The Politics of Inequality
@excinequality.bsky.social
Cluster of Excellence @uni-konstanz.de. We study how people perceive inequality, how this leads to collective mobilization, and how political actors respond to it.
📖 Grenzgänger*innen oder ansässige Erwerbstätige aus dem Ausland - wer wird von der lokalen Bevölkerung mehr akzeptiert? Neue Studie unserer Co-Sprecherin Gabriele Spilker @uni-konstanz.de und Lena Maria Schaffer von der @uniluzern.bsky.social ➡️ t1p.de/pm3w4
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
📖 Grenzgänger*innen oder ansässige Erwerbstätige aus dem Ausland - wer wird von der lokalen Bevölkerung mehr akzeptiert? Neue Studie unserer Co-Sprecherin Gabriele Spilker @uni-konstanz.de und Lena Maria Schaffer von der @uniluzern.bsky.social ➡️ t1p.de/pm3w4
🎙️Staffelfinale des In_equality Podcast: Wie politisch ist unser Einkaufszettel? @mbusemeyer.bsky.social, Gabi Spilker & Sebastian Koos über politischen und nachhaltigen Konsum, soziale Ungleichheit und Boykott. Live aufgenommen im Rahmen der Sustainability Week @uni-konstanz.de ➡️ t1p.de/7let1
February 4, 2026 at 10:40 AM
🎙️Staffelfinale des In_equality Podcast: Wie politisch ist unser Einkaufszettel? @mbusemeyer.bsky.social, Gabi Spilker & Sebastian Koos über politischen und nachhaltigen Konsum, soziale Ungleichheit und Boykott. Live aufgenommen im Rahmen der Sustainability Week @uni-konstanz.de ➡️ t1p.de/7let1
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Really happy to share that my PhD research has received a prize by the Landkreis Konstanz🏆
Big thanks to my supervisors, colleagues as well to @excinequality.bsky.social for providing such a great research environment.
📸 Foto: Universität Konstanz / Torben Nuding
Big thanks to my supervisors, colleagues as well to @excinequality.bsky.social for providing such a great research environment.
📸 Foto: Universität Konstanz / Torben Nuding
February 3, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Really happy to share that my PhD research has received a prize by the Landkreis Konstanz🏆
Big thanks to my supervisors, colleagues as well to @excinequality.bsky.social for providing such a great research environment.
📸 Foto: Universität Konstanz / Torben Nuding
Big thanks to my supervisors, colleagues as well to @excinequality.bsky.social for providing such a great research environment.
📸 Foto: Universität Konstanz / Torben Nuding
Join the next BAGSS Semester Colloquium with our Co-Speaker @cdiehl.bsky.social
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Our next BAGSS Semester Colloquium, in collaboration with the Institute of Sociology, is just around the corner. We are delighted to welcome Professor Claudia Diehl (@excinequality.bsky.social), who will present and discuss her research on students' motives for restricting academic freedom.
Our next BAGSS Semester Colloquium, in collaboration with the Institute of Sociology, is just around the corner. We are delighted to welcome Professor Claudia Diehl (@excinequality.bsky.social), who will present and discuss her research on students' motives for restricting academic freedom.
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Join the next BAGSS Semester Colloquium with our Co-Speaker @cdiehl.bsky.social
Registration for the In_equality Conference 2026 is now open!
📅 15–17 April 2026
📍 Bodenseeforum Konstanz & online
❗️On-site registration until 15 March 2026; online participation until 8 April 2026
➡️ More info and registration: inequality-conference.de
@uni-konstanz.de
📅 15–17 April 2026
📍 Bodenseeforum Konstanz & online
❗️On-site registration until 15 March 2026; online participation until 8 April 2026
➡️ More info and registration: inequality-conference.de
@uni-konstanz.de
January 29, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Registration for the In_equality Conference 2026 is now open!
📅 15–17 April 2026
📍 Bodenseeforum Konstanz & online
❗️On-site registration until 15 March 2026; online participation until 8 April 2026
➡️ More info and registration: inequality-conference.de
@uni-konstanz.de
📅 15–17 April 2026
📍 Bodenseeforum Konstanz & online
❗️On-site registration until 15 March 2026; online participation until 8 April 2026
➡️ More info and registration: inequality-conference.de
@uni-konstanz.de
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A school-based career exploration programme in India raised female students’ aspirations and confidence by improving access to information and role models, but persistent structural constraints prevented these gains from translating into medium-term behavioural change.
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
A school-based career exploration programme in India raised female students’ aspirations and confidence by improving access to information and role models, but persistent structural constraints prevented these gains from translating into medium-term behavioural change.
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Forschende von #UniKonstanz @excinequality.bsky.social + @sfiscience.bsky.social haben herausgefunden, dass Klima-Verbote grüne Werte untergraben können. Besser sind gut konzipierte Maßnahmen, die als wirksam wahrgenommen werden und nicht zu sehr in die Privatsphäre eindringen. Details: t1p.de/j4csq
January 27, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Forschende von #UniKonstanz @excinequality.bsky.social + @sfiscience.bsky.social haben herausgefunden, dass Klima-Verbote grüne Werte untergraben können. Besser sind gut konzipierte Maßnahmen, die als wirksam wahrgenommen werden und nicht zu sehr in die Privatsphäre eindringen. Details: t1p.de/j4csq
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🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨
We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.
4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026
Please share widely 🙏
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We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.
4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026
Please share widely 🙏
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Postdoctoral Position at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”
Deadline: 20 February 2026, 12:00 pm CET
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January 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨
We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.
4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026
Please share widely 🙏
The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...
We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.
4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026
Please share widely 🙏
The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...
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Happy to share this new paper @jeppjournal.bsky.social with my great colleagues @dweisstanner.bsky.social & Carsten Jensen.
In "Winning with equality", we show "how left-wing parties attract votes but [in doing so] amplify electoral cleavages"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Key points in 📈👇
In "Winning with equality", we show "how left-wing parties attract votes but [in doing so] amplify electoral cleavages"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Key points in 📈👇
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Happy to share this new paper @jeppjournal.bsky.social with my great colleagues @dweisstanner.bsky.social & Carsten Jensen.
In "Winning with equality", we show "how left-wing parties attract votes but [in doing so] amplify electoral cleavages"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Key points in 📈👇
In "Winning with equality", we show "how left-wing parties attract votes but [in doing so] amplify electoral cleavages"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Key points in 📈👇
📽️ Now online: two exciting talks from last year at the #inequality colloquium: @meghancondon.bsky.social discussed her book „The Economic Other: Inequality in the American Political Imagination“ (t1p.de/jx39i); @lewan.bsky.social spoke on „Honest Liars and the Threat to Democracy“ (t1p.de/o0zsr)
January 14, 2026 at 11:35 AM
📽️ Now online: two exciting talks from last year at the #inequality colloquium: @meghancondon.bsky.social discussed her book „The Economic Other: Inequality in the American Political Imagination“ (t1p.de/jx39i); @lewan.bsky.social spoke on „Honest Liars and the Threat to Democracy“ (t1p.de/o0zsr)
🚀 We are starting into a new funding period! For 7 years, we have been researching the political dimensions of inequality @uni-konstanz.de In the future, we aim to further raise awareness of inequalities and provide scientific foundations for policies that reduce – rather than reinforce – inequality
January 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
🚀 We are starting into a new funding period! For 7 years, we have been researching the political dimensions of inequality @uni-konstanz.de In the future, we aim to further raise awareness of inequalities and provide scientific foundations for policies that reduce – rather than reinforce – inequality
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New paper! Do people in more unequal municipalities perceive their position in the national income distribution more accurately? Our findings suggest: yes. 🙏 to @apeichl.bsky.social and team for local ineq. data & to @excinequality.bsky.social for funding!
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January 10, 2026 at 7:36 AM
New paper! Do people in more unequal municipalities perceive their position in the national income distribution more accurately? Our findings suggest: yes. 🙏 to @apeichl.bsky.social and team for local ineq. data & to @excinequality.bsky.social for funding!
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📅 Vortrag & Diskussion: Wie stehen Studierende zur Redefreiheit an Unis? In welchen Situationen wären sie bereit, Vorträge oder Personen auszuladen?
Di, 13.01.2026 | 19:15 | A0701 @uni-konstanz.de & im Stream: t1p.de/ix7me
Mit @cdiehl.bsky.social, Richard Traunmüller & @nilsweidmann.bsky.social
Di, 13.01.2026 | 19:15 | A0701 @uni-konstanz.de & im Stream: t1p.de/ix7me
Mit @cdiehl.bsky.social, Richard Traunmüller & @nilsweidmann.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
📅 Vortrag & Diskussion: Wie stehen Studierende zur Redefreiheit an Unis? In welchen Situationen wären sie bereit, Vorträge oder Personen auszuladen?
Di, 13.01.2026 | 19:15 | A0701 @uni-konstanz.de & im Stream: t1p.de/ix7me
Mit @cdiehl.bsky.social, Richard Traunmüller & @nilsweidmann.bsky.social
Di, 13.01.2026 | 19:15 | A0701 @uni-konstanz.de & im Stream: t1p.de/ix7me
Mit @cdiehl.bsky.social, Richard Traunmüller & @nilsweidmann.bsky.social
🎙️ New year, new episode of the In_equality Podcast!
How “equal” is democracy when political decisions are made by Members of Parliament who may misperceive inequality? With @breunig.bsky.social & Maj-Britt Sterba, hosted by @mbusemeyer.bsky.social & Gabi Spilker @uni-konstanz.de
🎧 t1p.de/bt6j0
How “equal” is democracy when political decisions are made by Members of Parliament who may misperceive inequality? With @breunig.bsky.social & Maj-Britt Sterba, hosted by @mbusemeyer.bsky.social & Gabi Spilker @uni-konstanz.de
🎧 t1p.de/bt6j0
January 7, 2026 at 12:51 PM
🎙️ New year, new episode of the In_equality Podcast!
How “equal” is democracy when political decisions are made by Members of Parliament who may misperceive inequality? With @breunig.bsky.social & Maj-Britt Sterba, hosted by @mbusemeyer.bsky.social & Gabi Spilker @uni-konstanz.de
🎧 t1p.de/bt6j0
How “equal” is democracy when political decisions are made by Members of Parliament who may misperceive inequality? With @breunig.bsky.social & Maj-Britt Sterba, hosted by @mbusemeyer.bsky.social & Gabi Spilker @uni-konstanz.de
🎧 t1p.de/bt6j0
As the year comes to a close, we look back on an exceptional year for our Cluster. We would like to sincerely thank everyone who contributed with their collaboration, ideas, and continued support throughout the year. Wishing everyone a restful holiday season and an inspiring start to the new year!
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
As the year comes to a close, we look back on an exceptional year for our Cluster. We would like to sincerely thank everyone who contributed with their collaboration, ideas, and continued support throughout the year. Wishing everyone a restful holiday season and an inspiring start to the new year!
Neues Policy Paper veröffentlicht!
„Falscher Schulzweig? Wahrgenommene Bildungsungerechtigkeit bei Jugendlichen mit Migrationsgeschichte“ - jetzt reinlesen: t1p.de/zkxk8
Von @cdiehl.bsky.social, @kpomi.bsky.social & Thomas Hinz @uni-konstanz.de
„Falscher Schulzweig? Wahrgenommene Bildungsungerechtigkeit bei Jugendlichen mit Migrationsgeschichte“ - jetzt reinlesen: t1p.de/zkxk8
Von @cdiehl.bsky.social, @kpomi.bsky.social & Thomas Hinz @uni-konstanz.de
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December 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Neues Policy Paper veröffentlicht!
„Falscher Schulzweig? Wahrgenommene Bildungsungerechtigkeit bei Jugendlichen mit Migrationsgeschichte“ - jetzt reinlesen: t1p.de/zkxk8
Von @cdiehl.bsky.social, @kpomi.bsky.social & Thomas Hinz @uni-konstanz.de
„Falscher Schulzweig? Wahrgenommene Bildungsungerechtigkeit bei Jugendlichen mit Migrationsgeschichte“ - jetzt reinlesen: t1p.de/zkxk8
Von @cdiehl.bsky.social, @kpomi.bsky.social & Thomas Hinz @uni-konstanz.de
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Inequality matters for ethnic conflict. But do group elites actually frame a situation as unjust? In a recent article (doi.org/10.1177/00323217251401758), @frederikgremler.bsky.social, Lea Haiges, Christina Zuber and I analyse “grievance frames” in social media posts of ethnic organisations.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Inequality matters for ethnic conflict. But do group elites actually frame a situation as unjust? In a recent article (doi.org/10.1177/00323217251401758), @frederikgremler.bsky.social, Lea Haiges, Christina Zuber and I analyse “grievance frames” in social media posts of ethnic organisations.
Come work with us! We're looking for outstanding researchers to join us as Visiting Fellows 2026/27 at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” @uni-konstanz.de
More info here: t1p.de/k5her
More info here: t1p.de/k5her
December 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Come work with us! We're looking for outstanding researchers to join us as Visiting Fellows 2026/27 at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” @uni-konstanz.de
More info here: t1p.de/k5her
More info here: t1p.de/k5her
🎙️New podcast: Shaping the opportunities of second-generation immigrants through early childcare and citizenship? Helmut Rainer joins @mbusemeyer.bsky.social &Gabi Spilker @uni-konstanz.de to discuss how early childhood education and citizenship can serve as a pathway to greater equality t1p.de/bt6j0
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🎙️New podcast: Shaping the opportunities of second-generation immigrants through early childcare and citizenship? Helmut Rainer joins @mbusemeyer.bsky.social &Gabi Spilker @uni-konstanz.de to discuss how early childhood education and citizenship can serve as a pathway to greater equality t1p.de/bt6j0
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What an honor! @na-wehl.bsky.social & I received the ALLBUS Preis 2025 for our paper "How education policies shape political inequality: analyzing policy feedback effects in Germany"! 🥳🥳 Thanks a lot to the jury & a very kind laudatio by Markus Tausendpfund @gesis.org Mannheim!
December 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
What an honor! @na-wehl.bsky.social & I received the ALLBUS Preis 2025 for our paper "How education policies shape political inequality: analyzing policy feedback effects in Germany"! 🥳🥳 Thanks a lot to the jury & a very kind laudatio by Markus Tausendpfund @gesis.org Mannheim!
Eine neue Studie unseres Clusters @uni-konstanz.de zeigt: Negative Medienberichte über bestimmte Migrant*innengruppen können bei der Vergabe von Bürgergeld zu Diskriminierung führen! Mehr Infos: t1p.de/lv33e
@steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social
@steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Eine neue Studie unseres Clusters @uni-konstanz.de zeigt: Negative Medienberichte über bestimmte Migrant*innengruppen können bei der Vergabe von Bürgergeld zu Diskriminierung führen! Mehr Infos: t1p.de/lv33e
@steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social
@steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social
Join us for today’s #Inequality Colloquium at 11:45 — either on-site in Y213 at the @uni-konstanz.de or via livestream: t1p.de/z6cff
Bertil Tungodden from @nhhnor.bsky.social will speak on “The Business of Mistakes: Moral Acceptability of Consumer Exploitation.”
Bertil Tungodden from @nhhnor.bsky.social will speak on “The Business of Mistakes: Moral Acceptability of Consumer Exploitation.”
November 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Join us for today’s #Inequality Colloquium at 11:45 — either on-site in Y213 at the @uni-konstanz.de or via livestream: t1p.de/z6cff
Bertil Tungodden from @nhhnor.bsky.social will speak on “The Business of Mistakes: Moral Acceptability of Consumer Exploitation.”
Bertil Tungodden from @nhhnor.bsky.social will speak on “The Business of Mistakes: Moral Acceptability of Consumer Exploitation.”
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A study from the Cluster "The Politics of Inequality" at the #UniKonstanz and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social shows: Working from home can make the division of household and care work between men and women more balanced – but only in families with progressive gender role attitudes. t1p.de/6qh0r
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A study from the Cluster "The Politics of Inequality" at the #UniKonstanz and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social shows: Working from home can make the division of household and care work between men and women more balanced – but only in families with progressive gender role attitudes. t1p.de/6qh0r
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Does partisanship explain policy preferences across the urban-rural divide? Kattalina Berriochoa shows rural Republicans especially are at odds with their party when it comes to #education funding. Read OPEN ACCESS buff.ly/6WSjIt0
@excinequality.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com
@excinequality.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com
Partisanship and Place: Education Preferences Across the Urban–Rural Divide - Kattalina M Berriochoa, 2025
Research linking political polarization to spatial divides has largely overlooked policy preferences. This article argues that local conditions meaningfully mod...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Does partisanship explain policy preferences across the urban-rural divide? Kattalina Berriochoa shows rural Republicans especially are at odds with their party when it comes to #education funding. Read OPEN ACCESS buff.ly/6WSjIt0
@excinequality.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com
@excinequality.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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How do the effects of climate change impact societies – especially in places where people are affected particularly strongly? And when do these impacts lead to protests? Interview with #UniKonstanz @excinequality.bsky.social postdoctoral researcher Viktoria Jansesberger: t1p.de/o1eht
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
How do the effects of climate change impact societies – especially in places where people are affected particularly strongly? And when do these impacts lead to protests? Interview with #UniKonstanz @excinequality.bsky.social postdoctoral researcher Viktoria Jansesberger: t1p.de/o1eht