Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 08/08/2026What better activity can you imagine on a Saturday morning (8am) in NYC than listening to a bunch of great presentations about protest research? 😁 If you are in New York, come to our panel "Political and Other External Consequences of Social Movements" at the ASA Annual Meeting. 1/2 140
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannRahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Landwirt:innen geniessen die höchsten Sympathien (meine Familie freuts)! Thrilled to feature the amazing work by my @unil.bsky.social colleagues @evakrejcova.bsky.social & @pbundi.bsky.social, as well as by my @europeatharvard.bsky.social colleague @lennartschuermann.bsky.social et al in our op-ed! 3155
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannEndre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I’m hiring 2 doctoral researchers in Politics of Climate Change at Heidelberg University 🌍 📊 Survey Research & Political Participation 🗣️ Qualitative Research & Group Formation Part of “The New Climate Divide” Deadline: 21 June 2026 Calls: www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/... Please share!ipw.uni-heidelberg.deJob Vacancies - Institute for Political Science 17068
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannSebastian Ramirez-Ruiz @seramirezruiz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Our paper is out in Nature Human Behaviour! @rsenninger.bsky.social and I asked a simple, underexplored, question: when governments write policy documents, whose knowledge do they actually cite? 👉 rdcu.be/fhngy 🔓 seramirezruiz.github.io/papers/ramir... DOI: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵👇 14618
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannLennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 07/05/2026❗Confrontational tactics like street blockades and food attacks on art hurt activists' image, but not their cause. 📄 New paper out in Political Behavior (@polbehavior.bsky.social) w/ @dasalgon.bsky.social @sophiahunger.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social. 🧵1/7 822073
Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 07/05/2026❗Confrontational tactics like street blockades and food attacks on art hurt activists' image, but not their cause. 📄 New paper out in Political Behavior (@polbehavior.bsky.social) w/ @dasalgon.bsky.social @sophiahunger.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social. 🧵1/7 822073
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannAlex Mierke-Zatwarnicki @mierkezat.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Some exciting news: I'm heading back to Europe! In April, I'll be starting a three-year fellowship at the University of Bremen. I will be hosted in the research group of the amazing @sophiahunger.bsky.social, working on wrapping up my first book on identity and writing my second on democracy. 5543
Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 09/03/2026NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 "Street mobilisation during election campaigns in multilevel systems: a supply–demand analysis" with @leonhardschmidt.bsky.social — now out in @wepsocial.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2026.2634027 1/6 2389
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannSimon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 23/10/2025We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...eui.eu 09184
Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 23/10/2025I can highly recommend this program — amazing people and an inspiring environment. I learned so much during my time @europeatharvard.bsky.social. Reach out to me if you have questions 🚀 020
Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Happy to share that I’ve started as a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social this month! The people are amazing, the architecture is stunning, and the food is delicious 🥐🍝🍕 If you’re at the EUI or in Florence and up for un caffè or uno spritz, let me know! ☕🍷 1360
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannIsabel Maria Habicht @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social · 03/09/2025🚨 New preprint out with @evazschirnt.bsky.social & @jessdaik.bsky.social We tackle a simple but major question: Are parents discriminated against in hiring? Check out our meta-analysis results ⬇️ 👉 Preprint: osf.io/preprints/so... Or join the discussion tomorrow at the #ECSR2025 poster session!osf.ioOSF 0104
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannAlex Mierke-Zatwarnicki @mierkezat.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social!) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 911634
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannTeresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Tomorrow 10:45: I'll be presenting a working paper with @lennartschuermann.bsky.social which shows that effective state action against the far right increases public support for democracy. This is part of the great panel by @larboe.bsky.social , @javidibad.bsky.social & @sldelange.bsky.social 1197
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannJEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 22/07/2025📫 Latest special issue: Europe's Changing Protest Landscape, edited by @sophiahunger.bsky.social and Swen Hutter. In their introductory article, they sketch Europe's ‘new contentious politics’ landscape and preview the issue's articles 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 13414
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannSebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · 29/07/2025🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data 💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne 📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute... #DSA #CSS #DataSciencegesis.orgDetailsGESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften 04647
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannLennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 17/07/2025🚨New article w/ @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter Protest and the rise of left-nationalist challengers: evidence from Germany 📔 Social Movement Studies 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1474... In 2022, Germany faced a cost-of-living crisis. Many expected a “Hot Autumn” of mass protest—but it never happened. Why? 25221
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannAhrabhi Kathirgamalingam @ahrabhikat.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Thinking about using #CSS methods to study #racism, #stereotypes or #hate speech in text? 📐 👉 Check out my first dissertation paper co-authored by @fabiennelind.bsky.social and @hajoboo.bsky.social just published in Annals of the ICA! @icahdq.bsky.social 🥳 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/annc... 29239
Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 17/07/2025🚨New article w/ @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter Protest and the rise of left-nationalist challengers: evidence from Germany 📔 Social Movement Studies 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1474... In 2022, Germany faced a cost-of-living crisis. Many expected a “Hot Autumn” of mass protest—but it never happened. Why? 25221
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannEndre Borbáth @eborbath.bsky.social · 13/07/2025🚨 New article out in Journal of Civil Society with Swen Hutter! We explore how civil society organizations (CSOs) mobilized volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a moment of both rising need and shrinking organizational capacity. 📖 Open access link: doi.org/10.1080/1744... 1176
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannIsabel Maria Habicht @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social · 10/06/2025I recently presented at INAS2025 in NYC: “Why women leave academia? A longitudinal study of the leaky pipeline in German sociology” Thanks to @womensforuminas.bsky.social and the INAS attendees for the inspiring exchange, and @europeatharvard.bsky.social for their support! 📝 Preprint👇 12910
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannHans Jonas Gunzelmann @hajogu.bsky.social · 07/06/2025🤩I'm extremely excited to have @laiabalcells.bsky.social at the WZB to discuss secessionism, protest, and affective polarization in Catalonia on June 20 - including findings from her research and my very own book. 📖 The event will be hybrid at the WZB and on Zoom - more info how to register below!👇 0177
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannIsabella Rebasso @isabellareb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025My favorite paper from my dissertation, co-authored w @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social, is now available as a preprint! 🤗 If you work on emotions in politics or if you‘re curious about what we can (not) infer from people‘s emotions, check it out! We‘d love to hear what you think! 0339
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannSimon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Fascinating substack post by @laurenleek.eu on the problem of declining humans and increasing AI agents in survey responses. This is going to become a huge issue in survey research! open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...open.substack.comThe quiet collapse of surveys: fewer humans (and more AI agents) are answering survey questionsI show data on two trends undermining surveys: the collapse of human response rates and the increase of AI agents. I'll also discuss downstream implications and propose some possible solutions. 15826
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannStuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 19/05/2025A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸 doi.org/10.1086/736698 9283120
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannSven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · 12/05/2025📢 🇪🇺📘 Exciting news! The second edition of our textbook "Foundations of European Politics: A Comparative Approach" - with @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @jbslapin.bsky.social - is out at Oxford UP! 🧵👇 1/5 68332
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannKatarzyna Wojnicka @katarzynawojnicka.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Come and join me (online) next week! 083
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannAlberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 22/04/2025If you are in Boston area next Monday, join me next Monday in a very special conversation with former Irish PM Leo Varadkar -- one of the first openly gay heads of government in the world. 2185
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannIsabel Maria Habicht @isabelmhabicht.bsky.social · 12/04/2025That’s a wrap on my poster at #PAA2025 — thank you to everyone who stopped by and shared thoughts on justice perceptions in parental leave decisions! ⚖️👶 Couldn’t make it? You can still check out the preprint here: osf.io/preprints/os... 0174
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannCenter for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 12/04/2025How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates? @tevoelker.bsky.social (@wzb.bsky.social) will discuss “Mainstreaming the Far Right” on Friday, April 18. Discussant: Friederike Windel (AUP). Register here: tinyurl.com/CCDSVolker 0229
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 19/02/2025NEW - Studying Multi-Level Systems with Cross-Level Data: Introducing Three Integrated Datasets - cup.org/4b8LzTi - Leonce Röth, @dasalgon.bsky.social, @dielea.bsky.social & André Kaiser 0135
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannDaniel Saldivia Gonzatti @dasalgon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Join us March 7 (4pm) @wzb.bsky.social for the book presentation "Movement Parties of the Far Right" with @andreapirro.it & @pietrocastellig.bsky.social +Info & registration www.wzb.eu/de/veranstal... It's part of our Lecture Series 'Civil Society and Political Conflict' www.wzb.eu/en/node/62311 02611
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannJulius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Podcast Alert🎙️🚨🧵! Ahead of Germany's crucial election, @vikburgi.bsky.social and I talk to the brilliant @bjoernbremer.bsky.social from @europeatharvard.bsky.social about public opinion on austerity politics and debt borrowing. open.spotify.com/episode/0VHO...open.spotify.comEpisode 8: Björn Bremer on Austerity Politics and the Debt BrakePolitical Science? No problem et al.! · Episode 1228
Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 18/02/2025🔥📢 Neuer Artikel in der FAZ @faznet.bsky.social zu unserem WZB Discussion Paper (w\ @meretstephan.bsky.social) 📌 Fazit: Geht demonstrieren (und wählen am Sonntag) für eine starke Demokratie! ✊🗳️ 🔗 Hier der Link zum Papier: bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2025/zz2... 🙏Danke an @jopennekamp.bsky.socialbibliothek.wzb.eu 082
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannManifesto Project @manifestoproj.bsky.social · 18/02/2025"Kompromiss"🤝- ein Wort, das wir nach der Bundestagswahl 2025 noch oft hören werden. Pola Lehmann, Leiterin des Manifesto-Projekts, hat mit @derstandard.at über die Bedeutung pol. Kompromisse gesprochen: (Pola Lehmann on the importance of compromise in politics:) www.derstandard.at/story/300000...derstandard.atKompromiss-Expertin über Regierungssuche: "Kompromiss gehört zum Arbeitsauftrag der Politik"Aus Angst vor der Wählerschaft politische Einigungen zu meiden sei ein "gefährlicher Gedanke", warnt Politologin Pola Lehmann. Um das zu überwinden, brauche es auch die Bevölkerung 092
Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Last week, I spoke with @jenkirby.bsky.social from the Green European Journal about the state of Germany’s climate movement — check out this article to learn what happened to its momentum! 🌍🌳💭✊ www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/what-happene...greeneuropeanjournal.euWhat Happened to Germany’s Climate Movement?Germany's climate movement is trying to regain momentum by building alliances with trade unions and aligning climate action with social justice. 0114
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannRonja Sczepanski @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025With the amazing Jana Lipps and @giorgiomalet.bsky.social we have a new publication in ISQ! We explore and theorize citizens’ preferences for border securing policies using open-ended survey responses and a conjoint experiment academic.oup.com/isq/article/...academic.oup.comUnderstanding Preferences over BordersAbstract. The governance of international borders has evolved into a contentious issue of political competition along the cosmopolitan-nationalistic divide 35214
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannAlberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 14/02/2025This research is the second of three papers that @turnbulldugarte.com and I have been working on together on selective liberalism. Are you in Boston area? Wanna hear more about comes next? Come see me talk about it next Wednesday at the @europeatharvard.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/euro... 0224
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannAlberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 14/02/2025A majority of citizens stereotype Muslims as inherently homophobic. Our new paper (w/ @turnbulldugarte.com & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social) shows this across four countries 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇩🇪🇳🇱, published in @bjpols.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 14713
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannSven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Exciting news for legislative scholars! We're thrilled to announce the release of #ParlLawSpeech, featuring full texts of parliamentary speeches and corresponding bills & laws in 7 parliaments + in the EP. Access full texts via @gesis.org & check out www.parllawspeech.org for R tutorials. (1/2) 13813
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannStuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 14/02/2025Do citizens stereotype Muslims as inherently homophobic? In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w/ @bertous.bsky.social & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social we answer this question using a double-list experiment across 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 doi.org/10.1017/S000... Spoiler: Yes. 🧵doi.orgDo Citizens Stereotype Muslims as an Illiberal Bogeyman? Evidence from a Double-List Experiment | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge CoreDo Citizens Stereotype Muslims as an Illiberal Bogeyman? Evidence from a Double-List Experiment - Volume 55 512158
Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 13/02/2025🔥 Können Proteste wirklich etwas verändern? 🔥 Ich durfte mit einem meiner Lieblingspodcasts Wissen Weekly (Spotify Original) über genau diese Frage (und andere) sprechen. 🎙️✊ Die Folge heißt: „Demos: Können sie wirklich etwas verändern?“ 🎧 Jetzt reinhören: open.spotify.com/episode/35xn...open.spotify.comDemos: Können sie wirklich etwas verändern?Wissen Weekly · Episode 090
Lennart Schürmann @lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Unsere Studie mit @meretstephan.bsky.social zeigt, dass anti-rassistische Proteste die AfD schwächen können ✊ Jetzt hat @volksverpetzer.de die Ergebnisse nochmal zusammenfassend aufgearbeitet! Das vollständige @wzb.bsky.social WZB Discussion Paper gibt es hier:👇bibliothek.wzb.eu 1174
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannRebecca Kittel @rebeccakittel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025📢 Call for Papers! Digital Communication and Computational Approaches to Understanding Social Movements in the Social Media Era Special Issue w. Computational Communication Research: tinyurl.com/2p8wcbh2 co-edited with: @smtorres.bsky.social & @oenna2002.bsky.social More details below 👇tinyurl.com Call for Papers: CCR Special Issue on Digital Communication in Social Movement | Computational Communication Research 11912
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannWZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Anfang 2024 ging eine Protestwelle gegen #Rassismus durch Deutschland. Welchen Einfluss hatten die Demonstrationen auf Wahlen? Eine WZB-Studie zeigt für die Europawahl: Dort, wo antirassistische Proteste stattfanden, büßte die AfD an den Wahlurnen knapp ein Prozent ein. www.wzb.eu/de/news/prot...wzb.euProteste wirkenWelchen Einfluss haben antirassistische Demonstrationen auf nachfolgende Wahlen? Eine WZB-Studie zeigt für die Europawahl: Dort, wo Proteste stattfanden, verlor die AfD an den Wahlurnen knapp ein... 1207
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannVicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Even more directly to the point, evidence from Germany: bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2025/zz2... (Thanks @chitbazoo.bsky.social for raising my attention to this one)bibliothek.wzb.eu 0272
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannChitralekha Basu @chitbazoo.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Evidence from Germany too! bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2025/zz2... (recent working paper from @lennartschuermann.bsky.social and @meretstephan.bsky.social)bibliothek.wzb.eu 1182
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannDaniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 28/01/2025This Spring semester at @europeatharvard.bsky.social 1358
Reposted by Lennart SchürmannAlberto López Ortega @bertous.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Anti-racist protests reduced AfD vote shares in both the 2021 German Election and the 2024 European Election. While the Greens gained in 2021, *they didn’t in 2024*—likely due to their shift towards anti-immigration policies in government. Important implications for progressive parties. More: 👇 1249