Franziska Maier
@franziskamaier.bsky.social
👩🔬Political scientist at Uni Stuttgart working on democratic preferences, identity, deliberation.
✨Fan of pop culture, books, feminism, food, fun facts and social media if it works again 🙏
✨Fan of pop culture, books, feminism, food, fun facts and social media if it works again 🙏
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❓Are cosmopolitans participatory, technocratic or representative democrats?
Despite their active role in society, few analyze cosmopolitans' governance preferences. My preprint uses cosmopolitanism as a multidimensional concept to investigate this question 🤔👇
Any feedback is welcome!
Despite their active role in society, few analyze cosmopolitans' governance preferences. My preprint uses cosmopolitanism as a multidimensional concept to investigate this question 🤔👇
Any feedback is welcome!
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Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
February 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
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Voters are not substantially better represented than nonvoters. However, people active in different types of nonelectoral political behavior, such as demonstrating, are better represented than the non-active link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Are the Politically Active Better Represented? - Political Behavior
Political participation is considered an important path for people to influence politics. However, whether those who participate actually see more of their preferred policies implemented remains an op...
link.springer.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Voters are not substantially better represented than nonvoters. However, people active in different types of nonelectoral political behavior, such as demonstrating, are better represented than the non-active link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🚨Happy to finally see this out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social (with @leonardocarella.bsky.social)
⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
From context to congruence: Immigration salience and voter socialization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
From context to congruence: Immigration salience and voter socialization
doi.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:18 AM
🚨Happy to finally see this out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social (with @leonardocarella.bsky.social)
⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*?
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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🫶 Wishing everyone restful holidays and a happy start into the new year! We look back on many inspiring moments in 2025, and forward to many more interesting discussions and projects in 2026 ✨🎄
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🫶 Wishing everyone restful holidays and a happy start into the new year! We look back on many inspiring moments in 2025, and forward to many more interesting discussions and projects in 2026 ✨🎄
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🚀 How do citizens imagine their future democracy – on Mars and on Earth?
Using large survey experiments in the US and Germany, we explore how people envision democratic governance with and without path dependencies 🪐
Read the preprint here ➡️ osf.io/preprints/so...
Using large survey experiments in the US and Germany, we explore how people envision democratic governance with and without path dependencies 🪐
Read the preprint here ➡️ osf.io/preprints/so...
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚀 How do citizens imagine their future democracy – on Mars and on Earth?
Using large survey experiments in the US and Germany, we explore how people envision democratic governance with and without path dependencies 🪐
Read the preprint here ➡️ osf.io/preprints/so...
Using large survey experiments in the US and Germany, we explore how people envision democratic governance with and without path dependencies 🪐
Read the preprint here ➡️ osf.io/preprints/so...
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#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social -
Is ChatGPT conservative or liberal? A novel approach to assess ideological stances and biases in generative LLMs - https://cup.org/48Oh8Co
- Christina P. Walker & @joantimoneda.bsky.social
#FirstView #ChatGPT
Is ChatGPT conservative or liberal? A novel approach to assess ideological stances and biases in generative LLMs - https://cup.org/48Oh8Co
- Christina P. Walker & @joantimoneda.bsky.social
#FirstView #ChatGPT
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social -
Is ChatGPT conservative or liberal? A novel approach to assess ideological stances and biases in generative LLMs - https://cup.org/48Oh8Co
- Christina P. Walker & @joantimoneda.bsky.social
#FirstView #ChatGPT
Is ChatGPT conservative or liberal? A novel approach to assess ideological stances and biases in generative LLMs - https://cup.org/48Oh8Co
- Christina P. Walker & @joantimoneda.bsky.social
#FirstView #ChatGPT
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🌍The latest cleavage: the universalist divide
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social , @dpzollinger.bsky.social , @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @simonbornschier.bsky.social, and @lhaffert.bsky.social provide evidence from the 2024 European Election Study 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social , @dpzollinger.bsky.social , @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @simonbornschier.bsky.social, and @lhaffert.bsky.social provide evidence from the 2024 European Election Study 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🌍The latest cleavage: the universalist divide
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social , @dpzollinger.bsky.social , @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @simonbornschier.bsky.social, and @lhaffert.bsky.social provide evidence from the 2024 European Election Study 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social , @dpzollinger.bsky.social , @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @simonbornschier.bsky.social, and @lhaffert.bsky.social provide evidence from the 2024 European Election Study 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We were happy to welcome @lalamur.bsky.social who gave a brilliant talk on the impact of political talk about feminism when dating 💘
Future research projects and collaborations were also discussed 🤝 - stay tuned! 🤩
Future research projects and collaborations were also discussed 🤝 - stay tuned! 🤩
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We were happy to welcome @lalamur.bsky.social who gave a brilliant talk on the impact of political talk about feminism when dating 💘
Future research projects and collaborations were also discussed 🤝 - stay tuned! 🤩
Future research projects and collaborations were also discussed 🤝 - stay tuned! 🤩
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Thank you, Stuttgart, for such a wonderful time! Special thanks to DDME team @demolabs.bsky.social with @franziskamaier.bsky.social @seraphinearnold.bsky.social & André Bächtiger! 💜
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Thank you, Stuttgart, for such a wonderful time! Special thanks to DDME team @demolabs.bsky.social with @franziskamaier.bsky.social @seraphinearnold.bsky.social & André Bächtiger! 💜
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Yesterday, the DDME Team held a workshop as part of the Freedom Week in Berlin, where participants got to design democracy on Mars! 🚀
💡 It was an inspiring experience to turn survey research into practice and watch participants discuss the pros and cons of involving different actors in the process.
💡 It was an inspiring experience to turn survey research into practice and watch participants discuss the pros and cons of involving different actors in the process.
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Yesterday, the DDME Team held a workshop as part of the Freedom Week in Berlin, where participants got to design democracy on Mars! 🚀
💡 It was an inspiring experience to turn survey research into practice and watch participants discuss the pros and cons of involving different actors in the process.
💡 It was an inspiring experience to turn survey research into practice and watch participants discuss the pros and cons of involving different actors in the process.
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Descriptive representation has comparatively limited appeal for citizens, but is more important for historically marginalised groups. Citizens do not only focus on local politicians, but also seek representation from politicians in other districts www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Citizens’ Preferences for Multidimensional Representation | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Citizens’ Preferences for Multidimensional Representation - Volume 23 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Descriptive representation has comparatively limited appeal for citizens, but is more important for historically marginalised groups. Citizens do not only focus on local politicians, but also seek representation from politicians in other districts www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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“Because of the tremendous wealth of key figures…major corporations have enabled, collaborated with, and turned a blind eye to efforts to suppress, torture, falsely imprison, terrorise and murder dissenters … around the world.” Twitter [gave] the Saudi government a reach well beyond its borders.
October 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“Because of the tremendous wealth of key figures…major corporations have enabled, collaborated with, and turned a blind eye to efforts to suppress, torture, falsely imprison, terrorise and murder dissenters … around the world.” Twitter [gave] the Saudi government a reach well beyond its borders.
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NEW -
Deepening, Bridging, and Moving Minds in Stressful Times - https://cup.org/4pG5tfo
"In highly polarized situations, however, open communication is the only way to communicatively reach out to people."
- Simon Stocker, André Bächtiger, Bernhard Kittel & Marco Steenbergen
#OpenAccess
Deepening, Bridging, and Moving Minds in Stressful Times - https://cup.org/4pG5tfo
"In highly polarized situations, however, open communication is the only way to communicatively reach out to people."
- Simon Stocker, André Bächtiger, Bernhard Kittel & Marco Steenbergen
#OpenAccess
October 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
NEW -
Deepening, Bridging, and Moving Minds in Stressful Times - https://cup.org/4pG5tfo
"In highly polarized situations, however, open communication is the only way to communicatively reach out to people."
- Simon Stocker, André Bächtiger, Bernhard Kittel & Marco Steenbergen
#OpenAccess
Deepening, Bridging, and Moving Minds in Stressful Times - https://cup.org/4pG5tfo
"In highly polarized situations, however, open communication is the only way to communicatively reach out to people."
- Simon Stocker, André Bächtiger, Bernhard Kittel & Marco Steenbergen
#OpenAccess
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Glad to see this out at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! I show that the immigration-crime issue, when salient, can shift leftist cosmopolitans to the Right. This is due to leftist voters being more conservative on crime than leftist parties.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Concern that immigration worsens crime problems is prevalent across Western publics. How does it shape electoral politics? Prior research asserted a growing left–right divide in immigration attitudes...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Glad to see this out at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! I show that the immigration-crime issue, when salient, can shift leftist cosmopolitans to the Right. This is due to leftist voters being more conservative on crime than leftist parties.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
September 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
I can't wait for our Workshop on "Democracy on Mars" during the Berlin Freedom Week, with my favourite colleagues AND hosted in my favourite place, the Schwarzkopf-Stiftung Junges Europa 🚀 🫰 Sign up if you are in Berlin on November 15th! berlin-freedom-week.com/event/wie-so...
September 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I can't wait for our Workshop on "Democracy on Mars" during the Berlin Freedom Week, with my favourite colleagues AND hosted in my favourite place, the Schwarzkopf-Stiftung Junges Europa 🚀 🫰 Sign up if you are in Berlin on November 15th! berlin-freedom-week.com/event/wie-so...
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In den Niederlanden gab es am Wochenende rechtsextreme Ausschreitungen. In den 4 größten Ländern Europas führen rechtsradikale Parteien in den Umfragen. Ich verstehe den Fokus auf das Spektakel, aber der Dauerfokus auf Trump, Kimmel, Kirk scheint mir stark zu vernachlässigen was in Europa passiert.
September 23, 2025 at 5:52 AM
In den Niederlanden gab es am Wochenende rechtsextreme Ausschreitungen. In den 4 größten Ländern Europas führen rechtsradikale Parteien in den Umfragen. Ich verstehe den Fokus auf das Spektakel, aber der Dauerfokus auf Trump, Kimmel, Kirk scheint mir stark zu vernachlässigen was in Europa passiert.
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European democracies are harmed by societal polarization, but can benefit from partisan polarization: the former lowers quality and trust, the latter is linked to better democratic quality www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Opponents, not enemies: disentangling the relationship between polarization and democracy in Europe
Contradicting claims exist about the extent to which identity-based ideological polarization is eroding or improving democracy. We address this ambiguity by disentangling different forms of polariz...
www.tandfonline.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
European democracies are harmed by societal polarization, but can benefit from partisan polarization: the former lowers quality and trust, the latter is linked to better democratic quality www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📢 My last PhD paper is out in Legislative Studies Quarterly 📢
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 My last PhD paper is out in Legislative Studies Quarterly 📢
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Franziska Maier
Instagram und TikTok sind die Kanäle, über die sich junge Menschen am häufigsten über Politik informieren. Die Mehrheit folgt sogar politischen Influencer:innen. Unsere Studie mit dem @dpzberlin.bsky.social zeigt, wie die Social-Media-Kommunikation der Politiker:innen bei der Jugend ankommt. (bu)
Studie - Social Media sind essenziell, um junge Menschen mit politischen Themen zu erreichen
Ohne Social-Media-Plattformen erreichen politische Akteur:innen junge Menschen mit politischen Themen kaum. Denn über das politische Geschehen informieren sich junge Zielgruppen mehrheitlich auf Socia...
www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de
September 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Instagram und TikTok sind die Kanäle, über die sich junge Menschen am häufigsten über Politik informieren. Die Mehrheit folgt sogar politischen Influencer:innen. Unsere Studie mit dem @dpzberlin.bsky.social zeigt, wie die Social-Media-Kommunikation der Politiker:innen bei der Jugend ankommt. (bu)
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🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
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This is a paper I really care about. I feel the core message is very important for social scientists in general, and political scientists in particular.
"Quantitative Research in Political Science is Greatly Underpowered."
(with A+ co-authors)
"Quantitative Research in Political Science is Greatly Underpowered."
(with A+ co-authors)
September 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is a paper I really care about. I feel the core message is very important for social scientists in general, and political scientists in particular.
"Quantitative Research in Political Science is Greatly Underpowered."
(with A+ co-authors)
"Quantitative Research in Political Science is Greatly Underpowered."
(with A+ co-authors)
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God give me the reviewer strength of a well-caffeinated sweetener-loving junior scholar in an investigative mood
Blog post: github.com/sophieehill/...
TL;DR: There are a LOT of errors/inconsistencies in the results reported in this paper (estimates outside CIs, sign errors, duplicates, asymmetric CIs). Even in the abstract itself!
This suggests manual editing of results tables.
Which is not good...
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TL;DR: There are a LOT of errors/inconsistencies in the results reported in this paper (estimates outside CIs, sign errors, duplicates, asymmetric CIs). Even in the abstract itself!
This suggests manual editing of results tables.
Which is not good...
🧵
September 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
God give me the reviewer strength of a well-caffeinated sweetener-loving junior scholar in an investigative mood
How to visually represent different democratic systems? We are currently working with an awesome design studio to figure it out. A sneak peak of a sketch for "Democracy on Mars" is here 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
How can experts, citizens and representatives collaborate? What role could AI take in governance? Together with Civocracy 📢, we are preparing an online deliberation around these questions for a… | Dem...
How can experts, citizens and representatives collaborate? What role could AI take in governance? Together with Civocracy 📢, we are preparing an online deliberation around these questions for a democr...
www.linkedin.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How to visually represent different democratic systems? We are currently working with an awesome design studio to figure it out. A sneak peak of a sketch for "Democracy on Mars" is here 👉 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...