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Lea Kaftan

@dielea.bsky.social

Big fan of democracy, political and data science. Part of MEDem (medem.eu) and GESIS. @Lea23459981@sciences.social

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MEDem@medem.bsky.social · last mo.

A major milestone for #DemocracyResearch. 🏛️ MEDem has been included in the ESFRI Roadmap, recognizing its role in advancing the empirical study of Democracy in Europe. 🇪🇺 Thank you to everyone who helped bring us to this point! 🙏 #ResearchInfrastructure⚙️

Holzleitner, Schütze: Austria set to become a centre for European democracy research

European research infrastructure MEDem included in the ESFRI Roadmap 2026 – headquarters at the University of Vienna

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Political Studies@polstudies.bsky.social · last mo.

Do authoritarians, populists and radicals view democracy differently? @dielea.bsky.social examines 14k Western Europeans, showing authoritarianism, not populism or radicalism, poses the greatest challenge to liberal democracy. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/bs7LLul @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky

Support for (liberal) democracy among authoritarian, populist, and radical Western Europeans - Lea Kaftan, 2026

Authoritarianism, populism, and radicalism are considered important risks to citizens’ support for democratic institutions. Most studies have so far analyzed va...

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Nils Steiner@nilssteiner.bsky.social · 6mo ago

About one week left to submit proposals for our #AKWahlen conference in Mainz. No fee, open topic, nice people & city! More here: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a... Cc: @sgarritzmann.bsky.social @conradziller.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social

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Conrad Ziller@conradziller.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢 Call for Papers: Jahrestagung des DVPW-Arbeitskreises Wahlen und politische Einstellungen 📅 7./8. Mai 2026 in Mainz 📧 ak-wahlen@dvpw.de 🗓️ Deadline: 31.01.2026 Themenoffener Call - Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiche Einreichungen! @sgarritzmann.bsky.social @nilssteiner.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social

DVPW@dvpw.bsky.social · 6mo ago

‼️ Mit Blick auf die erwartete Programmentscheidung der @epssnet.bsky.social hat der Programmbeirat die Anmeldefrist für Chairs, Discussants & Vortragende bis zum 8. Februar 2026 verlängert! 👉 meine.dvpw.de #3LT #Dreiländertagung #DACH #PoWi #Politikwissenschaft #Europa #Zukunft #Bodensee

DVPW@dvpw.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#Dreiländertagung "Europas Zukunft - Zukunft Europa" von DVPW, @oegpw.bsky.social & SVPW/ASSP am 17.-19.06.2026 in Friedrichshafen Alle Infos 👉 www.dvpw.de/veranstaltun... #3LT2026 #PoWi #Politikwissenschaft #DACH #Europa #Zukunft

Foto des Wandgemäldes "The Future is Europe" von NovaDead in Brüssel. Foto von Jeremy Segrott, Wikimedia. Oben links in blauer Schrift: Dreiländertagung. 17.-19. Juni 2026. Zeppelin Universität. Friedrichshafen. Darunter die Logos von DVPW, ÖGPW und SVPW/ASSP in Schwarz. Quer über das Bild blaue Streifen wie Absperrband, darauf in gelber Schrift: Europas Zukunft - Zukunft Europa. Innere Spannungen und äußere Herausforderungen.
Pedro Magalhães @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Long ago, in a study of the democratic attitudes in Germany, Dalton raised the possibility of “Fragebogendemokraten” (questionnaire democrats): people who hesitate to express their sincere dislike for “democracy” in surveys, providing instead the “socially desirable” response (1)

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · last yr.

Some thoughts on the strategic rationale behind the "Brandmauer” – the cordon sanitaire vis-à-vis the AfD – and the challenges associated with maintaining it. Seems pertinent, given that senior CDU/CSU figures regularly float the idea of ditching it and exploring avenues for closer cooperation.

Catherine E. de Vries@catherinedevries.bsky.social · last yr.

My sabbatical leave allowed me to reflect on my professional life. As I’ve stepped into more senior roles in academia (plus gotten a bit older), I often get asked: 
“How do you keep writing academic articles, policy work, opinion pieces, while juggling everything else?” My answer: skillpower 🧵

Lea Kaftan@dielea.bsky.social · last yr.

We finally published the Archive of Interwar Europe Election Data and Assemblies (AIEEDA)! 🗳️💽🤓 Find out more about party positions, cabinet formation, and parliamentary elections in 25 European democracies between 1919 and 1939! We also collected geo-referenced data for 6 countries! 🗺️📍 rdcu.be/ehRgD

Introducing the Archive of Interwar Europe Election Data & Assemblies (AIEEDA)

Scientific Data - Introducing the Archive of Interwar Europe Election Data & Assemblies (AIEEDA)

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MEDem@medem.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 Big step for #MEDem! We’ve officially applied for the #ESFRIroadmap2026— backed by 15 governments, 1,000+ researchers & 100+ institutions/associations. One more milestone toward building Europe’s infrastructure for comparative #DemocracyResearch ✅ Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉

MEDem has applied for ESFRI Roadmap 2026: Shaping the Future of European Democracy Research - Monitoring Electoral Democracy

MEDem has applied for inclusion on the ESFRI Roadmap 2026: Shaping the Future of European Democracy Research On April 8, 2025, MEDem (Monitoring Electoral Democracy) took a major next step toward shap...

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Lea Kaftan@dielea.bsky.social · last yr.

Earlier this month, Paul Bederke had the opportunity to attend the 1st OSCARS Annual Meeting in Rome (March 3–4, 2025), where he represented our HarDIS project – Harmony in the Democratic Ideological Space. oscars-project.eu/projects/har...

HarDIS - Harmony in the Democratic Ideological Space | OSCARS

In today’s democracies, the relationship between political parties and voters plays a critical role in shaping political outcomes. However, research on this interaction, including party responsiveness...

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MEDem@medem.bsky.social · last yr.

In about a month, we submit our application for the ESFRI Roadmap 🇪🇺 Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b... ⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊

Lea Kaftan@dielea.bsky.social · last yr.

The actual datasets are now also available online via the Harvard Dataverse: 🕵‍♀️ doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...

Datasets and Codebooks

We present three new integrated datasets that include electoral, institutional, ideological and government composition data on the country and regi...

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Lea Kaftan@dielea.bsky.social · last yr.

New data out for studying party politics and elections across levels in 21 democracies worldwide! 🗳️🧐🥳🤓😎 Check out our online data visualization tool, too: multi-level-cross-level-politics.eu And our data: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...

Tarik Abou-Chadi@tabouchadi.bsky.social · last yr.

Basierend auf einer Vielzahl von Datenquellen zeigen wir in unserem Research Brief eine Sache: Verluste an die radikale Rechte sind nur marginal relevant für die elektorale Krise der Sozialdemokratie. Anders gesagt: heutige Wähler von radikal rechts sind keine früheren Sozialdemokraten.

pw-portal@pw-portal.bsky.social · last yr.

Haben Stimmenverluste an die radikale Rechte die Krise der Sozialdemokratie (mit-)verursacht? Anhand verschiedener Datenquellen zeigen @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social, @markuswagner.bsky.social & Daniel Bischof in Teil 5 der #PPRNet, dass diese These ein Mythos ist. #BTW2025 #polisky

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften@gesis.org · last yr.

#GESISblog #blog Data Spotlight #7 on the GESIS blog: Dr. Alex Jedinger and Dr. Christina Eder introduce a thematic data collection on elections and political attitudes: blog.gesis.org/data-...

Data Spotlight #7

As dedicated data curators, we're excited to showcase curated data collections that will hopefully ignite your research interests. Today we present you: Thematic Data Collection on Elections and Political Attitudes With the Bundestag elections on

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Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · last yr.

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.” • The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives. • The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000. Each point represents a federal agency: • Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs. • Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs. Key Observations: • Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates. • Notable targeted agencies include: • HHS (Health & Human Services) • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) • NIH (National Institutes of Health) • CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) • Dept. of Education • USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) • The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies. • A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size. Takeaway: The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology. Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).
Katrin Weller@kwelle.bsky.social · last yr.

*JOB* befristete Stelle bei @gesis.org im Kontext des Aufbaus eines Datenportals für die Rassismus- und Rechtsextremismusforschung (DP-REX) speziell zu online Inhalten über AVERA datenportal-rechtsextremismus.de/rex-forschun.... Ausschreibung unter: www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/ge...

Wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in Community Datentreuhand

GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften ist eine von Bund und Ländern finanzierte, international tätige sozialwissenschaftliche Einrichtung der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft.Vorbehaltlich der finalen...

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