Reposted by Luca SiepmannIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026What these guys did was bigger than Brexit. They showed how you could produce work of an academic quality and distribute it through the media, to improve the standard of national debate. I wish more organisations would learn from what was accomplished here. 633964
Reposted by Luca SiepmannLeonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown. 11616274
Reposted by Luca SiepmannTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026„Wenn irgendjemand von uns die Hand hebt, um mit der AfD zusammenzuarbeiten, dann steht am nächsten Tag ein Parteiausschlussverfahren an.“ Der Test wie es Friedrich Merz hält mit der Demokratie ist jetzt www.zeit.de/politik/deut...zeit.deCDU und AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt: Hinweise auf erste konkrete Absprache zwischen CDU und AfDDer AfD-Landtagspräsident bekam vier Stimmen mehr als erwartet. Nach Informationen der ZEIT beruht das Ergebnis auf einem Deal mit Vertretern der Union. 19625
Reposted by Luca SiepmannJosh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 05/10/2026Explore 300+ filters, including endorsements in leadership elections going back to 2010, in @politics.co.uk's new Political Profiles database: politics.co.uk/database/ 33511
Reposted by Luca SiepmannJacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026See also this thought-provoking and related JoD piece by Justin Daniels and @lucasiepmann.bsky.social www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...journalofdemocracy.orgWhy Germany’s Mainstream Parties Have Lost Their Way | Journal of DemocracyThe country’s far right is connecting with voters where they live. Germany’s mainstream parties need to borrow from that playbook and become a presence in the communities they hope to lead. 142
Reposted by Luca Siepmannstevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lucan Way and I have been writing about competitive authoritarianism for more than 25 years. We never thought we'd write this piece. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...journalofdemocracy.orgCompetitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of DemocracyThe United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile. 10644342
Luca Siepmann @lucasiepmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thanks @lse-ei.bsky.social for featuring our essay (w/ @justinmdaniels.bsky.social) for the @jodemocracy.bsky.social. We discuss the role of the AfD's presence in local communities in mobilising many of its (new) voters in the recent elections + what this should mean for centrist parties' responses. 032
Reposted by Luca SiepmannMark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Most striking of all is that this is explicitly a very *pro-politics* speech, a direct rebuttal to the anti-politics that is so widespread. And rightly so: politics can change things, it is an admirable thing to choose to engage in and a duty for us all to step forward and pursue. 1237439
Reposted by Luca SiepmannMiguel Pereira @miguelpereira.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"The effects of participating in government-led citizens' assemblies" (with @mcduarte.bsky.social & @jmfernandes86.bsky.social) is out at @psrm.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 1115
Reposted by Luca Siepmann🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 22/09/2026static.klipy.comThankyouALT: Thankyou 082
Reposted by Luca SiepmannMarta Miori @martamiori.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New opinion piece with @profjanegreen.bsky.social in @financialtimes.com ⬇️📊 We argue that five parties in the polls doesn't mean five-way races. What's really going on is a scramble within each bloc over who can win, fought out seat by seat. 03824
Reposted by Luca SiepmannMara Weber @marathwe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! We invite submissions for the Political Methodology Seminar Series on frontiers in empirical political science and CSS. We welcome research examining political behaviour, public opinion, comparative politics, and CSS. Research on adjacent topics are also highly encouraged. 11416
Reposted by Luca SiepmannLuca Siepmann @lucasiepmann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Our essay (w/ @justinmdaniels.bsky.social) on the recent German state elections and why mainstream parties must increase their presence in local communities. Parties - literally - have to meet people where they are to (re)gain their trust. Thanks to the @jodemocracy.bsky.social for publishing it! 044
Luca Siepmann @lucasiepmann.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Our essay (w/ @justinmdaniels.bsky.social) on the recent German state elections and why mainstream parties must increase their presence in local communities. Parties - literally - have to meet people where they are to (re)gain their trust. Thanks to the @jodemocracy.bsky.social for publishing it! 044
Reposted by Luca SiepmannDuarte Amaro @duarteamaro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New paper in @jeppjournal.bsky.social! With @leandrebenoit.bsky.social, we find that mainstream parties become more Eurosceptic as radical right support rises (whether in past elections or opinion polls), but only when the radical right is in parliament. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comDifferent signals, same message? Evidence of mainstream accommodation of the radical right on European integration using parliamentary speechesWhat drives mainstream parties’ reactions to the success of the radical right? Existing research shows that mainstream parties respond by moving closer to the radical right but most studies focus o... 02414
Reposted by Luca SiepmannPolitics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Oxford’s Centre for Democratic Resilience, in partnership with @buceriuslaw.bsky.social and @verfassungsblog.de, has launched the Higher Education and Democratic Resilience Programme. Find out more: www.politics.ox.ac.uk/higher-educat… 0187
Reposted by Luca SiepmannArndt Leininger @aleininger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🧵 Just accepted @thejop.bsky.social, with @tswalve.bsky.social "What's in a name? Name recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success" Voters prefer local candidates. But how do they know who's local? Often simply from the name on the ballot👇 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...journals.uchicago.eduWhat's in a name? Name recognition, place-based identities, and candidate success | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja 29833
Reposted by Luca SiepmannMartin Gross @martingross.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The German Local Manifesto Project (GLMP) is now online! 🇩🇪 GLMP provides a systematically documented & reproducible corpus of local manifestos & related political programmes from municipalities across Germany. Browse & download the data: localmanifestoproject.de @christinajuen.bsky.sociallocalmanifestoproject.deGerman Local Manifesto ProjectBesuche den Beitrag für mehr Info. 34928
Reposted by Luca SiepmannWill Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The @magdalenoxford.bsky.social junior research fellowships are now open, including for politics. Due 15 Oct. 3 years of 100% research time to those who submit their PhD between July 2025-Oct 2027. Comes with good ECR pay, relatively generous support funds. www.magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancie...magd.ox.ac.ukJob Vacancies - Magdalen CollegeMagdalen College is one of the oldest, largest, and most beautiful colleges in Oxford – it is a wonderful place to work. You can explore and apply for current vacancies on our recruitment website via ... 11521
Reposted by Luca SiepmannStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Well, this is a marmalade dropperchannel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 891453333
Reposted by Luca SiepmannDr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026What exactly is an establishment bin? 10988
Reposted by Luca SiepmannRahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026(Swiss) politicians are bad at knowing what voters actually want. There is a clear conservatism bias: Political elites systematically perceive voters as more conservative than they really are, irrespective of the actual policy debate (e.g., raising retirement age) www.defacto.expert/2026/07/28/s... 56018
Reposted by Luca SiepmannChris Prosser @caprosser.com · 29/07/2026It’s not out for another six months or so, but *Electoral Realignment: How Brexit Reshaped British Voting Behaviour*, my book with Ed Fieldhouse, @profjanegreen.bsky.social , Geoff Evans, @jack-bailey.co.uk and @jonmellon.bsky.social, is up on the OUP website! global.oup.com/academic/pro... 13013
Reposted by Luca SiepmannAnt Breach @antbreach.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This would be the most important local finance reform since Elizabeth I. Finally introducing local revenue sources that aren't property taxes will ensure places really benefit from local growth - more jobs and/or higher wages in a place will translate into more investment and services: 818758
Reposted by Luca SiepmannPolitics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · 21/07/2026DPIR's @benansell.bsky.social argues in @prospectmagazine.co.uk Labour spent years trying to win over voters it could never keep—and alienated ones it already had. The real battle isn’t left vs right. It’s understanding what the electorate actually wants: f.mtr.cool/pgcjiqcony 52713
Reposted by Luca SiepmannDavid KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social · 19/07/2026What an incredible huddle that is 1434037
Reposted by Luca SiepmannGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 17/07/2026A strong and competent UK state would sweep in here and grab every PhD student we can find. Alas, no such state exists and we won't bother doing anything, as usual. 37222
Reposted by Luca SiepmannJohn Kampfner @johnkampfner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The Brits’ neuralgia about the Germans is about to go into overdrive johnkampfner.substack.com/p/is-a-germa...johnkampfner.substack.comIs a German about to save the English?The painful irony after 60 years of hurt 161
Reposted by Luca SiepmannUniversity of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 10/07/2026Today His Majesty The King officially opened the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities at Oxford University - the largest building project ever undertaken by the Uni. Find out more ⬇️ bit.ly/3SUeq94 1232
Reposted by Luca SiepmannIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The irony of this man talking about his safety being under threat by investigative journalism when he actively stokes race riots. 14647139
Reposted by Luca SiepmannBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 07/07/2026As usual, Anton says it best: "the desiccation of the mass-party capillary structures that once connected elected governments to local supporters has weakened rulers’ ability to forge hegemonic cross-class blocs or mobilize support for long-term business strategies" newleftreview.org/issues/ii159... 0185
Reposted by Luca SiepmannPhil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 30/06/2026No.10 North is a good example of a symbol: it works literally and figuratively at once. As I wrote last week: "Perhaps Burnham the English Lit graduate grasps that politics needs to be conducted in metaphors and symbols as well as metrics & stats." www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026... 3135
Reposted by Luca SiepmannDaniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Some news: Based on work out of the @wzb.bsky.social earlier this year Nourhan Elsayed, Hanno Hilbig, Sascha Riaz, & I published this on how communist era schooling in Germany affects attitudes today in the "British Journal of Political Science." A quick summary www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgThe Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge CoreThe Gendered Persistence of Authoritarian Indoctrination - Volume 55 13210
Reposted by Luca SiepmannJane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026@britishelectionstudy.com Director Prof Ed Fieldhouse here explaining the Brexit realignment with insights from our new forthcoming book … please check it out! blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...blogs.lse.ac.ukBrexit is still shaping British politics | LSE British PoliticsBrexit is no longer front of mind for voters, but the values and identities that they organised around in the run up to the referendum still shape how they vote. 066
Reposted by Luca SiepmannMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 23/06/2026was looking for something else Brexit-related but ended up stumbling upon some copy I filed for the Evening Standard do please join me in spotting the date of the email, then the opening line, then running head first at a wall 720619
Reposted by Luca SiepmannLSE Department of Government @lsegovernment.bsky.social · 22/06/2026We're delighted that Professor Helen Margetts OBE FBA FAcSS, a world renowned expertise in AI, technology, public policy, and democracy, has been appointed as Professor of Political Science and Public Policy in the LSE Department of Government and Director of the Data Science Institute 🙌lse.ac.ukProfessor Helen Margetts OBE FPA | Data Science InstituteFind out more about Professor Helen Margetts research on the relationship between technology, politics, public policy and government. 011
Reposted by Luca SiepmannSara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 21/06/2026What a wonderful few days in Belfast for #EPSS2026 and what a fantastic community! Thank you to everyone who joined the conference with such enthusiasm A special thanks to @simonhix.bsky.social @kenbenoit.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social & the rest of the EPSS Council for making it all possible 512815
Reposted by Luca SiepmannTimothy Garton Ash @fromtga.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Britain's strategic goal should be to rejoin the EU. But to have a chance, the British have first to understand it. And start a marathon of democratic persuasion… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIf the UK wants to rejoin the European Union, it first needs to understand it | Timothy Garton AshA full return will require a marathon of democratic persuasion, on the continent as much as in Britain. For one side holds most of the cards, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash 43415
Reposted by Luca SiepmannToni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 11/06/2026🚨New article🎉 ➡️ Parliamentary power in early representative assemblies: evidence from XVII century England, published at @JHPE_journal and co-authored with Tom Paskhalis www.emerald.com/jhpe/article... (1/n)emerald.comParliamentary power in early representative assemblies: evidence from XVII century EnglandThe patterns of behaviour of representatives in early parliaments have not received much attention in the political science literature. In this article, we bring in new data and propose several theore... 173
Reposted by Luca SiepmannDanbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 08/06/2026🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language? New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...journals.uchicago.eduCan Simple Language Affect Voters’ Political Knowledge and Their Beliefs About Politicians? | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No 0How does the level of sophistication in political messages affect citizens? While research has examined how politicians use this element to distinguish themselves, little is known about how it resonat... 514052
Reposted by Luca SiepmannKai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 07/06/2026The 2026 update brings you 130 new research articles on the #RadicalRight. Here’s to the people who wrote these, and especially to 7 super-productive super-contributors: Marianna Griffini, Luca Manucci, @mattiazulianello.bsky.social, 1/2kai-arzheimer.comHot references summer: the 2026 update of the radical right bibliography is here - kai arzheimerVoting! Gender! Normalisation! 130 new pieces on the far right for you 13514
Reposted by Luca SiepmannEuropean News @eunews.social · 07/06/2026Speaking in Madrid yesterday, Pope Leo XIV stated: "I encourage you to nurture the process of the European Union, which is not merely a counterweight to other powers, but a gift to humanity." 251844529
Reposted by Luca SiepmannJane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I explain why Labours vote is splintering left, why the Tories lost so much to Reform, how the latter are more vulnerable than assumed, why we cannot know if Burnham would improve Labours ratings as PM. BUT …. the ways it *could* potentially happen. 1199
Reposted by Luca SiepmannAndrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Social capital was meant to be #democracy's bulwark. It isn't (not on its own) My brand new research with @pedrofierroz.bsky.social, @fcorowe.bsky.social & @Helsper in JRS shows that bonding social capital fuelled the #Trump swing. Bridging #SocialCapital blunted it. doi.org/10.1111/jors... 031
Reposted by Luca SiepmannAnnette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Currently on an interesting tour with my new book across Germany and very surprised how much love, affection and interest there still is for Britain and its ppl. We haven’t forgotten you ! Really enjoying it, and actually quite moving. 1333935
Reposted by Luca SiepmannPhilip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 26/05/2026This new tool from the Commons library, allowing you to see the wards and parishes in any constituency, is fantastic: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...commonslibrary.parliament.ukConstituency data: Wards and parishesExplore which electoral wards, civil parishes and communities are part of your constituency, including an interactive map 1153
Reposted by Luca SiepmannTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 21/05/20262% of LE26 Labour voters consider voting for Reform at the next election. Less than 1% of Reform voters consider Labour. Yet, Labour continues to target exactly those voters. Literally, politics for the 1%. Meanwhile, 42% of Lab voters consider the Greens. After already having lost tons to them. 17260106
Reposted by Luca SiepmannSimon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I am very excited to be returning to LSE and joining @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social. Eager to help develop this already fantastic policy school, co-teach with @alicirone.bsky.social, and launch a new course on "Designing Democracy”. 4329917