Happy to share that the special issue "The Contestation of Gender Equality in Europe" has been published in "Culture, Practice & Europeanization" @nomosverlag.bsky.social Renée Krug, Monika Eigmüller & I are delighted that this issue features seven fantastic articles that explore various aspects 1/

"Es sind Politiker*innen, die nun das Leid der queeren Community schamlos für ihre Agenda ausnutzen, während sie die Fördergelder für queere Vereine, Hilfsprojekte und Kulturangebote kürzen oder dazu zumindest nichts sagen." @mamjahid.bsky.social

Anschlag auf Berliner CSD: Ausgenutztes Leid

Über den Anschlag auf den CSD in Berlin ist noch längst nicht alles klar. Und trotzdem wird queeres Leid bereits instrumentalisiert.

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Vielen Dank an @brodnig.bsky.social für das so wichtige und gut geschriebene Buch "Feindbild Frau" @brandstaetterv.bsky.social welches ich in den aktuellen @blaetter.bsky.social besprechen durfte. Absolute Leseempfehlung!!

"I find that hostility towards visible women differs from men in content, not volume. Visible women face similar volumes of generic hostility but twice as much gender-specific abuse as men." highly relevant study by Annie Jarman @bjpols.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨🚨New Online First!🚨🚨 Instagramming politics: Analyzing German MPs’ day-to-day activities on social media in non-campaign periods By @swallaschek.bsky.social & Lara Fuge Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1.... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Instagramming politics: Analyzing German MPs’ day-to-day activities on social media in non-campaign periods - Stefan Wallaschek, Lara Fuge, 2026

This article investigates how members of the 20th German Bundestag use Instagram during non-campaign periods. Drawing on research on visual political communicat...

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Had to read the following sentence twice: "Only in 2020, once the COVID-19 pandemic hit, did time open up, and I began writing the book in earnest." Well... not for everyone...

Excited to be at #ECPG26 in Newcastle next week as #agendis team and that @paulinea.bsky.social & Renée Krug and I present several ongoing research studies on gender inequalities and (anti-)gender discourses in Europe. A short project thread on what we will present on these three days 🧵1/

Seinfeld's Friday Happy Dance

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💥New | The lack of women at the top of the academic ladder is driven by unequal childcare responsibilities ✍️ @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @ansolassen.bsky.social & @valentinatartari.bsky.social #AcademicSky #Childcare #Motherhood (@cep-lse.bsky.social)

The lack of women at the top of the academic ladder is driven by unequal childcare responsibilities - LSE Impact

Motherhood, and the unequal childcare responsibilities that follow, explain a large share of the observed gender gap in academic employment. Sofie Cairo, Ria Ivandic, Anne Sophie Lassen and Valentina ...

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Häusliche-Gewalt-Vorwürfe gegen Zverev: Nicht „unser Sascha“ taz.de/Haeusliche-G...

Häusliche-Gewalt-Vorwürfe gegen Alexander Zverev: Nicht „unser Sascha“

Die deutsche Presse feiert den French-Open-Sieg des Tennisspielers Alexander Zverev. Haben die nicht ein Detail vergessen?

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#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - Parties, Gender, and Attitudes Toward Parenthood and Politics in Germany - https://cup.org/4elxZiO - @sfranceschet.bsky.social & @cvxydias.bsky.social #FirstView

"Immer wieder verdienen hier einzelne Accounts mit auffällig gut getimten Polit-Wetten viel Geld - nicht selten werden solche Wetten kurz vor offiziellen Ankündigungen von Trump getätigt" 🤯 Beeindruckend-beängstigender Bericht von @crimewatch.bsky.social in den @blaetter.bsky.social

Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik@blaetter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Prognosemärkte wie Polymarket ermöglichen es ihren Nutzer:innen, auf das Eintreten oder Nichteintreten realer Ereignisse zu wetten. Für Insider, die über exklusive Informationen verfügen, sind die Märkte eine regelrechte Geldmaschine. @crimewatch.bsky.social: www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2026...

In der Politischen Theorie an der Uni Hamburg ist zum 1.10. eine postdoc-Stelle zu besetzen, hier auf Deutsch und im Kommentar auf Englisch: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

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it was hard to pick which blog post of Raul's I wanted to uplift. this piece on how you cultivate and maintain your reading practice is one I come back to often. who do you want to be in conversation with? www.raulpacheco.org/2025/04/deve...

Super interesting study on agenda denial on LGBTQ+ policies in Italy, by @alavizzari.bsky.social & @andreterliz.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S147... via @ejprjournal.bsky.social

Also wirklich...😬 @deutschebahn.com seit Wochen ist bei Delmenhorst/Hude eine Baustelle, weswegen Züge nicht pünktlich sind, aber das wird im DB Navigator nicht vorher kenntlich gemacht zwecks Anschlüssen. Immer erst danach als wäre es überraschend gewesen...

Sarcastic Kid's Annoyed Face

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Alte Muster, neue Ideale: Die Vielfalt heutiger Geschlechterrollenbilder in Ost- und Westdeutschland fgzrisc.hypotheses.org/7346 von Leonie Kleinschrot

Alte Muster, neue Ideale: Die Vielfalt heutiger Geschlechterrollenbilder in Ost- und Westdeutschland

Gleichstellung ist in Deutschland längst weiter vorangekommen als noch vor wenigen Jahrzehnten — und doch prägen alte Muster unser Denken und Handeln weiter. Besonders zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschlan...

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Die @wortpiratin.de schreibt über die strukturelle Lage in der Bundesliga der Frauen nach Abstieg der #SGS Essen, Längert kritisiert den DFB: In der vom Verband geführten Bundesliga „konnte kein Verein nur durch gute Leistung und Ausbildung langfristig überleben.“ #DieLiga

Zäsur in der Frauen-Bundesliga:

Die Frauen-Bundesliga besteht nach dem Abstieg der SGS Essen nur noch aus Teams, die mit Männer-Profiklubs verbunden sind. Eine rasante Entwicklung, die auch große Verliererinnen hat.

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Wanna talk about the cordon sanitaire (the "Brandmauer"?) 🚨We (@christinajuen.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social and I) have a new paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010... What do we do in the paper? A 🧵: 1/7

How do politicians use Insta outside campaigns? Lara Fuge and I analyzed 1,279 Instagram posts by German MPs and introduce the Instagram Complexity Index (ICI) to measure how politicians integrate platform-specific features into everyday political communication.🎉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Instagramming politics: Analyzing German MPs’ day-to-day activities on social media in non-campaign periods - Stefan Wallaschek, Lara Fuge, 2026

This article investigates how members of the 20th German Bundestag use Instagram during non-campaign periods. Drawing on research on visual political communicat...

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In the seminar, we discussed the relevance and spread of anti-feminism. I then looked at ValCon survey data regarding the statement “Many feminists just hate men.” Younger women show higher levels of disagreement while younger men display comparatively higher levels of agreement. #genderyouthgap 1/

🍊 Fresh out! Daniela Braun @politicsunisaar.bsky.social, @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & Eva-Maria Euchnerd explore how politicians used Twitter in 2019 EP election campaigns and if there was a difference between the sexes? 👉 buff.ly/Mw5DYzW

Tagelang belagerten sie den Wal, zerrten mit Seilen an ihm, damit er in die Barge schwimmt, setzten ihn Lärm aus, er knallte gegen Wände und am Ende haben sie ihn halt einfach abgeworfen wie ein langweilig gewordenes Spielzeug taz.de/Unklares-End...

Unklares Ende der Rettungsaktion: Wo ist der Wal?

Die privat finanzierte Rettungsaktion von „Timmy“ endet im Eklat: Es ist unklar, ob das Tier in Freiheit schwimmt – oder schlicht verklappt wurde.

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Gender-based discrimination experiences are linked not only to women’s rights activism, but also anti-racist, labor, & environmental activism--suggesting that feminist consciousness coming from lived injustice can translate into cross-issue political solidarity. Full article: tinyurl.com/ynss5nr7

From Injustice to Solidarity: Linking Gender-Based Discrimination Experiences to Cross-Issue Political Engagement

While prior research links discrimination experiences to higher levels of political engagement among women, it remains unclear whether such engagement extends beyond in-group advocacy and how the n...

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🚨 Job Alert We are loooking for a 3year Postdoc @excinequality.bsky.social Work with @mbusemeyer.bsky.social, Sebastian Koos, and me Focus: computational social science, analysis of political texts, future-oriented policies and parties 📅Apply by June 5th stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/c...

It takes a village to produce research with impact. This is the idea that motivated us to write this paper, published today.  Kudos to the team: @lluisdanus.bsky.social @william-dinneen.bsky.social @carotorreblanca.bsky.social @guygrossman.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🚨CfA🚨 We're looking for a postdoc joining us in summer in Berlin. 3-year position @hertieschool.bsky.social @hertiedatascience.bsky.social. Pursue your own research agenda in data science for public policy - ML/AI, causal inference, computational methods. Questions? Don't hesitate to reach out!

Data Science Lab - Hertie School@hertiedatascience.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Would you like to tackle major societal challenges through cutting-edge data science? Then join our team as a Postdoctoral Researcher – Data Science for Public Policy (gn). We're hiring! 🚀 Apply 👉 hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs... #Data4Good #WeAreHiring

We have two vacancies for Assistant Professors (UD with prospect of tenure) in our Political Science and International Relations Group @Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 1) An Assistant Professor with a focus in International Political Economy: workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as... and........ 1/2

🚨New article🚨 What if the misguided construction of 'right-wing populism' has prevented us from holding the elite accountable and rejuvenate democracy? This is what @alexyates2000.bsky.social and I explore in our new article: 'There is no such thing as ‘right-wing populism’' 1/ shorturl.at/jptiu

From Italy to France, Germany to Hungary, far-right governments and politicians are targeting media with the same playbook www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Can Europe’s public service media survive attacks by the far right?

From Italy to France, Germany to Hungary, nationalist governments and politicians are targeting media with the same playbook

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Interesting essay on genderwashing and genderbashing as political strategies across the global www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how...

How Authoritarians Exploit Gender | Journal of Democracy

Whether preying on people’s anxieties or playing the part of the progressive liberal, autocrats and would-be authoritarians see “gender” as a tool that can be adapted to whatever use best serves their...

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