Line Rennwald
@linerenn.bsky.social
Political scientist @FORSresearch @unil | Social classes & Voting, Parties & Populism, Trade unions, Inequalities & Responsiveness. Views are my own.
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Very happy to see this article published in @cogitatiopag.bsky.social 🥳! Using data from Selects (@forsresearch.bsky.social) and @smartvote.bsky.social, we compare political elites and voters on the question of closer (or looser) relations between CH and the EU
Excited to share my newest #OpenAccess article co-authored with the terrific @lukaslauener.bsky.social, "Closer or More Distant? The Congruence Between Elites and Voters on Swiss–EU Relations", now published @cogitatiopag.bsky.social
Download it for free:
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Download it for free:
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Closer or More Distant? The Congruence Between Elites and Voters on Swiss–EU Relations | Article | Politics and Governance
Lukas Lauener, Laurent Bernhard
www.cogitatiopress.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Very happy to see this article published in @cogitatiopag.bsky.social 🥳! Using data from Selects (@forsresearch.bsky.social) and @smartvote.bsky.social, we compare political elites and voters on the question of closer (or looser) relations between CH and the EU
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Love Data Week Switzerland (9–11 Feb)
We offer 3 short online sessions:
Generate file lists in minutes www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/genera...
Find & download data on SWISSUbase www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/search...
Use AI to draft a README (11 Feb) www.researchdatasupport.ch/index.php/ev...
We offer 3 short online sessions:
Generate file lists in minutes www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/genera...
Find & download data on SWISSUbase www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/search...
Use AI to draft a README (11 Feb) www.researchdatasupport.ch/index.php/ev...
January 27, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Love Data Week Switzerland (9–11 Feb)
We offer 3 short online sessions:
Generate file lists in minutes www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/genera...
Find & download data on SWISSUbase www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/search...
Use AI to draft a README (11 Feb) www.researchdatasupport.ch/index.php/ev...
We offer 3 short online sessions:
Generate file lists in minutes www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/genera...
Find & download data on SWISSUbase www.researchdatasupport.ch/event/search...
Use AI to draft a README (11 Feb) www.researchdatasupport.ch/index.php/ev...
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Der Meidner-Plan ist bekannt als das schwedische Konzept für den Übergang zum Sozialismus. Weniger bekannt ist: Rudolf Meidner kam aus Deutschland, hatte den Aufstieg der Nazis miterlebt und wollte mit seiner Arbeit auch dem Faschismus den Boden entziehen.
Die antifaschistischen Wurzeln der schwedischen Wirtschaftspolitik
Der Meidner-Plan ist bekannt als das schwedische Konzept für den Übergang zum Sozialismus. Weniger bekannt ist: Rudolf Meidner kam aus Deutschland, hatte den Aufstieg der Nazis miterlebt und wollte mit seiner Arbeit auch dem Faschismus den Boden entziehen.
jacobin.de
January 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Der Meidner-Plan ist bekannt als das schwedische Konzept für den Übergang zum Sozialismus. Weniger bekannt ist: Rudolf Meidner kam aus Deutschland, hatte den Aufstieg der Nazis miterlebt und wollte mit seiner Arbeit auch dem Faschismus den Boden entziehen.
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⚠️Deadline approaching soon to submit your paper to our Section on economic inequality perceptions and preferences @ecpr.bsky.social's General Conference!
📆Deadline 9 January
📆Deadline 9 January
📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Papers
💰 Exploring the Intricacies of Citizens' Economic Inequality Perceptions and Their Redistributive Correlates: Ill-Informed, Attitudinally Incoherent, or Predictably Irrational?
🪑 Sonja Zmerli & @silkegoubin.bsky.social
⌛ New deadline: 9 Jan buff.ly/XqoHXqe
#Polisky
💰 Exploring the Intricacies of Citizens' Economic Inequality Perceptions and Their Redistributive Correlates: Ill-Informed, Attitudinally Incoherent, or Predictably Irrational?
🪑 Sonja Zmerli & @silkegoubin.bsky.social
⌛ New deadline: 9 Jan buff.ly/XqoHXqe
#Polisky
Exploring the Intricacies of Citizens' Economic Inequality Perceptions and Their Redistributive Correlates: Ill-Informed, Attitudinally Incoherent, or Predictably Irrational?
General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University
ecpr.eu
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
⚠️Deadline approaching soon to submit your paper to our Section on economic inequality perceptions and preferences @ecpr.bsky.social's General Conference!
📆Deadline 9 January
📆Deadline 9 January
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How polarized was occupational change in Germany's and UK's largest cities?
Happy to share a new paper with Daniel Oesch and @katymorris.bsky.social out in Journal for Labour Market Research.
Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1186/s126... and 🧵👇:
Happy to share a new paper with Daniel Oesch and @katymorris.bsky.social out in Journal for Labour Market Research.
Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1186/s126... and 🧵👇:
Polarised upgrading: the changing occupational structure of large cities in Germany and the UK, 1991–2021 - Journal for Labour Market Research
An influential thesis predicted in the 1990s that large cities would become polarised as both high-wage professional and low-wage service jobs expanded at the expense of middle-wage workers. We revisi...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:50 AM
How polarized was occupational change in Germany's and UK's largest cities?
Happy to share a new paper with Daniel Oesch and @katymorris.bsky.social out in Journal for Labour Market Research.
Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1186/s126... and 🧵👇:
Happy to share a new paper with Daniel Oesch and @katymorris.bsky.social out in Journal for Labour Market Research.
Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1186/s126... and 🧵👇:
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The MOSAiCH Call 2027 is open!
Propose questions for the MOSAiCH Survey 2027 & collect survey data in Switzerland. The module complements ISSP 2027: Social Networks & Social Resources II.
Deadline: 20 April 2026
Fieldwork: Spring 2027 | Data: Early 2028
👉 Info: forscenter.ch/wp-content/u...
Propose questions for the MOSAiCH Survey 2027 & collect survey data in Switzerland. The module complements ISSP 2027: Social Networks & Social Resources II.
Deadline: 20 April 2026
Fieldwork: Spring 2027 | Data: Early 2028
👉 Info: forscenter.ch/wp-content/u...
December 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The MOSAiCH Call 2027 is open!
Propose questions for the MOSAiCH Survey 2027 & collect survey data in Switzerland. The module complements ISSP 2027: Social Networks & Social Resources II.
Deadline: 20 April 2026
Fieldwork: Spring 2027 | Data: Early 2028
👉 Info: forscenter.ch/wp-content/u...
Propose questions for the MOSAiCH Survey 2027 & collect survey data in Switzerland. The module complements ISSP 2027: Social Networks & Social Resources II.
Deadline: 20 April 2026
Fieldwork: Spring 2027 | Data: Early 2028
👉 Info: forscenter.ch/wp-content/u...
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NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names
By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names
By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
December 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names
By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names
By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Giorgia Meloni a-t-elle changé ? La question qui divise les politistes italiens
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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Giorgia Meloni a-t-elle changé ? La question qui divise les politistes italiens
Au pouvoir depuis trois ans, la présidente du conseil italien suscite le débat chez les chercheurs en sciences politiques. La normalisation de cette dirigeante issue de la matrice néofasciste s’accomp...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Giorgia Meloni a-t-elle changé ? La question qui divise les politistes italiens
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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My book “The Normalization of the Radical Right” has recently come out in the US.
If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out).
First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946
If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out).
First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946
November 12, 2024 at 3:16 PM
My book “The Normalization of the Radical Right” has recently come out in the US.
If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out).
First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946
If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out).
First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946
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Centre LIVES @unil.bsky.social is running the Good Life Data Challenge:
Using existing Swiss Household Panel data, can you predict the feeling of having lived a happy, meaningful, and interesting (psychologically rich) life in 🇨🇭?
These new items will be included in the next wave of SHP
Using existing Swiss Household Panel data, can you predict the feeling of having lived a happy, meaningful, and interesting (psychologically rich) life in 🇨🇭?
These new items will be included in the next wave of SHP
Call for Participation: The ‘Good Life’ Data Challenge | LIVES Center
www.centre-lives.ch
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Centre LIVES @unil.bsky.social is running the Good Life Data Challenge:
Using existing Swiss Household Panel data, can you predict the feeling of having lived a happy, meaningful, and interesting (psychologically rich) life in 🇨🇭?
These new items will be included in the next wave of SHP
Using existing Swiss Household Panel data, can you predict the feeling of having lived a happy, meaningful, and interesting (psychologically rich) life in 🇨🇭?
These new items will be included in the next wave of SHP
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Did you miss the last #CNES Seminar on #migrant #electionstudies? 😧 don't panic: you can now (re-)watch the recordings on our website: www.cnes.community/index.php/ev... 😌 💡
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Did you miss the last #CNES Seminar on #migrant #electionstudies? 😧 don't panic: you can now (re-)watch the recordings on our website: www.cnes.community/index.php/ev... 😌 💡
J'ai parlé avec @letemps.ch sur la #classe moyenne et les réponses des partis à la problématique du pouvoir d'achat @forsresearch.bsky.social
www.letemps.ch/suisse/a-ber...
www.letemps.ch/suisse/a-ber...
A Berne, les partis politiques s’arrachent la défense du pouvoir d’achat pour séduire «une classe moyenne» romancée - Le Temps
Le pouvoir d’achat, les loyers, les primes maladie: à deux ans des élections fédérales, les partis mobilisent leurs forces et varient les propositions pour séduire les électeurs envahis par un sentime...
www.letemps.ch
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
J'ai parlé avec @letemps.ch sur la #classe moyenne et les réponses des partis à la problématique du pouvoir d'achat @forsresearch.bsky.social
www.letemps.ch/suisse/a-ber...
www.letemps.ch/suisse/a-ber...
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Interested in data from the Selects Panel Survey? 7 waves follow the same respondents between the 2019 election campaign & the 2023 federal elections. Download the data www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue... and the overview of the concepts & questions www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue...
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Interested in data from the Selects Panel Survey? 7 waves follow the same respondents between the 2019 election campaign & the 2023 federal elections. Download the data www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue... and the overview of the concepts & questions www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue...
Great work and nice use of #Selects data from 1995 to 2023 @forsresearch.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social
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 10:08 AM
Great work and nice use of #Selects data from 1995 to 2023 @forsresearch.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social
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There is still time to register! newsletter.forscenter.ch/newsletter/i... 💡Don't miss the #CNES online seminar tomorrow 25 November on #migrant #electionstudies ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
There is still time to register! newsletter.forscenter.ch/newsletter/i... 💡Don't miss the #CNES online seminar tomorrow 25 November on #migrant #electionstudies ⬇️
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Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies?
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies?
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
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🆕 Latest article out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Left parties' higher salience on cultural issues associated w/ higher support from working-class voters. Social democrats much more sensitive to different strategies, should pursue more left/salient economics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Left parties’ strategies and working-class vote in contemporary Western Europe (2002–2020)
What should the left do strategically to retain workers' vote? This paper provides extensive empirical evidence on the relationship between left parti…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🆕 Latest article out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Left parties' higher salience on cultural issues associated w/ higher support from working-class voters. Social democrats much more sensitive to different strategies, should pursue more left/salient economics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Excited to have this paper on social networks as a mechanism for cleavage stabilization with @dpzollinger.bsky.social out!
If we have you intrigued, also pairs with (and empirically engages) our theoretical piece on puzzles of contemporary cleavage research:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If we have you intrigued, also pairs with (and empirically engages) our theoretical piece on puzzles of contemporary cleavage research:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations?
In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.
tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.
tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - Volume 55
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November 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Excited to have this paper on social networks as a mechanism for cleavage stabilization with @dpzollinger.bsky.social out!
If we have you intrigued, also pairs with (and empirically engages) our theoretical piece on puzzles of contemporary cleavage research:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If we have you intrigued, also pairs with (and empirically engages) our theoretical piece on puzzles of contemporary cleavage research:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social
𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET
@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.
👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET
@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.
👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
PhD Prep Talk: Switzerland
Meet an EUI Researcher and alumnus from your country!
www.eui.eu
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social
𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET
@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.
👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET
@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.
👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
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What is the level of education in Switzerland?
➡️ Compulsory education from 29% (1991) to 17% (2021)
➡️ Apprenticeship from 55% to 42%
➡️ Tertiary education (university or equivalent) from 16% to 41%, overrepresented in urban areas
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/bildung-schw...
➡️ Compulsory education from 29% (1991) to 17% (2021)
➡️ Apprenticeship from 55% to 42%
➡️ Tertiary education (university or equivalent) from 16% to 41%, overrepresented in urban areas
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/bildung-schw...
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
What is the level of education in Switzerland?
➡️ Compulsory education from 29% (1991) to 17% (2021)
➡️ Apprenticeship from 55% to 42%
➡️ Tertiary education (university or equivalent) from 16% to 41%, overrepresented in urban areas
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/bildung-schw...
➡️ Compulsory education from 29% (1991) to 17% (2021)
➡️ Apprenticeship from 55% to 42%
➡️ Tertiary education (university or equivalent) from 16% to 41%, overrepresented in urban areas
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/bildung-schw...
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🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
Looking forward to the GREC workshop @sspunil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social @matthiasenggist.bsky.social @eliemichel.bsky.social @anketresch.bsky.social @dweisstanner.bsky.social @pauluswagner.bsky.social @klaudiakoxha.bsky.social @philiprathgeb.bsky.social @lukaslauener.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Join us in Lausanne! @sspunil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social
📣Job alert: we are hiring a PhD candidate in comparative political behavior @sspunil.bsky.social in beautiful Lausanne, Switzerland, to work with data from @cses.bsky.social @nesconsortium.bsky.social and other networks : bit.ly/4mWVrnE
Deadline: 9 November.
#polisky
Deadline: 9 November.
#polisky
Opportunités de carrière : Assistant·e·diplômé·e en sciences politiques dans le domaine des comportements politiques comparés (22500)
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Join us in Lausanne! @sspunil.bsky.social @forsresearch.bsky.social
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This is a nice opportunity also to contribute to the activites on #CNES. 🤩 To apply, see link below ⬇️
🎓 Interested in #PoliticalBehavior, #SurveyData & #ComparativeResearch?
@forsresearch.bsky.social & the University of Lausanne 🇨🇭 are hiring a PhD researcher in comparative political behavior — join a great team and contribute to #MEDem’s Service Center for Survey Data!
🗓️ Apply by 9 Nov!
👉
@forsresearch.bsky.social & the University of Lausanne 🇨🇭 are hiring a PhD researcher in comparative political behavior — join a great team and contribute to #MEDem’s Service Center for Survey Data!
🗓️ Apply by 9 Nov!
👉
Opportunités de carrière : Assistant·e·diplômé·e en sciences politiques dans le domaine des comportements politiques comparés (22500)
career5.successfactors.eu
October 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is a nice opportunity also to contribute to the activites on #CNES. 🤩 To apply, see link below ⬇️