Oooopsie.
02.05.2025 20:40 — 👍 39 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
Our findings underscore the strategic logic of local representation.
But they also raise normative questions:
📉 Are some districts systematically underrepresented?
🧑🤝🧑 Do poorer areas receive less attention?
Lots of room for future research.
24.04.2025 20:22 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🔍 In other words, parties are more likely to "speak up" for areas where:
– Their voters are concentrated
– Their councillors may live
– They stand to gain electorally
Local politics is strategic—just like national politics.
24.04.2025 20:22 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
But parties don’t reference all areas equally.
They strategically focus on:
✅ Districts where they have strong electoral support
✅ When their voter base is highly localized
✅ When the electoral system uses districts (vs. citywide) voting
24.04.2025 20:22 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
➡️ That’s way more than what’s typically seen in national parliaments.
➡️ Why? Because city politics is inherently spatial—from potholes to park plans.
24.04.2025 20:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
We analyze over 10,000 parliamentary questions (PQs) submitted across 12 large German cities.
We automatically detect geographic references in questions using Wikipedia & OpenStreetMap data.
💡 Key finding:
➡️ Nearly half of all PQs reference a specific geographic location.
24.04.2025 20:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
📍🏙️ Why do parties focus on *some* districts more than others? ⬇️
Most research on geographic representation focuses on national parliaments & individual MPs.
But local politics might be where geography matters most.
So we ask: Do parties represent *specific districts* more often and why?
24.04.2025 20:22 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Elon Musk accused of censoring conservatives on X who disagree with his immigration stances
The claims came after Elon Musk was involved in a public feud with some Republicans over immigration.
Twitter is too liberal. I am buying it.
X amplifies conservative voices I don’t like. I’ll silence them.
What happens when critical infrastructure is in the hand of a single person. Example ♾️
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
28.12.2024 12:54 — 👍 24 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 0
Und dann erdreisten sich immer wieder einige bombenfest Abgesicherte o. jedewede #WissZeitVG Erfahrung, ihren KOLLEG*INNEN zu erzählen, was das beste für sie sei. Sorry, was das beste fürs System sei, denn in der Wissenschaft dürfen Menschen scheinbar keine Menschen sein. 5/5
12.12.2024 15:14 — 👍 29 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Nachtrag: Der springende Punkt: Ohne Mittelbau kein 'Überbau', sprich, Professuren. ALLE Lehrstühle profitieren vom Mittelbau, ohne den Mittelbau gäbe es sie nicht. Ohne Professuren jedoch würde der Laden *nicht* sofort zusammenbrechen. Klingt komisch, ist aber so. 4/5
12.12.2024 15:14 — 👍 33 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Dt. Wiss hingegen:so gut wie NIEMAND ist entfristet (Profs ausgenommen,davon befristete Profs ausgenommen [ja, auch die werden immer mehr!]. ALLE werden auf d Professur als 1zige Möglichkeit d Entfristung gedrillt.Wer nicht Prof wird,fliegt.Finde d Fehler.3/5 #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan #Einkuscheln
12.12.2024 15:14 — 👍 32 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
ohne Mitarbeitende übrigens kein Unternehmen und keine CEOs). So gut wie ALLE sind entfristet,ist GESETZL geregelt,aus gutem Grund. Zudem wär kein Unternehmen so blöd,Mitarbeitende,in die Unmengen an Geld & Zeit investiert wurde,nach über 1 Jahrzehnt rauzuschmeißen. Wirtschaftl völliger Irrsinn.2/5
12.12.2024 15:14 — 👍 30 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
Tired of saying this again, and again, and again: In KEINEM Unternehmen werden ALLE Leute darauf gedrillt, CEO zu werden. Die, die möchten, können das gern anstreben, der Rest leistet auf anderen Stellenkategorien hervorragende Arbeit (newsflash:
1/5 #Einkuscheln #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan
12.12.2024 15:14 — 👍 75 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 0
„Die Studie zu den Auslandsüberweisungen hat sich übrigens auch gezeigt, unter welchen Bedingungen Flüchtlinge dazu tendieren, weniger Geld ins Ausland zu überweisen. Einer der wichtigsten Faktoren: eine langfristige Bleibeperspektive.“
zeitung.faz.net/fas/wirtscha...
08.12.2024 10:14 — 👍 140 🔁 25 💬 4 📌 0
Including our paper on MPs' occupational backgrounds and why they matter for their issue representation behaviour in parliaments.
Joint work with @jvelimsky.bsky.social @donyhu.bsky.social @sebastianjblock.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Polisky
05.12.2024 13:35 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Wissenschaft als Beruf in D ist wenn Du gemessen an den Standards des Systems alles richtig machst, fleißig publizierst & Drittmittel einwirbst, Dein Privatleben für Wissenschaft zurückstellst & Dich bis zum Umfallen reinhängst, um dann trotzdem mit Ü40 aus Deinem Beruf rauszufliegen. #IchBinHanna
11.11.2024 08:14 — 👍 144 🔁 22 💬 6 📌 1
The Impact of Institutional and Financial Constraints on Party Behaviour in Local Politics
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Online first @spsr.bsky.social:
Our new article "The Impact of Institutional and Financial Constraints on Party Behaviour in Local Politics" (w/ @donyhu.bsky.social @sebastianjblock.bsky.social @jvelimsky.bsky.social)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#polisky
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12.09.2024 11:48 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Seminar poster for a talk by Martin Gross on representation and inequality in local politics at Ghent University
Happening today @gasparugent.bsky.social
Very much looking forward to give a broad overview of the project with @donyhu.bsky.social @sebastianjblock.bsky.social @jvelimsky.bsky.social
09.04.2024 06:07 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
British Journal of Political Science Pilet et al abstract graphic
From our latest issue -
Support for Deliberative mini-Publics among the Losers of Representative Democracy - cup.org/3TlJlYq
- Jean-Benoit Pilet, Camille Bedock, David Talukder & Sacha Rangoni
21.03.2024 12:56 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Gibt offenbar 1 verblüffend starke Tendenz, den Wissenschaftsstandort Deutschland an die Wand fahren zu wollen. Bin gerade unglaublich müde, aber eins möchte ich trotzdem NOCHMAL sagen (es ist das ungefähr 3664577tausendste Mal): 4+2 ist eine Katastrophe. Für #IchBinHanna UND die dt. Wissenschaft.
10.03.2024 16:52 — 👍 265 🔁 79 💬 8 📌 4
Am 17. März 2023 ist das Eckpunktepapier herausgekommen. Der Referentenentwurf zum #WissZeitVG liegt seit Juli vor. Danach wurde in der Koalition verhandelt - um diesen nun mehr oder weniger genauso zu übernehmen. Wozu hat man all diese Monate gebraucht? #IchBinHanna
10.03.2024 16:12 — 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
I don't think there's much of a political will to change anything for the better (for postdocs), but if you'd like to support the #IchBinHanna campaign, please consider signing this petition: weact.campact.de/petitions/st...
10.03.2024 15:23 — 👍 12 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Many thanks to the editors and reviewers, who provided excellent suggestions for improving the paper. We also thank
@iguinaudeau.bsky.social , Uwe Remer, @donyhu.bsky.social
Patrick Bernhagen, @anewq.bsky.social and many others for their helpful feedback.
08.02.2024 19:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
European Politics at Saarland University | Empirical EUropean Studies | Comparative Politics | with an interest in Computational Social Science
Expert analysis of political data and global government developments from European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). Listen to the latest election commentary on our podcast: http://bit.ly/3s4kgYj
Researcher, likes data, graphs, infographics and telling stories with data. PhD in political analysis from Sussex uni - like all social science subjects. Mainly post about political analysis and my research within the Hastings & Rye area. Fabian member.
Publishing original and substantial contributions to the study of comparative European politics.
A journal from @ecpr.bsky.social and @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
Politikwissenschaftlerin (group representation, parties, text-as-data). Doctoral student at @ifdemgoettingen, research fellow at @manifesto_proj
PhD Student in Comparative Politics @Leuphana University. Interested in Youth Representation
Institute for Public Management & Governance,
at Vienna University of Economics and Business
Author, Speaker, Peace Researcher: josef.muehlbauer@uni-graz.at
PhD Student in Political Science @University of Stuttgart.
Interested in Voting Behaviour, Attitude Formation and Party Competition.
Big fan of democracy, political and data science. Part of
MEDem (medem.eu) and GESIS. @Lea23459981@sciences.social
(he/him) postdoc @cercmigrapostdoc identity, ethnicity, & immigration; bureaucratic & judicial politics; RT is not agreement/endorsement; #FirstGen
http://nicholasarfraser.com
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg | Political Science | Representation | Representative-Claims | European Union | Comparative Politics | Working with texts and speeches
Ass. Prof. @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social | gender | representation | women political actors | political communication |
Professor of Comparative Politics @unigreifswald.bsky.social | Interested in the study of parliaments, political representation, women as political actors, prime ministers | she/her
Die DFG ist die größte Forschungsförderorganisation und die Selbstverwaltungsorganisation der Wissenschaft in Deutschland.
www.dfg.de
Impressum: https://www.dfg.de/de/service/kontakt/impressum
Social Media-Netiquette: https://www.dfg.de/de/service/presse
Advancing the comparative study of local government and politics. Follow the ECPR Standing Group for updates, events, and opportunities. Join via MyECPR!
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PhD Student | @gles.bsky.social & @gesis.org | Political Science | Representation, Candidates & Elections, Parties, Attitudes
Democracy Research Unit at the University of Stuttgart
Leitender Redakteur Datenjournalismus #ddj bei der Stuttgarter Zeitung, PhD (FU Berlin) zur politischen Kommunikationskultur in Brüssel, Lehrbeauftragter Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart
Postdoc, Queen Mary University of London. Ph.D. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Previously University of Essex.
Political behaviour, comparative politics, political methodology
💻 https://iakovosm6.github.io/bio/