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Sonja Blum
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Professor of Comparative Politics & Public Policy, Bielefeld University | Current projects: cidape.eu/ & sustainable-leave-policies.eu

Political science 56%
Public Health 12%
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📣New article in @policy-politics.bsky.social

In public policy, target group constructions are crucial. But how do they work?

We argue that the CARIN criteria from welfare deservingness research guide positive/negative target group constructions across policy types.

doi.org/10.1332/0305...
Der #Call for Proposals für die #Dreiländertagung #3LT2026 von DVPW, @oegpw.bsky.social & SVPW/ASSP ist offen. Wir freuen uns auf Vorschläge für Panels & Papers bis zum 14.11.2025!

Alle Infos 👉 www.dvpw.de/veranstaltun...

#CfP 14.11. #PoWi #Politikwissenschaft #DACH #Europa #Zukunft #SpreadTheWord

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'Policy advisory bodies during crises: a scoping review of the COVID-19 literature in Europe'

From our latest issue 21.3, by Clemence Bouchat et al.

Read with #OpenAccess:
doi.org/10.1332/1744...

@bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social

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Nora Habelitz and Nikos Saridakis at #ECPR General Conference in #Thessaloniki. Nikos chaired a panel on #FarRight Mobilisation, @nhabelitz.bsky.social‬ presented a paper with @sonjablum.bsky.social‬ and @fabiennelind.bsky.social‬ on #emotions in policy communication during the 2024 #EU elections.

Check out one of the first publications from the CIDAPE project @cidape.bsky.social on „Climate, Inequality and Democratic Action - The Force of Political Emotions“ 👇
New article just published - together with @evrop-anka.bsky.social, @sonjablum.bsky.social , @maartenhajer.bsky.social, O. Císař and Till Hilmar, we introduce the concept of "political emotions" and show how it helps us understand the climate crisis. Open Access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New article just published - together with @evrop-anka.bsky.social, @sonjablum.bsky.social , @maartenhajer.bsky.social, O. Císař and Till Hilmar, we introduce the concept of "political emotions" and show how it helps us understand the climate crisis. Open Access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Last day of #ica25 🔥 Proud to have presented our work in progress on climate action salience on social media ahead of the 2024 EP elections 🇪🇺 for @cidape.bsky.social
@fabiennelind.bsky.social
@nhabelitz.bsky.social
@sonjablum.bsky.social
@tillhilmar.bsky.social
@dominikzelinsky.bsky.social

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Nora Habelitz presenting research results with Fabienne Lind @fabiennelind.bsky.social and Sonja Blum @sonjablum.bsky.social at #ecprjs25. "Energized? How German and Italian Politicians emotionally narrate energy policy in the EU Elections 2024."🔋

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Einladung: Am 2.7. um 12-13:30 geben Expert*innen Einblicke in die Individualförderung der #EU für die #PoWi: European Research Council #ERC und Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships

Infos & Anmeldung bis 30.6.
👉 www.dvpw.de/veranstaltun...

@erc.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu

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This week, Susanna Soosaar (University of Tartu) and Nora Habelitz (University of Bielefeld) are working together to discuss climate policy narratives in Bielefeld. They’re analysing emotions in debates about climate laws in the Estonian and German context. 🌱

One week left to propose your Special issue idea to the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis 📣👇
The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis now invites proposals for special issues!

📈3.9 (2023) Impact Factor/Q1
⏰ Call open until 30 April 2025

All info on how to submit proposals can be found here: files.taylorandfrancis.com/jcpa-si-prop...

@jcpascpa.bsky.social
files.taylorandfrancis.com

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🥳Volume 53, Issue 2, is here!

We have a fantastic collection of articles, many thanks to all of our authors and reviewers for their contributions.

It's a wrap! An honour to host 130+ participants and friends this week in Bielefeld for the International Community, Work & Family conference! Here a picture from our PhD workshop on Tuesday- with great info on publishing in @cwfjournal.bsky.social by @cassandraengeman.bsky.social & Marc Grau Grau🙏!

So great to host you here in Bielefeld for ICWF 🤩

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🔎Which criteria guide constructions of 'deservingness' in public policy?

We discuss in our new blog post: policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/03/26/w...

🌟Thank you to Johannah Kuhlmann and Sonja Blum @sonjablum.bsky.social for this interesting piece! 🌟
Which criteria guide constructions of ‘deservingness’ in public policy?
by Sonja Blum and Johanna Kuhlmann In public policy, target group constructions are crucial. Groups are granted additional rights, while rights from other groups are withdrawn, certain groups of pe…
policyandpoliticsblog.com

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In our new article, we are asking how scientists deal with the political dynamics of policy processes that are inherent to policymaking. Thanks to Jule Ksinsik for the great collaboration @jule-k.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library
Scientists who provide expert advice must engage with policy processes. Little is known about whether and how scientists deal with the political dynamics of policy processes that are inherent to poli...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

The Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis now invites proposals for special issues!

📈3.9 (2023) Impact Factor/Q1
⏰ Call open until 30 April 2025

All info on how to submit proposals can be found here: files.taylorandfrancis.com/jcpa-si-prop...

@jcpascpa.bsky.social
files.taylorandfrancis.com

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Papers invited on the politics and policies shaping access to social rights, e.g.: How do policy actors perceive social citizenship + deserving groups? How is social citizenship redefined?

🇮🇹 ESPAnet Milan
⏳CfP til 24 April
@ivanadobrotic.bsky.social

www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...

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Und auch in diesem Jahr wieder mit @schaderstiftung.bsky.social: der #Lehrpreis #Politikwissenschaft

👉 dvpw.de/informatione...

Bewerbungen & Vorschläge bis 15.04.2025
an buero@dvpw.de

AK #Hochschullehre #PoWiLehre #Didaktik #PoWi

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Das neue Format der DVPW-#Impuls-#Tagung ist vor allem für unsere Sektionen, Arbeitskreis und Themengruppen interessant:

👉 www.dvpw.de/informatione...

Anträge bis 28.02.2025
an buero@dvpw.de

@akpf-dvpw.bsky.social @dvpwtheoriesektion.bsky.social @dvpw-ipe.bsky.social @ecib-dvpw.bsky.social

✨Are you working on Policy Design and Evaluation in the Era of Transformation: Current and Future Perspectives?

📣 Call for Papers for EGPA Glasgow, 26-29 August 2025. Proposals invited until 28 March

with @bishoyzaki.bsky.social, Celine Mavrot & Ellen Fobé

See: media.timtul.com/media/web_ii...
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Empirically, a case study on regulatory policies investigates target group constructions in Germany’s containment + vaccination policies during COVID-19.

Methodologically, thereby the CARIN criteria – which have been used in public opinion research – are harnessed for meso-level policy research.

Wir suchen Verstärkung an der AG Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft und Politikfeldanalyse!

New year, new (Postdoc) researcher opportunity - an der Uni Bielefeld. Bewerbungsfrist ist der 10.1.2025 👇
Job alert 🚨

🔎 (Postdoc) Researcher (full-time)
Bielefeld University
✨Comparative Politics & Public Policy
Apply until 3 January 2025

Details 🇩🇪 uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/386...
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Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d)
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👏 Thank you to all our authors, reviewers, board members, readers and friends of Policy & Politics for another great year!

🥳To celebrate, we have made our top 10 most highly cited articles in 2024 free to access until 31 Jan 2025. Happy holiday reading!
policyandpoliticsblog.com/2024/12/11/t...
🙌NEW PUBLICATION:
Have you ever wondered why many women in early history supported rightist parties that often suppressed women's political rights?
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
In this paper, I offer a supply-side explanation, focusing on political parties' positions on gender policies, 1900-1975.

Job alert 🚨

🔎 (Postdoc) Researcher (full-time)
Bielefeld University
✨Comparative Politics & Public Policy
Apply until 3 January 2025

Details 🇩🇪 uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/386...
Details 🇬🇧 uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/386...

Please share widely/get in touch for more info
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d)
uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org
University of Oslo is hiring 2-4(!) Associate Professors in Political Science. The call is open to candidates from all subfields. Deadline is February 3rd.

It comes with amazing colleagues, great work conditions, and lots of snow. Brown cheese, salmon, and cross-country skis can be supplementary.
2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034) | University of Oslo
Job title: 2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no

Congratulations 🎉 and welcome back to beautiful Leuven! See you there!

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Another look at the "law of dispersion": In the German city of Bremen, the turnout rates of different neighbourhoods in Bundestag elections have diverged quite dramatically over the past four decades.

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I feel honored that our systematic review on the Narrative Policy Framework is featured in Policy & Politics' quarterly highlights blog post! 👇
Policy & Politics Highlights collection on policy process theories
by Sarah Brown and Allegra Fullerton This quarter’s highlights collection showcases 3 recent articles on policy process theories that make important contributions to this area of policy research an…
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