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Leonhard Schmidt

@leonhardschmidt.bsky.social

PhD researcher at @hertieschool.bsky.social. Master from @humboldtuni.bsky.social in Social Sciences. Researching populist parties, protest and social movements.

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Francesco Vittonetto@fravittonetto.bsky.social · 2w ago

It is out in the world! 🎉 'The online transnationalisation of populist radical right publics' is published open access in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social. In this, I ask: which factors explain transnational online engagement with PRR communications?🧵 [1/7]

The online transnationalisation of populist radical right publics | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

The online transnationalisation of populist radical right publics

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Annina Hermes@anninahermes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Do far-right parties gain electoral support by embedding their members in sports clubs, cultural societies and volunteer fire brigades? Excited to present my research on far-right infiltration of civil society at #EPSS2026 tomorrow! 🗓️ Saturday, 3:20 - 5:00 pm 📍Broadway (Hilton)

From Sports Clubs to Ballot Boxes: Far Right Infiltration of Civil Society and Consequences for Political Behavior Annina Hermes June 2026 Abstract Does the strategic infiltration of civil society associations strengthen far-right parties? While existing research on far-right normalization emphasizes elite cues and electoral breakthroughs, less is known about how extremist actors gain influence through grassroots embedding in everyday social life. I argue that by entering and assuming leadership positions in non-political associations - sports clubs, cultural societies, church councils - far-right actors can strengthen their party through three channels: normalizing their ideology and lowering the perceived costs of supporting it, shifting attitudes through trusted personal contact, and mobilizing existing sympathy into participation and organizational capacity. I construct a novel dataset linking AfD candidates and members to leadership positions in more than 480,000 civil society associations across Germany between 2013 and 2025, providing the first systematic measurement of far-right embeddedness in local civic life. Leveraging variation in the timing of leadership turnover within associations, I employ a staggered difference-in-differences design to estimate the effect of AfD infiltration of civil society organizations on electoral support for the AfD. This study highlights a critical mechanism through which democratic societies become vulnerable to extremist influence: the everyday social spaces meant to strengthen civic life can become vehicles for undermining democratic norms and empowering anti-democratic movements.
Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti@dasalgon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

💥 Our paper is now out in Political Behavior - I'm very happy about it! We show how confrontational protest affects different dimensions of public opinion compared to demonstrative protest 👇 I also talked to ZEIT Online about our pre-print & the context a while ago: www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...

Klimaaktivismus und Klimaschutz: Schadet die Letzte Generation wirklich dem Klimaschutz?

Demos, Kartoffelbrei, Blockaden: Eine neue Studie untersucht, wie sich Protestformen auf das Ansehen von Aktivisten auswirken – und den Anspruch an Klimapolitik.

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Lennart Schürmann@lennartschuermann.bsky.social · 3mo ago

❗Confrontational tactics like street blockades and food attacks on art hurt activists' image, but not their cause. 📄 New paper out in Political Behavior (@polbehavior.bsky.social) w/ @dasalgon.bsky.social @sophiahunger.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social. 🧵1/7

Bastian Becker@beckerbastian.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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Anna Stansbury@annastansbury.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢now forthcoming in ECMA! The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations. Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵

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Leonhard Schmidt@leonhardschmidt.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks so much for organising this @rlachat.bsky.social and @rdassonneville.bsky.social! It was such a pleasure to spend the week with all these wonderful reseachers and generally nice people. Also thanks to all the (actually!) inspiring guest lecturers. Paris also helped, I guess 😉

Romain Lachat@rlachat.bsky.social · last yr.

The CERIUM-FMSH summer school comes to an end. Thanks to this fantastic group of promising young scholars: @annasawallisch.bsky.social @anninahermes.bsky.social @francescayton.bsky.social @gaetanoinglese.bsky.social @galron3.bsky.social @ginaaniano.bsky.social Isolde Hegemann

Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti@dasalgon.bsky.social · last yr.

💥 Wir suchen eine studentische Hilfskraft (10-19 Std./Woche) für das Projekt WZB ProtestMonitoring! @wzb.bsky.social 📅Deadline: 12. März! + Infos & Bewerbung: wzb.eu/de/jobs/stud... Gerne stehe ich für Fragen zur Verfügung!

studentische Hilfskraft (m/w/d) (ZZ) (ID 321)

Das Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH (WZB) sucht für die Mitarbeit in einem Forschungsprojekt zu politischem Protest und politischer Radikalisierung in Deutschland für das...

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Leonhard Schmidt@leonhardschmidt.bsky.social · last yr.

Next to social media, the German Left's other major mobilization story was their commitment to actual grassroots campaigning. While AfD had mostly taken over the image of "caretaker" party in the East, this shows that progressive parties can reclaim this identity by being active on the ground