Oliver Treib
@olivertreib.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, University of Muenster | passionate about researching democracy, political conflict, radical right parties, EU politics, public policy - and about baking bread
Es ist endlich da! 😍 Unser (@cerpintaxt.bsky.social & @donyhu.bsky.social) Buch "Empirische Kommunalpolitikforschung: Eine Einführung" (@springer.springernature.com) 💡Eine empirisch-vergleichende, politikwissenschaftliche Einführung in die Kommunalpolitik 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Empirische Kommunalpolitikforschung
Dieses Lehrbuch bietet Lehrenden und Studierenden eine kompakte Einführung in die empirische Kommunalpolitikforschung.
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I like how the Guardian still talks about things like a "hung parliament", which are clearly only a thing in FPTP systems, when discussing the effects a transition to various PR electoral systems would have on Britain. Old habits die hard, it seems
How could Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area
These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems
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We are doing it again: thanks to @aufdroeseler.bsky.social and #CDSC, there will be a 2nd round of reproduction games in Münster. These will also see the reproduction of PolSci papers, hence: don't hesitate to register, #PolSci / #SocSci scholars from Münster and beyond!
Lukas Röseler@aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 3w agoRegister now for the 2nd Münster Reproduction Games at indico.uni-muenster.de/e/rg2 > join a one day event to reproduce results from published articles > get support from experts from multiple disciplines > turn your report into an independent, publishable manuscript
Here's a short blog post summarizing research I've been conducting with @pieterdewilde.bsky.social, @andreavik.bsky.social, and @leneaaroe.bsky.social over the past couple of years. Political activists can make people feel politically represented, which also boosts their satisfaction with democracy!
The Loop@ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 3w ago🎈 #RepresentativeDisconnect No.13 🪧 @pieterdewilde.bsky.social @andreavik.bsky.social @leneaaroe.bsky.social + @olivertreib.bsky.social show how activists like #GretaThunberg + Patrisse Cullors can make citizens feel politically represented, boosting people's democratic satisfaction. buff.ly/fVnrCCL
My university's coverage of the collaboration I did to shed light "on how political emotions (anger, anxiety, hope) create distinct bodily maps" 🧠🗳️ With @andreavik.bsky.social @parkbmb.bsky.social @mtsakiris.bsky.social (thanks team!)
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Universitat de les Illes Balears - UIB@uib.cat · last mo.#RecercaUIB | 💭 Un estudi amb la participació de la #UIB mostra que les emocions polítiques no només es pensen o s’expressen, sinó que també es viuen físicament en el cos. #emBODY #PsicologiaUIB #FonsFEDER 🔗 Llegeix la notícia! diari.uib.cat/w/un-estudi-...
Big news for political science in Europe!
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⚙️
Happy to see my work with @ivobantel.bsky.social and @lucasleemann.bsky.social published in Party Politics. We look at how affective polarization shapes voters' preferences for technocratic and populist governance in Germany showing that it largely depends on partisanship 1/4
Thank you to #Belfast and the great @epssnet.bsky.social team for a fantastic #EPSS2026 conference. We’re very excited to host #EPSS2027 and look forward to welcome the #EPSS community in Copenhagen 24-26 June 2027! @ucph.bsky.social
Glorious day for a little stroll through Belfast to some of the sites of the "Troubles" #EPSS
Great discussion yesterday about the Accommodation Dilemma Framework at the #EPSS2026 "Responding to Non-Cooperation in International Relations" Agenda-Setting panel with @lisadellmuth.bsky.social @fgenovese.bsky.social sky.social, Bernhard Reinsberg, @smetanamichal.bsky.social (and myself).
"Left behind" and an undemocratic mind? Happy to see that my article on the link between perceived marginalization and democratic orientations is now out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social 🧵👇 Read the article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Very excited to present some (early) work with @albertostefanelli.bsky.social at @epssnet.bsky.social in Belfast today! We show that voters electorally sanction costly climate platforms, but pro-climate candidates can attract / retain cross-pressured voters through proximity on non-climate issues ⤵️
History has taught us that agreements signed in Versailles have been the bedrock of lasting peace. The US-Iran MoU will undoubtedly uphold this tradition.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump: "It's signed. I signed it in Versailles. I just signed it."
Expert on online communication @thorstenquandt.bsky.social aims to use his ERC grant to discover how online groups function, how their values can break down and how they can create a toxic, dangerous community. #NoToHate @uni-muenster.de 👇 buff.ly/A4EIvdN
Portrait Prof. Dr. Thorsten Quandt - Twelve months, twelve people - June
Porträts 2025 Broschüre Zwölf Monate, zwölf Menschen
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A heartfelt thank you to our amazing outgoing #EPSS president @sarahobolt.bsky.social, who was not only instrumental to creating EPSS, but also sheparded it so successfully through its first year. And equally huge thanks to incoming EPSS president @simonhix.bsky.social for his fabulous leadership!
Zehn Forscher*innen, zehn neue wissenschaftliche Perspektiven, zehnmal exzellente Arbeit: 🏆Mit dem Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis 2026 hat die DFG drei Wissenschaftlerinnen und sechs Wissenschaftler ausgezeichnet, die ihre Fachgebiete bereits früh in ihrer Karriere maßgeblich prägen.👏 Ihre Kurzprofile 👇
Somewhat unexpectedly, the mail man has just dropped of a parcel at my home address. I have been sitting on my living room floor for at least half an hour. Next to my new book. Grinning. #politucaltheory, #independence, #Scotland, #newbook @ifpolms.bsky.social
Very happy to see our book "Trigger Points" finally out in English, and fully open access! Hopefully a useful resource for anyone working on polarization, class, inequality, migration, diversity, and climate change.
The Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science@mpips.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhy do our societies seem so deeply divided when most citizens actually occupy a broad political middle ground? @steffenmau.bsky.social, @thomaslux.bsky.social & @lwestheuser.bsky.social unpack this paradox in Trigger Points, pub. today @brisunipress.bsky.social, Foreward @mikesavagelse.bsky.social
Sehr interessantes Gespräch über Minderheitsregierungen, flexible Mehrheiten, die Macht einer Minderheit in Koalitionsverhandlungen und am Rande auch über die Brandmauer. @pluggedchris.bsky.social im Gespräch mit @benjaminhoff.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
Ohne Koalitionskorsett und Brandmauern?
Im Gespräch mit Prof. Dr. Christian Stecker über flexible Mehrheiten, Minderheitsregierungen und die Zukunft parlamentarischer Demokratie. Zugleich eine Antwort auf Torsten Albig.
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From our May issue: Smoke and Mirrors: Strategic Messaging and the Politics of Noncompliance by JULIA C. MORSE and TYLER PRATT. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
New article out in @wepsocial.bsky.social, with Lucca Hoffeller: doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2026.2662884 We add a new perspective to research on congruence and political support: Group-based congruence, where citizens’ support depends on how well their social group’s preferences are represented. 🧵
