"So legt das Rhein-Niedrigwasser fünf Schlüsselindustrien lahm" "Der Wasserstand im Rhein zeigt teilweise nicht mal die Hälfte des Normalwerts an. Für die deutsche Wirtschaft wird das zur existenziellen Bedrohung." Erinnert ihr auch an #Merz im April? 🤡 …hier als Video www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/...

Michael Albert@michlalbrt.bsky.social · 2d ago

Friedrich Merz: "Klimaschutz darf die industrielle Basis unserer Länder nicht gefährden."

Schon wieder ein neuer. Im Minutentakt jetzt…

Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine@chriswratil.bsky.social · yesterday

Und schon wieder ein neuer Allzeit-Wienrekord… #wienliebe

Und schon wieder ein neuer Allzeit-Wienrekord… #wienliebe

Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine@chriswratil.bsky.social · 2d ago

I am sure this is all fine…

65:3 🐟️ #VoterPerceptions on minority governments? 🤔 @jwaeckerle.bsky.social & @sopro.bsky.social survey citizens in Denmark, Germany, and Sweden to explore what #Voters know about minority governments and how they perceive their representational qualities 📊 buff.ly/Mr2KkMS

Political knowledge and perceptions of minority governments in Europe | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Political knowledge and perceptions of minority governments in Europe - Volume 65 Issue 3

cambridge.org

I am sure this is all fine…

It is much simpler: We know what we emitted since we know how much fossil fuel has been burned. And that’s twice as much as has accumulated in the atmosphere. So nature hasn’t been a source but a sink: oceans and forests took up half. And that’s also observed fact. www.climate.gov/news-feature...

How do we know the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is caused by humans?

Fossil fuels are the only source of carbon dioxide large enough to raise atmospheric carbon dioxide amounts so high so quickly.

climate.gov

It’s now official: June–July 2026 was the most anomalously warm two-month period ever recorded in France by a staggering margin. France is now virtually certain to record its warmest summer on record.

„Heiß war es früher auch schon“ - wer sowas noch sagt braucht ernsthaft Hilfe - denkt an Eure Mitbürger…!

Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d ago

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

It's publication day for the 5th edition of the European Union Law textbook edited by Catherine Barnard and me! Thanks as always to my co-editor, the brilliant contributors and the OUP production team global.oup.com/ukhe/product...

NYT: "Bordeaux never experienced a day w/ temps at or above 39 Celsius (102.2 degrees) between 1921 and 2000, according to Météo-France, the national climate and weather service. This summer, it has happened eight times, including on Wednesday, and the season is not even half over."

How about bottles that really mattered, rather than plastic bottles...

Ramin Nasibov@nasibov.me · 2w ago

My concept for the future €100 banknote 🇪🇺

Just an enormous difference in Russian support for the war when comparing direct question estimates with experiments from list experiments. Also, peep those CIs! sensitivity bias has to be HUGE (which it apparently is in this case) to be detected with Direct - List

Georgy Tarasenko@tarasenkogeorgy.bsky.social · last wk.

Every wave after that splits. Direct support holds at ~75%. Indirect support drops to 44–58%. The gap runs from 16 to 30 percentage points.

Ich frage mein vierjähriges Kind, ob es nicht mal das Puzzle aufräumen will... "Papa, nein, passt scho. Das passt scho!" Ich bin wohl definitiv in Österreich angekommen, oder zumindest Österreich bei mir im Wohnzimmer. 😄

Job alert 🚨! We have a six-year postdoc position with our department 👇. If you work in areas we work in and/or extend our work in interesting ways, please consider applying. We have a lot of diverse projects, international staff, run our business in English & are located in one of the best cities 🌍.

Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government@stawi-univie.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨Open Position! We are looking for a University Assistant Postdoc (40h/week) Start: 1 October 2026 Application deadline: 20 August 2026 Find the full job advertisement here 👇 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

Serbian President Vucic announced he’ll resign after 18 months of student protests. That’s Bangladesh, Nepal, Madagascar, Bulgaria, Hungary, and now Serbia, all in the past two years. Anti-corruption is the most potent force for positive political change right now. The US remains ripe.

Serbian President Vucic says he will resign within weeks

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday he would resign ​within weeks and the country will hold early presidential and parliamentary elections, following 18 months of anti-government prote...

reuters.com

🚨We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher (80%) at the University of Zurich within the new Horizon Europe project WELFAIR on the political implications of technological change, demographic ageing and rising inequality. The full job ad is here: tinyurl.com/3b6ddm25 Apply by August 9, 2026.

How should social scientific research deal with & integrate AI (ethically)? Read this piece 👇. It is hard for me to think of any point in this I do not agree with. Only one thought: Why not test authors‘ understanding before publication in Q&A with editors & reviewers? jameslake.org/papers/CJE_A...

Thrilled to share that I‘ll arrive in Newcastle right on time for ENG-ARG tonight! ⚽️ —- For folks attending ISPP (@ispp-pops.bsky.social @polpsyispp.bsky.social): spend your Thursday with me! I‘m presenting 3 papers (w @chriswratil.bsky.social, @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, + Greta Groß). 🧵1/3

Very belatedly sharing this because the last months were busy: The limits of appraisal theory for political emotions is out in Political Psychology! @gijsschumacher.bsky.social, @mrooduijn.bsky.social and I ask whether appraisal theories of emotion work the same way in politics as in everyday life.

The limits of appraisal theory for political emotions: Evidence from two U.S. surveys

Emotions, such as anger and anxiety, play a central role in political behavior and are extensively studied by political scientists. However, political science has largely adopted psychological theori...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Als ob es um den Wissenschaftsstandort Deutschland 2026 schon nicht schlecht genug bestellt wäre…

Sabine Döring@sabinedoering.bsky.social · 4w ago

„Forschung ist kein Selbstzweck. Forschung muss zu Wertschöpfung, Produktion und Innovation in Deutschland und in Europa führen“, so der @bundeskanzler. Die Wissenschaftsfreiheit, wie sie Art. 5 Abs. 3 GG und das Bundesverfassungsgericht verstehen, setzt einen anderen Maßstab. 🧵 1/n

Why does democracy backslide even when most people say they support it? ⚖️🏛️ Senior Scientist Dr. Marta Vukovic @martav.bsky.social explains why citizens sometimes tolerate democratic violations and what it takes to protect liberal democracy in Rudolphina's newest article and video. ⬇️ @univie.ac.at

Democratic backsliding explained | University of Vienna

Democracy can backslide even when most people say they support it. University of Vienna political scientist Marta Vukovic explains why citizens sometimes tolerate democratic violations and what it tak...

rudolphina.univie.ac.at

Hottest day on record — in June!

Alan Gerard@wxmanms1.bsky.social · last mo.

France experienced its hottest day on record today as temperatures exceeded 43C (~110F) in some areas - heat will build north and east with central/eastern Europe exceeding 40C (104F) by this weekend with all-time records possible. tinyurl.com/2u9hv8t9

#Kettenvertragsregel (§109) abschaffen: prinzipiell Fortschritt für den universitären Mittelbau, ist aber ohne de facto Schaffung unbefristerer Stellen (Stichwort Budget) schlichtes Wiedereinstellungsverbot und könnte die Situation dadurch verschlimmern. Was genau ist geplant? #Austria #science

Got a PhD in social sciences and expertise in (digital) survey research and programming? We are looking for you! With the establishment of the new #NexusSoSci facility we are seeking to hire a Senior Scientist for the Online-Panel Lab. 📅Deadline: 22nd of June Find out more and apply ⬇️

One of the most intriguing papers I read during the last years 👇

Werner Krause@krausewe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social) Do opinion polls shape election results? Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Human in the loop sounds great but is probably as transitional and perhaps as delusional as speed limits on early locomotives, so they would not outpace pedestrians or horses. 🐎

Das Studium sollte im Normalfall Vollzeitbeschäftigung sein. Studiengänge sind auf 1500+ Stunden Arbeit pro Jahr ausgelegt. Wir haben in 🇩🇪&🇦🇹 viel zu viele Studierende die wegen Jobs 30-40 Stunden Lernzeit/Woche nicht erreichen *können*. Weniger 💰 = mehr Jobs = längere Studienzeit = Kosten für alle!

Dennis Horn@dennishorn.de · 2mo ago

Die Mieten in Hochschulstädten explodieren, die Lebenshaltung wird allgemein deutlich teurer, nur 11 Prozent der Studierenden bekommen BAföG - aber für Doro Bär sind Studierende "privilegiert", und es werde kein "Vollkaskostudium" geben. ➡️ www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...

Jede 5. Mitarbeiter:in österreichischer #Universitäten #einsparen: klar, wozu brauchen wir die auch? Ah, Lehre. Hm, Forschung. Aaaah, wir leben in einer "Wissensökonomie". Dammit. Was, der Arbeitsmarkt braucht jetzt die graduates auch noch...? #uni-super-gau www.kleinezeitung.at/artikel/2496...

Unis sparen 2,5 Milliarden, jeder 5. Mitarbeiter und Spitäler betroffen

Die heimischen Unis reagieren in einer eilig einberufenen Pressekonferenz auf „beispielloses“ Sparpaket der Bundesregierung.

kleinezeitung.at

Unfassbare Mathematik: #Universitäten betragen *4%* des #österreichischen #Bundesbudgets. Sie sollen um *14%* gekürzt werden, um *40%* des Budgetlochs zu bezahlen. #Budgetloch: 2,5 Mrd € #Uni-Kürzung: 1 Mrd € Und ich dachte #GernotBlümel hatte es mit den Nullen ,000 🤯

This is a bad survey question. It’s very difficult for people to distinguish recent changes in “flow” (eg. inflation or net migration) from historical changes in “stock” (eg. cost of living or number of migrants). www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Voters across parties believe UK net migration is rising despite sharp drop

Study, published as latest migration figures are released, shows incorrect perceptions driving immigration debate

theguardian.com