Patrick M Kuhn
@pmkuhn.bsky.social
Political Scientist at Durham University in the Centre for Institutions and Political Behaviour | Researching the politics of political and economic development | PI of 19th-Century Election Violence Project
Here, here...I am with Lord Patten. Having publicly funded broadcasters as independent trusted news sources is so critical for limiting political polarization and maintaining a functioning democracy in the current context.
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Here, here...I am with Lord Patten. Having publicly funded broadcasters as independent trusted news sources is so critical for limiting political polarization and maintaining a functioning democracy in the current context.
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The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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🚨NEW PiRM Episode: @pmkuhn.bsky.social is joined by
is joined by Prof. Ilan Baron, Professor in International Political Theory at SGIA, for a conversation on anti-Semitism, Israel, and the problem of proxy representation
open.spotify.com/episode/2HCj...
is joined by Prof. Ilan Baron, Professor in International Political Theory at SGIA, for a conversation on anti-Semitism, Israel, and the problem of proxy representation
open.spotify.com/episode/2HCj...
Anti-Semitism, Israel, and the Problem of Proxy Representation
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🚨NEW PiRM Episode: @pmkuhn.bsky.social is joined by
is joined by Prof. Ilan Baron, Professor in International Political Theory at SGIA, for a conversation on anti-Semitism, Israel, and the problem of proxy representation
open.spotify.com/episode/2HCj...
is joined by Prof. Ilan Baron, Professor in International Political Theory at SGIA, for a conversation on anti-Semitism, Israel, and the problem of proxy representation
open.spotify.com/episode/2HCj...
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We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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📘 NEU: Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft – 6., vollständig aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage (2025), mit Thomas Bernauer, Sylvia Kritzinger und Detlef Jahn.
📚 ISBN: 978-3-7560-1619-8
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🔗 Zum Buch im Nomos-Shop: lnkd.in/eeMPNEzu
📚 ISBN: 978-3-7560-1619-8
📖 Nomos Verlag @nomosverlag.bsky.social
🔗 Zum Buch im Nomos-Shop: lnkd.in/eeMPNEzu
October 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
📘 NEU: Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft – 6., vollständig aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage (2025), mit Thomas Bernauer, Sylvia Kritzinger und Detlef Jahn.
📚 ISBN: 978-3-7560-1619-8
📖 Nomos Verlag @nomosverlag.bsky.social
🔗 Zum Buch im Nomos-Shop: lnkd.in/eeMPNEzu
📚 ISBN: 978-3-7560-1619-8
📖 Nomos Verlag @nomosverlag.bsky.social
🔗 Zum Buch im Nomos-Shop: lnkd.in/eeMPNEzu
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Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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📘 NEU: Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft – 6., vollständig aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage (2025), mit Thomas Bernauer, Sylvia Kritzinger und Detlef Jahn.
📚 ISBN: 978-3-7560-1619-8
📖 Nomos Verlag @nomosverlag.bsky.social
🔗 Zum Buch im Nomos-Shop: lnkd.in/eeMPNEzu
📚 ISBN: 978-3-7560-1619-8
📖 Nomos Verlag @nomosverlag.bsky.social
🔗 Zum Buch im Nomos-Shop: lnkd.in/eeMPNEzu
October 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
📘 NEU: Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft – 6., vollständig aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage (2025), mit Thomas Bernauer, Sylvia Kritzinger und Detlef Jahn.
📚 ISBN: 978-3-7560-1619-8
📖 Nomos Verlag @nomosverlag.bsky.social
🔗 Zum Buch im Nomos-Shop: lnkd.in/eeMPNEzu
📚 ISBN: 978-3-7560-1619-8
📖 Nomos Verlag @nomosverlag.bsky.social
🔗 Zum Buch im Nomos-Shop: lnkd.in/eeMPNEzu
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🚨NEW PiRM Episode: Peaceful by Design? The Return of Political Violence in Democracies. In this episode, @pmkuhn.bsky.social digs into the paradox at the heart of democracy: why systems built on peaceful disagreement are seeing rising levels of aggression.
open.spotify.com/episode/6hgM...
open.spotify.com/episode/6hgM...
Peaceful by Design? The Return of Political Violence in Democracies
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October 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🚨NEW PiRM Episode: Peaceful by Design? The Return of Political Violence in Democracies. In this episode, @pmkuhn.bsky.social digs into the paradox at the heart of democracy: why systems built on peaceful disagreement are seeing rising levels of aggression.
open.spotify.com/episode/6hgM...
open.spotify.com/episode/6hgM...
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🎧 Just dropped: In this new episode of Politics in the Rearview Mirror, @pmkuhn.bsky.social speaks to Dr David Andersen and Dr Neil Visalvanich to unpack the mechanics and meaning of the US government shutdown
open.spotify.com/episode/4i6l...
open.spotify.com/episode/4i6l...
The US Shuts Down (Again): The Politics Behind the 2025 Government Shutdown
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October 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🎧 Just dropped: In this new episode of Politics in the Rearview Mirror, @pmkuhn.bsky.social speaks to Dr David Andersen and Dr Neil Visalvanich to unpack the mechanics and meaning of the US government shutdown
open.spotify.com/episode/4i6l...
open.spotify.com/episode/4i6l...
Has always been and will always be…und can ignore it for a while, but economics will eventually come back and bite.
Fundamentally anyone who says politics isn't about economics any more, is an idiot. People like having money and dislike not having enough money
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Has always been and will always be…und can ignore it for a while, but economics will eventually come back and bite.
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Viele halbleere Einfamilienhäuser: Davon wird es nach Abschaffung #Eigenmietwert noch mehr geben.
Und nochmals mehr, falls die vom Bund angedachte neue Grundstückgewinnsteuer kommt.
Gaga-Steuerpolitik.
www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/n...
Und nochmals mehr, falls die vom Bund angedachte neue Grundstückgewinnsteuer kommt.
Gaga-Steuerpolitik.
www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/n...
Wohnungsnot trifft Raumüberfluss – das grosse Paradox der Schweizer Einfamilienhäuser
Neue Zahlen zeigen: Mehr als die Hälfte der Wohngebäude in der Schweiz sind Einfamilienhäuser. Und mehr als die Hälfte davon wird nur von einer oder zwei Personen bewohnt.
www.nzz.ch
September 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Viele halbleere Einfamilienhäuser: Davon wird es nach Abschaffung #Eigenmietwert noch mehr geben.
Und nochmals mehr, falls die vom Bund angedachte neue Grundstückgewinnsteuer kommt.
Gaga-Steuerpolitik.
www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/n...
Und nochmals mehr, falls die vom Bund angedachte neue Grundstückgewinnsteuer kommt.
Gaga-Steuerpolitik.
www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/n...
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@robfordmancs.bsky.social argues that the unpopularity of Reform's proposals offer the government an opportunity - but I'd add that they will squander that if they introduce what just looks like a watered-down version of those proposals.
September 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
@robfordmancs.bsky.social argues that the unpopularity of Reform's proposals offer the government an opportunity - but I'd add that they will squander that if they introduce what just looks like a watered-down version of those proposals.
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🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)!
🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!
Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!
Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social
🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!
Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!
Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)!
🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!
Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!
Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social
🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!
Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!
Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social
Sunday afternoon at the lake -Afagato weather with view…
August 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Sunday afternoon at the lake -Afagato weather with view…
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Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
hannahshelley.neocities.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
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"Werden Häuser noch teurer?", fragt der Tagi bezüglich #Eigenmietwert.
Meine Antwort: Selbstverständlich.
Wenn man Steuern senkt auf ein inelastisch angebotenes Gut, dann steigt dessen Marktpreis.
Wie stark wäre der Preisschub?
Eine grobe Schätzung.
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www.tagesanzeiger.ch/eigenmietwer...
Meine Antwort: Selbstverständlich.
Wenn man Steuern senkt auf ein inelastisch angebotenes Gut, dann steigt dessen Marktpreis.
Wie stark wäre der Preisschub?
Eine grobe Schätzung.
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www.tagesanzeiger.ch/eigenmietwer...
Die Schweiz ist Weltmeisterin bei Immobilienschulden. Ändert die Abschaffung des Eigenmietwerts etwas daran?
Laut dem Bundesrat wäre ein Systemwechsel bei der Besteuerung von Wohneigentum gut für die Finanzstabilität. Doch das Argument steht auf wackeligen Beinen.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch
August 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"Werden Häuser noch teurer?", fragt der Tagi bezüglich #Eigenmietwert.
Meine Antwort: Selbstverständlich.
Wenn man Steuern senkt auf ein inelastisch angebotenes Gut, dann steigt dessen Marktpreis.
Wie stark wäre der Preisschub?
Eine grobe Schätzung.
🧵 1/
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/eigenmietwer...
Meine Antwort: Selbstverständlich.
Wenn man Steuern senkt auf ein inelastisch angebotenes Gut, dann steigt dessen Marktpreis.
Wie stark wäre der Preisschub?
Eine grobe Schätzung.
🧵 1/
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/eigenmietwer...
This is shocking…
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
This is shocking…
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From the current issue:
“Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914”
by Luke Blaxill (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social), Gary Hutchison (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), @pmkuhn.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Nick Vivyan (@durham-university.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
“Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914”
by Luke Blaxill (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social), Gary Hutchison (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), @pmkuhn.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Nick Vivyan (@durham-university.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914*
Abstract. This article analyses over 19,000 articles from newspapers and parliamentary commission reports to reveal endemic electoral violence in England a
doi.org
July 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
From the current issue:
“Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914”
by Luke Blaxill (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social), Gary Hutchison (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), @pmkuhn.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Nick Vivyan (@durham-university.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
“Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914”
by Luke Blaxill (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social), Gary Hutchison (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), @pmkuhn.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Nick Vivyan (@durham-university.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
July 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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From the current issue: “Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914”
by Luke Blaxill (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social), Gary Hutchison (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), @pmkuhn.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Nick Vivyan (@durham-university.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Luke Blaxill (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social), Gary Hutchison (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), @pmkuhn.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Nick Vivyan (@durham-university.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
doi.org
June 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
From the current issue: “Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914”
by Luke Blaxill (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social), Gary Hutchison (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), @pmkuhn.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Nick Vivyan (@durham-university.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Luke Blaxill (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social), Gary Hutchison (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social), @pmkuhn.bsky.social, @gidoncohen.bsky.social, Nick Vivyan (@durham-university.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Thanks to @pmkuhn.bsky.social for inviting me onto our departmental podcast to talk about the UK Strategic Defence Review, the space dimensions of it in particular and some wider issues in UK defence.
open.spotify.com/episode/52UK...
open.spotify.com/episode/52UK...
The UK's Military Makeover: Assessing the Strategic Defence Review
Politics in the Rearview Mirror · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Thanks to @pmkuhn.bsky.social for inviting me onto our departmental podcast to talk about the UK Strategic Defence Review, the space dimensions of it in particular and some wider issues in UK defence.
open.spotify.com/episode/52UK...
open.spotify.com/episode/52UK...
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Check out the forthcoming JCR article by Anouk Rigterink and my PhD student @wangyinzhao.bsky.social 👇
🚨Kicking off my first post with a publication!
My first peer-reviewed article - “The Impact of Natural Disasters on the Ongoing Civil War: The Role of Spatial Configuration of Territorial Control” - now out in Journal of Conflict Resolution!
📖Read: doi.org/10.1177/0022...
🧵What is new👇
My first peer-reviewed article - “The Impact of Natural Disasters on the Ongoing Civil War: The Role of Spatial Configuration of Territorial Control” - now out in Journal of Conflict Resolution!
📖Read: doi.org/10.1177/0022...
🧵What is new👇
June 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Check out the forthcoming JCR article by Anouk Rigterink and my PhD student @wangyinzhao.bsky.social 👇
Check out the forthcoming JCR article by Anouk Rigterink and my PhD student @wangyinzhao.bsky.social 👇
🚨Kicking off my first post with a publication!
My first peer-reviewed article - “The Impact of Natural Disasters on the Ongoing Civil War: The Role of Spatial Configuration of Territorial Control” - now out in Journal of Conflict Resolution!
📖Read: doi.org/10.1177/0022...
🧵What is new👇
My first peer-reviewed article - “The Impact of Natural Disasters on the Ongoing Civil War: The Role of Spatial Configuration of Territorial Control” - now out in Journal of Conflict Resolution!
📖Read: doi.org/10.1177/0022...
🧵What is new👇
June 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Check out the forthcoming JCR article by Anouk Rigterink and my PhD student @wangyinzhao.bsky.social 👇