Claudia Landwehr
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Claudia Landwehr
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Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, JGU Mainz

Political science 53%
Economics 15%
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I have a new paper out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social with @christopherojeda.bsky.social and Paul Weingärtner. 🎉

Using data from @ess-survey.bsky.social and @gesis-panel.bsky.social, we explore the relationship between depressive symptoms and evaluations of democracy.

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Greatly looking forward to @breunig.bsky.social speaking in our research seminar @powimz.bsky.social on Wednesday!
Wie geht man mit rechtsextremen Inhalten in der Schule um? 👉 Workshop für Lehramts-Studierende aller Fächer, u.a. mit Kerstin Pohl und @kai-arzheimer.com
More and more young people are turning to the far right. Why and what can we do about it?

Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies.

🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw

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Donnerstag und Freitag in Gießen! @politikuhh.bsky.social

Very proud of my PhD student @kwalz.bsky.social who successfully defended his thesis on "Pathways to breakdown resilience" today and is now Dr. (des.) Kevin Walz 🎉
Watch out for his book to learn how accountability can stop autocratization!
In Picture: Kevin🧑‍🎓, Natasha Wunsch, 2nd supervisor and me 😀
Heute um 16 Uhr begrüßen wir Natasha Wunsch (Université de Fribourg) in unserer #Forschungswerkstatt.
Das Thema ist wirklich spannend: "Democratic Commitment: Why Citizens Tolerate Democratic Backsliding".
Alle sind herzlich willkommen!

Wow, this sounds interesting! Congratulations on the new publication 🎉
(and could you send me a pdf, I don't think I have access to this journal)

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Comparative Constitutional Studies early view: O'Flynn on "Constitutional referendums and randomly selected constitutional conventions." www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...
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Diesen Mittwoch in der Forschungswerkstatt Politikwissenschaft @powimz.bsky.social : Nathasha Wunsch stellt ihr neues Buch vor! 16 Uhr in P5 - wir freuen uns schon 🎉

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!! 🎉
I’m deeply honored to receive the "Preis für Föderalismus- und Regionalforschung" for my book "Lobbyierende Kantone", presented by the presidents of the parliaments of the Austrian Bundesländer and South Tyrol, as well as the @ifoe.bsky.social.

On the picture: e.g., Landeshauptmann Stelzer (ÖVP)

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Da ist der endlich: Der neue Leviathan-Sonderband "Politische Theorien öffentlicher Finanzen - Zur (De-)Politisierung von Geld, Eigentum und Steuern" ist ausgepackt! @nomosverlag.bsky.social www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/politis...
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....

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Im Rahmen unserer Forschungswerkstatt bieten wir im Wintersemester 2025/26 wieder ein spannendes Programm zu verschiedenen Themen an. Wie immer gilt: alle sind herzlich willkommen!

Super Sache! Vielen Dank und viel Erfolg!
💫💫💫 Great News: We are over the moon that our paper "Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?" is now published in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🍾 🤗

👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...

w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social

🧵1/5
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? - Volume 55
doi.org
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
Senator Merkley is on hour 20 of reading How Democracies Die, mixed w commentary, on u.s. senate floor
Happening today - 4pm ET. Register below.
Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me for the first episode of our new series The Breakdown. Register here to join us live on Monday, 10/20 at 4pm ET: ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...
The Breakdown – Ash Center
Join Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for The Breakdown, a webinar series on the ongoing struggle for American democracy. Each month, Chenoweth and Levitsky will break down key developments, reflec...
ash.harvard.edu

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SAVE THE DATE: #VoicesForClimate - Start am 27.10.2025 mit "Gesunde Erde - Gesunde Menschen - Gesunde Seele" von Dr. Eckart von #Hirschhausen & Lea Dohm / Anmeldung unter 👉 https://zukunft.uni-mainz.de/vfc/

#Klima #Nachhaltigkeit #BildungFürNachhaltigeEntwicklung #Zukunftsmodul #VisionsForClimate

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Call for Applications

Postdoctoral Fellowships
Humanities and Social Sciences

Theme: The Crisis and Future of Democracy
In the research program "Turning Points: Normative Orders in Transition?" funded by the Commerzbank Foundation Fund at Normative Orders.

More information here:
Vacancies – Normative Orders
Postdoctoral FellowshipsHumanities and Social Sciences
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🔔 Tomorrow in #ECPRSeminars on Political Culture @ecprpolculture.bsky.social ⤵️

🎙️ @cwegscheider.bsky.social examines how objective and perceived regional deprivation shape citizens’ support for liberal democracy
💻 Wed 15 Oct, 13:00–14:00 BST
✍️ Register now buff.ly/xXQ0HCE

#Democracy #Regionalism
Register FREE
European Consortium for Political Research
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This, from @catherinedevries.bsky.social, is really useful advice for young (and, tbh, old!) academics. Worth passing on if you know any, maybe? catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

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#CfP: Call for panels for the Second International Congress for Political Theory in Germany.
The #TheoryCongress will take place from 5 to 7 October 2026 at the University of #Passau.
Proposals for panels can be submitted until 6 November.
Zum 1. Februar 2027 ist an der Universität Jena eine W2 Professur für Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte zu besetzen. Erwartet wird ein exzellentes Forschungsprofil im Bereich der politischen Theorie und Ideengeschichte mit einem Schwerpunkt auf... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30062

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Einladung: Am 19.11., 12–13:30 Uhr stellen Vertreter*innen des @daadworldwide.bsky.social & @humboldt-foundation.de ihre Förderprogramme vor – mit Erfahrungsbericht von @mlewandowsky.bsky.social, ehem. DAAD-Langzeitdozent.

Infos & Anmeldung bis zum 17.11.
👉 meine.dvpw.de/civicrm/even...

#PoWi
Liebe Studis, bald wird es hier wieder voller. Wir freuen uns schon auf Euch!