Christopher Smith Ochoa
@csmithochoa.bsky.social
research on discourse, narrative, representation, poverty, digital technologies enjoy outdoors, electronic music, food
Delighted my article + the interpretive process tracing themed issue are featured on the 2026 reading list
Policy & Politics@policy-politics.bsky.social · 3w ago💥 The semester is off and running - it's a great time to take a pause and catch up on a few articles. 💥 See our 2026 reading list, with an extended Open Access Deadline until Oct 31. policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/09/16/2...
Mit »unsichtbaren Institutionen« und dem Verfall von #Vertrauen, #Legitimität und #Autorität befasst sich der frz. Ideenhistoriker Pierre Rosanvallon in seinem neuesten Buch @hhedition.bsky.social. Dirk Jörke hat den Band für uns besprochen. Zur Rezension: ethik-und-gesellschaft.de/ojs/index.ph...
Ni hijos ni futuro: la juventud alemana se plantea emigrar Entre el precio de la vivienda, los bajos salarios, la guerra y la inflación, la fecundidad de los alemanes se ha hundido cincodias.elpais.com/opinion/2026...
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🎤 Neue Podcastfolge: Wie emotional darf Politik sein, Anna Durnová? "Es geht gar nicht darum, ob wir eine Emotionalisierung in der Politik zulassen, sondern wie wir sie betreiben" @evrop-anka.bsky.social #Podcast #Gerechtigkeit #Emotionen
Wie emotional darf Politik sein, Anna Durnová?
Die Politik ist nicht vor Emotionalität gefeit, wie auch Schreiduelle im Hohen Haus immer wieder zeigen. Sind diese ein Ausdruck davon, dass es den Beteiligten um etwas geht, oder schaden solche Emoti...
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I'm very happy to see @policy-politics.bsky.social published this blog post on my new article that is part of the 'Advancing Interpretive Process Tracing in Policy Research' themed section. policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/06/19/i...
Interpretive process tracing themed section article on “Interpretive process tracing and policy feedback theory: how social reporting put poverty on the agenda in Germany”
This article examines how poverty became recognised as a legitimate policy issue in Germany, bringing interpretive process tracing into dialogue with policy feedback theory to explain how a politic…
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Christopher Smith Ochoa@csmithochoa.bsky.social · 7mo ago🎉 Ecstatic that my new article, “How social reporting put poverty on the agenda in Germany: an interpretive process tracing analysis”, is now published open access in @policy-politics.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
Wir trauern um die Kolleg*innen, die in Stade ihr Leben verloren haben. Unser Mitgefühl ist bei den Angehörigen und den vielen weiteren Kolleg*innen in der Jugendhilfe und Sozialarbeit.
Das Pflegeneuordnungsgesetz (PNOG) wieder nicht im Bundeskabinett. Die heftige Kritik von allen Seiten zeigt offenbar Wirkung. Vor der Sommerpause wird sich der Bundestag voraussichtlich nicht mehr mit der Pflegereform beschäftigen, geschweige denn sie verabschieden: www.carevor9.de/care-inside/...
Pflegereform wahrscheinlich erst im Herbst im Bundestag | Care Inside
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➡️ ➡️ Complete Themed Section on #InterpretiveProcessTracing now #OpenAcces ⬅️ ⬅️ Four papers, one goal: thinking through and advancing PT for interpretive research (post with a tribute to Raúl Pacheco-Vega fellow PT and methods enthusiast). 1/
📢 Call for papers! Who speaks for the poor in social policy? For the upcoming ESPANET conference (August 26-28) in Lisbon, Sigrid Leitner and I are organizing a stream examining the political representation of people experiencing poverty. www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e...
24th ESPANET Annual Conference
Resize? Restructure? The European Social Model under Pressure. Click Here to Submit Your Abstract Deadline for Submissions: 17th of May 2026 The European Social model is under pre...
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Some of my favorite electronic artists of all time. A gorgeous composition and a blessing to have them back with new material: "But that's always been the Boards of Canada way: they make what might read as overly earnest feel profound, universal and utterly essential. " de.ra.co/reviews/36346
Boards of Canada - Tape 05 · Single Review ⟋ RA
Warp's mysterious duo are back after 13 years. The surprise: it's some of their most beautiful work yet.
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Noch nie hat eine Partei so stumm um ihr Überleben gekämpft. Aber wird denn überhaupt gekämpft? Oder ist "kämpfen" für die SPD auch nur noch ein anderes Wort für weiter regieren?
🎉 Ecstatic that my new article, “How social reporting put poverty on the agenda in Germany: an interpretive process tracing analysis”, is now published open access in @policy-politics.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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So glad to see this one published: academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance... In this new article (open access!), we argue for the importance of collective actors in social work policy practice by drawing on research on welfare associations in Germany.
The Importance of Collective Actors for Social Work Policy Practice: Lessons from the German Case
There is an ongoing academic debate emphasizing that individual social workers are expected not only to implement policy but also to influence policy-makin
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So glad to see this one published: academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance... In this new article (open access!), we argue for the importance of collective actors in social work policy practice by drawing on research on welfare associations in Germany.
The Importance of Collective Actors for Social Work Policy Practice: Lessons from the German Case
There is an ongoing academic debate emphasizing that individual social workers are expected not only to implement policy but also to influence policy-makin
academic.oup.com
📢 Call for papers! Who speaks for the poor in social policy? For the upcoming ESPANET conference (August 26-28) in Lisbon, Sigrid Leitner and I are organizing a stream examining the political representation of people experiencing poverty. www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/event/24th-e...
24th ESPANET Annual Conference
Resize? Restructure? The European Social Model under Pressure. Click Here to Submit Your Abstract Deadline for Submissions: 17th of May 2026 The European Social model is under pre...
iseg.ulisboa.pt
Ob #Bürgergeld, #Rente, #Pflege, #Bildung, #Kinder oder #Wohnen – der #Sozialstaat in Deutschland spielt für jeden Menschen eine wichtige Rolle. Trotzdem steht er fortwährend in der Kritik. Unsere Studien räumen mit Mythen auf. 💥 Unsere Forschung zum Sozialstaat: www.boeckler.de/de/auf-einen...
Der Sozialstaat in Deutschland
Ob Bürgergeld, Rente, Pflege, Bildung, Kinder oder Wohnen – der Sozialstaat in Deutschland spielt für eigentlich jeden Menschen eine wichtige Rolle. Und trotzdem steht er fortwährend in der Kritik. Un...
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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky url: academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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Proud to have a chapter published (in German) alongside so many incredible people - looking at the successful role of employee buyouts in building union power. Yes, this is an attempt to push German unions in that direction. Happy to give 30% discounts for those interested in a copy. ✊🏻
Ich freue mich über mein Interview in der SZ @szde.bsky.social! Die Ungleichheit bei den Vermögen in Deutschland ist extrem hoch. Das hat strukturelle Gründe, vor allem Unternehmensbesitz am oberen Ende. Daraus folgen höhere Renditen der Reichen, was die Ungleichheit weiter treibt sz.de/li.3372503
„Reiche haben in Deutschland zu viel Macht“
Die Ökonomin Miriam Rehm sieht politische Gründe für die Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich. Ein Gespräch über Erbschaftsteuer und den Einfluss von Superreichen wie Elon Musk.
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I don’t know how the narrative of American democracy can survive this. The country voted to give the nuclear codes to a mental toddler who’s going to start a war because he didn’t get a participation trophy.
Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 9mo agomad king moment from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4)
(1/2) Der #Verteilungsbericht unseres WSI Düsseldorf zeigt: In Deutschland haben #Ungleichheit und #Armut spürbar zugenommen. Im Podcast #Systemrelevant wird die #Einkommensverteilung und deren gesellschaftlichen Konsequenzen analysiert. 📲 Hier reinhören: www.boeckler.de/de/p...
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
You’re telling me the FIFA Peace Prize-winning US President is attacking another sovereign country and practicing regime change?
🚨Job alert: We are looking for a PhD Researcher at Bielefeld University ✨Research on policy learning, and work-family policies in Mexico & Germany, within the @sfb1342.bsky.social on global dynamics of social policy Applications until 12.1.26, details at: uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/473...
Research Position / PhD Researcher (m/f/d) - CRC 1...
<div style="text-align: justify;">The Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1342, "Global Dynamics of Social Policy," has been...
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Legitimationsprobleme der parlamentarischen Demokratie
⬇️Februari 2026⬇️ Taking a hands-on approach, this five-day online course introduces you to the essentials of Process Tracing and develops both the theoretical understanding and the practical skills to set-up and conduct a full-fledged PT-study. Early bird registration still possible.
Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops@komex.bsky.social · 11mo ago🔍How do you prove what happened in between cause and outcome? Join our 5-day online Intro to Causal Process Tracing and learn to design a mechanism-based case study at #KOMEX2026. Instructor: @hildevanmeegdenburg.com 23–27 Feb 2026 €440 early bird 🔗 Register: afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/microcred...
