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

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · Mar 29
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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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 1d
Wir laden herzlich zur 1. Forschungswerkstatt im Neuen Jahr 2026 ein!

Am Mittwoch, 14. Januar um 16 Uhr (Raum P5), spricht Matthias Mader (Universität Witten/Herdecke) zum Thema „Seeing oneself as 'The people': Populism increases opinion projection on foreign policy issues“.

Alle sind willkommen!

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 2d
Interested in first-hand information about the DFG's Heisenberg Programme? Next week, our Team Research Careers will provide a comprehensive overview of the programme, its eligibility requirements and more. Questions and personal concerns welcome. Meeting link short before here: sohub.io/0lwc
Heisenberg Programme: Wednesday, 14 January 2026, 14:30 to 16 p.m. CET, in English

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 3d
While guarding against majoritarian abuse, we must also restrict the power of authoritarian minorities, write Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · 4d
Am 12.01.2026 spricht unsere Kollegin Prof. Claudia Landwehr im Rahmen der Vorlesungsreihe "VOICES FOR CLIMATE" von Zukunft@JGU zum Thema "Die demokratische Repräsentation zukünftiger Generationen."

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 23d
JOB:
Professorship of Public Policy @ the University of Cambridge

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...
Professorship of Public Policy
The Board of Electors to the Professorship of Public Policy invite applications from candidates whose work falls within the field of public policy. We are looking for a successful and dynamic leader
www.cam.ac.uk

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · 24d
we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure

www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
Goethe-Universität — FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...
www.uni-frankfurt.de

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 25d
Data from all countries who took part in Round 11 (2023/24) of our #survey has been included in the latest release.

The updated integrated file (Edition 4.0) includes #data from Estonia 🇪🇪 and Ukraine 🇺🇦 for the first time, alongside data from 28 other countries.
Final release of Round 11 data | European Social Survey
Data from all countries who took part in Round 11 (2023/24) of the European Social Survey (ESS) has been included in the latest release.
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Sam Bailey @gazelessstare.bsky.social · 25d
Oxford University Press @academic.oup.com is pleased to announce that the First Book Prize will open for submissions in Jan 2026. The prize offers up to 10 early-career researchers the opportunity to publish their first academic book fully open access on Oxford Academic, with the full OA fee waived.
A banner that reads: Early Career Researcher: First Book PrizeOxford University Press proudly announces that submissions for the annual First Book Prize for Early Career Researchers will be open between 1-31 January 2026.Explore the information page for submission details.

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Anna Kurella @annakurella.bsky.social · 29d
New article , together with Salvatore Barbaro, in Public Choice: On the prevalence of Condorcet's Paradox.

Analyzing 253 national elections, we show that Condorcet Paradoxes virtually never occur. This raises an important question: who is the Condorcet winner?

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Elias Koch @eliaskoch.bsky.social · 29d
Happy to share that @ecprtheloop.bsky.social has published a blogpost summarising the key findings from my paper @wepsocial.bsky.social on how opposition party strategies relate to their performance in election polls.

Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Blog post: shorturl.at/lLPgm
How election polls shape government-opposition conflict
Elias Koch finds that opposition parties become more confrontational towards the government when losing in the polls, and particularly when their support drops below the previous election result. But ...
theloop.ecpr.eu

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Sebastian Haunss @sehaunss.bsky.social · Dec 10
Two PhD Positions in Project about Protests in Africa
@sophiahunger.bsky.social and I are looking for two PhD researchers in our project „Welfare States and Protest: Understanding the Contentious Outcomes of Social Policy in Africa". Application deadline is 14.1.26:
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen
Offene Stellen
www.uni-bremen.de

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Florence So @floriso.bsky.social · Dec 10
🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟

I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
Doctoral student in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior
Doctoral position in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior The Department of Political Science
web103.reachmee.com

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · Dec 9
🚨 3-Year Postdoc in Political Science at Aarhus University 🚨

I’m seeking to recruit a postdoc for my @erc.europa.eu research project 𝑬𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑴 on state-citizen interactions.

Link and more information in second post.

Position Start: Fall 2026
Application Deadline: ‼️ February 5, 2026, 23:59 CET ‼️

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · Dec 8
Reading Latin. Although I never really enjoyed it and have forgotten most of it by now. And fairly limited usage as well.

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Ian O'Flynn @delibnet.bsky.social · Dec 8
Latest Comparative Constitutional Studies: O'Flynn on "Constitutional referendums and randomly selected constitutional conventions." www.elgaronline.com/view/journal...
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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · Dec 8
#Research in Political Psychology (@wiley.com) investigated the link between believing in conspiracy theories and economic anxiety.

A group of academics led by Magdalena Adamus (Masaryk University 🇨🇿) assessed our Round 10 (2020-22) #data to explore whether these is an association.
All you'll feel is doom and gloom: Multiple perspectives on the associations between economic anxiety and conspiracy beliefs
The article investigates whether and how adherence to conspiracy beliefs (CBs) about COVID-19 pandemic might be associated with (and cause) economic anxiety over various cultural settings and time.…
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Mariëlle Wijermars @mariellew.bsky.social · Dec 8
Great opportunity at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social: we have 4-year postdoc position on disinformation and European democracy. Possible disciplinary focus includes, e.g., political science and computational social science. Interdisciplinary approaches to disinformation are encouraged.
Post-doctoral researcher in Disinformation and European Democracy (4-year)
Post-doctoral researcher in Disinformation and European Democracy (4-year)
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl

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Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz @unimainz.bsky.social · Dec 6
🎧 JETZT REINHÖREN: #Forschungspodcast #MindsOfMainz – #DerGutenbergTalk | Folge 28: Demokratie im Fokus: Warum Politische Theorie heute die Gesellschaft bewegt | mit Prof. Claudia Landwehr 👉 www.magazin.uni-mainz.de/minds-of-main…#Demokratiei#Politikwissenschaftf#PolitischeTheorieie

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PoWiMZ @powimz.bsky.social · Dec 5
Am 10. Dezember begrüßen wir Sarah de Lange (Universität Leiden, NL) in der #Forschungswerkstatt (16 Uhr, P5). Ihr Vortrag zum Thema "Threats, intimidation, and harassment that political scientists experience in Europe" bietet sicherlich interessante Einblicke auch jenseits der Politikwissenschaft.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · Dec 4
Very much looking forward to @sldelange.bsky.social 's talk about threats to academic freedom!

📆 10 December ⌚️4pm 🎯 P5 (Philosophicum) @powimz.bsky.social

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Abstract: In a world that is experiencing democratic backsliding, regressive mobilization against institutions of critical learning and knowledge production are increasing. As a result, academic freedom is under pressure, as is evidenced by the declining scores of many countries in the Academic Freedom Index. In this context, individual scholars have to grapple with the consequences of authoritarian measures that curb academic freedom, such as the defunding of research programmes, the cancelling of teaching programmes, the statal overtake of key academic institutions, and assaults on campus integrity. A crucial byproduct of the politicization of knowledge production that also affects academic freedom is the harassment, intimidation, and threats experienced by individual scholars. In this paper, we examine which political scientists are most likely to experience harassment, intimidation, and threats, why they are being targeted, and by what kinds of actors. It presents the results of a novel dataset created on the basis of a population survey amongst political scientists in Northwestern Europe and Canada that inquires after experiences with harassment, intimidation, and threats between 2020 and 2025. Analysis of the data demonstrates that political scientists who research politicized topics are more frequently on the receiving end of harassment and threats. Moreover, scholars from marginalized groups, including scholars with an ethnic, gender, and sexual minority background, are more likely to be confronted with harassment, intimidation and threats, while women are significantly more likely to experience the most severe forms of intimidation and threats when compared to their male colleagues. Most frequently, the harassment, intimidation, and threats come from organized groups or individuals with a far-right background. A picture of Sarah de Lange A 1960s lecture hall building at the University of Mainz (Germany)

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Clara Weißenfels @clarawe.bsky.social · Dec 4
1/ Does growing up poor always lead to political apathy?

Very happy to share my first paper published (open access) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, where I show that parents' influence mitigates the poverty gap in participation, while economic mobility does not.

🔗 shorturl.at/p5Bac

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DVPW @dvpw.bsky.social · Dec 4
🏆 Hatten wir schon erwähnt? Natürlich schreiben wir auch für 2026 unseren #Dissertationspreis aus!

👉 www.dvpw.de/informatione...

Bewerbungen & Nominierungen bis 28.02.2026
an buero@dvpw.de

#Promotion #PhDone #Postdoc
Grafik mit weißem Hintergrund und Schrift in schwarz und magenta. Rechtes Bilddrittel ein Foto in schwarz-weiß von Köpfen mit Doktorhut. Unten rechts das Logo der DVPW in magenta. Text: Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft. Dissertationspreis 2026 für eine 2025 in der Politikwissenschaft abgeschlossene Dissertation, d.h. die Verleihung des Titels durch Zeugnisübergabe oder die Veröffentlichung ist 2025 erfolgt. Bewerbungsfrist 28.02.2026.

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Anna Kurella @annakurella.bsky.social · Dec 3
Happy to share that the German Research Foundation DFG funds my new project: “Countering Polarization: The Borda count as a basis for proportional representation”. I am recruiting 2 PhD candidates to join me in Hannover as of March 2026 or later! Feel free to reach out!

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · Dec 3
Happy birthday!🎂

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · Dec 2
Congratulations!

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · Dec 2
Join us! Die Abteilung für Innenpolitik & Politische Soziologie sucht zum 01.04. eine*n neue*n Kollegin*en. Wir bieten: volle Promotionsstelle (EG13) für drei Jahre (Verlängerung um 3 Jahre möglich), flexible Arbeitszeitregelungen, kollegiales & forschungsstarkes Team. Mehr Informationen hier👇
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de

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Susanne Garritzmann @sgarritzmann.bsky.social · Dec 2
What an honor! @na-wehl.bsky.social & I received the ALLBUS Preis 2025 for our paper "How education policies shape political inequality: analyzing policy feedback effects in Germany"! 🥳🥳 Thanks a lot to the jury & a very kind laudatio by Markus Tausendpfund @gesis.org Mannheim!

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Sara Gebh @saragebh.bsky.social · Dec 2
Consider applying to this panel at the „Second International Conference on Political Theory“ on the revolutionary idea of democracy! Deadline: Dec 15.
Submit your abstract here: www.uni-passau.de/backsliding-...

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · Dec 1
#HowtoDFG 💡 Auf der Suche nach der passenden Förderung für die nächste Karrierestufe? Neben der Einzelförderung bietet die DFG Wissenschaftler*innen / #ECR nach der Promotion eine große Palette an maßgeschneiderten Programmen und einzelnen Fördermöglichkeiten.
Eine Übersicht:👉 sohub.io/4tte
Grundsätze der DFG-Förderung ►Offene, bottom-up-Auswahl der Forschungsthemen ►Grundlagenforschung in allen Wissenschaftsbereichen ►Keine Einschränkungen hinsichtlich Alter oder Nationalität ►Individuelle Karrierestufen und familienbedingte Karriereunterbrechungen werden im Bewertungsprozess berücksichtigt ►Unvoreingenommene Bewertung auf Grundlage wissenschaftlicher Kriterien ►Förderanträge jederzeit möglich

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Kevin Walz @kwalz.bsky.social · Dec 1
Now also with page numbers: In this article published in ZfVP, I reconstruct the concept of anti-pluralism and examine why, from a theory-conceptual perspective, it is particularly well suited to identify potential autocratizers 👉
doi.org/10.1007/s122...
What is anti-pluralism? - Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
In recent years, the issue of possible early warning signs for democratic regression has become increasingly relevant. In this regard, the focus is often on how democracy-threatening actors can be ide...
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