👏👏👏 What a great paper by @slstutzmann.bsky.social, using the case of Germany phasing out coal to figure out why voters punish parties even when affected groups get compensation & representation? buff.ly/3BKk893

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Asymmetric backlash against structural economic change: The electoral consequences of the coal phase‐out in Germany - Volume 64 Issue 4

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SciLove@scilove.bsky.social · 2d ago

🔥 Trending on SciLove today 🔥 🔬 Asymmetric backlash against structural economic change 👤 Stutzmann, 2025 📖 European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social 🔗 https://www.scilove.app/article/10.1111/1475-6765.70003 #PoliSci #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter

🔥 Trending on SciLove today 🔥 🔬 Asymmetric backlash against structural economic change 👤 Stutzmann, 2025 📖 European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social 🔗 https://www.scilove.app/article/10.1111/1475-6765.70003 #PoliSci #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter

💡 How do subjective concerns of job loss in the wake of the green transition and digitalization shape citizens' preferences for public spending on both transitions?

Journal of Public Policy@jpublicpolicy.bsky.social · 3w ago

A new blog post by @slstutzmann.bsky.social and Sebastian Koos - tinyurl.com/bdenrhed! The article entitled "Funding the future: understanding public spending preferences on the green transition and digitalization in advanced democracies" is available here: tinyurl.com/bdz9mn99

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#VendrediLecture 📚 Individuals prefer to divert public investment from the transition they perceive as a threat to their jobs, according to a study co-authored by @slstutzmann.bsky.social drawing on survey data from six countries. #OpenAccess at @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S014...

A new interesting article by @slstutzmann.bsky.social and Sebastian Koos is now available on our FirstView page. It is entitled "Funding the future: understanding public spending preferences on the green transition and digitalization in advanced democracies". Enjoy it here: tinyurl.com/bdz9mn99

How does subjective labor market risk shape individual’s willingness to invest into the twin transition? My third (and last) dissertation paper, co-authored with Sebastian Koos, is now published (open access) at @jpublicpolicy.bsky.social: 🧵

New article out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: Why do we see such strong backlashes against carbon taxes in rural areas? We find that when rural residents feel disadvantaged by the state, a carbon tax feels like a punishment on top of a punishment: a "double disadvantage." 👉 tinyurl.com/3rhmvar7

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We had the best start to a Monday possible: a mini @lse-ei.bsky.social reunion at the @sciencespo.bsky.social PolEconSoc seminar! 🇫🇷🇬🇧 Great to hear @slstutzmann.bsky.social present on knowledge economies and support for the Greens & @toonvano.bsky.social on mergers and support for the far right

🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉 Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access) The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social (1/6)

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 honor! @na-wehl.bsky.social & I received the ALLBUS Preis 2025 for our paper "How education policies shape political inequality: analyzing policy feedback effects in Germany"! 🥳🥳 Thanks a lot to the jury & a very kind laudatio by Markus Tausendpfund @gesis.org Mannheim!

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NEW - Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos "moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties" - @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Why do rustbelts vote radical right? Studying the German Ruhr area, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social and I show: it’s not just about deindustrialization, but also about the original industrialization. Where coal is buried deeper and mining started later, the AfD is stronger today 1/12

📘 64.4 Why do voters punish parties even when affected groups get compensation & representation? @slstutzmann.bsky.social looks at Germany's 🇩🇪 coal phase-out (2007–2022) and the electoral repercussions to answer this questions.🤷‍♀️ Read more:

Asymmetric backlash against structural economic change: The electoral consequences of the coal phase-out in Germany

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My paper on the electoral consequences of the coal phase-out in Germany is now out in print! ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Asymmetric backlash against structural economic change: The electoral consequences of the coal phase‐out in Germany

Past research has often attributed electoral backlash to structural economic change to a lack of compensation and interest group representation for affected groups. Is that backlash then mitigated in...

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Sophia Stutzmann@slstutzmann.bsky.social · last yr.

Extremely happy that my first single-authored paper is now published (open access) at @EJPRjournal: “Asymmetric backlash against structural economic change: the electoral consequences of the coal phase-out in Germany” Here's a summary thread... 1/n

Extremely happy to share that I successfully defended my PhD thesis "The Green Transition in the Labor Market and its Political Consequences" last week! 🎓🥳

Can government policies moderate political backlash to structural change? Yes, the effect operates through material benefits and social recognition. 🚨New WP by @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social and @susanadptavares.bsky.social 🚨 shorturl.at/zFbZE

Our paper is now out in print!

Tobias Tober@tobiastober.bsky.social · last yr.

@mbusemeyer.bsky.social, @slstutzmann.bsky.social, and I have a new article in the special issue "Greening the Economy: Toward a New Political Economy" in @reggovjournal.bsky.social, now out in print. The article is open access — read it here: dx.doi.org/10.1111/rego...

6/6 🧵IN EJPR, @slstutzmann.bsky.social studies electoral effects of coal phase-outs in 🇩🇪 with admin data & DID design. Punishment of issue owners (left parties) and abstention increase. Not caused by real economic decline but perceived deprivation & loss of status. https://doi.org/n6sj

Extremely happy that my first single-authored paper is now published (open access) at @EJPRjournal: “Asymmetric backlash against structural economic change: the electoral consequences of the coal phase-out in Germany” Here's a summary thread... 1/n

New article accepted at CPS. @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I analyze how rental market risk affects radical right support. Combining data on local rent increases with the SOEP, we find that individuals facing increasing local rents become more likely to support the AfD. 🧵

Is it possible to phase out coal and still win an election? Yes! Excited that my paper w @fergusgreen.bsky.social & Mikel González-Eguino on the electoral success of JustTransition policies in coalmining communities is now available OpenAccess at the APSR doi.org/10.1017/S000... Polisky

Zur kürzlich verbreiteten Spiegel-Umfrage, wonach 2/3 der Deutschen gegen eine Abschaffung der Schuldenbremse seien, ist diese Studie von @bjoernbremer.bsky.social und @retobuergisser.bsky.social instruktiv: ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Ausschnitt aus dem Fazit: