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Theres Matthieß

@theresmatthiess.bsky.social
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Political scientist, Assistant Professor at the University of Göttingen, working on political representation, party competition, voting & social groups

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Francesco Raffaelli @fraraffaelli.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The tour goes on ;) I’m presenting this paper at Sciences Po tomorrow at the UNEQUALMAND Workshop. Thanks to @iguinaudeau.bsky.social @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social & @theresmatthiess.bsky.social for organizing!
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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Braucht die Demokratie noch Parteien? Ich freue mich, wieder den wissenschaftlichen "Elfenbeinturm" zu verlassen und mit interessierten Bürger:innen in Zittau ab 19:00 zu diskutieren. Wie immer: "Kontrovers vor Ort" 👥 Sächs. Landeszentrale für polit. Bildung www.hillerschevilla.de/veranstaltun...
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Elisa Deiss-Helbig @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Back-to-office surprise: Our piece on ideological divides in citizens’ deservingness perceptions now comes with page numbers! 📃✨ @theresmatthiess.bsky.social @iguinaudeau.bsky.social
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Andreas Küpfer @ankuepfer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We've built a website for our DFG project: we collect, process, and study 30,000+ hours of video recordings of legislative debate in all German State Parliaments and the German Bundestag! ⤵️ videoparl.github.io
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VideoParl — Analysis of Parliamentary Debates Using Multimodal Data
VideoParl is a DFG-funded research project analyzing text, audio and video from German parliamentary debates.
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European Political Science Review @epsrjournal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Look at this 👀 @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social , @iguinaudeau.bsky.social & @theresmatthiess.bsky.social question which social groups are viewed as deserving of beneficial policy, using French and German survey data, to find that divides create incentive for competition 🥈 buff.ly/wpDYJE3
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Who deserves? Ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Who deserves? Ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions - Volume 18 Issue 3
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European Political Science Review @epsrjournal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🍋 18.3 Who gets what? 🎁 @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social, @iguinaudeau.bsky.social & @theresmatthiess.bsky.social question which social groups are viewed as deserving of beneficial policy, using French and German survey data, to find that divides create incentive for competition 🥈 buff.ly/wpDYJE3
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Who deserves? Ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Who deserves? Ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions - Volume 18 Issue 3
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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Interested in a PolSci PostDoc @ Berlin? 4 more days left to apply! 👇
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We are hiring a postdoc in Comparative Politics at JGU Mainz! Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social). • Full-time position • Five-year contract (!) • Start: from 1 October Apply by 22 August: stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328 Please share!
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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Really enjoyed attending the first EPSS conference in Belfast! Many thanks to the organizers for putting together such a great event 🙏🏻 @epssnet.bsky.social See you next year in København! 🇩🇰 #EPSS2026 -> #EPSS2027
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It is risky buisness 🎲 @theresmatthiess.bsky.social, @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social & @iguinaudeau.bsky.social address electoral targeting research gaps using a German pre-registered survey to examine how voters respond to targeted policy
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Risky appeals: The electoral consequences of group-targeted campaign pledges | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Risky appeals: The electoral consequences of group-targeted campaign pledges
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 11/06/2026
#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Risky appeals: The electoral consequences of group-targeted campaign pledges - cup.org/4fqMG57 - @iguinaudeau.bsky.social, @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social & @theresmatthiess.bsky.social #FirstView
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Inequality and Distributive Politics - IDP @inqdp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
5/6 🧵In @epsrjournal.bsky.social, @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social, @theresmatthiess.bsky.social, Guinaudeau find that ideology shapes how people rate the deservingness of different social groups. Showing that left leaning citizens weigh need; right-leaning citizens weigh merit. doi.org/q9wp
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European Political Science Review @epsrjournal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🆕 Who gets what? 🎁 @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social, @iguinaudeau.bsky.social & @theresmatthiess.bsky.social question what social groups are viewed as deserving of beneficial policy, using French and German survey data, finding that divides create incentive for competition 🥈
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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Risky group appeals? 😱 Our paper on how citizens react to electoral promises targeted at different social groups is published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social With @iguinaudeau.bsky.social & @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social 🚀 🔓 doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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Risk It For The Biscuit
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 09/06/2026
#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - Who deserves? Ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions - cup.org/43tpQmp - @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social, @iguinaudeau.bsky.social & @theresmatthiess.bsky.social #FirstView
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Elisa Deiss-Helbig @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Very happy to see this article on ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions written with @iguinaudeau.bsky.social & @theresmatthiess.bsky.social published first view by the @epsrjournal.bsky.social ✨ 🔗 Read the article here: shorturl.at/XGMk8
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Who deserves? Ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Who deserves? Ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🎉🎉🎉 The inaugural EPSS Conference in Belfast is just around the corner! Join us in Belfast from 18th to 20th of June, 2026 🎉🎉 🎉
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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🚨 Our article “Who deserves? Ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions?” is out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social. Joint work with @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social and @iguinaudeau.bsky.social from the 🇫🇷🇩🇪 UNEQUALMAND project. 👉🏻 shorturl.at/qoBDU%F0%9F%... 1/3
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Martin Gross @martingross.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Bewerbungsfrist endet in einer Woche! Apply, apply, apply! 😊
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Isabelle Guinaudeau @iguinaudeau.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Reminder 🤗 A little less than 2 weeks left to apply for our final project workshop in Paris 👇
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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🚄 On my way to @unihannover.bsky.social to present joint work w/ A. Ecker on citizens’ preferences regarding governing with radical right parties & flexible majorities. Join us at 6:00–7:30 pm, Schneiderberg 50, room 015. Thanks to @donyhu.bsky.social & @annakurella.bsky.social for the invitation!
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Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Skimming the intro, what struck me besides the actual findings were the good reminders about how they likely have downstream effects: through sharing know-how (mentoring), greater visibility (role modelling), and making more room at the table (access to networks).
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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Let's meet in Paris to talk about the role of social groups for political representation! 🥖🍷🇨🇵
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Isabelle Guinaudeau @iguinaudeau.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📣 Call for papers! Final UNEQUALMAND workshop on social groups, mandate responsiveness & political (in)equality 📍 Sciences Po, Paris 📅 24–25 Sept 2026 🏫 Lodging 🚅 Travel≤€500 📝 Proposals due 31 May Details: lnkd.in/gjXsmb7y With @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social and @theresmatthiess.bsky.social
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Isabelle Guinaudeau @iguinaudeau.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Many thanks to the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social for the invitation to present our new experiment with @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social and @theresmatthiess.bsky.social next Tuesday! I really look forward to the discussion 👀 Please let me know if you are in Mannheim and would like to meet.
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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🎧Im MDR AKTUELL-Podcast spreche ich über den Zustand der Parteien in Deutschland, darüber, wie Minderheitsregierungen unsere Demokratie beleben können, und über das Potenzial von Bürgerräten, um auch Menschen zu erreichen, die sich von Parteien abgewendet haben. www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
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Jesper Asring Hansen @jesperasring.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I'm hiring two three-year postdocs and an RA for my project on how police presence affects perceived safety. I'm looking for candidates who can contribute to the theoretical development and who have strong expertise in causal inference. Deadline: March 1. www.stillinger.aau.dk/videnskabeli...
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Two three-year postdocs in quasi- or survey-experimental social science.
The Department of Society and Politics at Aalborg University (Faculty of Social Sciences) is recruiting two full-time postdoctoral researchers to work on the...
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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Hi pol/soc science community! Next semester, I teach a course on how to write a term paper in (empirical) political science. I love Powner's book "Empirical Research & Writing". Do you have any further recommendations (in English or German)? Looking forward to the wisdom of the crowd 🕵🏻‍♀️👩🏻‍💻
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
‼️ New paper out in @polbehavior.bsky.social ! We ask whether the politically active (in terms of electoral or other forms of participation) are better represented? See Jesper's detailed 🧵 below for more info on the paper! 👇
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Thorsten Faas @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de · 06/02/2026
Häufigste Antwort bei Menschen unter 50 "keine Partei", dann AfD...
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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky
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Theres Matthieß @theresmatthiess.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
💫Ein krönender Abschluss meines Seminars "Mehr als drei Jahrzehnte nach Mauerfall: Wie gespalten ist Deutschland?"! Die Studierenden durften @steffenmau.bsky.social interviewen. Danke für dir spannenden Einblicke und herzlich willkommen in Göttingen! @uni-goettingen.de @ifdemgoettingen.bsky.social
Gruppe von Studierenden und Steffen Mau vor der Alten Mensa in Göttingen.
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Congratulations to my amazing @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social colleague @stefanmueller.bsky.social on his latest project www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
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UCD-co-led research into AI’s influence on democracy awarded seed funding
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Lisa Zehnter @tiondelisa.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Das @manifestoproj.bsky.social analysiert seit vielen Jahren politische Texte - aber unser Datensatz ist voll mit Zahlen. In einem Artikel in den neuen WZB-Mitteilungen haben meine Kolleg:innen und ich anhand von sechs Zahlen beschrieben, was wir da eigentlich so machen. 🔍🖥️📄
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
New paper with Justin Robinson @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Our starting point is the observation that there is much variation in affective polarization across the UK. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Conflict on the campaign trail? How campaign effort and electoral competitiveness shape affective polarization
Concerns about the consequences of affective polarization for governing and democracy have resulted in a strong surge of publications on the topic. Th…
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Corinna Oschatz @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
AMSTERDAM ❤️ ALSO BEAUTIFUL IN WINTER 😍 🎿🧀 One more week to apply to this postdoc position in Political Communication @ascor.bsky.social Thank you for sharing 🫶 Please reach out if you have any questions. @polcomm.bsky.social @fgkommpol.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social
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Manifesto Project @manifestoproj.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📣 Come work with us! The @wzb.bsky.social Center for Civil Society Research is looking for a research associate/doctoral candidate (75%) for a 3 year period, starting on Apr 1, 2026. The researcher will work in the Manifesto Project. More: wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/428... Apply by Jan 25, 2026! 🗓️
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Research associate – doctoral candidate (75%) (ID 377)
The Manifesto Project analyses parties’ election manifestos in order to study parties’ policy preferences. To this end, the project conducts conte...
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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We (@stawi-univie.bsky.social) are hiring a PhD researcher: - focus: representation, party competition, pol behavior, pol institutions, pol econ, or related - 4 years, starting 1 Oct 26 - 30h/week, incl some teaching - deadline: 28 Jan 26 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🚨Job alert! 🚨 I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills. ⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26 More info:
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Research fellow (m/f/d) in the field of “contentious politics/political violence/autocratic politics” - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🧵 PhD position (75%) in Political Behavior / Political Communication / CSS 📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026 We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization
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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
@luiseante.bsky.social et al. geben hochspannende Einblicke in das Demokratieverständnis von Führungspersönlichkeiten in der FPÖ- und AfD-Jugend. Challenging Liberal Principles: Understanding of Democracy among Populist Radical Right Youth Leaders in Austria and Germany doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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Elisa Deiss-Helbig @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🚨 A must-read by my colleagues @iguinaudeau.bsky.social & @egrossman.bsky.social for anyone interested in French politics and the state of democracy more broadly
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Corinna Oschatz @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🫵WE WANT YOU 🎓 Are you interested in political communication, negative campaigning, and social norms? Are you experienced in quantitative methods? Do you have good rain clothes? Then our postdoc position might be just for you: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas
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Vacancy — Postdoc: "Role of Social Norms and Norms Transgression in the Acceptance of Negative Campaigning"
<p><span>Are you passionate about political communication, election campaigns, and quantitative empirical research? The Amsterdam School of Communication Research is seeking a highly motivated Postdoc for the research project<em> ‘That’s (not) appropriate’– Role of Social Norms and Norm Transgression in Voters’ Acceptance of Negative Campaigning, </em></span><span>led by Dr. Corinna Oschatz.</span></p>
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Corinna Kroeber @corinnakroeber.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years) We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald. ✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - International Research Training Group 2560 “Baltic Peripeties" 25/E19
Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
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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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Isabelle Guinaudeau @iguinaudeau.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
👀 À lire sur @laviedesidees.bsky.social : « La proportionnelle, une urgence démocratique », une note co-écrite avec @egrossman.bsky.social qui nous tient très à cœur dans la crise politique que nous traversons. laviedesidees.fr/La-proportio...
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La proportionnelle : une urgence démocratique
L'adoption du mode de scrutin proportionnel apparaît aujourd'hui, selon deux politistes, comme une condition nécessaire pour redonner à la démocratie française la capacité de renouer avec des gouverne...
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
From October 2025 - Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? - cup.org/4hIsvyV - Juha Ylisalo, @theresmatthiess.bsky.social, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the effectiveness of coalition governments in Germany, Finland, and hypothetically constructed vignettes, analyzing voter response to unfulfilled electoral pledges and the subtleties of coalition commitments.
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Simon Munzert @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🎅5️⃣ Do You Think You Can Tell How a Neighborhood Voted Just by Looking Around? By Emily Badger, Josh Katz, Kevin Quealy, and Rumsey Taylor from @upshot.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Do You Think You Can Tell How a Neighborhood Voted Just by Looking Around? (Published 2021)
An interactive, street-level tour of America’s full political landscape.
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Anna Kurella @annakurella.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Happy to share that the German Research Foundation DFG funds my new project: “Countering Polarization: The Borda count as a basis for proportional representation”. I am recruiting 2 PhD candidates to join me in Hannover as of March 2026 or later! Feel free to reach out!
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