Reposted by Sarah EnglerFelicia Riethmüller @feliciarthm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Since I first set foot into academia as a student research assistant, Philipp was there. Encouraging, supporting, sharing his brilliant thoughts alongside the funniest memes. He was one of the most genuinely kindhearted people I know, passionate about democracy, enthusiastic in all of his projects. 1272
Reposted by Sarah EnglerConstantin Wurthmann @wurthmann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Marius Sältzer, der mit Philipp Köker in Oldenburg zuletzt eng arbeiten durfte, findet genau die richtigen Worte der Wertschätzung und Erinnerung. Danke, dass Du diese Worte und Erinnerungen teilst. 0145
Sarah Engler @saengler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Devastating news.... Philipp was one of the first persons I met at a conference as PhD student (he shared so many advices with me about how this conferencing and PhD'ing works) and we shared the enthusiasm about Central and Eastern European Politics. 0154
Reposted by Sarah EnglerArmin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026In diesem in der @pvs-journal.bsky.social veröffentlichten Aufsatz verorte ich Manows Buch "Spaltungslinien" in der Debatte zum Postliberalismus. Der zentralen Annahme, dass rechtspopulistische Parteien heute wirtschafts- und sozialpolitisch links stünden, widerspreche ich. rdcu.be/swtwc7WqF9ta 19836
Reposted by Sarah EnglerWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 14/09/2026For political scientists headed to Liverpool for EPOP this week (and anyone else interested!), @bjpols.bsky.social has made a collection of articles available on elections, public opinion and parties free to read...cambridge.orgEPOP collectionEPOP collection 11815
Sarah Engler @saengler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Happy to see my work with @ivobantel.bsky.social and @lucasleemann.bsky.social published in Party Politics. We look at how affective polarization shapes voters' preferences for technocratic and populist governance in Germany showing that it largely depends on partisanship 1/4 24312
Reposted by Sarah EnglerKorinna Lindemann @korinlind.bsky.social · 01/07/2026📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after! 📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim 💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July 16158
Reposted by Sarah EnglerTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 05/06/2026There is a really elaborate phishing email going around from someone trying to imitate me with an outlook email address. I do not have an email address with my name and @ outlook. If you received that email please do not respond and report the email. 02710
Reposted by Sarah EnglerRahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Excited to present a new working paper by @victoriahaerter.bsky.social, @dweisstanner.bsky.social, @saengler.bsky.social &myself @unimainz.bsky.social! Public service deprivation influences vote choice,but what about policy choices? Swiss direct democracy provides a unique opportunity to study that 1409
Reposted by Sarah EnglerBelén Fdez. @abelenfg.bsky.social · 27/05/2026📚New paper with @jakobschwoerer.bsky.social @saengler.bsky.social in @prxjournal.bsky.social📚 We show that moving toward the far right on immigration doesn't benefit mainstream parties. Not even in elections where immigration is salient. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comWhen everyone talks about migration: how mainstream parties shift to the right and still loseThe rise of populist radical right parties (PRRPs) has prompted mainstream parties (MPs) to adopt more sceptical positions toward immigration. Spatial theory suggests that MPs benefit electorally b... 03422
Reposted by Sarah EnglerRahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 31/01/2026#DemocraticBacksliding: The erosion of US democracy under Trump is steeper than any recent precedent, including Hungary, Venezuela, Turkey, R//ZZ.l'a/nd Source: Financial Times @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/b474... 212779
Reposted by Sarah EnglerElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 03/01/2026🧵with some preliminary thoughts on what this means for US national security, with a side of IR theory. 22915
Reposted by Sarah EnglerTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 12/12/2025This is a brilliant piece on the restructuring of political competition in Western Europe and goes far beyond the question of populism. Great also for teaching. 18029
Reposted by Sarah EnglerFlorence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Come and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...sciencespo.frRecruitment - Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026Recruitment 2026 - Sciences Po is recruiting two Assistant Professors (tenure track) in Political Science / Politics and Policy in/of Europe and the European Union 03432
Reposted by Sarah EnglerTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Radical right parties in Europe have not moderated. Their positions and rhetoric have entered the mainstream. They have become normalized and legitimized. Unless we understand this, we have little chance of countering their success. 10542194
Reposted by Sarah EnglerArmin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 16/12/2025In line with the 'credibility revolution', we are thinking about research designs that allow us to get closer to causal effects. Those who use surveys have often turned to survey experiments. At the same time, survey response rates have dropped considerably. Below are the figures for the ESS. 34014
Reposted by Sarah EnglerChristopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 13/12/2025‼️ US now advocates for 🇺🇦 EU accession by 2027 as part of „peace plan“. I know many pro EU & pro 🇺🇦 people may support this. But I think it is a terrible idea. A few thoughts 💭 👇 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...theguardian.comUkraine war briefing: Reports Ukraine would join EU in 2027 met with scepticismOfficials in Brussels dismiss ‘nonsense’ idea Ukraine could join EU by 1 January 2027 in latest US-led peace plan. What we know on day 1,389 4162
Reposted by Sarah EnglerNicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Though I do like this response on US attacks regarding 'freedom of speech' in Europe. 5245107
Reposted by Sarah Englertheresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · 01/12/2025We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...stellen.uni-hamburg.deResearch Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG 05171
Reposted by Sarah EnglerRahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 30/11/2025In Switzerland, around 16k people with disabilities who are under full guardianship remain disenfranchised nation-wide, a clear violation of the UN Convention. At the cantonal level, Geneva’s voters approved re-enfranchising these citizens in 2020. Today, voters in Vaud went firmly the other way 12011
Reposted by Sarah EnglerTheres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Good morning, social and political science community! We could use your expertise: Have you conducted online surveys targeting low-income populations? If so, we’d love to hear about your experiences.media.tenor.coma woman is holding a yellow sticky note with help written on itALT: a woman is holding a yellow sticky note with help written on it 082
Reposted by Sarah EnglerMelanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 27/11/2025„Ein europäischer Bürger wird auf europäischem Boden von US-Sanktionen getroffen, weil er seinen Job bei einer Institution macht, die von der EU maßgeblich finanziert und unterstützt wird.“ 073
Reposted by Sarah EnglerGefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 21/11/2025New publication w/ my friend & amazing coauthor @fedetrastulli.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🎉 doi.org/10.1017/S147... We explore: Who considers which political issues as important & how is this related to sociodemographic/socioeconomic variables?doi.orgWho prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CoreWho prioritises what? Determinants and measurement of voters’ issue prioritisation 25619
Reposted by Sarah EnglerRutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 25/11/2025I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1 337100455078
Reposted by Sarah EnglerSteffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 21/11/2025@heikekluever.bsky.social in der heutigen SZ zur Brandmauer. Die Empirie spricht eine klare Sprache: Wenn die extreme Rechte mitregiert, wird sie größer und entzaubert sich nicht. Alles andere ist Wunschdenken und gefährliche politische Folklore. 420381
Reposted by Sarah EnglerKim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 13/11/2025The Guardian gets it. The real importance of Orban's visit to see Trump was getting financial backing for Orban's tough upcoming election campaign. And all indications are he got it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on special Trump treatment for Hungary: roll on the next election | EditorialEditorial: As polls suggest that Viktor Orbán’s authoritarian rule is under threat, Brussels can only wait and hope 05426
Reposted by Sarah EnglerDenis Cohen @denis-cohen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yDcup.orgRegional Labor Markets, Residential Mobility, and Anti-Immigration Sentiment | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge CoreRegional Labor Markets, Residential Mobility, and Anti-Immigration Sentiment - Volume 55 18938
Reposted by Sarah EnglerDavid Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Excited to have this paper on social networks as a mechanism for cleavage stabilization with @dpzollinger.bsky.social out! If we have you intrigued, also pairs with (and empirically engages) our theoretical piece on puzzles of contemporary cleavage research: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 02913
Reposted by Sarah EnglerDelia Zollinger @dpzollinger.bsky.social · 06/11/2025How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations? In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer. tinyurl.com/49cs8jwptinyurl.comEducational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge CoreEducational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - Volume 55 16632
Reposted by Sarah EnglerReto Bürgisser @retobuergisser.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭 21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET @alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions. 👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...eui.euPhD Prep Talk: SwitzerlandMeet an EUI Researcher and alumnus from your country! 22724
Reposted by Sarah EnglerBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 04/11/2025NEW - Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - cup.org/49vUfVa - @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social #OpenAccess 0105
Reposted by Sarah EnglerLaura Jacobs @lcjacobs89.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Seems like today is a good day to re-share in light of the Dutch elections 0124
Reposted by Sarah EnglerLéonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 29/10/2025🗳️ First exit polls from the Netherlands: Wilders’ PVV appears to shrink from 37 to 25 seats. Make no mistake — the far right remains strong. Support hasn’t disappeared; it’s shifted across parties. The Dutch political landscape is more fragmented than ever — and the far right is no exception. 🇳🇱 514165
Reposted by Sarah EnglerEurope Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Netherlands, 9:00 PM Ipsos-I&O exit poll: Seat projection national parliament D66-RE: 27 (+18) PVV-PfE: 25 (-12) VVD-RE: 23 (-1) GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5) CDA-EPP: 19 (+14) JA21~ECR: 9 (+8) FvD-ESN: 6 (+3) BBB-EPP: 4 (-3) ... +/- vs. Last election result ➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands 58233
Reposted by Sarah EnglerLaurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · 29/10/2025🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350... @manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics. 110749
Reposted by Sarah EnglerPhilip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Latest @thehousemag.bsky.social column, on the politics of pints. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...politicshome.comThe Professor Will See You Now: Having A PintLessons in political science. This week: having a pint 21011
Reposted by Sarah EnglerEto Buziashvili @buziashvili.bsky.social · 24/10/2025A year ago today, when I arrived from Washington DC, Russia’s proxy government in Tbilisi raided me. They seized all my devices and froze my personal accounts, which remain inaccessible to this day. I received extraordinary solidarity from friends, colleagues, & complete strangers who 1/11 716560
Reposted by Sarah EnglerSimon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 23/10/2025We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...eui.eu 09184
Reposted by Sarah EnglerViolet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 22/10/2025“Once my colleague pulled out his camera, the agent put away the gun," Huynh told the Sun-Times Tuesday night. "[But] if they can do this in broad daylight to an elected official, and point a gun at someone, imagine what’s happening behind closed doors.”chicago.suntimes.comICE agents point gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh in Albany ParkHoan Huynh was alerting the community on the Northwest Side to the presence of federal agents when they blocked his vehicle on a residential street and an agent pointed a gun at him and others in the ... 151970959
Reposted by Sarah EnglerTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Mit WDR 3 Resonanzen habe ich heute über die Aussagen von Friedrich Merz gesprochen, darüber wie sein Kurs die radikale Rechte normalisiert und stärkt und warum er vielleicht mal öfter mit jungen Frauen sprechen sollte. www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...www1.wdr.deKonservativer Anti-Migrationskurs befeuert die AfDWenn konservative Kräfte die Narrative von Rechtspopulisten übernehmen, hilft das den Rechts-Außen-Parteien statt sie zu schwächen. Das zeigt die EU-weite Forschung des Politologen Tarik Abou-Chadi. 930888
Reposted by Sarah EnglerTarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Great write-up of an important study by @tevoelker.bsky.social and @dasalgon.bsky.social. Far-right actors have been very successful in setting the political agenda. Many in politics and media still ignore this. They argue "immigration is important to people, hence we need to talk about immigration" 624180
Reposted by Sarah EnglerCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 18/10/2025“Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right” How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?theguardian.comGerman far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study findsNormalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers 59547
Reposted by Sarah EnglerJan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 17/10/2025'“At some point it becomes embarrassing, in a craven way, to make a deal for yourself and abandon those institutions that are standing up for academic freedom,” said Corey Brettschneider, a political science professor at Brown.'nytimes.comUniversities Are Standing Up to Trump 24915
Reposted by Sarah EnglerBriitta van Staalduinen @briittavs.bsky.social · 10/10/20251st article from my dissertation is out in Perspectives today!! two takeaways: a) knowledge economy 'winners' may not be subject to status loss but they sure care about status preservation & b) this is consequential for their attitudes re: immigration & diversity. Thnx 2 all along this journey!! 43713
Reposted by Sarah EnglerFlorian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 10/10/2025I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics. 🧵 1/7 25987193
Reposted by Sarah EnglerJEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025🎯 @felixlehmann.bsky.social "Why accommodate? How niche pressure and intra-party divisions shape mainstream party strategies" 🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 172
Reposted by Sarah EnglerCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiEnyti.ms 14147041812
Reposted by Sarah EnglerTiago Ventura @tiagoventura.bsky.social · 07/10/2025How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality? Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid): 413554
Reposted by Sarah EnglerStefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Great reporting on the contagion risks of the Trump presidency, drawing in parts on insights from the @disintegrationerc.bsky.social project.motherjones.comIs America contagious?Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism. 14419