And an explainer of the Hungarian electoral system that can produce a 2/3rds majority from 53% of the list votes: bsky.app/profile/garv...

A discussion of the politics of Magyar and the challenges of restoring (liberal) democracy: bsky.app/profile/gabr...

An explainer on how this happened from the mobilization side. : bsky.app/profile/zmik...

There's lots of people more affected by yday's news but seeing Orbán concede has been a dream for me since I moved to Hungary to study in 2013 & I was not confident I'd see this happen.

I have lots of reservations about Magyar but I'll remember yesterday as a day of joy.

Reading recommendations⏬

For years, but especially in the last few months, I have been trying hard to imagine what it will feel like seeing Orban decisively defeated. I just couldn't. And yet here we are: it is truly and well over. I have more reservations about Peter Magyar than I could say in 300 characters or a thread...

Gratulálok 💙

Keeping this for the future: Orbán on TV saying that the election results are painful but clear. This feels momentous. #Hungary

Péter Magyar FB: “Prime Minister Viktor Orbán just called to congratulate us on our victory.”

IT'S DONE. IT'S DONE.

Voting in Hungary is underway. Opposition leader Péter Magyar, leading in polls, has cast his vote. Turnout at 7am is 3.46%—a record, twice as high as 4 years ago. Early data shows opposition areas overperforming, while Fidesz strongholds are lagging.

Follow me for updates on the #HungaryElection

Willkommen in Hamburg lieber Arndt! 🎉
Wir freuen uns schon sehr auf die Zusammenarbeit.

Willkommen in Hamburg :)

Karin Prien setzt bei Demokratiearbeit Kettensäge an: Durch den geplanten Umbau der Förderung "Demokratie leben!", droht bundesweit ein Kahlschlag bei Prävention, Beratung und zivilgesellschaftlichen Strukturen – genau dort, wo sie am dringendsten gebraucht werden. 1/x

Find out more Introducing our Methods School Directors

🎉 We are excited to welcome Andrea De Angelis and @gessler.bsky.social as Methods School Directors for our Methods School #ecprms, overseeing all academic matters for the event

They bring internationally recognised experience in researching, teaching and training in #qual & #quant research methods

Two new articles in Party Politics

With
@gessler.bsky.social

Measuring party positions and issue salience with mass media and manifesto data"
doi.org/10.1177/1354...

With Hanspeter Kriesi
"Restructuring party systems in Northwestern Europe"
doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Feedback very welcome!

We're excited about the next edition of our Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology, this time organized by the 💫 local team in Mannheim!

Last day 📢📢📢

One week left to apply - join us in Hamburg @politikuhh.bsky.social for the next years 👋

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...

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...

⏰ One week left to apply for SekMethoden 2026 — the annual meeting of the DVPW Section "Methods of Political Science". Submit your abstract by Sunday!

⬇️ See below for the CfP and link to the application portal.

@gessler.bsky.social @lukrudolph.bsky.social @donyhu.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social

@sonjapriebus.bsky.social Aleksandra Maatsch& me are organizing a workshop on 'Opposing challenges to democracy across contexts' in Frankfurt (Oder) 26-27 March 2026.

Do you have a paper that might fit? ➡️Call for Papers (📆Deadline: 05/12)
www.dvpw.de/informatione...

Crisis-exploitation or fear-mongering? A research agenda for the comparative study of policy crises and illiberal policy frames The pervasive and growing illiberal movement is, perhaps, the greatest global challenge to liberal democracy today. Scholars argue that domestic and international crises have played an important ro...

🤔 Illiberal policy frames? Turns out it’s fear-mongering, not crisis-driven

👥 @miklossebok.bsky.social, @buzogany.bsky.social, @juliafleischer.bsky.social, @gessler.bsky.social, Anna Takács, @seanmtheriault.bsky.social & Ákos Holányi

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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

‼️Last chance to submit your paper or panel proposal to EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is TODAY!

Don’t miss out - it will be full of great political science and fun social events! 👩‍🏫🥳

epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Woohoo, I'm really happy to hear this! Congratulations to you and Amsterdam! 🎉

A screenshot of the CfP for SekMethoden 2026

🚨 CfP: SekMethoden 2026
🗓️ March 12-13, 2026
🗺️ Hannover, Germany
⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025

👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2...

👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!

Physikalischen Grundlagen

Am kommenden Dienstag gebe ich im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung zur Klimakrise an der @uni-hamburg.de einen Vortrag zu den physikalischen Grundlagen der Klimakrise. Der Vortrag ist öffentlich, also gerne vorbeikommen!

Freue mich auf den Austausch! #climatecomms

www.zfw.uni-hamburg.de/oeffentliche...

Stimmt, du bist ja auch in Hamburg ☺️ Dann lass uns doch bald mal in die Mensa, ich bin auch schon Fan :D

Danke liebe Verena - wir sehen uns ja glaube ich schon morgen in Bamberg :)

Thanks for the warm welcome - I've been meaning to pass by to say hi, but the first weeks have been quite busy and I'm still sitting in VMP9 for a little while. But I'll try to pass by next week and look forward to Blattwerk chats :)