Benedikt Bender
@benediktbender.bsky.social
Post Doc @goetheuni | prev. @MZESUniMannheim & @PolEconReforms | Interested in Political Economy, Political Conflict, Welfare States & Comparative Methods
https://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/135512626/Benedikt_Bender?locale=en
https://www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/135512626/Benedikt_Bender?locale=en
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🚨New publication out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social
@danielk24.bsky.social & I show that the support for green subsidies by unions & business interest groups in the 🇺🇸 & in 🇩🇪 goes hand in hand with the support for eco-social policies.
Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/rego...
A summary below 👇
@danielk24.bsky.social & I show that the support for green subsidies by unions & business interest groups in the 🇺🇸 & in 🇩🇪 goes hand in hand with the support for eco-social policies.
Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/rego...
A summary below 👇
Reposted by Benedikt Bender
We are really excited to kick this semester's InFER Colloquium & Comparative Politics Speaker Series off with a talk by Valerie Sticher (@ethz.ch): "Satellite Data for Understanding and Monitoring Armed Conflict”
Join us next tuesday!
Join us next tuesday!
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We are really excited to kick this semester's InFER Colloquium & Comparative Politics Speaker Series off with a talk by Valerie Sticher (@ethz.ch): "Satellite Data for Understanding and Monitoring Armed Conflict”
Join us next tuesday!
Join us next tuesday!
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Wir suchen für ein Drittmittelprojekt an der TU Chemnitz Verstärkung auf einer vollen Stelle. Analysiert werden Einstellungen von jungen Gewerkschaftsmitgliedern. Mehr Infos hier:
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
Personal | Dezernate | Verwaltung | TU Chemnitz
Dezernat Personal: Personal
www.tu-chemnitz.de
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Wir suchen für ein Drittmittelprojekt an der TU Chemnitz Verstärkung auf einer vollen Stelle. Analysiert werden Einstellungen von jungen Gewerkschaftsmitgliedern. Mehr Infos hier:
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
Zurück vom FiS Forum @difis.bsky.social wo ich unsere Studie zu Insider-Outsider Debatten & Gewerkschaften vorgestellt habe.
Fazit: Low-skilled INSIDER & low-skilled OUTSIDER haben den größten Einfluss auf die Positionen der Gewerkschaft, weil sie die Mitgliederstärksten & aktivsten Gruppen sind.
Fazit: Low-skilled INSIDER & low-skilled OUTSIDER haben den größten Einfluss auf die Positionen der Gewerkschaft, weil sie die Mitgliederstärksten & aktivsten Gruppen sind.
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Zurück vom FiS Forum @difis.bsky.social wo ich unsere Studie zu Insider-Outsider Debatten & Gewerkschaften vorgestellt habe.
Fazit: Low-skilled INSIDER & low-skilled OUTSIDER haben den größten Einfluss auf die Positionen der Gewerkschaft, weil sie die Mitgliederstärksten & aktivsten Gruppen sind.
Fazit: Low-skilled INSIDER & low-skilled OUTSIDER haben den größten Einfluss auf die Positionen der Gewerkschaft, weil sie die Mitgliederstärksten & aktivsten Gruppen sind.
🚨New publication out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social
@danielk24.bsky.social & I show that the support for green subsidies by unions & business interest groups in the 🇺🇸 & in 🇩🇪 goes hand in hand with the support for eco-social policies.
Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/rego...
A summary below 👇
@danielk24.bsky.social & I show that the support for green subsidies by unions & business interest groups in the 🇺🇸 & in 🇩🇪 goes hand in hand with the support for eco-social policies.
Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/rego...
A summary below 👇
October 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🚨New publication out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social
@danielk24.bsky.social & I show that the support for green subsidies by unions & business interest groups in the 🇺🇸 & in 🇩🇪 goes hand in hand with the support for eco-social policies.
Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/rego...
A summary below 👇
@danielk24.bsky.social & I show that the support for green subsidies by unions & business interest groups in the 🇺🇸 & in 🇩🇪 goes hand in hand with the support for eco-social policies.
Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/rego...
A summary below 👇
🚨New publication🚨
How do organised interests shape welfare state reforms? In this chapter, we review various political economy approaches to explaining ongoing reforms. We also discuss the challenges of member mobilisation & political influence in times of multiple crises.
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
How do organised interests shape welfare state reforms? In this chapter, we review various political economy approaches to explaining ongoing reforms. We also discuss the challenges of member mobilisation & political influence in times of multiple crises.
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
September 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🚨New publication🚨
How do organised interests shape welfare state reforms? In this chapter, we review various political economy approaches to explaining ongoing reforms. We also discuss the challenges of member mobilisation & political influence in times of multiple crises.
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
How do organised interests shape welfare state reforms? In this chapter, we review various political economy approaches to explaining ongoing reforms. We also discuss the challenges of member mobilisation & political influence in times of multiple crises.
doi.org/10.4337/9781...
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Celebrate #ESPANET2025 #ESPANET with 50% off select print books!
Handbook on Welfare State Reform: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
#publishing #sociology #finance
Handbook on Welfare State Reform: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
#publishing #sociology #finance
August 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Celebrate #ESPANET2025 #ESPANET with 50% off select print books!
Handbook on Welfare State Reform: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
#publishing #sociology #finance
Handbook on Welfare State Reform: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...
#publishing #sociology #finance
Vielen Dank für die Einladung und die tolle Veranstaltung.
Bei 250-300 Teilnehmenden war es kontrovers, aber fair & ein Ausdruck konstruktiver Debattenkultur.
Weiterhin viel Erfolg im Wahlkampf!
Bei 250-300 Teilnehmenden war es kontrovers, aber fair & ein Ausdruck konstruktiver Debattenkultur.
Weiterhin viel Erfolg im Wahlkampf!
August 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Vielen Dank für die Einladung und die tolle Veranstaltung.
Bei 250-300 Teilnehmenden war es kontrovers, aber fair & ein Ausdruck konstruktiver Debattenkultur.
Weiterhin viel Erfolg im Wahlkampf!
Bei 250-300 Teilnehmenden war es kontrovers, aber fair & ein Ausdruck konstruktiver Debattenkultur.
Weiterhin viel Erfolg im Wahlkampf!
Kommunalwahlen in NRW am 14. September 2025 und ich freue mich heute Abend eine Wahlarena im Oberbergischen Kreis zu moderieren.
„Drei Kandidaten – Eine Wahl“.
👇
„Drei Kandidaten – Eine Wahl“.
👇
August 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Kommunalwahlen in NRW am 14. September 2025 und ich freue mich heute Abend eine Wahlarena im Oberbergischen Kreis zu moderieren.
„Drei Kandidaten – Eine Wahl“.
👇
„Drei Kandidaten – Eine Wahl“.
👇
Back from my summer break & excited to share my new publication 🎉
What does methodological quality mean for qualitative & quantitative research? We review debates, highlight skepticism & possibilities, and call for a differentiated approach.
Many thanks to @leburn.bsky.social & Claudius Wagemann
What does methodological quality mean for qualitative & quantitative research? We review debates, highlight skepticism & possibilities, and call for a differentiated approach.
Many thanks to @leburn.bsky.social & Claudius Wagemann
August 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Back from my summer break & excited to share my new publication 🎉
What does methodological quality mean for qualitative & quantitative research? We review debates, highlight skepticism & possibilities, and call for a differentiated approach.
Many thanks to @leburn.bsky.social & Claudius Wagemann
What does methodological quality mean for qualitative & quantitative research? We review debates, highlight skepticism & possibilities, and call for a differentiated approach.
Many thanks to @leburn.bsky.social & Claudius Wagemann
I highly recommend this fascinating article!
Congratulations to @dorobohle.bsky.social and @vvukov.bsky.social
Congratulations to @dorobohle.bsky.social and @vvukov.bsky.social
2️⃣ Dorothee Bohle and @vvukov.bsky.social analyse how social reproduction shapes growth strategies in Poland and Germany
The politics of production and social reproduction
This paper explores the intersection of economic production and social reproduction, focusing on how reproductive politics interact with the preferences of dominant producer coalitions. It critique...
www.tandfonline.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I highly recommend this fascinating article!
Congratulations to @dorobohle.bsky.social and @vvukov.bsky.social
Congratulations to @dorobohle.bsky.social and @vvukov.bsky.social
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I have a new paper out in @wepsocial.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The paper situates discussions about the Educational Cleavage in a longer temporal context (back to the Medieval time) to show that there have ALWAYS been conflicts between educational groups. (1/3)
The paper situates discussions about the Educational Cleavage in a longer temporal context (back to the Medieval time) to show that there have ALWAYS been conflicts between educational groups. (1/3)
June 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I have a new paper out in @wepsocial.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The paper situates discussions about the Educational Cleavage in a longer temporal context (back to the Medieval time) to show that there have ALWAYS been conflicts between educational groups. (1/3)
The paper situates discussions about the Educational Cleavage in a longer temporal context (back to the Medieval time) to show that there have ALWAYS been conflicts between educational groups. (1/3)
France’s 🇫🇷 social partners are involved in the pension reform process, ensuring their participation & input. Some unions have left the negotiations; however, an important session is taking place today.
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
French unions, employers set to hold last-ditch pensions talks next week
French unions and employers negotiating changes to a 2023 pension reform are set to hold last-ditch talks next week, even as at least one major participant was not sure if it would join.
www.reuters.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
France’s 🇫🇷 social partners are involved in the pension reform process, ensuring their participation & input. Some unions have left the negotiations; however, an important session is taking place today.
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
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Interessiert an Sozialpolitikforschung in Deutschland? Hier ist das Starterpacket 🧚🎁
Für Ergänzungen gerne melden 😊
#Sozialpolitik
Interested in social policy research in Germany? Here is the starter package 🧚🎁
Please let us know if you would like to be added 😊
#socialpolicy
go.bsky.app/TvvhgdD
Für Ergänzungen gerne melden 😊
#Sozialpolitik
Interested in social policy research in Germany? Here is the starter package 🧚🎁
Please let us know if you would like to be added 😊
#socialpolicy
go.bsky.app/TvvhgdD
June 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Interessiert an Sozialpolitikforschung in Deutschland? Hier ist das Starterpacket 🧚🎁
Für Ergänzungen gerne melden 😊
#Sozialpolitik
Interested in social policy research in Germany? Here is the starter package 🧚🎁
Please let us know if you would like to be added 😊
#socialpolicy
go.bsky.app/TvvhgdD
Für Ergänzungen gerne melden 😊
#Sozialpolitik
Interested in social policy research in Germany? Here is the starter package 🧚🎁
Please let us know if you would like to be added 😊
#socialpolicy
go.bsky.app/TvvhgdD
Prime Minister Tusk's coalition is much more diverse than Germany's former 'traffic-light coalition'🚦ever was. Nevertheless, the coalition holds.
Poland’s government has won a vote of confidence in parliament called by Prime Minister Donald Tusk in the wake of the recent presidential election victory for opposition-aligned conservative Karol Nawrocki
Had he lost, Tusk would have had to resign.
Had he lost, Tusk would have had to resign.
Polish government wins parliamentary vote of confidence called in wake of presidential election defeat
notesfrompoland.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Prime Minister Tusk's coalition is much more diverse than Germany's former 'traffic-light coalition'🚦ever was. Nevertheless, the coalition holds.
Trade unions in Germany are no longer fighting for the 4-day working week.
According to Ch.Benner (chairwoman of IG Metall): “It is the employers who are reducing working times. They do this to compensate for lack of business but at the expense of the employees.”
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...
According to Ch.Benner (chairwoman of IG Metall): “It is the employers who are reducing working times. They do this to compensate for lack of business but at the expense of the employees.”
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...
IG Metall: Gewerkschaft fordert keine Viertagewoche mehr
Wegen der schlechten wirtschaftlichen Lage verlangt die IG Metall laut einem Bericht vorerst keine Viertagewoche bei vollem Lohnausgleich mehr. Auch Ver.di wird zurückhaltender.
www.spiegel.de
May 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trade unions in Germany are no longer fighting for the 4-day working week.
According to Ch.Benner (chairwoman of IG Metall): “It is the employers who are reducing working times. They do this to compensate for lack of business but at the expense of the employees.”
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...
According to Ch.Benner (chairwoman of IG Metall): “It is the employers who are reducing working times. They do this to compensate for lack of business but at the expense of the employees.”
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...
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What the Hell is Going on in North America? Daniel Béland (McGill) visits us next Tuesday, 20th of May, to discuss the politics of social policy from Trudeau and Trump 2.0. We look forward to learn from his research focus on public policy and territorial politics at our InFER colloquium. Join us!
May 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
What the Hell is Going on in North America? Daniel Béland (McGill) visits us next Tuesday, 20th of May, to discuss the politics of social policy from Trudeau and Trump 2.0. We look forward to learn from his research focus on public policy and territorial politics at our InFER colloquium. Join us!
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‼️JOB ALERT‼️
Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work
100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc.
Apply by 31 May
DM me for questions👨💻👩🏫🦸
tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy
Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work
100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc.
Apply by 31 May
DM me for questions👨💻👩🏫🦸
tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy
tinyurl.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
‼️JOB ALERT‼️
Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work
100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc.
Apply by 31 May
DM me for questions👨💻👩🏫🦸
tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy
Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work
100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc.
Apply by 31 May
DM me for questions👨💻👩🏫🦸
tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy
Am Tag der Arbeit ein Blick auf einen der stabilsten Konflikte mit hoher Salienz: Arbeitszeit!
Was sagen über 300 codierte Dokumente (2015-2020) zur Ausdehnung & flexiblen Gestaltung der Wochenarbeitszeit, Lockerung des Sonntagsverbotes, etc. (1/2👇)
Was sagen über 300 codierte Dokumente (2015-2020) zur Ausdehnung & flexiblen Gestaltung der Wochenarbeitszeit, Lockerung des Sonntagsverbotes, etc. (1/2👇)
May 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Am Tag der Arbeit ein Blick auf einen der stabilsten Konflikte mit hoher Salienz: Arbeitszeit!
Was sagen über 300 codierte Dokumente (2015-2020) zur Ausdehnung & flexiblen Gestaltung der Wochenarbeitszeit, Lockerung des Sonntagsverbotes, etc. (1/2👇)
Was sagen über 300 codierte Dokumente (2015-2020) zur Ausdehnung & flexiblen Gestaltung der Wochenarbeitszeit, Lockerung des Sonntagsverbotes, etc. (1/2👇)
⏰ Finally out & happy to share the key finding + a quick summary of our analysis below 📢
🔑 Due to their high union membership & high level of activity within trade unions, blue-collar workers and low-service functionaries show a strong correlation with union positions on welfare state reforms.
🔑 Due to their high union membership & high level of activity within trade unions, blue-collar workers and low-service functionaries show a strong correlation with union positions on welfare state reforms.
April 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
⏰ Finally out & happy to share the key finding + a quick summary of our analysis below 📢
🔑 Due to their high union membership & high level of activity within trade unions, blue-collar workers and low-service functionaries show a strong correlation with union positions on welfare state reforms.
🔑 Due to their high union membership & high level of activity within trade unions, blue-collar workers and low-service functionaries show a strong correlation with union positions on welfare state reforms.
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Mark Blyth and I sang a duet. It’s about how a country’s growth model shapes its state capacity to decarbonize - both the advantages and disadvantages. Enjoy! @ripejournal.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Decarbonising national growth models: derisking, ‘hobbled states’, and the decarbonisation possibility frontier
This article brings together Growth Model Theory and climate change under the assumption that economic growth will remain a policy priority during the green transition. The relevant research questi...
www.tandfonline.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mark Blyth and I sang a duet. It’s about how a country’s growth model shapes its state capacity to decarbonize - both the advantages and disadvantages. Enjoy! @ripejournal.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social!
German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf
English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf
Please share
German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf
English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf
Please share
April 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social!
German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf
English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf
Please share
German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf
English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf
Please share
Infos zur Sozialpolitik im Koalitionsvertrag:
🔔 Rente (u.a. Rentenniveau + Finanzierung)
🔔 Pflege (u.a. steigender Bedarf + Finanzierung)
🔔 Gesundheit (u.a. Weiterentwicklung der Krankenhausreform)
Kurz zusammengefasst bei www.deutschlandfunk.de/sozialpoliti...
🔔 Rente (u.a. Rentenniveau + Finanzierung)
🔔 Pflege (u.a. steigender Bedarf + Finanzierung)
🔔 Gesundheit (u.a. Weiterentwicklung der Krankenhausreform)
Kurz zusammengefasst bei www.deutschlandfunk.de/sozialpoliti...
Sozialpolitik im Koalitionsvertrag / Hugo Sinzheimer zum 150sten
www.deutschlandfunk.de
April 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Infos zur Sozialpolitik im Koalitionsvertrag:
🔔 Rente (u.a. Rentenniveau + Finanzierung)
🔔 Pflege (u.a. steigender Bedarf + Finanzierung)
🔔 Gesundheit (u.a. Weiterentwicklung der Krankenhausreform)
Kurz zusammengefasst bei www.deutschlandfunk.de/sozialpoliti...
🔔 Rente (u.a. Rentenniveau + Finanzierung)
🔔 Pflege (u.a. steigender Bedarf + Finanzierung)
🔔 Gesundheit (u.a. Weiterentwicklung der Krankenhausreform)
Kurz zusammengefasst bei www.deutschlandfunk.de/sozialpoliti...
Happy to share!!!🥳
I received financial support (€10,000) to better understand (1) under which conditions national governments decide for or against implementing climate-friendly policies and (2) the patterns of support & opposition by UNIONS & EMPLOYERS towards such policies across Europe.
I received financial support (€10,000) to better understand (1) under which conditions national governments decide for or against implementing climate-friendly policies and (2) the patterns of support & opposition by UNIONS & EMPLOYERS towards such policies across Europe.
March 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Happy to share!!!🥳
I received financial support (€10,000) to better understand (1) under which conditions national governments decide for or against implementing climate-friendly policies and (2) the patterns of support & opposition by UNIONS & EMPLOYERS towards such policies across Europe.
I received financial support (€10,000) to better understand (1) under which conditions national governments decide for or against implementing climate-friendly policies and (2) the patterns of support & opposition by UNIONS & EMPLOYERS towards such policies across Europe.
Lektüreempfehlungen (nicht nur) für das Wochenende!
March 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Lektüreempfehlungen (nicht nur) für das Wochenende!
Falls erste Daten/Berechnungen zum Wahlverhalten & Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft vorliegen, dann bitte teilen.
@boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social
@wsiinstitut.bsky.social
@boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social
@wsiinstitut.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Falls erste Daten/Berechnungen zum Wahlverhalten & Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft vorliegen, dann bitte teilen.
@boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social
@wsiinstitut.bsky.social
@boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social
@wsiinstitut.bsky.social