Jasmin Rath
@jasminrath.bsky.social
Doctoral researcher in political science | University of Cologne | elite communication & political representation | she/her
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I’m so glad to see this paper — my first solo-authored one and second from my dissertation — finally published! If you’ve heard me talk about my research in the last couple of years, you know this is the story that started it all for me, and I’m so happy to finally have it out there in the world.
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’m so glad to see this paper — my first solo-authored one and second from my dissertation — finally published! If you’ve heard me talk about my research in the last couple of years, you know this is the story that started it all for me, and I’m so happy to finally have it out there in the world.
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New from @erc.europa.eu project #MINORITYRULE with @sopro.bsky.social: We study voters’ knowledge about and perceptions of minority governments in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪.
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
October 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New from @erc.europa.eu project #MINORITYRULE with @sopro.bsky.social: We study voters’ knowledge about and perceptions of minority governments in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪.
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
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It's finally out! All parliamentary committee assignments for 14 countries, 30+ years, harmonized with other MP and parties datasets
New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
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Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
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GESIS-Suche
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's finally out! All parliamentary committee assignments for 14 countries, 30+ years, harmonized with other MP and parties datasets
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Calling all comparative legislative scholars! We’ve got a new dataset with committee memberships from 14 countries over 35 years, spanning almost 15,000 MPs in 260 parties! Grateful for my excellent coauthors! #polisky #gendersky
New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
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Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
⬇️
GESIS-Suche
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Calling all comparative legislative scholars! We’ve got a new dataset with committee memberships from 14 countries over 35 years, spanning almost 15,000 MPs in 260 parties! Grateful for my excellent coauthors! #polisky #gendersky
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New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
⬇️
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
⬇️
GESIS-Suche
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
⬇️
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
⬇️
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The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition unterschreiben
Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master
https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master
September 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
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Are you a student in Cologne or near by? Here are some great opportunities to support our computational social science team: [SHK GESIS AppKit (Kennziffer SHK-CSS-32)] www.gesis.org/institut/kar...
[SHK GESIS Web Tracking (Kennziffer SHK-CSS-33)] www.gesis.org/institut/kar...
[SHK GESIS Web Tracking (Kennziffer SHK-CSS-33)] www.gesis.org/institut/kar...
Details
GESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
www.gesis.org
September 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Are you a student in Cologne or near by? Here are some great opportunities to support our computational social science team: [SHK GESIS AppKit (Kennziffer SHK-CSS-32)] www.gesis.org/institut/kar...
[SHK GESIS Web Tracking (Kennziffer SHK-CSS-33)] www.gesis.org/institut/kar...
[SHK GESIS Web Tracking (Kennziffer SHK-CSS-33)] www.gesis.org/institut/kar...
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Ever asked yourself how to detect and extract social groups from texts with computational social science? @haukelicht.bsky.social and me have a solution for you out at @bjpols.bsky.social. You can also find the pre-trained models on huggingface!
NEW -
Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ
- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ
- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
September 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Ever asked yourself how to detect and extract social groups from texts with computational social science? @haukelicht.bsky.social and me have a solution for you out at @bjpols.bsky.social. You can also find the pre-trained models on huggingface!
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1/4
My first dissertation paper is now out with @bnbakker.bsky.social &
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social! Do our brains quickly encode partisan bias when simply viewing politicians’ faces?
The paper: doi.org/10.1080/1747...
Journalistic article by Psypost: www.psypost.org/early-brain-...
My first dissertation paper is now out with @bnbakker.bsky.social &
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social! Do our brains quickly encode partisan bias when simply viewing politicians’ faces?
The paper: doi.org/10.1080/1747...
Journalistic article by Psypost: www.psypost.org/early-brain-...
An ERP-study on the extent to which partisanship conditions the early processing of politicians’ faces
Partisanship has been associated with various cognitive biases. These findings are primarily based on self-reports and task performance and less on measures of neural activity. We reviewed the lite...
www.tandfonline.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
1/4
My first dissertation paper is now out with @bnbakker.bsky.social &
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social! Do our brains quickly encode partisan bias when simply viewing politicians’ faces?
The paper: doi.org/10.1080/1747...
Journalistic article by Psypost: www.psypost.org/early-brain-...
My first dissertation paper is now out with @bnbakker.bsky.social &
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social! Do our brains quickly encode partisan bias when simply viewing politicians’ faces?
The paper: doi.org/10.1080/1747...
Journalistic article by Psypost: www.psypost.org/early-brain-...
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📄 🚨 New Research on Polarization, Fragmentation, and Democracy in @democratization.bsky.social
Nils-Christian Bormann and I explore the impact of ideological polarization and fragmentation on the democratic systems of interwar Europe: lnkd.in/erjJr9qF
#polarization #democracy #data #history (1/4)
Nils-Christian Bormann and I explore the impact of ideological polarization and fragmentation on the democratic systems of interwar Europe: lnkd.in/erjJr9qF
#polarization #democracy #data #history (1/4)
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August 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
📄 🚨 New Research on Polarization, Fragmentation, and Democracy in @democratization.bsky.social
Nils-Christian Bormann and I explore the impact of ideological polarization and fragmentation on the democratic systems of interwar Europe: lnkd.in/erjJr9qF
#polarization #democracy #data #history (1/4)
Nils-Christian Bormann and I explore the impact of ideological polarization and fragmentation on the democratic systems of interwar Europe: lnkd.in/erjJr9qF
#polarization #democracy #data #history (1/4)
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Excited to share my first publication!
NEW -
Austerity and Social Spending: Estimating the Long-Run Effects of Fiscal Adjustment - cup.org/4oAi3MF
"Ageing populations and slower growth have compelled governments in mature welfare states to implement fiscal adjustments"
- @nilsblossey.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Austerity and Social Spending: Estimating the Long-Run Effects of Fiscal Adjustment - cup.org/4oAi3MF
"Ageing populations and slower growth have compelled governments in mature welfare states to implement fiscal adjustments"
- @nilsblossey.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
August 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Excited to share my first publication!
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Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
August 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
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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 🧵
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The Call for Papers for the 2026 EPSS annual conference in Belfast is now live!
Looking forward to your submissions!! Check out all details in this thread 👇
Looking forward to your submissions!! Check out all details in this thread 👇
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
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📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
August 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Call for Papers for the 2026 EPSS annual conference in Belfast is now live!
Looking forward to your submissions!! Check out all details in this thread 👇
Looking forward to your submissions!! Check out all details in this thread 👇
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📢 🇪🇺📘 Exciting news! The second edition of our textbook "Foundations of European Politics: A Comparative Approach" - with @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @jbslapin.bsky.social - is out at Oxford UP! 🧵👇 1/5
May 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
📢 🇪🇺📘 Exciting news! The second edition of our textbook "Foundations of European Politics: A Comparative Approach" - with @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @jbslapin.bsky.social - is out at Oxford UP! 🧵👇 1/5
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We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉
summerschoolwpm.org
Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social
📆01/05
summerschoolwpm.org
Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social
📆01/05
April 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉
summerschoolwpm.org
Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social
📆01/05
summerschoolwpm.org
Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social
📆01/05
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Finally with a proper citation!
Interested in how women MPs navigate parliamentary careers and adapt their behavior? Stay tuned for our followup project, where we look at how much power and prestige they attain as compared to men! #polisky #gendersky @jwaeckerle.bsky.social @bcastanho.bsky.social
Interested in how women MPs navigate parliamentary careers and adapt their behavior? Stay tuned for our followup project, where we look at how much power and prestige they attain as compared to men! #polisky #gendersky @jwaeckerle.bsky.social @bcastanho.bsky.social
Now out in an issue with proper page numbers🎉
Women in parliament, particularly in left parties, adapt their speaking style over the years to fit the male-dominated hierarchies of parties and parliaments
With the best coauthors one could ask for @dmpullan.bsky.social @jwaeckerle.bsky.social
Women in parliament, particularly in left parties, adapt their speaking style over the years to fit the male-dominated hierarchies of parties and parliaments
With the best coauthors one could ask for @dmpullan.bsky.social @jwaeckerle.bsky.social
American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Women in male-dominated organizations often must adopt more stereotypical masculine traits to advance within those hierarchies. While politics, historically male-dominated, should induce women to ble...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Finally with a proper citation!
Interested in how women MPs navigate parliamentary careers and adapt their behavior? Stay tuned for our followup project, where we look at how much power and prestige they attain as compared to men! #polisky #gendersky @jwaeckerle.bsky.social @bcastanho.bsky.social
Interested in how women MPs navigate parliamentary careers and adapt their behavior? Stay tuned for our followup project, where we look at how much power and prestige they attain as compared to men! #polisky #gendersky @jwaeckerle.bsky.social @bcastanho.bsky.social
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🚨 One week left to apply! 🚨
One week left to submit your abstract for our panel "Citizens’ attitudes towards democracy" at #Politicologenetmaal 2025 (June 12-13, University of Groningen).
📩 Submit here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...
⏳Deadline: March 31, 2025
Hope to see you there!
One week left to submit your abstract for our panel "Citizens’ attitudes towards democracy" at #Politicologenetmaal 2025 (June 12-13, University of Groningen).
📩 Submit here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...
⏳Deadline: March 31, 2025
Hope to see you there!
March 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🚨 One week left to apply! 🚨
One week left to submit your abstract for our panel "Citizens’ attitudes towards democracy" at #Politicologenetmaal 2025 (June 12-13, University of Groningen).
📩 Submit here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...
⏳Deadline: March 31, 2025
Hope to see you there!
One week left to submit your abstract for our panel "Citizens’ attitudes towards democracy" at #Politicologenetmaal 2025 (June 12-13, University of Groningen).
📩 Submit here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...
⏳Deadline: March 31, 2025
Hope to see you there!
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Who does Spiderman vote for? Who you vote for.
In a new paper w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social we show that people engage in motivated projection of political identities. In the absence of explicit info on politics, individuals rely on valence to infer the politics of others
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
In a new paper w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social we show that people engage in motivated projection of political identities. In the absence of explicit info on politics, individuals rely on valence to infer the politics of others
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
March 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Who does Spiderman vote for? Who you vote for.
In a new paper w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social we show that people engage in motivated projection of political identities. In the absence of explicit info on politics, individuals rely on valence to infer the politics of others
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
In a new paper w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social we show that people engage in motivated projection of political identities. In the absence of explicit info on politics, individuals rely on valence to infer the politics of others
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
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How do complexity and simplicity in political communication shape citizens' reasoning and attitudes toward politicians? 💭
Read more about it in this new study, out now in Human Communication Research ⬇️🤩
academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-...
Read more about it in this new study, out now in Human Communication Research ⬇️🤩
academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-...
March 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
How do complexity and simplicity in political communication shape citizens' reasoning and attitudes toward politicians? 💭
Read more about it in this new study, out now in Human Communication Research ⬇️🤩
academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-...
Read more about it in this new study, out now in Human Communication Research ⬇️🤩
academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-...
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🚀 Excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a course on "Large Language Models - Tune and Train Your Own Models" @methodsnet.bsky.social in Vienna from July 14-18 🤖💡 If you’re interested in adjusting LLMs for your tasks, this is for you. Can’t wait for an exciting week.
March 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
🚀 Excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a course on "Large Language Models - Tune and Train Your Own Models" @methodsnet.bsky.social in Vienna from July 14-18 🤖💡 If you’re interested in adjusting LLMs for your tasks, this is for you. Can’t wait for an exciting week.
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If you are interested in how to design survey experiments in the social sciences, I am teaching a course on exactly that @methodsnet.bsky.social Vienna summer school at CEU! Early bird discount applies through 26 March 👇. Looking forward to meeting you ☺️
methodsnet.org/course/d01-0...
methodsnet.org/course/d01-0...
D01-01AM: Designing Survey Experiments – Methodsnet
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March 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
If you are interested in how to design survey experiments in the social sciences, I am teaching a course on exactly that @methodsnet.bsky.social Vienna summer school at CEU! Early bird discount applies through 26 March 👇. Looking forward to meeting you ☺️
methodsnet.org/course/d01-0...
methodsnet.org/course/d01-0...
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Curious about mastering text analysis using computational methods? 🧑💻📊 This summer, I’m teaching an introductory course at the @methodsnet.bsky.social Summer School at @weareceu.bsky.social in Vienna. Would be nice to see you there!
Registrations NOW OPEN for MethodsNET Summer School 2025 with CEU! @weareceu.bsky.social
📍 Vienna, Austria | June 30 – July 18, 2025
Hands-on research methods training in case-based, quantitative, big data & more!
15% Early Bird discount available until March 11!
Register now: bit.ly/4gLbv9V
📍 Vienna, Austria | June 30 – July 18, 2025
Hands-on research methods training in case-based, quantitative, big data & more!
15% Early Bird discount available until March 11!
Register now: bit.ly/4gLbv9V
February 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Curious about mastering text analysis using computational methods? 🧑💻📊 This summer, I’m teaching an introductory course at the @methodsnet.bsky.social Summer School at @weareceu.bsky.social in Vienna. Would be nice to see you there!