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Katja Schmidt @katjaschmidt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

In my new blog post for the @lseblogs.bsky.social, I explore whether exhaustion with rapid societal change is linked to something more unsettling: ressentiment - a bitterness that seeps into social life. Evidence from Germany connects it to right-wing populism. blogs.lse.ac.uk/researchings...

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What studying ressentiment tells us about bitterness and politics in times of change - Researching Sociology @ LSE

Katja Schmidt investigates the emotional cost of rapid societal change, highlighting the delicate boundary between fatigue, frustration, and hostility in contemporary politics. Drawing on original sur...

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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

As @indubioproreto.bsky.social pointed out a few days ago, there is some interesting data from the Federal Returning Office in Germany on the age and gender divides in the general election. A few points stand out: 1) The AfD performs well across all age groups, with the exception of the oldest. 1/3

This plot show how age groups voted in the general election earlier this year in Germany. There are striking differences beween age groups and women and men. Data: Federal Returning Office.

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Michael D. Krämer @mdkraemer.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

We are conducting a meta-analysis on personal and contextual predictors of solitude. We're looking for unpublished research such as theses, unpublished manuscripts, conference submissions etc. Full call for data: tinyurl.com/4hur45cw Please reskeet, or message me if you know unpublished research!

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MA solitude: Call for unpublished data

Meta-analysis on solitude: Call for unpublished data Dear colleagues, We are conducting a meta-analysis on personal and contextual predictors of solitude. Currently, we are looking for unpublished r...

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Ansgar Hudde @hudde.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

🎉 📘 Es ist da! 📘🎉 "Wo wir wie wählen" gibt's ab heute überall im Handel. Und jetzt bin ich gespannt, was ihr dazu sagt. P.S.: Fühlt sich ziemlich gut an, das fertige Buch endlich in den Händen zu halten 😎

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Katja Schmidt @katjaschmidt.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

👷‍♀️💥New Working Paper 📈 📊 Why is the gender gap growing? Using original survey data from Germany, I take a cohort-based look at socio-cultural attitudes by gender – and propose theoretical explanations for the emerging divide. 🔗 osf.io/preprints/so...

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Julian Heide @julianheide.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

CfP: Veränderungspioniere und Veränderungserschöpfte. Zur Wahrnehmung sozialen Wandels. Auf dem Soziologiekongress im September wollen wir uns mit Wahrnehmungen sozialen Wandels beschäftigten. Einreichungen sind bis 30.04. herzlich willkommen! kongress2025.soziologie.de/fileadmin/us...

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Soziopolis @soziopolis.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

„Born to Rule“ von Sam Friedman und Aaron Reeves ist die empirisch umfangreichste Untersuchung der seit 125 Jahren weitgehend konstanten britischen Elitenstruktur. Rezensent Lion Hubrich fragt nach Perspektiven für die deutsche Elitensoziologie: www.soziopolis.de/die-beharrli...

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Class consciousness still shapes voting, but in a different way than in the past. That's the key finding of a study with @thomaslux.bsky.social now out in English. We chart how class identity, interests and status link with voting for the left and right in Germany. A🧵 library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...

Cover of the publication "Class consciousness and voting. Class as a political compass?" by Linus Westheuser and Thomas Lux, published by Friedrich Ebert Foundation. The cover illustration shows a stylized female worker flexing her muscles.

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Nhat An Trinh @natrinh.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

My paper on the effect of social policy reform on educational inequality published in #JOSP now finally has a volume and issue number! It took a while 🤯 I find that #Hartz4 in 🇩🇪 led to a drop in chances to enter upper sec school for children living in affected families doi.org/10.1017/S00472

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