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Heike Klüver
@heikekluever.bsky.social

Professor of Comparative Political Behavior, Humboldt Universität Berlin || Spokesperson DYNAMICS @dynamics.bsky.social‬ ||
Director Humboldt Governance Lab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social‬

https://heike-kluever.com/ https://hu-govlab.de/ .. more

Political science 61%
Business 21%
Morgen sind: Daniel Ziblatt, Thomas Weber, Daniel Siemens, Tamara Ehs, Heike Klüver u.v.a. im GORKI Theater in Berlin. Und im Livestream ab 19.30h – im Rat der Geschichte: Was hilft gegen die AfD?

www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...

🔹 Roundtable Discussion
Moderated by @markuskollberg.bsky.social
With
💬 Dr. Lena Gumnior (MP, The Greens)
💬 Sara Binzer Hobolt (LSE)
💬 Heike Klüver (HU Berlin)
💬 Theresa Kuhn (Uni Amsterdam)
💬 Max Hilse (Löbau lebt e.V. & Görlitz District Youth Council)
💬 Andrei Arnst (Principal, Neuenhagen School)

More and more young people are turning to the far right. Why and what can we do about it?

Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies.

🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw
👉 What works against right-wing extremism?

Excited to discuss this question with Tamara Ehs, Carolin Lange, Daniel Siemens, Thomas Weber & Daniel Ziblatt at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater - together with German politicians and author Mely Kiyak.

🗓️ Nov 8, 7:30 pm
🔗 www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...

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🚀 Join us for a number of exciting talks in our Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social!
📣 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!

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📣 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!
Why do people turn to populist parties? 🤔

📣 Our new study just published at @ejprjournal.bsky.social shows it’s not just real inequality - it’s perceived inequality that drives populism.

📌 Blog: hu-govlab.de/en/perceived...
📊 Study: tinyurl.com/msnndnpn
🏛️ Funded by: @scripts-berlin.eu

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📣 Check out the latest post on
@transformecon.bsky.social, a blog by @bertelsmannst.bsky.social. It's by researchers affiliated with Humboldt GovLab: @timwapps.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social & @antvalentim.bsky.social. 🎉

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🚀 Excited to kick off the 1st Annual Workshop of the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social at @humboldtuni.bsky.social today!

💥 Looking forward to engaging discussions on democracy, governance, and how to strengthen democratic resilience.

🔗 More about the GovLab: hu-govlab.de
🎉 Today at @humboldtuni.bsky.social the 1st Annual Workshop of the Humboldt Governance Lab!

🚀 Inspiring discussions on the challenges facing democracy & how to strengthen it.

🔗 More information on the GovLab: hu-govlab.de

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🎉 Today at @humboldtuni.bsky.social the 1st Annual Workshop of the Humboldt Governance Lab!

🚀 Inspiring discussions on the challenges facing democracy & how to strengthen it.

🔗 More information on the GovLab: hu-govlab.de
1/ New paper out in Electoral Studies with @heikekluever.bsky.social and @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social
We show that nuclear power plants reduce electoral support for Green parties in Germany.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A thread on the paper:
How nuclear power hurts the Greens: Evidence from German nuclear power plants
What are the electoral consequences of nuclear energy for Green parties? Despite the centrality of nuclear opposition to Green party platforms, and th…
www.sciencedirect.com

We’re live! 🚀

Just launched the Humboldt GovLab with a great workshop on #CitizensAssemblies @humboldtuni.bsky.social

Because strengthening democracy takes more than ideas.
It takes evidence. And collaboration.

Follow us @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
🌐 hu-govlab.de
📣 It’s official – we launched the Humboldt Governance Lab! 📣

We use innovative methods to deliver evidence-based insights for policy-makers, public admin, and civil society – tackling the key challenges facing democracy today.

🌐 hu-govlab.de
@humboldtuni.bsky.social

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📣 It’s official – we launched the Humboldt Governance Lab! 📣

We use innovative methods to deliver evidence-based insights for policy-makers, public admin, and civil society – tackling the key challenges facing democracy today.

🌐 hu-govlab.de
@humboldtuni.bsky.social

Congratulations! These are excellent news! Absolutely deserved!

🔍 Want to learn more or collaborate?
We’re always open to partnerships and exchange across academia, policy, and civil society.

📬 Get in touch via our website: hu-govlab.de
Or follow us here for updates!

#GovLab #KnowledgeTransfer #ScienceForPolicy
HUMBOLDT-GOV.LAB | aktuelle Spitzenforschung
Das Humboldt Governance Lab (Humboldt GovLab) ist ein Forschungslabor an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
hu-govlab.de

We develop evidence-based recommendations and evaluate policies for decision-makers in:
⚖️ Politics
🏛️ Public administration
🌱 Civil society

Our goal: Strengthen democratic resilience and help respond effectively to threats to democracy.

#EvidenceBased #PolicyEvaluation #DemocraticResilience

📊 The Humboldt GovLab is a policy lab at Humboldt University in Berlin. We generate cutting-edge research using innovative scientific methods and make findings accessible to the public.

#Democracy #Outreach #ScienceCommunication #BerlinResearch

📣 Very excited to welcome the fabulous @anjaneundorf.bsky.social at the Politics Lecture Series
@humboldtuni.bsky.social @dynamics.bsky.social tomorrow. Come and join us! 👇

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, sehr spannend!

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Day 3 at #EPSA25 ☀️
Looking forward to presenting joint work w/ @heikekluever.bsky.social "Correcting Misperceptions: The Impact of Coalition Performance Information on Citizen Attitudes & Voting Behavior"
👉🏻 Panel 'VOTBETH', 11:20am,
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The fabulous @frederikthieme.bsky.social will present results from a large-scale field experiment on the mobilization of young voters tomororw @epsanet.bsky.social #epsa2025 @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Can traditional campaign tools still mobilize young voters in the digital age? 📬

With @heikekluever.bsky.social, I present evidence from a field experiment ahead of the 2024 European elections targeting first-voters. Join us after sleeping in on Saturday 🙌 #epsa2025

⏰: Sat, 11:20
📍: -1.A.06

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Can traditional campaign tools still mobilize young voters in the digital age? 📬

With @heikekluever.bsky.social, I present evidence from a field experiment ahead of the 2024 European elections targeting first-voters. Join us after sleeping in on Saturday 🙌 #epsa2025

⏰: Sat, 11:20
📍: -1.A.06

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
🚨 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.

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🚨 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.

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not yet, but will be announce here soon. could send you the draft if you like

Why do citizens collaborate with occupying forces? @frederikthieme.bsky.social presents exciting new evidence using a fascinating historical dataset from the Nazi occupation in Denmark @epsanet.bsky.social #epsa2025
Who ideologically collaborates with the occupier under military occupation? 🪖

At #epsa2025 I'll be presenting joint work w/ Salma Mahamed on how the German occupation in WW2 impacted membership in the Danish Nazi party, using now digitized individual-level membership data

⏰: Friday, 13:10
📍: 0A.05

📢 Can digital literacy training reduce the appeal of far right parties on social media?

We present evidence from an online experiment that digital literacy training reduces the enagement with populist content
#epsa2025 @epsanet.bsky.social @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social

⏰: Thursday, 13:10
📍: 1A.04

The amazing @frederikthieme.bsky.social will present results from a field experiment testing whether online targeting works @epsanet.bsky.social @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social #epsa2025 👇
Are tailored ads in political campaigns as persuasive as conventional wisdom holds? 📢

In joint work w/ @heikekluever.bsky.social we present evidence from a field experiment with the German Greens ahead of the 2024 European Elections calling this into question 🤔
#epsa2025

⏰: Friday, 16:50
📍: 0A.10