Corinna Kroeber

@corinnakroeber.bsky.social

Professor of Comparative Politics @unigreifswald.bsky.social | Interested in the study of parliaments, political representation, women as political actors, prime ministers | she/her

🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years) We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald. ✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group

Postdoctoral Research Associate - International Research Training Group 2560 “Baltic Peripeties" 25/E19

Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

uni-greifswald.de

A highly relevant topic studied by an excellent scholar. Well-invested money by the ERC! Congratulations @wurthmann.bsky.social Looking forward to hear more about this project.

Constantin Wurthmann@wurthmann.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”. #ERCStG

🚨 Women will disappear from the next Bundestag! While national news reports close to equal % of women candidates compared to 2021 shorturl.at/KSYvj, the upcoming election on Feb 23 will lead to an even more male-dominated parliament. Here's why the new electoral system is pushing women out—🧵

Is the idea of weak CEE PMs a myth? Our dataset reveals wide variability in PM performance, challenging assumptions of uniform weakness. PMs with strong parliamentary & party backing excelled at conflict resolution & policy influence. CEE PMs are far more dynamic than stereotypes suggest.

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Corinna Kroeber@corinnakroeber.bsky.social · 2y ago

🔍 Interested in prime ministers’ careers, performance, or politics in CEE? Our new OUP book will be worth your time. Why bother reading the 228 pages? Over the next days, @janberz.bsky.social & I will share threads summarizing its main contributions. Stay tuned!

Our book rethinks prime-ministerial performance by asking: What tasks must PMs fulfill in parliamentary democracies? Using a "delegation chain" framework, we identify 2 core tasks: 1️⃣ Running state affairs (e.g., cabinet conflicts, policies, crises). 2️⃣ Maintaining parliamentary & party support.

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Corinna Kroeber@corinnakroeber.bsky.social · 2y ago

🔍 Interested in prime ministers’ careers, performance, or politics in CEE? Our new OUP book will be worth your time. Why bother reading the 228 pages? Over the next days, @janberz.bsky.social & I will share threads summarizing its main contributions. Stay tuned!

🔍 Interested in prime ministers’ careers, performance, or politics in CEE? Our new OUP book will be worth your time. Why bother reading the 228 pages? Over the next days, @janberz.bsky.social & I will share threads summarizing its main contributions. Stay tuned!

Corinna Kroeber@corinnakroeber.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎉 Excited to announce our book "Prime Ministers in Central and Eastern Europe: Careers, Context, and Performance" is out and published by Oxford University Press! Co-authored by the amazing Florian Grotz, @janberz.bsky.social, & Marko Kukec. More: academic.oup.com/book/59247