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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

And @giadapasquettaz.bsky.social will present our joint paper on the mainstreaming of populist rhetoric and support for international solidarity and WHO policies. #EPSS2026 #CES2026

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Arrived at the emerald isle for the Irish conference double feature #CES2026 and #EPSS2026 Looking forward to present three co-authored papers on the crisis of the liberal international order, transboundary risk management and EU party competition.

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

But even as they try to speak with one voice, German and French interpretations of the means and ends of digital sovereignty are still not aligned. Merz: "Digital sovereignty cannot be achieved through regulation and subsidies." www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Despite being a self-declared purist, at #IPSA2025 I learned to appreciate iced coffee more than ever. If you're summer is also too hot (to immerse yourself in academic papers), I'm happy to offer two new short pieces perfectly timed for consuming with a cool coffee variant of your choice.

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Pressure on Hungary is increasing amidst increasing domestic repression and continued foreign policy blockages. The EU can count on robust public support for stringent norm enforcement, as we show in our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social article. doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2025.25039…

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

We show that citizens strongly support the enforcement of democratic norms in member states by the EU. While we do not find evidence for a decline in EU regime support, democratic backsliding might undermine European solidarity as citizens support the exclusion of norm violators from EU benefits.

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

📣 Happy to announce the publication of our article (w @sharonbaute.bsky.social & @leuffen.bsky.social) on democratic backsliding and public opinion @jeppjournal.bsky.social! 📌https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2025.2503973 Study funded by @excinequality.bsky.social

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

This letter makes for a nice companion piece to our recent article in the European Journal of Political research, which also studies questions of fairness in international cooperation. doi.org/10.1111/1475...

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

Under what conditions do citizens perceive differentiated EU integration as fair? In our new article in European Union Politics, we examine the role of institutional design for public support of differentiation in a conjoint experiment: doi.org/10.1177/1465...

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Max Heermann @maxheermann.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

The Easter basket wasn't empty! 🐣🐤 Great to see our (w @leuffen.bsky.social & @julianschuess.bsky.social) article on the link between fairness concerns and public support for (differentiated) EU integration published open access in the European Journal of Political Research: doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Abstract:
This article analyses whether and how fairness considerations affect citizens’ support of European Union (EU) policies and integration. While past literature has revealed that perceptions of procedural and substantive fairness impact on public opinion at the level of the nation state, we know less about the fairness-support nexus when it comes to international cooperation. We here make use of the case of differentiated integration (DI) to experimentally dissect normative and utility-oriented considerations in the evaluation of EU policies. DI as an instrument to overcome heterogeneity-induced gridlock has been linked to both autonomy and dominance, and it can generate winners and losers in the EU. Our experiments reveal that citizens largely support DI. However, they are opposed to forms of DI which impose negative externalities on a subgroup of EU member states. This holds irrespective of the affectedness of citizens’ own member states.

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