PSA German Politics Specialist Group
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We are the German Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social)
Web: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/german-politics
Web: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/german-politics
Merry Christmas everyone! 🧑🎄🎄
December 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Merry Christmas everyone! 🧑🎄🎄
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*#PSA26 Annual Conference* 🚨Registration Open🚨
Join us in Oxford 30 March - 1 April 2026 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'
📆 Early booking deadline 19 January
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Join us in Oxford 30 March - 1 April 2026 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'
📆 Early booking deadline 19 January
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Political Studies Association 76th Annual International ConferencePSA26: Political Studies Futures30 March – 1 April 2026, Oxford Join us in Oxford for PSA26 to discuss 'Political Studies…
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*#PSA26 Annual Conference* 🚨Registration Open🚨
Join us in Oxford 30 March - 1 April 2026 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'
📆 Early booking deadline 19 January
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Join us in Oxford 30 March - 1 April 2026 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'
📆 Early booking deadline 19 January
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IN NEW ISSUE: Elite Cooperation and Affective Polarization: @markuswagner.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social examine the link between the two by using 20 years of German coalitions data - buff.ly/DoGL3EA (OPEN ACCESS)
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November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
IN NEW ISSUE: Elite Cooperation and Affective Polarization: @markuswagner.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social examine the link between the two by using 20 years of German coalitions data - buff.ly/DoGL3EA (OPEN ACCESS)
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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IN NEW ISSUE: How do institutional parameters affect citizens’ evaluations of a political system as democratic? @clandwehr.bsky.social, C Ojeda & @stallbaum.bsky.social compare citizens’ design preferences in #Germany & #US: buff.ly/3Wx9YMl
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November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
IN NEW ISSUE: How do institutional parameters affect citizens’ evaluations of a political system as democratic? @clandwehr.bsky.social, C Ojeda & @stallbaum.bsky.social compare citizens’ design preferences in #Germany & #US: buff.ly/3Wx9YMl
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social
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🌟PSA PRIZES🌟 Nominations for Academic Prizes are now open!
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
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November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🌟PSA PRIZES🌟 Nominations for Academic Prizes are now open!
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
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1/4. ** New Article Alert!
"Instrumentalisation of political transnationalism for anti-immigrant purposes: A comparative analysis on the Alternative for Germany and the Party for Freedom", by Efe C. Özek
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"Instrumentalisation of political transnationalism for anti-immigrant purposes: A comparative analysis on the Alternative for Germany and the Party for Freedom", by Efe C. Özek
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October 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
1/4. ** New Article Alert!
"Instrumentalisation of political transnationalism for anti-immigrant purposes: A comparative analysis on the Alternative for Germany and the Party for Freedom", by Efe C. Özek
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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"Instrumentalisation of political transnationalism for anti-immigrant purposes: A comparative analysis on the Alternative for Germany and the Party for Freedom", by Efe C. Özek
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Excellent job opportunity in the SPARK project👇
🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (SPARK)
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience in the politics of the UK, Scottish, German or Bavarian parliaments to join the UKRI-funded research project, ‘Studying Parliaments an...
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September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Excellent job opportunity in the SPARK project👇
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IN NEW ISSUE: What is the far-right’s foreign policy outlook? @thorstenwojczewski.bsky.social tests a proposed theoretical framework through a comparative analysis of two German right parties. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/NLJLIFU
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September 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
IN NEW ISSUE: What is the far-right’s foreign policy outlook? @thorstenwojczewski.bsky.social tests a proposed theoretical framework through a comparative analysis of two German right parties. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/NLJLIFU
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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Reminder that it's still possible to apply! Please share!
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Are you an undergraduate or masters student in the UK 💂♂️working on German Politics⚫🔴🟡?
We award up to three Essay Prizes 🥇
Submit your essays or dissertations now 📫
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Are you an undergraduate or masters student in the UK 💂♂️working on German Politics⚫🔴🟡?
We award up to three Essay Prizes 🥇
Submit your essays or dissertations now 📫
Contact us, if you have any question 🙋
More information: psagermany.wordpress.com/events-2/psa...
PSA75 Essay Prize
To mark the 75th anniversary of the UK’s Political Studies Association, the German Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) has created a one-off essay prize for undergraduate and masters students to celeb…
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September 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reminder that it's still possible to apply! Please share!
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*PSA EVENT* Our Teaching & Learning Network Conference is taking place next week. Bringing together the teaching and learning community to share practices, ideas and experiences.
4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social.
4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social.
Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Network Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
Theme: Teaching Well4th-5th September 2025 This year’s PSA TLN annual conference will take place on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th of September at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Egham, Surrey.
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August 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
*PSA EVENT* Our Teaching & Learning Network Conference is taking place next week. Bringing together the teaching and learning community to share practices, ideas and experiences.
4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social.
4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social.
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New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵
Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany
www.sciencedirect.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵
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🧪 🗳 New in Scientific Data
"The #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A Dataset of Austrian Voter Attitudes and Behavior”
The new data descriptor offers background on study design & data quality.
➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415...
📂 Dataset: doi.org/10.11587/HNU...
#OpenScience @aussda.bsky.social
"The #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A Dataset of Austrian Voter Attitudes and Behavior”
The new data descriptor offers background on study design & data quality.
➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415...
📂 Dataset: doi.org/10.11587/HNU...
#OpenScience @aussda.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🧪 🗳 New in Scientific Data
"The #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A Dataset of Austrian Voter Attitudes and Behavior”
The new data descriptor offers background on study design & data quality.
➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415...
📂 Dataset: doi.org/10.11587/HNU...
#OpenScience @aussda.bsky.social
"The #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A Dataset of Austrian Voter Attitudes and Behavior”
The new data descriptor offers background on study design & data quality.
➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415...
📂 Dataset: doi.org/10.11587/HNU...
#OpenScience @aussda.bsky.social
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*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social has launched an l #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students.
📆 Deadline 30 Sept.
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📆 Deadline 30 Sept.
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July 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social has launched an l #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students.
📆 Deadline 30 Sept.
➡️ buff.ly/MXzuH2E
📆 Deadline 30 Sept.
➡️ buff.ly/MXzuH2E
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Dangerous things are happening in Germany.
We know that a lack of trust is a significant factor in RR voting. Has anyone also looked at whether RR politicians trust the state? These people always seem to radiate intense hatred for democratic institutions. But maybe that's just for show.
We know that a lack of trust is a significant factor in RR voting. Has anyone also looked at whether RR politicians trust the state? These people always seem to radiate intense hatred for democratic institutions. But maybe that's just for show.
Viel wurde über die "neue" Strategie der AfD gesprochen - ich bezeichne diese als "elektorale Ausdehnungsstrategie ohne inhaltliche Mäßigung". Letzteres fällt im öffentlichen Diskurs gerne einmal herunter. Mehr dazu hier (zu hören und zu lesen): www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...
Der Weg ins Kanzleramt? Wie die AfD-Strategie funktioniert
Vor Kurzem wurde eine Strategie der AfD öffentlich, wie sie ins Kanzleramt kommen will - nämlich mit Kulturkampf und Spaltung. Das Auftreten der Partei zeigt: Sie hält sich auch dran. Von Benjamin Gro...
www.tagesschau.de
July 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Dangerous things are happening in Germany.
We know that a lack of trust is a significant factor in RR voting. Has anyone also looked at whether RR politicians trust the state? These people always seem to radiate intense hatred for democratic institutions. But maybe that's just for show.
We know that a lack of trust is a significant factor in RR voting. Has anyone also looked at whether RR politicians trust the state? These people always seem to radiate intense hatred for democratic institutions. But maybe that's just for show.
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July 1950: the Communist hymn „Die Partei hat immer recht“ is performed for the first time in East Berlin www.deutschlandfunk.de/24-07-1950-l...
Kommunistischer Hit der DDR: "Die Partei hat immer recht"
Es ist eine Hymne auf den Kommunismus: "Die Partei hat immer recht" oder auch "Das Lied der Partei" des böhmisch-deutschen Dichters Louis Fürnberg.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
July 1950: the Communist hymn „Die Partei hat immer recht“ is performed for the first time in East Berlin www.deutschlandfunk.de/24-07-1950-l...
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*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the #German #Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social have launched an #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students ➡️
German Politics | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
Essay Prize 2025Deadline - 30 September '25To mark the 75th anniversary of the UK’s Political Studies Association, the German Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) has created a One-off Essay Prize for…
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July 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the #German #Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social have launched an #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students ➡️
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Mit Sabine Müller von @tagesschau.bsky.social/@rbb24.de habe ich über den Aufbau der Bezirksverbände des BSW in Berlin gesprochen www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
Berlin: Verbände in allen Bezirken: Wie sich das BSW in Berlin für den Wahlkampf rüstet
Das BSW ist nun in allen zwölf Berliner Bezirken vertreten, bis Sonntagnachmittag gründeten sich die letzten Verbände. Eine neue Mitgliederpolitik soll dafür sorgen, dass die Partei gut aufgestellt is...
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July 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Mit Sabine Müller von @tagesschau.bsky.social/@rbb24.de habe ich über den Aufbau der Bezirksverbände des BSW in Berlin gesprochen www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
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Are you an undergraduate or masters student in the UK 💂♂️working on German Politics⚫🔴🟡?
We award up to three Essay Prizes 🥇
Submit your essays or dissertations now 📫
Contact us, if you have any question 🙋
More information: psagermany.wordpress.com/events-2/psa...
Are you an undergraduate or masters student in the UK 💂♂️working on German Politics⚫🔴🟡?
We award up to three Essay Prizes 🥇
Submit your essays or dissertations now 📫
Contact us, if you have any question 🙋
More information: psagermany.wordpress.com/events-2/psa...
PSA75 Essay Prize
To mark the 75th anniversary of the UK’s Political Studies Association, the German Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) has created a one-off essay prize for undergraduate and masters students to celeb…
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July 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Are you an undergraduate or masters student in the UK 💂♂️working on German Politics⚫🔴🟡?
We award up to three Essay Prizes 🥇
Submit your essays or dissertations now 📫
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More information: psagermany.wordpress.com/events-2/psa...
Are you an undergraduate or masters student in the UK 💂♂️working on German Politics⚫🔴🟡?
We award up to three Essay Prizes 🥇
Submit your essays or dissertations now 📫
Contact us, if you have any question 🙋
More information: psagermany.wordpress.com/events-2/psa...
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Die FAZ hat einen interessanten Artikel zu Gemeinsamkeitendder Wählerschaft von AfD und BSW geschrieben, wozu ich einige Einschätzungen Beiträgen durfte. Fazit: Es gibt Gemeinsamkeiten, aber auch viele Punkte, in denen entgegengesetzte Interesse vorliegen
👉 archive.li/7jOMB
👉 archive.li/7jOMB
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July 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Die FAZ hat einen interessanten Artikel zu Gemeinsamkeitendder Wählerschaft von AfD und BSW geschrieben, wozu ich einige Einschätzungen Beiträgen durfte. Fazit: Es gibt Gemeinsamkeiten, aber auch viele Punkte, in denen entgegengesetzte Interesse vorliegen
👉 archive.li/7jOMB
👉 archive.li/7jOMB
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A beautiful, beautiful refutation of a very strange claim about #farright voting in #Germany that can 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 serve as a methodological primer
Local reactions to wolf attacks in Germany are not powerful enough to influence the election decisions of many voters www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The East in wolf’s clothing. Wolf attacks correlate with but do not cause far-right voting
The resurgence of wolves in Germany has sparked intense debate, particularly in rural areas where wolf attacks on livestock are frequent. Prior resear…
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July 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Just found out that this baddy on Die Linke's populism has (after two years) received a volume, issue and page numbers in @jpolideologies.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#GermanPolSky
#GermanPolSky
June 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Just found out that this baddy on Die Linke's populism has (after two years) received a volume, issue and page numbers in @jpolideologies.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#GermanPolSky
#GermanPolSky
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Over at @kathimerini.gr, @xkounalaki.bsky.social was kind enough to ask me some questions, so here are my 2 (Euro) cents on 16 years of government by Angela #Merkel.
What 16 years of Merkel left us with | eKathimerini.com
Could someone else have done a better job? The rhetorical question is a good place for Kai Arzheimer to start taking stock of former German chancellor Angela Merkel’s legacy.
www.ekathimerini.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Over at @kathimerini.gr, @xkounalaki.bsky.social was kind enough to ask me some questions, so here are my 2 (Euro) cents on 16 years of government by Angela #Merkel.
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*PSA EVENT* ➡️ Save the date for our Teaching & Learning Network Conference. Bringing together the teaching and learning community to share practices, ideas and experiences.
📆 4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social
➡️ Find out more
📆 4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social
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Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Network Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
Theme: Teaching Well4th-5th September 2025 This year’s PSA TLN annual conference will take place on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th of September at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Egham, Surrey.
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July 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
*PSA EVENT* ➡️ Save the date for our Teaching & Learning Network Conference. Bringing together the teaching and learning community to share practices, ideas and experiences.
📆 4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social
➡️ Find out more
📆 4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social
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And if you're an early bird (or are still jet-lagged), Amel Ahmed, Michael Bernhard & I will be discussing my recent @uchicagopress.bsky.social book tomorrow/Friday at 9am @ces-europe.bsky.social. Join us for a conversation about party politics, democracy & comparative-historical analysis.
June 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
And if you're an early bird (or are still jet-lagged), Amel Ahmed, Michael Bernhard & I will be discussing my recent @uchicagopress.bsky.social book tomorrow/Friday at 9am @ces-europe.bsky.social. Join us for a conversation about party politics, democracy & comparative-historical analysis.
Happy to announce that the German Politics Specialist BlueSky Account will from now on be managed by the new co-convenor @drphilphil.bsky.social 🙂
Please tag us if you have interesting articles or events to promote/share around German politics or drop us a direct message 📫
Please tag us if you have interesting articles or events to promote/share around German politics or drop us a direct message 📫
June 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Happy to announce that the German Politics Specialist BlueSky Account will from now on be managed by the new co-convenor @drphilphil.bsky.social 🙂
Please tag us if you have interesting articles or events to promote/share around German politics or drop us a direct message 📫
Please tag us if you have interesting articles or events to promote/share around German politics or drop us a direct message 📫