I am hiring! A postdoctoral position (100%, 3 years, renewable) is available at the University of Potsdam. The successful candidate will contribute to research on education and the life course and to teaching. Application deadline: August 15, 2026. See: www.uni-potsdam.de/en/socedlico...

(1/3) Hitze macht gerade allen zu schaffen 🥵 Und trotzdem gibt es sehr unterschiedliche Realitäten: Während manche kühle Rückzugsorte haben, leben andere mit sehr begrenzten Möglichkeiten.

Frühe Armutserfahrung prägt langfristig die Wahlbeteiligung

Kinderarmut beeinflusst nicht nur Bildungswege, Gesundheit und Lebenschancen, sondern auch die politische Teilhabe. Neue Studienergebnisse zeigen: Wer in Armut aufwächst, beteiligt sich langfristig se...

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🚨New paper out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social! I examine how high rental prices influence local political satisfaction in German cities. 🔎🏢 doi.org/10.1017/S175... For a preview of the results check the 🧵below👇:

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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-...

🚀 Very much looking forward to our new @dfg.de/ @agencerecherche.bsky.social project RECOGNITION with @mfilsinger.bsky.social 🙏 Big thanks to @nilssteiner.bsky.social and @clandwehr.bsky.social for very helpful feedback on the proposal 🎓 Apply now for one of the PhD positions in the project team ⬇️

Maximilian Filsinger@mfilsinger.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In December 2025, @ackermannk.bsky.social and I got the exciting news that our project RECOGNITION: How Social Status and Recognition Shape Attachment to Democracy in France and Germany will be funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social & @dfg.de consortium for three years with around 450.000 €! 🎉

In December 2025, @ackermannk.bsky.social and I got the exciting news that our project RECOGNITION: How Social Status and Recognition Shape Attachment to Democracy in France and Germany will be funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social & @dfg.de consortium for three years with around 450.000 €! 🎉

New 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...

If you ever wondered about the development of German wealth and its visibility in the public - I highly recommend reading Emma's piece 👏

Emma Ischinsky@emmaischinsky.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The first paper of my dissertation is published now in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social! Press coverage of the richest Germans is rare but focused on a minority of highly visible individuals and varies along the historical origins of fortunes. doi.org/10.1177/00380385261428292

Up next in our online series on comparative political economy (MAX CPE): Lukas Hakelberg on “Coalition Formation and the Sovereignty of Tax Havens: A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Bahamas and Bermuda”. 🗓️ March 18, 13:00 -14:00 📍 online 📧 Sign up: maxcpe@mpifg.de s.gwdg.de/2MkmvR

📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September. The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe. 🗓 Deadline: May 17 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract

For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026

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Excited to share a new #OA study with @dariatisch.bsky.social and @schechtlm.bsky.social🎉We show that while most people prefer equal inheritance, wealthy individuals are more willing to support unequal transfers when they help preserve wealth across generations ➡️ academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

How do workers respond to using AI technology? For @defactoexpert.bsky.social I had the opportunity to highlight the implications of our recent @jeppjournal.bsky.social article. Read more in the blog!

Defacto Expert@defactoexpert.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The surprising sociotropic effects of generative AI exposure on social policy preferences – @mhaslberger.bsky.social, Jane Gingrich, Jasmine Bhatia As AI rapidly enters workplaces, a crucial question arises: how do workers respond when they use this technology? www.defacto.expert/2026/02/18/t...

I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it

I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.

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1/ Does growing up poor always lead to political apathy? Very happy to share my first paper published (open access) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, where I show that parents' influence mitigates the poverty gap in participation, while economic mobility does not. 🔗 shorturl.at/p5Bac

What an interesting presentation today by @clarawe.bsky.social (and @leoazzollini.bsky.social ) on social origins and electoral participation.

Arrived in beautiful #Oxford and looking forward to a very interesting autumn working with @leoazzollini.bsky.social, Tim Vlandas and many more - while thinking of Israel with a heavy heart 💔