Constantin Wurthmann
@wurthmann.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES) | Elections, Parties, Representation, Attitudes & LGBTQ* | PI VisibleQueers (ERC) & PI German Sexual Identity and Election Study (DFG) |🇪🇺| he/him 🏳️🌈
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Das #BSW bleibe Sahra Wagenknechts Baby, so MZES-Fellow @wurthmann.bsky.social im Interview mit dem Deutschlandfunk. Aber was wird sich ändern?
👉 www.deutschlandfunk.de/wie-weiter-m...
👉 www.deutschlandfunk.de/wie-weiter-m...
Wie weiter mit dem BSW? - Interview mit Constantin Wurthmann, Politologe
www.deutschlandfunk.de
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Das #BSW bleibe Sahra Wagenknechts Baby, so MZES-Fellow @wurthmann.bsky.social im Interview mit dem Deutschlandfunk. Aber was wird sich ändern?
👉 www.deutschlandfunk.de/wie-weiter-m...
👉 www.deutschlandfunk.de/wie-weiter-m...
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2500 paper submissions - what a huge success for @epssnet.bsky.social already. Big congratulations to @sarahobolt.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @kenbenoit.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social & everyone else involved in getting EPSS off the ground.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
2500 paper submissions - what a huge success for @epssnet.bsky.social already. Big congratulations to @sarahobolt.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @kenbenoit.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social & everyone else involved in getting EPSS off the ground.
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🚨🎉New Publication Friday 🎉🚨
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
Social media platforms now play a central role in election campaigns for parties and politicians. Yet comparatively little research has compared how these actors use these platforms during and outs...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨🎉New Publication Friday 🎉🚨
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
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Deadline for application to @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026 conference is this Friday 7th of November.
There's been an amazing response to the call for papers so far, we hope for even more great proposals this week.
Here is the call for papers: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
There's been an amazing response to the call for papers so far, we hope for even more great proposals this week.
Here is the call for papers: 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 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Deadline for application to @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026 conference is this Friday 7th of November.
There's been an amazing response to the call for papers so far, we hope for even more great proposals this week.
Here is the call for papers: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
There's been an amazing response to the call for papers so far, we hope for even more great proposals this week.
Here is the call for papers: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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We have a paper tracing US Members of Congress' engagement with far-right and questionable sources on Twitter. This correlates with how extreme they are.
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We have a paper tracing US Members of Congress' engagement with far-right and questionable sources on Twitter. This correlates with how extreme they are.
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
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📊 now in English @fesonline.bsky.social:
Gender gap in voting behavior in Germany📊
It's about the “big picture” since 1953 & current trends 2021-2025.
The gender gap keeps growing, especially among the young.
-> Longer trends are continuing & partly accelerating.
library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...
Gender gap in voting behavior in Germany📊
It's about the “big picture” since 1953 & current trends 2021-2025.
The gender gap keeps growing, especially among the young.
-> Longer trends are continuing & partly accelerating.
library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...
November 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
📊 now in English @fesonline.bsky.social:
Gender gap in voting behavior in Germany📊
It's about the “big picture” since 1953 & current trends 2021-2025.
The gender gap keeps growing, especially among the young.
-> Longer trends are continuing & partly accelerating.
library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...
Gender gap in voting behavior in Germany📊
It's about the “big picture” since 1953 & current trends 2021-2025.
The gender gap keeps growing, especially among the young.
-> Longer trends are continuing & partly accelerating.
library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...
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🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: 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
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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Interested in the sociodemographic background, policy preferences, attitudes and campaign strategies of candidates for the 2025 Bundestag election? The @gles.bsky.social Candidate Study 2025 is now available (doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA... @gesis.org) and includes CCS Module IV
@ccs-project.bsky.social 👇
@ccs-project.bsky.social 👇
🚨New GLES release for #BTW25: GLES Candidate Study 2025 (ZA10102)
📅24/03–09/06/2025
👥512 interviews
🗳️Political background & nomination, campaigning, political issues, democracy & representation, sociodemographic background
🌍Includes CCS Module IV (@ccs-project.bsky.social)
📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
📅24/03–09/06/2025
👥512 interviews
🗳️Political background & nomination, campaigning, political issues, democracy & representation, sociodemographic background
🌍Includes CCS Module IV (@ccs-project.bsky.social)
📥 doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
October 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Interested in the sociodemographic background, policy preferences, attitudes and campaign strategies of candidates for the 2025 Bundestag election? The @gles.bsky.social Candidate Study 2025 is now available (doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA... @gesis.org) and includes CCS Module IV
@ccs-project.bsky.social 👇
@ccs-project.bsky.social 👇
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🚨 Job alert! 🚨
(English in comment)
An meinem Lehrbereich ist zum 1.2.26 eine Postdoc-Stelle (100%) zu besetzen. Gesucht wird ein*e Kandidat*in mit Kenntnissen in quantitativen Methoden sowie Expertise in einschlägigen Themenbereichen. Mehr hier: www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...
(English in comment)
An meinem Lehrbereich ist zum 1.2.26 eine Postdoc-Stelle (100%) zu besetzen. Gesucht wird ein*e Kandidat*in mit Kenntnissen in quantitativen Methoden sowie Expertise in einschlägigen Themenbereichen. Mehr hier: www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...
www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🚨 Job alert! 🚨
(English in comment)
An meinem Lehrbereich ist zum 1.2.26 eine Postdoc-Stelle (100%) zu besetzen. Gesucht wird ein*e Kandidat*in mit Kenntnissen in quantitativen Methoden sowie Expertise in einschlägigen Themenbereichen. Mehr hier: www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...
(English in comment)
An meinem Lehrbereich ist zum 1.2.26 eine Postdoc-Stelle (100%) zu besetzen. Gesucht wird ein*e Kandidat*in mit Kenntnissen in quantitativen Methoden sowie Expertise in einschlägigen Themenbereichen. Mehr hier: www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...
The far right uses homosexuals as stepping stones for their agitation- but beware if they do not share their convictions. Then sexual minorities once again become a target. Not only in the Netherlands, but everywhere!
October 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The far right uses homosexuals as stepping stones for their agitation- but beware if they do not share their convictions. Then sexual minorities once again become a target. Not only in the Netherlands, but everywhere!
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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)!
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Crazy exit poll in the Netherlands. D66 almost certainly the biggest party. PVV the big loser but other far right wins bit back (FvD & JA21).
Terrible night for the Dutch left and particularly GL/PvdA and Frans Timmermans.
Terrible night for the Dutch left and particularly GL/PvdA and Frans Timmermans.
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Crazy exit poll in the Netherlands. D66 almost certainly the biggest party. PVV the big loser but other far right wins bit back (FvD & JA21).
Terrible night for the Dutch left and particularly GL/PvdA and Frans Timmermans.
Terrible night for the Dutch left and particularly GL/PvdA and Frans Timmermans.
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#AfD hardliner #Höcke hires a former Austrian Freedom Party MP as spokesperson. The man has been convicted for violating 🇦🇹 weapons regulations and asking a public official to pass on information to him. Höcke himself has been convicted twice for using Nazi slogans. If the shoe fits etc
Thüringer AfD: FPÖ-Mann wird Höcke-Sprecher
Ein FPÖ-Politiker übernimmt künftig die Pressearbeit für die Abgeordneten unter Führung von Björn Höcke. Im März war der Österreicher wegen Verstoßes gegen das Waffengesetz verurteilt worden.
www.faz.net
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Coming soon: our introduction to the politics of human rights 🥳📚
Preorder available here: www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
@sabinecarey.bsky.social
Preorder available here: www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
@sabinecarey.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Coming soon: our introduction to the politics of human rights 🥳📚
Preorder available here: www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
@sabinecarey.bsky.social
Preorder available here: www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
@sabinecarey.bsky.social
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Adopting far-right rhetoric: Germany has failed to learn from its neighbors, says @wurthmann.bsky.social.
"It seems that active politicians apparently aren't conscious of how central their task is in preventing something like that from happening."
👉 www.dw.com/en/does-adop...
"It seems that active politicians apparently aren't conscious of how central their task is in preventing something like that from happening."
👉 www.dw.com/en/does-adop...
Does adopting far-right rhetoric help the political center? – DW – 10/24/2025
Researchers in Berlin have found centrist parties are allowing far-right parties to dominate political debate by repeating their rhetoric. Chancellor Merz's recent remarks on Germany's "cityscape" are...
www.dw.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Adopting far-right rhetoric: Germany has failed to learn from its neighbors, says @wurthmann.bsky.social.
"It seems that active politicians apparently aren't conscious of how central their task is in preventing something like that from happening."
👉 www.dw.com/en/does-adop...
"It seems that active politicians apparently aren't conscious of how central their task is in preventing something like that from happening."
👉 www.dw.com/en/does-adop...
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Die Frageformulierung ist so natürlich schon komplett bodenlos. Aber es dann so verkürzt darzustellen ist schlicht Irreführung. Vollkommen inakzeptabel.
Überraschend, dass das ZDF-Politbarometer diese Umfrage so verzerrt darstellt: Statt nach der Originalaussage von Merz zu fragen, die tagelang diskutiert wurde, wird in der Umfrage seine späte Rechtfertigung ergänzt. In der Grafik wird das aber gar nicht erwähnt. So geht Framing.
October 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Die Frageformulierung ist so natürlich schon komplett bodenlos. Aber es dann so verkürzt darzustellen ist schlicht Irreführung. Vollkommen inakzeptabel.
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Now out in Party Politics 🎉
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Now out in Party Politics 🎉
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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And we are more than happy to have you on board to continue Eric's legacy! Thank you for your committment to @pvs-journal.bsky.social and best of luck for the new task ahead!
October 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
And we are more than happy to have you on board to continue Eric's legacy! Thank you for your committment to @pvs-journal.bsky.social and best of luck for the new task ahead!
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Happy to serve as the editor-in-chief of the Politische Vierteljahresschrift/German Political Science Quarterly (PVS/GPSQ) link.springer.com/journal/11615 @dvpw.bsky.social from January 2026 onwards. Thanks to Eric Linhart for his great work in the last six years! 1/3
October 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Happy to serve as the editor-in-chief of the Politische Vierteljahresschrift/German Political Science Quarterly (PVS/GPSQ) link.springer.com/journal/11615 @dvpw.bsky.social from January 2026 onwards. Thanks to Eric Linhart for his great work in the last six years! 1/3
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Job Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Job Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)
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🇪🇺 Europeans say no to tariffs!
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
European voters say no to tariffs
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 AM
🇪🇺 Europeans say no to tariffs!
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Die rote Linie war erreicht als die AfD erstmalig im Verfassungsschutzbericht erwähnt wurde.
No further need to discuss.
No further need to discuss.
October 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Die rote Linie war erreicht als die AfD erstmalig im Verfassungsschutzbericht erwähnt wurde.
No further need to discuss.
No further need to discuss.
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Tariffs might be the word of 2025.
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
A game of tariffs: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
In April 2025, the United States introduced sweeping tariffs on imports from the European Union and the United Kingdom, raising transatlantic tensions and prompting debate over Europe’s response. T...
doi.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Tariffs might be the word of 2025.
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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For my DFG-funded project “German Sexual Identity and Election Study” and my ERC-funded project “VisibleQueers”, I am looking for three student assistants (m/f/d) to provide dedicated support and active collaboration.
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...
Three Student Assistants (m/f/d) Projects German Sexual Identity and Election Study as well as VisibleQueers
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de
October 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
For my DFG-funded project “German Sexual Identity and Election Study” and my ERC-funded project “VisibleQueers”, I am looking for three student assistants (m/f/d) to provide dedicated support and active collaboration.
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...
For my DFG-funded project “German Sexual Identity and Election Study” and my ERC-funded project “VisibleQueers”, I am looking for three student assistants (m/f/d) to provide dedicated support and active collaboration.
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...
Three Student Assistants (m/f/d) Projects German Sexual Identity and Election Study as well as VisibleQueers
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de
October 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
For my DFG-funded project “German Sexual Identity and Election Study” and my ERC-funded project “VisibleQueers”, I am looking for three student assistants (m/f/d) to provide dedicated support and active collaboration.
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...
Please share!
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/three-stu...