Heike Klüver

Abstract of the article "Parties' issue responsiveness between elections" by Cornelius Erfort, Heike Klüver, and Lukas F. Stoetzer, published online first in West European Politics.

Marginal effects plot showing the relationship between changes in polls and subsequent party issue attention in press releases, split by party issue ownership, issue salience, and being the main issue of a successful competitor.

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Do parties shift their issue priorities when polls drop?

Examining press releases across 68 parties in 9 countries, @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social , @heikekluever.bsky.social & @lstoetze.bsky.social find little evidence that they do.

🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Can democracy be saved? Political scientist Professor Heike Klüver
@heikekluever.bsky.social of @humboldtuni.bsky.social, addressed this question at the first spring #BrownBag event.
Her upcoming book explores what we can concretely do to protect democracy.

👉 www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...

🧺 Paper Picnic 2.0 is here! More journals. New features. An easier way to keep up with the latest research in political science and adjacent fields. 🧵👇

🎤 Delighted to give the keynote today at the 6th Annual Conference of the Political Psychology Network!

🏛️ I present my current book project on how democratic resilience can be strengthened — and which evidence-based interventions actually work.

Looking forward to the exchange!

Join us for the 1st Brown Bag event of the spring semester, featuring Professor Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social
from the @humboldtuni.bsky.social (Humboldt University of Berlin)

📅 17 Feb 2026
⏲️ 12–1 PM (CET)
📍 Maker Space, the Hertie School

Register: www.hertie-school.org/en/datascien...

Perceived inequality and populism | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Perceived inequality and populism - Volume 65 Issue 1

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🆕 Perceived #Inequality and #Populism 🗣️

Evidence across Denmark, Germany and Italy show that people who perceive great inequality are more likely to hold #Populist attitudes according to @lstoetze.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke & @heikekluever.bsky.social

Excited to welcome the fabulous @tinepaulsen.bsky.social today at our Politics Lecture Series at @humboldtuni.bsky.social. Come and join us!

Thanks for coming @haasvioleta.bsky.social! We've learnt a lot!

❓ Who becomes a lobbyist – and through which career paths?

Come and join us for my talk at the Center for Conflict Research in Marburg tonight!

👉 Many thanks to my colleagues in Marburg for the invitation, and to the @dfg.de for funding the #MINLOBBY project.

📘 Presenting my new book project “How Democracies Can Survive” at the University of Hamburg

Come join us if you’re around! 👋

📅 Wednesday, 14 January 2026
⏰ 17:15–18:45
📍 VMP9, Room B130

👉 Many thanks to the HPS³ team for the invitation — looking forward to the discussion!

👏 Congratulations as well to the second prize winner, Marie Kübler!

🙏 Special thanks to the @dfg.de for generously funding this research.

📄 Read the article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎉 Excited to share that our article “Adopting restriction: how coalition governments respond to radical right parties” (with @fabioellger.bsky.social) has won the Gordon Smith & Vincent Wright Memorial Prize 2025 from @wepsocial.bsky.social 🏆

📣 Does homophobia win elections?

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📌 Far-right and illiberal leaders increasingly use anti-LGBTQ rhetoric as a political tool. A new study by @haasvioleta.bsky.social, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social and @lstoetze.bsky.social shows this strategy can yield direct electoral benefits.

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🗳️ Great workshop on young voters & the rise of the far right bringing together researchers, policymakers & civil society

🚀 Inspiring discussions on how to strengthen democratic resilience

📊 Insights: from the #COVIDEU project
🏛️ Host: @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
🌟 Funding: @volkswagenstiftung.de

Yes, that's correct, Andreas: www.gsi.uni-muenchen.de/institut/lau...

Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.

🚀 Giving the Laufer Lecture at the LMU!

🏛️ Honored to speak about current challenges to democracy and how we can strengthen democratic resilience.

📊 Amongst others, I present our Brandmauer study featured in a recent op-ed in the SZ.

📅 24 Nov 2025, 14:00
📍 Great Hall (E120)

tinyurl.com/3shaawbt

📣 Tomorrow!

Why are far-right parties becoming more attractive to young people — and what can strengthen democratic resilience?

Join researchers, policymakers, educators & civil society for insights and discussion.

🗓️ Berlin, 21 Nov, 14–17h
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw

Hi @chanret.bsky.social, you can find the preprint here: osf.io/preprints/so...

Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.

📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”

I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies

➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)

tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2

Morgen sind: Daniel Ziblatt, Thomas Weber, Daniel Siemens, Tamara Ehs, Heike Klüver u.v.a. im GORKI Theater in Berlin. Und im Livestream ab 19.30h – im Rat der Geschichte: Was hilft gegen die AfD?

Morgen sind: Daniel Ziblatt, Thomas Weber, Daniel Siemens, Tamara Ehs, Heike Klüver u.v.a. im GORKI Theater in Berlin. Und im Livestream ab 19.30h – im Rat der Geschichte: Was hilft gegen die AfD?

Morgen sind: Daniel Ziblatt, Thomas Weber, Daniel Siemens, Tamara Ehs, Heike Klüver u.v.a. im GORKI Theater in Berlin. Und im Livestream ab 19.30h – im Rat der Geschichte: Was hilft gegen die AfD?

www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...

🔹 Roundtable Discussion
Moderated by @markuskollberg.bsky.social
With
💬 Dr. Lena Gumnior (MP, The Greens)
💬 Sara Binzer Hobolt (LSE)
💬 Heike Klüver (HU Berlin)
💬 Theresa Kuhn (Uni Amsterdam)
💬 Max Hilse (Löbau lebt e.V. & Görlitz District Youth Council)
💬 Andrei Arnst (Principal, Neuenhagen School)

With insights from the #COVIDEU project, featuring
@sarahobolt.bsky.social
@heikekluever.bsky.social
@theresakuhn.bsky.social
Michał Krawczyk
@djordjemilosav.bsky.social
@tonirodon.bsky.social

More and more young people are turning to the far right. Why and what can we do about it?

Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies.

🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw

👉 What works against right-wing extremism?

Excited to discuss this question with Tamara Ehs, Carolin Lange, Daniel Siemens, Thomas Weber & Daniel Ziblatt at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater - together with German politicians and author Mely Kiyak.

🗓️ Nov 8, 7:30 pm
🔗 www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...

🚀 Join us for a number of exciting talks in our Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social!

Why do people turn to populist parties? 🤔

📣 Our new study just published at @ejprjournal.bsky.social shows it’s not just real inequality - it’s perceived inequality that drives populism.

📌 Blog: hu-govlab.de/en/perceived...
📊 Study: tinyurl.com/msnndnpn
🏛️ Funded by: @scripts-berlin.eu

📣 Check out the latest post on
@transformecon.bsky.social, a blog by @bertelsmannst.bsky.social. It's by researchers affiliated with Humboldt GovLab: @timwapps.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social & @antvalentim.bsky.social. 🎉

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🚀 Excited to kick off the 1st Annual Workshop of the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social at @humboldtuni.bsky.social today!

💥 Looking forward to engaging discussions on democracy, governance, and how to strengthen democratic resilience.

🔗 More about the GovLab: hu-govlab.de

How nuclear power hurts the Greens: Evidence from German nuclear power plants What are the electoral consequences of nuclear energy for Green parties? Despite the centrality of nuclear opposition to Green party platforms, and th…

1/ New paper out in Electoral Studies with @heikekluever.bsky.social and @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social
We show that nuclear power plants reduce electoral support for Green parties in Germany.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A thread on the paper: