Verena Benoit
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Verena Benoit
@vreben.bsky.social
PostDoc @ University of Bamberg (Political Sociology) | previously: LMU Munich and Princeton U

Research: political attitudes & behavior | social identities | immigration and integration
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Me & my very able former colleague and now doctoral candidate Lisa Walter (not on Bluesky yet) just published a new article in @ersjournal.com
We examine how discrimination shapes immigrants and their descendants’ trust in the police in Germany.
👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond police encounters: everyday racism and trust in the police
Trust in the police is essential for democratic legitimacy, yet it is declining across Western Europe. Immigrants and their descendants, who face disproportionate levels of discrimination, report p...
www.tandfonline.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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LMU Professors from various disciplines share their perspectives on the role of AI in science
www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
September 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Second day of #rc33 by @isa-sociology.org already in full swing!
So many interesting talks and inspiring methodological approaches being presented. Looking forward to the upcoming sessions and panels!
September 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Published in Pers.Indiv.Differ. with my formidable former colleague Almuth 🎆 @dezim-institut.de on the general mechanisms of PRRP support. We show: low tolerance for ambiguity connects personality traits to right-wing authoritarianism, populist att & anti-immigrant sentiment -> higher AfD support.
Navigating uncertainty: The role of tolerance for ambiguity in linking personality traits to ideological variables and radical right voting
Previous studies suggest that personality traits (e.g., the Big Five) influence voting behavior for radical right parties (RRPs) indirectly via ideolo…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Die Welt verstehen, Bamberg erleben: Bachelor in PoWi! 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓

Understand the world, experience Bamberg: Bachelor in Political Science at the University of Bamberg 📖💻! Three good reasons to study Political Science in Bamberg 👉 www.instagram.com/politik.uni....
Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Bamberg on Instagram: "Die Welt verstehen, Bamberg erleben: Bachelor in PoWi Drei gute Gründe für dein PoWi-Studium in Bamberg: 🎓 Weil du verstehen w...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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New article!

From climate crisis to energy crisis: foster public support for renewable energy transition through framing by Catherine Y. Chen, @vreben.bsky.social, @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social & Cäzilia Loibl

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
September 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
📢 Very happy to share our newest article! Thanks to all my co-authors for the amazing work 😍: Catherine Chen (cathchen.com), @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social, Caezilia Loibl (u.osu.edu/loibl.3/) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From climate crisis to energy crisis: foster public support for renewable energy transition through framing
Under the long-standing backdrop of the climate crisis, would communication about acute energy crises encourage the public’s support for policies facilitating the adoption of renewable energy techn...
www.tandfonline.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Starting of #ISPP2025 with a great first session on political participation and AI/online context! @polpsyispp.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Zur Unterstützung unserer Hilfskraft, die uns im Projekt ganz tolle Arbeit leistet:
Kurze Umfrage im Rahmen ihrer Masterarbeit. Sie freut sich über jede Teilnahme. Also gerne zahlreich mitmachen und weiterleiten.

www.soscisurvey.de/masterarbeit...
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July 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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🗳️ How do voters with and without a migration background engage with political media?
New data from the IGES II (Duisburg) offers first-time insights into media use during election campaigns.
📄 Paper by Jonas Elis in PVS. 👇
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11615-025-00618-6
June 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Glad to have been part of such a great project. Thank you for the organization and your work, @breznaunate.bsky.social @kunkakom.bsky.social, and all participants!
We crowdsourced 85 teams to indep. computationally reproduce results from a single study in randomized conditions. Reproducibility:

• depends heavily on the transparency of materials
• high (~95%) for same sign/sig, but low (btw. 48-77% depending on transparency) when requiring within 0.1 effects
March 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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🚨What a nice way to start a week: Very happy to share my newest article "Between Left-Authoritarians, Sympathy for Russia, and Political Discontent: The Correlates of Voting for the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW)". 👇Check it out!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Between Left-Authoritarians, Sympathy for Russia, and Political Discontent: The Correlates of Voting for the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) - Politische Vierteljahresschrift
A new party has entered the German political landscape: The Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW). After years of debate that her former party, The Left, had become “too liberal,” one of Germany’s most prom...
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March 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Evergreen cartoon
February 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Excited to share my new article with @philipphoffmann.bsky.social, "Political Participation of Young Immigrants: Do National Identification and Discrimination Moderate the Relationship?", published in Politics and Governance (@cogitatiopag.bsky.social)! www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Political Participation of Young Immigrants: Do National Identification and Discrimination Moderate the Relationship? | Article | Politics and Governance
Philipp Hoffmann, Verena Benoit
www.cogitatiopress.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Submit your abstract until 31 December and meet in beautiful Bamberg next spring 🌼
***Call for abstracts - Social Policy and Inequality in the Polycrisis***

Joint conference of the German Sociological Association Sections “Social Policy” and “Social Inequality and Social Stratification”, 24-26 March 2025 at the University of Bamberg.

Deadline: 31st December 2024
December 13, 2024 at 3:25 PM