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Jessica Kuhlmann @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Join today's panel C9 "Support for Democracy" (14:00) at #Dreiländertagung (Room 2.05)! Looking forward to exciting presentations by my co-panelists. I'll present joint work with @conradziller.bsky.social on who accepts political violence in Germany. #3LT2026

Fr C9 | Support for Democracy
Freitag, 19.06.2026, 14:00-15:30 Uhr, Raum 2.05
Chair: Julian Erhardt, Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg
Lucca Hoffeller, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main: Does Context Matter? Institutional and
Ideological Moderators of the Relationship between Congruence and Political Support
Jakob Eicheler, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Conrad Ziller, Universität Duisburg-Essen: Who Accepts
Political Violence? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Germany
Philipp Harfst, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen: Was verstehen die Deutschen unter Demokratie?
Eine Probing-Studie zum Item „Demokratiezufriedenheit“
Alexa Lenz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: Why Media Undermine Institutional Trust: The
Asymmetric Effects of Negative Reporting (Ko-Autor*innen: Steffen Eckhard, Pauline Hoffmann)

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Happy to be in beautiful Krakow and to present my paper, “Trust Under Pressure: How the Success of Populist Radical Right Parties Shapes Immigrants’ Trust,” today at 2 pm. ☀️ Looking forward to the discussion! #ecprgc26 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

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Empirical Political Science #Duisburg @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Later, he will be presenting „Designing Experimental Simulations Using Role-Playing Video Games: A Proof-of-Concept Study“ as being part of the panel „Survey Research and Experiments in Political Science“ at #ECPR General Conference! #ECPR2026 #generalconference @ecpr.bsky.social #politicalscience

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Empirical Political Science #Duisburg @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Tomorrow, @pckemper.bsky.social will be presenting „How the Experience of Public-Service Quality and Corruption Shapes Political Solidarity and Trust: Experimental Evidence from a Novel Virtual-State Approach“ (co-authored with @jeicheler.bsky.social, Achim Goerres and @chapkovski.bsky.social)

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Kathrin Kühn @kathrinkuehn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Wer einen datenbasierten Blick auf das Thema - Frust über Wiedervereinigung - haben mag. Was steckt da dahinter? Basis: ALLBUS Daten. Von @conradziller.bsky.social / Noah Schulz. Erscheint mir gerade in der aktuellen Lage sehr lesenswert 🔍. conradziller.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... 1/2

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Jakob Eicheler @jeicheler.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Check out @mkozlowska.eurosky.social's work on measuring solidarity!

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Jakob Eicheler @jeicheler.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Arrived in Friedrichshafen for the #Dreiländertagung First impression: 10/10 conference location! #3LT2026

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Jakob Eicheler @jeicheler.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

See here a thread of the papers I presented: bsky.app/profile/jeic...

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Join today's panel D11 (16:00) at #Dreiländertagung! I'll present several papers, tackling the questions: - How do citizens define "Political Solidarity"? - What explains Political Solidarity in Europe? - How do poor public services or corruption affect Political Solidarity? #3LT2026

Do D11 | Solidarity and Trust
Donnerstag, 18.06.2026, 16:00-17:30 Uhr, Raum 2.11
Chair: Lea Kaftan, GESIS - Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Marta Antonova, Universität Bern: Social Cooperation in Hard Times: The Effects of Threat-Related
Fears on Intolerance of Norm-Breaking Behaviour
Jakob Eicheler, Universität Duisburg-Essen: How the Experience of Public-Service Quality and
Corruption Shapes Political Solidarity and Trust: Experimental Evidence from a Novel Virtual-State
Approach (Ko-Autor*innen: Philipp Chapkovski, Achim Goerres, Philipp Kemper)
Jakob Eicheler, Universität Duisburg-Essen: Political Solidarity in Europe: Institutions, Perceptions, and
Individual Motives (Ko-Autor*innen: Philipp Chapkovski, Achim Goerres, Philipp Kemper)
Jakob Eicheler, Universität Duisburg-Essen: What’s in Political Solidarity? Citizens’ Understandings of
Political Solidarity and Their Social, Attitudinal and Behavioural Correlates
Holger Bähr, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB): Institutionenvertrauen und
Problemlösungsfähigkeit in deutschen Jobcentern

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That's a wrap! Had an amazing time at the #Dreiländertagung. Thanks again to the organisers at Zeppelin University and @dvpw.bsky.social, @oegpw.bsky.social and #SVPW.

Empirical Political Science #Duisburg @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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🤖 Will AI replace our jobs? And if so, what should governments do about it? In our new blog post, @julianachueri.bsky.social explores how workers across 27 countries perceive the growing impact of AI on work and which policy responses they support. (1/3)

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 28/06/2026

Essen, Nürnberg, Leipzig (vermutlich auch andernorts): Bahnen fahren nicht, weil Teile der Schienenanlage schmelzen. Aber früher war es im Sommer auch mal heiß...

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Jakob Eicheler @jeicheler.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Check out @mkozlowska.eurosky.social's work on measuring solidarity!

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Jakob Eicheler @jeicheler.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Nicht verpassen: Dr. Jonas Elis an der UDE 🎉

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Jakob Eicheler @jeicheler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Presenting 4 papers at #Dreiländertagung! 1/4: What happens when citizens face poor public services or outright corruption? We built a virtual state #Novaland to test this With @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social, @chapkovski.bsky.social & @pckemper.bsky.social Panel D11, Thu 16:00 Abstract below 👇

When Public Services Fail: Dynamic Effects of Service Quality and Petty
Corruption on Spending Support and Trust in Government
Achim Goerres1, Philipp Chapkovski1, Jakob Eicheler1, and Philipp Kemper1
1 University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Corresponding author: achim.goerres@uni-due.de
Paper prepared for the Dreiländertagung, 17–19 June 2026, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Abstract
How do citizens update their views of the state after direct encounters with public
administration? We study this question with a narrative vignette experiment
embedded in Novaland, a fictional virtual state in which participants experience
repeated service encounters. The design varies whether public services are delivered
effectively, poorly, or poorly with an option to pay a petty bribe. The results reveal
a tension that is central for public administration: poor service delivery increases
support for more spending in the affected domain, but this repair logic weakens
when poor delivery is accompanied by corruption. Repeated negative and corrupt
encounters do not generate broader demand for welfare spending, and corrupt
encounters substantially reduce trust in government. The paper contributes to
research on administrative performance, corruption, and citizen-state relations by
showing that citizens distinguish between capacity failures, integrity failures, and
broader evaluations of the state.

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Native Advertising für Sportwetten direkt auf der Startseite von @spiegel.de. Trotz Ad-Blocker, getarnt als redaktioneller Inhalt. Ich finde die Normalisierung von Glücksspiel hier problematisch.

Screenshot eines Widgets auf der Startseite von spiegel.de, das aktuelle Sportwetten-Quoten des Anbieters Tipico für die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft (WM) der Herren anzeigt.

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DVPW @dvpw.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Es ist geschafft! Wir danken allen Teilnehmer*innen der #Dreiländertagung #3LT2026 und wünschen eine gute Heimreise! Einen großen Dank auch allen Helfer*innen vor Ort, @simonkoschut.bsky.social und die #ZU waren wundervolle Gastgeber! Wir freuen uns schon jetzt auf #3LT2029 (?) in der Schweiz!

That's a wrap! Had an amazing time at the #Dreiländertagung. Thanks again to the organisers at Zeppelin University and @dvpw.bsky.social, @oegpw.bsky.social and #SVPW.

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4/4: When do citizens accept political violence? We use a survey experiment in Germany to test if partisanship or prosocial cues weaken anti-violence norms. Good news: Norms are robust. Bad news: Those with "need for chaos" reject violence less. @conradziller.bsky.social Panel C9, Fri 14:00 👇

Boundary Conditions of Political Violence Acceptance:
Partisanship, Social Cues, and Individual Predispositions
Jakob Eicheler1, and Conrad Ziller1
1 University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Corresponding author: jakob.eicheler@uni-due.de
Paper prepared for the Dreiländertagung, 17–19 June 2026, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Abstract
Political violence threatens democratic societies and most citizens reject political violence in
principle. This study investigates the boundary conditions of violence acceptance and asks
whether or not cues of partisan identity and prosocial behaviour may override anti-violence
commitments. Using a preregistered survey experiment in Germany, we manipulate a
hypothetical neighbour’s endorsement of political violence, partisan affiliation (AfD, Die
Linke, none), and prosocial behaviour. We find overall strong opposition to intended
political violence. Neither partisan in-group membership nor prosocial cues attenuate this
rejection. Instead, we find that individual predispositions matter: Respondents high in need
for chaos and those holding anti-democratic attitudes reject violence intentions significantly
less. LLM-assisted coding of open-ended responses reveals that violence rejectors invoke
democratic norms of non-violence, whereas violence acceptors rationalise it as freedom of
expression. The findings demonstrate that anti-violence norms in Germany remain robust
against contextual cues, but that democratic erosion at the individual level poses risks.

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 18/06/2026

See these papers in Panels D11 (Thu, 16:00) & C9 (Fri, 14:00)! I am on the job market and would love to connect in Friedrichshafen. Let's grab a coffee to talk research ideas, future projects, or potential collaborations. Get in touch! ☕️ #3LT26 #Dreiländertagung @dvpw.bsky.social @oegpw.bsky.social

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And if you stick around until the end (which you should), you can catch our session on "Strategic communication on social media" where I will present the @gesis.org BTW 25 candidate social media account collection done together with @msaeltzer.bsky.social @vigneshwaran-s.bsky.social and others.

Screenshot from the program of the DVPW Dreiländertagung showing the titles of the talks in the panel on Strategic Communication on Social Media

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Johannes Breuer @johannesbreuer.com · 18/06/2026

If you are at the @dvpw.bsky.social #Dreiländertagung getting up early tomorrow is worth it to come to the panel on "Science, Research, and Methods" which I have the pleasure of chairing where @markus-gastinger.eu, @paulbederke.bsky.social, @dielea.bsky.social and others will present exciting work.

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Jakob Eicheler @jeicheler.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

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DVPW @dvpw.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

2/4: What explains Political Solidarity in Europe? 2026 data (8k citizens, 7 countries) shows ideology & state legitimacy matter most, subjective perceptions more than objective conditions. @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social @chapkovski.bsky.social @pckemper.bsky.social Panel D11, Thu 16:00 👇 #POLITSOLID

What explains Political Solidarity across Europe?
Novel Comparative Survey Evidence from Seven European Countries in 2026

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European democracies increasingly rely on citizen support for costly public redistribution, from welfare-state reform to responses to migration, pandemics, war, and demographic change. This paper asks what explains political solidarity, understood as citizens’ willingness to support public redistribution that benefits others. We develop a multilevel framework in which solidarity is shaped by individual foundations, social norms and state legitimacy, and objective regional and country contexts.

We test this framework using a new probability-based survey of 8,066 respondents in seven European countries in 2026, linked to regional and national indicators of governance, public-service quality, and economic context. We find substantial cross-national variation in political solidarity, broadly consistent with welfare-regime expectations, although the small number of country cases makes this evidence descriptive rather than a formal macro-level test.

The strongest evidence points to ideology and perceived state legitimacy. Respondents on the right are less supportive of political solidarity, while respondents who trust other people and institutions, perceive stronger contribution norms, and evaluate public services more positively are more willing to support redistribution for others. Perceived capacity to contribute and objective need or risk are also positively associated with solidarity. By contrast, objective socioeconomic resources, perceived personal risk, regional public-service quality, and relative regional income are not robust predictors in the full models. Overall, political solidarity appears to depend less on material position alone than on whether citizens regard the social and institutional environment as trustworthy, fair, and effective.

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#Keynote #Dreiländertagung #3LT2026 Herfried Münkler: #Europa in der geopolitischen #Sandwichposition. Und was vonnöten ist, um aus ihr herauszukommen

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Jakob Eicheler @jeicheler.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Arrived in Friedrichshafen for the #Dreiländertagung First impression: 10/10 conference location! #3LT2026

Jakob Eicheler @jeicheler.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

On my way to Friedrichshafen for the #Dreiländertagung to present four papers! I am on the job market and would love to connect in Friedrichshafen. Let's grab a coffee to talk research ideas, future projects, or potential collaborations. Get in touch! ☕️ #3LT26 @dvpw.bsky.social @oegpw.bsky.social

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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Der Spiegel hat einfach in seiner Spielübersicht zur Männer-Fußball-WM direkt Sportwettenkram integriert. Ich glaube, mein Schwein pfeift??

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Jakob Eicheler @jeicheler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

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Politikwissenschaft | UDE @ifp-ude.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Antrittsvorlesung der Jülicher Professur Digitale Sozialwissenschaften 📢👨‍🎓💻 Die Zahlen sind immer größer geworden, von 30 Studierende im Labor … zu 3 Millionen Datenpunkten im Webcheck.“ @johannesbreuer.com erklärt, was er unter digitale Sozialwissenschaften versteht und warum sie cool sind.