Stefan Wallaschek
@swallaschek.bsky.social
Researcher, PI Project "Geschlechterpolitik und (Anti-)Gender Diskurse"
Europa-Universität Flensburg
European Politics | Political Communication | Gender Politics | Social Media | Solidarity
(he/him/his)
Europa-Universität Flensburg
European Politics | Political Communication | Gender Politics | Social Media | Solidarity
(he/him/his)
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In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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#AcademicLife
Journal X: 2 reviews are in for your submitted manuscript
Review 1: Major Revisions
Review 2: Minor Revisions
Editors: unfortunately, we have to reject your manuscript
Getting under review and publishing is already tough, IMO but why making it even more challenging...
Journal X: 2 reviews are in for your submitted manuscript
Review 1: Major Revisions
Review 2: Minor Revisions
Editors: unfortunately, we have to reject your manuscript
Getting under review and publishing is already tough, IMO but why making it even more challenging...
a man in a sweater and tie is sitting in front of a chalkboard and says `` i dont get it '' .
ALT: a man in a sweater and tie is sitting in front of a chalkboard and says `` i dont get it '' .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
#AcademicLife
Journal X: 2 reviews are in for your submitted manuscript
Review 1: Major Revisions
Review 2: Minor Revisions
Editors: unfortunately, we have to reject your manuscript
Getting under review and publishing is already tough, IMO but why making it even more challenging...
Journal X: 2 reviews are in for your submitted manuscript
Review 1: Major Revisions
Review 2: Minor Revisions
Editors: unfortunately, we have to reject your manuscript
Getting under review and publishing is already tough, IMO but why making it even more challenging...
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UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
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A tiny minority of highly active users produce the majority of online political content, while most users consume content passively and remain largely silent.
Toxic comments are more likely to be expressed, even though most people disagree with them, creating false norms.
osf.io/preprints/so...
Toxic comments are more likely to be expressed, even though most people disagree with them, creating false norms.
osf.io/preprints/so...
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A tiny minority of highly active users produce the majority of online political content, while most users consume content passively and remain largely silent.
Toxic comments are more likely to be expressed, even though most people disagree with them, creating false norms.
osf.io/preprints/so...
Toxic comments are more likely to be expressed, even though most people disagree with them, creating false norms.
osf.io/preprints/so...
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Recently did around 30 requests to ppl who'd published very similar papers to the one I needed reviews for. 3 declines, 25 no response. Please at least decline guys it slows stuff down so much otherwise.
I'm still relatively new to this journal associate editor business, but it already sucks… I've had a paper on my desk for more than a month now:
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Recently did around 30 requests to ppl who'd published very similar papers to the one I needed reviews for. 3 declines, 25 no response. Please at least decline guys it slows stuff down so much otherwise.
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What gets professors into the media?
📢 New open access publication in @europeansocreview.bsky.social together with Raphael Heiberger from @s7css.bsky.social and @bashofstra.bsky.social!
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
📢 New open access publication in @europeansocreview.bsky.social together with Raphael Heiberger from @s7css.bsky.social and @bashofstra.bsky.social!
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
Professors in the media: dynamics of cumulative advantage, reputation, and gender
Abstract. Translation of science to a general public is increasingly important in modern academia. Yet, there is little knowledge on whether and why scient
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
What gets professors into the media?
📢 New open access publication in @europeansocreview.bsky.social together with Raphael Heiberger from @s7css.bsky.social and @bashofstra.bsky.social!
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
📢 New open access publication in @europeansocreview.bsky.social together with Raphael Heiberger from @s7css.bsky.social and @bashofstra.bsky.social!
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
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@heikekluever.bsky.social in der heutigen SZ zur Brandmauer. Die Empirie spricht eine klare Sprache: Wenn die extreme Rechte mitregiert, wird sie größer und entzaubert sich nicht. Alles andere ist Wunschdenken und gefährliche politische Folklore.
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil
Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 AM
@heikekluever.bsky.social in der heutigen SZ zur Brandmauer. Die Empirie spricht eine klare Sprache: Wenn die extreme Rechte mitregiert, wird sie größer und entzaubert sich nicht. Alles andere ist Wunschdenken und gefährliche politische Folklore.
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„[Fantasy] sublimates a dread of being determined by society’s impersonal structures and a wish for our own choices and values to shape the world around us. It reflects a desire for control, power, and a transparent mechanism from individual choice to social effect.“
Why is the right so fascinated with fantasy literature?
Society inevitably structures our choices but the resulting frustration feeds a yearning for magical rings
on.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 AM
„[Fantasy] sublimates a dread of being determined by society’s impersonal structures and a wish for our own choices and values to shape the world around us. It reflects a desire for control, power, and a transparent mechanism from individual choice to social effect.“
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Absoluter Irrsinn.
Söder begründet die Senkung der Luftverkehrsteuer in der Pressekonferenz folgendermaßen: „Ein klares Signal, dass Fliegen in Deutschland wettbewerbsfähig in, vor allem im Binnenbereich.“ Der Wettbewerb besteht im „Binnenbereich“ vor allem mit der Bahn.
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Absoluter Irrsinn.
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Today, the conservatives (EPP) passed a major piece of EU legislation with the far-right groups in the EU Parliament, marking the breakdown of the cordon sanitaire. The EPP, under Weber, has decided to sacrifice long-term principles and stability for short-term political gains.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Today, the conservatives (EPP) passed a major piece of EU legislation with the far-right groups in the EU Parliament, marking the breakdown of the cordon sanitaire. The EPP, under Weber, has decided to sacrifice long-term principles and stability for short-term political gains.
Thread:
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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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📢 Call for Papers and Panels: join our section on Gender, Sexuality and Political Careers at the #ECPG2026!
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
September 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
📢 Call for Papers and Panels: join our section on Gender, Sexuality and Political Careers at the #ECPG2026!
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.
Reposted by Stefan Wallaschek
New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social.
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social.
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Da die Zustimmung zu einem egalitären Rollenbild konstant wuchs, galt das Thema Geschlechtergleichstellung vielen als Selbstläufer. Weshalb diese Gewissheit nun ins Schwanken geraten könnte, zeigt der aktuelle DIW Wochenbericht: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
Die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter nur eine Frage der Zeit? Daten des World Value Survey zeigen: Die Modernisierung der Rollenbilder könnte ins Stocken geraten – gerade jüngere Menschen neigen in manchen Ländern wieder zu traditionelleren Einstellungen. 🧵(1/5) www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Da die Zustimmung zu einem egalitären Rollenbild konstant wuchs, galt das Thema Geschlechtergleichstellung vielen als Selbstläufer. Weshalb diese Gewissheit nun ins Schwanken geraten könnte, zeigt der aktuelle DIW Wochenbericht: www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
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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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Wir suchen für ein Drittmittelprojekt an der TU Chemnitz Verstärkung auf einer vollen Stelle. Analysiert werden Einstellungen von jungen Gewerkschaftsmitgliedern. Mehr Infos hier:
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
Personal | Dezernate | Verwaltung | TU Chemnitz
Dezernat Personal: Personal
www.tu-chemnitz.de
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Wir suchen für ein Drittmittelprojekt an der TU Chemnitz Verstärkung auf einer vollen Stelle. Analysiert werden Einstellungen von jungen Gewerkschaftsmitgliedern. Mehr Infos hier:
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
www.tu-chemnitz.de/verwaltung/p...
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We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
September 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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Endspurt für den #CfP zum zweiten Theoriekongress. Bis zum 6. November können noch Panels eingereicht werden.👇
#CfP: Call for Panels für den Zweiten Internationalen Kongress für Politische Theorie.
Der #Theoriekongress findet vom 05.-07.10.2026 an der Universität #Passau statt.
Bis zum 6. November können Vorschläge für Panels eingereicht werden.👇
English version below.
Der #Theoriekongress findet vom 05.-07.10.2026 an der Universität #Passau statt.
Bis zum 6. November können Vorschläge für Panels eingereicht werden.👇
English version below.
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Endspurt für den #CfP zum zweiten Theoriekongress. Bis zum 6. November können noch Panels eingereicht werden.👇
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Educational gap and pay gap in Europe.
October 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Educational gap and pay gap in Europe.
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Out in the European Economic Review after many years of datawork with @sbachtax.bsky.social and Theresa Neef: The distribution of national income in Germany, 1992-2019. We document 1) high income concentration at the top in Germany - similar to the US
October 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Out in the European Economic Review after many years of datawork with @sbachtax.bsky.social and Theresa Neef: The distribution of national income in Germany, 1992-2019. We document 1) high income concentration at the top in Germany - similar to the US
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"Academic practice is not only a search for truth, but also a form of struggle and intellectual self-defence within a structured field, governed by rules, hierarchies, and resources."
Has academia become a professional sport? @swallaschek.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
Has academia become a professional sport? @swallaschek.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
Academic careers have become a professional sport - Impact of Social Sciences
Academia like professional sports is increasingly a system defined by competition, precarity and quantification does this lead to a loss of meaning?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"Academic practice is not only a search for truth, but also a form of struggle and intellectual self-defence within a structured field, governed by rules, hierarchies, and resources."
Has academia become a professional sport? @swallaschek.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
Has academia become a professional sport? @swallaschek.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
Thank you for sharing this and for the helpful recommendations👏 I would add that the rejection context matters.
When one faces the end of a fixed-term contract while project proposals and manuscripts are also being rejected, “failing better” can be an especially difficult part of an academic career.
When one faces the end of a fixed-term contract while project proposals and manuscripts are also being rejected, “failing better” can be an especially difficult part of an academic career.
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Thank you for sharing this and for the helpful recommendations👏 I would add that the rejection context matters.
When one faces the end of a fixed-term contract while project proposals and manuscripts are also being rejected, “failing better” can be an especially difficult part of an academic career.
When one faces the end of a fixed-term contract while project proposals and manuscripts are also being rejected, “failing better” can be an especially difficult part of an academic career.
Joint conference of @europasoziologie.bsky.social & the Agendis project in April 2026 at #EUF #Flensburg on
‘Gender Equality Conflicts in Europe’
Abstract submissions until 31 October 2025.
The #cfp can be accessed via @dgsoziologie.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy : soziologie.de/call-for-pap...
‘Gender Equality Conflicts in Europe’
Abstract submissions until 31 October 2025.
The #cfp can be accessed via @dgsoziologie.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy : soziologie.de/call-for-pap...
Deadline: October 31st, 2025
Conference of the Agendis project, DGS section "Sociology of Europe", 15.-17. April 2026, Europa-Universität Flensburg
soziologie.de
October 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Joint conference of @europasoziologie.bsky.social & the Agendis project in April 2026 at #EUF #Flensburg on
‘Gender Equality Conflicts in Europe’
Abstract submissions until 31 October 2025.
The #cfp can be accessed via @dgsoziologie.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy : soziologie.de/call-for-pap...
‘Gender Equality Conflicts in Europe’
Abstract submissions until 31 October 2025.
The #cfp can be accessed via @dgsoziologie.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy : soziologie.de/call-for-pap...
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Calling all comparative legislative scholars! We’ve got a new dataset with committee memberships from 14 countries over 35 years, spanning almost 15,000 MPs in 260 parties! Grateful for my excellent coauthors! #polisky #gendersky
New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
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Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
⬇️
GESIS-Suche
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Calling all comparative legislative scholars! We’ve got a new dataset with committee memberships from 14 countries over 35 years, spanning almost 15,000 MPs in 260 parties! Grateful for my excellent coauthors! #polisky #gendersky
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New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵