Genuinely interested in your views: What is the future of teaching statistical programming language for data science in the age of AI? Will we even still teach programming R or Python?

Brief pause from Messi's magic to share my new piece in the Annual Review of Political Science: "Education as a Political Institution" which explains why we should stop treating education as just another public service Open access here: tinyurl.com/yezzkam5

Education as a Political Institution

Education institutions are fundamentally political. They mold political values, shape inequality, create opportunities for patronage through teaching jobs, and can even be used for political surveilla...

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Keine Satzung ersetzt Haltung Hochschulen bereiten sich juristisch auf AfD-Regierungen vor. Doch entscheidend wird der Widerstandsmut einer Gruppe sein: der Professorinnen und Professoren. Ein Essay. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/06...

Sind wir zu müde? Wo bleibt der Aufschrei, der mindestens eine komplette PostDoc-Generation automatisiert verschrotten würde? Dieser "Reform"-Vorschlag ist ein backlash der seinesgleichen sucht und benötigt viel mehr Aufschrei. & leider merkt man dabei, wie schlecht Bluesky funktioniert. #WissZeitVG

Was gefährdet die #Wissenschaftsfreiheit bei uns – und wie lässt sie sich stärken? Verfolgen Sie die Debatte, diskutieren Sie mit und vertiefen Sie den Austausch bei einem Empfang. 📅 Mi., 27. Mai 2026, 18 Uhr 📍 @leopoldina.org, Halle (Saale) 💶 Eintritt frei ➡️ Hier anmelden: tinyurl.com/frb7vcpd

📣 Call for Papers SISP General Conference 2026 📍 Trento | 🗓️ 3–5 Sept 2026 ⏳ Submission deadline: 29 May 2026 Two panels in #Section1: Political Regimes & Transitions: 🔸 Modes & Drivers of Autocratization (with @anvaccaro.bsky.social) 🔸 Autocratization & Academic Freedom www.sisp.it/en/conferenc...

A profound threat to one of America's world-dominating industries, which makes us richer and healthier (higher ed) academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

What a poor decision. It de facto changes the rules for people who have already submitted an application. Obviously, knowing that you can resubmit strongly affects if you are going to submit a proposal. This changes the rules after people made their decision. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Applying for an ERC grant in the 2027 competitions: what you need to know

The ERC plans to launch the grant competitions under its 2027 Work Programme between July 2026 and June 2027, with the calls for proposals introducing several changes to the eligibility rules for appl...

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Die trügerische Sehnsucht nach dem "Kern" der Wissenschaft Die Kritik an zu viel Normativität und gesellschaftlichem Engagement in der Wissenschaft ist doppelt falsch. Ein Essay. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/04...

Academic freedom or lack thereof: Decline of institutional autonomy in the United States compared to its decline in other prominent (former) democracies that have autocratized, namely Hungary, India, and Türkiye academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

The Academic Freedom Index Update 2026 is out. This year, we focus on institutional autonomy and compare the decline in institutional autonomy in the United States with that in other major autocratizing countries. academic-freedom-index.net #academicfreedomindex @fau.de @vdeminstitute.bsky.social

Academic Freedom Index

The Academic Freedom Index (AFI) assesses de facto levels of academic freedom across the world. It is a collaborative effort between researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (F...

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Comparing the decline in institutional autonomy in the United States with that in other major autocratizing countries like Hungary and Türkiye, the study finds that the decline in the United States has been faster and more pronounced. #AcademicFreedom academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

The United States are falling behind, Germany remains unchanged: the #AcademicFreedom Index Update 2026 provides an overview on the state of academic freedom in 179 countries and territories around the world. academic-freedom-index.net @fau.de @vdeminstitute.bsky.social

Academic Freedom Index

The Academic Freedom Index (AFI) assesses de facto levels of academic freedom across the world. It is a collaborative effort between researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (F...

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📢 Out Now! V-Dem Dataset v16 & the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026 💾 The V-Dem Dataset: v-dem.net/data/the-v-d... 📰 The Report "Unraveling The Democratic Era?”: v-dem.net/publications... 📈 Explore the new data with the V-Dem Graphing tools: v-dem.net/graphing/gra... #PoliSky #PoliSciSky 1/3

The erosion of academic freedom is not collateral damage of autocratization, but an integral part of it. In my new article, I show how autocratization through academic capture undermines all dimensions of academic freedom, with cumulative and enduring effects. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How can resilience of democratic procedures, processes & principles be improved? Aurel Croissant & @larslott.bsky.social present a novel conceptualization & measurements of democratic resilience: buff.ly/a709YMB (OPEN ACCESS) @vdeminstitute.bsky.social @fau @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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The billions of research funds channeled into the pockets of Elsevier and other commercial publisher in return for very little actual value is one of academia's big inefficiencies that will eventually be replaced by more attractive Community-run alternatives

Stefanie Haustein@stefhaustein.scholcommlab.ca · 9mo ago

Over the past months (and at least 11 versions!), I was lucky to work with 11 amazing colleagues on a call to action to reform academic publishing. Not another declaration, but an appeal to our powerful friends, research funders & institutions, to Stop the Drain of Scientific Publishing. 1/n

Wie lässt sich das brutale Vorgehen von Trump's ICE Agenten erklären? Und warum erinnert es so sehr an Diktaturen und ihre Geheimpolizei? Unser neues Buch liefert Antworten - wie wir heute in der @zeit.de erklären. Buch: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Simon Munzert@simonsaysnothin.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Kein besserer Start in den Morgen als mit einem starken ZEIT-Artikel meines großartigen Hertie-Kollegen Christian Gläßel und @ascharpf.bsky.social: www.zeit.de/politik/ausl... (Freebie-Link)

Wenn @valentimvicente.bsky.social im Deutschlandfunk ist, dann sollte man sich das natürlich auf jeden Fall anhören

Kathrin Kühn@kathrinkuehn.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Krisen, Frust oder Angst vor dem sozialen Abstieg, das sind einige Ansätze, um das zu erklären: Warum so schnell viel mehr Menschen radikal rechte Parteien unterstützen, nicht nur in D. Seltener wird geschaut, inwiefern die Einstellungen schon da waren. share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe... 1/

How can resilience of democratic procedures, processes & principles be improved? Aurel Croissant & @larslott.bsky.social present a novel conceptualization & measurements of democratic resilience: buff.ly/N25dyXQ (OPEN ACCESS) @vdeminstitute.bsky.social @fau @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

📺 Am Samstag waren Prof. Katrin Kinzelbach und Dr. Lars Lott bei der Eröffnung der Langen Nacht der Wissenschaft 2025 im BR-Studio Nürnberg dabei und haben über ihre Arbeit zum Thema #Wissenschaftsfreiheit berichtet! Zur Aufzeichnung geht's hier: nacht-der-wissenschaften.de/eroeffnung

📢Can free academia withstand democratic backsliding? Why some universities wither while others survive. Read the recently published article in #ISPR. Together with Katrin Kinzelbach and @silindberg.bsky.social (Open Access): doi.org/10.1177/0192...

Published today: One of the biggest #science #communication studies to date. We asked 71,922 people in 68 countries how they #engage with information about #science and combined the data with several country-level factors: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #OpenAccess

New article out with excellent @larslott.bsky.social and @Katrin Kinzelbach. OA, online first: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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📢Can free academia withstand democratic backsliding? Why some universities wither while others survive. Read the recently published article in #ISPR. Together with Katrin Kinzelbach and @silindberg.bsky.social (Open Access): doi.org/10.1177/0192...

Auf der Suche nach einer Postdoc-Stelle im Bereich der empirischen Menschenrechtsforschung? An der @fau.de suchen wir eine*n Postdoc für 3+3 Jahre für unser Team. tinyurl.com/4d3w3th6

The global retrenchment of academic freedom, as estimated by V-Dem and FAU: 2008-2015: mostly at the lower part of the scale 2015-2024: the upper part of the scale moves as well More by FAU at: academic-freedom-index.net @vdeminstitute.bsky.social

Is research performance related to academic freedom? A preprint co-authored with @lutzb.bsky.social conducts a large-scale empirical analysis on the national level to this question. osf.io/2mh8f #academicfreedom #AcademicFreedomIndex Short 🧵

Is research performance related to academic freedom? A preprint co-authored with @lutzb.bsky.social conducts a large-scale empirical analysis on the national level to this question. osf.io/2mh8f #academicfreedom #AcademicFreedomIndex Short 🧵

A new piece I wrote appearing in FOREIGN AFFAIRS today www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...

Warnings From Weimar

Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.

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