Lukas Hetzer @lukashetzer.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026If you haven’t so far, check out the ParlLawSpeech dataset along with our newly published paper in Nature Scientific Data! 030
Reposted by Lukas HetzerChristian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒚? Our new (well…) study in @ejprjournal.bsky.social suggests that commitment to democratic rights and procedures does not look particularly robust once citizens face concrete crisis-related trade-offs. (1/6) 13011
Reposted by Lukas HetzerTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 04/05/2026German SPD, Greens, and Linke will stop posting on X. An important step and signal. X and its owner have long become a megaphone for the far right, a venue that is actively used to encourage abuse and violence. It‘s simply shameful how many in politics, media, and academia still actively post there. 5573177
Lukas Hetzer @lukashetzer.eurosky.social · 01/04/2026🚨 Excited to share our new paper (with @fraukeriebe.bsky.social and @wurthmann.bsky.social)! We introduce the concept of representational isolation and show, using climate policy preferences, that it matters more for climate anxiety than traditional proximity-based measures of representation 👇 0111
Reposted by Lukas HetzerSven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · 18/03/2026A great opportunity for pre-conference workshops at EPSS in Belfast! Please spread the word! 022
Reposted by Lukas HetzerEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 04/03/2026EPSS Travel Grants for 2026 Belfast conference: PhD students & junior scholars @ institutions in European countries that are often underrepresented, can apply for full fee waiver & £500 stipend Apply: lnkd.in/ehXjhCgf Deadline: March 8, 11:59pm GMT. More details: lnkd.in/eZTP5sWRlnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 03137
Reposted by Lukas HetzerNicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · 27/02/2026🚨 TADA Speaker Series Spring 2026 schedule is here! 🚨 We've assembled a fantastic lineup of researchers exploring the future of survey research in the age of LLMs. Mar 18 - May 27, online at 17:00 CEST. Join us! More info & signup: tada.cool 03823
Reposted by Lukas HetzerChris Köver @ckoever.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Beschäftige mich schon lange mit Spionage-Apps, auch mit ihrem Einsatz als Werkzeug für Partnerschaftsgewalt. Aber es ist etwas anderes, zur technischen Seite von Stalking zu recherchieren als jemandem zuzuhören, der es erlebt hat. Unsere Motivation, dieser Geschichte gerecht zu werden, war groß. 0164
Reposted by Lukas HetzerChris Köver @ckoever.bsky.social · 13/02/2026"Er wusste meine intimsten Gedanken, er wusste immer genau, wo ich war." Wir haben jemanden gesprochen, der über Jahre von einem Ex-Partner verfolgt wurde. Er hatte dafür auch eine Spionage-App auf ihrem Telefon installiert. Ob im Kino oder im Zug, er fing sie ab. netzpolitik.org/2026/digital... 35521
Reposted by Lukas HetzerJens Wäckerle @jwaeckerle.bsky.social · 17/10/2025New from @erc.europa.eu project #MINORITYRULE with @sopro.bsky.social: We study voters’ knowledge about and perceptions of minority governments in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪. Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147... When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️ 12310
Reposted by Lukas HetzerVerena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Join us in 3 hours (at 17:00 Berlin time) to discuss replication problems of language models and recommendations for research! 🚨 for those from a different time zone: Germany already switched back clocks last weekend, so depending on where you are the time difference might be an hour off from usual 033
Reposted by Lukas HetzerStefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 08/09/2025The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social. Petition (de/en) ⤵️change.orgPetition unterschreibenKeine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master 614096
Reposted by Lukas HetzerConstantin Wurthmann @wurthmann.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”. #ERCStG 4524330
Reposted by Lukas HetzerCatherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 01/08/2025🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live. 🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe. 🙏🏼 Sharing is caring! 04923
Reposted by Lukas HetzerSven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · 01/08/2025The Call for Papers for the 2026 EPSS annual conference in Belfast is now live! Looking forward to your submissions!! Check out all details in this thread 👇 076
Reposted by Lukas HetzerChristopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 01/08/2025So, European and EU politics folks, this 👇 is where we need your newest work to be submitted and discussed next year @epssnet.bsky.social first conference in Belfast! I am happy to co-chair the section with Bjorn Hoyland, and looking 👀 forward to your submissions. 0196
Reposted by Lukas HetzerEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 01/08/2025The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 📍 ICC Belfast 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵 212997
Reposted by Lukas HetzerJens Wäckerle @jwaeckerle.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Seoul novelty hats as political science concepts. A thread. 1. Quantitative methods 1459
Reposted by Lukas HetzerChristian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · 16/07/2025🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such? My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020). A thread (1/n) 14715
Reposted by Lukas HetzerChristian Rauh @chrauh.bsky.social · 14/07/2025This sounds promising (👋🇪🇺...) www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-ai...swissinfo.chSwiss universities to release multilingual AI programmeThis summer researchers at Swiss universities will make available a large language model (LLM), an AI programme trained on vast amounts of data, developed on public infrastructure. 073
Reposted by Lukas HetzerHeike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 09/07/2025📣 Call for Applications 📣 3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀 Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us! 🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025 29677
Reposted by Lukas HetzerMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/07/2025So Schengen. Much Freedom. Very Movement. 2467
Reposted by Lukas HetzerBruno Castanho Silva @bcastanho.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Signing up for @epssnet.bsky.social and it's time to learn who the truly nasty reviewers are 191
Reposted by Lukas HetzerEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions. A 🧵 1. Who formed EPSS? EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members. 1/ 27342
Reposted by Lukas HetzerEPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 26/06/2025🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵 4374208
Reposted by Lukas HetzerSara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Delighted to see the 2nd edition of Foundations of European Politics 🇪🇺 in print! @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sopro.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social If you teach EU or European politics, you can order an inspection copy here: global.oup.com/ushe/product... 05312
Reposted by Lukas HetzerLisa Zehnter @tiondelisa.bsky.social · 16/06/2025🚨 NEW PUBLICATION! Who belongs to “the people” – and who does not? What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓 doi.org/10.1177/0032... 🧵 1/10 514342
Reposted by Lukas HetzerLala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Wow! "The average female researcher in departments with more women publishes more and receives more citations than the average female researcher in universities with a lower share of female faculty" @egenpolisci.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...dx.plos.orgClosing the publishing gender gap in economics and political science: Does a critical mass matter?Using novel data on publications and citations by researchers in economics and political science in top 50 universities globally, we analyze the relationship between female representation and the gend... 37315
Reposted by Lukas HetzerMaria Thürk @mariathurk.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Super happy to see this paper now in print! We show that parties which do not enter coalitions, but have formal (written) support agreements with minority cabinets- such as Tidö Agreement in Sweden - are likely to be punished at the next elections, similarly to junior coalition partners. 1247
Reposted by Lukas HetzerNicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Always have a healthy dose of scepticism on Eurobarometer polls. But they are very good comparable between themselves, and it is remarkable to see the EU back to levels of trust from before the many crises of the 2010s and 2020s hit Europe. 5448
Reposted by Lukas HetzerJoris Frese @fresejoris.bsky.social · 21/05/2025🇪🇺🇦🇫 Published Today in CPS 🇪🇺🇦🇫 “Stand by those who share our values” – how refugees fleeing the Taliban improved European attitudes toward immigration Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os... Thread: 1/8 512039
Reposted by Lukas HetzerCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 21/05/2025From Bluesky to the Guardian! In my new op-Ed, I argue that the “male glaze” of media and politics is empirically, normative, and politically wrong and that progressives should focus more on the left turn of young women.theguardian.comThe real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to | Cas MuddeThere is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face – if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics, says political scientist Cas Mudde 20703234
Reposted by Lukas HetzerLarissa Böckmann @larboe.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019 www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...cogitatiopress.comFar‐Right Illiberalism in the European Parliament | Article | Politics and GovernanceLarissa Böckmann, Sarah L. de Lange, Nathalie Brack, Matthijs Rooduijn 14416
Reposted by Lukas HetzerCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 14/05/2025This obsession is with “young men turning to the right” is everything that is wrong with the discussion about the far right. It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵 23578244
Reposted by Lukas HetzerAlexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Fresh from the press: "Rethinking political space in Europe: the modernisation and globalisation dimensions" together with @nilsjungmann.bsky.social We challenge dominant assumptions about the structure of political conflict. a 🧵1/ xtandfonline.comRethinking political space in Europe: the modernisation and globalisation dimensionsThis study challenges the conventional conceptualisation of political space in European countries as a two-dimensional socio-economic and socio-cultural structure. Utilising data from the 2024 Euro... 13313
Reposted by Lukas HetzerSven-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
Lukas Hetzer @lukashetzer.eurosky.social · 13/05/2025📣 Looking forward to presenting #ParlLawSpeech as part of the #TaDa Speaker Series today! Tune in if you would like to learn more about #ParlLawSpeech or parliamentary text data collection in general. The King of Scraping 👑 @janschwalbach.bsky.social will also be joining for the discussion! 080
Reposted by Lukas HetzerVerena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Next Tuesday (!) at 17:00 (CEST), @lukashetzer.bsky.social will join us to present the ParlLawSpeech dataset, an interlinked collection of machine-readable full texts of parliamentary speeches, bills & laws from 7 European countries & the EP. More details on the #TaDa Speaker Series & how to join ⬇️ 0106
Reposted by Lukas HetzerJan Schwalbach @janschwalbach.bsky.social · 24/04/2025…but don't worry about your parliamentary text input during this time: already tomorrow, @lukashetzer.bsky.social and @chrauh.bsky.social will be giving an introduction to our new #parllawspeech dataset at @comptext.bsky.social \3 0132
Reposted by Lukas HetzerChristoffer H. Dausgaard @chdausgaard.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Excited to be presenting my and Frederik's paper on elite rhetoric and group-party linkages in a few hours at the TaDa Spring Speaker Series! Tune in at the link below. 041
Reposted by Lukas HetzerOmar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 13/04/2025One puzzle of Trump’s trade war is that he simultaneously argues America is the greatest country on earth and a victim of global trade. That contradiction suggests a deeper insecurity, understood less through policy than psychology and ideology. 🧵 1/ 78921
Reposted by Lukas HetzerClint Claessen @clint0475.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Next week, the TaDa Speaker Series is thrilled to host @chdausgaard.bsky.social from the University of Copenhagen presenting new work with @fghjorth.bsky.social on Elite Rhetoric and the Running Tally of Party-Group Linkages. 📅 April 16, 2025 | 🕔 17:00 Berlin Time 🔗 Subscribe: tada.cool 1115
Reposted by Lukas HetzerCornelius Erfort @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social · 03/04/2025How do parties tailor their campaign ads to women? 🗳️👩 Excited to share that my paper on how parties adapt their ads is out now at @thejop.bsky.social! 📖 Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... A quick breakdown of the findings ⬇️🧵 44013
Reposted by Lukas HetzerConstantin Wurthmann @wurthmann.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Happy to present: Unser Kompaktbuch zum Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Veröffentlichung steht zeitnahe an. Open access! #BSW 3408
Reposted by Lukas HetzerEri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 13/03/2025This final publication from the project on #technocratic attitudes among citizens, serves to boost confidence in the survey measure, to trace the stability of the construct following the #COVID19 pandemic and to provide evidence on technocratic attitudes in the #US (plus some bonus thoughts!) 🧵below 1112
Reposted by Lukas HetzerMEDem @medem.bsky.social · 03/03/2025In about a month, we submit our application for the ESFRI Roadmap 🇪🇺 Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b... ⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊 02522
Lukas Hetzer @lukashetzer.eurosky.social · 04/03/2025Super excited to be part of the #TaDa Speaker Series presenting #ParlLawSpeech and how we use it in our own research together with @janschwalbach.bsky.social! 082
Reposted by Lukas HetzerFederica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 01/03/2025The most important thing to identify here is the strong inversed relationship between “conservative” (moderate) right and “hard” right. One might think that Conservative parties are a Trojan horse of far right success. 2509
Reposted by Lukas HetzerLea Kaftan @dielea.bsky.social · 19/02/2025New data out for studying party politics and elections across levels in 21 democracies worldwide! 🗳️🧐🥳🤓😎 Check out our online data visualization tool, too: multi-level-cross-level-politics.eu And our data: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...doi.orgReplication Data for: Studying multi-level systems with cross-level dataHere we provide code and data and a replication guide for the replication of Studying multi-level systems with cross-level data. The released datas... 0123
Lukas Hetzer @lukashetzer.eurosky.social · 17/02/2025ParlLawSpeech also provides high-quality translations of speeches from the European Parliament 🇪🇺 and the Hungarian National Assembly 🇭🇺 into English. Learn more on our website at ParlLawSpeech.org/data and the respective GitHub page (github.com/ChRauh/OPTED...). 0125