Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki
@mierkezat.bsky.social
Political scientist at Vanderbilt; political parties, social groups, Western Europe. Writing a book about identity politics, past and present.
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hello from Nashville, where I am very deep into my crafting/diy era
October 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
hello from Nashville, where I am very deep into my crafting/diy era
Quite on the nose; from A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
September 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Quite on the nose; from A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
While our primary goals are theory-building and agenda-setting, we also explore the limited available quantitative evidence finding that parties along the new cleavage line vary widely in the nature of their ties to civil society groups, but that social embeddedness is overall higher on the left.
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
While our primary goals are theory-building and agenda-setting, we also explore the limited available quantitative evidence finding that parties along the new cleavage line vary widely in the nature of their ties to civil society groups, but that social embeddedness is overall higher on the left.
I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social!)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social!)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
me to the MPSA wifi
April 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
me to the MPSA wifi
apropos of nothing: yesterday a friend and I saw this very cute old man being inexplicably followed by a humungous flock of pigeons. he noticed us laughing and started giggling to himself, then gestured to his bag and said (in italian) "there's nothing for them to eat in here." highlight of my day.
November 2, 2023 at 1:37 PM
apropos of nothing: yesterday a friend and I saw this very cute old man being inexplicably followed by a humungous flock of pigeons. he noticed us laughing and started giggling to himself, then gestured to his bag and said (in italian) "there's nothing for them to eat in here." highlight of my day.
Had my first experience today talking about my research to a large interdisciplinary audience as part of the EUI's MW September Program. I was very nervous leading up to the presentation but it went super well and left me feeling excited (and relieved). Cheers to meeting new academic challenges. 🥂
September 26, 2023 at 7:59 PM
Had my first experience today talking about my research to a large interdisciplinary audience as part of the EUI's MW September Program. I was very nervous leading up to the presentation but it went super well and left me feeling excited (and relieved). Cheers to meeting new academic challenges. 🥂
aaand somehow still ended up with a typo. Oh well. Check out these pizzas I ate.
September 7, 2023 at 8:10 PM
aaand somehow still ended up with a typo. Oh well. Check out these pizzas I ate.
Making my first post on a new social media post is an ominous task but perhaps the best way to start is by saying that I'm coming to the end of my first week as a Max Weber Fellow at the EUI and it's been a lovely (if overwhelming and transit-mayhem-filled) time. The campus is surreally beautiful.
September 7, 2023 at 8:06 PM
Making my first post on a new social media post is an ominous task but perhaps the best way to start is by saying that I'm coming to the end of my first week as a Max Weber Fellow at the EUI and it's been a lovely (if overwhelming and transit-mayhem-filled) time. The campus is surreally beautiful.