Matthias Dilling
@matthiasdilling.bsky.social
Assistant Prof in Pol Scie @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social & co-convenor PSA German Politics | prev. Oxford, Swansea, PhD Oxford (Nuffield College) | Studying how and why political parties change & what this means for democracy | Book: https://t.co/1vvjasFYfD
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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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
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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...
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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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Call for Abstracts: Together with @kirareneekurz.bsky.social, I'm editing a @cogitatiopag.bsky.social Issue on #YouthWings in #Europe! 🤓 We especially invite contributions focusing on countries in Central, Eastern & Southern Europe. Feel free to get in touch! www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Call for Abstracts: Together with @kirareneekurz.bsky.social, I'm editing a @cogitatiopag.bsky.social Issue on #YouthWings in #Europe! 🤓 We especially invite contributions focusing on countries in Central, Eastern & Southern Europe. Feel free to get in touch! www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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On the “defeat” of the far right in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer:
2021: 28
2023: 41
2025: 42 👈
And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.
The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer:
2021: 28
2023: 41
2025: 42 👈
And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
On the “defeat” of the far right in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer:
2021: 28
2023: 41
2025: 42 👈
And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.
The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer:
2021: 28
2023: 41
2025: 42 👈
And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.
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Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.
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Prof Raj Chari's research has been selected as a global impact case study for Trinity's Civic Engagement Societal Impact initiative.🥳
Read the full impact case study here: tinyurl.com/2w5cuw9s
@trisstcd.bsky.social
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
@tcddublin.bsky.social
@trinityresearch.bsky.social
Read the full impact case study here: tinyurl.com/2w5cuw9s
@trisstcd.bsky.social
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
@tcddublin.bsky.social
@trinityresearch.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Prof Raj Chari's research has been selected as a global impact case study for Trinity's Civic Engagement Societal Impact initiative.🥳
Read the full impact case study here: tinyurl.com/2w5cuw9s
@trisstcd.bsky.social
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
@tcddublin.bsky.social
@trinityresearch.bsky.social
Read the full impact case study here: tinyurl.com/2w5cuw9s
@trisstcd.bsky.social
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
@tcddublin.bsky.social
@trinityresearch.bsky.social
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❗️Please share widely:
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
jobs.univie.ac.at
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
❗️Please share widely:
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
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Last chance 🚨
Post doc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social, U Amsterdam.
The lab is vibrant, collegial, inspiring and fun. And there are great research opportunities
DL November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Post doc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social, U Amsterdam.
The lab is vibrant, collegial, inspiring and fun. And there are great research opportunities
DL November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher Communication Science at AI, Media & Democracy Lab
Do you want to be part of the AI, Media & Democracy Lab? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in communication science.
werkenbij.uva.nl
October 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Last chance 🚨
Post doc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social, U Amsterdam.
The lab is vibrant, collegial, inspiring and fun. And there are great research opportunities
DL November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Post doc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social, U Amsterdam.
The lab is vibrant, collegial, inspiring and fun. And there are great research opportunities
DL November 1
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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One observation re. the Dutch election is the enduring strength of the far right (I am not fully subscribing to the 'shift back to the centre' narrative). I should be on ABC Australia News channel at around 11 CET to talk about this and to show my plants (again). www.youtube.com/live/vOTiJkg...
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
One observation re. the Dutch election is the enduring strength of the far right (I am not fully subscribing to the 'shift back to the centre' narrative). I should be on ABC Australia News channel at around 11 CET to talk about this and to show my plants (again). www.youtube.com/live/vOTiJkg...
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In etwa einem Monat möchte sich die neue #Jugendorganisation der #AfD gründen. Mit @szde.bsky.social habe ich darüber gesprochen, dass es wohl vielmehr um organisatorische #Professionalisierung als inhaltliche Mäßigung gehen wird. Mehr zum strategischen Wandel 👉 www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/afd-...
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In etwa einem Monat möchte sich die neue #Jugendorganisation der #AfD gründen. Mit @szde.bsky.social habe ich darüber gesprochen, dass es wohl vielmehr um organisatorische #Professionalisierung als inhaltliche Mäßigung gehen wird. Mehr zum strategischen Wandel 👉 www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/afd-...
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Join me and Stijn van Kessel at Queen Mary University of London, as we present our book on populist radical party organisation and activism. Corina Lacatus will act as discussant - link to registration below!
We will present our book 'Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party' (Oxford UP) at Queen Mary University of London on Thursday, November 20th, 5-6:30pm GMT. Corina Lacatus will discuss, and there will be a reception. Register via 👉 tinyurl.com/382xbuy5
October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Join me and Stijn van Kessel at Queen Mary University of London, as we present our book on populist radical party organisation and activism. Corina Lacatus will act as discussant - link to registration below!
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I'm very excited, extremely grateful and deeply honoured to receive the Best Dissertation Award from the German Political Science Association(DVPW)!
🏆 Der #DVPW #Dissertationspreis 2025 wird geteilt und geht an Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social und Julian Michel @julianpolsci.bsky.social!
Beide Arbeiten leisten einen herausragenden Beitrag zur Erforschung der #Stabilität von #Demokratie.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥳
Beide Arbeiten leisten einen herausragenden Beitrag zur Erforschung der #Stabilität von #Demokratie.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥳
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I'm very excited, extremely grateful and deeply honoured to receive the Best Dissertation Award from the German Political Science Association(DVPW)!
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📣 Very timely: our @epsrjournal.bsky.social article on how populist radical right parties in the Netherlands have evolved organisationally is now officially published - with volume and page numbers and all! Check it out here if you’re interested:
doi.org/10.1017/S175... 🍿
doi.org/10.1017/S175... 🍿
Fortuyn versus Wilders versus Baudet: the evolution of populist radical right party organization in the Netherlands | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Fortuyn versus Wilders versus Baudet: the evolution of populist radical right party organization in the Netherlands - Volume 17 Issue 4
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
📣 Very timely: our @epsrjournal.bsky.social article on how populist radical right parties in the Netherlands have evolved organisationally is now officially published - with volume and page numbers and all! Check it out here if you’re interested:
doi.org/10.1017/S175... 🍿
doi.org/10.1017/S175... 🍿
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I look ahead at the Dutch elections this Wednesday and assess the missed opportunity of media, parties, and voters to move beyond far-right dominance.
Geert Wilders failed in government, but the far right retains its grip on the Netherlands | Cas Mudde
Geert Wilders failed in government, but the far right retains its grip on the Netherlands | Cas Mudde
A media in thrall to Wilders’ party ensures its agenda is entrenched in Dutch politics and will dominate Wednesday’s election, says political scientist Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I look ahead at the Dutch elections this Wednesday and assess the missed opportunity of media, parties, and voters to move beyond far-right dominance.
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🗳️ Ich habe mit ZDFheute über die Parlamentswahlen in den Niederlanden gesprochen. 🇳🇱
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
Wahlen in den Niederlanden: Warum der Rechtspopulist Geert Wilders bei Umfragen führt
Neuwahlen in den Niederlanden: Rechtspopulist Geert Wilders führt in den Umfragen. Warum das so ist, erklärt Extremismusexpertin Léonie De Jong.
www.zdfheute.de
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🗳️ Ich habe mit ZDFheute über die Parlamentswahlen in den Niederlanden gesprochen. 🇳🇱
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
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Now out in Party Politics 🎉
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Now out in Party Politics 🎉
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Honored to share that my book Parties under Pressure has been awarded the Brian Farrell Prize by the @psaireland.bsky.social for the best book in political science in 2024. A massive thanks to all who supported me, including the fantastic team @uchicagopress.bsky.social. Book: tinyurl.com/bp7tpr4a
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Honored to share that my book Parties under Pressure has been awarded the Brian Farrell Prize by the @psaireland.bsky.social for the best book in political science in 2024. A massive thanks to all who supported me, including the fantastic team @uchicagopress.bsky.social. Book: tinyurl.com/bp7tpr4a
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We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Könnte das bitte jemand Friedrich Merz zur zwingenden Lektüre vorlegen?
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Könnte das bitte jemand Friedrich Merz zur zwingenden Lektüre vorlegen?
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'Ich habe geschrieben, argumentiert, appelliert. Geblieben ist: Schweigen.' Er beobachte eine 'populistische, realitätsferne Linie' im Bund und in Teilen der Hamburger CDU, die allem widerspreche, wofür er „als Demokrat, Unternehmer und Bürger stehe.“
www.fr.de/politik/grus...
www.fr.de/politik/grus...
„Gruselig“: Politiker tritt aus CDU aus und macht Merz schwere Vorwürfe
Nach mehr als 30 Jahren verlässt ein Hamburger die CDU. Seine Kritik an der Parteispitze und Friedrich Merz sorgt für Aufsehen.
www.fr.de
October 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
'Ich habe geschrieben, argumentiert, appelliert. Geblieben ist: Schweigen.' Er beobachte eine 'populistische, realitätsferne Linie' im Bund und in Teilen der Hamburger CDU, die allem widerspreche, wofür er „als Demokrat, Unternehmer und Bürger stehe.“
www.fr.de/politik/grus...
www.fr.de/politik/grus...
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Job Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Job Alert! We are hiring two post-docs (full time, 4+ years) in our project SCEPTIC - Social, Computational and Ethical Premises of Trust and Informational Cohesion with @annanosthoff.bsky.social @guzoch.bsky.social and Prof. Andreas Peters (uol.de/informatik/s...)
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Es mag ja nicht viele belastbare Erkenntnisse in der Sozialwissenschaft geben.
Aber dass "Destruktion durch Kopieren und/oder Kooperation" nicht funktioniert -- das ist eine.
Und doch hat noch jede europäische Mitte-Rechts-Partei gemeint, es besser zu wissen.
Aber dass "Destruktion durch Kopieren und/oder Kooperation" nicht funktioniert -- das ist eine.
Und doch hat noch jede europäische Mitte-Rechts-Partei gemeint, es besser zu wissen.
Brandmauer: Tauber und zu Guttenberg fordern Normalisierung im Umgang mit der AfD
Der frühere CDU-Generalsekretär wünscht sich "neue rote Linien" für den Umgang mit der AfD. "Entzauberung gelingt nicht durch Boykott", sagt der Ex-Verteidigungsminister.
www.zeit.de
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Es mag ja nicht viele belastbare Erkenntnisse in der Sozialwissenschaft geben.
Aber dass "Destruktion durch Kopieren und/oder Kooperation" nicht funktioniert -- das ist eine.
Und doch hat noch jede europäische Mitte-Rechts-Partei gemeint, es besser zu wissen.
Aber dass "Destruktion durch Kopieren und/oder Kooperation" nicht funktioniert -- das ist eine.
Und doch hat noch jede europäische Mitte-Rechts-Partei gemeint, es besser zu wissen.
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Warum liest man so wenig von den CDU-Mitgliedern, die für die Brandmauer sind? Ich kenne mehrere in der ostdeutschen CDU, die die Partei verlassen würden, wenn sie fiele.
October 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Warum liest man so wenig von den CDU-Mitgliedern, die für die Brandmauer sind? Ich kenne mehrere in der ostdeutschen CDU, die die Partei verlassen würden, wenn sie fiele.