Dana Atzpodien
@atzpodien.bsky.social
Evaluation and Project Manager in Agrifood
Political Scientist/ Party Politics and Parliaments/ Mixed Methods
(she/her)
Political Scientist/ Party Politics and Parliaments/ Mixed Methods
(she/her)
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🚨New VAA Dataset🚨
@wurthmann.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social & I have published a new piece in European Union Politics that introduces our GEPARTEE Expert Survey and Europartycheck VAA data for the 2024 German EP elections: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Some insights 🧵1/n
@wurthmann.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social & I have published a new piece in European Union Politics that introduces our GEPARTEE Expert Survey and Europartycheck VAA data for the 2024 German EP elections: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Some insights 🧵1/n
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨New VAA Dataset🚨
@wurthmann.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social & I have published a new piece in European Union Politics that introduces our GEPARTEE Expert Survey and Europartycheck VAA data for the 2024 German EP elections: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Some insights 🧵1/n
@wurthmann.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social & I have published a new piece in European Union Politics that introduces our GEPARTEE Expert Survey and Europartycheck VAA data for the 2024 German EP elections: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Some insights 🧵1/n
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Good morning, social and political science community! We could use your expertise: Have you conducted online surveys targeting low-income populations? If so, we’d love to hear about your experiences.
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Good morning, social and political science community! We could use your expertise: Have you conducted online surveys targeting low-income populations? If so, we’d love to hear about your experiences.
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🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
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Die Übernahme von Rechtsaußenpositionen führt zur #Normalisierung dieser Parteien - das ist empirisch mittlerweile sehr gut belegt, wird aber immer wieder ignoriert. Für @lagedernation.org haben @tabouchadi.bsky.social und ich hier versucht aufzuräumen (ab 1h 13). 🎤 lagedernation.org/podcast/ldn4...
LdN449 Was wird aus Trumps Gaza-Plan?, Zwei Jahre nach dem Oktober-Massaker (Meron Mendel, Leiter Bildungsstätte Anne Frank), Unruhe regiert Frankreich, Chat-Kontrolle gefährdet unnötig Bürgerrechte, ...
lagedernation.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Die Übernahme von Rechtsaußenpositionen führt zur #Normalisierung dieser Parteien - das ist empirisch mittlerweile sehr gut belegt, wird aber immer wieder ignoriert. Für @lagedernation.org haben @tabouchadi.bsky.social und ich hier versucht aufzuräumen (ab 1h 13). 🎤 lagedernation.org/podcast/ldn4...
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How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/sGDTDQV
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
October 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
How do populists define “the people”? @tiondelisa.bsky.social examines how right-wing populists construct ingroup identity through opposition. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/sGDTDQV
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs
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@ifpolms.bsky.social, the winter term always sees our lecture series on #sustainability & #democracy! This year's focus is on the perspective of citizens, with a great line-up of external and internal presenters.
Participants from other departments @uni-muenster.de & other unis are very welcome!
Participants from other departments @uni-muenster.de & other unis are very welcome!
September 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@ifpolms.bsky.social, the winter term always sees our lecture series on #sustainability & #democracy! This year's focus is on the perspective of citizens, with a great line-up of external and internal presenters.
Participants from other departments @uni-muenster.de & other unis are very welcome!
Participants from other departments @uni-muenster.de & other unis are very welcome!
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Excited to share my first publication!
NEW -
Austerity and Social Spending: Estimating the Long-Run Effects of Fiscal Adjustment - cup.org/4oAi3MF
"Ageing populations and slower growth have compelled governments in mature welfare states to implement fiscal adjustments"
- @nilsblossey.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Austerity and Social Spending: Estimating the Long-Run Effects of Fiscal Adjustment - cup.org/4oAi3MF
"Ageing populations and slower growth have compelled governments in mature welfare states to implement fiscal adjustments"
- @nilsblossey.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
August 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Excited to share my first publication!
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The call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025.
epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
@rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
@rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!
September 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025.
epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
@rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026/
@rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!
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💥 Update! 💥
This paper is now officially published in Volume 30, Issue 4 of The International Journal of Press/Politics! 🗳️
Experimental evidence that voters prefer moderately tailored messages - highly tailored ones can backfire & targeting can be too much: doi.org/10.1177/1940... #IJPP
This paper is now officially published in Volume 30, Issue 4 of The International Journal of Press/Politics! 🗳️
Experimental evidence that voters prefer moderately tailored messages - highly tailored ones can backfire & targeting can be too much: doi.org/10.1177/1940... #IJPP
September 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
💥 Update! 💥
This paper is now officially published in Volume 30, Issue 4 of The International Journal of Press/Politics! 🗳️
Experimental evidence that voters prefer moderately tailored messages - highly tailored ones can backfire & targeting can be too much: doi.org/10.1177/1940... #IJPP
This paper is now officially published in Volume 30, Issue 4 of The International Journal of Press/Politics! 🗳️
Experimental evidence that voters prefer moderately tailored messages - highly tailored ones can backfire & targeting can be too much: doi.org/10.1177/1940... #IJPP
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Ich habe heute meine Ernennung zum Professor für Regierungslehre und Policyforschung an der Universität Halle-Wittenberg entgegengenommen. Ab dem Wintersemester lehre und forsche ich hier zu Demokratie, Parteien, Populismus. Ich freue mich auf die gemeinsame Arbeit mit Studierenden und KollegInnen!
September 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Ich habe heute meine Ernennung zum Professor für Regierungslehre und Policyforschung an der Universität Halle-Wittenberg entgegengenommen. Ab dem Wintersemester lehre und forsche ich hier zu Demokratie, Parteien, Populismus. Ich freue mich auf die gemeinsame Arbeit mit Studierenden und KollegInnen!
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🌍 NEW PUBLICATION 📖
Excited to share that Antje Vetterlein and I have published a new article in @jird-jour.bsky.social (Open Access): 'Contextualizing Norms: International Organizations and the Creation of Resilient Policy Norms'
Full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Excited to share that Antje Vetterlein and I have published a new article in @jird-jour.bsky.social (Open Access): 'Contextualizing Norms: International Organizations and the Creation of Resilient Policy Norms'
Full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Contextualizing norms: international organizations and the creation of resilient policy norms - Journal of International Relations and Development
Understanding the role of international norms has been a prominent theme in International Relations, alongside studying International Organizations (IOs) as norm diffusers. Combining both literatures,...
link.springer.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🌍 NEW PUBLICATION 📖
Excited to share that Antje Vetterlein and I have published a new article in @jird-jour.bsky.social (Open Access): 'Contextualizing Norms: International Organizations and the Creation of Resilient Policy Norms'
Full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Excited to share that Antje Vetterlein and I have published a new article in @jird-jour.bsky.social (Open Access): 'Contextualizing Norms: International Organizations and the Creation of Resilient Policy Norms'
Full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Noch 3️⃣Wochen Zeit für Einreichungen zur @dvpw.bsky.social Tagung des AK „Lokale Politikforschung“!
🌟Demokratie auf lokaler Ebene: Herausforderungen, Krisen und Perspektiven
🎫11.-12.12.2025 in Berlin
⏱️Deadline für Einreichungen: 1.10.2025
@munchsybille.bsky.social @christinajuen.bsky.social
🌟Demokratie auf lokaler Ebene: Herausforderungen, Krisen und Perspektiven
🎫11.-12.12.2025 in Berlin
⏱️Deadline für Einreichungen: 1.10.2025
@munchsybille.bsky.social @christinajuen.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Noch 3️⃣Wochen Zeit für Einreichungen zur @dvpw.bsky.social Tagung des AK „Lokale Politikforschung“!
🌟Demokratie auf lokaler Ebene: Herausforderungen, Krisen und Perspektiven
🎫11.-12.12.2025 in Berlin
⏱️Deadline für Einreichungen: 1.10.2025
@munchsybille.bsky.social @christinajuen.bsky.social
🌟Demokratie auf lokaler Ebene: Herausforderungen, Krisen und Perspektiven
🎫11.-12.12.2025 in Berlin
⏱️Deadline für Einreichungen: 1.10.2025
@munchsybille.bsky.social @christinajuen.bsky.social
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New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵
Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany
www.sciencedirect.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵
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Google reveals how much #energy a Gemini query uses - in industry first - www.zdnet.com/article/goog... average Gemini text prompt uses "0.24 watt-hours (Wh) of energy, emits 0.03 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent (gCO2e), and consumes 0.26 milliliters (or about five drops) of water," #ai
Google reveals how much energy a Gemini query uses - in industry first
AI is spiking energy demands. Here's why Google's report matters.
www.zdnet.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Google reveals how much #energy a Gemini query uses - in industry first - www.zdnet.com/article/goog... average Gemini text prompt uses "0.24 watt-hours (Wh) of energy, emits 0.03 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent (gCO2e), and consumes 0.26 milliliters (or about five drops) of water," #ai
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In knapp einem Monat wählt #Potsdam einen neuen Oberbürgermeister oder eine Oberbürgermeisterin - und @ponterasmus.bsky.social & ich haben dazu eine Online-Wahlhilfe entwickelt. Schaut doch mal rein!
app.voto.vote/de/elections...
app.voto.vote/de/elections...
VOTO - Wählen einfach machen
Bewerte die Wahlprogramme und finde heraus, welche Partei am besten zu Dir passt.
app.voto.vote
August 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In knapp einem Monat wählt #Potsdam einen neuen Oberbürgermeister oder eine Oberbürgermeisterin - und @ponterasmus.bsky.social & ich haben dazu eine Online-Wahlhilfe entwickelt. Schaut doch mal rein!
app.voto.vote/de/elections...
app.voto.vote/de/elections...
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I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de
August 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637
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I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
July 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.
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Just found out that this baddy on Die Linke's populism has (after two years) received a volume, issue and page numbers in @jpolideologies.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#GermanPolSky
#GermanPolSky
June 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Just found out that this baddy on Die Linke's populism has (after two years) received a volume, issue and page numbers in @jpolideologies.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#GermanPolSky
#GermanPolSky
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❗ The 𝘞𝘡𝘉 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 (@wzb.bsky.social) establishes a 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 for the 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 and is looking for its future 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 ❗
📣 Let all the excellent democracy researchers out there know!
wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
#Polisky
@epsanet.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
📣 Let all the excellent democracy researchers out there know!
wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
#Polisky
@epsanet.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
Director for the study of democracy
The Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB Berlin Social Science Center) is Germany’s leading non-university research institute for fundamental social science research, with a...
wzb.eu
June 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
❗ The 𝘞𝘡𝘉 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 (@wzb.bsky.social) establishes a 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 for the 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 and is looking for its future 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 ❗
📣 Let all the excellent democracy researchers out there know!
wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
#Polisky
@epsanet.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
📣 Let all the excellent democracy researchers out there know!
wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
#Polisky
@epsanet.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
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Looking for help with European/World Values Study (EVS/WVS): A student would like to merge party identification (v174_cs) w/Party Fact IDs. But for some reason, the IDs of party identification seem to be different from the code list for vote intention/recall (which are not included in this wave).
June 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Looking for help with European/World Values Study (EVS/WVS): A student would like to merge party identification (v174_cs) w/Party Fact IDs. But for some reason, the IDs of party identification seem to be different from the code list for vote intention/recall (which are not included in this wave).
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"Julia Klöckner will zu diesem CSD die Regenbogenfahne über dem Bundestag abschaffen - und einem queeren Verband im Bundestag die Teilnahme verbieten!"
Ich finde das nicht okay!
Unterschreibt, wenn ihr das auch nicht in Ordnung findet. ✍️ 📄
weact.campact.de/petitions/kl...
Ich finde das nicht okay!
Unterschreibt, wenn ihr das auch nicht in Ordnung findet. ✍️ 📄
weact.campact.de/petitions/kl...
Klöckners Amtsmissbrauch stoppen! Die Regenbogenfahne am CSD muss wehen!
Während die Angriffe auf die Queere Community und CSDs Jahr für Jahr zunehmen, will Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner die Regenbogenflagge zum CSD über dem Bundestag abschaffen und verbietet dem qu...
weact.campact.de
June 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"Julia Klöckner will zu diesem CSD die Regenbogenfahne über dem Bundestag abschaffen - und einem queeren Verband im Bundestag die Teilnahme verbieten!"
Ich finde das nicht okay!
Unterschreibt, wenn ihr das auch nicht in Ordnung findet. ✍️ 📄
weact.campact.de/petitions/kl...
Ich finde das nicht okay!
Unterschreibt, wenn ihr das auch nicht in Ordnung findet. ✍️ 📄
weact.campact.de/petitions/kl...
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Wir interessieren uns vor allem für persönliche Geschichten und wollen eine junge Perspektive auf das deutsche Wissenschaftssystem abbilden.
Habt ihr Interesse, Teil unserer Dokumentation zu werden? Dann meldet euch gerne unter moritz.hoppe@kontrastfilm.de“
Gerne reposten!
(3/3)
Habt ihr Interesse, Teil unserer Dokumentation zu werden? Dann meldet euch gerne unter moritz.hoppe@kontrastfilm.de“
Gerne reposten!
(3/3)
June 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Wir interessieren uns vor allem für persönliche Geschichten und wollen eine junge Perspektive auf das deutsche Wissenschaftssystem abbilden.
Habt ihr Interesse, Teil unserer Dokumentation zu werden? Dann meldet euch gerne unter moritz.hoppe@kontrastfilm.de“
Gerne reposten!
(3/3)
Habt ihr Interesse, Teil unserer Dokumentation zu werden? Dann meldet euch gerne unter moritz.hoppe@kontrastfilm.de“
Gerne reposten!
(3/3)
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Our newest piece on BSW is now published. We show that when attitudes toward Wagenknecht come into the game, policies are no longer that meaningful in predicting behaviour. Personalisation in a personalised party! What a surprise! 😀
@sarahwagner.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
@sarahwagner.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
June 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Our newest piece on BSW is now published. We show that when attitudes toward Wagenknecht come into the game, policies are no longer that meaningful in predicting behaviour. Personalisation in a personalised party! What a surprise! 😀
@sarahwagner.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
@sarahwagner.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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So sah Kyjiw vergangene Nacht aus. Eine europäische Metropole mit drei Millionen Einwohnern, die - im Vergleich zu vielen anderen Landesteilen - noch als relativ sicher gilt.
May 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
So sah Kyjiw vergangene Nacht aus. Eine europäische Metropole mit drei Millionen Einwohnern, die - im Vergleich zu vielen anderen Landesteilen - noch als relativ sicher gilt.
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Wie populistisch bin ich? 🎯
👉Dazu habe ich in den letzten Tagen den Populismus Test entwickelt, der auf wissenschaftlichen Populismus Fragen beruht.
👉Das Tool ist ab sofort online über politiktest.de zu finden.
👉Wer will, kann freiwillig Daten für die Forschung spenden.
Viel Spaß beim Ausprobieren!
👉Dazu habe ich in den letzten Tagen den Populismus Test entwickelt, der auf wissenschaftlichen Populismus Fragen beruht.
👉Das Tool ist ab sofort online über politiktest.de zu finden.
👉Wer will, kann freiwillig Daten für die Forschung spenden.
Viel Spaß beim Ausprobieren!
Politiktest.de
politiktest.de
May 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Wie populistisch bin ich? 🎯
👉Dazu habe ich in den letzten Tagen den Populismus Test entwickelt, der auf wissenschaftlichen Populismus Fragen beruht.
👉Das Tool ist ab sofort online über politiktest.de zu finden.
👉Wer will, kann freiwillig Daten für die Forschung spenden.
Viel Spaß beim Ausprobieren!
👉Dazu habe ich in den letzten Tagen den Populismus Test entwickelt, der auf wissenschaftlichen Populismus Fragen beruht.
👉Das Tool ist ab sofort online über politiktest.de zu finden.
👉Wer will, kann freiwillig Daten für die Forschung spenden.
Viel Spaß beim Ausprobieren!