Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti
dasalgon.bsky.social
Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti
@dasalgon.bsky.social
Political scientist
WZB Berlin Social Science Center/FU Berlin
Web: http://saldiviagonzatti.com/
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🚨🎉New Publication Friday 🎉🚨

Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians

w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social

Out now in Political Communication.

#polisky #commsky

doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
Social media platforms now play a central role in election campaigns for parties and politicians. Yet comparatively little research has compared how these actors use these platforms during and outs...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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💡New publication with @tevoelker.bsky.social and @swenhutter.bsky.social:

"Civil Society and Democracy" In: List, R.A., Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society

link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
Civil Society and Democracy
link.springer.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Welchen Beitrag leisten »Mainstream-Parteien« zur Normalisierung von #rechtsextreme​m Gedankengut? Wie die extreme #Rechte die #Politik der Mitte beeinflusst, haben @tevoelker.bsky.social und @dasalgon.bsky.social von der @wzb.bsky.social in ihrer #Studie zu »Far-right #AgendaSetting« erforscht:
Wie die extreme Rechte die Politik der Mitte beeinflusst
Welchen Beitrag leisten Parteien der Mitte in westlichen Demokratien zur Normalisierung von rechtsextremem Gedankengut und Themen? Einen erheblichen, wie Teresa Völker und Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti...
www.wzb.eu
October 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Next week my partner, Lenka Vrablikova, will become a liver donor to her identical twin Katka. They are raising money to cover the costs this life-saving surgery . Please donate if you are able to:

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-katka...
October 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)!

If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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I'm very excited, extremely grateful and deeply honoured to receive the Best Dissertation Award from the German Political Science Association(DVPW)!
🏆 Der #DVPW #Dissertationspreis 2025 wird geteilt und geht an Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social und Julian Michel @julianpolsci.bsky.social!

Beide Arbeiten leisten einen herausragenden Beitrag zur Erforschung der #Stabilität von #Demokratie.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥳
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Our recent paper on civil society and cleavage formation (w @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social) was featured in the Research-in-Brief series at @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social. Check out their summary of the project here 😊 cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/news/civil-s...
Civil Society, Cleavages, and Political Parties in Western Europe
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]
cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu
October 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris).
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:

#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
Welcome! – VARICRIS
VARICRIS research project
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Our new article "Far-right contention in civil society"@europeansocieties.bsky.social is out now: direct.mit.edu/euso/article...

Check the thread below for a summary ⬇️
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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I contributed some quotes citing our research to this @euobserver.com piece on the German center-right's relation to the far right.
🔗 euobserver.com/migration/ar...

TDLR: We are witnessing a shift in the party of Merkel's "Yes we can" towards ethno-nationalist frames widely used by the far right.
Germany's Merz under pressure from CDU to abandon 'firewall' against AfD
As Germany prepares for five state elections next year, chancellor Friedrich Merz's center-right CDU faces a dilemma over how to handle the surging influence and popularity of the far-right Alternativ...
euobserver.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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💫New paper out with @chjncke.bsky.social in @europeansocieties.bsky.social:

📝"Far-right contention in civil society: Multiple lenses on action repertoires, actors, and targets"

🧵A short thread about the paper:
October 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Delighted to see @theguardian.com covering the findings of a 🇩🇪 study by @dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social on how political opponents can unintentionally amplify far-right narratives #AfD 🗞️

📘 Read their article in our First View, or check out the coverage 📰
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
buff.ly
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Mit WDR 3 Resonanzen habe ich heute über die Aussagen von Friedrich Merz gesprochen, darüber wie sein Kurs die radikale Rechte normalisiert und stärkt und warum er vielleicht mal öfter mit jungen Frauen sprechen sollte.

www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...
Konservativer Anti-Migrationskurs befeuert die AfD
Wenn konservative Kräfte die Narrative von Rechtspopulisten übernehmen, hilft das den Rechts-Außen-Parteien statt sie zu schwächen. Das zeigt die EU-weite Forschung des Politologen Tarik Abou-Chadi.
www1.wdr.de
October 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Wie die AfD die Rhetorik der anderen Parteien beeinflusst&die Debatte zu Migration bestimmt. Die Ergebnissen unseres Papers mit @dasalgon.bsky.social in der @tagesschau.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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If you've been reading that fantastic new paper by @dasalgon.bsky.social & @tevoelker.bsky.social on how mainstream parties lose if they adopt far-right issues:
We looked at a case study & found similar dynamics for media.
This was partly based on data from Daniel & Teresa!❤️
bsky.app/profile/curd...
October 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda" - for the @theguardian.com, @ashifakassam.bsky.social summed up our study.

@tevoelker.bsky.social and I answered some questions to put our results into context. Give it a read!

Study: bit.ly/4hhRFUN
October 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Great write-up of an important study by @tevoelker.bsky.social and @dasalgon.bsky.social. Far-right actors have been very successful in setting the political agenda. Many in politics and media still ignore this. They argue "immigration is important to people, hence we need to talk about immigration"
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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“Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right”

How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In our new article, @tevoelker.bsky.social and I show how far-right actors have increased their influence on mainstream parties' agenda-setting.

For the @euobserver.com, Hannah Kriwah has written about our study, and I had the pleasure to comment on it.

euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 far right; mainstream parties; political communication; agenda setting; automated text analysis
@dasalgon.bsky.social · @tevoelker.bsky.social
@ejprjournal.bsky.social
Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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🆕 Research by @dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social shows how far-right actors increasingly shape the agendas of mainstream parties—especially around Islam, migration & cultural issues.

📖 buff.ly/PbHSKpC
#politics #communication #mainstreaming
Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream
buff.ly
October 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/sGDTDQV

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
October 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM