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Open Science Office University of St. Gallen @openscienceoffice.unisg.ch · 17/08/2026

⏰ One month to go! HSG researchers can apply for CHF 1'000–5'000 through the HSG Open Science Grant to make research, data, code, or teaching materials more open and reusable. 📅 Deadline: 15 September 2026 🔗 Find more information on our website (www.unisg.ch/en/research/...).

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

From April 2025 - Who Counts? Non-Citizen Residents, Spatial Sorting, and Malapportionment - cup.org/42vfiTR - @megapeng.bsky.social & Patrick Emmenegger "we argue that regions with high shares of non-citizen residents benefit from population-based apportionment" #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing regional biases in electoral systems due to population distribution and its impact on democracy, presented in a green bordered box with a white background.

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🚀 New dataset & working paper out! I’m thrilled to share “The Extended Ethnographic Atlas” --> an open, massively expanded version of Murdock’s classic Ethnographic Atlas (EA). What’s new?

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Carl Müller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

This looks great!! If you are interested in linking it to other data on ethnic groups (in Africa), you may find it helpful to add your groups to our ethnic data linkage project: github.com/carl-mc/LEDA

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GitHub - carl-mc/LEDA: Linking Ethnic Data from Africa

Linking Ethnic Data from Africa. Contribute to carl-mc/LEDA development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few: 1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.

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FORS Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences @forsresearch.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

The cumulative Selects dataset (1971–2023) is now available! Explore over 50 years of Swiss election surveys in one place. Download: doi.org/10.48573/2w7...

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Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik @blaetter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Nach gestern fragt man sich noch einmal mehr: Wohin schlingert die Merz-Union? Andreas Püttmann schreibt über den Richtungsstreit in der CDU, der sich am Umgang mit der AfD festmacht, aber auch die Frage betrifft, wie christlich die Union eigentlich noch ist: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...

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Zwischen Christdemokratie und Rechtspopulismus

Wohin schlingert die Merz-Union? Andreas Püttmann beschreibt das Ringen der christdemokratischen Partei um die Bedeutung des »C« in ihrem Namen.

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Defacto Expert @defactoexpert.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Wer zählt? Wie Wahlsysteme und Immigration politische Repräsentation prägen – @megapeng.bsky.social Patrick Emmenegger Der Artikel zeigt, wie die Zählweise der Bevölkerung – Wahlberechtigte oder Gesamtbevölkerung – die Verteilung von Parlamentssitzen beeinflusst. www.defacto.expert/2025/05/05/w...

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Our article on Swiss municipality-level vote results has just been published in the @spsr.bsky.social! We compiled results from 1866 to 1944 by visiting numerous archives and filled some gaps of the dataset for the period 1944-2025 from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.

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Filip Kostelka @filipkostelka.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Reflecting the current authoritarian Zeitgeist, Nations in Transit research project by @freedomhouse.bsky.social, evaluating the state of democracy in former post-communist countries, has been discontinued after twenty years due to a lack of funding. This is what civilizational decline looks like.

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Nicole Micheroni @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1

Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2

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Defacto Expert @defactoexpert.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Vox populi: Unterstützung des Volkes für die Volksinitiative - @lucasleemann.bsky.social, Patrick Emmenegger, André Walter Warum unterstützen Wähler:innen die Einführung neuer direktdemokratischer Instrumente? Dieser Frage geht eine aktuelle Studie nach: www.defacto.expert/2025/04/08/v...

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

NEW - Who Counts? Non-Citizen Residents, Spatial Sorting, and Malapportionment - cup.org/42vfiTR - @megapeng.bsky.social & Patrick Emmenegger "we argue that regions with high shares of non-citizen residents benefit from population-based apportionment" #OpenAccess

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Sofia Gil-Clavel @sof14g1l.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

“When people told him that the supervisor had a second side, he didn’t give it too much thought.” Thanks Deutche Welle for this very important documentary. Supervisors, we are looking at you. (1/2)

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How Germany's elite research institution fails young scientists | DW Documentary

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Christian Breunig @breunig.eurosky.social · 25/02/2025

Come work with us! In my research group, we have two four-year PhD positions available in comparative politics. Happy to answer questions per email. Please share the ad. You can find the ad here: stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/d...

job ad for PhD positions in Comparative Politics at the University of Konstanz

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I'm reading a lot of hot takes about the German election. I agree that a lot of today's voting behavior in East Germany has to do with its historical legacy. But I'm surprised that no one has connected the dots between the huge flows of outmigration over the last 30 years and the electoral results.

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

New working paper: I show that LLMs can generate valid ideology scores for Heads of Governments across the world and over time. The measures display high correlations with existing indicators (e.g. V-DEM) and replicate established hypotheses (taxation, welfare state development, electoral systems).

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Just published on APSR First View: "Vox Populi: Popular Support for the Popular Initiative" by Lucas Leemann (@LucasLeemann), Patrick Emmenegger, and André Walter. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Landholding Inequality, Social Control, and Mass Opposition to Suffrage Extension - cup.org/3VBtsjh "...landholding inequality also influences the political preferences of ordinary citizens..." - Patrick Emmenegger, Andreina Thoma and @megapeng.bsky.social

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

#OpenAccess from our new issue - Landholding Inequality, Social Control, and Mass Opposition to Suffrage Extension - cup.org/49fvoBc - Patrick Emmenegger, Andreina Thoma and @megapeng.bsky.social

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 17/02/2024

Software bibliographies are easy! The 'softbib' package will automatically scan your project directory, detect which R packages you use, and create software bibliographies in Word, Markdown, BibTeX, and PDF formats. cran.r-project.org/web/packages...

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Matthias Quent @mquent.de · 28/01/2024

"Auf die Massendemonstrationen gegen Rechtsextremismus reagiert die AfD mit Panik, sagt Soziologe Matthias Quent. Einen Teil der AfD-Anhängerschaft könnte die Zivilgesellschaft mit ihrem Protest noch erreichen."

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Interview zu den Massenprotesten: "Die AfD zeigt sich hoch verunsichert"

Auf die Massendemonstrationen gegen Rechtsextremismus reagiert die AfD mit Panik, sagt Soziologe Matthias Quent. Einen Teil der AfD-Anhängerschaft könnte die Zivilgesellschaft mit ihrem Protest noch...

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Neue deutsche Medienmacher*innen @ndmedienmacher.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

Hinweise zur Berichterstattung über rechtsextreme Deportationspläne: ⬇️ 1. "Remigration" ist ein rechtsextremer Kampfbegriff und Euphemismus für rassistische Massen-Deportationspläne. Es geht bei den rechtsextremen Plänen nicht um "Migration" oder "Rückführung", ... 1/7

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CORRECTIV @correctiv.org · 10/01/2024

Angriff gegen die Verfassung der Bundesrepublik: Bei einem geheimen Treffen haben einflussreiche AfD-Politiker mit bekannten Rechtsextremisten und Unternehmern einen Plan. Sie wollen Millionen von Menschen aus Deutschland vertreiben. Was die Anwesenden nicht wussten: CORRECTIV war vor Ort...

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Geheimplan gegen Deutschland

Hochrangige AfD-Politiker, Neonazis und finanzstarke Unternehmer planten die Vertreibung von Millionen von Menschen aus Deutschland.

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

Einfach mal still sein: www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...

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Matthias Quent @mquent.de · 06/12/2023

Eine neue Dokumentation zu den Umsturzplänen von #Reichsbürgern gibt tiefe Einblicke in die Strukturen, Ideen und die absurden Verharmlosungsnarrative dieser Antidemokrat:innen: www.ardmediathek.de/video/dokume...

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Jack Santucci @jacksantucci.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

I am looking for teaching work. Currently based in US Northeast. Long list of courses in my repertoire: American parties, Congress, urban politics, state politics, comparative institutions, methods, etc. Pipeline: party-in-elections, effects of electoral reform on descriptive representation. CV 👇

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Jochen Rehmert @jochenrehmert.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

A snowy Zurich today created a cozy atmosphere for our workshop on representation at @ipz.bsky.social Fascinating & innovate studies on governments, representation, voters, parties & candidates! @reidingerve.bsky.social @lenamariahuber.bsky.social @donyhu.bsky.social @anacweeks.bsky.social & more!

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KreuzAcht @kreuzacht.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Ein 84jähriger österreichischer Rechtsextremist flog nach Kabul, um zu beweisen, dass Afghanistan ein sicheres Land sei und dahin abgeschoben werden könne. Dort sitzt er seit jetzt 6 Monaten unter Spionagevorwurf in Haft. www.heute.at/s/in-afghani...

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In Afghanistan gefangen – rechtsextremer Wiener jammert

Der Blogger und Lehrer in Pension (84) wollte zeigen, dass Afghanistan sicher ist und wurde von den Taliban entführt. Nun jammert der Wiener in Haft.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 15/11/2023

Why I refuse to post on twitter anymore. The man is a raving white supremacist.

Tweet from some paid Twitter user saying "jewish communities have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them. I'm deeply this interested in giving the tiniest shit now about western Jewish populations coming to the disturbing realization that those hordes of minorities that support flooding their country don't exactly like them too much."

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

So here's where we are: overt antisemitism is now being promoted by the owner of X who is also the richest man in the world. His reach is enormous. He has destroyed moderation. Neo-Nazis are making money from the platform. Twitter/X is a hate site.

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Elon Musk is the most dangerous antisemite in America

Elon Musk often amplifies antisemitic conspiracy theories. His power as Twitter CEO gives him terrifying influence.

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

While working on our book, I have written something on how malapportionment benefits urban areas. So, if you are interested in immigration, the urban-rural conflict, and representation, check out our newest working paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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André Walter @megapeng.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

New on bluesky. @profmusgrave.bsky.social I would also like to join the Polsky list, thanks!

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