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Danny Schindler
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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
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
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
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sgparliaments.bsky.social
Final reminder - deadline today! 🚨🦉
January 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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constitutionnet.bsky.social
🗞️ In our latest newsletter:

✍️ Expert analyses on #Djibouti and #Kyrgyzstan
🌍 News from around the world
📚 New Constitutional Studies journal issue and ConstitutionNet annual retrospective
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January 7, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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hallehellmann.bsky.social
„Wenn es keine Parteien gäbe, müssten sie erfunden werden.“ Ich durfte im „Was ist da los?“-Podcast der Brandenburgischen Landeszentrale für Politische Bildung Brandenburg über Parteien und ihre Zukunft sprechen.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5PNy...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
danschindler.bsky.social
Are parliamentary party groups dominated by their leaders? Drawing on more than 100 groups from such different places as Armenia, Mexico and Sweden, our study finds that formalization and ideology matter for the level of elite domination. Group size and type of government do not.👉 shorturl.at/1r9mz
December 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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eliaskoch.bsky.social
Happy to share that @ecprtheloop.bsky.social has published a blogpost summarising the key findings from my paper @wepsocial.bsky.social on how opposition party strategies relate to their performance in election polls.

Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Blog post: shorturl.at/lLPgm
How election polls shape government-opposition conflict
Elias Koch finds that opposition parties become more confrontational towards the government when losing in the polls, and particularly when their support drops below the previous election result. But ...
theloop.ecpr.eu
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
danschindler.bsky.social
Im neuen @iparl.bsky.social Podcast geht's um ein unterschätztes Instrument direkter Bürgerbeteiligung: den Petitionsausschuss @bundestag.de, dessen wichtige Arbeit auch einen Dienst an der Demokratie erbringt. @hallehellmann.bsky.social hat u.a. mit @corinna-rueffer.de gesprochen. shorturl.at/qbTMD
28: "Ich habe da ein Anliegen" - Zum Petitionswesen des Deutschen Bundestags
Was passiert eigentlich, wenn eine Petition im Bundestag eingereicht wird? Wie wird entschieden, welche Anliegen im Bundestag behandelt werden, und welche Rolle spielt der Petitionsausschuss dabei? In...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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iparl.bsky.social
Sie haben ein Anliegen? Evtl. kann der Petitionsausschuss des @bundestag.de Ihnen helfen! In der neuesten Folge des 🎙️ #zwischenruf 🎙️besprechen wir mit Angelika Pendzich-von Winter und @corinna-rueffer.de was Petitionen sind und was aus ihnen werden kann.
👉https://zwischenruf.podigee.io/31-petitionen
"Ich habe da ein Anliegen" - Zum Petitionswesen des Deutschen Bundestags
Was passiert eigentlich, wenn eine Petition im Bundestag eingereicht wird? Wie wird entschieden, welche Anliegen im Bundestag behandelt werden, und welche Rolle spielt der Petitionsausschuss dabei? In...
zwischenruf.podigee.io
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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swud.bsky.social
Wir fördern, forschen und vernetzen - mit dem Ziel, die freiheitliche Demokratie zu stärken.

🏛️ Forschung im @iparl.bsky.social
🌐 wissenschaftliche Inhalte im @pw-portal.bsky.social
🗞️ die Fachzeitschrift @sirius-journal.bsky.social
🎤 Veranstaltungen in Kiel
🔎 Förderpartnerschaften

📸 Waldemar Krause
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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iparl.bsky.social
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
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psa-parliaments.bsky.social
✏️ 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...
Why democratic financial governance needs a systems revolution – PSA Parliaments
psaparliaments.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
danschindler.bsky.social
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
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frechelena.bsky.social
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
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
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calixtebloquet.bsky.social
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!
Sign of the 151st IPU Assembly in Geneva A table of 5 women panelists. One of them is speaking in a microphone, the others listening in headphones. Sign of the WYDE Women's Leadership programme A big conference room with attendees facing a table of panelists. In the background, a screen introduces the parity debate on equal care.
October 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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lenastephan.bsky.social
📢 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/...
Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen - Nomos eLibrary
www.nomos-elibrary.de
September 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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timo-sprang.net
🧵 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 👇
June 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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pluggedchris.bsky.social
Wir suchen Wahlhilfenhelfer zur #Kommunalwahl in #Hessen 2026.
👉 Anmeldung zur Infoveranstaltung: tudaipol.limesurvey.net/994956?lang=de
October 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM
danschindler.bsky.social
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
October 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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marcgeddes.uk
🚨 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...
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September 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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hallehellmann.bsky.social
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
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dalangmalang.bsky.social
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
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ganghof.bsky.social
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...
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September 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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amalsethi.bsky.social
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...
Public Law and Political Oppositions: An Introduction to a Complex Relationship - Nomos eLibrary
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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amalsethi.bsky.social
@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.
August 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM