Christoph Nguyen
@cgnguyen.bsky.social
Lecturer of political science at the Freie Universität Berlin. I study emotions, methods, and all the depressing things.
📚 Hot off the press: In this new piece, Gabriele Abels and I look at the role of Germany’s #federal electoral system in the rise of the #AfD – a particularly relevant question ahead of the upcoming elections in #SaxonyAnhalt and beyond. 👉 doi.org/10.5771/9783...
Question for the #polsci bubble: Are there any models on party cohesion and party splitting, which might tell us something about the near future of the German conservative party CDU/CSU, with their upcoming decision about how to deal with the AfD?
New paper with Yanna Krupnikov out in Political Communication! 🎉 We know moral-emotional content ("moral outrage") spreads fast on social media. But does that mean people actually want to see it? We tested whether people select this content when given the choice - turns out, not really.
Rethinking Assumptions About Moral Content Selection: Moral-Emotional Content May Be Less Appealing Than Assumed
Recent work has shown that moral-emotional content spreads rapidly on social media platforms such as X (Twitter). These patterns have led to concerns that social media facilitates the spread of mor...
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🍋 18.3 Who should make policy in a federal system? 🇩🇪 @jos38.bsky.social, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social's Antonios Souris, @cgnguyen.bsky.social & @lenamasch.bsky.social use a German experiment to show that citizens do care about which level of government decides, and why. buff.ly/VVnmFZ5
Federalism and citizen preferences: a vignette experiment on policy-making in Germany | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Federalism and citizen preferences: a vignette experiment on policy-making in Germany - Volume 18 Issue 3
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Doing this makes me realize two things: I like what I like but also, I need to diversify my reading habits. Recommendations more than welcome. Adrian Tchaikovsky Max Gladstone N.K. Jemisin Ann Leckie China Miéville
Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 2mo agofive living writers that you've read five books by each Rita Dove Tasha Suri Courtney Milan Grant Morrison Tom Perrotta
How does federalism work in your country? Or in another country? Our new book series ‘Federalism Across the World’ (with Eduardo Grin, published by Palgrave Macmillan) will offer short, accessible introductions and comparative insights.
Listening to “If books could kill” is really ruining my enjoyment of “pop science“ books. Are there some recommendations for some that don’t suck ? (However defined)
🚀 New publication! Super happy that my study on local responses to the #FarRight is now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social! 😍 Focusing on mayors in Germany, I show why their role perceptions are crucial for maintaining the #Brandmauer (cordon sanitaire). 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474... #OpenAccess
So great to see this wonderful new paper out as part of our forthcoming special issue (with @matthiasdilling.bsky.social) in @prxjournal.bsky.social.
Anna-Sophie Heinze@asheinze.bsky.social · 3mo ago🚀 New publication! Super happy that my study on local responses to the #FarRight is now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social! 😍 Focusing on mayors in Germany, I show why their role perceptions are crucial for maintaining the #Brandmauer (cordon sanitaire). 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474... #OpenAccess
New publication with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org: In “Crises and Electoral Accountability” I ask how voters evaluate governments after different exogenous crises - and which crisis characteristics affect performance & responsibility judgments by voters. OA: doi.org/10.1017/gov.... 1/9
🚨New article🎉 ➡️ Parliamentary power in early representative assemblies: evidence from XVII century England, published at @JHPE_journal and co-authored with Tom Paskhalis www.emerald.com/jhpe/article... (1/n)
Parliamentary power in early representative assemblies: evidence from XVII century England
The patterns of behaviour of representatives in early parliaments have not received much attention in the political science literature. In this article, we bring in new data and propose several theore...
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I miss my old WinAmp/Itunes life. Rating songs, smart playlists, curated music. What is the best way to recreate this in 2026? Plex seems a bit overkill?
Not so hot take: Page or word limits for journal articles that include bibliography are anti-science and absolutely unecessary in an age of mostly PDF papers.
A simple UK tourist visa now costs 210 GBP? (135 GBP + a mandatory 75 Extra charge to get your biometrics verified because there is not a single free place to do that in all of Germany?). That is outrageous.
What drives legislators' emotional engagement with climate issues? I explore the role of their age and party affiliation and over-time developments in a new research note in European Journal of Political Research. (a thread)
Populist radical right parties (PRRPs) predominantly appeal to negative emotions, like fear and anger. But this is not the whole story. @prxjournal.bsky.social, I ask to what extent and why PRRPs add positive emotions to negative ones in their appeals to voters. 🍹🍸 🧵 doi.org/10.1080/2474...
A complex cocktail: reappraising the role of positive emotions in the appeal of populist radical right parties
Negative emotions are held to be at the very core of the emotional appeal of populist radical right parties (PRRP). Building on emerging studies that paint a more nuanced picture, I argue that appe...
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👇That, and the opportunity to be part of a research community featuring rockstar colleagues inlcuding Drew, Asya Magazinnik, Lynn Kaack, Will Lowe, and more great people at @hertieschool.bsky.social!
Drew Dimmery@ddimmery.com · 4mo agoThe Hertie School Data Science Lab is hiring a postdoc. This is an appealing position with fairly low teaching/admin responsibilities and a lot of freedom to develop your research agenda. Feel free to reach out if you want to know more! hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...
Out now in #Socio-EconomicReview ( @sasemeeting.bsky.social) "Individual ideology and biased perceptions of relative income position" Jointly with @mbusemeyer.bsky.social (@excinequality.bsky.social) & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social 🔗 academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
Finally get to use this in my slides. Bucket list item achieved.
#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - Federalism and citizen preferences: a vignette experiment on policy-making in Germany - https://cup.org/3QDZnyY - @jos38.bsky.social, Antonios Souris, @cgnguyen.bsky.social & @lenamasch.bsky.social #FirstView
Under apreciated perk of teaching: Exposing students to 16 year old memes.
Do citizens care who makes policy? In Germany, some policies can be adopted either by federal or state governments. But do voters have preferences over which actor adopts a policy? Turns out, they mostly do not. New paper out @epsrjournal.bsky.social 🧵 1/8 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Federalism and citizen preferences: a vignette experiment on policy-making in Germany | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Federalism and citizen preferences: a vignette experiment on policy-making in Germany
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I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Bremen. 5-year-contract, top-up to 100% possible for most of the contract period. Apply by 04 May 2026. If you have questions about the position, send me an email! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
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Emerging after a long day of research and student supervision to read the news and bluesky.
a man in a suit is carrying a stack of pizza boxes .
ALT: a man in a suit is carrying a stack of pizza boxes .
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psychologists and ingroup/identity folks: any work you can point me to on research that looks at cases where an ingroup lacks a clear outgroup? I'm thinking this may be an intriguing idea for thinking about state identities in the US.
