Christian Rauh
@chrauh.bsky.social
Amongst other things dad (P+J), political scientist (WZB Berlin & University of Potsdam), bike nerd (n+1), and music addict (Kick, Snare, Kick Kick, Snare).
http://www.christian-rauh.eu
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Christian Rauh
@chrauh.bsky.social
· Jul 16
🤔 The #EU 🇪🇺 aspires to be a global actor 🌍 — but do other states recognize it as such?
My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).
A thread (1/n)
My new study in @intlinteractions.bsky.social develops targeted #NLP / #TextAsData tools to analyze 50 years of foreign policy discourse in the annual #UN General Debate (1970–2020).
A thread (1/n)
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“Indeed”
Academic tip: sometimes you have to write "Importantly," to get a sentence started and then you can go back and delete it.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
“Indeed”
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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For my course on Conflict and Representation in the EU, I made an interactive Shiny app that plots CHES party positions, for all countries, years (1999-2024) and (most) dimensions in the dataset. Enjoy!
dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/
#polsci #Polisky #EUsky #Comparativesky #polbehaviorsky
dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/
#polsci #Polisky #EUsky #Comparativesky #polbehaviorsky
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
For my course on Conflict and Representation in the EU, I made an interactive Shiny app that plots CHES party positions, for all countries, years (1999-2024) and (most) dimensions in the dataset. Enjoy!
dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/
#polsci #Polisky #EUsky #Comparativesky #polbehaviorsky
dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/
#polsci #Polisky #EUsky #Comparativesky #polbehaviorsky
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In the internet of things, no one can hear you stream.
Except this chap, apparently: codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
Except this chap, apparently: codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
October 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In the internet of things, no one can hear you stream.
Except this chap, apparently: codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
Except this chap, apparently: codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
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Die Umfrage hierzu entstand am Donnerstag, nachdem Merz seine Aussagen am Mittwoch präzisiert hatte. Die genaue Frage lautete so:
October 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
@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 🌐
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
Welcome! – VARICRIS
VARICRIS research project
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@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 🌐
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
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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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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
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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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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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🚨 New(ish) Publication Alert! Delighted to see my article Credit Claiming in the EU @thejop.bsky.social I explore a classic question for accountability in Europe: when and why do govs claim credit for the work of the EU and shift blame onto Brussels to avoid responsibility? doi.org/10.1086/732970
Credit Claiming in the European Union | The Journal of Politics: Vol 87, No 3
Incumbents in multilevel systems are assumed to exploit uncertainty of responsibility by claiming credit and shifting blame, yet little is known about when and how they engage in these rhetorical stra...
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🚨 New(ish) Publication Alert! Delighted to see my article Credit Claiming in the EU @thejop.bsky.social I explore a classic question for accountability in Europe: when and why do govs claim credit for the work of the EU and shift blame onto Brussels to avoid responsibility? doi.org/10.1086/732970
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New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
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Hochaktuell sind die neuen WZB-Mitteilungen zum Thema Weltordnung, denn die Regeln, nach denen das globale Zusammenleben über Jahrzehnte funktionierte, gelten nicht mehr. Ein Heft über Krieg & Frieden, über Demokratie, Profit & Wissenschaft, über China, Amerika und die EU.
www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...
www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...
October 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Hochaktuell sind die neuen WZB-Mitteilungen zum Thema Weltordnung, denn die Regeln, nach denen das globale Zusammenleben über Jahrzehnte funktionierte, gelten nicht mehr. Ein Heft über Krieg & Frieden, über Demokratie, Profit & Wissenschaft, über China, Amerika und die EU.
www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...
www.wzb.eu/de/publikati...
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You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU?
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
September 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU?
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
Personal website revamped & refreshed 👉 christian-rauh.eu
➡️ A full, linked overview of my research portfolio and outputs in one place
➡️ Built with Quarto + GitHub Pages 👌
Take a look — I’d be glad to hear what you think (or spot any errors 🫣)!
➡️ A full, linked overview of my research portfolio and outputs in one place
➡️ Built with Quarto + GitHub Pages 👌
Take a look — I’d be glad to hear what you think (or spot any errors 🫣)!
Prof. Dr. Christian Rauh – Christian Rauh
Website - Christian Rauh
christian-rauh.eu
September 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Personal website revamped & refreshed 👉 christian-rauh.eu
➡️ A full, linked overview of my research portfolio and outputs in one place
➡️ Built with Quarto + GitHub Pages 👌
Take a look — I’d be glad to hear what you think (or spot any errors 🫣)!
➡️ A full, linked overview of my research portfolio and outputs in one place
➡️ Built with Quarto + GitHub Pages 👌
Take a look — I’d be glad to hear what you think (or spot any errors 🫣)!
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And we are delighted to announce that @valentimvicente.bsky.social will be honored with the A.SK Bright Mind Award for his work on how social norms influence behavior. 🎉Congratulations!
September 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
And we are delighted to announce that @valentimvicente.bsky.social will be honored with the A.SK Bright Mind Award for his work on how social norms influence behavior. 🎉Congratulations!
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Mehr Sozialstaat und eine "antifaschistische Wirtschaftspolitik" werden häufig als Mittel gegen den AfD-Erfolg genannt. Doch was ist dran an der These & welche Sozialpolitik wünschen sich die AfD-Wähler tatsächlich? Eine Datenanalyse von @schieritz.bsky.social und mir.
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Sozialpolitik: Wer wenig hat, ist in ihren Augen selbst schuld
Mehr Sozialstaat könnte den Aufstieg der Rechtspopulisten bremsen, heißt es oft. Umfragen zeigen aber: Die Wähler der AfD verstehen unter Gerechtigkeit etwas anderes.
www.zeit.de
September 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Mehr Sozialstaat und eine "antifaschistische Wirtschaftspolitik" werden häufig als Mittel gegen den AfD-Erfolg genannt. Doch was ist dran an der These & welche Sozialpolitik wünschen sich die AfD-Wähler tatsächlich? Eine Datenanalyse von @schieritz.bsky.social und mir.
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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Deadline for the position as Full Professor at our dept is coming closer: Great position, great colleagues & very positive working atmosphere. Please contact @danbischof.bsky.social if you have any questions.
And thanks for asking - yes, the pic shows today's view from the position's office.
And thanks for asking - yes, the pic shows today's view from the position's office.
September 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Deadline for the position as Full Professor at our dept is coming closer: Great position, great colleagues & very positive working atmosphere. Please contact @danbischof.bsky.social if you have any questions.
And thanks for asking - yes, the pic shows today's view from the position's office.
And thanks for asking - yes, the pic shows today's view from the position's office.
Sometimes students just blow you away ... conducted a masters defense today where both examiners - a political theorist and an empirical EU scholar - agree that text, presentation and discussion came very close to PhD level. Chapeau!
September 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Sometimes students just blow you away ... conducted a masters defense today where both examiners - a political theorist and an empirical EU scholar - agree that text, presentation and discussion came very close to PhD level. Chapeau!
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📢 EPSS 2026 Call for Papers! @hannaeback.bsky.social and I are excited to invite submissions for the Political Representation section at EPSS 2026 in Belfast. EPSS has some exciting new panel formats this year - read on! 🧵
August 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
📢 EPSS 2026 Call for Papers! @hannaeback.bsky.social and I are excited to invite submissions for the Political Representation section at EPSS 2026 in Belfast. EPSS has some exciting new panel formats this year - read on! 🧵
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The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition unterschreiben
Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master
https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master
September 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Very interesting work on extracting 'scalar constructs' from #TextData with #LLMs by @haukelicht.bsky.social and colleagues: arxiv.org/abs/2509.03116
Measuring Scalar Constructs in Social Science with LLMs
Many constructs that characterize language, like its complexity or emotionality, have a naturally continuous semantic structure; a public speech is not just "simple" or "complex," but exists on a cont...
arxiv.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Very interesting work on extracting 'scalar constructs' from #TextData with #LLMs by @haukelicht.bsky.social and colleagues: arxiv.org/abs/2509.03116
Das ist neu: Auf halber Strecke wird auch der Zug halbiert, ich bin in dem ICE-Teil der dann in Frankfurt bleibt. 13. Reise mit der Deutschen Bahn in diesem Jahr und wirklich keine ohne größere Probleme 🤯
September 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Das ist neu: Auf halber Strecke wird auch der Zug halbiert, ich bin in dem ICE-Teil der dann in Frankfurt bleibt. 13. Reise mit der Deutschen Bahn in diesem Jahr und wirklich keine ohne größere Probleme 🤯
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Together with the great colleagues @i4replication.bsky.social, we are organizing the first Münster replication games (28/11/25)! Highly recommended to junior & senior scholars. Joint project together with #MueCOS & #CDSC @uni-muenster.de. More info/registration: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3526/
August 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Together with the great colleagues @i4replication.bsky.social, we are organizing the first Münster replication games (28/11/25)! Highly recommended to junior & senior scholars. Joint project together with #MueCOS & #CDSC @uni-muenster.de. More info/registration: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3526/
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Heute stand in vielen Medien ein dpa-Bericht zu LNG-Importen in die EU, den ich eher verwirrend als holfreich finde - z.B. hier: (1/5) www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/w...
August 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Heute stand in vielen Medien ein dpa-Bericht zu LNG-Importen in die EU, den ich eher verwirrend als holfreich finde - z.B. hier: (1/5) www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/w...