"

baby body with slogan 'In my feminist rage era'

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Markus Kollberg @markuskollberg.bsky.social · 16h

🚨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 ⏬

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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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Luis Sattelmayer @luissattelmayer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today, @malojan.bsky.social and I are launching the PartySOME website at partysome.org, an open, interactive platform for exploring how much political parties communicate online and what they talk about 🎤💻📊

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European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS) @populismstudies.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📢 ECPS Interview 🇸🇪 Dr. Gefjon Off: The Sweden Democrats Lost Votes, but Their Influence Remains Clear ✍️ Interview by Selcuk Gultasli 📌 Dr. Off analyzes the SD’s electoral setback in 2026 election against the backdrop of their political influence. 🔗 www.populismstudies.org/dr-gefjon-of...

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Pedro Magalhães @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Atlas of Social Attitudes is now live: www.atlasofsocialattitudes.eu What is it, what can you do with it, and why did we build it? A short🧵. (1)

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Atlas of Social Attitudes

Explore comprehensive public opinion data from the European Social Survey and the European Values Survey. Discover insights across topics, countries, an...

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 22/09/2026

Far right parties strategically increase the (descriptive) representation of women assuming it helps them win votes in general and, in particular, from women. Does it work? In this short descriptive piece, I show the answer in the case of Reform UK is a clear ‘no’ doi.org/10.1332/2515...

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The gender gap among young voters in Berlin’s state election: 51% of women under 25 voted for the Left Party, according to exit polls.

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Eva Anduiza @evaanduiza.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Contrary to expectations, women feel similarly threatened by feminism as men, which is driven by women’s generally higher predisposition to feel threatened. Further, men’s and women’s perceptions of feminism as threatening are associated with different political profiles

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 14/09/2026

So who "won" the Swedish election? Narratives after parliamentary elections are hard. The center right gained support but will lose power, and the Social Democrats lost support but will gain power. The radical right Sweden Democrats are the clear loser, losing support and power.

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Martin Gelin @martingelin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My latest piece for The Guardian: In Sweden, previously unthinkable far-right ideas are now comfortably embedded in the mainstream. The past four years were characterised by an astonishing acceptance of ethnonationalist views, xenophobic rhetoric and authoritarian policies often targeting children.

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How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin Gelin

In 2022 my country entered a new era of cruelty. It will take more than one election to get the old, tolerant Sweden back, writes Swedish journalist Martin Gelin

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

this is super cool! would love to learn more about how it went!

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

What do yesterday’s ST results imply for liberal democracy? In our ongoing nationwide survey, we asked about support for liberal democracy (following doi.org/10.1177/0010...). Acceptance of & ambivalence toward illiberal action are worryingly widespread, though majorities reject each transgression.

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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nach der Landtagswahl in #Sachsen-Anhalt stellt sich die Frage mit neuer Dringlichkeit: Würde Regierungsverantwortung die AfD „entzaubern“? 📊 Unsere Analyse von 1.307 Regierungen in 57 Demokratien zeigt: Die radikale Rechte wird dadurch nicht schwächer, im Schnitt gewinnt sie rund 6 Prozentpunkte.

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Very exciting to finally see @ammassarisofia.bsky.social's groundbreaking book on grassroots women in the populist radical right in print! 🎉🤩 (I may have reacted overly excited when the post officer handed me a package all the way from Australia)

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thanks for sharing these reflections 🙏 I appreciate all the work behind this.

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hi Henrik, I did not check previous programs. I just meant to make a constructive suggestion for the future, as I believe it is increasingly important to keep diversity in the back of our minds and hope we can all be reminded of this.

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What a great line up! Maybe next year it could also a bit of a more diverse line up? :)

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Jonathan Ulrich @jcmulrich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My first PhD paper is out! 🎉 We analysed longitudinal data panel to assess how flood and climate risk perceptions, as well as perceptions of the importance of protection from climate change changed in Germany between 2020 and 2022 and how this linked to flood experience and political orientation.

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

On my to-do list for next time I'm in Sweden 🥲

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Woow I need to see this! Is it on SVT? Where do I find it? 😍

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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"...Mothers’ likelihood of being employed in academia 8 years after they became parents was 29% lower than the likelihood if they hadn’t had children. The mothers who stayed in academia were 23% less likely to obtain tenure 8 years after having their first child than had they not become parents." 👩🏻‍🔬🧪

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Study of Danish academics reveals child penalty

Academics in the child-friendly nation face career disadvantages, such as lower employment rates, after becoming parents.

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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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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Being queer means being the target of violence. Every queer person knows this. It's deeply engraved in who we are. We live with it every day of our lives. Not because of terrorism but because it is structurally enshrined in our "free" societies. Violence against queer people is not an exception ...

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🆕 in @bjpols.bsky.social: "Thinly Veiled: The Use of Femonationalist Speech in European Parliaments" We describe the ⬆️ of femonationalist speech over time & across party families in Europe We find the far right use it esp when other parties converge on their anti-immigration position Open access!

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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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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📣 We're hiring! Looking for a PostDoc? Join our team in Berlin! Work with @heikekluever.bsky.social, @macartan.bsky.social and Johannes Giesecke at Humboldt University, @scripts-berlin.eu and @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social Great people, great project, great city! 🗓️ Deadline: 15 August 2026

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🚨New paper out in JEPP @jeppjournal.bsky.social 🎉 Women are underrepresented in local politics, and the problem isn't only their election but retention. In a survey experiment with 500+ English councillors, we find that family-friendly council policies increase women's static ambition. 🧵

The picture shows the article abstract: Women’s representation in European local governments remains stagnant at around one-third of councillors. One explanation for this longstanding gender gap relates to structural barriers blocking the supply of women candidates, including working practices which are not compatible with caring responsibilities. Yet, so far we do not know whether measures governments can implement to remedy this, including reimbursing care expenses and remote working, increase women’s political ambition. To answer this question, the study uses a survey experiment fielded to local councillors in England (N = 534). The survey manipulates exposure to a bundled set of family-friendly policies in a hypothetical council to identify the causal effect of such policies on static political ambition (councillors’ willingness to run for their current level of office), and explores heterogeneous effects by gender. The introduction of family-friendly policies significantly increases women’s, but not men’s, willingness to run for office again. Analysis of open-ended survey responses further reveals that women councillors more frequently brought up the difficulty of balancing care and work with a political role, while men were less likely to mention this. Overall, the study contributes new evidence about the important role that family policies might play in closing gender gaps in political ambition.

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Last week, we had a lovely launch of the DFG Research Network "Qualitative Studies of Public Opinion" that I coordinate with Lena Röllicke & Anna Berg. Over the next three years, we want to add to the current revival of qualitative political research. More here: linuswestheuser.com/dfg-network-...

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Sarah Engler @saengler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy to see my work with @ivobantel.bsky.social and @lucasleemann.bsky.social published in Party Politics. We look at how affective polarization shapes voters' preferences for technocratic and populist governance in Germany showing that it largely depends on partisanship 1/4

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Jessica Haak @haakjes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

💭 Looks like the heat wave has brought some attention to my study - enough that it got a mention in the New York Times 👉 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/w... It’s also a good example of how weather extremes can shift public attention toward climate change (without necessarily prompting policy change).

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As Europe Sweats, Some Politicians Talk of Air-Conditioning, Not Climate Action

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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today we launch the new version of The PopuList! The PopuList provides an overview of far-left, far-right and populist parties in 31 European countries from 1989 until 1 May 2026. Explore the new website here: popu-list.org

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Home - The PopuList

The PopuList Interactive Version 4.0 Static Version 4.0 CSV Version 4.0 What is the PopuList? The PopuList offers researchers, journalists, […]

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

haha nightlife came after movies :D

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I love the idea of adding art! As a BA student, in a course on USSR history, we would do movie nights together with the class and watch great movies... it's still among my best memories from BA times :)

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Max Schaub @maxschaub.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We are looking for a colleague to fill a part-time (50%) teaching position in IR. Ability to teach in German is required, though courses may also be offered in English. Deadline: 3 July Ad (in German): tinyurl.com/ysnjcwwn Please share - and PM in case of questions @politikuhh.bsky.social

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Very excited to be at #ECPG until Wednesday! If you're also here, do check out the incredible Elections, Parties, and Voters section I'm co-chairing with @gefjonoff.bsky.social @liranharsgor.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social and @jess-smith.bsky.social ! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

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Ansgar Hudde @hudde.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

📝Why do Americans avoid cross-partisan dating? New paper w/ Shannon Taflinger in ESR We test 3 mechanisms: •perceived similarity in values & lifestyle •character judgments •fear of social disapproval ➡️All matter, similarity leads And: Dem women penalize out-partisans most doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

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US Americans are divided along party lines, both in politics and personal relationships. While prior research shows a preference for dating co-partisans, it remains unclear why people prefer to date co-partisans and for whom the effects are strongest. Therefore, we examine whether perceived character quality of a potential partner, perceived similarity, and expected social approval mediate the effects of matching and non-matching political party on romantic interest and whether effects vary by gender and party combinations. We conducted an online dating experiment with US American partisans and partisan leaners aged 20–33 (N = 1,097). Respondents viewed six fictional dating profiles that randomly included ‘Democrat’, ‘Republican’, or no political information. Results show that romantic interest was largely driven by preference against out-partisans, rather than for co-partisans. Out-partisan rejection was driven by perceived similarity, followed by expected social approval and perceived character quality, while co-partisan preference was driven by perceived similarity and, to a lesser extent, perceived quality. The in-group preference was strongest for Republican men and women, while out-group rejection was strongest for Democratic women. Overall, our findings show that people use politics as a proxy for non-political characteristics. They also highlight the importance of distinguishing between in-party preference and out-party animosity.

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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We're hiring 2 postdocs at @uio.no on my ERC-Cog project on how authoritarian regimes shape scientific knowledge. 3–4 years, U. of Oslo. Deadline: 10 Sept 2026. Great dept., terms, well funded, bustling & green Scandi capital. Apply! 👉 jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/303060/postdoctoral-fello

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Postdoctoral Fellow  (303060) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow  (303060), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2026

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RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

G. Off. “Complexities and Nuances in Radical Right Voters' (Anti)Feminism”. In: Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society (2023), p. online first. dx.doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxad010.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 01/06/2026

Today marks the beginning of Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Here is a graph on why we still need pride.

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🚨🚨 Job: Please share 🙌 - what? PhD position in my DFG-funded project on how citizens understand their role in democracy. - when? Application deadline Jul 1, job start Sept 1 or soon thereafter - how? www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

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