@jos38.bsky.social
Lecturer/researcher at Freie Universität Berlin; federalism & decentralization, public policy, comparative politics
New RSA Blog 🌍✍️ by Johanna Schnabel (@jos38.bsky.social) : Can Devolution Reduce Regional Inequality in the UK?
From “Levelling Up” to “Power Up Britain,” devolution is central, but structures alone aren’t enough. Read more 👇
🔗 www.regionalstudies.org/rsa-blog/202...
Found this insightful!!
NEW BLOG POST ALERT!
Is education a postcode lottery? Dive into the latest PSJ blog post examining how regional authority, spending, and demographics drive inequality across OECD countries.
By @jos38.bsky.social
Read here:
psjblog.net/2025/09/10/a...
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
An important conversation that I am eager to continue. Any thoughts?
11.08.2025 10:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Many thanks to Alan Fenna, André Lecours, Carmen Navarro, and Juan Olmeda for an insightful discussion. Two of our panelists expressed a rather cautious view, while the others saw greater promise.
11.08.2025 10:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0At the recent @ipsa.org World Congress I had the pleasure of chairing a roundtable on this question, sponsored by RC28.
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🤔 🤓 Is comparative federalism able to provide explanatory insights or is it entirely a heuristic exercise to identify similarities and differences across federations? And which aspects of federalism can be meaningfully compared?
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Explore this PSJ article from our latest issue examining how differences in authority, spending, and population size fuel regional educational inequality - drawing on data from 14 OECD countries.
By @jos38.bsky.social
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj....
#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal
Gemeinsam Politik im föderalen System besser verstehen und analysieren Transdisziplinärer Workshop Wann? Wo? 1. April 2025, 09:30 Uhr bis 16:30 Uhr Vertretung des Landes Schleswig-Holstein beim Bund, In den Ministergärten 8, 10117 Berlin Programm 09:1509:3010:1513:0014:0015:1515:3016:30Uhr Uhr Uhr Uhr Uhr Uhr Uhr Uhr Ankommen Begrüßung & Einführung Überblick über den Projektkontext Transdisziplinäre Potentiale von „StateParl“ entdecken Interaktive Einführung Szenario-Entwicklung in transdisziplinären Kleingruppen Kennenlernen Entwicklung einer gemeinsamen Fragestellung Bearbeitung mit den verschiedenen Werkzeugen von „StateParl“ Mittagspause Bu[et in der Landesvertretung Prototyping in transdisziplinären Kleingruppen Beantwortung der Fragestellung Empfehlungen für die Anwendung und Weiterentwicklung von „StateParl“ Pause Ergebnisse und Reflexion Ende
Morgen ist es soweit: In einem transdisziplinären Workshop loten wir die Möglichkeiten der Landesparlaments-Datenbank stateparl.de für Wissenschaft, Journalismus, Verwaltung und Zivilgesellschaft aus. Die Veranstaltung wird durch die @berlinualliance.bsky.social möglich gemacht. 🫶
31.03.2025 12:33 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0🤨
12.02.2025 17:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0You can win that one if you promise to never misuse the term “shared rule” again 🤭
12.02.2025 15:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Wait until you see our rejoinder. 😉
12.02.2025 12:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Oh yes! Should be published any moment.
10.02.2025 22:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0And a thought-provoking reply 😎
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Federalism = self-rule + shared rule *or not*? 🤔
Publius editors @philiprocco.bsky.social & Paul Nolette have allowed Thomas Hueglin & me to comment on @jos38.bsky.social & Alan Fenna's thought provoking 2024 piece ✍️
For our project Territorial Inequality in Education, Johanna Schnabel @jos38.bsky.social , Paolo Dardanelli, Steven Ballantyne, and I are looking for an RA to support data collection. The position is based at Cardiff University and will be supervised by me. polisky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLT184/r...
07.02.2025 11:54 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
📚✨Interested in #AffordableHousing and #federalism? In this study 👇, Antonios Souris and I develop an analytical framework to lay the groundwork for future investigations into affordable housing 🏘️ in federal countries.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📢 New Publication: 📑 "A postcode lottery in education? Explaining regional inequality in multilevel systems"
🔗 Read the full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
The ECPR Standing Group on Federalism & Regionalism is now on Bluesky!
We already have an announcement. You can submit paper & panel proposals for the the next ECPR conference by 6 January 2025.
The SG is endorsing Section 15. More info 👇
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Key Findings:
🏫 Regions with high levels of authority over #education tend to have greater inequalities in educational access and attainment.
👨👩👦👦 Regional differences in education expenditure and population size also play a role in driving these disparities.
In this study, I analyze educational inequality across regions in 14 OECD countries, uncovering factors that contribute to regional disparities in student enrollment and educational attainment.
29.10.2024 09:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0📢 New Publication: 📑 "A postcode lottery in education? Explaining regional inequality in multilevel systems"
🔗 Read the full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
A map of German states with the average evaluation of people from each state.
Today is German Unity Day. But how unified is Germany? To celebrate, I want to share some data from a project with @lenamasch.bsky.social, @jos38.bsky.social and Antonios Souris on how "popular" people from different German states are - and how this evaluation differs. Here is it for everyone:
03.10.2024 15:16 — 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
📚✨Interested in #AffordableHousing and #federalism? In this study 👇, Antonios Souris and I develop an analytical framework to lay the groundwork for future investigations into affordable housing 🏘️ in federal countries.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How do politicians use complex institutions, like federal structures, to assign and deflect blame?
Short answer: More smartly than we have commonly conceptualised. Beyond simply "scapegoating" other actors, they also make use of the institutional framework and simply "pass the responsibility"
