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Studierende aus 20 Ländern besuchen die International Summer School 2025 auf dem Gutenberg-Campus. (Foto/©: Peter Pulkowski / JGU)

#JGUinternational: Internationale #SummerSchool an der #UniMainz begrüßt 60 Studierende aus 20 Ländern, u.a. von der europ. #FORTHEMAlliance / Deutschkurse, Seminare zu deutscher Geschichte, Literatur & Politik sowie kulturelles Erleben in Mainz und der Region

Infos unter 👉 summer.uni-mainz.de

Islamophobia in Western Europe is unrelated to religiosity but highly correlated with far right attitudes - Kai Arzheimer, 2025 The far right’s relationship with religion has become a major focus of current research. Even in Western Europe, one of the most rapidly secularising areas of t...

@kai-arzheimer.com discusses how far-right actors in Western Europe use "Christianism" to frame Muslims as a threat. Survey data shows religiosity is unrelated to far-right ideology; Islamophobia overlaps with nativism & authoritarianism at micro level.

More: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks so much for hosting us @powimz.bsky.social
It has been an amazing opportunity to present our work and exchange ideas on democracy, representation and the design of legitimate institutions.

A structural equation model of far-right attitudes, religiosity, and Islamophobia

🚨 🚨 🚨 New OA publication in Research&Politics @respol.bsky.social.bsky.social‬ out today: #Islamophobia in Western Europe is unrelated to ✝️ #religiosity but highly correlated with #farright attitudes. A short 🧵

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"Die Versprechen der #Demokratie" - jetzt in der Forschungswerkstatt mit @clandwehr.bsky.social

🤖 Are you interested in the interplay of #AI & politics? Register today to be part of this simulation workshop with Marco Guglielmo! 🤖

🧠💬 ‘Can AI help us make decisions—or is it choosing for us?’
Be part of this unique political simulation event with ChatGPT and other Generative AI tools, led by Dr Marco Guglielmo. Places are limited, so register 𝘯𝘰𝘸 🤖

⁉️ Queries? Email: guglielm@uni-mainz.de

Heute in der Forschungswerkstatt: Im Rahmen der Maria Weber-Vorlesung spricht Lea Elsässer über Parlamente ohne Arbeiter*innen

(Wer noch dazukommen möchte: wegen großer 🥵 im P1)

🧠💬 ‘Can AI help us make decisions—or is it choosing for us?’
Join a unique political simulation event with #ChatGPT and other Generative AI tools. 📅 Thursday 10 July · 🕓 16:00–19:30📍 Alte Mensa, JGU Mainz🗣️ Language: English 🎯 Crisis simulation · 🤝 Group debates 🍻 After-workshop drinks 👉 Register now

JGU-Forschungspodcast-Moderator Lawrence Meinig (l.) mit Gesprächsgast Prof. Kai Arzheimer vom Institut für Politikwissenschaft der JGU (r.) (Foto/©: Philipp Neuweiler)

🎧 HÖRTIPP: #Forschungspodcast #MindsOfMainz – #DerGutenbergTalk | Folge 24: Wehrhafte #Demokratie – ein Bekenntnis zu Freiheit und gemeinsamen Werten | mit Prof. Kai Arzheimer 👉 www.magazin.uni-mainz.de/minds-of-mai...

@kai-arzheimer.com @powimz.bsky.social

#Politikwissenschaft #Innenpolitik

Say hello to Marco Guglielmo! Marco will be visiting the Department until September 28th. His research project is on alternative political imaginaries of digital transition and artificial intelligence 🤖 #AI. More information here ➡️ 🔗 german.politics.uni-mainz.de/2025/06/26/n...

Herzlich willkommen zum Tag der Offenen Uni.
Am Pavillon der Politikwissenschaft gibt es nicht nur zahlreiche Infos zum Studium und praktische Tipps - sondern auch Überraschungen!

Wir freuen uns auf euch!

Jetzt: Forschungswerkstatt mit Michael Zürn 📢💻

Mehr Details zum Studiengang #Politikwissenschaft:
www.studium.uni-mainz.de/studienwahl/...

Wir brauchen Daten!

Im Rahmen eines meiner Seminare @powimz.bsky.social sollen die Studis auch eigene Erfahrungen mit der Datenerhebung sammeln. Dazu haben wir eine kleine Umfrage zusammengestellt (ca. 15 Min.). Wir sind dankbar für jede*n Teilnehmer*in :)
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Screenshot of the abstract of the paper, which reads: Opposition parties are central actors in accounts of democracies (e.g. Dahl 1966). Prior research addressed issues such as institutional factors to gauge the power wielded by opposition parties, and how they affect opposition parties’ choices for engaging in conflictual behaviour vis-à-vis the government or opting for cooperative approaches. However, scant attention has been devoted to understanding citizens’ views of such opposition party behaviour. We aim to fill this gap by examining how opposition parties’ choices of conflict or cooperation with the government affect citizens’ evaluations of both opposition and government parties. Our study centres on the case of Germany, where the considerable institutional power vested in opposition parties provides a framework for genuine choice between cooperation and conflict. We use data from four large-scale survey experiments in which we systematically manipulated opposition party behaviour. These experiments were conducted between 2020 and 2022, allowing us to study the effects of opposition party behaviour in different contexts, including cases of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in the realm of more everyday politics. Although mixed, the results suggest that cooperative opposition party behaviour provides a promising, often overlooked avenue for opposition parties to attract citizens.

New paper in @prxjournal.bsky.social

We conducted 4 experiments in Germany to examine how voters respond when opposition parties choose conflict or cooperation with the government.

Findings: Cooperation tends to win more support

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2474...

#polisky

Germany's 2025 election and its aftermath - kai arzheimer Germany's 2025 early election was a political earthquake. How did we end up in this mess, and what does it mean for Germany and Europe? Here is my attempt at an answer.

If you are German, you're likely sick & tired of the #btw25 election and its aftermath. If not, you may be interested in how we got here and what it means for 🇩🇪 &🇪🇺. A huge thank-you to @vasilikigeo.bsky.social & the 🇬🇷 office of @fesonline.bsky.social & all others! The slides are here ⬇️