Denis Cohen
@denis-cohen.bsky.social
Senior research fellow @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social. Research on spatial inequalities, electoral politics, quantitative social science. Lead organizer of the MZES Social Science Data Lab (@mzes-ssdl.bsky.social). #firstgen. He/him.
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2500 paper submissions - what a huge success for @epssnet.bsky.social already. Big congratulations to @sarahobolt.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @kenbenoit.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social & everyone else involved in getting EPSS off the ground.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
2500 paper submissions - what a huge success for @epssnet.bsky.social already. Big congratulations to @sarahobolt.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @kenbenoit.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social & everyone else involved in getting EPSS off the ground.
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Interested in why public anti-immigrant sentiment is so geographically concentrated? Here's some work with @denis-cohen.bsky.social testing a new theory on how regional labour market risks and inter-regional migration shape long-term spatial polarisation. Just out in @bjpols.bsky.social 👇
Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yD
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Interested in why public anti-immigrant sentiment is so geographically concentrated? Here's some work with @denis-cohen.bsky.social testing a new theory on how regional labour market risks and inter-regional migration shape long-term spatial polarisation. Just out in @bjpols.bsky.social 👇
Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yD
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yD
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🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
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"dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap"
hadley.github.io/genzplyr/
hadley.github.io/genzplyr/
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
`genzplyr` is an alternative syntax for `dplyr` that replaces boring old function names with GenZ slang. Your data wrangling is about to hit different.
hadley.github.io
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap"
hadley.github.io/genzplyr/
hadley.github.io/genzplyr/
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🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'What Shapes Voter Perceptions of Election Polls? The Impact of Partisanship and Visual Design' by
@eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
@eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
🚨 Upcoming: "What Shapes Voter Perceptions of Election Polls? The Impact of Partisanship and Visual Design"
👤 @eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)
🗓️ Wed, November 5, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
👤 @eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)
🗓️ Wed, November 5, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'What Shapes Voter Perceptions of Election Polls? The Impact of Partisanship and Visual Design' by
@eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
@eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
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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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*Bayesian Modelling: From Foundations to Custom Solutions* by @denis-cohen.bsky.social
🗓️ 16-17 & 23-24 April 2026
🏢 Online
🌐 t1p.de/bayesian-mod...
🗓️ 16-17 & 23-24 April 2026
🏢 Online
🌐 t1p.de/bayesian-mod...
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
*Bayesian Modelling: From Foundations to Custom Solutions* by @denis-cohen.bsky.social
🗓️ 16-17 & 23-24 April 2026
🏢 Online
🌐 t1p.de/bayesian-mod...
🗓️ 16-17 & 23-24 April 2026
🏢 Online
🌐 t1p.de/bayesian-mod...
🚨 CfP: SekMethoden 2026
🗓️ March 12-13, 2026
🗺️ Hannover, Germany
⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025
👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2...
👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!
🗓️ March 12-13, 2026
🗺️ Hannover, Germany
⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025
👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2...
👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!
November 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🚨 CfP: SekMethoden 2026
🗓️ March 12-13, 2026
🗺️ Hannover, Germany
⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025
👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2...
👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!
🗓️ March 12-13, 2026
🗺️ Hannover, Germany
⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025
👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2...
👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!
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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...
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
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...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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🚨 Upcoming: "What Shapes Voter Perceptions of Election Polls? The Impact of Partisanship and Visual Design"
👤 @eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)
🗓️ Wed, November 5, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
👤 @eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)
🗓️ Wed, November 5, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🚨 Upcoming: "What Shapes Voter Perceptions of Election Polls? The Impact of Partisanship and Visual Design"
👤 @eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)
🗓️ Wed, November 5, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
👤 @eliaskoch.bsky.social (Hertie School)
🗓️ Wed, November 5, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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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🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges' by
@indiiigo.bsky.social
(University of Mannheim)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
@indiiigo.bsky.social
(University of Mannheim)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
🚨 Upcoming: "Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges"
👤 Indira Sen (University of Mannheim)
🗓️ Wed, October 22, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
👤 Indira Sen (University of Mannheim)
🗓️ Wed, October 22, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges' by
@indiiigo.bsky.social
(University of Mannheim)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
@indiiigo.bsky.social
(University of Mannheim)
⬇️ Zoom link and details below
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"Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda" - for the @theguardian.com, @ashifakassam.bsky.social summed up our study.
@tevoelker.bsky.social and I answered some questions to put our results into context. Give it a read!
Study: bit.ly/4hhRFUN
@tevoelker.bsky.social and I answered some questions to put our results into context. Give it a read!
Study: bit.ly/4hhRFUN
October 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
"Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda" - for the @theguardian.com, @ashifakassam.bsky.social summed up our study.
@tevoelker.bsky.social and I answered some questions to put our results into context. Give it a read!
Study: bit.ly/4hhRFUN
@tevoelker.bsky.social and I answered some questions to put our results into context. Give it a read!
Study: bit.ly/4hhRFUN
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Great write-up of an important study by @tevoelker.bsky.social and @dasalgon.bsky.social. Far-right actors have been very successful in setting the political agenda. Many in politics and media still ignore this. They argue "immigration is important to people, hence we need to talk about immigration"
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Great write-up of an important study by @tevoelker.bsky.social and @dasalgon.bsky.social. Far-right actors have been very successful in setting the political agenda. Many in politics and media still ignore this. They argue "immigration is important to people, hence we need to talk about immigration"
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Why do people turn to populist parties? 🤔
📣 Our new study just published at @ejprjournal.bsky.social shows it’s not just real inequality - it’s perceived inequality that drives populism.
📌 Blog: hu-govlab.de/en/perceived...
📊 Study: tinyurl.com/msnndnpn
🏛️ Funded by: @scripts-berlin.eu
📣 Our new study just published at @ejprjournal.bsky.social shows it’s not just real inequality - it’s perceived inequality that drives populism.
📌 Blog: hu-govlab.de/en/perceived...
📊 Study: tinyurl.com/msnndnpn
🏛️ Funded by: @scripts-berlin.eu
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Why do people turn to populist parties? 🤔
📣 Our new study just published at @ejprjournal.bsky.social shows it’s not just real inequality - it’s perceived inequality that drives populism.
📌 Blog: hu-govlab.de/en/perceived...
📊 Study: tinyurl.com/msnndnpn
🏛️ Funded by: @scripts-berlin.eu
📣 Our new study just published at @ejprjournal.bsky.social shows it’s not just real inequality - it’s perceived inequality that drives populism.
📌 Blog: hu-govlab.de/en/perceived...
📊 Study: tinyurl.com/msnndnpn
🏛️ Funded by: @scripts-berlin.eu
We look forward to welcoming @indiiigo.bsky.social in the MZES Social Science Data Lab next week!
Tune in if you you want to learn more about LLMs for social research. Details and Zoom link ⬇️
Tune in if you you want to learn more about LLMs for social research. Details and Zoom link ⬇️
🚨 Upcoming: "Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges"
👤 Indira Sen (University of Mannheim)
🗓️ Wed, October 22, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
👤 Indira Sen (University of Mannheim)
🗓️ Wed, October 22, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
October 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We look forward to welcoming @indiiigo.bsky.social in the MZES Social Science Data Lab next week!
Tune in if you you want to learn more about LLMs for social research. Details and Zoom link ⬇️
Tune in if you you want to learn more about LLMs for social research. Details and Zoom link ⬇️
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The Spanish centre-right is taking a tumble and the far-right is on the rise.
I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX.
~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right
I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX.
~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right
October 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The Spanish centre-right is taking a tumble and the far-right is on the rise.
I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX.
~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right
I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX.
~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right
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Shout it from the roof tops: accommodation doesn't work #farright #radicalright
Embracing populism doesn’t hurt right-wing parties. It may help them.
New research from Western Europe shows that accommodating extremism doesn’t work.
goodauthority.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Shout it from the roof tops: accommodation doesn't work #farright #radicalright
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#NeuesAusDerForschung
@dasalgon.bsky.social und @tevoelker.bsky.social unterstreichen in ihrer Analyse (für Deutschland, seit 1990), dass die Übernahme rechtsextremer Positionen durch andere Parteien deren Ideologie und Positionen normalisiert und verbreitet:
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
@dasalgon.bsky.social und @tevoelker.bsky.social unterstreichen in ihrer Analyse (für Deutschland, seit 1990), dass die Übernahme rechtsextremer Positionen durch andere Parteien deren Ideologie und Positionen normalisiert und verbreitet:
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#NeuesAusDerForschung
@dasalgon.bsky.social und @tevoelker.bsky.social unterstreichen in ihrer Analyse (für Deutschland, seit 1990), dass die Übernahme rechtsextremer Positionen durch andere Parteien deren Ideologie und Positionen normalisiert und verbreitet:
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
@dasalgon.bsky.social und @tevoelker.bsky.social unterstreichen in ihrer Analyse (für Deutschland, seit 1990), dass die Übernahme rechtsextremer Positionen durch andere Parteien deren Ideologie und Positionen normalisiert und verbreitet:
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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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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What's the difference between @epssnet.bsky.social and the "old" EPSA, and why you should come to our conference in Belfast in June 2026: epssnet.org/uncategorize...
Difference Between EPSS and EPSA: What to Know for 2026
Confused about the difference between EPSS and EPSA? Learn how they differ in governance, structure, and their 2026 conferences.
epssnet.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What's the difference between @epssnet.bsky.social and the "old" EPSA, and why you should come to our conference in Belfast in June 2026: epssnet.org/uncategorize...
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Still confused about EPSA vs. EPSS? Which conference should you go to? Here is a link to clarify things: epssnet.org/uncategorize... TL;DR: "EPSA" community will be in Belfast. Same community, new organisation, bigger mission; slightly new name; and a very different foundation @epssnet.bsky.social
a man with glasses says look can 't you see it 's obvious netflix
ALT: a man with glasses says look can 't you see it 's obvious netflix
media.tenor.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Still confused about EPSA vs. EPSS? Which conference should you go to? Here is a link to clarify things: epssnet.org/uncategorize... TL;DR: "EPSA" community will be in Belfast. Same community, new organisation, bigger mission; slightly new name; and a very different foundation @epssnet.bsky.social
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For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...