*German Politics Essay Prize* 📢 This prize is back for another year! Offering undergraduate and master’s #students studying at UK universities the chance to showcase their work. 📆 Submission deadline: 30 September ➡️ Full details buff.ly/Nn2qVJZ @psagermanpol.bsky.social #German #Politics

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We're looking for submissions for this year's German Politics Essay Prize📑 Deadline for submissions is September 30. For more information, click the image below👇 Any questions? Don't hesitate to contact us!📫 Please share widely 🔁 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

1/5. 📢NEW PUBLICATION We're thrilled to announce the publication of "Antifeminism in the German Far Right: A Comparative Analysis Across Political Arenas," by Victoria Scheyer, Jacqui True, and Matteo Bonotti. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com @glasgow.ac.uk

How we speak shapes how we feel represented - using original survey data from Germany, @martingross.bsky.social & @wurthmann.bsky.social show dialect speakers feel less politically represented & prefer politicians who speak their dialect. OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/iVEXmZv @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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How we speak shapes how we feel represented - using original survey data from Germany, @martingross.bsky.social & @wurthmann.bsky.social show dialect speakers feel less politically represented & prefer politicians who speak their dialect. OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/iVEXmZv @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🚨🚨New Online First!🚨🚨 Instagramming politics: Analyzing German MPs’ day-to-day activities on social media in non-campaign periods By @swallaschek.bsky.social & Lara Fuge Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1.... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Instagramming politics: Analyzing German MPs’ day-to-day activities on social media in non-campaign periods - Stefan Wallaschek, Lara Fuge, 2026

This article investigates how members of the 20th German Bundestag use Instagram during non-campaign periods. Drawing on research on visual political communicat...

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📝 Don't miss one of our most read #openaccess #BJPIR articles! 'Zeitenwende as a foreign policy identity crisis: Germany and the travails of adaptation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine' by @tobiasbunde.bsky.social. 🔗 buff.ly/Bl9vSLm @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Zeitenwende as a foreign policy identity crisis: Germany and the travails of adaptation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Tobias Bunde, 2025

While Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine represented a shock to countries across Europe, it was perceived as a particularly fundamental challenge in German...

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🚨Publication Alert🚨 Supply & Demand of Regional Populism in Bavaria: Explaining the Regional Success of the CSU & Free Voters in German Politics 📑TL;DR: Regional populism is distinct from AfD's general populism and predicts CSU/FW voting well. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... A short 🧵 1/n

Supply and Demand of Regional Populism in Bavaria: Explaining the Regional Success of the CSU and Free Voters

This article tests the concept of regional populism to explain the electoral success of the CSU and the Free Voters in Bavaria, two parties that together have governed the state since 2018. It brid...

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Great publication, highly recommended to those studying the regional level in Germany!

Martin Gross@martingross.bsky.social · 6mo ago

💥 New publication w/ @svenjakrauss.bsky.social in German Politics: "Asset or Liability? The Effect of National Approval Ratings on Regional Election Results"

*PSA NEWS MAGAZINE* January issue is now out. 👀 Members will receive copies in the post, and the digital version is now online. Enjoy buff.ly/XMBxn4u

🚨New article by Maximilian Tkocz and Rachel Herring: Ontological Nuisance in Elite Discourse: Foreign Policy and the Populist Radical Right in Germany. Open Access in Global Studies Quarterly 👉https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/doi/10.1093/isagsq/ksaf124/8427349

Ontological Nuisance in Elite Discourse: Foreign Policy and the Populist Radical Right in Germany

Abstract. This article calls for a research agenda which looks at narrative challenge and disruption from within, that is, within political elites. Merging

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Die AfD darf nicht in die Nähe der Macht gelangen, sagen die Politikwissenschaftler Thomas Biebricher und Christian Stecker. Doch wie verhindert man das?

Streitgespräch über Brandmauern: „Es gibt Schnittmengen zwischen Union und AfD“

Die AfD darf nicht in die Nähe der Macht gelangen, sagen die Politikwissenschaftler Thomas Biebricher und Christian Stecker. Doch wie verhindert man das?

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🚨New Publication🚨 Are Single‐Party Voting Advice Applications Useful? Comparing Voter Preferences in the BSW‐O‐Mat With a Probability Sample in Politics and Governance 📑TL;DR: Yes, they're useful, but biases need to be addressed. www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg... A short 🧵 1/n

Highly recommended to those interested in the dynamics at the last German General Elections 2025!

Thorsten Faas@wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de · 7mo ago

Same old, same old? Germany held an early election after the implosion of the traffic-light coalition in Feb 25. Some takeaways from our election report @klingelt.bsky.social @wepsocial.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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*#PSA26 Annual Conference* 🚨Registration Open🚨 Join us in Oxford 30 March - 1 April 2026 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures' 📆 Early booking deadline 19 January ➡️ buff.ly/uILVJGQ

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Political Studies Association 76th Annual International ConferencePSA26: Political Studies Futures30 March – 1 April 2026, Oxford Join us in Oxford for PSA26 to discuss 'Political Studies…

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IN NEW ISSUE: Elite Cooperation and Affective Polarization: @markuswagner.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social examine the link between the two by using 20 years of German coalitions data - buff.ly/DoGL3EA (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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IN NEW ISSUE: How do institutional parameters affect citizens’ evaluations of a political system as democratic? @clandwehr.bsky.social, C Ojeda & @stallbaum.bsky.social compare citizens’ design preferences in #Germany & #US: buff.ly/3Wx9YMl @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

🌟PSA PRIZES🌟 Nominations for Academic Prizes are now open! 📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning. 📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025 ➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online

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1/4. ** New Article Alert! "Instrumentalisation of political transnationalism for anti-immigrant purposes: A comparative analysis on the Alternative for Germany and the Party for Freedom", by Efe C. Özek @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Excellent job opportunity in the SPARK project👇

Marc Geddes@marcgeddes.uk · 10mo ago

🚨 Job Opportunity! 🚨 Applications are now open for a new 2.5-year postdoc at @edinburghpir.bsky.social to examine how parliaments gather, analyse and use different types of knowledge - see the full job listing here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

IN NEW ISSUE: What is the far-right’s foreign policy outlook? @thorstenwojczewski.bsky.social tests a proposed theoretical framework through a comparative analysis of two German right parties. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/NLJLIFU @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

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PSA German Politics Specialist Group@psagermanpol.bsky.social · last yr.

🔁Please share 🔁 Are you an undergraduate or masters student in the UK 💂‍♂️working on German Politics⚫🔴🟡? We award up to three Essay Prizes 🥇 Submit your essays or dissertations now 📫 Contact us, if you have any question 🙋 More information: psagermany.wordpress.com/events-2/psa...

*PSA EVENT* Our Teaching & Learning Network Conference is taking place next week. Bringing together the teaching and learning community to share practices, ideas and experiences. 4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social.

New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social "Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany" Full paper (open access)👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... What did we find? 🧵

Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany

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🧪 🗳 New in Scientific Data "The #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A Dataset of Austrian Voter Attitudes and Behavior” The new data descriptor offers background on study design & data quality. ➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415... 📂 Dataset: doi.org/10.11587/HNU... #OpenScience @aussda.bsky.social

*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social has launched an l #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students. 📆 Deadline 30 Sept. ➡️ buff.ly/MXzuH2E

Dangerous things are happening in Germany. We know that a lack of trust is a significant factor in RR voting. Has anyone also looked at whether RR politicians trust the state? These people always seem to radiate intense hatred for democratic institutions. But maybe that's just for show.

Anna-Sophie Heinze@asheinze.bsky.social · last yr.

Viel wurde über die "neue" Strategie der AfD gesprochen - ich bezeichne diese als "elektorale Ausdehnungsstrategie ohne inhaltliche Mäßigung". Letzteres fällt im öffentlichen Diskurs gerne einmal herunter. Mehr dazu hier (zu hören und zu lesen): www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...

July 1950: the Communist hymn „Die Partei hat immer recht“ is performed for the first time in East Berlin www.deutschlandfunk.de/24-07-1950-l...

Kommunistischer Hit der DDR: "Die Partei hat immer recht"

Es ist eine Hymne auf den Kommunismus: "Die Partei hat immer recht" oder auch "Das Lied der Partei" des böhmisch-deutschen Dichters Louis Fürnberg.

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*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the #German #Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social have launched an #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students ➡️

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Essay Prize 2025Deadline - 30 September '25To mark the 75th anniversary of the UK’s Political Studies Association, the German Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) has created a One-off Essay Prize for…

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