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Martin Elff

@melff.bsky.social
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Prof @zeppelin | political behaviour, quantitative methods, occasional #rstats nerd | academic: @martin_elff@sciences.social | nerdish: @elff@fosstodon.org | www.elff.eu

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jochen @jochen.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
"elif eralp war mitglied der roten hilfe"
Balkendiagramm "Number of Bundestag mandates of former national socialists"... die CDU mit deutlichem Abstand ganz vorne
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Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych UJ @wsmip-uj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Over 2,000 researchers have gathered in Kraków for the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference, the largest annual meeting of political scientists in Europe. Hosted by @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social, the event brings together scholars to discuss the future of democracy and the challenges it faces.
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A propos of nothing, reminder that no 1 rule from democratic backsliding research is: Playing by the rules of anti-democratic forces often fails. Parties and leaders find more success when they reject the toxic frames and offer a distinct (and bold) vision. This travels to fossil extractivism btw.
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Europe is experiencing a summer of extreme heat, drought & wildfires. Yet, climate policy is facing considerable resistance. My co-authors & I reviewed evidence on why this tension exists & what tob do about it for Nature Climate Change. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵
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Green backlash and right-wing populism - Nature Climate Change
This Review considers research on the politics of climate policies. Climate policies, through their economic and cultural repercussions, impact public climate attitudes and voting behaviour, which in ...
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Picture of the day: Partisans in the US are increasingly polarized about presidential approval.
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
So you made big discoveries or obtained important findings and want to communicate them effectively? Then these courses may be of interest ...
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Picture of the day ...
A visualization of state-level results of US presidential elections 1928 to 2020
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Want to widen your skills in policy analysis and beyond? Check out these fascinating courses at the Essex Summer School!
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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 21/02/2026
Ihr Computer läuft auf Microsoft? Es gibt eine unabhängige Alternative: Linux. Früher ein Fall für IT-Nerds. Doch Linux ist längst nicht mehr so sperrig, wie es mal war.
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Linux: Ich bin auf Linux umgestiegen und Sie sollten das auch tun
Ihr Computer läuft auf Microsoft? Es gibt eine unabhängige Alternative: Linux. Früher ein Fall für IT-Nerds. Doch Linux ist längst nicht mehr so sperrig, wie es mal war.
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Check out our new paper in the European Journal of Political Research (@ejprjournal.bsky.social): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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After secularisation? A comparative analysis of religious cleavages in Western Europe | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
After secularisation? A comparative analysis of religious cleavages in Western Europe
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I like how Marco snatches the note back so that the President doesn't read it aloud again.
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
What? TG&DJT suing Obama? Then tell me why THAT was not treason? www.npr.org/2017/05/15/5...
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Reports: Trump Gave Classified Info To Russians During White House Visit
The Washington Post reported that the president revealed "highly classified information" to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador, possibly jeopardizing future intelligence gathering on ISIS.
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 08/04/2025
CN Brutaler Mord Ich habe erst heute erfahren, dass ein Mann, der unzählige Waffen & NS-Memorabilien besaß, 2023 in Rickenbach einen asylsuchenden Tunesier erschossen & zerstückelt hat, als er heute zu 6 Jahren Haft verurteilt wurde. Wir wissen alle, wie es wäre, wenn es andersherum gewesen wäre.
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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Now available on arxiv: "Large Language Models Are Democracy Coders with Attitudes" (with Mats Faulborn and @dgarcia.eu) arxiv.org/abs/2503.22315
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Large Language Models Are Democracy Coders with Attitudes
Current political developments worldwide illustrate that research on democratic backsliding is as important as ever. A recent exchange in Political Science & Politics (2/2024) has highlighted again a ...
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I am super-proud and happy that (and how well!!) Tatjana Brütting defended her doctorate this week. Congratulations!
Tatjana Brütting with the defence committee.
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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
🔥🔥🔥
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
For those who are looking for a European alternative to ChatGPT, here is one: Mistral Le Chat (chat.mistral.ai). There is also an Android app, which is not as popular as it deserves.
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Le Chat - Mistral AI
Chat with Mistral AI's cutting edge language models.
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Are violent incidents in Germany more widely reported if the perpetrator is a migrant? It seems so.
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Gov. Walz, "There’s nothing conservative about an unelected South African nepo baby firing people at the VA."
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John Morijn @jmorijn.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Wanna do something useful to support 🇺🇦’s fight for freedom? Donate today to: ZMINA: zmina.ua/en/ The @kyivindependent.com: lnkd.in/e2DiJxmT The Center for Civil Liberties (CCL): ccl.org.ua/en/ Ukrainian pillars of democracy are fighting our European fight. Help them — with more than just words!
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Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Thrilled that our paper has found a home at British Journal of Political Science !
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David Enrich @davidenrich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
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Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Comments About Trump
The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.
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Annika Joeres @annikajoeres.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Das wirtschaftsnahe Ifo-Institut widerspricht in einer Studie Friedrich Merz' aktueller Politik - und gesamter aktueller Debatte: "Migration nach Deutschland führt nicht zu einer höheren Kriminalitätsrate an den Zuzugsorten." Dies decke sich mit internationaler Forschung www.ifo.de/pressemittei...
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Mehr Ausländer erhöhen die Kriminalitätsrate nicht
Migration nach Deutschland führt nicht zu einer höheren Kriminalitätsrate an den Zuzugsorten. Dies zeigen Auswertungen des ifo Instituts der Polizeilichen Kriminalstatistik nach Landkreisen für die Ja...
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
politicalsciencenow.com/apsa-stateme...
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APSA Statement on Executive Action Impacts on Research Funding, Data Availability and Academic Freedom -
The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned about recent executive actions that have had troubling implications for research funding and academic freedom. In January, President Trump issued an executive order calling for the [...]
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The first time as farce, the second time as tragedy.
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Aspiring autocrats are always more dangerous the second time they are in office | Jan-Werner Müeller
Just look at the chaos Trump is causing in the Department of Education to understand the nature of his second term
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The land of opportunity: You may not be able to vote in Virginia or Kentucky when you are a felon, but at least you can become president (provided you are a white, rich Republican).
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Ruth Dassonneville and Romain Lachat are organizing a summer school on “Challenges to Electoral Democracy”, which may be of interest to you. Details can be found here: www.chairedemocratie.com/files/sites/... #ECPR-POVB
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Wow, that's progress!
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
To put things in perspective: If American judges were as lenient towards ordinary people as Republican senators are towards Trump's nominees, then US prisons would be much less overcrowded.
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Hey, what Cabinet would YOU pick if any normal person would in the future use the 25th Amendment to remove you from office?
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 29/11/2024
We could go on about how we welcome publishers, we don't demote links, we encourage independent developers to build apps and extensions on top of Bluesky's network.... but instead, we'll show you. All thanks to the incredible community here! 🦋
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The Engagement Is Better on Bluesky - Bluesky
Bluesky is the lobby to the open web. Find and build your community here.
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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 25/11/2024
Aus aktuellem Anlass: Für Updates aus der Welt der Universität Wien habt ihr die Möglichkeit, uns hier auf Bluesky, Mastodon, auf Instagram, Facebook, unseren YouTube-Kanälen & auf LinkedIn zu folgen, überall unter '@univienna'. 🏛 🔍 Unseren Twitter-Account haben wir heute ruhend gestellt. #eXit 👋
Man sieht den Eingangsbereich der Universität Wien aus der Frontansicht, mit drei bunten Flaggen, der Rampe und den Treppen zum Haupteingang.
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Simple answer: No. Can Wall Street Billionaires Deliver on Trump’s Blue-Collar Promise? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/u...
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Can Wall Street Billionaires Deliver on Trump’s Blue-Collar Promise?
The president-elect has named wealthy financiers for key economic positions, raising questions about how much they will follow through on promises to help the working class.
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The PG/ Musk exchange reads a lot like one of those Microsoft community pages where people ask why some simple function has been taken away and the Microsoft employee answers that it’s fine because you can still do it if you click 30 buttons or enter five DOS commands.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/11/2024
They did it. They did the funniest thing ever.
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Jon Mellon @jonmellon.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Out now open access at @ajpseditor.bsky.social. 194 potential exclusion-restriction violations for studies using weather as an instrumental variable onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 15/11/2024
it's official — 1,000,000 people have joined Bluesky in just the last day!!! welcome and thank you for being here 🥳
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
and so it begins... www.cjr.org/the_trump_re...
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Trump Threatens New York Times, Penguin Random House over Critical Coverage
Legal letter follows complaints aimed at CBS News, the Washington Post, and the Daily Beast.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/11/2024
In the week since the U.S. presidential election, Elon Musk has used X, the social media platform he owns, to reiterate his support for President-elect Donald Trump. Some of X’s users have decided they want to post elsewhere. Among the largest beneficiaries of that desire is Bluesky. nyti.ms/48JtYAt
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Bluesky Adds One Million New Users After Election
With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.
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Heinz Brandenburg @heinzbrandenburg.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
11 November UK 11am Germany 11:11am
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 27/07/2024
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
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Trump tells supporters they won’t have to vote in the future: ‘It’ll be fixed!’
Former president implores Christian supports to vote ‘just this time’, then says he’s not Christian
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 27/07/2024
x.com/catypayette/...
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 21/05/2024
My R plot of the day: Western European Parties' and party families' positions on two interesting political dimensions. (Data source: Chapel Hill Expert Survey) - Learn to do this here: essexsummerschool.com/summer-schoo...
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 22/04/2024
Jahrestagung des AK Wahlen und politische Einstellungen in der DVPW an der Uni Siegen: x.com/_AckermannK/...
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Martin Elff @melff.bsky.social · 22/04/2024
studyinternational.com/news/3-leading-schools-for-international-relations-preparing-graduates-for-global-success/?text=3 leading schools for international relations, preparing graduates for global success - ZU (www.zeppelin-university.com) is one of them ...
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3 leading schools for politics and international relations preparing graduates for global success
A master's in Politics and International Relations unlocks the answers to the hierarchies of power and how nations relate to one another in an increasingly globalised world. More here:
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