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Armin Schaefer
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Professor for Comparative Politics @uni_mainz
| Democracy | Political Participation | Inequality | Responsiveness & Populism
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clandwehr.bsky.social
Greatly looking forward to @breunig.bsky.social speaking in our research seminar @powimz.bsky.social on Wednesday!
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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smotus.bsky.social
Bartels did a study 20+ years ago looking at how much a member of Congress' record coincided with their constituents' views, broken down by income. MCs are a lot more responsive to their wealthier constituents. Think about whom SNAP and flight delays affect. www.russellsage.org/sites/defaul...
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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kathrinkuehn.bsky.social
Rechtsextreme, demokratiegefährdende Einstellungen, was ist wichtig, im Hinterkopf zu haben, wenn es um Ergebnisse wie die der Mitte-Studie geht? Einordnungen mit Politikwissenschaftler & Rechtsextremismusforscher @kai-arzheimer.com - 30min Vertiefung 🎧 www.deutschlandfunk.de/mitte-studie... 2/2
Politologe Arzheimer - Viele Menschen stehen fest auf dem Boden der Demokratie
AfD, Pegida, Neonazis - die Mitte-Studie macht den Machern Sorgen. Politiologe Arzheimer warnt, Einstellunge mit Politik gleichzusetzen.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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indubioproreto.bsky.social
Crazy support numbers for Zohran Mamdani among young women: 84% (!) of women aged 18-29 voted for Mamdani in the NYC Mayoral Election.

But also important: young men voted MUCH MORE STRONGLY (67%) for Mamdani than old men (37%).
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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simonhix.bsky.social
Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
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 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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laurenzennser.bsky.social
🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...

@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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clandwehr.bsky.social
Diesen Mittwoch in der Forschungswerkstatt Politikwissenschaft @powimz.bsky.social : Nathasha Wunsch stellt ihr neues Buch vor! 16 Uhr in P5 - wir freuen uns schon 🎉
October 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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inqdp.bsky.social
Kickoff done! “Marburger Stadtgespräch” & Future of Democracy (Mon, 20 Oct). @leaelsaesser.bsky.social on working-class political careers, the role of trade unions, and contrasts with uni graduates. Thanks also to our engaged audience for a great discussion! More: tinyurl.com/e3pyhstd
October 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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davidattewell6.bsky.social
How can we compare the size and structuring power of different cleavages over time? Check out @jacobgunderson.bsky.social 's great paper and dataset for scholars working on cleavages at the party system level!

The latest from @dpzollinger.bsky.social and I's Special Issue in @wepsocial.bsky.social.
wepsocial.bsky.social WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · 16d
💥OUT NOW!

"Cleavage size and stability in turbulent times: introducing the bloc volatility and fragmentation dataset" by @jacobgunderson.bsky.social

Part of SI "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies", edited by @dpzollinger.bsky.social & @davidattewell6.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Abstract of the article "Cleavage size and stability in turbulent times: introducing the bloc volatility and fragmentation dataset" by Jacob R. Gunderson. Published online first in West European Politics. Figure 2, displaying the Loess curves showing trajectory of bloc-weighted cleavage salience index (WCS) over time for transnational (lower curve) and traditional (upper curve) cleavage types from 1951 to 2023 for 14 west european countries. Figure 3, displaying the Loess curves of WCS pooled across 15 West European countries from 1951 to 2023. Figure 4, displaying the effective number of bloc parties for the left and right camps in 15 west european countries from 1951 to 2023.
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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marcdebus.bsky.social
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
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theresmatthiess.bsky.social
💫💫💫 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
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October 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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powimz.bsky.social
Kommt alle zum Projekttag!

Im Rahmen des Projekttages stellen Studierende im Master ‚Empirische
Demokratieforschung’ ihre eigenen, im Rahmen eines Projektmoduls erarbeiteten Forschungsprojekte vor

Eingeladen sind alle Studierenden und Mitglieder des Instituts.
October 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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chrauh.bsky.social
@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris).
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:

#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
Welcome! – VARICRIS
VARICRIS research project
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October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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kai-arzheimer.com
New-ish research by @nilssteiner.bsky.social & @arminschaefer.bsky.social, made @powimz.bsky.social
rrresrobot.bsky.social RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · Oct 5
gender and the #RadicalRight A. Schäfer and N. D. Steiner. “How Education, Generation and Gender Jointly Structure Green And Radical Right Voting”. In: West European Politics online first (2025), pp. 1-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2025.2466122.
October 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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lhaffert.bsky.social
Why do rustbelts vote radical right? Studying the German Ruhr area, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social and I show: it’s not just about deindustrialization, but also about the original industrialization. Where coal is buried deeper and mining started later, the AfD is stronger today 1/12
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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indubioproreto.bsky.social
I am really happy to share this year's prize for the best dissertation at the @ipz.bsky.social with @reidingerve.bsky.social!

This is an exciting end to an intense but also joyful dissertation journey.
stefwalter.bsky.social Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 27d
Very proud of our @ipz.bsky.social students who celebrated their graduation tonight. Congratulations to all, especially our prize winners! The prizes for best dissertation go to @reidingerve.bsky.social and @indubioproreto.bsky.social - Congrats! 🎉🥂🍾
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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lwestheuser.bsky.social
JUST OUT: "Boundaries and Cleavages: Elements of a Cultural Sociology of Political Divides."

OA: direct.mit.edu/ecps/article...

It develops what the cultural sociology of group formation can contribute to research on political cleavages.

(And why "Somewheres vs Anywheres" really doesn't cut it.)
October 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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fabianpfeffer.bsky.social
We are gearing up for the #ISIWealthConference2025.

It starts tomorrow and you can find the full program here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Thanks to this marvelous team 👇, we are ready to host a wonderful set of wealth inequality scholars from across the globe.

Watch the hashtag for updates!
October 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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dmpullan.bsky.social
Calling all comparative legislative scholars! We’ve got a new dataset with committee memberships from 14 countries over 35 years, spanning almost 15,000 MPs in 260 parties! Grateful for my excellent coauthors! #polisky #gendersky
jwaeckerle.bsky.social Jens Wäckerle @jwaeckerle.bsky.social · Oct 8
New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:

Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas

Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p

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GESIS-Suche
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October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
arminschaefer.bsky.social
This is gonna be a busy but exciting term @powimz!! 👇👇👇
nilssteiner.bsky.social Nils Steiner @nilssteiner.bsky.social · Oct 7
Exciting lineup for our (@powimz.bsky.social) research colloquia—the Forschungswerkstatt and the Democracy Seminar—this coming winter semester! I’m looking forward to welcoming many great guests and hearing from my colleagues.
October 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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clandwehr.bsky.social
Right now: Gunnar Otte and Natasha Nisic opening this year's congress of the Academy of Sociology @unimainz.bsky.social sponsored by @ipp-jgu.bsky.social
Looking forward to three inspiring days in Mainz!
October 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
arminschaefer.bsky.social
I promise @davidattewell6.bsky.social 🧵 is worth your time - in fact, the entire @wepsocial.bsky.social SI is 👇
davidattewell6.bsky.social David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · Oct 7
@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:

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October 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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robfordmancs.bsky.social
ARE YOU LISTENING MAURICE DUVERGER?? YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING

TONY DOWNS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WHERE IS YOUR MEDIAN VOTER NOW???
electionmaps.uk Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · Oct 7
Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.
October 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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steffenmau.bsky.social
Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben
Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.
www.faz.net
October 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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danmertens.bsky.social
Hi bsky people - if you care about how the EU seeks to fund all things "social-ecological transformation", which institutional architecture has emerged out of it, and why it is both contested and an unrealized promise: please have a look at our special issue on the politics of sustainable finance 👇
jeppjournal.bsky.social JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · Sep 17
🌱🪙 In their introduction to the Special Issue "Puzzling, powering, profiting: The politics of sustainable finance in Europe", editors
@danmertens.bsky.social and @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social define EU sustainable finance & outline how best to analyse it 💡

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM