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Markus Quandt

@markusquandt.bsky.social
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Working in comparative social survey research. Head of research data center "International Survey Programs" at GESIS; engaged in data curation work for the EVS and ISSP surveys. www.gesis.org/en/institute/about-us…

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Pedro Magalhães @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Atlas of Social Attitudes is now live: www.atlasofsocialattitudes.eu What is it, what can you do with it, and why did we build it? A short🧵. (1)
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Atlas of Social Attitudes
Explore comprehensive public opinion data from the European Social Survey and the European Values Survey. Discover insights across topics, countries, an...
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Marina Weisband @afelia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ich weigere mich, dass Juden instrumentalisiert werden, um progressive Politik und gerechte Mieten zu verhindern. Es ist so offensichtlich vorgeschoben, dass es beleidigend ist.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is an important new meta-study that shows that "ingroup love" does not necessarily link to "outgroup hate". I have long thought that, at least at the mass level, both "nativism" and "populism" are primarily about the "hate" of the Other and, hence, are more xenophobia and anti-establishment.
The co-occurrence of ingroup and outgroup prosociality across
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n an increasingly interconnected world, prosociality across group boundaries becomes ever more important. Yet, a common premise in the behavioral and social sciences is that people are prosocial mainly toward their ingroup and not outgroups. So far, evidence for this premise comes mostly from studies in which people must choose between ingroup and outgroup prosociality, thereby precluding positive associations between the two types of prosociality. We study situations in which people make separate decisions regarding the ingroup and outgroup, allowing us to examine how ingroup and outgroup prosociality are related. Across six large-scale and cross-societal datasets spanning 743,402 individuals in 121 societies, we find a robust positive relationship between ingroup and outgroup prosociality. This relationship holds across societies, different group categorizations, and a diverse range of prosociality measures, including
prisoner’s dilemmas, public good dilemmas, dictator games, and survey items on trust and tolerance. Although people are slightly more prosocial toward their ingroup than the outgroup, those who are prosocial toward the ingroup also tend to be prosocial toward the outgroup. The results offer an optimistic message for prosociality across group boundaries. When people are not made to choose between the ingroup and outgroup, they are generally prosocial toward both.
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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 21/09/2026
Statement by APSA about the removal of 8 social science fields from GRFP eligibility, along with signatures from 26 organizations across academia #polisky apsanet.org/wp-content/u...
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
““any mention of civil rights, feminism or social reform [topics that are central to Woolf’s work] are usually classified as ‘social topics’ by our automatic system” and are filtered out.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 17/09/2026
#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy Pursue your career at GESIS! youtu.be/zMY2zqYFIMg WE ARE HIRING! 👉Doctoral Researcher in election data (Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 75 %, limited to 3 years) 🔗gesis.jobs.personio....
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Sebastian Ziaja @sziaja.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Geo-coded electoral data offers immense potential for understanding democratic processes. @dielea.bsky.social, Stefan Jünger, and I will build a research data infrastructure to support the global research community using such data with our DFG-funded project "Electoral Spaces". We are hiring!
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A dataset on #demographics has been added to the Harmonised Data Gateway of the Infra4NextGen project funded by @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu 🇪🇺. This includes information about respondents that provided #data for topic-related #harmonised datasets made available in February 2026. buff.ly/CnH5Dea
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Harmonised data for demographics published | Infra4NextGen
A dataset on demographics has been added to the NextGen Harmonised Data Gateway being delivered as part of the Infra4NextGen project.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Dieser Artikel von @akm0803.bsky.social ist imho wirklich ein Musterbeispiel dafür wie man medial mit der AfD umgehen sollte. Keine Aussage von AfD Politiker:innen bleibt unkontextualisiert. Alle Aussagen werden durch tatsächliche Handlungen überprüft und so widerlegt www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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(S+) Gewalt ist in der AfD jetzt salonfähig
Ein AfD-Abgeordneter geht mit einem Baseballschläger auf einen 14-Jährigen los, die Partei distanziert sich nicht. Immer mehr Fälle zeigen, dass die AfD mit Gewalt gegen Gegner kein Problem hat. Manch...
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isspsurvey.bsky.social @isspsurvey.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#ISSP_research What does work mean around the world? Haller, Klösch & Hadler (2023) use ISSP Work Orientations data from 37 countries to compare work commitment and work values across societies. doi.org/10.1177/2158...
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Katja Knuth-Herzig @kknuth-herzig.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Der Angriff nimmt Anlauf
Tweet auf X von Kristina Schröder: Zu meiner letzten Kolumne zu der Frage, ob ein Fall wie Jason #Arday auch an deutschen Universitäten geschehen könnte, bekomme ich ungewöhnlich viel Resonanz. 

Viele Professoren und wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter schreiben mir. Sie erzählen davon, wie sehr in Berufungsverfahren Gender- und Diversity-Denken Leistungskriterien überlagern. Wie diese „#Diversität“ zu einer weitgehenden Einfalt bei Perspektiven und Inhalten führt. Und wie auch inoffizielle Mechanismen, etwa ein vorauseilender Gehorsam bei Forschungsanträgen, dazu führen, dass bestimmte Themen kaum noch bearbeitet, viele Forschungshypothesen gar nicht mehr formuliert werden.
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Sebastian Ziaja @sziaja.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Do deliberative mini-publics generate positive spill-over effects for the democratic resilience of the wider population? We will investigate this at @gesis.org with three field experiments in collaboration with @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social and @acmay.bsky.social (@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social).
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European Values Study @evs-values.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The European Values Study has a new Vice-chair: Quita Muis! A valued member of the EVS community since 2018, she leads the Questionnaire subgroup and plays a key role in finalising the EVS 2026 survey. Congratulations and good luck! 👏🍀 europeanvaluesstudy.eu/quita-muis/ #EVS #EuropeanValuesStudy
Quita in action during the EVS/WVS/ESS conference "Navigating values under pressure" in Cologne.
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Find out more about how #data was harmonised for the Infra4NextGen project, and harmonisation more broadly, by taking an online #training course. Shorter videos about #harmonised data developed within the project, funded by @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu 🇪🇺, are also available. buff.ly/x5jCF6O
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A new online training course has been launched to help users navigate harmonised data published as part of the Infra4NextGen project.
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 28/06/2026
Just a year ago, Hungary was all over right-wing media claiming racist authoritarian pronatalism had solved birth rate decline without immigration. Ridiculous at the time, it's looking worse and worse. This from an Orban official in the Telegraph led with an obviously fake graph. How it's going:
fantasy (fake chart)
reality (real data showing falling fertility)
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Orwell would be proud!
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‘Dialogue is all the rage’: why is the right pouring millions into ‘civil discourse’ initiatives on US campuses?
Universities looking for a fix to relentless controversy are flocking to ‘civility’ initiatives. Critics say these efforts mask a darker project
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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Are preferences for authoritarian rule individual predispositions—or can they spread socially? Using field + survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces, we show that openness to strongman rule can spread socially. American Journal of Political Science: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
The increasing popularity of strongman rule in democratic societies underscores the need to explore how authoritarian regime preferences might spread socially. We assess the role of social influence ...
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Nutze Deine Chance! Anmeldung noch bis 31. August geöffnet! 👉 t1p.de/item-respons... @gesis.org
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European Values Study @evs-values.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Czechia has entered the field! 🎉 To celebrate, we highlight one of many interesting works using previous EVS data in the Czech context: “Marriage, Childbearing and Single Motherhood: Trends in Attitudes and Behaviour in Czechia and Slovakia from 1991 to 2017” (2019). 📖 Read it here: edu.nl/uhf7f
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Hans H. Diebner @unbewegter-beweger.eurosky.social · 11/06/2026
In einer aktuellen Publikation (doi.org/10.5194/agil...) wird unser Ergebnis (doi.org/10.3389/fpub...) bestätigt, dass genau diejenigen, die so vehement eine Aufarbeitung der Pandemiepolitik fordern, bei so einer Aufarbeitung an erster Stelle zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden müssen.
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AGILE-GISS - Analysis of the spatial and temporal pattern of COVID-19 incidence rate across Germany
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Lambert Heller @lambo.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026
Die Trump-Regierung greift tief in Forschung und Wissensinfrastrukturen ein. Doch aus Protest wird Infrastrukturarbeit: Initiativen wie "Defend Research" und #OLSPub sollen retten, was politisch unter Druck gerät. www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/06/17/wen… @zaesa @ZBMED @kuf
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Wenn Wissen verschwindet
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Ann-Katrin Müller @akm0803.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Gerade treffen sich in London Vertreter der extremen Rechten, Abtreibungsgegner und Klimaleugner. Mitten drin nicht nur britische Spitzenpolitiker, sondern auch Besuch aus Deutschland, Ralf Höcker etwa. Und, sogar als Speaker: Mathias Döpfner, Vorstandsvorsitzender von Axel Springer.
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Jan Brülle @janbruelle.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Still a few days left to submit your FReDA/pairfam/GGS papers for the FReDA User Conference in Cologne, 26-27 November
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 19/06/2026
A LOT of new data out now: ➡️Flash Eurobarometer 552 "Impact of Drugs on Local Communities" dx.doi.org/10... ➡️Flash Eurobarometer 555 Perceived Independence of the National Justice Systems in the EU and Selected Enlargement Countries among Companies" dx.doi.org/10...
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 18/06/2026
Check out: Kaftan, Lea (2026). Support for (liberal) democracy among authoritarian, populist, and radical Western Europeans. Political Studies. doi.org/10.1177/0032...
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
NEW: The number of countries with high or very high social hostilities involving religion increased for the third year in a row www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/0…
Four of the world’s five major geographic regions had overall increases on the Social Hostilities Index (SHI) in 2023: the Americas, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the Middle East-North Africa region. Sub-Saharan Africa was the only region to register a decrease.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Die Idee, die SPD hätte massiv Wähler:innen an die AfD verloren dominiert weiter den politischen Diskurs. Sie ist schlicht falsch. Mit dem Panel der GLES sieht man bspw. dass nur 11% der 2013 SPD-Wähler:innen 2025 AfD gewählt haben. Diese Tatsache muss doch mal in Politik und Medien ankommen.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
An online training course has been launched to help users navigate harmonised #data published as part of the Infra4NextGen project. Harmonised #datasets have been released for the five themes of project: Make it… Digital, Equal, Green, Health, and Strong.
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A new online training course has been launched to help users navigate harmonised data published as part of the Infra4NextGen project.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Für die @fesonline.bsky.social habe ich darüber geschrieben, wie etablierte Parteien zur Stärkung radikal rechter Parteien beitragen. Restiktivere Migrationspolitik gewinnt nicht nur keine Wähler:innen zurück, sie verschiebt auch die öffentliche Meinung in Richtung radikal rechts (Jetzt auf deutsch)
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GESIS Training @gesistraining.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Planst du, latente Variablen mit kategorialen Daten zu analysieren? Nimm am #GESISworkshop zur Item-Response-Theorie mit Sebastian Weirich & Nicklas Hafiz teil! Lerne #IRT-Anwendungen, um substanzielle + methodische Fragen zu beantworten. Info & Registrierung ➡️ t1p.de/item-respons... @gesis.org
GESIS Workshop
Anwendung von Modellen der Item-Response-Theorie in R
15 – 17 September 2026 | Online 
Sebastian Weirich und Nicklas Hafiz (beide IQB Berlin)
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GESIS German Microdata Lab @fdzgml.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
📢📊 The complete set of setups for the LFS Data Release 2025 are now available! These setup files are provided for Stata, R, and SPSS and allow users to convert the CSV data into system files. Access them here: www.gesis.org/en/missy/mat...
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GESIS: MISSY - Setups: EU-LFS
GESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
For my Horizon Project EDGE I am looking for a senior researcher from October 1st. This is a 3-year position on inequalities and democracy support. All information on the job and application process is here: gesis.jobs.personio.de/job/2639403?...
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Post Doctoral Researcher (SDC-28) | Jobs at GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure...
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 21/05/2026
#Infra4NextGen #dataharmonisation Do you want to learn more about harmonised data? Check out the new online training course that has been launched to help users navigate harmonised data published as part of the Infra4NextGen project.
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...
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We’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots
“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underreprese...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Greatest Democracy in History!
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Heidrun Wiesenmüller @hwiesenmueller.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Sehr lesenswertes Interview!
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 03/05/2026
In #Germany, overall crime rates have been declining for years, but right-wing violence is at its highest level since 2016.
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Rechts motivierte Gewalt erreicht höchsten Stand seit 2016
Die Polizei hat 2025 mehr rechte Gewaltdelikte als im Vorjahr registriert. Bei einigen sind die Tatverdächtigen sehr jung. Ein Innenpolitiker der Linken sagt, die Bundesregierung leugne die Bedrohung.
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AUSSDA @aussda.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Education, fair opportunities in the labour market, job security: These challenges concern young people in Europe. At the latest #Infra4NextGen datathon we hosted, emerging researchers created policy briefs and videos on these topics based on European datasets: aussda.at/en/news-deta...
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Datathon: Evidence-based insights for EU youth policy
In April, AUSSDA hosted its successful third Infra4NextGen Datathon.
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German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) @gles.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
📢 Call for Questions for the #GLES The DGfW and @gesis.org are conducting a Call for Questions for ‪#GLES Tracking T65 in November 2026‬ 🗓️ Deadline for submissions: 29.05.2026 🕒 Interview time available: ~5 minutes 🚀 Fieldstart: 11.11.2025 ℹ️ More information: www.gesis.org/en/gles/data...
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C. B. @corneliabeeking.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Wirklich lesenswert! Offensichtlich kann man auf das Wort der Politik und die Beteiligung der Gremien nicht mehr vertrauen? Was ist das denn für ein Vorgehen?
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KBV - Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung
kbv.de - Die Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KBV) und die Deutsche Krankenhausgesellschaft (DKG) fordern die Bundesgesundheitsministerin auf, den Prozess zur Erarbeitung des GKV-Sparpakets seriös u...
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Markus Quandt @markusquandt.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
#DataHarmonization across different #SurveyPrograms #ESS #EVS #CRONOS #ISSP Some help with harmonising data across different survey programs needed? Look here for output from my team in the #infra4nextgen project! www. youtube.com/watch?v=4dCNBA2q5-Y
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NextGen Harmonised Data Gateway | Step 1 – Variable Database
YouTube video by CESSDA Training
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · 20/04/2026
#MeetTheExperts #mte #GESISGuides Don't forget our upcoming "Meet the Experts" online talk by Dr. Aline Heller who will provide guidance on survey mode transitions in a repeated cross-sectional setting. 23.04.2026 (THU), 13:00-14:00 (CET) - Register now! us02web.zoom.us/meet...
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Vielleicht hat die Stärke der AfD ja gar nichts mit der Zahl der Geflüchteten zu tun? Vielleicht war es falsch zu versuchen AfD Wähler:innen mit immer restriktiveren Maßnahmen zurückzugewinnen? Vielleicht hat man so die AfD normalisiert und ihr zu einer neuen Kernwählerschaft verholfen? Vielleicht.
DLF Headline: Zahl der Asylanträge in D auf RekordtiefUmfrage FGW mit AfD auf erstem Platz
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isspsurvey.bsky.social @isspsurvey.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
#ISSP_research Lindh & Andersson (2025) use ISSP #socialnetworks data to examine how the class profiles of personal networks shape individual attitudes to income inequality across 29 countries. doi.org/10.1093/esr/... Interested in this module? www.gesis.org/en/issp/data...
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Social networks and distributive conflict: the class divide in social ties and attitudes to income inequality across 29 countries
Abstract. The theoretical proposition that social networks contribute to class divides in political attitudes has rarely been further developed or empirica
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
We are seven months away from the most consequential midterm election in US history. Meanwhile, we are fighting a war. These are the structural conditions for a coup attempt in which a president tries to nullify elections and take permanent power as a dictator. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Orwellian realities In Florida… possibly coming to a state and college near you (me)!
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A workshop on the Make it Equal theme of the Infra4NextGen project will take place from 9am-4pm (CET) on Tuesday 14 April. The event will focus on how social science #research can support policies that reduce #inequalities, promote social inclusion, and ensure equal opportunities.
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Make it Equal: Social science research for inclusion and equal opportunities in Europe | Infra4NextGen
The event will focus on how social science research can support policies that reduce inequalities, promote social inclusion, and ensure equal opportunities.
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Update: Today, opt-in online pollster YouGov revealed that bogus respondents biased their 2024 religion survey. Based on this survey, Bible Society's 2025 The Quiet Revival report claimed a massive surge of churchgoing in England and Wales. The report has now been retracted.
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Conclusions of investigation into 2024 Bible Society study
Our review into the results of the 2024 Bible Society study
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Pause @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · 26/03/2026
Ich habe gerade eine Phase hinter mir, in der Antragsschreiben einen großen Teil meiner Arbeitszeit eingenommen hat. Eigentlich ja eine spannende Aufgabe, neue Forschungsideen zu entwickeln, aber... (1/3)
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