Florian Dorner
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Florian Dorner
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Europa soll sich bis 2030 selbst verteidigen können, doch an Hochschulen wird "Forschungssicherheit" oft nur diskutiert. Wie widerstandsfähig sind sie wirklich?
Ein Kommentar über die Debatte, die wir führen müssen. Im ZEIT-Newsletter Wissen3 und im Wiarda-Blog:
👉 www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/12...
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Days after we published her essay about reporting from Gaza amid Israeli attacks on journalists, a Palestinian reporter was injured by an explosive dropped from an Israeli drone as she walked with her family. Seven weeks into the Gaza ‘ceasefire’, Ansam Al-Kitaa writes for us again.
Wounds in my body, scars in my heart
Days after we published her essay about reporting from Gaza amid Israeli attacks on journalists, a Palestinian reporter was injured by an explosive dropped from an Israeli drone
continent.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Wer in der Wissenschaft als exzellent gelten will, muss sichtbar sein. Nur: Frauen werden für Sichtbarkeit abgestraft. Sie können es schlicht nicht richtig machen! Kein Wunder, dass Gleichstellung im dt. Wissenschaftssystem schleppend vorangeht. Das #Sichtbarkeitsparadox: heute in #ArbeitInDerWiss!
Das Sichtbarkeitsparadox: Warum Wissenschaftlerinnen es nicht richtig…
Als exzellent gelten setzt voraus, sichtbar zu sein. Wissenschaftlerinnen werden jedoch für Sichtbarkeit abgestraft. Egal was sie tun: Sie können es nur falsch machen!
steady.page
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Encouraging numbers - the diaspora is still missing but pro-european PAS in the lead!
September 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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He's fed and legitimised it. Can't wait to see what the solution is this time ...

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer to launch progressive fightback against ‘decline and division’ fuelled by far right
Prime minister expected to warn UK is ‘at a crossroads’ as he sets out plan to counter Nigel Farage and Reform
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Great to see @onethuthree.bsky.social and @jannikjansen.bsky.social in the Guardian making the important point that Europe giving in to the far right on immigration, climate and Gaza weakens its position in the world.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen
European leaders’ weakness is undermining the democratic principles on which the EU was built, say Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen from the Jacques Delors Centre
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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📻 Morgen um 14.05 Uhr bin ich live im DLF & diskutiere mit über Kürzungen an Hochschulen — gerade jetzt, wo 1 resiliente Wissenschaft besonders wichtig ist, drohen deshalb fatale Folgen! Leidtragende: Beschäftigte (v.a. #IchBinHanna), Studierende, Wissenschaft & Demokratie. Schaltet ein, ruft an! ⬇️
September 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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He’s not trans or brown so he’s now getting the usual media treatment
“I have no idea why he did this.” A young man's descent from model student to suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. on.wsj.com/48gbtoN
September 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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We have once again updated our encyclopedia of polarisation and I will take it as an opportunity to introduce some of the features again.

On ❄️ polarization.wiki you can find descriptions, formulas, data and applications of the most common measurements of political polarization.
Encyclopedia of Polarization
An Encyclopedia of Polarization
polarization.wiki
September 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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While there can be no complacency in countering fascists on the streets, concerns about the far right must also be concerns about the role of mainstream politicians and media in shaping the reactionary agenda

aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...
‘The people’, ‘legitimate concerns’ and the far-right ‘protests’
Our understanding of the world, beyond the most direct elements in our personal life, is always mediated. In today’s information landscape…
aurelmondon.medium.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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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
August 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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⏰ Timing is crucial:

@marcdebus.bsky.social and @ortuttnauer.com show that voters tend to reward parties for attacking coalition partners, provided it comes at the right time.

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July 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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📢 MZES Fellow Oliver Rittmann has been granted this year’s Lorenz von Stein Award for his outstanding thesis titled “Video-as-Data for the Study of Parliamentary Speech: Methodology and Application”

Congratulations! 🥳

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June 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Sie ist überall: die Rede vom #Spitzenforscher. Nur: Was soll das überhaupt sein? Über einen Begriff, der das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig degradiert & einem Geniekult zuarbeitet, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich ist. ⬇️ #ArbeitInDerWiss
Keine Spitze ohne Berg: Zum Begriff des „Spitzenforschers“
Der Begriff des Spitzenforschers degradiert das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig und stützt einen Geniekult, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich...
arbeitinderwissenschaft.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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The natural sciences might be screwed, but maybe this will be the development that finally ends the publications arms race in my field.

Thoughts #IR people?
Fascinating thread. We are all wandering through the “arbitrary woodland” created by LLMs now.
Only 6 months later, all three authors announced in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists they had discovered tortured phrases in over 3,000 peer-reviewed articles, some within high-ranked journals.

And it seemed that nobody had noticed.

thebulletin.org/2022...
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May 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Der Tagesspiegel hat mich zum Thüringer Parteitag des BSW und dem damit verbundenen Bruch mit Wagenknecht interviewt: archive.li/CVrgZ
GermanPoliticSky
archive.li
April 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Happy to share my inaugural series of capsule reviews for @foreignaffairs.com: www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/afri...

It’s an immense honor to be following in the footsteps of the late Nic van de Walle in this role.
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Badawi’s encyclopedic survey of African history is an important installment in the current wave of scholarship on the deep histories of African societies.
www.foreignaffairs.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Out now! "GERDA: The German Election Database." GERDA provides comprehensive municipal, state, and federal election results at the municipality level between 1990 and 2021.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
GERDA: The German Election Database - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - GERDA: The German Election Database
www.nature.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Was erklärt regionale Unterschiede im Wahlerfolg der AfD?

Hiermit befasst sich die Dissertation meiner Kollegin @theresabernemann.bsky.social, die in unserer #AK-Wahlen Buchreihe erschienen ist.

Check it out: link.springer.com/book/10.1007....
April 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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In Duisburg wurden heute Schüler:innen und Lehrkräfte heim geschickt - wegen einer rechtsradikalen Drohung.
Am Montag waren deshalb bereits mehrere Schulen vorsorglich geschlossen geblieben.

Rechtsradikale, die Kinder & Jugendliche einschüchtern und ihre Bildung rauben. Deutschland 2025
Duisburg-Meiderich: Max-Planck-Gymnasium wegen Gewaltdrohung geräumt
In Meiderich hat es am Vormittag ein Großeinsatz der Polizei gegeben – rund 900 Schüler und 70 Lehrkräfte wurden nach Hause geschickt. Laut Polizei Duisburg gab es wieder rechte Drohmails.
www.radioduisburg.de
April 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM