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Bernd Ulrich @derbernd.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Wenns nicht so traurig wäre, wäre es lustig. Beim #Klima hat das China-Argument die Seiten gewechselt. Früher: Was sollen wir uns anstrengen, wenn die Chinesen alles verderben. Heute: Wir schaffen es zwar nicht, aber die Chinesen bauen die Regenerativen aus wie Hölle. (Übrigens, beides falsch)

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Very proud of my PhD student @kwalz.bsky.social who successfully defended his thesis on "Pathways to breakdown resilience" today and is now Dr. (des.) Kevin Walz 🎉 Watch out for his book to learn how accountability can stop autocratization! In Picture: Kevin🧑‍🎓, Natasha Wunsch, 2nd supervisor and me 😀

Picture of Claudia Landwehr, Kevin Walz and Natasha Wunsch

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

"Warum junge Männer die AfD wählen – und junge Frauen die Linke" - (unter anderem) darüber habe ich mit dem Handelsblatt gesprochen: www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deut...

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I'm delighted to see this article out in @govandopp.bsky.social! Jonas Wenker and I show that losing an election has a far stronger negative effect on populist voters than on non-populist ones. For populists, losing signals that the system is broken. 1/5 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Losers’ Dissent: How Election Results Shape Populists’ Satisfaction with Democracy | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core

Losers’ Dissent: How Election Results Shape Populists’ Satisfaction with Democracy

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Are policy and process preferences structured by the same ideological dimensions? In a new paper now out in journals.sagepub.com/toc/iptb/21/2 I argue that policy preferences are associated with support for different logics of collective decision-making. More empirical research in the making!

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

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Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz @unimainz.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🎧 HÖRTIPP: #Forschungspodcast #MindsOfMainz – #DerGutenbergTalk | Folge 24: Wehrhafte #Demokratie – ein Bekenntnis zu Freiheit und gemeinsamen Werten | mit Prof. Kai Arzheimer 👉 www.magazin.uni-mainz.de/minds-of-mai... @kai-arzheimer.com @powimz.bsky.social #Politikwissenschaft #Innenpolitik

JGU-Forschungspodcast-Moderator Lawrence Meinig (l.) mit Gesprächsgast Prof. Kai Arzheimer vom Institut für Politikwissenschaft der JGU (r.) (Foto/©: Philipp Neuweiler)

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Today in our departmental seminar: Professor Simone Chambers speaking about the future of #democracy

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

People often overestimate how many others share their views—a phenomenon known as the false consensus effect. In a new article in @ispp-pops.bsky.social, @clandwehr.bsky.social, Philipp Harms and I show that this tendency is associated with stronger populist attitudes: doi.org/10.1111/pops....

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Looking forward to this semester's Political Science Research Lab @powimz.bsky.social 🎉 Starting next Wednesday, we have talks by @aleininger.bsky.social, @simonechambers.bsky.social, @manesweisskircher.bsky.social, @christopherojeda.bsky.social, Michael Zürn @wzb.bsky.social and others coming up!

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Kevin Walz @kwalz.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Anti-pluralism is a term that repeatedly appears in the discussion about early warning signs of dem. backsliding. However, AP often remains un(der)theorized. In this paper I try to clarify what anti-pluralism is & why it is a useful marker for would-be autocratizers👇 doi.org/10.1007/s122...

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Lea Elsässer @leaelsaesser.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Please spread the word! 👇 We are happy to announce that the next conference of the political economy section of the German Political Science association will take place @uni-mainz in September 2025. Join us to discuss "Political Economy Transformation in Hard Times" Submission deadline February 15

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Kevin Walz @kwalz.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Happy to see this piece out in ZfVP🥳 Democratic resilience is a widely discussed topic, but the concept still shows some shortcomings. @lionmert.bsky.social, @matthiasrosenthal.bsky.social, Jana Niedringhaus, Johannes Helgest, and I address these systematically. A🧵: doi.org/10.1007/s122...

The picture shows the title page of the paper "From latest buzzword to conceptual framework: Unraveling the complexities of democratic resilience" published in the German Journal of Comparative Politcs.

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Julian Frinken @jfrinken.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Meine Rezension von Brigitte Geißels "Demokratie als Selbst-Regieren" ist heute auf dem pw-portal erschienen👇. Gutes Buch, wichtige Diskussion!

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Wir gratulieren Johanna Speyer (@JohannaSpeyer) ganz herzlich zur Promotion 🎓🎉!

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · 12/09/2024

Do citizens in the East and West of Germany still think differently about democracy? A new paper by Lea Stallbaum uses ESS 10 data to show that cohorts socialized in the GDR still hold more socialist and populist conceptions of democracy while the young converge. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Julian Frinken @jfrinken.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

Ich durfte zu dem gerade erschienenen interdisziplinären Sammelband "Kann das Anthropozän gelingen?" einen Text über "Bürger:innenräte als Institutionen demokratischer Klimapolitik" beisteuern. Freue mich, dass so ein vielseitiger und bereichernder Band entstanden ist!

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Kann das Anthropozän gelingen?

„Kann das Anthropozän gelingen?" Der Begriff „Anthropozän" fungiert in aktuellen Debatten als Chiffre für eine mehrfache Krise. Empirisch wird der Begriff verwendet, um den von Menschen verursa...

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Three great talks in the last 8 days. Eva Krick, Paula Jöst and Theresa Bernemann really kicked it!

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

Wow! I just got the news that our PhD student @matthiasrosenthal.bsky.social has won the Democratic Innovation section's Best Paper Award for his paper presented at ECPR GC in Prague. Congratulations and well deserved, Matthias! 🎉 @kaiarzheimer.bsky.social

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Kevin Walz @kwalz.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

This blogpost provides a concise summary of a paper I presented at the summer school on "Electoral Democracy in Danger!?" organized by @rdassonneville.bsky.social and @rlachat.bsky.social: www.fmsh.fr/en/publicati... This might be interesting to those of you who work on democratic regression 👇

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Disruption or Erosion?

Summer School “Electoral Democracy in Danger?”, article by Kevin Walz (University of Mainz)

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

The Democracy Seminars have a great series of talks coming up this term! @clandwehr.bsky.social @nilssteiner.bsky.social @kwalz.bsky.social @jfrinken.bsky.social

An overview of the talks to be held at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Mainz in the coming months.

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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Very happy to see this polisky published: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...! I use age-period-cohort analysis with data from all 20 German federal elections (1949-2021) to answer 2 questions: 1. How has party support shifted across generations? 2. Has the effect of education on voting changed across gener.?

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

I am very happy to have received a copy of our book 'The Democratic Regression'. It is a translation from the German version and offers a political explanation of the rise of authoritarian populism. polisky

Cover and back of the newly published book "The Democratic Regression" by Armin Schäfer & Michael Zürn.

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

How do elected representatives understand democracy and their own role in it? In a new paper with Leonard Häfner and Lea Stallbaum in German Politics, we present results of a survey conducted among German legislators in state parliaments and the Bundestag in 2022: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Der Vizepräsident der JGU, Professor Dr. Stephan Jolie, verleiht unserer Kollegin Dr. Annette Schmitt den Lehrpreis - wir gratulieren!

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

In the eyes of many citizens, democracy fails to meet its promises. In a new paper just published in Res Publica, Armin Schäfer and I argue that deliberative responsiveness constitutes a promise representative democracy can and should fulfill. Open access link: rdcu.be/dp9lj

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