Lisa Zehnter
@tiondelisa.bsky.social
PhD in Political Science from HU Berlin & research fellow @WZB
firstgen | populism, text-as-data, running & feminism | she/her
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firstgen | populism, text-as-data, running & feminism | she/her
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Lisa Zehnter
@tiondelisa.bsky.social
· Dec 9
Last Friday I successfully defended my doctoral thesis. I will need some more time to fully process this, but I did it - I am finally #PhDone.
The past years have been really challenging, sometimes exhausting, but also fulfilling.
The past years have been really challenging, sometimes exhausting, but also fulfilling.
With the upcoming state elections in different parts of Germany, I recommend this paper to all media practioners. This is not about blaming, but ultimately the article shows that journalists play a significant role in the perception of (& support for) far right parties:
NEW PUBLICATION
“How the Media Cordon Sanitaire Crumbles: Lessons from Germany” now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social
🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2621808
I’m very happy that this paper is out – this project is particularly important to me.
“How the Media Cordon Sanitaire Crumbles: Lessons from Germany” now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social
🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2621808
I’m very happy that this paper is out – this project is particularly important to me.
February 17, 2026 at 9:26 AM
With the upcoming state elections in different parts of Germany, I recommend this paper to all media practioners. This is not about blaming, but ultimately the article shows that journalists play a significant role in the perception of (& support for) far right parties:
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Das WZB-Projekt „Wirksam gegen Rechtsaußen" hat Strategien von zivilgesellschaftlichen Institutionen in der Auseinandersetzung mit #Rechtsextremismus untersucht und systematisiert. Den neuen Policy Brief dazu gibt es hier: www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
@chjncke.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social
@chjncke.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Das WZB-Projekt „Wirksam gegen Rechtsaußen" hat Strategien von zivilgesellschaftlichen Institutionen in der Auseinandersetzung mit #Rechtsextremismus untersucht und systematisiert. Den neuen Policy Brief dazu gibt es hier: www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
@chjncke.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social
@chjncke.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social
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Pola Lehmann (Manifesto Project) contributed an article on Party Manifestos to this wonderful new encyclopedia (⤵️) 📚 - even available #OpenAccess 🔑 via this link:
hdl.handle.net/10419/335050 For anyone interested in the function, relevance, and study of party manifestos, make sure to have a look!
hdl.handle.net/10419/335050 For anyone interested in the function, relevance, and study of party manifestos, make sure to have a look!
After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
January 20, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Pola Lehmann (Manifesto Project) contributed an article on Party Manifestos to this wonderful new encyclopedia (⤵️) 📚 - even available #OpenAccess 🔑 via this link:
hdl.handle.net/10419/335050 For anyone interested in the function, relevance, and study of party manifestos, make sure to have a look!
hdl.handle.net/10419/335050 For anyone interested in the function, relevance, and study of party manifestos, make sure to have a look!
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How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/JN7E09I
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
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January 19, 2026 at 12:01 PM
How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/JN7E09I
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
Das @manifestoproj.bsky.social analysiert seit vielen Jahren politische Texte - aber unser Datensatz ist voll mit Zahlen. In einem Artikel in den neuen WZB-Mitteilungen haben meine Kolleg:innen und ich anhand von sechs Zahlen beschrieben, was wir da eigentlich so machen. 🔍🖥️📄
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Das @manifestoproj.bsky.social analysiert seit vielen Jahren politische Texte - aber unser Datensatz ist voll mit Zahlen. In einem Artikel in den neuen WZB-Mitteilungen haben meine Kolleg:innen und ich anhand von sechs Zahlen beschrieben, was wir da eigentlich so machen. 🔍🖥️📄
This is a really great opportunity to work in a fantastic team and a great project! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
📣 Come work with us! The @wzb.bsky.social Center for Civil Society Research is looking for a research associate/doctoral candidate (75%) for a 3 year period, starting on Apr 1, 2026. The researcher will work in the Manifesto Project. More:
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/428...
Apply by Jan 25, 2026! 🗓️
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/428...
Apply by Jan 25, 2026! 🗓️
Research associate – doctoral candidate (75%) (ID 377)
The Manifesto Project analyses parties’ election manifestos in order to study parties’ policy preferences. To this end, the project conducts conte...
wzb.hr4you.org
January 7, 2026 at 8:33 AM
This is a really great opportunity to work in a fantastic team and a great project! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
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🚨🚨 job alert time 🚨🚨 @unibremen.bsky.social
3 PhD positions within the 3rd phase of the @sfb1342.bsky.social, with a focus on computational methods and/or on protest mobilization, specifically with a focus on Africa.
Starting time: early 2026, deadline: 14th of January.
more info below:
3 PhD positions within the 3rd phase of the @sfb1342.bsky.social, with a focus on computational methods and/or on protest mobilization, specifically with a focus on Africa.
Starting time: early 2026, deadline: 14th of January.
more info below:
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🚨🚨 job alert time 🚨🚨 @unibremen.bsky.social
3 PhD positions within the 3rd phase of the @sfb1342.bsky.social, with a focus on computational methods and/or on protest mobilization, specifically with a focus on Africa.
Starting time: early 2026, deadline: 14th of January.
more info below:
3 PhD positions within the 3rd phase of the @sfb1342.bsky.social, with a focus on computational methods and/or on protest mobilization, specifically with a focus on Africa.
Starting time: early 2026, deadline: 14th of January.
more info below:
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Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.
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"D66 WINT 17% VAN DE STEMMEN" is natuurlijk minder pakkend.
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"D66 WINT 17% VAN DE STEMMEN" is natuurlijk minder pakkend.
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With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.
October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.
I did, too. But who put their money on Timmermans stepping down?
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I did, too. But who put their money on Timmermans stepping down?
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October 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Homemade bitterballen ✅️
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Homemade bitterballen ✅️
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I'm very excited, extremely grateful and deeply honoured to receive the Best Dissertation Award from the German Political Science Association(DVPW)!
🏆 Der #DVPW #Dissertationspreis 2025 wird geteilt und geht an Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social und Julian Michel @julianpolsci.bsky.social!
Beide Arbeiten leisten einen herausragenden Beitrag zur Erforschung der #Stabilität von #Demokratie.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥳
Beide Arbeiten leisten einen herausragenden Beitrag zur Erforschung der #Stabilität von #Demokratie.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥳
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I'm very excited, extremely grateful and deeply honoured to receive the Best Dissertation Award from the German Political Science Association(DVPW)!
It's election day in the Netherlands 🇳🇱🗳
While I am certainly not a fan of early elections, they at least allow me to cook accordingly on a regular basis. However, my favorite dutch deep fried stuff you cannot buy in Germany - so I made vegetarische Bitterballen myself.
#tk2025
While I am certainly not a fan of early elections, they at least allow me to cook accordingly on a regular basis. However, my favorite dutch deep fried stuff you cannot buy in Germany - so I made vegetarische Bitterballen myself.
#tk2025
October 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
It's election day in the Netherlands 🇳🇱🗳
While I am certainly not a fan of early elections, they at least allow me to cook accordingly on a regular basis. However, my favorite dutch deep fried stuff you cannot buy in Germany - so I made vegetarische Bitterballen myself.
#tk2025
While I am certainly not a fan of early elections, they at least allow me to cook accordingly on a regular basis. However, my favorite dutch deep fried stuff you cannot buy in Germany - so I made vegetarische Bitterballen myself.
#tk2025
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Wie die AfD die Rhetorik der anderen Parteien beeinflusst&die Debatte zu Migration bestimmt. Die Ergebnissen unseres Papers mit @dasalgon.bsky.social in der @tagesschau.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wie die AfD die Rhetorik der anderen Parteien beeinflusst&die Debatte zu Migration bestimmt. Die Ergebnissen unseres Papers mit @dasalgon.bsky.social in der @tagesschau.bsky.social
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In der @lagedernation.org ist man jetzt von politikwissenschaftliche Forschung ist „nicht seriös“ bei sie ist „zu politikwissenschaftlich“ angekommen. Dazu die gleichen abgedroschenen talking points („den Leuten wird ihre Haltung ja nicht eingeredet“, „man kann das Thema ja nicht verschweigen“) 1/
October 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
In der @lagedernation.org ist man jetzt von politikwissenschaftliche Forschung ist „nicht seriös“ bei sie ist „zu politikwissenschaftlich“ angekommen. Dazu die gleichen abgedroschenen talking points („den Leuten wird ihre Haltung ja nicht eingeredet“, „man kann das Thema ja nicht verschweigen“) 1/
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How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/sGDTDQV
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
October 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/sGDTDQV
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
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New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
Vielen Dank für den Hinweis, @lwestheuser.bsky.social! Ich war heute direkt im Kino und kann die Doku nur allen ans Herz legen. Der Film stellt sehr eindrücklich dar, was in den letzten 10 Jahren passiert ist.
Kein Mensch ist illegal. Seenotrettung ist kein Verbrechen.
Kein Mensch ist illegal. Seenotrettung ist kein Verbrechen.
🎺 Heute ist Kinostart von "Kein Land für Niemand": ein Film über die menschlichen Kosten von Abschottungspolitik und Rechtsruck.
Neben Kolleg:innen wie @mafaalani.bsky.social @helenasteinhaus.bsky.social @nataschastrobl.bsky.social @mfratzscher.bsky.social durfte auch ich Einschätzungen beisteuern:
Neben Kolleg:innen wie @mafaalani.bsky.social @helenasteinhaus.bsky.social @nataschastrobl.bsky.social @mfratzscher.bsky.social durfte auch ich Einschätzungen beisteuern:
Kein Land für Niemand - Abschottung eines Einwanderungslandes (Trailer)
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October 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Vielen Dank für den Hinweis, @lwestheuser.bsky.social! Ich war heute direkt im Kino und kann die Doku nur allen ans Herz legen. Der Film stellt sehr eindrücklich dar, was in den letzten 10 Jahren passiert ist.
Kein Mensch ist illegal. Seenotrettung ist kein Verbrechen.
Kein Mensch ist illegal. Seenotrettung ist kein Verbrechen.
Die neuen WZB-Mitteilungen sind da und nicht nur das Coverbild ist großartig!
Hochaktuell sind die neuen WZB-Mitteilungen zum Thema Weltordnung, denn die Regeln, nach denen das globale Zusammenleben über Jahrzehnte funktionierte, gelten nicht mehr. Ein Heft über Krieg & Frieden, über Demokratie, Profit & Wissenschaft, über China, Amerika und die EU.
www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...
www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...
October 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Die neuen WZB-Mitteilungen sind da und nicht nur das Coverbild ist großartig!
I'd love to see a replication of this in Germany with Jensi Voigt as the eurosport reporter on the motorcycle as the intervention. "Back to the commentators!" 🫵
🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
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...
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...
September 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I'd love to see a replication of this in Germany with Jensi Voigt as the eurosport reporter on the motorcycle as the intervention. "Back to the commentators!" 🫵