Danny Schindler
@danschindler.bsky.social
Director @iparl.bsky.social | parliaments & parties & opposition & constitutions | dad of three | police inspector off duty
https://www.iparl.de/team/dr-danny-schindler/
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Danny Schindler
@danschindler.bsky.social
· Mar 14
Recall rules as a legalistic autocrat’s toolkit. The case of Zimbabwe
While research on autocratic legalism has shown that incumbents deploy various legal instruments to ensure their survival, the use of recall rules to subdue opposition forces has received little at...
t1p.de
When democracy-enhancing recalls turn into means of autocratic consolidation. My case study on 🇿🇼 in @democratization.bsky.social shows
how recalls served as
post-electoral mechanism to
disrupt the opposition and weaken the legislature as institution of contestation. 👉 t1p.de/2uneh
how recalls served as
post-electoral mechanism to
disrupt the opposition and weaken the legislature as institution of contestation. 👉 t1p.de/2uneh
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Many thanks to @lenastephan.bsky.social (University of Greifswald) for the insightful presentation of her dissertation project “Stepping Stone or Pitfall? Politically Engaged Women Staffers Rather Work Behind the Scenes Than Run for Elected Office” at the #IParlKolloquium! 👏
October 31, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Many thanks to @lenastephan.bsky.social (University of Greifswald) for the insightful presentation of her dissertation project “Stepping Stone or Pitfall? Politically Engaged Women Staffers Rather Work Behind the Scenes Than Run for Elected Office” at the #IParlKolloquium! 👏
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✏️ Franklin De Vrieze has written another interesting blog—this time he explores parliaments and financial governance!
Read more here: psaparliaments.org/2025/10/27/w...
Read more here: psaparliaments.org/2025/10/27/w...
Why democratic financial governance needs a systems revolution – PSA Parliaments
psaparliaments.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
✏️ Franklin De Vrieze has written another interesting blog—this time he explores parliaments and financial governance!
Read more here: psaparliaments.org/2025/10/27/w...
Read more here: psaparliaments.org/2025/10/27/w...
What role for the opposition in democracies under populist attack? While opposition rights help to fight illiberal actions by populists in power, the same rights can fuel populist success when in the hands of populists in opposition. Institutional designers face hard choices. 👉 shorturl.at/h6IhJ
shorturl.at
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
What role for the opposition in democracies under populist attack? While opposition rights help to fight illiberal actions by populists in power, the same rights can fuel populist success when in the hands of populists in opposition. Institutional designers face hard choices. 👉 shorturl.at/h6IhJ
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Wie gehen eigentlich Kind und Politische Karriere zusammen? im Zwischenruf Podcast des IParl Diskutiere ich mit Nadine Heselhaus (MdB) über Herausforderungen und Reformideen. Hier:
Mandat, Mutter, Kind - Eltern im Parlament zwischenruf.podigee.io/30-eltern-im-p…
@iparl.bsky.social @spdfraktion.de
Mandat, Mutter, Kind - Eltern im Parlament zwischenruf.podigee.io/30-eltern-im-p…
@iparl.bsky.social @spdfraktion.de
27: Mandat, Mutter, Kind - Eltern im Parlament
Mit einem Mandat ist es gewissermaßen wie mit einer Schwangerschaft – man weiß vorher nicht wirklich worauf man sich einlässt. Umso schwieriger ist es, wenn beides zusammen gestemmt wird, denn Abgeord...
https://zwischenruf.podigee.io/30-eltern-im-p…
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Wie gehen eigentlich Kind und Politische Karriere zusammen? im Zwischenruf Podcast des IParl Diskutiere ich mit Nadine Heselhaus (MdB) über Herausforderungen und Reformideen. Hier:
Mandat, Mutter, Kind - Eltern im Parlament zwischenruf.podigee.io/30-eltern-im-p…
@iparl.bsky.social @spdfraktion.de
Mandat, Mutter, Kind - Eltern im Parlament zwischenruf.podigee.io/30-eltern-im-p…
@iparl.bsky.social @spdfraktion.de
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I got to share some research at the #IPU151. I talked about why diverse representation in parliament matters, why it was rarely acheived, and how we can go about changing this, with the people who actually have the power to. Not gonna lie, I have rarely felt my work to be more meaningful than today!
October 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I got to share some research at the #IPU151. I talked about why diverse representation in parliament matters, why it was rarely acheived, and how we can go about changing this, with the people who actually have the power to. Not gonna lie, I have rarely felt my work to be more meaningful than today!
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📢 Neue Publikation
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen - Nomos eLibrary
www.nomos-elibrary.de
September 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📢 Neue Publikation
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...
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🧵 Do radical parties receive fewer ministries? I investigated this fundamental question in my first single-authored article which is now online in
@cpsjournal.bsky.social. Find out here 👇
@cpsjournal.bsky.social. Find out here 👇
June 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🧵 Do radical parties receive fewer ministries? I investigated this fundamental question in my first single-authored article which is now online in
@cpsjournal.bsky.social. Find out here 👇
@cpsjournal.bsky.social. Find out here 👇
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Wir suchen Wahlhilfenhelfer zur #Kommunalwahl in #Hessen 2026.
👉 Anmeldung zur Infoveranstaltung: tudaipol.limesurvey.net/994956?lang=de
👉 Anmeldung zur Infoveranstaltung: tudaipol.limesurvey.net/994956?lang=de
October 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Wir suchen Wahlhilfenhelfer zur #Kommunalwahl in #Hessen 2026.
👉 Anmeldung zur Infoveranstaltung: tudaipol.limesurvey.net/994956?lang=de
👉 Anmeldung zur Infoveranstaltung: tudaipol.limesurvey.net/994956?lang=de
When and how do constitutions recognize the principle of opposition? My article, Constitutionalizing dissent: The universe of opposition rules in African constitutions, published as Open Access in @globcon.bsky.social, now has a volume number. 😊
👉 shorturl.at/qaFfv
👉 shorturl.at/qaFfv
October 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
When and how do constitutions recognize the principle of opposition? My article, Constitutionalizing dissent: The universe of opposition rules in African constitutions, published as Open Access in @globcon.bsky.social, now has a volume number. 😊
👉 shorturl.at/qaFfv
👉 shorturl.at/qaFfv
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🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SPARK)
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience in the politics of the UK, Scottish, German or Bavarian parliaments to join the UKRI-funded research project, ‘Studying Parliaments an...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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It is amazing how different countries manage their elections differently while still facing similar challenges. On our conference on electoral management we brought together a wide variety of different perspectives: Practitioners, Academics from different disciplines and different countries.
September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It is amazing how different countries manage their elections differently while still facing similar challenges. On our conference on electoral management we brought together a wide variety of different perspectives: Practitioners, Academics from different disciplines and different countries.
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Late to the party. New publication with Axel Bayer in the International Political Science Review about political interactions of MPs in Zambia that switched their party affiliation. doi.org/10.1177/0192...
July 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Late to the party. New publication with Axel Bayer in the International Political Science Review about political interactions of MPs in Zambia that switched their party affiliation. doi.org/10.1177/0192...
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What constitutional forms of democracy exist in the world today and what’s their rationale? A forthcoming paper of mine in Global Constitutionalism @globcon.bsky.social gives some new answers to these questions. Short 🧵https://shorturl.at/iWAeg
(PDF) Taking democracy seriously A theory and global typology of democratic forms of government
PDF | Although the distinction between presidential, parliamentary and hybrid forms of government is fundamental to the study of democratic... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Resear...
shorturl.at
September 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
What constitutional forms of democracy exist in the world today and what’s their rationale? A forthcoming paper of mine in Global Constitutionalism @globcon.bsky.social gives some new answers to these questions. Short 🧵https://shorturl.at/iWAeg
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You can read our introduction here: doi.org/10.5771/0506...
The full issue (open access) is available here: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
The full issue (open access) is available here: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
Public Law and Political Oppositions: An Introduction to a Complex Relationship - Nomos eLibrary
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
You can read our introduction here: doi.org/10.5771/0506...
The full issue (open access) is available here: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
The full issue (open access) is available here: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.5771/0...
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@danschindler.bsky.social, Michael Riegner, and I have co-edited a special issue for World Comparative Law / VRÜ on the theme of Public Law and Political Oppositions.
The symposium examines how law frames, enables, and constrains political opposition across different constitutional settings.
The symposium examines how law frames, enables, and constrains political opposition across different constitutional settings.
August 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@danschindler.bsky.social, Michael Riegner, and I have co-edited a special issue for World Comparative Law / VRÜ on the theme of Public Law and Political Oppositions.
The symposium examines how law frames, enables, and constrains political opposition across different constitutional settings.
The symposium examines how law frames, enables, and constrains political opposition across different constitutional settings.
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In einem Monat, am 18. & 19.9., trifft sich die Wahlforschungscommunity zur Jahrestagung des AK Wahlen & pol. Einstellungen der @dvpw.bsky.social an der FU Berlin.
Spannendes Programm, freundliche Kolleg:innen!
Anmeldung über meine.dvpw.de bis zum 1.9. möglich.
Siehe: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...
Spannendes Programm, freundliche Kolleg:innen!
Anmeldung über meine.dvpw.de bis zum 1.9. möglich.
Siehe: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...
August 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
In einem Monat, am 18. & 19.9., trifft sich die Wahlforschungscommunity zur Jahrestagung des AK Wahlen & pol. Einstellungen der @dvpw.bsky.social an der FU Berlin.
Spannendes Programm, freundliche Kolleg:innen!
Anmeldung über meine.dvpw.de bis zum 1.9. möglich.
Siehe: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...
Spannendes Programm, freundliche Kolleg:innen!
Anmeldung über meine.dvpw.de bis zum 1.9. möglich.
Siehe: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...
Taming tyranny? Happy to see my study on opposition rights in non-democratic regimes published. 😊 In short, it explores the constitutional architecture of opposition rights in electoral autocracies as well as the reasons for and consequences of legal empowerment. 👉 shorturl.at/8Of0D
August 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Taming tyranny? Happy to see my study on opposition rights in non-democratic regimes published. 😊 In short, it explores the constitutional architecture of opposition rights in electoral autocracies as well as the reasons for and consequences of legal empowerment. 👉 shorturl.at/8Of0D
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📢🗣️...Are you a graduate students about to go on the market? Or perhaps you're just interested in research presentations. If so, check out my free two-day workshop:
The Research Presentation as Storytelling
The Research Presentation as Storytelling
August 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
📢🗣️...Are you a graduate students about to go on the market? Or perhaps you're just interested in research presentations. If so, check out my free two-day workshop:
The Research Presentation as Storytelling
The Research Presentation as Storytelling
In der Reihe „Nachdenken über Demokratie“ beleuchtet der Bürgerverein Demokratieort Paulskirche regelmäßig Themen, die seit den Tagen der Frankfurter Nationalversammlung für das Gelingen von Demokratie wichtig sind. Die Auswahl des Personals gehört zweifelsohne dazu. Freu mich auf die Veranstaltung!
August 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
In der Reihe „Nachdenken über Demokratie“ beleuchtet der Bürgerverein Demokratieort Paulskirche regelmäßig Themen, die seit den Tagen der Frankfurter Nationalversammlung für das Gelingen von Demokratie wichtig sind. Die Auswahl des Personals gehört zweifelsohne dazu. Freu mich auf die Veranstaltung!
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Die #Mitgliederzahlen der Parteien Ende 2024 (und die Entwicklung zum Vorjahr) aus der jährlichen Studie von Oskar Niedermayer.
Die Entwicklung in früheren Jahren: bsky.app/profile/wahl...
Die Entwicklung in früheren Jahren: bsky.app/profile/wahl...
August 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Die #Mitgliederzahlen der Parteien Ende 2024 (und die Entwicklung zum Vorjahr) aus der jährlichen Studie von Oskar Niedermayer.
Die Entwicklung in früheren Jahren: bsky.app/profile/wahl...
Die Entwicklung in früheren Jahren: bsky.app/profile/wahl...
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🆕 #Germany 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ @lucykinski.bsky.social & Simon D Brause report on a year of political upheaval with 4 major elections, as #AfD + #BSW gained support, the economic crisis deepened + snap elections were called for 2025 after the coalition collapsed. #OlafScholz
✍️ buff.ly/A1whugR
🗳️ @lucykinski.bsky.social & Simon D Brause report on a year of political upheaval with 4 major elections, as #AfD + #BSW gained support, the economic crisis deepened + snap elections were called for 2025 after the coalition collapsed. #OlafScholz
✍️ buff.ly/A1whugR
July 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🆕 #Germany 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ @lucykinski.bsky.social & Simon D Brause report on a year of political upheaval with 4 major elections, as #AfD + #BSW gained support, the economic crisis deepened + snap elections were called for 2025 after the coalition collapsed. #OlafScholz
✍️ buff.ly/A1whugR
🗳️ @lucykinski.bsky.social & Simon D Brause report on a year of political upheaval with 4 major elections, as #AfD + #BSW gained support, the economic crisis deepened + snap elections were called for 2025 after the coalition collapsed. #OlafScholz
✍️ buff.ly/A1whugR
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Happy to see @ankuepfer.bsky.social's & my study on when politicians engage in discourse — and when they prefer to avoid it — featured at @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social!
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
When do politicians engage in discourse – and when do they avoid it?
Ideological polarisation shapes who debates whom in the German Bundestag, but substantive discourse may become less common in the years ahead.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Happy to see @ankuepfer.bsky.social's & my study on when politicians engage in discourse — and when they prefer to avoid it — featured at @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social!
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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Suche zum Wintersemester eine:n Wiss. Mitarbeiter:in (75 %) @uni-goettingen.de und freue mich über Bewerbungen/Weiterleiten
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
June 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Suche zum Wintersemester eine:n Wiss. Mitarbeiter:in (75 %) @uni-goettingen.de und freue mich über Bewerbungen/Weiterleiten
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht...
Steht Julia Klöckner zu Recht in der Kritik? Ein paar Gedanken dazu konnte ich zu diesem Artikel beisteuern. t1p.de/637a8 Klar ist, es braucht eine gleichermaßen robuste wie unparteiische Amtsführung, um aufgeheizte Debatten zu leiten, ohne den parlamentarischen Meinungsstreit einzuschränken.
"Ihr höchstes Gut ist ihre Reputation": So neutral ist die Bundestagspräsidentin
Keine Regenbogenflagge, dafür immer wieder Ordnungsrufe: Die CDU-Politikerin polarisiert, die Kritik an Klöckners Amtsführung reißt nicht ab. Zu Recht?
t1p.de
July 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Steht Julia Klöckner zu Recht in der Kritik? Ein paar Gedanken dazu konnte ich zu diesem Artikel beisteuern. t1p.de/637a8 Klar ist, es braucht eine gleichermaßen robuste wie unparteiische Amtsführung, um aufgeheizte Debatten zu leiten, ohne den parlamentarischen Meinungsstreit einzuschränken.
