Lukas Hetzer
@lukashetzer.bsky.social
PhD student, University of Cologne |
European politics, crises, political behavior, political preferences | text & survey data
European politics, crises, political behavior, political preferences | text & survey data
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Lukas Hetzer
@lukashetzer.bsky.social
· Feb 14
🚨 #Data alert 📣 We just released #ParlLawSpeech – full texts of more than 40k bills, 28k laws, and 3 mio. parliamentary speeches from 7 countries (AT, CZ, DE, DK, ES, HR, HU) and the EU! If you study democracy with #TextAsData / #NLP methods, this is for you! A short 🧵 (1/3) #PoliSkyData #polisky
We finally dropped #ParlLawSpeech! 🥳 Excited to see how this data and especially the links between documents will be used in the future! Check out ParlLawSpeech.org and keep us posted if you use the data!
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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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Join us in 3 hours (at 17:00 Berlin time) to discuss replication problems of language models and recommendations for research!
🚨 for those from a different time zone: Germany already switched back clocks last weekend, so depending on where you are the time difference might be an hour off from usual
🚨 for those from a different time zone: Germany already switched back clocks last weekend, so depending on where you are the time difference might be an hour off from usual
Next Wednesday, we're excited to welcome @lexipalmer.bsky.social, who will present co-authored work with @cbarrie.bsky.social and Arthur Spirling on "Replication for Language Models: Problems, Principles, and Best Practices for Political Science". Paper and information on how to join ⬇️
October 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Join us in 3 hours (at 17:00 Berlin time) to discuss replication problems of language models and recommendations for research!
🚨 for those from a different time zone: Germany already switched back clocks last weekend, so depending on where you are the time difference might be an hour off from usual
🚨 for those from a different time zone: Germany already switched back clocks last weekend, so depending on where you are the time difference might be an hour off from usual
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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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I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
#ERCStG
#ERCStG
September 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
#ERCStG
#ERCStG
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🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live.
🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.
🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!
🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.
🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!
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
🧵
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
August 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live.
🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.
🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!
🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.
🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!
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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
🧵
📢 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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So, European and EU politics folks, this 👇 is where we need your newest work to be submitted and discussed next year @epssnet.bsky.social first conference in Belfast!
I am happy to co-chair the section with Bjorn Hoyland, and looking 👀 forward to your submissions.
I am happy to co-chair the section with Bjorn Hoyland, and looking 👀 forward to your submissions.
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
🧵
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
August 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So, European and EU politics folks, this 👇 is where we need your newest work to be submitted and discussed next year @epssnet.bsky.social first conference in Belfast!
I am happy to co-chair the section with Bjorn Hoyland, and looking 👀 forward to your submissions.
I am happy to co-chair the section with Bjorn Hoyland, and looking 👀 forward to your submissions.
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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
🧵
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
August 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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
🧵
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
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Seoul novelty hats as political science concepts. A thread.
1. Quantitative methods
1. Quantitative methods
July 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Seoul novelty hats as political science concepts. A thread.
1. Quantitative methods
1. Quantitative methods
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🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such?
My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).
A thread (1/n)
My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).
A thread (1/n)
July 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such?
My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).
A thread (1/n)
My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).
A thread (1/n)
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This sounds promising (👋🇪🇺...)
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-ai...
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-ai...
Swiss universities to release multilingual AI programme
This summer researchers at Swiss universities will make available a large language model (LLM), an AI programme trained on vast amounts of data, developed on public infrastructure.
www.swissinfo.ch
July 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This sounds promising (👋🇪🇺...)
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-ai...
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-ai...
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📣 Call for Applications 📣
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
July 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📣 Call for Applications 📣
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
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So Schengen. Much Freedom. Very Movement.
So I crossed the border from Germany to France today and the journey took around 30 minutes longer than I was used to cause we had to go through border checks. This is now a daily routine for commuters living in the German border regions.
July 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So Schengen. Much Freedom. Very Movement.
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Signing up for @epssnet.bsky.social and it's time to learn who the truly nasty reviewers are
June 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Signing up for @epssnet.bsky.social and it's time to learn who the truly nasty reviewers are
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Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions.
A 🧵
1. Who formed EPSS?
EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.
1/
A 🧵
1. Who formed EPSS?
EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.
1/
June 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions.
A 🧵
1. Who formed EPSS?
EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.
1/
A 🧵
1. Who formed EPSS?
EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.
1/
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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.
🧵
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 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨 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.
🧵
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Delighted to see the 2nd edition of Foundations of European Politics 🇪🇺 in print! @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sopro.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social
If you teach EU or European politics, you can order an inspection copy here: global.oup.com/ushe/product...
If you teach EU or European politics, you can order an inspection copy here: global.oup.com/ushe/product...
June 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Delighted to see the 2nd edition of Foundations of European Politics 🇪🇺 in print! @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sopro.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social
If you teach EU or European politics, you can order an inspection copy here: global.oup.com/ushe/product...
If you teach EU or European politics, you can order an inspection copy here: global.oup.com/ushe/product...
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🚨 NEW PUBLICATION! Who belongs to “the people” – and who does not?
What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
🧵 1/10
What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
🧵 1/10
June 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION! Who belongs to “the people” – and who does not?
What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
🧵 1/10
What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
🧵 1/10
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Wow!
"The average female researcher in departments with more women publishes more and receives more citations than the average female researcher in universities with a lower share of female faculty"
@egenpolisci.bsky.social
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
"The average female researcher in departments with more women publishes more and receives more citations than the average female researcher in universities with a lower share of female faculty"
@egenpolisci.bsky.social
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Closing the publishing gender gap in economics and political science: Does a critical mass matter?
Using novel data on publications and citations by researchers in economics and political science in top 50 universities globally, we analyze the relationship between female representation and the gend...
dx.plos.org
June 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Wow!
"The average female researcher in departments with more women publishes more and receives more citations than the average female researcher in universities with a lower share of female faculty"
@egenpolisci.bsky.social
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
"The average female researcher in departments with more women publishes more and receives more citations than the average female researcher in universities with a lower share of female faculty"
@egenpolisci.bsky.social
@sotonpolitics.bsky.social
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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Super happy to see this paper now in print! We show that parties which do not enter coalitions, but have formal (written) support agreements with minority cabinets- such as Tidö Agreement in Sweden - are likely to be punished at the next elections, similarly to junior coalition partners.
New article from our latest issue (Issue 8, 2025): "Hitting the Sweet Spot? The Electoral Consequences of Supporting Minority Governments" by Maria Thürk @mariathurk.bsky.social and Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#polisky #socialscience #academicsky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#polisky #socialscience #academicsky
June 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Super happy to see this paper now in print! We show that parties which do not enter coalitions, but have formal (written) support agreements with minority cabinets- such as Tidö Agreement in Sweden - are likely to be punished at the next elections, similarly to junior coalition partners.
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Always have a healthy dose of scepticism on Eurobarometer polls. But they are very good comparable between themselves, and it is remarkable to see the EU back to levels of trust from before the many crises of the 2010s and 2020s hit Europe.
Trust is a precious currency in today’s world.
So it matters that trust in the EU among EU citizens has grown for 4 consecutive years.
Now reaching its highest level in 18 years, according to an EU-wide survey.
Read more: europa.eu/!Tp94N4
So it matters that trust in the EU among EU citizens has grown for 4 consecutive years.
Now reaching its highest level in 18 years, according to an EU-wide survey.
Read more: europa.eu/!Tp94N4
Eurobarometer shows record high trust in the EU, and strong support for the euro and a common defence and security policy
The latest Eurobarometer survey released today reveals the highest level of trust in the European Union in 18 years and the highest-ever support for the euro.
europa.eu
May 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Always have a healthy dose of scepticism on Eurobarometer polls. But they are very good comparable between themselves, and it is remarkable to see the EU back to levels of trust from before the many crises of the 2010s and 2020s hit Europe.
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🇪🇺🇦🇫 Published Today in CPS 🇪🇺🇦🇫
“Stand by those who share our values” – how refugees fleeing the Taliban improved European attitudes toward immigration
Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os...
Thread: 1/8
“Stand by those who share our values” – how refugees fleeing the Taliban improved European attitudes toward immigration
Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os...
Thread: 1/8
May 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🇪🇺🇦🇫 Published Today in CPS 🇪🇺🇦🇫
“Stand by those who share our values” – how refugees fleeing the Taliban improved European attitudes toward immigration
Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os...
Thread: 1/8
“Stand by those who share our values” – how refugees fleeing the Taliban improved European attitudes toward immigration
Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os...
Thread: 1/8
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From Bluesky to the Guardian!
In my new op-Ed, I argue that the “male glaze” of media and politics is empirically, normative, and politically wrong and that progressives should focus more on the left turn of young women.
In my new op-Ed, I argue that the “male glaze” of media and politics is empirically, normative, and politically wrong and that progressives should focus more on the left turn of young women.
The real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to | Cas Mudde
There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face – if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics, says political scientist Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
From Bluesky to the Guardian!
In my new op-Ed, I argue that the “male glaze” of media and politics is empirically, normative, and politically wrong and that progressives should focus more on the left turn of young women.
In my new op-Ed, I argue that the “male glaze” of media and politics is empirically, normative, and politically wrong and that progressives should focus more on the left turn of young women.
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Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Far‐Right Illiberalism in the European Parliament | Article | Politics and Governance
Larissa Böckmann, Sarah L. de Lange, Nathalie Brack, Matthijs Rooduijn
www.cogitatiopress.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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This obsession is with “young men turning to the right” is everything that is wrong with the discussion about the far right.
It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵
It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This obsession is with “young men turning to the right” is everything that is wrong with the discussion about the far right.
It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵
It is not just an inadequate read of what is happening, and a bias towards the male norm, but it also normalizes the far right and obscures support for inclusive politics. 🧵