@micastre.bsky.social
Political scientist | SNSF-Ambizione fellow at University of Bern | Working on institutional change, public opinion, and elites in local & urban settings | https://michaelstrebel.com/
Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ...
Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups?
Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com:
tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf
If you're interested in inequality topics in Science, do not hesitate to submit an abstract to us for the Swiss Sociological Association conference in Fribourg next September
15.02.2026 11:47 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Très heureux d'annoncer la publication de mon livre "De l'opposition au pouvoir. La gauche et ses élus dans les grandes villes suisses (1910-2020)" aux Éditions Alphil-PUS.
L'ouvrage est disponible en librairie et en libre accès sur le site de l'éditeur.
www.alphil.com/livres/1479-...
Me and @runestahl.bsky.social are hiring a future PhD fellow to study climate and class
www.cbs.dk/om-cbs/job-o...
New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
Der Zugang zum Zivildienst soll ab 2026 erschwert werden und die Zulassungen um 40 Prozent gesenkt werden. Damit entfällt ein grosser Teil der Leistungen für die Landwirtschaft - beispielsweise für die Pflege von Weiden. Deshalb unterstützen wir das Referendum gegen die Änderung.
16.10.2025 14:23 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
03.10.2025 16:14 — 👍 3974 🔁 2407 💬 40 📌 140
Zivildienstleistende erbringen einen unverzichtbaren Beitrag für die #Landwirtschaft. Ohne sie könnten die Arbeiten im Natur- und Landschaftsschutz nicht in gleichem Masse erledigt werden: «Würden die Zivis diese Arbeit nicht mehr machen, würden die Weideflächen verwuchern und irgendwann verwalden.»
11.07.2025 13:07 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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.
NEW -
The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW
- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Was passiert da gerade? Die Linke, die den #Föderalismus für sich entdeckt – und einige Bürgerliche, die ihn aushölen, indem sie die Kantone & Gemeinden übersteuern? Im Interview mit der @woz.ch durfte ich mit Ayse Turcan ausführlich über die Gegenwart und Zukunft des föderalen Bundesstaats sprechen
10.04.2025 05:45 — 👍 46 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 5
BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of sexism and harassment on political candidates in the 2021 Danish local elections. The study evaluates candidates' perceptions and the corresponding risk of victimization, with findings suggesting stronger repercussions for women candidates, preferences for double job size, and implications for advised oversights in politics.
NEW -
The Gendered Cost of Politics - cup.org/42favop
- Frederik Klaaborg Kjøller & @leneholmp.bsky.social
"the conjoint experiment reveals that women candidates state stronger preferences for equal working environments in politics than men..."
#OpenAccess
In our new article, we are asking how scientists deal with the political dynamics of policy processes that are inherent to policymaking. Thanks to Jule Ksinsik for the great collaboration @jule-k.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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13.02.2025 21:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Was SRF nicht verstehen will:
1. Es geht nicht um Kritik am „Arbeitgeber“, sondern um politische Entscheidungen, die diskutiert werden sollten – vor allem auch durch SRF-Journalist:innen. Ein „intern“
gibt es bei solchen Fragen, in einer öffentlich-rechtlichen Institution nicht.
With @benzpierre.bsky.social & @araujopedro.bsky.social we just published a small preliminary paper showing the role of research topics in securing careers and funding in Swiss sociology, showing that those who obtain advanced grants tend to align with quant methods
serval.unil.ch/resource/ser...
Très heureux d'avoir été l'invité ce matin de Julien Magnollay dans l'émission Tribu pour parler d'un papier écrit avec André Mach et @micastre.bsky.social dans la revue
Social Change et de ma thèse sur la gauche urbaine @obelitessuisses.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
www.rts.ch/audio-podcas...
New article accepted at CPS. @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I analyze how rental market risk affects radical right support. Combining data on local rent increases with the SOEP, we find that individuals facing increasing local rents become more likely to support the AfD. 🧵
28.11.2024 08:21 — 👍 351 🔁 153 💬 5 📌 29Sehr nice, gratuliere 🎉 Geniess den (oder die) Negroni(s) und das Wochenende!
22.11.2024 16:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Danke für den Hint, Rahel! Ich wäre sehr gerne in diesem hilfreichen Starter Pack vertreten und 😊
21.11.2024 12:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Was bringt die zweite Trump-Administration? Und was hält die US-Demokratie aus? Gerade in Europa sollte es unserer Meinung nach weiterhin die Zeit sein, Fragen zu stellen > vorschnell zu analysieren, schreiben @istad.bsky.social, @jschmd.bsky.social & ich @republik.ch www.republik.ch/2024/11/21/w...
21.11.2024 05:45 — 👍 34 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 4
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
Our paper about public service deprivation and far right support with @paularettl.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social is forthcoming at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! 🎉
👉 Preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...
#polisky
CHES party positions are now also available for Canada!
Thank you @rdassonneville.bsky.social and
@chesdata.bsky.social for a great collaboration.
See 🧵 below for more!
You are a PhD/postdoc & have a paper on how citizens view or understand representation, or what they expect from representatives? If yes, please send us your paper proposal for a fully-funded place in a workshop on "Citizens' Views on Representation" 👇.
t.co/aJ0SOwyCge
Thanks for putting this together, would also love to be added 😊
13.11.2024 07:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks for this great starter pack, I would also like to be added 😊
10.11.2024 19:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New Publication at West European politics!
In this paper, I analyze cohort differences in consideration sets: Do newer generations *consider* voting for more and different parties than earlier generations?
Spoiler alert: Yes to both!
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Now in APSR: What do politicians think about their voters? Fielding face-to-face surveys to 982 sitting politicians in 11 countries, and accompanying surveys of 12,000 citizens, we find that politicians have remarkably consistent - and cynical - theories of voters: /1
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Happy book publication day—thrilled that our HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS is now officially published!
It features 31 chapters authored by 50+ leading authorities. We hope that it will contribute to the (re-)emergent study of institutions, a founding pillar of polisky econsky