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@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social
Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, MZES) - interdisciplinary research institute, University of Mannheim
https://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de
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Happy to share that the German Research Foundation DFG funds my new project: “Countering Polarization: The Borda count as a basis for proportional representation”. I am recruiting 2 PhD candidates to join me in Hannover as of March 2026 or later! Feel free to reach out!
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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🕑 Join us *today* at 13:45 CEST for the talk 'Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms' by
@dscheykopp.bsky.social
(Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)

⬇️ Zoom link and details below
🚨 Upcoming: "Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms"

👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)

🗓️ Wed, December 3, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Yesterday, I had a lovely opportunity to present co-authored work on how to counter femonationalism at
@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social . Engaged audience and great feedback! Thanks to @wurthmann.bsky.social for the invite!

@katharinalawall.bsky.social, @sophiemainz.bsky.social, @turnbulldugarte.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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LoPaPol is back! 💥

Come join us in Darmstadt for the 3️⃣ edition of the Local Party Politics workshop!

⏰ 24-25 March 2026

🚧 Organizers: @christinajuen.bsky.social Björn Egner @pluggedchris.bsky.social & myself with the help of LoPaPol legends @simonotjes.bsky.social & @rafreuse.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Reminder 👇🙂
❗️ Tue, Dec 2, 13:45-15:15 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@mstrohm.bsky.social

"Why Simulating Society with LLMs Is Impossible, but Necessary "

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...

The lecture is organised in cooperation with the Academy of Sociology...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Reminder 👇🙂
❗️ Tue, Dec 2, 12:15-13:30 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@grahn.bsky.social

"Countering Femonationalism:
Evidence from an Audio-visual Experiment in Germany"

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December 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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📣 Bericht des Wissensnetzwerk Rassismusforschung (WinRa) liefert Bestandsaufnahme der #Rassismusforschung (2015-2025): Obwohl das Feld thematisch vielfältig ist, fehlt es massiv an struktureller Verankerung, Professuren und nachhaltiger Förderung.
Zu den Ergebnissen ➡️ www.winra.org/aktuelles/ne...
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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⏰ One week left to apply for SekMethoden 2026 — the annual meeting of the DVPW Section "Methods of Political Science". Submit your abstract by Sunday!

⬇️ See below for the CfP and link to the application portal.

@gessler.bsky.social @lukrudolph.bsky.social @donyhu.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social
🚨 CfP: SekMethoden 2026
🗓️ March 12-13, 2026
🗺️ Hannover, Germany
⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025

👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2...

👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
❗️ Tue, Dec 2, 13:45-15:15 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@mstrohm.bsky.social

"Why Simulating Society with LLMs Is Impossible, but Necessary "

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...

The lecture is organised in cooperation with the Academy of Sociology...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
❗️ Tue, Dec 2, 12:15-13:30 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@grahn.bsky.social

"Countering Femonationalism:
Evidence from an Audio-visual Experiment in Germany"

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...

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December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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🚨 Upcoming: "Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms"

👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)

🗓️ Wed, December 3, 13:45-15:15 CET

📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
❗️ Do., 27. Nov., 18:00 CET
Online-Vortrag von Politikwissenschaftler Marc Debus
@marcdebus.bsky.social zum Thema Parteienwettbewerb

Veranstalter: Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg.
#ltwbw
Anmeldung erforderlich!
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„Wahl-Web-Talk“ zur Landtagswahl in Baden-Württemberg |
Prof. Dr. Marc Debus, Professur für Politikwissenschaft, Vergleichende Regierungslehre, spricht zum Thema Parteienwettbewerb.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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🚨New VAA Dataset🚨
@wurthmann.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social & I have published a new piece in European Union Politics that introduces our GEPARTEE Expert Survey and Europartycheck VAA data for the 2024 German EP elections: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Some insights 🧵1/n
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨

We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social

Any questions, please reach out to me

📣 Please share! 📣

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Reminder 👇🙂
❗️ Tue, Nov 25, 13:45-15:15 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@fabriberna.bsky.social

"Luck and Educational Attainment"

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November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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⏰ Two weeks left to apply for SekMethoden 2026 — the annual meeting of the DVPW Section "Methods of Political Science"!

⬇️ See below for the CfP and link to the application portal.

@gessler.bsky.social @lukrudolph.bsky.social @donyhu.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social
🚨 CfP: SekMethoden 2026
🗓️ March 12-13, 2026
🗺️ Hannover, Germany
⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025

👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2...

👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Reminder 👇🙂
❗️ Tue, Nov 25, 12:15-13:30 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@riazsascha.bsky.social

"Regime Loyalty in Nazi Germany during WWII"

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November 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Reminder 👇🙂
❗️📢 Tue, Nov 25, 10:00-11:00 CET:
Mannheim Research Colloquium on Survey Methods
#MaRCS

Jessica Daikeler ( @gesis.org ):

"The Tip of the Iceberg? From Data Quality to Exploring Publication Bias in the Social Science"

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November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"Cancel Culture":
@cdiehl.bsky.social , Richard Traunmüller (MZES, Uni Mannheim) & Team haben die Neigung erforscht, kontroverse Standpunkte an Universitäten zu verbannen.

Gastbeitrag bei @zeit.de (Bezahlschranke):
👉 www.zeit.de/2025/49/canc...

Die Studie ist frei verfügbar.
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"Cancel-Culture": Canceln? Nutzt die Spannungen!
Wir haben die Neigung erforscht, kontroverse Standpunkte an Universitäten zu verbannen.
www.zeit.de
November 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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📣 Final Call for visiting fellowships for postdocs at the @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social! Great opportunity to spend 2-4 weeks in a fantastic academic environment! See 👇 for details!
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Off to Mannheim!
Tomorrow I’ll be presenting at the MZES:

“Unequal Luck: Chance as a Mechanism of Educational Inequality”

with @ferraraale.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social

where luck= chance+ consequences

Here the wp:

osf.io/preprints/so...

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November 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
❗️ Tue, Nov 25, 13:45-15:15 CET
📍 A 231 and ZOOM
MZES Speaker Series
with

@fabriberna.bsky.social

"Luck and Educational Attainment"

👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/even...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM