Hanna Schwander
@hannaschwander.bsky.social
Professor of Political Sociology and Social Policy
@HumboldtUni | Co-Spokesperson ERU CAP | Progressive Politics Research Network | political preferences, welfare state, climate change, comparative political economy, political sociology.
@HumboldtUni | Co-Spokesperson ERU CAP | Progressive Politics Research Network | political preferences, welfare state, climate change, comparative political economy, political sociology.
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📢 Call for nominations for the Henrik #EnderleinPrize!
We are looking to honour an excellent early-or mid-career 🇪🇺 researcher in the social sciences.
🗓️ Deadline: 20 March
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@delorsberlin.bsky.social
We are looking to honour an excellent early-or mid-career 🇪🇺 researcher in the social sciences.
🗓️ Deadline: 20 March
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@delorsberlin.bsky.social
Call for submissions: Henrik Enderlein Prize
The fifth Franco-German research prize will be given to exceptional scholars under 40 whose work contributes to solving the future challenges of Europe.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:15 PM
📢 Call for nominations for the Henrik #EnderleinPrize!
We are looking to honour an excellent early-or mid-career 🇪🇺 researcher in the social sciences.
🗓️ Deadline: 20 March
bit.ly/4hafVqI
@delorsberlin.bsky.social
We are looking to honour an excellent early-or mid-career 🇪🇺 researcher in the social sciences.
🗓️ Deadline: 20 March
bit.ly/4hafVqI
@delorsberlin.bsky.social
Here is a short thread summarizing the main insights from our paper on polarization of attitudes towards UBI @Journal of European Social Policy
🚨New publication @ Journal of European Social Policy
Despite its popularity, the political will to advance Universal Basic Income is limited. Together with @hannaschwander.bsky.social, we argue that attitude polarization severely constrains the political viability of UBI.
Despite its popularity, the political will to advance Universal Basic Income is limited. Together with @hannaschwander.bsky.social, we argue that attitude polarization severely constrains the political viability of UBI.
📣Thrilled to share our new article with @beckerbastian.bsky.social in JESP on attitude polarization around UBI. We show that despite high aggregate support for UBI, attitude polarization over policy design strongly shapes its political feasibility.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 8, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Here is a short thread summarizing the main insights from our paper on polarization of attitudes towards UBI @Journal of European Social Policy
📣Thrilled to share our new article with @beckerbastian.bsky.social in JESP on attitude polarization around UBI. We show that despite high aggregate support for UBI, attitude polarization over policy design strongly shapes its political feasibility.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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January 7, 2026 at 1:16 PM
📣Thrilled to share our new article with @beckerbastian.bsky.social in JESP on attitude polarization around UBI. We show that despite high aggregate support for UBI, attitude polarization over policy design strongly shapes its political feasibility.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🥳 New year, new publication
📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social
With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.
📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social
With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 AM
🥳 New year, new publication
📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social
With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.
📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social
With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.
📣 Publication alert:
Data paper on the Berlin Polarization Monitor now on OSF. The study documents a panel survey on partisan and issue-based affective polarization, emotions, political behavior, and well-being in Germany (2025–2027).
osf.io/preprints/so...
#PoliticalScience #Polarization #Germany
Data paper on the Berlin Polarization Monitor now on OSF. The study documents a panel survey on partisan and issue-based affective polarization, emotions, political behavior, and well-being in Germany (2025–2027).
osf.io/preprints/so...
#PoliticalScience #Polarization #Germany
OSF
osf.io
December 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📣 Publication alert:
Data paper on the Berlin Polarization Monitor now on OSF. The study documents a panel survey on partisan and issue-based affective polarization, emotions, political behavior, and well-being in Germany (2025–2027).
osf.io/preprints/so...
#PoliticalScience #Polarization #Germany
Data paper on the Berlin Polarization Monitor now on OSF. The study documents a panel survey on partisan and issue-based affective polarization, emotions, political behavior, and well-being in Germany (2025–2027).
osf.io/preprints/so...
#PoliticalScience #Polarization #Germany
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Das reichste Prozent der Welt vermehrt sein Vermögen massiv, während Millionen weiter abrutschen. Das ist ein Risiko für die Demokratie – auch in Deutschland.
Soziale Ungleichheit: Wir müssen Superreiche endlich stärker besteuern
Das reichste Prozent der Welt vermehrt sein Vermögen massiv, während Millionen weiter abrutschen. Das ist ein Risiko für die Demokratie – auch in Deutschland.
www.zeit.de
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Das reichste Prozent der Welt vermehrt sein Vermögen massiv, während Millionen weiter abrutschen. Das ist ein Risiko für die Demokratie – auch in Deutschland.
News from the ProgressivePoliticsResearchNetwork: @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social and @tabouchadi.bsky.social write about the need to fix the housing issues from a progressive perspective.
For the Guardian, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social and I write about how building new homes is not enough to tackle the housing crisis. Housing is a redistributive issue and progressive policy solutions need to acknowledge that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To halt the far right, Europe’s progressive parties must fix its housing crisis. Our research shows how | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann
The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
News from the ProgressivePoliticsResearchNetwork: @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social and @tabouchadi.bsky.social write about the need to fix the housing issues from a progressive perspective.
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New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
Great article of my colleague @heikekluever.bsky.social on empirical evidence on the cordon sanitaire
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil
Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Great article of my colleague @heikekluever.bsky.social on empirical evidence on the cordon sanitaire
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Deadline for EPSS 2026 is this Friday!
Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
EPSS 2026 submissions FAQ - EPSS
Submissions are coming in fast for Belfast 2026 and so are your questions about submissions. Here are answers to the most common questions: Where do I go to submit? For panel submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/75765/symposia/create For paper submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79266/submissions/new? How many papers can I submit? We put a constraint of max one presentation per person. This does …
epssnet.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Deadline for EPSS 2026 is this Friday!
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We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions.
www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions.
www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
📣 The Politics Lecture Series is back with a fantastic line-up!
Opening talk: Melissa Sands (LSE) on “Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets”
Tue, 28 Oct 2025, 12–1 pm, Room 002
Everyone is welcomed to attend!
Opening talk: Melissa Sands (LSE) on “Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets”
Tue, 28 Oct 2025, 12–1 pm, Room 002
Everyone is welcomed to attend!
October 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
📣 The Politics Lecture Series is back with a fantastic line-up!
Opening talk: Melissa Sands (LSE) on “Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets”
Tue, 28 Oct 2025, 12–1 pm, Room 002
Everyone is welcomed to attend!
Opening talk: Melissa Sands (LSE) on “Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets”
Tue, 28 Oct 2025, 12–1 pm, Room 002
Everyone is welcomed to attend!
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Information about the Comparative Politics section at the June 2026 EPSS Conference in Belfast.
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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September 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Information about the Comparative Politics section at the June 2026 EPSS Conference in Belfast.
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
check out the new publication by @luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social, @aurelmondon.bsky.social and @k8em0.bsky.social on how useful the concept of cordong sanitaire still is for studying the far right
New article out!
@luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social,
@k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics
Read the full article, open access, here
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social,
@k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics
Read the full article, open access, here
1/
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The pretence of the cordon sanitaire: non-collaboration as a distraction from discursive congruence
Much has been written about how mainstream parties respond to far-right challengers in liberal democracies. Whereas some mainstream parties have become more open to forming coalitions with far-righ...
www.tandfonline.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
check out the new publication by @luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social, @aurelmondon.bsky.social and @k8em0.bsky.social on how useful the concept of cordong sanitaire still is for studying the far right
congratulations, Dominika! Well done and well deserved
🎉 Congrats to @dom-of-tronina.bsky.social, winner of the 2024 Best Paper Prize! Her paper shows how anti-gender movements build transnational ties on Twitter/X via shared hashtags👏
🪷 Big thanks to our esteemed jury members: @kai-arzheimer.com @caterinafr.bsky.social @ammassarisofia.bsky.social
🪷 Big thanks to our esteemed jury members: @kai-arzheimer.com @caterinafr.bsky.social @ammassarisofia.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
congratulations, Dominika! Well done and well deserved
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EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
Reposted by Hanna Schwander
Similar patterns are visible for other attitudes related to social liberalism, gender equality, and multiculturalism.
People often tend to neglect/forget that European societies have become much more progressive over the past decades, largely, but not only, due to generational replacement.
People often tend to neglect/forget that European societies have become much more progressive over the past decades, largely, but not only, due to generational replacement.
Homophobic attitudes have fallen in Western Europe and the United States
August 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Similar patterns are visible for other attitudes related to social liberalism, gender equality, and multiculturalism.
People often tend to neglect/forget that European societies have become much more progressive over the past decades, largely, but not only, due to generational replacement.
People often tend to neglect/forget that European societies have become much more progressive over the past decades, largely, but not only, due to generational replacement.
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We are looking for a lecturer in Comparative European Politics at Oxford. Join an incredibly stimulating intellectual environment. It is a 5-year position that should be great for early career researchers. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
📢APPLY NOW!: DPIR seeks a Departmental Lecturer in Comparative European Politics to provide teaching and supervision at the undergraduate and graduate level and contribute to the Departmental examining and graduate admissions processes.🗓️ CLOSES: 12pm, 5 Aug: ow.ly/brXi50WpZav
July 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We are looking for a lecturer in Comparative European Politics at Oxford. Join an incredibly stimulating intellectual environment. It is a 5-year position that should be great for early career researchers. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
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🚨 New article out in Journal of Civil Society with Swen Hutter!
We explore how civil society organizations (CSOs) mobilized volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a moment of both rising need and shrinking organizational capacity.
📖 Open access link: doi.org/10.1080/1744...
We explore how civil society organizations (CSOs) mobilized volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a moment of both rising need and shrinking organizational capacity.
📖 Open access link: doi.org/10.1080/1744...
July 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🚨 New article out in Journal of Civil Society with Swen Hutter!
We explore how civil society organizations (CSOs) mobilized volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a moment of both rising need and shrinking organizational capacity.
📖 Open access link: doi.org/10.1080/1744...
We explore how civil society organizations (CSOs) mobilized volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a moment of both rising need and shrinking organizational capacity.
📖 Open access link: doi.org/10.1080/1744...
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Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
www.cambridge.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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For a data collection we want to launch soon, we're looking for a German speaker who could translate our survey instrument to German. This should only take a few hours of work. Of course we are remunerating! Interested? Please reach out to @alexjabbour.bsky.social !
July 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
For a data collection we want to launch soon, we're looking for a German speaker who could translate our survey instrument to German. This should only take a few hours of work. Of course we are remunerating! Interested? Please reach out to @alexjabbour.bsky.social !
🚧 Schaden radikale Klimaproteste der Bewegung?
@dasalgon.bsky.social & Swen Hutter (@wzb.bsky.social) zeigen: Straßenblockaden polarisieren, aber die Unterstützung für Klimapolitik bleibt stabil.
Einblicke & Implikationen für Strategien der Klimabewegung in Teil 4 der #PPRnet Series.
@dasalgon.bsky.social & Swen Hutter (@wzb.bsky.social) zeigen: Straßenblockaden polarisieren, aber die Unterstützung für Klimapolitik bleibt stabil.
Einblicke & Implikationen für Strategien der Klimabewegung in Teil 4 der #PPRnet Series.
Viel ist darüber debattiert worden, ob radikale Proteste wie etwa von @letztegeneration.bsky.social der Klimabewegung schaden. @dasalgon.bsky.social & Swen Hutter (beide @wzb.bsky.social) zeigen empirisch: Straßenblockaden polarisieren, doch die Unterstützung für Klimapolitik bleibt stabil. #PPRNet
Portal für Politikwissenschaft – Wirken Klimaproteste? Die politischen Potenziale der Klimamobilisierung
www.pw-portal.de
June 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🚧 Schaden radikale Klimaproteste der Bewegung?
@dasalgon.bsky.social & Swen Hutter (@wzb.bsky.social) zeigen: Straßenblockaden polarisieren, aber die Unterstützung für Klimapolitik bleibt stabil.
Einblicke & Implikationen für Strategien der Klimabewegung in Teil 4 der #PPRnet Series.
@dasalgon.bsky.social & Swen Hutter (@wzb.bsky.social) zeigen: Straßenblockaden polarisieren, aber die Unterstützung für Klimapolitik bleibt stabil.
Einblicke & Implikationen für Strategien der Klimabewegung in Teil 4 der #PPRnet Series.
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Direktor*in (m/w/d) im Bereich Demokratieforschung für eine neu einzurichtende Abteilung am WZB gesucht.
🔄Gerne teilen: www.wzb.eu/de/jobs/dire...
🔄Gerne teilen: www.wzb.eu/de/jobs/dire...
June 20, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Direktor*in (m/w/d) im Bereich Demokratieforschung für eine neu einzurichtende Abteilung am WZB gesucht.
🔄Gerne teilen: www.wzb.eu/de/jobs/dire...
🔄Gerne teilen: www.wzb.eu/de/jobs/dire...
Excited to join the newly founded European Political Science Society 🥳
Please support our fabulous colleagues by...
📌 joining the mailing list by sending a message to epss-info-join@list.epssnet.org
📌 joining *now* to show support
📌 spreading the word
@epssnet.bsky.social #epss2026
Please support our fabulous colleagues by...
📌 joining the mailing list by sending a message to epss-info-join@list.epssnet.org
📌 joining *now* to show support
📌 spreading the word
@epssnet.bsky.social #epss2026
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
June 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Excited to present work on the impact of local unemployment in formative years on anti-immigration attitudes in adulthood tomorrow at #epsa2025
Saturday 11.20am-1pm
Room 1A.08
Saturday 11.20am-1pm
Room 1A.08
June 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Excited to present work on the impact of local unemployment in formative years on anti-immigration attitudes in adulthood tomorrow at #epsa2025
Saturday 11.20am-1pm
Room 1A.08
Saturday 11.20am-1pm
Room 1A.08