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Sam D. Schmid

@samdschmid.bsky.social
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MOVING RESEARCHERS FORWARD | Research and Study Program Manager @ University of Lucerne, Switzerland | Political Science PhD from EUI, Florence | #migration #citizenship #democracy #measurement | he/him/his | www.samdschmid.com

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SocArXivBot @socarxivbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Explaining historical persistence in Germany's electoral geography across 130 years: a cleavage-perspective on continuity in spatial patterns of party support: osf.io/4grdj
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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Der Wahlerfolg der Berliner Linken wird mit Zohran Mamdanis Kampagne in New York verglichen: Fokus auf junge, migrantische Wählergruppen und hohe Wohnkosten. Unsere Datenanalyse im @tagesspiegel.de deutet darauf hin, dass das funktioniert haben könnte. 🧵 interaktiv.tagesspiegel.de/lab/der-berl...
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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Having a job in a workplace with a considerable proportion of university-educated coworkers is associated with an increase in culturally liberal attitudes www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Ideas at Work: Educated Colleagues Shape Political Attitudes | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Ideas at Work: Educated Colleagues Shape Political Attitudes - Volume 56
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Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Saxony-Anhalt went to the polls, with the AfD falling just short of a majority. Here are some takeaways based on the preliminary results across all 218 municipalities and local socioeconomic characteristics. A thread 🧵(1 /n) Full analysis + write-up: juliuskoelzer.de/saxony-anhal...
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Klaudia Wegschaider @wegschaider.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“These papers distort meta-analyses and scientometric studies, waste scarce peer review resources and pose a significant threat to the integrity of the scientific record. We conclude that current checks for redundant publications and plagiarism are no longer fit for purpose in the GenAI era.”
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Steffen Mau @steffenmau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Die derzeit in den Medien hochgejazzte Debatte zum Ost-West-Konflikt behauptet, eine Realität zu beschreiben, die medial inszeniert und zum Teil erzeugt wird. In den sozialwiss. Umfragen ist dieser Konflikt nachrangig, hinter vielen anderen, unter anderem zwischen Arm und Reich.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Brilliant first International Office Hours of this semester. All four people showed up, had great questions, and interesting projects. Good women and Global South representation (even though studying at Global North unis) International Office Hours for September 4 are open now!
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Republik Magazin @republik.ch · 28/08/2026
Der Ökonom Christoph Schaltegger strebt im Namen der Wissenschaft nach immer mehr politischem Einfluss. Dabei begann alles mit einer Irreführung des Stimmvolks, zeigen Republik-Recherchen. Eine Recherche von @yvesgwegelin.bsky.social. Zum Beitrag 👉 republik.link/7s3wj (Illustration: Joan Wong)
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
„Echte Unterschiede gibt es also weniger bei Sachfragen als vielmehr beim Ausmass der Radikalität. Die AfD-Wählerschaft ist in dieser Hinsicht durchaus heterogen, es gibt nach wie vor nicht den einen typischen Rechtsaussen-Anhänger“ Die drei Typen von AfD-Wähler:innen: www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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Alexander Kustov @akoustov.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Popular by Design keeps growing, and we're now open to guest posts on policies that work! We're looking for essays too evidence-heavy for an op-ed and too timely to wait on peer review. If you have a fitting post idea, or know someone who does, subscribe, pitch us, and spread the word:
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Álvaro Canalejo-Molero @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🗳️ Radical parties have institutionalized and entered political competition and democratic institutions. Yet their voters do not seem to become more satisfied with democracy after this inclusion. Why is this the case? In a newly published paper with @morganlcj.bsky.social we propose a response 🧵
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When people ask me what the phrase "artificial intelligence" means, my short answer is, it means "venture capitalists, give me some money". But OUP asked me for a longer answer, given here and summarized in the section headings: doi.org/10.1093/9780...
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Contents
Introduction
AI Is a Research Field
AI Is an Approach to Cognitive Science
AI Is a Parlor Trick
AI Is an Ideology
AI Is a Way to Hide and Devalue Human Labor
AI Is a Way to Shift Accountability
AI Is a Way to Centralize Power
Conclusion
Notes
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New paper out 📄 How do citizens mentally map political divides — and where do they go wrong? Using German survey data on immigration, we split perceptual error into 3 biases (egocentrism, conservatism & false polarization) that mirror the very divides they distort. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Seeing Divides: Citizens’ Biased Perceptions of Political Cleavages - Political Behavior
Citizens’ perceptions of political divides shape democratic processes, yet we know little about how these divides are mentally represented. This article develops a conceptual framework that integrates...
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026
‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! It’s Not #Polarization; It’s the #Radicalization of the #Political #Right By @pettertornberg.com doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Twan Huijsmans @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Europe’s growing urban-rural divide in voting along the transnational cleavage is not merely a reflection of underlying educational differences, as @theresakuhn.bsky.social, @bramlancee.bsky.social and I show in this new study in @ejprjournal.bsky.social. A short thread 🔽
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Anna-Sophie Heinze @asheinze.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Die Hälfte (!) der Mitglieder des neuen #AfD Bundesvorstands ist durch die 'Kaderschmiede' der #Jugendorganisation gekommen. Langfristige Loyalitäten und Netzwerke scheinen sich auszuzahlen. Falls noch jemand an der Relevanz dieser Unterorganisation zweifelt: doi.org/10.1177/0192... #afdbpt #ef0407
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Drivers of radicalisation? The development and role of the far-right youth organisation ‘Young Alternative’ in Germany - Anna-Sophie Heinze, 2025
Today, many far-right parties maintain youth wings, providing opportunities to mobilise members and future party leaders. However, they are often neglected in t...
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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Here's what I have to say about Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is it bad that Elon Musk has a trillion dollars? Yes, and here’s why | Ingrid Robeyns
Just as the ‘poverty line’ determines what’s required for basic living, we need a ‘wealth line’ to show when extreme wealth becomes harmful, says economist and philosopher Ingrid Robeyns
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
LOL! 😂😂😂
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
POV: very, very ordinary people in a v ordinary setting. That is the 7 Swiss govt members on their annual 2-day trip called #Bundesratsreisli. No secret service, just lots of unscripted contact with citizens. And the ppl reward them for it: the Swiss govt enjoys the highest trust levels worldwide
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A fifth of Leave voters have died.
Graph showing the movement of Leave and Remain voters since 2016
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The Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science @mpips.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Why do our societies seem so deeply divided when most citizens actually occupy a broad political middle ground? @steffenmau.bsky.social, @thomaslux.bsky.social & @lwestheuser.bsky.social unpack this paradox in Trigger Points, pub. today @brisunipress.bsky.social, Foreward @mikesavagelse.bsky.social
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Trigger Points
Trigger Points - Inequality and Political Polarization in Contemporary Society; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Is society really polarized? This book explores key conflicts...
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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Only 2 days until Switzerland's probably most important direct democratic vote in (at least) a decade: Will Switzerland cap its population at 10 million and terminate bilateral EU treaties? Not only has media coverage been very high, but turnout numbers indicate the highest turnout in >30 years.
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Switzerland will soon vote on whether to cap its population. But who is actually entitled to vote? In one of the 26 cantons, a majority of residents have *no* political rights (50.3%). A minority of residents is empowered to decide the fate of those who are most directly affected by the outcome
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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
New Blog 📣 Christian Fernández 🇸🇪 Swedish Exceptionalism – An Autopsy New citizenship rules are creating a two-tiered citizenship that separates natives from migrants and their descendants. This is a far cry from the universal egalitarianism that defined the Swedish model 🔖 tinyurl.com/yj9y3x4j
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Swedish exceptionalism – an autopsy - Globalcit
The new citizenship rules are creating a two-tiered citizenship that separates natives from migrants and their descendants. This is a far cry from the universal egalitarianism that used to define the ...
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The vote on the 10M population cap will happen in a week's time. It will also be the day of the feminist strike. And the day before, Switzerland plays its first World Cup match with one of the most diverse national teams. Mny players have a migration background or are the children of immigrants
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 01/06/2026
Remember that recent paper claiming to show that "ideological bias" determined the results obtained by immigration policy research teams? A careful, open-code reanalysis by @kauspurg.bsky.social & Josef Brüderl finds that the result arises from a coding error. —> doi.org/10.31222/osf...
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Sam D. Schmid @samdschmid.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🚨PRE-PRINT🚨 This forthcoming chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Immigration Law gently introduces readers to quantitative data methods in the field. I hope it is useful! @globalcit.bsky.social @migcitpol.bsky.social @migcitizenapsa.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social @migobs.bsky.social
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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Important read 👇
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Belén 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....
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When everyone talks about migration: how mainstream parties shift to the right and still lose
The 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...
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Sam D. Schmid @samdschmid.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🚨PRE-PRINT🚨 This forthcoming chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Immigration Law gently introduces readers to quantitative data methods in the field. I hope it is useful! @globalcit.bsky.social @migcitpol.bsky.social @migcitizenapsa.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social @migobs.bsky.social
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Sam D. Schmid @samdschmid.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Since finding my place in the “third space” at the University of Lucerne, research is not in my job description anymore. But I love it far too much to abandon it completely, so it's now a hobby. Today, I am happy to share a new pre-print publication: www.samdschmid.com/publications...
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Samuel D. Schmid - Quantitative Data and Methods for Comparative
Abstract Over the past years and decades, numerous large-scale quantitative datasets to measure various attributes of immigration law have been generated and...
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
“Every 2nd person in 🇨🇭 is taking huge risks without any real necessity. The initiative is an expression of a widespread decadence born from prosperity. Apparently, we have completely lost our senses if we are using our political system to engage in such reckless nonsense“ www.nzz.ch/meinung/10-m...
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10-Millionen-Initiative: Sind wir von allen guten Geistern verlassen?
Die Welt verändert sich gerade dramatisch, die Schweizer aber denken daran, die Mauern hochzuziehen. Und machen sonst so bequem weiter, als sei nichts passiert.
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Sam D. Schmid @samdschmid.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Congratulations to Dr Ahmed Ajil, who will carry out his ERC Starting Grant Project at the University of Lucerne!
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Oliver Skånberg-Tippen @oskanberg.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Frustrated with the election pundits talking as if votes only 'swing' from one party to another. I did some analysis of the results, and my modelling (based on votes only, not polls) suggests that the largest movement since 2024 local elections (by a long way) is from 'Did Not Vote' -> Reform
A Sankey diagram, titled "Voter flows, UK local elections 2024 to 2026"
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Im Herbst sind Landtagswahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt. @cendt.de & Team haben 1000 mögliche Wahlergebnisse simuliert. In deren 369 holt die AfD eine absolute Mehrheit. Dann könnte sie allein regieren. „Jetzt gehts um wirklich alles“, kommentiert der ZEIT-Chefredaktor www.zeit.de/politik/2026...
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Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt: So groß ist das Risiko, dass die AfD die absolute Mehrheit bekommt
Vor der Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt führt die AfD in Umfragen deutlich. Wir haben berechnet, mit welcher Wahrscheinlichkeit sie mehr als die Hälfte der Sitze erhält.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This 💯👇
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
On 7 May 2026, Britain ran a PR experiment: Scottish Parliament: a Mixed-Member Proportional system Welsh Senedd: a (new) Low-Magnitude Party List system Same day, same political context, different outcomes. Which version of PR would be better for Westminster? 🧵
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
#POLITKOLUMNE: It’s not so much what people think that has changed, but what has become *publicly sayable*. The fear of social stigma when voting for the radical right has declined. Very glad to have been able to cover @valentimvicente.bsky.social ’s seminal research www.derbund.ch/radikale-rec...
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 04/05/2026
Someone who is good at AI tools should create a little app that takes as its input a set of references, and tags each as valid or not. (Claude Code has told me that it is unable to do that reliably.) This would be extremely useful for anyone who grades student papers or edits a journal.
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Lukas Haffert @lhaffert.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Bewerbungsschluss morgen: Im Projekt "Knowledge, Epistemic Marginalization, and the Politics of Resentment" (Co-PI: Joachim Blatter) gibt es eine Postdocstelle an der Uni Bremen. Vertragsdauer: 3,5 Jahre Stelle: 100% Bewerbung: Bis 05.05. Stellenausschreibung: www.uni-bremen.de/universitaet...
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Offene Stellen - Universität Bremen
Offene Stellen
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Oliver Nachtwey @onachtwey.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
So krass.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
THE lesson from Petér Magyar’s defeat of Viktor Orbán is that, in a competitive authoritarian system, you have to tailor-make your campaign to the gamed political system you operate in. Clearly, the Democrats have still not learned that lesson.
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
++BREAKING++ The most radical popular initiative yet launched by the far-right SVP, aiming to cap Switzerland’s population at 10M, is currently polling with a narrow majority. Importantly, there is considerable volatility. Follow @leewas.bsky.social for the latest and most accurate polling ⬇️
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 28/04/2026
#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - AI, the Future of Work, and the Politics of the Welfare State - cup.org/423HfBh - @julianachueri.bsky.social #FirstView #AI
The image shows a banner with the text "PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS" in large blue letters and a hashtag "#OpenAccess" at the bottom. In the background, there's a partial view of a mural with the message about journalists and fake news.
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📄 New paper with a fantastic MA student @jmschulte.bsky.social: When social democrats move right on migration, do voters actually follow? We study Olaf Scholz's radical shift on migration in Germany (October 2023).
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Lukas Haffert @lhaffert.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
One week left to apply:
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Jessica Kuhlmann @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New paper out with @antonialang.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social 📣 Why is support for the Alternative for Germany often high in low-diversity rural areas, while ethnically diverse cities show mixed patterns? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
👏 Congratulations to @gaiaromeo.bsky.social & @frowinrausis.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2025 longlist for their article 'The EU’s quiet shift toward an ‘(un)safe fourth country’ asylum policy'. ➡️ bit.ly/4crPXiK
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The EU’s quiet shift toward an ‘(un)safe fourth country’ asylum policy
The European Commission has proposed letting member states drop the ‘connection requirement’ from the ‘safe third country’ concept in asylum cases. Gaia Romeo and Frowin Rausis argue this seemingly te...
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 23/04/2026
Social media is no longer social. Most of it is passive viewing of videos and pictures from people we've never met. But we're still studying social media like it's 2010. We've entered the post-social media era — and research needs to catch up. osf.io/preprints/so... preprint w/ Richard Rogers
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