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Magda Breyer
@mabreyer.bsky.social
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Postdoc political science | University of Basel | Political behavior, social status & class, gender | she/her

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mabreyer.bsky.social
New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
Abstract It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, but in very specific ways: First, overall, people still perceive status as largely socioeconomically determined. Second, sociocultural groups figure in perceptions of who is gaining/losing status, less so in perceptions of the top/bottom of society. Third, more than conservative voters, it is social progressives who mention women and minorities as “winners”. While on race/ethnicity, we find evidence for a backlash, on gender and sexuality we find more evidence for a progressive momentum. This matters for progressive politics today and for how we empirically study status concerns.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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rfrbrghs.bsky.social
"But the SVP is different":

I hear this often, especially compared to A/fD.

But 2024 data confirm different story: programmatically, the overlaps are strikingly close.
The real difference is govt participation, not ideology.

And yet, many still label the SVP as a center-right ("bürgerlich") party
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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maarja.bsky.social
Paper proposals for the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions, taking place in beautiful Innsbruck, April 7-10 2026, are now open. If you're working on an exciting gender paper using quants methods, please apply to our workshop: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @mtplk.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social
Events
European Consortium for Political Research
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November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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retobuergisser.bsky.social
Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET

@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.

👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
PhD Prep Talk: Switzerland
Meet an EUI Researcher and alumnus from your country​!
www.eui.eu
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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tabouchadi.bsky.social
Mit WDR 3 Resonanzen habe ich heute über die Aussagen von Friedrich Merz gesprochen, darüber wie sein Kurs die radikale Rechte normalisiert und stärkt und warum er vielleicht mal öfter mit jungen Frauen sprechen sollte.

www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...
Konservativer Anti-Migrationskurs befeuert die AfD
Wenn konservative Kräfte die Narrative von Rechtspopulisten übernehmen, hilft das den Rechts-Außen-Parteien statt sie zu schwächen. Das zeigt die EU-weite Forschung des Politologen Tarik Abou-Chadi.
www1.wdr.de
October 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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dahoehmann.bsky.social
🗣️ Our new study in @jwpp.bsky.social shows that online abuse on social media discourages young women from pursuing political offices—before their actual political careers have even begun.

With @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and Tomoko Latteier

#GenderSky

👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
An Early Leak in the Pipeline – Online Abuse as a Barrier for Young Women’s Political Engagement
To what extent does online abuse on social media platforms obstruct an equal representation of women and men in politics? We investigate the frequency, character, and consequences of online abuse a...
www.tandfonline.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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juliusk.bsky.social
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...
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
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ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
Ever asked yourself how to detect and extract social groups from texts with computational social science? @haukelicht.bsky.social and me have a solution for you out at @bjpols.bsky.social. You can also find the pre-trained models on huggingface!
bjpols.bsky.social British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Sep 1
NEW -

Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ

- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
BJPolS Abstract discussing a social science research method that uses text analysis for understanding group language patterns and political leanings, mentioning the use of British articles and generating new empirical insights.
September 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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polisciunibas.bsky.social
Autoritäre Kräfte schränken Frauenrechte gezielt ein.

👉 Wie wird Antifeminismus als politisches Mittel eingesetzt?

👉 Und warum unterstützen auch Frauen Akteure, die ihre Rechte angreifen?

@mabreyer.bsky.social
‪@sarahbuetikofer.bsky.social

www.polit-forum-bern.ch/veranstaltun...
Wie die Demokratie wehrhaft bleibt! - Polit-Forum Bern
Demokratie und Rechtsstaatlichkeit sind weltweit bedroht. Immer mehr Menschen leben in Ländern, in denen demokratische Errungenschaften wie Meinungsfreiheit, Gewaltenteilung und Menschenrechte eingesc...
www.polit-forum-bern.ch
August 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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bjpols.bsky.social
NEW -

The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW

- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the role of symbolic right-wing politics in cultural consumption, specifically referencing wine and classical music in pubs, based on a survey from Switzerland with 1,550 respondents.
July 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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jochenrehmert.bsky.social
Another piece on candidate selection of mine is forthcoming in @thejop.bsky.social : Intra-party Competition, Geographic Responsiveness and Incumbent Deselection in Closed-List PR” (doi.org/10.1086/734244)
Intra-party Competition, Geographic Responsiveness and Incumbent Deselection in Closed-List PR | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
doi.org
July 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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epssnet.bsky.social
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

🧵
June 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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ammassarisofia.bsky.social
Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been published open access today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 💫

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on.

A quick 🧵:
June 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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If you happen to have capacity for an extra first-time attendee do drop me a DM. :)
turnbulldugarte.com Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Jun 4
Thanks to all who signed up!

We received 100+ requests. We do have more first-time attendees than buddies.

If you signed up as a buddy (and my script works...) you will now have received an email with the details of the attendee we matched you with :)

Please do check your spam 🤓
turnbulldugarte.com Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · May 13
You've (probably) got mail! ✉️

Heading to #EPSA2025 in Madrid?

Consider signing up to our buddy/mentor scheme that the diversity committee has set up to help first-time attendees navigate Europe's biggest political science conference

Questions? Send them over to @alonadolinsky.com or me 🙂
June 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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retobuergisser.bsky.social
Can government policies moderate political backlash to structural change?

Yes, the effect operates through material benefits and social recognition.

🚨New WP by @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social and @susanadptavares.bsky.social 🚨

shorturl.at/zFbZE
June 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
mabreyer.bsky.social
Looking forward to an exciting workshop 'Inequality and the politics of class in the 21st century' at the ECPR Joint Sessions in Prague 🏰, co-organized by @peterla.bsky.social and me: ⬇️
May 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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feliciarthm.bsky.social
Thrilled to see my 1st PhD paper out in #PartyPolitics! Based on ~15000 posts by 86 German subnat. parties (2015-2019), Simon Franzmann & I show that dominant & challenger parties differ in the use of policy-based vs symbolic & positive vs negative appeals.

🔓:
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
Abstract Social group appeals are a crucial but often overlooked aspect of party competition. Challenger parties differ from dominant parties not only in their issue entrepreneurship and anti-establishment rhetoric, but also in how they approach social groups. Whereas dominant parties can and must use their policy record when appealing to groups rhetorically, challenger parties compensate for their lack of policy influence and long-lasting group ties by using more symbolic groupbased appeals, creating affective affiliations with voters while avoiding accountability or dividing their potential base. Similarly, they are more inclined to use negative group-based appeals. Using a most-similar-systems design and a new dataset of 15,460 tweets from German subnational parties, our main finding is that dominant parties, particularly those having held the prime minister’s office, favour policy-based group appeals, while challengers rely more on symbolic appeals. However, differences in appeal strategies diminish during campaign times. Our findings underline the importance of groupbased appeals for mainstream-challenger competition.
May 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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thmskrr.bsky.social
🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social

❓Political implications of labor market transformation

Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.

Deadline: May 18, 2025.

tinyurl.com/postdoczurich

#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo
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April 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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juliusk.bsky.social
What are the political consequences of long-term population loss? In a new paper for German Politics @benjaminhoehne.bsky.social, Hendrik Träger and I find that East German places more affected by depopulation provided stronger support for the AfD in recent state elections.🧵👇
shorturl.at/cujwa
April 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
mabreyer.bsky.social
I cannot recommend this summer school enough!
sophiahunger.bsky.social Sophia Hunger @sophiahunger.bsky.social · Apr 14
🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨

Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
Image of a building of the University of Bremen with the text "Summer School for Women in Political Methodology" and "20 to 26 July at the University of Bremen" writen on it.
April 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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emilievh.bsky.social
🚨 Call for Expressions of Interest – BrIAS x ULB Solidarity Fellowships 🚨

Are you a researcher at risk working on democratic governance?

The new BrIAS program invites expressions of interest from early-career researchers who wish to apply for a ULB postdoctoral Solidarity Fellowship.
April 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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sabrinajmayer.bsky.social
Are you interested in political partipation among youth and immigrants? @ aleininger.bsky.social and I edited a special issue for Politics and Governance (@cogitatiopag.bsky.social) - here are 13 new articles! doi.org/10.17645/pag...
April 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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casmudde.bsky.social
Exceptionally long, but familiarly pompous and uniformed, puff piece on the “good” nativism of Mette Frederiksen in Denmark.

Completely ignores most basic data and, of course, any academic research. Some quick points 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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catherinedevries.bsky.social
Linking public service deprivation to immigration rather than to cuts & administrative burdens is a POLITICAL CHOICE

My research shows that “immigrants cutting the cue" framing was key part of far right’s rise in Europe 👇🏽

🇬🇧: ap.lc/jwBBV

🇮🇹: ap.lc/WRePJ

Yet another form of far right normalization
April 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM