Christoph Valentin Steinert
@chrisvsteinert.bsky.social
SNF-Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Zurich. Interested in Human Rights, State Repression, and International Organizations. Also in football.
Homepage: www.christophsteinert.de
Homepage: www.christophsteinert.de
I'm very excited to teach this Data Visualization course next week at the German Institute for Global Area Studies (GIGA): lnkd.in/eWBX2EQN (1/n)
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November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm very excited to teach this Data Visualization course next week at the German Institute for Global Area Studies (GIGA): lnkd.in/eWBX2EQN (1/n)
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This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.
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🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: 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
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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Happy to share that our paper on the ideological biases of international organizations is now out in the current issue of the AJPS (@ajpseditor.bsky.social):
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
@the-peio.bsky.social @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
@the-peio.bsky.social @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy to share that our paper on the ideological biases of international organizations is now out in the current issue of the AJPS (@ajpseditor.bsky.social):
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
@the-peio.bsky.social @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
@the-peio.bsky.social @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
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NEW -
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
NEW -
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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Thanks to the great help by @rstrauch.bsky.social, Gabriele Spilker and the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" @excinequality.bsky.social, version 5.0 of the "Mass Mobilization in Autocracies Database" (coverage until 2022) is now available at mmadatabase.org!
Mass Mobilization in Autocracies Database
mmadatabase.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Thanks to the great help by @rstrauch.bsky.social, Gabriele Spilker and the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" @excinequality.bsky.social, version 5.0 of the "Mass Mobilization in Autocracies Database" (coverage until 2022) is now available at mmadatabase.org!
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NEW -
Contentious Rituals and Intergroup Relations: Parading in Northern Ireland - cup.org/3L55Bp7
- Kit Rickard, Giovanni Hollenweger, @swebera.bsky.social & @kristinmbakke.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Contentious Rituals and Intergroup Relations: Parading in Northern Ireland - cup.org/3L55Bp7
- Kit Rickard, Giovanni Hollenweger, @swebera.bsky.social & @kristinmbakke.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
October 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
NEW -
Contentious Rituals and Intergroup Relations: Parading in Northern Ireland - cup.org/3L55Bp7
- Kit Rickard, Giovanni Hollenweger, @swebera.bsky.social & @kristinmbakke.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Contentious Rituals and Intergroup Relations: Parading in Northern Ireland - cup.org/3L55Bp7
- Kit Rickard, Giovanni Hollenweger, @swebera.bsky.social & @kristinmbakke.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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Ich habe mit @zeit.de über die Reaktionen etablierter Parteien auf den Erfolg der radikalen Rechten gesprochen – warum Anpassung und Einbindung riskant sind und wo Chancen jenseits reaktiver Strategien liegen.
Italien, Schweden oder Österreich: In manchen EU-Ländern haben Rechtsaußenparteien Regierungserfahrung. Hat sie das geschrumpft – oder hilft nur radikale Abgrenzung?
Rechte in Regierungen: Abgrenzen oder Einbinden? Was die Rechte zähmen kann
Italien, Schweden oder Österreich: In manchen EU-Ländern haben Rechtsaußenparteien Regierungserfahrung. Hat sie das geschrumpft – oder hilft nur radikale Abgrenzung?
www.zeit.de
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Ich habe mit @zeit.de über die Reaktionen etablierter Parteien auf den Erfolg der radikalen Rechten gesprochen – warum Anpassung und Einbindung riskant sind und wo Chancen jenseits reaktiver Strategien liegen.
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Überraschend, dass das ZDF-Politbarometer diese Umfrage so verzerrt darstellt: Statt nach der Originalaussage von Merz zu fragen, die tagelang diskutiert wurde, wird in der Umfrage seine späte Rechtfertigung ergänzt. In der Grafik wird das aber gar nicht erwähnt. So geht Framing.
October 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Überraschend, dass das ZDF-Politbarometer diese Umfrage so verzerrt darstellt: Statt nach der Originalaussage von Merz zu fragen, die tagelang diskutiert wurde, wird in der Umfrage seine späte Rechtfertigung ergänzt. In der Grafik wird das aber gar nicht erwähnt. So geht Framing.
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🚨 New article out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social with @svenhegewald.bsky.social
“The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war."
How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war."
How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🚨 New article out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social with @svenhegewald.bsky.social
“The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war."
How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war."
How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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✨NEW PAPER OUT✨
“Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: ‘indexing by proxy’ in a German immigration debate”
together with Lance Bennett & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social in
@journal-of-comm.bsky.social.
Why do far-right issues keep making the news? 🧵⤵️
academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...
“Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: ‘indexing by proxy’ in a German immigration debate”
together with Lance Bennett & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social in
@journal-of-comm.bsky.social.
Why do far-right issues keep making the news? 🧵⤵️
academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...
Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: “indexing by proxy” in a German immigration debate
Abstract. This study examines the mechanisms by which illiberal politics make the news by disrupting democratic systems. During the late 20th century, a li
academic.oup.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
✨NEW PAPER OUT✨
“Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: ‘indexing by proxy’ in a German immigration debate”
together with Lance Bennett & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social in
@journal-of-comm.bsky.social.
Why do far-right issues keep making the news? 🧵⤵️
academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...
“Far-right challenges to liberal democratic press norms: ‘indexing by proxy’ in a German immigration debate”
together with Lance Bennett & @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social in
@journal-of-comm.bsky.social.
Why do far-right issues keep making the news? 🧵⤵️
academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...
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Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
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The Nobel Peace Prize goes to someone trying to peacefully stand up to a dictatorship, not to somebody trying to build a dictatorship.
That seems appropriate.
That seems appropriate.
October 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize goes to someone trying to peacefully stand up to a dictatorship, not to somebody trying to build a dictatorship.
That seems appropriate.
That seems appropriate.
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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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#OpenAccess from July 2025 -
The Backlash Against Civil Society Participation in International Organizations: The Case of Human Rights Complaints Mechanisms - cup.org/463Vb1m
- @chrisvsteinert.bsky.social & Hannah Marietta Smidt
The Backlash Against Civil Society Participation in International Organizations: The Case of Human Rights Complaints Mechanisms - cup.org/463Vb1m
- @chrisvsteinert.bsky.social & Hannah Marietta Smidt
September 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#OpenAccess from July 2025 -
The Backlash Against Civil Society Participation in International Organizations: The Case of Human Rights Complaints Mechanisms - cup.org/463Vb1m
- @chrisvsteinert.bsky.social & Hannah Marietta Smidt
The Backlash Against Civil Society Participation in International Organizations: The Case of Human Rights Complaints Mechanisms - cup.org/463Vb1m
- @chrisvsteinert.bsky.social & Hannah Marietta Smidt
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🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
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Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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I am thrilled to share 'Foreign Aid for Peace and Civilian Victimisation,' recently published in @coco-journal.bsky.social. This study examines the impact of European Union aid on civilian victimisation in Colombia’s post-conflict context.
🔗 Read the full article: lnkd.in/dQUFTq_v
🔗 Read the full article: lnkd.in/dQUFTq_v
LinkedIn
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September 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I am thrilled to share 'Foreign Aid for Peace and Civilian Victimisation,' recently published in @coco-journal.bsky.social. This study examines the impact of European Union aid on civilian victimisation in Colombia’s post-conflict context.
🔗 Read the full article: lnkd.in/dQUFTq_v
🔗 Read the full article: lnkd.in/dQUFTq_v
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Das bemerkenswerte hier ist, dass die Verschiebung eben nicht 2015 passiert sondern 2017. Genau dann wenn Politik und Medien anfangen sich auf die aufsteigende AfD und ihre Themen einzuschießen. Wenn Migrationspolitik verschärft wird und Migranten dämonisiert werden. Es ist nicht Migration an sich.
Eine Mehrheit spricht sich dafür aus, die Zuwanderung nach Deutschland einzuschränken. Der Anteil derer, die dabei eine klar restriktive Haltung einnehmen, hat in den vergangenen zehn Jahren – also seit Angela Merkels Satz "Wir schaffen das "– deutlich zugenommen.
August 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Das bemerkenswerte hier ist, dass die Verschiebung eben nicht 2015 passiert sondern 2017. Genau dann wenn Politik und Medien anfangen sich auf die aufsteigende AfD und ihre Themen einzuschießen. Wenn Migrationspolitik verschärft wird und Migranten dämonisiert werden. Es ist nicht Migration an sich.
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Due diligence laws make firms liable for human rights violations and environmental damage in their supply chains. But the business lobby heavily criticizes these laws because of the required bureaucracy and potential compliance costs, which may create economic disadvantages. (1/5)
July 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Due diligence laws make firms liable for human rights violations and environmental damage in their supply chains. But the business lobby heavily criticizes these laws because of the required bureaucracy and potential compliance costs, which may create economic disadvantages. (1/5)
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Our findings call into question the business lobby’s narrative of severe economic harm resulting from due diligence law.
For more details, see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (5/5)
For more details, see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (5/5)
www.tandfonline.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Our findings call into question the business lobby’s narrative of severe economic harm resulting from due diligence law.
For more details, see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (5/5)
For more details, see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (5/5)
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🚨 New in Journal of Politics! 🚨
Do radical right parties need to cut ties with old dictatorships to succeed?
👉 @sergipardos.bsky.social and my study of Spain’s VOX says: ❌ Not necessarily.
Do radical right parties need to cut ties with old dictatorships to succeed?
👉 @sergipardos.bsky.social and my study of Spain’s VOX says: ❌ Not necessarily.
August 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🚨 New in Journal of Politics! 🚨
Do radical right parties need to cut ties with old dictatorships to succeed?
👉 @sergipardos.bsky.social and my study of Spain’s VOX says: ❌ Not necessarily.
Do radical right parties need to cut ties with old dictatorships to succeed?
👉 @sergipardos.bsky.social and my study of Spain’s VOX says: ❌ Not necessarily.
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Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social is now published by OUP in the USA (rest of world soon)
If you are interested in why you see so many dictatorships & illiberal leaders influencing world politics then this is the book for you.
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social is now published by OUP in the USA (rest of world soon)
If you are interested in why you see so many dictatorships & illiberal leaders influencing world politics then this is the book for you.
July 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social is now published by OUP in the USA (rest of world soon)
If you are interested in why you see so many dictatorships & illiberal leaders influencing world politics then this is the book for you.
by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social is now published by OUP in the USA (rest of world soon)
If you are interested in why you see so many dictatorships & illiberal leaders influencing world politics then this is the book for you.
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Armed conflicts involve governments, rebel groups, militias, communal factions, and foreign forces — all interacting in complex ways. The result? A web of violence that can feel overwhelming to understand.
That's why we launch the Conflict Networks Explorer
peaceobservatory.com/conflict-networks
That's why we launch the Conflict Networks Explorer
peaceobservatory.com/conflict-networks
Peace Observatory
Peace observatory website.
peaceobservatory.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Armed conflicts involve governments, rebel groups, militias, communal factions, and foreign forces — all interacting in complex ways. The result? A web of violence that can feel overwhelming to understand.
That's why we launch the Conflict Networks Explorer
peaceobservatory.com/conflict-networks
That's why we launch the Conflict Networks Explorer
peaceobservatory.com/conflict-networks
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🚨 Just accepted at @bjpols.bsky.social!
Paolo Bertolotti, Fotini Christia, Ali Jadbabaie, and I use 12 billion Yemeni cellphone records to study the effects of U.S. drone strikes on civilian mobility and displacement.
We Find:
🧵: 1/3
Paolo Bertolotti, Fotini Christia, Ali Jadbabaie, and I use 12 billion Yemeni cellphone records to study the effects of U.S. drone strikes on civilian mobility and displacement.
We Find:
🧵: 1/3
August 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🚨 Just accepted at @bjpols.bsky.social!
Paolo Bertolotti, Fotini Christia, Ali Jadbabaie, and I use 12 billion Yemeni cellphone records to study the effects of U.S. drone strikes on civilian mobility and displacement.
We Find:
🧵: 1/3
Paolo Bertolotti, Fotini Christia, Ali Jadbabaie, and I use 12 billion Yemeni cellphone records to study the effects of U.S. drone strikes on civilian mobility and displacement.
We Find:
🧵: 1/3