Super happy to see this finally published 🥳 Germany continues to be an intriguing case to study the rural-urban divide in!
Kai Arzheimer@kai-arzheimer.com · 2mo ago🚨 🚨 🚨 new publication (with @antonialang.bsky.social) klaxon!!! Over the past decade, scholars have increasingly turned to “place” as a key factor in political behaviour — particularly on the far right, in Europe & the US. Urban-rural divides are especially intriguing. But are they true cleavages? 🤔
Yesterday, @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social presented his paper "There is nothing here! Unequal access to services and rural resentment in Spain" to my BA seminar about the rural-urban divide in Europe. Thank you, Rubén, for giving my students the opportunity to talk to a seasoned scholar!
@jessicakuhlm.bsky.social & @antonialang.bsky.social contrast the phenomenon of (rural) areas with relatively few immigrants being especially hostile towards immigration and high in support for right-wing populist parties with not necessarily inversed urban areas (🔓): doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Delighted to see this paper, co-authored by brilliant @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social, published!
Jessica Kuhlmann@jessicakuhlm.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew paper out with @antonialang.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social 📣 Why is support for the Alternative for Germany often high in low-diversity rural areas, while ethnically diverse cities show mixed patterns? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Do voters vote strategically to prevent the AfD from winning a direct mandate? Short answer: yes. Long answer: read now in a new open access paper by Sven Hillen and @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Blocking the Radical Right: Evidence from Strategic Candidate Voting Against the AfD in Germany’s 2025 Federal Election - Politische Vierteljahresschrift
This paper examines strategic candidate voting against radical-right parties, focusing on the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Germany’s 2025 federal election. Germany has long been considered “hard g...
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🎉 Really happy to see my first single-authored article published in @politicalgeography.bsky.social ! It analyses how inequalities in access to basic services (healthcare, education, roads, and internet coverage) affect levels of rural resentment 👇 [1/5] www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
There is nothing here! Unequal access to services and rural resentment in Spain
The rural-urban divide in political attitudes and behaviour has gained increasing attention in recent years. One of the key unresolved debates in this…
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Told a colleague presenting a paper today that his research was neither novel nor interesting and that he failed to engage with the relevant literature. #WomenInMaleFields
Gamer sind politisch. Sie sind aber keine politisch homogene Gruppe! Die neue Studie "Spielräume für Demokratie" zeichnet ein detailliertes BIld einer Gruppe über die viel geredet wird, aber selten anhand von empirischen Daten.
if you work online all day, avoid eye strain with the 20-20-20 rule! after 20 minutes of work, look at something 20 feet away, then leave ithaca to fight in the trojan war and return 20 years later a broken man
It was a pleasure to present one of my thesis' articles to the undergraduate students of the "Politisches Verhalten in Stadt und Land - Einzelansicht" seminar at @goetheuni.bsky.social Many thanks to Antonia Lang for the opportunity and to the audience for their comments!
