@peterniesen.bsky.social

Political Theorist, University of Hamburg.

And with that, I'm closing a wonderful chapter at the Institute of Political Science at TU Chemnitz. Being an assistant professor of research methods there taught me so much. I am grateful to colleagues and students there for what I learned.

Really pleased to advertise these 4 LSE postdocs in the history of popular government as part of our ERC Synergy Project "Popular Government in Global Perspective (POPGOV)"

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LSE Department of Government@lsegovernment.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🔺We're #hiring. We are recruiting four #research #officers who will be part of the research project “Popular Government in Global Perspective” (POPGOV) co-led by Assistant Professor @brunoleipold.com. The positions are full time for a period of four years.👇🏾 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ727/r...

"Sollten die Parteien der Mitte im Zweifel mit der AfD kooperieren? Wer dieses Szenario zu Ende denkt, kann derzeit nur zu einem Schluss kommen" schreibt Thomas Biebricher in seinem Gastbeitrag "Die Kosten der Brandmauer sind hoch – und doch braucht es sie" in @zeit.de: www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

Brandmauer-Debatte: Die Kosten der Brandmauer sind hoch – und doch braucht es sie

Sollten die Parteien der Mitte im Zweifel mit der AfD kooperieren? Wer dieses Szenario zu Ende denkt, kann derzeit nur zu einem Schluss kommen.

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The idea is to confront current trends of democratic decay and executive self-aggrandizement with Bentham’s idea of a thoroughly political constitutionalism, and the lessons it might hold for today. Hamburg, Nov. 21-22, 2025. Thanks to Tim Reuscher and Smilla Zierau for the posters ...

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