💡New Publication: Thrilled to share the first paper from my dissertation is now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. With @geraldschneider.bsky.social and @janvogler.bsky.social, I study how regional anti-immigrant sentiment and negative news shape decisions of bureaucrats. doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Illiberal Norms, Media Reporting, and Bureaucratic Discrimination: Evidence from State-Citizen Interactions in Germany - Stefanie Rueß, Gerald Schneider, Jan P. Vogler, 2025

Recent research on the rise of radical right-wing parties highlights the activation of deeply rooted illiberal norms in society, including hostility toward marg...

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journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Here is the direct link to this new article on bureaucratic discrimination. We show, based on a large sample of caseworkers, that media reports on social welfare fraud influence decisions on unemployment benefits.

Illiberal Norms, Media Reporting, and Bureaucratic Discrimination: Evidence from State-Citizen Interactions in Germany - Stefanie Rueß, Gerald Schneider, Jan P. Vogler, 2025

Recent research on the rise of radical right-wing parties highlights the activation of deeply rooted illiberal norms in society, including hostility toward marg...

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The Politics of Inequality@excinequality.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Eine neue Studie unseres Clusters @uni-konstanz.de zeigt: Negative Medienberichte über bestimmte Migrant*innengruppen können bei der Vergabe von Bürgergeld zu Diskriminierung führen! Mehr Infos: t1p.de/lv33e @steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social

Eine neue Studie unseres Clusters @uni-konstanz.de zeigt: Negative Medienberichte über bestimmte Migrant*innengruppen können bei der Vergabe von Bürgergeld zu Diskriminierung führen! Mehr Infos: t1p.de/lv33e @steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social

Happy to share our first publication with the DEMOLAW team! 🤓☺️

DEMOLAW@demolaw.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨🎉Announcing our project's first publication🎉🚨 "Laws as Blades: A Conceptual Framework of Legislative Design" is now available open access in @policysciences.bsky.social Funded by @erc.europa.eu doi.org/10.1007/s110....

@kaplaner.bsky.social and @steffenhurka.bsky.social had the privilege to present and discuss the DEMOLAW project at the University of Aarhus. DEMOLAW thanks @rsenninger.bsky.social and the entire department of political science for the kind invitation, the hospitality, and the great feedback!

Anke Hoeffler, Tanja Kupisch, and I are happy to announce three doctoral positions in the project "Lifting the Veil of Violence: Inequality and Representation after War” (LiVV) at ‪the Cluster of Excellence @excinequality.bsky.social‬ at @uni-konstanz.de‬. stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...

3 Doctoral Positions in LiVV – Project Cluster “The Politics of Inequality”

Deadline: September 24, 2025

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DEMOLAW team drinks in Madrid #EPSA2025

I don’t typically post much, but I’m excited to share a guest essay co-authored with @jacobhacker.bsky.social which was published today in the @nytimes.com, as well as two reports we just published at the @equitablegrowth.bsky.social on Republican’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

This week, we're in Madrid for #EPSA2025 where @kaplaner.bsky.social will present our first empirical research paper "Balancing Versatility and Precision: A Framework for Caputring Legislative Design Choice in Democratic Systems" on Thursday at 17:00 (-1.A.05).

On Thursday at 17:00 (-1.A.05) @kaplaner.bsky.social presents "Balancing Versatility and Precision: A Framework for Capturing Legislative Design Choices in Democratic Systems", the first empirical paper of the @demolaw.bsky.social project. #EPSA2025 DEMOLAW conceptual paper: tinyurl.com/5auvzcbs

Hello world! We are DEMOLAW, an ERC-funded project investigating the design, creation, and survival of democratic laws. Our website is now live! sites.google.com/view/demolaw To read our first research paper, visit: tinyurl.com/58p4m2m4 We will be at #EPSA2025 in Madrid & look forward to meeting!

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The DEMOLAW team: PI: Steffen Hurka (@steffenhurka.bsky.social) Postdocs: Constantin Kaplaner (@kaplaner.bsky.social), Stefanie Rueß (@steffiru.bsky.social), Mike Cowburn (@mikecowburn.bsky.social) Research assistant: Amelie Sieber Follow us here for updates on our work & publications.

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Meet the DEMOLAW-Team! Constantin Kaplaner (@kaplaner.bsky.social), Stefanie Rueß (@steffiru.bsky.social), myself, Amelie Sieber and Mike Cowburn (@mikecowburn.bsky.social). So much looking forward to the years ahead! Follow us at @demolaw.bsky.social!

Meet the DEMOLAW-Team! Constantin Kaplaner (@kaplaner.bsky.social), Stefanie Rueß (@steffiru.bsky.social), myself, Amelie Sieber and Mike Cowburn (@mikecowburn.bsky.social). So much looking forward to the years ahead! Follow us at @demolaw.bsky.social!