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Lenka Hrbkova

@lenkahrbkova.bsky.social
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Political science at MUNI FSS and Institut SYRI; political attitudes, polarization, experimental polsci, gender and politics

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Lenka Hrbkova @lenkahrbkova.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
What an awesome collaboration with @celytadeas.bsky.social and @matejjung.bsky.social! In our new paper, we ask whether political belief systems in CEE are becoming more coherent and aligned with left-right ideology among generations without direct experience of state socialism. TL;dr Nope.
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Lenka Hrbkova @lenkahrbkova.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
One of the best events on CEE. Apply while you can.
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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I’m a historian of fascism. What is happening in Minneapolis is fascism.
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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Apologies for being self-referential but
Abstract of the paper "How Mainstream Politician Erode Norms": "How does anti-immigrant rhetoric by mainstream politicians affect norms of tolerance? How does this compare to similar statements made by radical-right politicians? Drawing on experimental evidence, we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians. Subsample analyses suggest that this is because statements by mainstream-right politicians erode norm perceptions of right-wing individuals, while those by radical-right politicians induce backlash among left-wing individuals, who hold closer to the norm in place. The latter effect (backlash by the left) disappears when similar statements are made by mainstream right politicians. We argue that this difference occurs because mainstream politicians represent the views of a larger part of the population or have a higher status. Our results highlight the pivotal role of mainstream politicians in enforcing or eroding democratic norms, and that similar political statements can have different effects depending on their sender."
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Within the next decade the radical right is going to be the main force on the right in Europe (national and EU level). This includes far-right parties and formerly centre-right parties shifting their position. Moderate conservatism and Christian democracy will largely disappear on the right. 1/
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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Just came across this case a couple of days ago while on a hike with family. Landau, the wealthy picturesque town in South-Western Germany close to where I grew up, voted to retain street names associated with the NS-regime:63% on a turnout of almost 70% (concurrence with federal election).
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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
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Indiana public colleges cut almost 20% of degrees
Public Indiana colleges and universities have eliminated 19 percent of their degree programs to meet requirements added to the state’s budget, according to the Commission for Higher Education.
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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
*Register data* results now published for whole Germany: 37% of women under 25 voted for die Linke in the German federal elections in 2025. Also very striking to see that the AfD was the strongest party among *all age groups of men except those older than 60*.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
It should not be lost on anyone that Minnesota Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot to death in her home last night by an assassin, was a gun safety advocate who worked tirelessly to protect her constituents from gun violence.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government. That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
If you were an enemy who wanted to undermine the US, especially its economic power and security, you simply could not do any better than the first four months of the Trump 2.0 administration.
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Appeal from colleagues at Harvard: "...we also call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students., including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes."
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Werner Krause @krausewe.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
New publication @wepsocial.bsky.social w/ Timothy Hellwig and Lawrence Ezrow! We argue and show that non-centrist/extreme governments prioritize their core supporters over the median voter when making policy. However, this strategy is likely to backfire at the next election. tinyurl.com/ynexbzwh
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Tadeas Cely @celytadeas.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
📢 Excited to share my publication in the EJPR! I examine ideological alignment, arguing for asymmetry—left-wing partisans are more aligned than the right. Analyzing 15 countries, 20 issues, and two time points, I reveal evidence and limits of this asymmetry. 🧵 doi.org/10.1111/1475...
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One more constrained than the other: Asymmetrical ideological alignment and its implications for polarization
This study examines the ideological alignment of beliefs within opposing partisan camps in Europe. Integrating multiple types of research, I hypothesize that partisans on the ideological left exhibit...
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
It is legally impossible to deport citizens. This is not deportation. Removing citizens to foreign prisons, knowing to a certainty that they will be subjected to treatment that violates the U.S. constitution, doesn’t deserve any label that connotes legal legitimacy.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/04/2025
i am fascinated by the outright refusal of people in the professional political commentary class to just consider the possibility that there is no plan and that trump really is a braying idiot with the more acute case of narcissistic personality disorder on record
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Here’s Elon cutting pediatric brain cancer research 👇🏻
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
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Caroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Meanwhile, in Rome: demonstration in support of Europe (Yes, you read that correctly - now they’re waving European flags not in Tbilisi or Kyiv, but in the heart of ‘old Europe’)
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Dániel G. Szabó @gszd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Suspension of Hungarian citizenship. A new constitutional amendment would allow for the “suspension” of Hungarian citizenship for dual nationals. This is a thread on the possible consequences, the terrible historical examples, and legal problems.
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Lenka Hrbkova @lenkahrbkova.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Nearly a year after the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico, how do Slovaks perceive political violence today? See my colleagues' analysis ⬇️
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Michael Szell @mszll.datasci.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2025
🎉 New paper in PNAS: Urban highways are barriers to social ties www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24089… Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
Map showing a highway section in red and social ties in space crossing the highway. Wherever a tie crosses the highway, there is a cross. There are 94 crosses.
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The ugly truth: Europe has been more generous to Russia than Ukraine.
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Paying the costs of war
Keir Starmer’s defence spending increase is a very expensive lesson in failing to plan ahead.
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It can't get any worse! [It gets worse]
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. The agony in his face…he looks overwhelmed with disbelief at the sheer cruelty.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.
Title: What Costs More: Billionaire Tax Avoidance or Federal Workers?
Subtitle: Musk’s tax avoidance could fund 677K federal jobs
	•	Current Tax Rate: 3.27%
	•	Top Federal Tax Rate: 37%

Cost Comparison (Bar Chart):
	•	Cost of Musk’s Tax Avoidance (smallest bar, purple)
	•	Cost of Top 100 Billionaires’ Tax Avoidance (largest bar, red)
	•	Total Federal Workforce Salaries (mid-sized bar, green)
X-axis ranges from $0B to $380B, showing that billionaire tax avoidance covers a significant portion of federal workforce salaries.

Impact on Federal Workforce:
	•	Average Federal Salary: $106,000
	•	Jobs Musk’s Avoidance Could Fund: 677,782 (29.5% of all federal employees)

Federal Workforce Breakdown (Pie Chart):
	•	A segment representing 29.5% of the workforce highlights the share Musk’s avoided taxes could fund, labeled “Share Equal to Musk’s Avoided Taxes: 29.5%”.

Sources:
	•	Musk’s Tax Rate: ProPublica
	•	Billionaire Gains: Bloomberg Billionaires Index (Dec. 31, 2024)
	•	Federal Employee Data: USAFacts
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
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Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
“Most vilified”?! “Most powerful”?! “Hard right”?! I see at the Economist we have given up even attempting serious reporting on the upcoming German election
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Alice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Male-female friendships are a under-rated driver of gender equality. When women can fraternise freely, they can share ideas, gain respect, & build empathy with men who care about their wants & welfare. Countries with high male-female friendships score better on equality 👇
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Lenka Hrbkova @lenkahrbkova.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
In the Czech Republic,we tend to be quite suspicious about Munich conferences where peace is said to be negotiated. Just saying.
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 29/01/2025
In #Germany, a watershed moment: Just hours after commemorating the Holocaust, the centre-right has accepted the support of the #farright #AfD to pass a (largely symbolic) motion against immigration, tearing a massive hole into the so-called 'firewall', Germany's variety of the cordon sanitaire.
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John Smith Centre @johnsmithcentre.com · 02/12/2024
🛡️ How can parliaments become more gender-sensitive? In her latest blog, @profsarahchilds.bsky.social examines the role of male allies and champions—or whether something less heroic might be key to driving change. 📖 Read the full piece: www.johnsmithcentre.com/research-blo...
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Gender Sensitive Parliaments: Male Allies and Champions, or Something Less Heroic? - John Smith Centre
Parliaments are everywhere gender insensitive, albeit to less or greater degrees; all would benefit from gender sensitizing efforts. Dating from 2001 and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CP...
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Worth noting that the authors of the paper coded whether the person asking the questions is male and female. They do find evidence that it is male academics that are systematically more hostile to women (they seem to especially do it in job market talks, although those are longer seminars, etc)
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Endre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
8️⃣ We know v. little about our own societies. The polls and the exit polls (!) were off by at least 10 p. We need massive investment in social sciences & survey research. We can not rely on Western grants alone to finance research on domestic dynamics. There is a lot to (re-)build in 🇷🇴 academia.
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Lenka Hrbkova @lenkahrbkova.bsky.social · 02/01/2024
I will be teaching Introduction to Political Science next year. Does anybody teach a similiar class and want to share their syllabus with me? Or do you have any recommendations what to include (or drop)??? Thank you!
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Lenka Hrbkova @lenkahrbkova.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Please help! There was a web where you could visualize how election polls work by sampling colorful balls from a population of colorful balls. It was a great way of teaching sampling error and I forgot what website it was. Does anybody know? Or do you have other great resources?
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Elin Bjarnegård @elinbja.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
People working on politics and gender: don’t miss out on the best conference! Panel and paper proposals are now open for #ecpg24 in Ghent 8-10 July. ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
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Lenka Hrbkova @lenkahrbkova.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
I’m glad this keynote by @popovaprof.bsky.social was recorded. I had no idea that a conference speech could be so powerful before I saw it.
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Lenka Hrbkova @lenkahrbkova.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
@profmusgrave.bsky.social can I join polisky? Thank you!
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