Dr. Sarah Wagner

Looking forward to seeing your paper, panel, roundtable etc. proposals for the Party Politics section of EPSS. Don't forget: submissions are due on November 7, and the conference will take place in Belfast on June 18-20. @epssnet.bsky.social @sarahwagner.bsky.social

Submissions with comparative perspectives across developed & developing world, innovative methodologies, or emerging challenges facing parties in the 21st century are particularly encouraged.

Submissions: papers, complete panels, topical roundtables, or author-meets-critics.

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📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

We'll feature two sections each Tuesday & Thursday to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 This Tuesday: Party Politics & Historical Political Economy

▶️ Party Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @zeynsom.bsky.social & @sarahwagner.bsky.social

📢 This section welcomes work on party organizations, party electoral strategies, parties in government, as well as electoral and behavioral consequences of parties’ strategies & their organizational changes.

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Nothing is as resilient as an academics office plant that didn’t get watered all summer.

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Thanks, Cas!

Selling margarine as butter: the failure of Sahra Wagenknecht’s BSW and the pitfalls of “left conservatism” Political parties usually move slowly—adjusting across election cycles, not within months. But in Germany, Sahra Wagenknecht’s new party launched in January 2024 – Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Für Vern...

Good piece in which @sarahwagner.bsky.social draws important lesson on “left conservatism” from the German case.

Our newest piece on BSW is now published. We show that when attitudes toward Wagenknecht come into the game, policies are no longer that meaningful in predicting behaviour. Personalisation in a personalised party! What a surprise! 😀
@sarahwagner.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Still time to sign up for tomorrow's discussion of recent elections in Europe: @cristinachiva.bsky.social on Romania 🇷🇴, @hferrinholopes.bsky.social on Portugal 🇵🇹 @alesmichal.bsky.social for Czechia 🇨🇿 @sarahwagner.bsky.social takes Germany 🇩🇪 and @aleksszczerbiak.bsky.social on Poland 🇵🇱
Join us!

Electoral Integrity and Disinformation in an Era of Democratic Backsliding, Online, 12 June 2025 European Consortium for Political Research

Please join me online this Thursday afternoon for an #ECPRHouseSeries discussion of recent elections across Europe, featuring expert input from: @cristinachiva.bsky.social, @hferrinholopes.bsky.social, @alesmichal.bsky.social, @sarahwagner.bsky.social, and @aleksszczerbiak.bsky.social. Details 👇

ECPR House Series: Electoral Integrity and Disinformation in an Era of Democratic Backsliding Online and FREE, Thursday 12 June 2025

🔜 FREE #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable
🗳️ Electoral Integrity & Disinformation in an Era of Democratic Backsliding
💻 Thu 12 Jun, 13:00 BST
👇 Speakers
@cristinachiva.bsky.social
@hferrinholopes.bsky.social
@alesmichal.bsky.social
@aleksszczerbiak.bsky.social
@sarahwagner.bsky.social
‬Jonathan Polk

Selling margarine as butter: the failure of Sahra Wagenknecht’s BSW and the pitfalls of “left conservatism” Political parties usually move slowly—adjusting across election cycles, not within months. But in Germany, Sahra Wagenknecht’s new party launched in January 2024 – Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Für Vern...

4. Most recently, we published @sarahwagner.bsky.social’s analysis of “left conservatism” is Germany and the UK:

Selling margarine as butter: the failure of Sahra Wagenknecht’s BSW and the pitfalls of “left conservatism” Political parties usually move slowly—adjusting across election cycles, not within months. But in Germany, Sahra Wagenknecht’s new party launched in January 2024 – Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Für Vern...

What does the failure of Sahra Wagenknecht’s BSW party in Germany tell us about the potential and pitfalls of a “left-wing conservatism”?

Sarah Wagner (@sarahwagner.bsky.social) explains in a new piece for Renewal:

We are delighted to announce that ‪@svenjakrauss.bsky.social‬ & @sarahwagner.bsky.social‬ have been shortlisted for the PSR Best Original Research Article Award!

For their article:

Take the Streets or Take the Parliament? Political Participation Choices of Radical Left Individuals

Just keep watching the Bundestag chimney—when the white smoke comes out, we've got one.

Kanzlerwahl-Tipp: Einfach so lange auf den Bundestag schauen bis weißer Rauch rauskommt.

Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW) Dieses open access Buch liefert einen Einblick in die Entstehung und Entwicklung des Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW).

📣 Neu von @sarahwagner.bsky.social und @wurthmann.bsky.social

📘 Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Eine politikwissenschaftliche Einordnung.

Entstehung, Entwicklung, Positionierung und vieles mehr.
👇 #OpenAccess 😀
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Das Bild zeigt das Cover des Springer VS essentials "Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Eine politikwissenschaftliche Einordnung" von Sarah Wagner und L. Constantin Wurthmann

Das Springer VS essentials "Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht - Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit (BSW). Eine politikwissenschaftliche Einordnung" von @sarahwagner.bsky.social & mir ist nun open access erschienen. Möge es als Einstiegslektüre für interessant befunden werden. #BSW
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Who does Spiderman vote for? Who you vote for.

In a new paper w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social we show that people engage in motivated projection of political identities. In the absence of explicit info on politics, individuals rely on valence to infer the politics of others

doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

Partisan politics, economic hardship, and full-time day care for children in German cities The availability of full-time day care spots for children is important for integrating parents into the job market and for reducing the prominence of traditional role models within families. We arg...

📢🆕 In LGS Journal: In their article on day care & economic hardship, @marcdebus.bsky.social @keonhison.bsky.social & @sarahwagner.bsky.social find that the number of full-time day care spots for children per capita in cities that face economic hardship is significantly lower. doi.org/10.1080/0300...

Book cover springer essential on the party BSW

Coming soon!

New publication with @marcdebus.bsky.social and @keonhison.bsky.social - see below for explanation of our findings ⬇️

Not enough memes on this site

Still very much tbc - government negotiations hinge on 0.1%

German Election 2025 Results

Die Linke’s glow up is giving 'girl gets dumped and comes back hotter, smarter, and ready to burn it all down'.

I had the exact same thought haha!

YouTube video by TBS NEWS DIG Powered by JNN 民主主義の価値観変化か？主張似る ドイツ「極右」「極左」政党【2月20日（木）#報道1930】| TBS NEWS DIG

From about 47mins in you can hear @sarahwagner.bsky.social and myself commenting – in fluent Japanese – on the German election and the far left and right.

a woman talking to another woman with the words " a brutal yet fair point " below her ALT: a woman talking to another woman with the words " a brutal yet fair point " below her

Hahahhahahahah

Analyses ahead of the German election with @stijntvankessel.bsky.social!