My first dissertation paper is out in Sexuality Research and Social Policy — open access! 🎉 It's about trans inclusion in sports and what fairness concerns actually do to public support. link.springer.com/article/10.1... Short thread below 👇

Wie gehen eigentlich Kind und Politische Karriere zusammen? im Zwischenruf Podcast des IParl Diskutiere ich mit Nadine Heselhaus (MdB) über Herausforderungen und Reformideen. Hier: Mandat, Mutter, Kind - Eltern im Parlament zwischenruf.podigee.io/30-eltern-im-p… @iparl.bsky.social @spdfraktion.de

27: Mandat, Mutter, Kind - Eltern im Parlament

Mit einem Mandat ist es gewissermaßen wie mit einer Schwangerschaft – man weiß vorher nicht wirklich worauf man sich einlässt. Umso schwieriger ist es, wenn beides zusammen gestemmt wird, denn Abgeord...

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finally posting about this here as well: I have successfully defended my dissertation this Monday 🤓 with a stellar committee @lucykinski.bsky.social & @rheinisch.bsky.social and my lovely supervisors by my side @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social & @nzwiener-collins.bsky.social 🤍 onwards and upwards now!

Os comparto esta pieza que junto con mis compañeras @hildecoffe.bsky.social @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social #amyalexander & #SusanBanducci hemos publicado. natcen.ac.uk/publications...

BSA 42 | Gender Identity | National Centre for Social Research

This research investigates the complexities of gender identity and its impact on social attitudes and policy preferences in the UK.

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9 candidates for Landratswahl in Landkreis Traunstein in Bavaria — 8 men, and the poster walls make it look like even fewer: the usual Christian, Andreas and Sepp (Heinz and Hans not pictured😆) Same faces, same vibes. #Traunstein #Landratswahl2025 #Kommunalpolitik #Posterboys #Männerquote

Today at 16:00, I’ll be joining a great online discussion (with @sarahdingler.bsky.social ) on women in EU institutions—covering representation, careers, and change. Bonus: it’s virtual and the dress code is lounge (cocktails optional) 📧 Register at eif@univie.ac.at #EUPolitics #WomenInPolitics

@ipp-csic.bsky.social Comparto este reportaje sobre los primeros resultados del modulo de la @ess-survey.bsky.social ‬que hemos diseñado con @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social @hildecoffe.bsky.social, Susan Banducci and Amy Alexander www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-...

Austria 🇦🇹 is often in the lower quintile when it comes to support for gender equality measures. Only 26% agree that parental support should be equal between men and women. 😐 #GenderEquality ps. #Germany not much higher.

Newsfeed-Bot 🇦🇹@orfnewsbot.bsky.social · last yr.

Eine Umfrage in 24 europäischen Ländern zeigt starke Unterstützung für Gleichstellungsmaßnahmen, insbesondere im Arbeitsbereich. Unterschiede in der Wahrnehmung zwischen Männern und Frauen sind signifikant, wobei Österreich unter dem Durchschnitt liegt.

Looking at attitudes about gender equality in Austria ahead of the ESS Topline presentation orf.at/stories/3394...

Gleichstellung: Kluft zwischen Job und privat

Die Mehrheit der Europäerinnen und Europäer befürwortet Schritte zur Stärkung der Gleichstellung der Geschlechter. Das zeigt ein am Dienstag veröffentlichter Bericht der Europäischen Sozialerhebung (E...

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European Social Survey@ess-survey.bsky.social · last yr.

An online launch event for a new ESS Topline Findings report on #gender attitudes will be held from 12-2pm (BST) on Tuesday 27 May. Four of the report’s authors will discuss some of the key findings from gender questions fielded in Round 11 (2023/24) of our #survey.

Sexism isn't just driving support for the radical right — it shaped vote choice across the board in #btw21 🗳🇩🇪 Our new research shows how different forms of sexism influenced sympathy for chancellor candidates and party choice. (Spoiler: not just the AfD!) 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Disentangling different types of sexist attitudes and vote choice in Germany

With a woman as head of German government for 16 years, many hoped (or feared) for significant progress in the areas of gender equality. Rather than progress, however, contributors have noticed a r...

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That’s a wrap on Joint Sessions 2025 ✨ thanks to Nadine and Maike for having Lara and myself in their workshop on political culture, where I could present our joint work on drivers of hostile sexism in Europe 👀🏡💶 @ecpr.bsky.social

Had an amazing time presenting my work at the ECPR Joint Sessions 2025 in Prague as part of the workshop on Political Culture! Thank you for the opportunity and an amazing organization by @nzwiener-collins.bsky.social and Maike Rump! @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprpolculture.bsky.social

🧨Interested in the complex struggle for gender equality in EU politics? See our recent article on EUROPP @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social @politicsgenderj.bsky.social #Eu #EUropeanCareers @ecprsgeu.bsky.social @eup_journal t.co/aQcNSRaJxn

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MethodsNET@methodsnet.bsky.social · last yr.

Early Bird Registration ends TONIGHT!⏳ Ready to enhance your research with survey-embedded experiments?Join Christopher Wratil@chriswratil.bsky.social at MethodsNET Summer School at @weareceu.bsky.social(CEU) his course on designing and implementing survey experiments. Register here: bit.ly/4gLbv9V

💥 New: The complex struggle for gender equality in EU politics ✍️ @frechelena.bsky.social & @jessfortin-ritt.bsky.social present insights from their new special issue @eupthejournal.bsky.social

The complex struggle for gender equality in EU politics

EU gender equality commitments must be translated into sustained action, or future political changes could reverse the progress made so far.

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The new @vdeminstitute.bsky.social report is out... and there is little good news in there for Democracy in 2024. Number of countries autocratizing is increasing. Freedom of expression is deteriorating. I fear the next report is going to be even bleaker. Full report here: v-dem.net/documents/54...

Great open access resource on the 2024 EP elections in French and English! Get the big picture on Germany’s EP election—read our breakdown here with @stefanhee.bsky.social shs.cairn.info/journal-poli... #EPElections2024

2024 European Election in Germany

A Rightward Shift Amidst Government Setbacks

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Jean Monnet Montréal@jmcmontreal.bsky.social · last yr.

🇪🇺 Retrouvez le Bilan des élections européennes de 2024 dans les 27 États membres publié dans Politique européenne avec Laurie Beaudonnet (directrice scientifique du CJMM) et Florent Guntz (doctorant, @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social) ! 👉 L'intégralité est à lire ici : shs.cairn.info/revue-politi...

This week, my seminar on "Women & Politics: Actors, Discourses, Practices" starts. We look at actors such as female MPs and feminist movements, debates on abortion or focus on gendered interactions in parliament and on social media. Looking forward to interesting sessions 1/ #academicsky #gendersky

a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie .

ALT: a little girl is laughing with her fist in the air while wearing a vest and tie .

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A commentary by me in today's Der Standard on Trump's approach to Europe, and why the EU is likely to be seen by the American radical right as the ultimate deep state. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Europa wird zur Zielscheibe Donald Trumps – dafür gibt es einen Grund

Die EU ist für den US-Präsidenten der Inbegriff eines Feindbilds. Er wird versuchen, die Union zu spalten, indem er mit Einzelstaaten Deals abschließt. Die Techno-Rechte hilft allzu gerne mit

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Women's representation has been stagnating around 30% for the past 30 years, after peaking at an all-time high of 36.4% in 2013—only to decline since. 32.4% after the 2025 Bundestag election. This is not progress. #GenderEquality #Politics #Bundestagswahl #Bundestagswahl2025

Highest turnout since 1990 in German federal elections #Bundestagswahl2025  #btw25

If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall. tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.

Reminder: deadline for this 5-year position in IR in one week 👇

Andreas Dür@andduer.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are hiring! 5-year postdoc position in International Relations at the Department of Political Science of @unisalzburg.bsky.social. Deadline for applications: 12 February 2025. Full information: tinyurl.com/postdocIP #Polisky #AcademicJobs

Sahra knows something the others seem to ignore. Immigration is owned by AfD. You use it, you lose.

Constantin Wurthmann@wurthmann.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Wagenknecht, says its lawmakers will reject motions on migration by the CDU/CSU (...) It could be that the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance alliance saves the "firewall."" In other words: back to the roots – #BSW justifies its founding by saying it will make the AfD redundant. www.dw.com/en/germany-b...

A start to 2025 for us with the publication in European Union Politics of ‘Still struggling to reach the top? Women officeholders and gendered career pathways in the European Commission’, co-authored article with Pierre Alayrac, Sara Connolly, and Miriam Hartlapp, doi.org/10.1177/1465...

Farewell to Jeremy Richardson who retires tomorrow as Editor of @jeppjournal.bsky.social after 31 volumes, 251 issues and 2,231 articles. A good innings! As both an author and reviewer I've always enjoyed and valued Jeremy's wisdom. He'll be much missed. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Farewell from Jeremy: enfin!

Published in Journal of European Public Policy (Ahead of Print, 2024)

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Some early figures from the #ESS Round 11 on attitudes about #GenderEquality in Europe presented by the fab @hildecoffe.bsky.social at the EIGE's Gender Equality Forum 2024! @martafraile.bsky.social Susan Banducci Amy Alexander Thanks to project Push*Back*Lash for the pic!

What have we learned in 40 years of research on women's careers in the #EU ? 🇪🇺 My latest in @EUP_TheJournal takes stock of what is special about women in EU institutions. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 🌟Spoiler alert: part of a Special Issue coming soon. More to follow!

I am immensely proud and happy to celebrate that my great friend @cwegscheider.bsky.social won the University of Salzburg's 2023 Dissertation Prize for his dissertation "Dissatisfied democrats?" Congratulations to Carsten and his excellent supervisors, Zoe Lefkofridi and @markuswagner.bsky.social.