Franziska Wagner
@franziskawagner.bsky.social
Postdoc @CENIA | computational social science | views are mine, but often based on research #firstgen
https://frawagner.github.io/me/
https://frawagner.github.io/me/
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Opposition to Government and Back: How Illiberal Parties Shape Immigration Discourse and Party Competition | Article | Politics and Governance
Franziska Wagner, Dean Schafer, Mehmet Yavuz
shorturl.at
🚀 Publication Alert
Thrilled to share my latest article with @schaferd.bsky.social & @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social examining the impact of far-right parties on parliamentary discourse!
shorturl.at/s4t8P
Thrilled to share my latest article with @schaferd.bsky.social & @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social examining the impact of far-right parties on parliamentary discourse!
shorturl.at/s4t8P
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Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.
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The @epssnet.bsky.social call for the 2026 conference in Belfast opened today! 😮
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Deadline: 7 November 2025
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Deadline: 7 November 2025
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
July 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The @epssnet.bsky.social call for the 2026 conference in Belfast opened today! 😮
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Deadline: 7 November 2025
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Deadline: 7 November 2025
🚀 I’ve recently joined Centro Nacional de IA as a postdoc and will soon be relocating to 🇨🇱 to start this exciting journey.
I’ll be working on the role of propaganda in elections, combining political communication and computational methods. If you're working on related issues, I’d be glad to connect.
I’ll be working on the role of propaganda in elections, combining political communication and computational methods. If you're working on related issues, I’d be glad to connect.
July 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚀 I’ve recently joined Centro Nacional de IA as a postdoc and will soon be relocating to 🇨🇱 to start this exciting journey.
I’ll be working on the role of propaganda in elections, combining political communication and computational methods. If you're working on related issues, I’d be glad to connect.
I’ll be working on the role of propaganda in elections, combining political communication and computational methods. If you're working on related issues, I’d be glad to connect.
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Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
June 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Our Digital News Report 2025 is out!
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
📊48 markets
🌏Almost 100K respondents
📰Key headline: Audiences lean into video news and influencers, raising misinformation concerns and new dilemmas for publishers
📱Explore now buff.ly/xLP67Tg
🧵Findings in thread #DNR25
I am extremely happy to announce that I have successfully defended my PhD dissertation. This would not have been possible without the years of supervision by @zsolt.bsky.social.
I am also very grateful for my panel @marikenvelden.bsky.social, Gábor Simonovits & @andrasbozoki.bsky.social
I am also very grateful for my panel @marikenvelden.bsky.social, Gábor Simonovits & @andrasbozoki.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I am extremely happy to announce that I have successfully defended my PhD dissertation. This would not have been possible without the years of supervision by @zsolt.bsky.social.
I am also very grateful for my panel @marikenvelden.bsky.social, Gábor Simonovits & @andrasbozoki.bsky.social
I am also very grateful for my panel @marikenvelden.bsky.social, Gábor Simonovits & @andrasbozoki.bsky.social
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⚠️ New AUTHLIB journal article - open access ⚠️
❓How do illiberal far right parties influence discourse on immigration?
Franziska Wagner (CEU), Dean Schafer (@mississippistate.bsky.social, @ceudeminst.bsky.social) Mehmet Yavuz (CEU, Uni Salzburg) have the answers.
www.authlib.eu/journal-arti...
❓How do illiberal far right parties influence discourse on immigration?
Franziska Wagner (CEU), Dean Schafer (@mississippistate.bsky.social, @ceudeminst.bsky.social) Mehmet Yavuz (CEU, Uni Salzburg) have the answers.
www.authlib.eu/journal-arti...
Journal Article: How Illiberal Parties Shape Immigration Discourse and Party Competition
How does far right parties' parliamentary and governmental participation influence both their discourse and that of mainstream parties?
www.authlib.eu
April 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
⚠️ New AUTHLIB journal article - open access ⚠️
❓How do illiberal far right parties influence discourse on immigration?
Franziska Wagner (CEU), Dean Schafer (@mississippistate.bsky.social, @ceudeminst.bsky.social) Mehmet Yavuz (CEU, Uni Salzburg) have the answers.
www.authlib.eu/journal-arti...
❓How do illiberal far right parties influence discourse on immigration?
Franziska Wagner (CEU), Dean Schafer (@mississippistate.bsky.social, @ceudeminst.bsky.social) Mehmet Yavuz (CEU, Uni Salzburg) have the answers.
www.authlib.eu/journal-arti...
🚀 Publication Alert
Thrilled to share my latest article with @schaferd.bsky.social & @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social examining the impact of far-right parties on parliamentary discourse!
shorturl.at/s4t8P
Thrilled to share my latest article with @schaferd.bsky.social & @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social examining the impact of far-right parties on parliamentary discourse!
shorturl.at/s4t8P
Opposition to Government and Back: How Illiberal Parties Shape Immigration Discourse and Party Competition | Article | Politics and Governance
Franziska Wagner, Dean Schafer, Mehmet Yavuz
shorturl.at
April 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🚀 Publication Alert
Thrilled to share my latest article with @schaferd.bsky.social & @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social examining the impact of far-right parties on parliamentary discourse!
shorturl.at/s4t8P
Thrilled to share my latest article with @schaferd.bsky.social & @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social examining the impact of far-right parties on parliamentary discourse!
shorturl.at/s4t8P
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New blog for @crexuio.bsky.social on the German election with a focus on the far right: I highlight AfD's successes throughout Germany, the country's declining east-west divide, and the reasons behind AfD's rise to second force in the German parliament:
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
March 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
New blog for @crexuio.bsky.social on the German election with a focus on the far right: I highlight AfD's successes throughout Germany, the country's declining east-west divide, and the reasons behind AfD's rise to second force in the German parliament:
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
If you're looking to dive into CSS—whether you're just starting out or want to deepen your knowledge—this is an amazing opportunity! I highly recommend it. I took part a few years ago at @wzb.bsky.social and had an absolute blast! 🚀
Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and launch interdisciplinary research projects? We are so excited to announce there will be *26* Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science this year! Apply to one of them here: sicss.io/locations
February 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If you're looking to dive into CSS—whether you're just starting out or want to deepen your knowledge—this is an amazing opportunity! I highly recommend it. I took part a few years ago at @wzb.bsky.social and had an absolute blast! 🚀
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📢 Call for papers 📢 Workshop "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research" that I organise with colleague @dandekadt.bsky.social at LSE in November 2025.
Anyone interested please send us a 250-word abstract by 26 March 2025 !
Learn more➡️ buff.ly/3CCijaY
@lsemethodology.bsky.social
Anyone interested please send us a 250-word abstract by 26 March 2025 !
Learn more➡️ buff.ly/3CCijaY
@lsemethodology.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
📢 Call for papers 📢 Workshop "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research" that I organise with colleague @dandekadt.bsky.social at LSE in November 2025.
Anyone interested please send us a 250-word abstract by 26 March 2025 !
Learn more➡️ buff.ly/3CCijaY
@lsemethodology.bsky.social
Anyone interested please send us a 250-word abstract by 26 March 2025 !
Learn more➡️ buff.ly/3CCijaY
@lsemethodology.bsky.social
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First ever publication alert!
Do you credit all the software you use in your research?👀
In a new article in Computational Communication Research, we investigate when software gets mentioned in research articles and what makes a tool more likely to be cited.
Read it here: doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
Do you credit all the software you use in your research?👀
In a new article in Computational Communication Research, we investigate when software gets mentioned in research articles and what makes a tool more likely to be cited.
Read it here: doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
Tools of the Trade – When Are Software Tools Mentioned in Computational Text Analysis Research? | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online
The use of computational methods for text analysis has been rapidly gaining a foothold in computational social science.
Yet, little is known about the reporting practices of the software tools utilise...
doi.org
January 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
First ever publication alert!
Do you credit all the software you use in your research?👀
In a new article in Computational Communication Research, we investigate when software gets mentioned in research articles and what makes a tool more likely to be cited.
Read it here: doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
Do you credit all the software you use in your research?👀
In a new article in Computational Communication Research, we investigate when software gets mentioned in research articles and what makes a tool more likely to be cited.
Read it here: doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...
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Very happy to co-organize with @dafnoukos.bsky.social the 2nd Democratic Expeditions Workshop this September in Budapest at CEU-Democracy Institute
We’re looking for comparative studies of the far-right in Latin America and Europe
Proposals welcome here: democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/CfP...
We’re looking for comparative studies of the far-right in Latin America and Europe
Proposals welcome here: democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/CfP...
Call for Papers “Contesting the Far Right, Safeguarding Democracy: Comparative Insights from Europe and Latin America” | CEU Democracy Institute
democracyinstitute.ceu.edu
January 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Very happy to co-organize with @dafnoukos.bsky.social the 2nd Democratic Expeditions Workshop this September in Budapest at CEU-Democracy Institute
We’re looking for comparative studies of the far-right in Latin America and Europe
Proposals welcome here: democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/CfP...
We’re looking for comparative studies of the far-right in Latin America and Europe
Proposals welcome here: democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/CfP...
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6 days to submit your abstract for #COMPTEXT2025 🙌
Setting expectations:
- 👾conversations about the latest computational methods across the social sciences and beyond
-🎡☕️💚🦜🏃🏽♀️ (Social Programme preview)
Setting expectations:
- 👾conversations about the latest computational methods across the social sciences and beyond
-🎡☕️💚🦜🏃🏽♀️ (Social Programme preview)
Submission for #COMPTEXT2025 is still open until January 15! We are looking forward to receiving your proposals for papers, panels, and data presentations! We also appreciate it if you can spread the word and circulate shorturl.at/AmocX! See you at the University of Vienna on 24-26 April!
January 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
6 days to submit your abstract for #COMPTEXT2025 🙌
Setting expectations:
- 👾conversations about the latest computational methods across the social sciences and beyond
-🎡☕️💚🦜🏃🏽♀️ (Social Programme preview)
Setting expectations:
- 👾conversations about the latest computational methods across the social sciences and beyond
-🎡☕️💚🦜🏃🏽♀️ (Social Programme preview)
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Recently, our book on the Transformation of the Left in Europe came out
Open access tinyurl.com/ahuxx6d6
A few interviews that summarize key findings:
🔉 Polisci No problem et al. podcast: tinyurl.com/54tvx3md
🔉 Swiss SD party podcast: tinyurl.com/ds4maabc
📖 SamPol Magazine: tinyurl.com/y93nd6cm
Open access tinyurl.com/ahuxx6d6
A few interviews that summarize key findings:
🔉 Polisci No problem et al. podcast: tinyurl.com/54tvx3md
🔉 Swiss SD party podcast: tinyurl.com/ds4maabc
📖 SamPol Magazine: tinyurl.com/y93nd6cm
January 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Recently, our book on the Transformation of the Left in Europe came out
Open access tinyurl.com/ahuxx6d6
A few interviews that summarize key findings:
🔉 Polisci No problem et al. podcast: tinyurl.com/54tvx3md
🔉 Swiss SD party podcast: tinyurl.com/ds4maabc
📖 SamPol Magazine: tinyurl.com/y93nd6cm
Open access tinyurl.com/ahuxx6d6
A few interviews that summarize key findings:
🔉 Polisci No problem et al. podcast: tinyurl.com/54tvx3md
🔉 Swiss SD party podcast: tinyurl.com/ds4maabc
📖 SamPol Magazine: tinyurl.com/y93nd6cm
Reposted by Franziska Wagner
🚨 List of journalism, #polcomm and #css (computational social science/NLP) conferences in 2025 (last updated 2024-12-09).
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
This is a living document, so if there are updates or if you would like to mention conferences to be added, please let me know!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
This is a living document, so if there are updates or if you would like to mention conferences to be added, please let me know!
Conferences, 2025
docs.google.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:33 PM
🚨 List of journalism, #polcomm and #css (computational social science/NLP) conferences in 2025 (last updated 2024-12-09).
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
This is a living document, so if there are updates or if you would like to mention conferences to be added, please let me know!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
This is a living document, so if there are updates or if you would like to mention conferences to be added, please let me know!
📽️ If you wanna know more about our work on 🇪🇺 far right parties, Russia, and their mutual legitimation check out this panel. It also has great research and insights by Dorka Takácsy and @shekhovtsov.bsky.social. Many thanks to @gmfus.bsky.social and @danielhegedus.bsky.social for organising it. ⬇️
📽️ AUTHLIB Discussion
🔗 How does the Kremlin use ties to illiberal parties like Fidesz & FPÖ to promote its positions?
🗣️ Bálint Mikola, @franziskawagner.bsky.social, @shekhovtsov.bsky.social (CEU), Dorka Takácsy, @danielhegedus.bsky.social (GMF, @gmfus.bsky.social)
www.authlib.eu/russias-illi...
🔗 How does the Kremlin use ties to illiberal parties like Fidesz & FPÖ to promote its positions?
🗣️ Bálint Mikola, @franziskawagner.bsky.social, @shekhovtsov.bsky.social (CEU), Dorka Takácsy, @danielhegedus.bsky.social (GMF, @gmfus.bsky.social)
www.authlib.eu/russias-illi...
Russia’s Illiberal Networks - Event Video Online
Russia's illiberal network in Europe spreads the Kremlin's propaganda and also legitimizes the Russian narrative. AUTHLIB researchers show how.
www.authlib.eu
December 4, 2024 at 9:29 AM
📽️ If you wanna know more about our work on 🇪🇺 far right parties, Russia, and their mutual legitimation check out this panel. It also has great research and insights by Dorka Takácsy and @shekhovtsov.bsky.social. Many thanks to @gmfus.bsky.social and @danielhegedus.bsky.social for organising it. ⬇️
When you're presenting your third PhD paper at a conference, the end of PhD is (hopefully) close. Heartfelt thanks to @mtplk.bsky.social for organising the best panel with super interesting presentations of the conference and @robert-a-huber.bsky.social for being an amazing discussant.
@franziskawagner.bsky.social is presenting a study on blame attribution after the 2021 Ahrtal floods in Germany
November 29, 2024 at 3:23 PM
When you're presenting your third PhD paper at a conference, the end of PhD is (hopefully) close. Heartfelt thanks to @mtplk.bsky.social for organising the best panel with super interesting presentations of the conference and @robert-a-huber.bsky.social for being an amazing discussant.
📢 Join us next week to discuss the role of mutual legitimation among Russia and the European far right. 👇
Interested in the techniques of mutual enforcement between the #Kremlin & European #illiberals?
Join our #AUTHLIB panel with #GMF's @Dorka Takacsy &
#CEU's Mikola Bálint @franziskawagner.bsky.social @shekhovtsov.bsky.social & yours truly.
📆December 2, 3:00 pm CET
RSVP👇
authlib.eu/russias-illi...
Join our #AUTHLIB panel with #GMF's @Dorka Takacsy &
#CEU's Mikola Bálint @franziskawagner.bsky.social @shekhovtsov.bsky.social & yours truly.
📆December 2, 3:00 pm CET
RSVP👇
authlib.eu/russias-illi...
Russia’s Illiberal Networks: From Cross-Border Propaganda to Mutual Legitimation
Register our discussion on Dec 2 exploring how Russia and radical right parties in the EU use the same narratives for mutual legitimization.
authlib.eu
November 25, 2024 at 8:54 AM
📢 Join us next week to discuss the role of mutual legitimation among Russia and the European far right. 👇
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Rise and shine, scholars! ☀️ The #COMPTEXT2025 Call for Papers, Panels, and Data Presentations is open! 📣 Submit by January 15 and join us in Vienna @univie.ac.at this April. We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring! shorturl.at/AmocX
#css #commsky #polisky
#css #commsky #polisky
November 14, 2024 at 6:58 AM
Rise and shine, scholars! ☀️ The #COMPTEXT2025 Call for Papers, Panels, and Data Presentations is open! 📣 Submit by January 15 and join us in Vienna @univie.ac.at this April. We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring! shorturl.at/AmocX
#css #commsky #polisky
#css #commsky #polisky
🚨 New Article Alert 🚨
Some food for thought about cooperation of illiberal actors and mutual legitimation ⤵️
Some food for thought about cooperation of illiberal actors and mutual legitimation ⤵️
📕New open access AUTHLIB article
How do Russian, Austrian & Hungarian illiberals reference each other for self-legitimation?
@franziskawagner.bsky.social, Liliia Sablina & Bálint Mikola (CEU Democracy Institute, Central European University) explore the question.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How do Russian, Austrian & Hungarian illiberals reference each other for self-legitimation?
@franziskawagner.bsky.social, Liliia Sablina & Bálint Mikola (CEU Democracy Institute, Central European University) explore the question.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Russia and central European illiberal actors: mutual legitimation amid the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Over the past 15 years, the relationship between illiberal European actors and Russia has become increasingly intertwined. Russia has cultivated these relationships, viewing illiberal actors as a m...
www.tandfonline.com
November 13, 2024 at 1:25 PM
🚨 New Article Alert 🚨
Some food for thought about cooperation of illiberal actors and mutual legitimation ⤵️
Some food for thought about cooperation of illiberal actors and mutual legitimation ⤵️
Reposted by Franziska Wagner
📕New open access AUTHLIB article
How do Russian, Austrian & Hungarian illiberals reference each other for self-legitimation?
@franziskawagner.bsky.social, Liliia Sablina & Bálint Mikola (CEU Democracy Institute, Central European University) explore the question.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How do Russian, Austrian & Hungarian illiberals reference each other for self-legitimation?
@franziskawagner.bsky.social, Liliia Sablina & Bálint Mikola (CEU Democracy Institute, Central European University) explore the question.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Russia and central European illiberal actors: mutual legitimation amid the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Over the past 15 years, the relationship between illiberal European actors and Russia has become increasingly intertwined. Russia has cultivated these relationships, viewing illiberal actors as a m...
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2024 at 4:10 PM
📕New open access AUTHLIB article
How do Russian, Austrian & Hungarian illiberals reference each other for self-legitimation?
@franziskawagner.bsky.social, Liliia Sablina & Bálint Mikola (CEU Democracy Institute, Central European University) explore the question.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How do Russian, Austrian & Hungarian illiberals reference each other for self-legitimation?
@franziskawagner.bsky.social, Liliia Sablina & Bálint Mikola (CEU Democracy Institute, Central European University) explore the question.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....