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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

and an average broccoli (dish) is better than an average cauliflower (dish), but a great cauliflower...

Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

First intl conference @epssnet.bsky.social was a lot of fun! Great panels with real engagement and so many nice and interesting people. Thank you everyone for making it a great experience.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

It probably says more about the US and their interests in Europe than about European countries itself :)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

*incl. very AI heavy political campaigns. Great thread Rahel!

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Easy to foresee: We did a BA seminar presentation(!) on pretty much this scenario back in 2020. In hindsight, we were close to the mark. Our main source was the DIA report on Iran’s military capabilities from 2019, which laid out the logic of escalation.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 18/03/2026

congratulations to Viktor Orbán's father on his house, which raises no questions at all as.ft.com/r/e20a43e6-e...

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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies. Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Public support, according to first polls, is slightly higher: 35% (rather) in favor. But contrary to the study’s findings, there is a clear left-right divide on this issue. It will be interesting to see how this develops toward the vote. 👀 www.srf.ch/news/1-srg-u...

Bar chart titled "Erbschaftssteuer-Initiative – Stimmabsichten nach Parteibindung (in Prozent)".
It shows voting intentions by party affiliation for the upcoming inheritance tax initiative in Switzerland (survey period: 6–20 October 2025, ±2.8% margin of error).
Grüne: 50% bestimmt dafür, 27% eher dafür, 3% weiß nicht, 14% eher dagegen, 6% bestimmt dagegen.
SP: 51% bestimmt dafür, 21% eher dafür, 2% weiß nicht, 15% eher dagegen, 11% bestimmt dagegen.
GLP: 12% bestimmt dafür, 12% eher dafür, 2% weiß nicht, 30% eher dagegen, 44% bestimmt dagegen.
Die Mitte: 9% bestimmt dafür, 13% eher dafür, 2% weiß nicht, 16% eher dagegen, 60% bestimmt dagegen.
FDP: 3% bestimmt dafür, 11% eher dafür, 2% weiß nicht, 7% eher dagegen, 77% bestimmt dagegen.
SVP: 5% bestimmt dafür, 4% eher dafür, 3% weiß nicht, 9% eher dagegen, 79% bestimmt dagegen.
Keine Partei: 5% bestimmt dafür, 13% eher dafür, 1% weiß nicht, 28% eher dagegen, 53% bestimmt dagegen.
Source: SRF / GFS Bern on behalf of SRG SSR.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Elite support for introducing the tax is very low: - 28% in the National Council - 15% in the Council of States Only left parties support the tax (28%). 🗳️ swissvotes.ch/vote/681.00

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«Initiative für eine Zukunft»

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Very interesting paper — and highly relevant to current Swiss politics. 📮 Swiss voters will decide on a 50% inheritance tax for bequests exceeding CHF 50 million (only the portion above 50 million would be taxed) on 30.11.2025.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥳

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)! 🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée! Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland! Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social

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Nathalie Herren (former Hofstetter) @nathalieherren.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Gesund studieren, lehren & arbeiten: Die @unibe.ch bietet ihren Studierenden, Dozierenden & Mitarbeitenden zum #WorldMentalHealthDay am 10.10.2025 ein vielfältiges Programm an, um zum Austausch anzuregen & Impulse für einen achtsamen, gesunden Universitätsalltag zu geben. So wichtig & wertvoll 💜!

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Maiken Maier @maikenmelanie.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Excited to share our new PEGO publication: Hijacking or helping? We show how crises like COVID-19 can shape narratives, open or close policy windows, and influence climate policy advocacy. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s110... @policysciences.bsky.social polisky

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I think it‘s just a certificate, unfortunately :)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Herzlichen Dank, liebe Maiken!

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Ganz herzlichen Dank, liebe Théoda!

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Celebrating this milestone with a break and some travels. I am happy to hear your thoughts on our paper and want to thank all who gave feedback and support—especially the editors and reviewers, who made my first publication process a positive experience!

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

On utilitarian factors, Switzerland looks unremarkable. Norway, by contrast, resembles Sweden more than the UK or Switzerland. The key difference: EEA membership has depoliticized the EU question in Norway.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

We find that the strong politicization of EU issues in Switzerland increases the impact of national identity and rightist political attitudes on Euroscepticism. The only clear parallel in Europe: the UK.

Dot-and-error-bar plot showing how national identity (attachment to nation) influences Euroscepticism across countries. Switzerland and the UK stand out with much stronger positive effects compared to EU27 and EEA countries, where the difference from the overall effect is insignificant or negative.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Our results confirm strong Swiss Euroscepticism and low support for EU accession. The novelty lies in comparison: How do the underlying factors in Switzerland differ from those shaping Euroscepticism across EU and non-EU Europe?

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...

Bar chart comparing public perceptions of the EU across European countries. Switzerland stands out with one of the highest shares of negative views (very negative or fairly negative) and the lowest positive evaluations, similar only to the UK and Czech Republic. Most other countries, including Norway and Iceland, show more positive or neutral attitudes.

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Sarah Engler @saengler.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties. A thread 👇 (1/n) #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV

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The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - Volume 55

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Matt Whittaker @mattwhittaker.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Amid wealth tax discussion, it's worth reflecting on recent changes in tax takes across the income distribution. Combining all payments (ie income taxes and VAT etc), the richest and poorest pay the most as a share of their gross income. But rates are down markedly in the middle of the distribution

Line chart showing trends in the shares of gross income being paid in total tax by those living in five equally sized income groups, from the richest fifth (quintile 5) to the poorest fifth (quintile 1). Covers the UK and the years 1980 to 2022-23. Shows shares falling then rising among the richest 20%; rising, plateauing, then rising again among the poorest 20%, and falling, plateauing and then falling again among the middle three groups. By 2022-23, average effective tax ‘rates’ (measured as four-year averages) were 37.5% among the poorest, 29.7% among quintile 2, 30.6% among quintile 3, 31.9% among quintile 4, and 37% among the richest 20%.

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The far-right SVP continues to frame itself as the voice of the “little man”. Yet it is now the Swiss party with *the highest* number of formal ties between its MPs & the banking lobby. Also, in Switzerland, public skepticism toward deregulatory policies is growing, as shown in my new publication

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

#POLITKOLUMNE: There are 2 main strategies to counter the far-right: legal means & political responses Courts alone won’t save democracy. What’s needed: 1️⃣firm stance against the far-right 2️⃣protest /civil soc. mobilization 3️⃣public institutions that guarantee equal public service access for everyone

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PEGO Research Group @pego-group.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🌍 The PEGO Research Group is now on Bluesky! Follow us for updates, insights, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into our research, events, projects, etc.  We’d love to connect with you. 🔗 Learn more: www.eawag.ch/en/departmen... 👋 Also connect with us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/pego...

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Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology - Eawag

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I think the first one makes sense. My perception is, that the package has more prominent supporters in the German speaking part.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Good question! Quick look at the data shows a big gap in undecided social democrats (SP) between F-/I- and G-speaking regions. 40% of F-speaking SP voters are undecided compared to 14% G-speaking SP voters. Gap is less pronounced for other parties. My first intuition, other ideas?

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

🔬 Whose support matters most to voters? In the second conjoint experiment, voters favored 🇨🇭🇪🇺 solutions that had broad domestic backing. Proposals supported by both unions and employer associations were especially popular. (10/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Good news for the government! That’s exactly the approach the Federal Council chose for the 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement – though the exact details are still unclear. Again: pragmatism over idealism. (9/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

🔬 Which 🇨🇭🇪🇺 policy do voters prefer? Migration and wage protection matter to voters. But it’s not all or nothing: in the conjoint experiment, a unilateral safeguard clause is as popular as a hard migration cap. (8/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

This support isn’t about love for the 🇪🇺. 69% think the EU has moved in the wrong direction over the past 20 years. Yet voters still value good relations – for practical reasons. It’s pragmatism, not idealism. (7/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Do good 🇨🇭🇪🇺 relations matter to voters? Yes, they do! 💡 80% of respondents say that good relations with the EU are (rather) important. That’s a strong consensus – across regions, parties, and age groups. (6/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Who still needs convincing? ❓ Many undecided voters come from the French- and Italian-speaking regions, young people, women, and especially Green voters. That last one is surprising: the Green Party supports the 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement. But their base seems unsure. (5/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Who supports the 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement—and who doesn’t? ❌ Most opposition comes from SVP voters. ✅ In favor: voters of all other major parties, people in cities, the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and retired people. (4/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

More people support the 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement than oppose it! ✅ 47% lean yes ❌ 35% no ❓ 18% undecided Opinion formation is still in its early stages. With many undecided, it’s still all to play for. (3/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

What’s in the 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement? It updates existing bilateral deals and extends them into: ⚡️ Electricity 🏥 Health 🥬 Food safety But the real game-changer? Dynamic adoption of EU law in existing agreements – making cooperation more automatic – and more controversial. (2/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Post 1: Introduction Do Swiss voters want closer ties with the EU? 🇨🇭🇪🇺 We asked voters if they support the new 🇨🇭🇪🇺 agreement that extends existing bilateral agreements – and how important good EU relations are to them. We also included two survey experiments. Curious what they said? 👇 (1/11)

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

BlueSky, kannst Du helfen? Bald steht unser Masterseminar zum Vergleich der polit. Systeme 🇩🇪🇨🇭 an, inkl. Studienreise nach Berlin & Austausch mit einem MdB. Nun verpasste es die Wiederwahl. Hat i-jemand einen niederschwelligen Kontakt zu einem MdB? Unsere Studierenden würden sich SO freuen! #btw25

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Damit dürfte es mit einer eidgenössischen Abstimmung vor den Wahlen im Herbst 2027 knapp werden.

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

If you've lost track of Swiss-EU relations, Fabio Wasserfallen's piece @republik.ch is highly recommended. Key point: A favorable deal for Switzerland, but it risks failure unless domestic legislation (eg. regional minimum wage) is passed to mitigate the deal's impact www.republik.ch/2025/01/23/w...

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This Trump speech is scary. Another moment of great polarization.

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