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Timo Sprang

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PhD Candidate U of Frankfurt, Institute of Political Science.

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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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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Jetzt bewerben: Die Abteilung Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.09. (ggf. auch späterer Start möglich) eine studentische Hilfskraft (sechs Stunden/Woche), die uns in Forschung & Lehre unterstützt. Weitere Informationen hier 👇
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Stellenausschreibung wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft – FB 02 – Innenpolitik und Politische Soziologie
Am Institut für Politikwissenschaft ist im Bereich Innenpolitik/Politische Soziologie, Prof.-Dr. Kai Arzheimer, zum 01. September 2026 oder später eine Stelle als
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Werner Krause @krausewe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Overall, we find that a credible, costly, and ideologically grounded refusal of the far right can pay off for mainstream parties - without feeding the challenger. ... even in times of prior cooperation between both parties. Comments are very welcome! [6/6]
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Timo Sprang @timo-sprang.net · 03/07/2026
My article has officially moved from Online First into a fixed issue. Wanna find out why radicals receive fewer ministries when joining government coalitions? Read the full paper (open acces 🥳) here in the newest issue of @cpsjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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Radical Weakness—Do Radical Parties Receive Fewer Ministries? - Timo Sprang, 2026
Radical parties’ electoral surge has intensified debates about their inclusion in government coalitions. This article presents the most extensive analysis of mi...
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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Back from hiatus with some good news: my book has come out in German! Thankful to @springer.springernature.com for publishing and to Patrick Kraft for his help with this.
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 09/06/2026
🚨 🚨 🚨 new publication (with @antonialang.bsky.social) klaxon!!! Over the past decade, scholars have increasingly turned to “place” as a key factor in political behaviour — particularly on the far right, in Europe & the US. Urban-rural divides are especially intriguing. But are they true cleavages? 🤔
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 05/06/2026
It's way past time, so here comes the spring/summer 2026 update of the #FarRight bibliography. It's the third-largest ever and brings you 130 shiny new references, most of them published in the last 12 months. Buckle up for a 🧵 (or click the link for the article. Or do both?)
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Timo Sprang @timo-sprang.net · 28/05/2026
Very exciting!
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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Heute zu Gast in unserer #Forschungswerkstatt (kurzfristige Änderung!). Timo Sprang (Frankfurt) spricht über "Large Language Legislatures. Enhancing Validity and Transparency in Political Institutionalism Using LLM-Agents." Beginn: 16 Uhr in Raum P4 (Philosophicum) Alle sind herzlich willkommen!
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Timo Sprang @timo-sprang.net · 22/05/2026
Freue mich sehr auf die Gelegenheit!
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Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
New article out in @wepsocial.bsky.social, with Lucca Hoffeller: doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2026.2662884 We add a new perspective to research on congruence and political support: Group-based congruence, where citizens’ support depends on how well their social group’s preferences are represented. 🧵
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 14/04/2026
🚨New article🚨 What if the misguided construction of 'right-wing populism' has prevented us from holding the elite accountable and rejuvenate democracy? This is what @alexyates2000.bsky.social and I explore in our new article: 'There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’' 1/ shorturl.at/jptiu
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There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’: Reclaiming the emancipatory potential of populism in reactionary times | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’: Reclaiming the emancipatory potential of populism in reactionary times
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Antonia Lang @antonialang.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Delighted to see this paper, co-authored by brilliant @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social, published!
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
☀️Apply now for the Summer School on Parliaments @sgparliaments.bsky.social 🗓️27 Jul–6 Aug @goetheuni.bsky.social ✅️For PhD candidates & early‑career researchers Expect: Lectures delivered by leading scholars Student presentations & feedback sessions Opportunities for informal exchange & networking
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Deadline: 7 May
Summer School of the Standing Group on Parliaments, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 27 July – 6 August 2026
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Timo Sprang @timo-sprang.net · 15/04/2026
Really grateful that I had the chance to participate!
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
📸 Highlights from yesterday's #ECPRHouseSeries at the 🏔️ University of Innsbruck #ecprjs26 Thanks to 🎙️ @siljahausermann.bsky.social for her insights on party politics in European democracies @danyir.bsky.social @marcelojenny.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
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Constantin Wurthmann @wurthmann.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Today I received my official appointment as a W2 Professor of Political Behavior and Representation at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. As of April 1, this marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life and career—one I am very much looking forward to.
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Lisa Oswald @lfoswaldo.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Big news: I started a new position as Professor for Computational Social Science (W1 tenure track) at the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S) at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main! www.c3s-frankfurt.de/who-we-are#m...
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Who we are - Center for critical computational studies
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Osman Suntay @osmansuntay.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
🎉 I am excited and grateful to share that the second chapter of my dissertation is now forthcoming in the @thejop.bsky.social. it has been a long journey. Hours, thoughts, and re-assessments at each stage of the study, but it is finally here🥲 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... 1/9
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Religious Elites, (Non)Politicization, and Intergroup Attitudes among Muslim Immigrants in Germany | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 27/01/2026
Going forward from today, I’ll stop publishing and just repost this meme regularly #AcademicWriting #farright #radicalright
Two astronauts in space, one pointing a gun at the other, with Earth in the background and text reading “SO-CALLED RIGHT-WING POPULISM,” “Wait, it’s all RACISM?”, and “Always has been.”
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Corinna Kroeber @corinnakroeber.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
🚨 So excited about our new paper in @BJPS: h7.cl/1iliZ! We (Corinna, Lena, Camila, Sarah) analyze how gender shapes the extent to which ministers are scrutinized by parliament.
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Gender Bias in Legislative Oversight: Do Parliamentarians Control Women Ministers More Tightly than Men Ministers? | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Gender Bias in Legislative Oversight: Do Parliamentarians Control Women Ministers More Tightly than Men Ministers? - Volume 56
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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
We are happy to release the Paths to Power Dashboard. It is the perfect tool for politics nerds! You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/ It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below. The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 26/01/2026
History is not that relevant for #radicalright politics today. #OpenAccess 📝 #Germany #Prussia
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Oppression of Catholics in Prussia does not explain spatial differences in support for the radical right in Germany. A critique of Haffert (2022)
A growing literature links contemporary far-right mobilization to the “legacies” of events in the distant past, but often, the effects are small, and …
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 21/12/2025
Here's a relatively recent (2024) syllabus for an MA course on #farright #voting
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Far Right voting: a new reading list - kai arzheimer
I'm sharing my syllabus on the radical right vote in Europe.
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 22/12/2025
Because I have been such a good boy (once again), 🎅 has an early present for me: here's a brand-new (open access) article discussing the use of #radicalright as a concept in current scholarship. And if that wasn't already great (it is), there's more 1/3
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Radical Right
'Radical Right' published in 'IPSA Companion to Political Science'
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Timo Sprang @timo-sprang.net · 18/12/2025
Join us!
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sternburg @sternburg.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Das ist ein sehr schöner und wichtiger Text von Arno Widmann. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
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Unser Land soll schöner werden
Das Zentrum für politische Schönheit stellt in Berlin ein Walter-Lübcke-Denkmal vor die CDU-Parteizentrale.
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RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
T. Sprang. “Radical Weakness-Do Radical Parties Receive Fewer Ministries?” In: Comparative Political Studies online first (2025), pp. 1-38. dx.doi.org/10.1177/00104140251349670.
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Jessica Haak @haakjes.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
📢 Very happy that my first single-authored paper found its home at @environmentalpol.bsky.social 🌱 I am beyond thankful to all the fantastic people who gave me feedback and supported me along the way! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (1/5)🧵
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Everywhere you vote, you always take the weather with you: the effects of local temperature anomalies on Green party voting
Does local exposure to weather extremes and anomalies influence voting behavior? Previous research has linked extreme weather events, temperature anomalies, and attitudes toward climate change. How...
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Sascha Schmidt @saschaschmidt.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Sehr guter Kommentar zu den absurden Erzählungen des Hessischen Innenministers und des Ministerpräsidenten: "Es gab keine „bürgerkriegsähnlichen Zustände“ in Gießen. Mit ihrem Framing übernimmt die hessische Regierung die AfD-Rhetorik."
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Bürgerkriegs-Rhetorik nach Gießen: Rhein und Poseck übertreiben – und schaden der Demokratie
Es gab keine „bürgerkriegsähnlichen Zustände“ in Gießen. Wer das behauptet, spielt der AfD wirklich in die Karten – und nicht die überwiegend friedlichen Demonstranten.
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 02/12/2025
Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇
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Marius Perrin @mariusperrin.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🇸🇪 I am very happy to announce that my first article, based on my master's thesis, is now out in open access in Scandinavian Political Studies! doi.org/10.1111/1467...
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Gamson's Law in the City Hall: The Populist Radical Right and the Dilemma of Allocating Municipal Portfolios in Sweden
Does the proportional distribution of office payoffs between coalition partners, known as ‘Gamson's Law’, hold at the local level? And can the inclusion of a populist radical right (PRR) party in a c...
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 16/11/2025
Why do @theresabernemann.bsky.social, @timo-sprang.net and I believe that #History is overrated (where the #farright is concerned)? #Videoabstract, full free article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 📓 💻
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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Der @juergenklatzer.bsky.social hat mich zu unserer (@manuelwagner.bsky.social) jüngsten Studie über Politiker:innen aus der Arbeiterklasse befragt: www.falter.at/maily/202511...
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Interview: "Politik ist zu einem Mittel- und Oberschichtgewerbe geworden"
Woher rekrutieren Parteien ihr politisches Personal? Eine neue Studie hat sich die Biografien von 2000 Regierungsmitgliedern angeschaut und liefert spannende Ergebnisse.
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Thorsten Faas @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de · 11/11/2025
Edeltraud Roller wäre heute 68 geworden.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 05/11/2025
Here's next week's cover of the New Yorker
A New Yorker magazine cover illustration showing a crowded subway car filled with diverse passengers of different ages, ethnicities, and styles. New NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is in the middle of the scene, holding on to the rail.
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jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Crazy story: I finished my habilitation with my inaugural lecture last Thursday.👩‍🎓 A lot of work completed under not always easy circumstances: #MomInAcademia #FirstGen At the same time, I am grateful for all the support along the way 🍀🙏 @kai-arzheimer.com @jasminriedl.bsky.social & Simon Franzmann
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Jessica Haak @haakjes.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Bildungssystem durchgespielt!🎓✨Antrittsvorlesung der großartigen @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social mit würdigem Ende (s. Bild). Eine inspirierende & engagiertere Wissenschaftlerin, geschätzte Koautorin & wichtige Wegbegleiterin: danke, dass ich bei diesem besonderen Moment dabei sein durfte!
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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 30/10/2025
Top work with top peeps @theresabernemann.bsky.social & @timo-sprang.net
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Dominic Nyhuis @donyhu.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I find it so silly seeing so many articles that claim X percent of ChatGPT answers are wrong. I can create a test where it gets 100 percent of the questions wrong. To me, that's an irrelevant metric. It's on users to understand what good questions are to ask of AI, what good use cases are.
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Laurenz 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.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Look. It would be great if there was one simple trick for winning elections. But 'just be more moderate' isn't it. In fact, you can use the NYT's exact method to 'prove' a 'Progressive Advantage' of +1.4 pts. This piece shows what's really going on: funded candidates do better than unfunded ones.
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The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion
After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.
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Timo Sprang @timo-sprang.net · 22/10/2025
Word.
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Jessica Haak @haakjes.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
⌛ Time flew by during my research stay at @gesis.org Cologne this Aug/Sept! I had the pleasure of working with Dennis Abel & Stefan Jünger on how weather extremes shape climate policy support across political orientations. Grateful for the inspiring environment and great collaboration!
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Timo Sprang @timo-sprang.net · 17/10/2025
Missed this, but amazing feeling to be known by this great bot! 😎
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Simon Otjes @simonotjes.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
It would make government formation more difficult, coalitions less stable and decrease governability. Small parties like SGP and CU play a crucial role in ensuring the governability of this country. Larger parties make the country difficult to govern with their mutual vetos
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Jens Wäckerle @jwaeckerle.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner: Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries Harmonized roles/policy areas Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940 Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p ⬇️
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GESIS-Suche
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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
There's a fascinating case study to be done on the different strategies of Macron and Sánchez. Both emerged, against the odds, from centrist milieux in the mid-2010s to lead their countries since 2017/18. But their fates are totally different.
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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I'm super happy & proud to be able to work with this rock star group of a team (and academic guests)! 🧠🧠🧠💫🙏 @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social - and it's really nice to check out parts of Frankfurt that I hadn't been to as part of our team event
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Armin Schaefer @arminschaefer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
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