Professor University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social — interested in comparative politics & data science — representation, participation, direct democracy — @leewas.bsky.social — @bjpols.bsky.social — DigDemLab — Co-founder of
https://leewas.ch/ ..
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Professor University of Zurich @ipz.bsky.social — interested in comparative politics & data science — representation, participation, direct democracy — @leewas.bsky.social — @bjpols.bsky.social — DigDemLab — Co-founder of
https://leewas.ch/
Reposted by Lucas Leemann, Jonathan Hopkin, M Josep
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
Reposted by Lucas Leemann, Silja Häusermann
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...
Reposted by Lucas Leemann, Dimiter Toshkov, Tarik Abou‐Chadi
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
Reposted by Lucas Leemann, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Tarik Abou‐Chadi
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
Süssli fordert:
➡️ eine Exitstrategie aus Microsoft:
➡️ eine IT-Infrastruktur für sensitive Daten
➡️ eine Schweizer Open-Source-Lösung.
(und OpenDesk von ZenDis😉)
Read the full story ⬇️
www.republik.ch/2025/10/31/d...
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
We show that the level of aggregation at which electoral results are published affects election integrity.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by Dani Rodrik, Stephen M. Walt, Cas Mudde , and 51 more Dani Rodrik, Stephen M. Walt, Cas Mudde, Ben H. Ansell, Jan W. Mueller, Guntram B. Wolff, Christian Odendahl, Richard S.J. Tol, Colin F. Camerer, Robbert Sanderman, David Brady, Gabriel Felbermayr, Steven Van de Walle, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Alistair Munro, Michael A. Clemens, Cyrus Samii, Lucas Leemann, Francesco Saraceno, Laia Balcells, Andrew Curry, Paul Lehmann, Guy Grossman, John Mullahy, Joshua Goodman, David Dorn, Ingo Rohlfing, Daniel W. Drezner, Iikka Korhonen, Robert C. Richards, Aaron Sojourner, Daniel Huppmann, Julia Lynch, Rita Hamad, Stephen D. Murphy, Nazita Lajevardi, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Miguel Á. Malo, Henry Farrell, Dean Eckles, Maria Abreu, Dana R. Fisher, Jason Lyall, Brian Weatherson, Brooke Harrington, Bård Harstad, Christina Pagel, Jürgen Janger, Nicolai von Ondarza, Karsten Mäuse, Dietmar Fehr, Bartosz Bartkowski, Adam Tooze, Anita Gohdes
🧵 1/7
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Lucas Leemann, Rosie Campbell
Reposted by Lucas Leemann, Chris Hanretty, Janne Tukiainen
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
Reposted by Lucas Leemann, Nicolai von Ondarza
cc @lucasleemann.bsky.social
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
cc @lucasleemann.bsky.social #chvote #abst25
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
@tagesanzeiger.bsky.social
@peligro.bsky.social @marcbrup.bsky.social
@yannickwiget.bsky.social
@mathiaslutz.bsky.social
@lucasleemann.bsky.social
#chvote #abst25 #EID
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
….mit aktuell knappem Ja zur E-ID (± 1.4%)
cc @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social
@peligro.bsky.social @marcbrup.bsky.social
@yannickwiget.bsky.social
@mathiaslutz.bsky.social #chvote #abst25 #EID
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
Abschaffung Eigenmietwert – rund 60 Prozent ja.
E-ID – auf Messers Schneide. Jetzt 51 Prozent Nein, aber Fehlerbereich noch 2,5 Prozent. Alle Prognosen hier: www.tagesanzeiger.ch/karten-und-g...
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
E-ID-Gesetz: 50,4% JA
So die ersten Prognosen unserer #Hochrechnungen zum #Abstimmungssonntag mit
@leewas.bsky.social
Liveprognosen verfolgen:
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/790131388382
#CHvote #Abst25 #Eigenmietwert #eID
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
Jetzt den Abstimmungssonntag verfolgen: tagesanzeiger.ch
cc @lucasleemann.bsky.social #abst25 #chvote #Eigenmietwert #EID
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
Take today's vote on a tax break for homeowners: @leewas.bsky.social polls suggest it is largely supported by homeowners, a group with a strong lobby. Renters tend to oppose it, with ≈60% being renters in Switzerland
epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
@rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!
Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings , and 11 more Ben H. Ansell, Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings, Hugo Mercier, Catherine E. De Vries, Lucas Leemann, Robert Huber, Cameron Campbell, Maria Abreu, Evert Meijers, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Francesco Nicoli, Björn Bremer
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...
Reposted by Lucas Leemann
In Swiss direct democracy, however, wins & defeats are distributed quite equally across income classes @leewas.bsky.social www.derbund.ch/politkolumne...
In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, we assess how mainstream parties rhetorically create an affect-based "common front" against the radical right.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Thomas Saalfeld, Lucas Leemann, Justin H. Kirkland
Reposted by Sara B. Hobolt, Lucas Leemann
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
to getting EPSS off to a fantastic start by submitting your work to next year’s conference. I’m section chair for Migration Politics together with @aalrababah.bsky.social and can’t wait to see the cool mig research you have for us 🔥
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, John Drury, Patrick Dunleavy , and 18 more Ben H. Ansell, John Drury, Patrick Dunleavy, Scott L. Greer, Stefanie Walter, Lucas Leemann, Switzerland, Efrén O. Pérez, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Janne Tukiainen, Mirya R. Holman, David R. Miller, Holger Nehring, Nazita Lajevardi, Miranda J. Lubbers, Tom Louwerse, Bonnie N. Field, Tarik Abou‐Chadi, Pierre-Yves Baudot, Simon Persico, David Darmofal
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess