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Sabine Döring @sabinedoering.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

„Forschung ist kein Selbstzweck. Forschung muss zu Wertschöpfung, Produktion und Innovation in Deutschland und in Europa führen“, so der @bundeskanzler. Die Wissenschaftsfreiheit, wie sie Art. 5 Abs. 3 GG und das Bundesverfassungsgericht verstehen, setzt einen anderen Maßstab. 🧵 1/n

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Just two days in U.S. news…

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Stephen Farrow @stephenfarrow.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Bloody hell.

Thread - on Threads - of three posts from someone whose screen name is 'blueskies 1977':

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| have been an election agent for the Labour Party for 8 years Yesterday, for
the first time ever, | cried at a count. Was it because we'd lost a lot of seats,
because we had? No. | cried because a very hard working, dedicated, British
born Councillor of Pakistani descent had the word "deport' written next to her
name on a ballot paper with a Reform vote. When the doubtful papers were
shown to candidates and agents, | challenged the Reform agent to disown the
vote and he refused.

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| saw a number of other ballot papers with racist, islamophobic and antisemitic
comments. I'm used to the abusive comments about parties and policies on
papers, we tend to have a laugh with them. I'm also used to the many pictures
of penises on ballot papers (you guys are all so original), but | haven't seen so
much hatred written on ballot papers. What are we becoming as a country?
Why do people feel emboldened to put their hatred out there? It's vile.

blueskies 1977
For those commenting that the ballot paper should be rejected, in law it can't be. If a
clear voting intent is shown for the correct number of candidates, it will only be
rejected it there is anything, such as a signature, initials or name, that could identify
the voter or the official mark is defaced or damaged.

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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 20/04/2026

How do people in Germany view the #IranWar? A survey reveals scepticism regarding its legitimacy and concern over its economic fallout. #GIGA researchers @rebendte.bsky.social, Diba Mirzaei & @thomaserichter.bsky.social present the findings in a #GIGAFocus. ➡️ www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...

Text: "GIGA Focus. Scepticism, Distance, and Fear: How People in Germany See the Iran War"
Image: "An Iranian flag is placed on the rubble of a police facility struck during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 4, 2026."

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Rebecca Endtricht @rebendte.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Unsere Ergebnisse aus @motra.bsky.social zu islamismusaffinen Einstellungen haben in den letzten Wochen viel Aufmerksamkeit erhalten - nicht nur im positiven Sinn. Ich habe dazu einen Text geschrieben, der mediale Darstellung & wissenschaftliche Kritik aufgreift und diskutiert: 👉 shorturl.at/lbw60

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Was messen wir und was sagen wir damit? Eine Einordnung zur Debatte um „islamismusaffine Einstellungen“ auf Basis der Studie „Menschen in Deutschland“ - MOTRA

Autorin: Dr. Rebecca Endtricht (German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA))

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Kati Lang @advokati.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Der Report 2026 ist da! Aktuelle juristische Entscheidungen zu Rechtsterrorismus, Demokratiefeindlichkeit, Rassismus, Sexismus, LGBTQIA*Feindlichkeit sowie Antisemitismus. @maxpichl.bsky.social @ronensteinke.bsky.social @heikekleffner.bsky.social @torevetter.bsky.social @leoihssen.bsky.social 1/30

Auf dem Bild ist das Cover des aktuellen Report 2026. Rechts gegen Rechts. Das im Fischer Verlag erschienene Buch bildet auf dem Cover neben den Namen der Herausgebenden, dem Verlag und dem Hinweis, dass Anne Rabe das Vorwort verfasst hat, einen Demonstrierenden mit der Pride Flagge ab.

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 07/03/2026

I ran a simple model with new public data then used 1 prompt to make ChatGPT guess what the model would produce. With 10 seconds of "thinking," it was very close. The implications of this are catastrophic. The American Sociological Association should do something about this but it doesn't care to /1

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Rebecca Endtricht @rebendte.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Neue Ergebnisse aus unseren Befragungen im MOTRA-Projekt (@motra.bsky.social) 👇 Den kompletten Bericht gibt es hier zum Download: www.motra.info/wp-content/u...

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MOTRA @motra.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

➡️ Hier gehts zur #motra-k26 Programmübersicht: www.motra.info/wp-content/u... und hier ➡️ zum Programmheft: www.motra.info/wp-content/u...

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MOTRA @motra.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Die #motrak26 startet am Mittwoch in Wiesbaden! Über 100 Programmpunkte aus Panels, Vorträgen, Postersessions und Diskussionen bringen Forschung, Praxis und Politik rund um Radikalisierung und Prävention zusammen. Teilt eure Highlights unter #motrak26 – wir freuen uns auf den Austausch!

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Michael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

New paper this week by V-Dem's director, @silindberg.bsky.social, on the the current wave of autocratization: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1... Including this important statement: "...it is by my own analysis no question that the USA no longer qualifies as a democracy."

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Ozan Aksoy @aksoyundan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A new publication at www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... We find that religious markers (esp. beards) can reduce perceived trustworthiness in Turkey. (That's why you often see me clean shaven ;-)

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Religious markers reduce perceived trustworthiness in a Muslim-majority country | PNAS

First impressions often hinge on visible cues, leading people to infer the trustworthiness of strangers from their appearance and dress. While reli...

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.
Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?
Zachary: Correct.
Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

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Jens Rydgren @jensrydgren.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

"Compared to the original 669-page textbook, the new version is just 267 pages. ... the state-approved version doesn’t include chapters on media and technology, global inequality, race and ethnicity, social stratification, or gender, sex and sexuality." www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

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Florida Introduces “Sanitized” Sociology Textbook

The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two univ...

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data! www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seek…

To encourage reuse of our data, Pew Research Center, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, invites researchers to submit proposals for new research publications that use one or more of the following datasets (collectively, Datasets) from the Global Religious Futures (GRF) project: Global Restrictions on Religion 2007-2022 dataset. This cumulative dataset includes measures of government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion in nearly 200 countries and territories. Spring 2024 Survey. This dataset includes measures of religion and spirituality in 35 countries. (Comparable data was also collected in 2023 and 2024 for the United States. The downloadable materials which accompany the international dataset include additional information about U.S. data.) Dataset of Global Religious Composition Estimates for 2010 and 2020. This dataset includes estimates of the size of seven major religious groups in more than 200 countries and territories. We encourag

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cemas_io @cemas.io · 07/01/2026

"Letztlich hat Antisemitismus weniger was mit Jüdinnen und Juden zu tun als mit Antisemit:innen oder Menschen, die eben an solche Vorstellungswelten glauben", so @janrathje.bsky.social von CeMAS in der sehenswerten Arte-Dokumentation "Weltkarriere einer Lüge". Aktuell in der Mediathek abrufbar:

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Weltkarriere einer Lüge - Die Protokolle der Weisen von Zion - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

Sie gelten als Ursprung moderner Verschwörungserzählungen: die sogenannten Protokolle der Weisen von Zion. Obwohl bereits vor über 100 Jahren als Fälschung entlarvt, befeuern die darin verbreiteten Na...

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APuZ @apuz.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Im neuen #APuZ Podcast sprechen wir über #Angst! Die Soziologin Susanne Martin erklärt im Gespräch mit Moderatorin @sarahzerback.bsky.social unter anderem, wie Ängste in unserer Gesellschaft wirken. Hier geht's zur Folge: www.bpb.de/574056

Zitat-Kachel
Angst kann ein Distinktionsmerkmal sein. Es gibt "legitime Ängste" und es gibt "illegitime Ängste". [...] Das sind normative Urteile, die sind umstritten und konflikthaft.
Von: Susanne Martin, APuZ-Podcast 1/2026 "Angst"

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Sophia Hunger @sophiahunger.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🚨🚨 job alert time 🚨🚨 @unibremen.bsky.social 3 PhD positions within the 3rd phase of the @sfb1342.bsky.social, with a focus on computational methods and/or on protest mobilization, specifically with a focus on Africa. Starting time: early 2026, deadline: 14th of January. more info below:

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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) @giga-hamburg.de · 02/12/2025

The US military buildup along #Venezuela has raised expectations that #Maduro’s regime will collapse under pressure. However, this would probably not result in a democratic transition. ➡️ Read the analysis by #GIGA's Jesus Renzullo in out latest #GIGAFocus: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/publicati...

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Venezuela between US Military Threat and Regime Survival

The US military buildup along Venezuela’s coast has raised expectations that Maduro’s regime will collapse under pressure. However, this would probably not result in a democratic transition. Even if M...

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

One of the giants of social psychology was a serial sexual harasser. This new report reveals how Miles Hewstone touched, bullied, and sexual harassed numerous women during his 18 years at the University of Oxford. It's amazing how often bullying and sexual harassment go together in academia.

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Rebecca Endtricht @rebendte.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

📢 Neues #motra Spotlight von @uni-hamburg.de & @giga-hamburg.de: „Die Sehnsucht nach Frieden im Nahen Osten“ von Peter Wetzels und mir. ❓Wie blickt die deutsche Bevölkerung auf den Gaza-Krieg? Wie stark sind Polarisierung, Israelkritik und der Wunsch nach Frieden? Ein kurzer Ergebnis-🧵 (1/4)

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Rebecca Endtricht @rebendte.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

“We focus too much on producing more, publishing more, being everywhere. But the question is: are you saying something in your own voice, or just adding to the noise? Protect your voice, that’s what lasts.” Inspiring interview!

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Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Wenn ihr jetzt ernsthaft Donald Trump und den Friedensnobelpreis diskutiert, dann ist eure Lernkurve in Sachen rechtsextremer Diskursvernebelung erstaunlich flach.

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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 20/09/2025

Hamburg als Leuchtturmprojekt gegen gesellschaftliche Ohnmacht?! Lotte hat sich das Potenzial des “Zukunftsentscheids” genauer angeschaut und hier kommt ihr Hot Take:

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 19/09/2025

If we included this question in a European survey, people would think we had lost our marbles

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God Votes?

Many posts have discussed the role of religion in&nbsp...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

The Golden Age: the 0.1% get still wealthier, the middle class is hollowed out and impoverished

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Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen @kfnhannover.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

🔍 Researcher (Pre-Doc) (f/m/d), 75%, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Criminology or related disciplines 📅 Start: 01.10.2025 (or later), limited to 3 years. 📩 Applications must be submitted by 17 September 2025 to: jp.steinmann@kfn.de Further information: en.kfn.de/research-pro...

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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 09/09/2025

Faschismus gewinnt nicht, indem er die Mehrheit erringt. Hitler hatte nie die Mehrheit. Faschismus gewinnt, weil die Mehrheit meint: Naja, vielleicht ist es ja nicht so schlimm.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 05/09/2025

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Rebecca Endtricht @rebendte.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I love the creativity that comes up at #eurocrim2025 during a power outage - everyone can follow the presentation on their phones.

Picture of a conference room with people gathering around a computer that displays a qr-code.

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Johannes Hillje @jhillje.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Was bei diesem AfD-Umfragehoch anders ist: Nun steigen auch ihre Kompetenzwerte in diversen Politikbereichen deutlich an. In 4 Bereichen liegt sie auf Platz 2, bei Asyl hat sie die CDU/CSU (während der "Asylwende") auf Platz 1 abgelöst. Sehr beunruhigend für die demokratischen Kräfte!

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

3 💡 conclusions from this @timeshighered.bsky.social piece based on @altmetric.com data: 1️⃣ Academic twitter is dead 2️⃣ Bluesky is the most promising alternative 3️⃣ There is a lot of underused 🦋 potential with many dormant (institutional) accounts #academicsky www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

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X’s Altmetric Hegemony Ceding to Bluesky

The alternative social media platform is matching engagement of Elon Musk’s X in ways that “would have seemed unthinkable until recently,” says study.

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Rebecca Endtricht @rebendte.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

🚨 New publication! Our article "Refugee Policy Preferences in Germany" in @sozialewelt.bsky.social examines how threat perceptions and personal circumstances shape attitudes toward three different refugee groups. 🔗Full text: doi.org/10.5771/0038... 🧵 1/6

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SozW Soziale Welt - Nomos eLibrary

Die Soziale Welt ist eine der großen, auch im Ausland gelesenen Fachzeitschriften innerhalb der deutschen Soziologie. Sie bringt empirische und theoreti…

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MOTRA @motra.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🔔Jetzt abonnieren: Der neue WhatsApp-Kanal MOTRA-Aktuell informiert über Veranstaltungen, Förderaufrufe und Publikationen. Ohne Chat, ohne Werbung – das Wichtigste im Blick.📲 Hier geht’s zum Kanal:👉 www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029... Wir freuen uns über alle, die mitlesen – und gerne auch weitersagen!

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MOTRA Aktuell | WhatsApp Channel

MOTRA Aktuell WhatsApp Channel. MOTRA (Monitoringsystem und Transferplattform Radikalisierung) bündelt aktuelle Entwicklungen im Themenfeld Radikalisierung, Extremismus und Prävention. Hier teilen wir...

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Migration Policy Centre @mpc-eui.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Minding the gap or missing the gaps? This week, Jeff Crisp draws on his policymaking experience to explain why migration research struggles to have real-world impact. Full short 📌 migrationresearchtopolicy.eu/2025/06/19/t... #WorldRefugeeDay #MigrationCoLab

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MOTRA @motra.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Heute startet die #motraK25! Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiche Vorträge, Poster, eine Podiumsdiskussion, eine Lesung und viele spannende Gäste und VIPs! Zum Programm: www.motra.info/wp-content/u...

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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Verschwörungserzählungen fördern Fremdenfeindlichkeit und wirken sich negativ auf das soziale Miteinander aus, wie WZB-Gastforscher Eylem Kanol (@kanol.bsky.social) und Rebecca Endtricht in einer neuen Studie zeigen. www.wzb.eu/de/pressemit... @ruudkoopmans.bsky.social @jwied.bsky.social

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Lars Mølgaard Saxhaug @load-dependent.eurosky.social · 14/02/2024

Few plots are as striking as this illustrating publication bias. arxiv.org/abs/2009.09440 #metascience #statistics

Z-values from over 1million papers on Medline, illustrating that the underrepresentation of non-significant (by an alpha threshold of 0.05) results.

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Scare Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

I consider this one of the most important parables to come out of Twitter’s existence

A tweet thread about how a bartender throws out the first Nazi to show up in the bar, because if he doesn’t, that Nazi will bring more Nazis, and soon it will be a Nazi bar

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JoDDiD Forschungsstelle @joddid-forschung.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Mehr #Demokratie wagen. Das sagen eigentlich alle. Aber häufig meinen sie damit etwas unterschiedliches. Wir in der JoDDiD haben da mal was vorbereitet. #politischebildung

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Constanze Jeitler @constanzejtlr.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

As I was saying in a workshop yesterday: “how about instead of constantly making up new terms and concepts for far-right politics we call racists “racist”? 🤷‍♀️

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