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Korinna Lindemann@korinlind.bsky.social · last mo.

📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after! 📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim 💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July

New preprint: my contribution for @marhai.bsky.social and @emesedomahidi.bsky.social 's The Handbook of Computational Communication Research discusses the transition of the field from bag-of-words to word embeddings to transformer based contextualized embeddings. doi.org/10.31235/osf...

MZES project director Dr. Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social has been awarded this year’s prize from the Prof. Dr Anna and Prof. Dr Jörg Jiri Bojanovsky Foundation. The Foundation supports early-career researchers at the University of Mannheim in the field of empirical research... 1/5

Now in print 🙌 In prep we were told that the recruitment-scenario in our experiment was “naive or Global South specific”. But recent trafficking ( #Epstein-files ) revelations show: ▶️The question is not only “who would fall for this?” but under which conditions risky decisions become rational.

🚨 NEW REPORT! 🚨 What is the state of the UK academic job market in politics, and what does this mean for the field and #highered? In a new @psaecn.bsky.social report, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social @williamlallen.bsky.social and I find worrying trends in job adverts and HESA data from 2012-25 #PSA26

Academic Job Market Trends in Politics and International Relations - Political Studies Association

Academic Job Market Trends in Politics and International Relations: Evidence from the UK, 2012-25 Authored by: Dr Ralph Scott, Dr Lawrence McKay, and Dr William Allen Read the full report here   Execu...

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Explained emigration to 8–12 year olds at the Children’s University @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social 👩‍🏫 Big questions and lots of curiosity! 🌱✨ For kids in MA - spring lectures are fully booked but fall lectures will be online soon: www.uni-mannheim.de/studium/lebe...

This is a great new resource ⬇️🚨

European Social Survey@ess-survey.bsky.social · 5mo ago

As part of the Infra4NextGen project, funded by @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu 🇪🇺, harmonised datasets are now available. These include #data from social surveys that has been harmonised to make them as comparable as possible, even if the question text and response scales differed.

Sociology Research Colloquium Who considers migrating as the climate changes? @snmorgenstern.bsky.social from @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social presents experimental findings on climate literacy, future orientation, and gendered migration aspirations. 📅March 4, 2026, 4:15–5:45 p.m. 📍UNIBE, vonRoll B202

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Melanie Sauter@melinscribe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky

❗️Early Career Women* Scholars 🏫 join us for the summer school in political methodology 📈 all payed 👩‍💻 See you in July (19-25) in Mannheim

Melanie Sauter@melinscribe.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky

🌍 What does the evidence say about international migration and economic development? Read the new @voxdev.bsky.social literature review on “International Migration" co-edited by NOVAFRICA Scientific Director and @NovaSBE Professor @catiabatista.bsky.social 👉 voxdev.org/voxdevlit/in...

📄 New paper out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with my amazing co-author @plutscher.bsky.social ! 💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020. polisky csssky socsky commsky

Personal update: proud owner of the first pair of MZES merchandise socks. Being a staff representative @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social for four years was totally worth it! 💪😅

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

Publication in Journal of Development Studies 💡 Rethinking vulnerability to international human trafficking in theoretical frame: agency instead of passive victimhood 🚻 No baseline gender gap—but: a gendered bystander effect, increasing men’s vulnerability, not women’s doi.org/10.1080/0022...

🚨New working paper: Compositional Effects, Internal Migration and Electoral Outcomes osf.io/preprints/so... #polisciresearch

Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yD

British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW - Regional Labor Markets, Residential Mobility, and Anti-Immigration Sentiment - https://cup.org/3XiB6yD - @denis-cohen.bsky.social & @sergipardos.bsky.social #OpenAccess

📣 Migrant*innen in Europa teilen demokratische Werte Meldung der @dpa.com zur Studie von MZES-Vorstandsmitglied Marc Helbling, @fguelzau.bsky.social ( @svrmigration.bsky.social ) und MZES-Fellow @snmorgenstern.bsky.social Pressemitteilung folgt. 👉 www.deutschlandfunk.de/migranten-in... 1/2

Forschung - Migranten in Europa teilen demokratische Werte

Zuwanderer in Deutschland und anderen Staaten in Europa haben laut einer Untersuchung ähnlich ausgeprägte demokratische Werte wie Menschen ohne Migrationshintergrund. Das ergab eine Studie der Univers...

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🆕 🗳️ Using surveys across 🇪🇺 & 🇩🇪 @fguelzau.bsky.social Marc Helbling & @snmorgenstern.bsky.social compare migrants from democratic vs. non-democratic countries to see whether support for #LiberaDemocratic values differs between migrants in Europe and non-migrants 📖

Liberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Liberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes

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Deadline in about a month @ all postdocs! Hope to meet you in Mannheim soon next year :)

MZES Uni Mannheim@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers! ❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊 💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas 💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance 📆 Deadline: 28 November Full information: 👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

Hello Mannheim! I'm presenting tomorrow at the Centre for European Social Research. Come for all the empirical modelling you know all about, stay for all the stuff about oil in Northern Europe you know less about 🛢️🌊

MZES Uni Mannheim@mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 11mo ago

(...) Alexandru Cernat (University of Manchester, @manchester.ac.uk ‪‬) Héctor Cebolla ( @hcebolla.bsky.social ) Federica Genovese (‪ @fgenovese.bsky.social ) Ben Jann (Universität Bern, @unibe.ch ‬) Catherine E. de Vries ( ‪@catherinedevries.bsky.social ) (...) 3/7

Thank you so much for organising and curating these well-fitting research presentations on irregular #migration - @langlotzsarah.bsky.social @paul-michel.bsky.social and Sebastian @hwwi-economics.bsky.social

Sarah Langlotz@langlotzsarah.bsky.social · 10mo ago

It was a great pleasure to co-host the workshop "Economics and Politics of Irregular Migration" with Sebastian Leue and @paul-michel.bsky.social at the @hwwi-economics.bsky.social over the past two days. Many thanks to all participants for the excellent presentations and lively discussions!

Wie unterscheiden sich die liberaldemokratischen Werte von Migranten und Nicht-Migranten in Europa? Dr. Gülzau, Prof. Helbling und Dr. Sandra Morgenstern veröffentlichen dazu einen Artikel im European Journal of Political Research 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

⚠️New publication @ssreditorial.bsky.social 📖 #ethics in the practical implementation of #migration information campaigns ➡️ Sender credibility and Anxiety-trigger both impactful for information provision ➡️ but via distinct paths: No double-down-effect 🛄 Multi-treatment RCT, N=2612 in Nigeria

📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers! ❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊 💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas 💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance 📆 Deadline: 28 November Full information: 👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

🚨So happy to see this article finally out! I still think it’s among my best. Thank you, @breunig.bsky.social and @anselmhager.bsky.social, for your support throughout this crazy ride!

Social Science Research@ssreditorial.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@snmorgenstern.bsky.social examines anxiety and credibility as moderators of political information on migration. This article is open access and available now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New📣 „Feelings of Guilt When Caring for Parents Across Borders“ by D. Schiefer, M. Nowicka (Integration Dept.) & S. Morgenstern @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social compares male & female residents in GER who provide #care to parents living abroad, with individuals whose parents also reside in GER. 🧵

Feelings of Guilt When Caring for Parents Across Borders: The Role of Gender and Country‐Specific Care Systems and Norms

It is well established that families maintain ties across national borders. Research shows that caregiving obligations between adult children and their parents can induce care burden and negatively i...

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❗❗ New #OpenAccess Publication ❗❗ 📃 Gender Attitudes, Inequality and Migration Decision-Making by @snmorgenstern.bsky.social and @cvar-sil.bsky.social 🌍 Survey data from young adults across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the MENAT region. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (1/4)

Gender Attitudes, Inequality and Migration Decision‐Making

We explore the role of gender-unequal attitudes towards gender norms and perceived structural gender inequality in the migration decision-making of men and women. Adopting a conceptual model based on...

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🚨Happy to see this published! ➡️ Different gender inequalities and how they influence migration decision-manking 👨‍🏫 together with @cvar-sil.bsky.social

Carlos Vargas-Silva@cvar-sil.bsky.social · last yr.

Our paper “Gender Attitudes, Inequality & Migration Decision-Making” now online. Conservative gender attitudes lower preference for migration among women. Perceived structural gender inequality increases expectations of migration for men. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...