@meretstephan.bsky.social
PolSci PhD Candidate at EUI
Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Bei einem 36jährigen Neonazi in Kärnten hat die Polizei neben NS-Material und Drogen (Heroin, Kokain, Cannabis) eine geladene Schrotflinte, ein Kleinkalibergewehr, Munition und drei "machetenähnliche Messer" gefunden.
Ich vermute, bei einer IS-Fahne wäre die Aufregung deutlich größer.
Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.
07.08.2025 16:48 — 👍 115 🔁 74 💬 1 📌 1Es wurden heute übrigens viele Waffen bei einem rechtsextremen Multimillionär und Kreistagsfraktionsmitglied der AfD in MV gefunden. Das sollte nicht untergehen.
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📢 CALL FOR PAPERS!
We’re looking for presenters for the upcoming term (early October to mid-December 2025).
If you’d like to present, please fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🗓 Deadline for proposals: August 31
🚨New article w/ @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter
Protest and the rise of left-nationalist challengers: evidence from Germany
📔 Social Movement Studies
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1474...
In 2022, Germany faced a cost-of-living crisis.
Many expected a “Hot Autumn” of mass protest—but it never happened. Why?
Proportion of Papers by Year and Team Type
Excited to kick off #EPSA2025 on Day 1, Panel 1! 🎉
I’ll present my co-authored research with @michaelimre.bsky.social on 50 years of gender representation in political science publications. We analyze nearly 100,000 articles across 72 journals to uncover long-term trends. 🔍
@epsanet.bsky.social
Screenshot of the abstract of the article.
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION! Who belongs to “the people” – and who does not?
What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
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Rechtsextremistisches Personenpotenzial. Grafik von Dobrindt: Liegt bei etwa 50.000
Achse kleiner, dadurch bei Linksextremismus deutlich längere Balken
Sachen gibt's: Wenn man die Skalierung der Achse ändert, ist auf einmal der Balken beim Linksextremismus länger.
10.06.2025 11:40 — 👍 4475 🔁 1499 💬 192 📌 167Why do some protests go viral, why others don’t – and what does that say about democracy & mobilisation? ✊
In this #MyEUIResearch video, @meretstephan.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social investigates how migration-related protests can shape public opinion, party politics & policy.
📹 buff.ly/Qny3Ctq
🇪🇺🇦🇫 Published Today in CPS 🇪🇺🇦🇫
“Stand by those who share our values” – how refugees fleeing the Taliban improved European attitudes toward immigration
Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os...
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🚨Publication Alert
Very happy to share that my second PhD paper is now out with @govandopp.bsky.social 🤗🎉
Do populist politicians use simpler language? I analyse 30 years of parliamentary discourse to shed light on that question! 👇
Full article: doi.org/10.1017/gov....
#OpenAccess
Published Today in PSRM:
Based on a novel “Multiple Unexpected Events during Survey Design” (MUESD), I contextualize previous findings suggesting that Europeans become more empathetic toward migrants when exposed to migrant suffering.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Summary Thread: 1/15
Vielen Dank! Leider nicht, dass ich wüsste, aber unter diesem Link findet man immer die aktuellen: www.wzb.eu/en/publicati...
27.01.2025 08:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🔗Full Paper: bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2025/zz2...
🙏Thanks to Swen Hutter, @chjncke.bsky.social, @charlottekuberka.bsky.social, @hannaschwander.bsky.social @csiebler.bsky.social, and the Center for Civil Society Colloquium @wzb.bsky.social for commenting on earlier versions of this article.
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🤷♂️ So, what happened with the Green party?
The party has shifted its stance on migration from 2021 to 2024, adopting a more critical position after entering government. This shift has resulted in the loss of its status as an 'institutional ally' of anti-racist protesters.
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These results hold strong across alternative specs: repeated protest exposure (number of events) and protest participants (various operationalization).
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We find:
1) local anti-racist protest reduced AfD vote shares in German Federal Election 2021 and in the European Election 2024;
2) Green benefitted from anti-racist protests in the German Federal Election 2021, but not anymore in the European Election 2024.
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🧮Methodologically, we employ a diff-in-diff design to study how local anti-racist protests affected anti-migration (AfD) and pro-migration (Green party) vote share.
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To answer the question, we study two cases:
1⃣ Protests following the racist murder in Hanau in 2020 -> 2021 German Federal Election results
2⃣ Protests following the uncovering of mass deportation plans in 2024 -> 2024 European Election results
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A year ago, Germany experienced the largest protest wave in its history in response to the uncovering of racist mass-deportation plans by far-right actors.
theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
❓But what is the effect of such protests on subsequent elections?
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📢 New @wzb.bsky.social Working Paper w/ @lennartschuermann.bsky.social:
“How Anti-Racist Protests Influence Pro- and Anti-Migration Voting Behavior: Evidence from National and European Elections”
❗️Main finding: Anti-racist protests can change voting behavior towards a more inclusive society
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