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We are the German Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social) Web: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/german-politics
📝 Don't miss one of our most read #openaccess #BJPIR articles!
'Zeitenwende as a foreign policy identity crisis: Germany and the travails of adaptation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine' by @tobiasbunde.bsky.social.
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🚨Publication Alert🚨
Supply & Demand of Regional Populism in Bavaria: Explaining the Regional Success of the CSU & Free Voters in German Politics
📑TL;DR: Regional populism is distinct from AfD's general populism and predicts CSU/FW voting well.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Great publication, highly recommended to those studying the regional level in Germany!
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*PSA NEWS MAGAZINE* January issue is now out.
👀 Members will receive copies in the post, and the digital version is now online. Enjoy
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🚨New article by Maximilian Tkocz and Rachel Herring: Ontological Nuisance in Elite Discourse: Foreign Policy and the Populist Radical Right in Germany.
Open Access in Global Studies Quarterly 👉https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/doi/10.1093/isagsq/ksaf124/8427349
Die AfD darf nicht in die Nähe der Macht gelangen, sagen die Politikwissenschaftler Thomas Biebricher und Christian Stecker. Doch wie verhindert man das?
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🚨New Publication🚨
Are Single‐Party Voting Advice Applications Useful? Comparing Voter Preferences in the BSW‐O‐Mat With a Probability Sample in Politics and Governance
📑TL;DR: Yes, they're useful, but biases need to be addressed.
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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Highly recommended to those interested in the dynamics at the last German General Elections 2025!
11.01.2026 08:18 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Merry Christmas everyone! 🧑🎄🎄
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*#PSA26 Annual Conference* 🚨Registration Open🚨
Join us in Oxford 30 March - 1 April 2026 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'
📆 Early booking deadline 19 January
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IN NEW ISSUE: Elite Cooperation and Affective Polarization: @markuswagner.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social examine the link between the two by using 20 years of German coalitions data - buff.ly/DoGL3EA (OPEN ACCESS)
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IN NEW ISSUE: How do institutional parameters affect citizens’ evaluations of a political system as democratic? @clandwehr.bsky.social, C Ojeda & @stallbaum.bsky.social compare citizens’ design preferences in #Germany & #US: buff.ly/3Wx9YMl
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🌟PSA PRIZES🌟 Nominations for Academic Prizes are now open!
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
1/4. ** New Article Alert!
"Instrumentalisation of political transnationalism for anti-immigrant purposes: A comparative analysis on the Alternative for Germany and the Party for Freedom", by Efe C. Özek
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Excellent job opportunity in the SPARK project👇
30.09.2025 15:00 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Keyword 'Germany', we got you covered!
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IN NEW ISSUE: What is the far-right’s foreign policy outlook? @thorstenwojczewski.bsky.social tests a proposed theoretical framework through a comparative analysis of two German right parties. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/NLJLIFU
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Reminder that it's still possible to apply! Please share!
02.09.2025 16:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0*PSA EVENT* Our Teaching & Learning Network Conference is taking place next week. Bringing together the teaching and learning community to share practices, ideas and experiences.
4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social.
New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social
"Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany"
Full paper (open access)👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What did we find? 🧵
Screenshot of the Scientific Data journal article titled “The AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A Dataset of Austrian Voter Attitudes and Behavior” by Julia Partheymüller, Sylvia Kritzinger, and Markus Wagner. The page header shows the journal logo “scientific data” and the label “DATA DESCRIPTOR | OPEN.” The abstract states that the AUTNES Online Panel Study is a longitudinal survey of Austrian voter attitudes and behavior across election cycles from 2017 to 2024, providing data on study design, representativeness, and panel participation.
🧪 🗳 New in Scientific Data
"The #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A Dataset of Austrian Voter Attitudes and Behavior”
The new data descriptor offers background on study design & data quality.
➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415...
📂 Dataset: doi.org/10.11587/HNU...
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*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social has launched an l #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students.
📆 Deadline 30 Sept.
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Dangerous things are happening in Germany.
We know that a lack of trust is a significant factor in RR voting. Has anyone also looked at whether RR politicians trust the state? These people always seem to radiate intense hatred for democratic institutions. But maybe that's just for show.
July 1950: the Communist hymn „Die Partei hat immer recht“ is performed for the first time in East Berlin www.deutschlandfunk.de/24-07-1950-l...
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*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the #German #Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social have launched an #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students ➡️
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Mit Sabine Müller von @tagesschau.bsky.social/@rbb24.de habe ich über den Aufbau der Bezirksverbände des BSW in Berlin gesprochen www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...
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Are you an undergraduate or masters student in the UK 💂♂️working on German Politics⚫🔴🟡?
We award up to three Essay Prizes 🥇
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Die FAZ hat einen interessanten Artikel zu Gemeinsamkeitendder Wählerschaft von AfD und BSW geschrieben, wozu ich einige Einschätzungen Beiträgen durfte. Fazit: Es gibt Gemeinsamkeiten, aber auch viele Punkte, in denen entgegengesetzte Interesse vorliegen
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A beautiful, beautiful refutation of a very strange claim about #farright voting in #Germany that can 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 serve as a methodological primer
10.07.2025 11:12 — 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Just found out that this baddy on Die Linke's populism has (after two years) received a volume, issue and page numbers in @jpolideologies.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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