Reminder 🤗 A little less than 2 weeks left to apply for our final project workshop in Paris 👇

Isabelle Guinaudeau@iguinaudeau.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣 Call for papers! Final UNEQUALMAND workshop on social groups, mandate responsiveness & political (in)equality 📍 Sciences Po, Paris 📅 24–25 Sept 2026 🏫 Lodging 🚅 Travel≤€500 📝 Proposals due 31 May Details: lnkd.in/gjXsmb7y With @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social and @theresmatthiess.bsky.social

Wanna talk about the cordon sanitaire (the "Brandmauer"?) 🚨We (@christinajuen.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social and I) have a new paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010... What do we do in the paper? A 🧵: 1/7

🚨 8 days left to apply! @svenhegewald.bsky.social and I a are happy to answer questions of prospective applicants.

Arndt Leininger@aleininger.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 We're hiring for my project RESPOL on residential mobility & electoral realignment 📍 University of Hamburg 📅 4y, 75% FTE 🔍 pol behavior, comp politics, regional inequalities 📊 quant, administrative & survey data Please share with talented MA students! 🔗 www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

Thrilled that my paper (w/@sarahobolt.bsky.social,@catherinedevries.bsky.social,@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) was accepted at the American Political Science Review! We find that declining public services fuel support for the populist right — and show why the right benefits more than other parties 🧵

Delighted our paper (with an amazing group of co-authors) is forthcoming in the APSR Takeaway for Labour and other centre-left parties: fixing public services is key to reducing support for the populist right 👇

Zach Dickson@zachdickson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Thrilled that my paper (w/@sarahobolt.bsky.social,@catherinedevries.bsky.social,@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) was accepted at the American Political Science Review! We find that declining public services fuel support for the populist right — and show why the right benefits more than other parties 🧵

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New paper in Political Psychology: The age of virtue signaling: Moral grandstanding as competitive display among young men This study examines moral grandstanding (i.e., using moral discourse to enhance status) across 4 European countries (N=8,420). 🧵 doi.org/10.1111/pops...

The age of virtue signaling: Moral grandstanding as competitive display among young men

Moral grandstanding—the use of moral discourse to enhance one's status—has become a central feature of contemporary political expression. Drawing on representative survey data from Germany, France, G...

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The paper is published OA: Garritzmann, S., & Wehl, N. (2024). How Education Policies Shape Political Inequality: Analyzing Policy Feedback Effects in Germany. Comparative Political Studies, 58(6), 1273-1314. doi.org/10.1177/0010... Info on #ALLBUS data: www.gesis.org/en/allbus #polsci #sociology

Susanne Garritzmann@sgarritzmann.bsky.social · 8mo ago

What an honor! @na-wehl.bsky.social & I received the ALLBUS Preis 2025 for our paper "How education policies shape political inequality: analyzing policy feedback effects in Germany"! 🥳🥳 Thanks a lot to the jury & a very kind laudatio by Markus Tausendpfund @gesis.org Mannheim!

A week ago, we - the PerFair project - celebrated the successful data collection among 7th graders in Germany 🎉funded by @excinequality.bsky.social! 🙏 to a bunch of great colleagues from political science and sociology for coming all the way to Konstanz, inspiring comments and impressive talks! 🙏🤓👍

What an honor! @na-wehl.bsky.social & I received the ALLBUS Preis 2025 for our paper "How education policies shape political inequality: analyzing policy feedback effects in Germany"! 🥳🥳 Thanks a lot to the jury & a very kind laudatio by Markus Tausendpfund @gesis.org Mannheim!

📢 Call for Papers: Jahrestagung des DVPW-Arbeitskreises Wahlen und politische Einstellungen 📅 7./8. Mai 2026 in Mainz 📧 ak-wahlen@dvpw.de 🗓️ Deadline: 31.01.2026 Themenoffener Call - Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiche Einreichungen! @sgarritzmann.bsky.social @nilssteiner.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social

The week ends with excellent news: the @dfg.de grants the renewal of our research group #RISS "Reconfiguration and Internalization of Social Structure" for a second funding phase! Thus, more fascinating research ongoing & more jobs opening up at @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social!

New 📝 out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social 1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training 2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025. epssnet.org/belfast-2026/ @rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Electoral + Voting Behaviour & Climate Politics ▶️ Electoral + Voting Behaviour 🧵

New article out! 🥳 We study whether & how internal political efficacy contributes to unequal turnout among newly enfranchised citizens - open access with Politics & Governance. 🙏 for the great cooperation to @aleininger.bsky.social, @wahlforschung.thorstenfaas.de, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Armin Schäfer!

My fantastic co-author Julian Voss has meticulously compiled municipality-level election results for Post-WW2 Western German elections (1949-1969) from historical records. What a great resource! Read the paper, use the data: osf.io/preprints/os...

polisky cpesky I have 2 open positions in my team Goethe Uni #Frankfurt: I am looking for - a PhD student - a student assistant. You should be interested in comparative politics, ideally with a focus in public policy, comparative political economy, welfare research, or education/social policy.

I have been productively procrastinating today, but at least I have finally set up my personal web page! Looking forward to connect with people and discuss inequality related topics on this platform!

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Did educational expansion make cognitive ability more predictive of attainment? Meritocratic logics would suggest so. Our results reveal the opposite pattern: a decoupling between ability and education over birth cohorts! Out now in Scientific Reports! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

There will be another TOPIQ talk @ipz.bsky.social tomorrow 5pm CET (online) Andrew McNeil will present new work on the effects of (lacking) social mobility on political discontent. Registration here: www.urpp-equality.uzh.ch/en/registrat...

Now online with OUP Handbooks: a @sgarritzmann.bsky.social - @garritzmannj.bsky.social co-production on "Why Globalization Hardly Affects Education Systems: A Historical Institutionalist View" academic.oup.com/edited-volum... Ungated version here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...