It's education, stupid!

My latest with Christina Zuber and Edina Szöcsik, finally out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social! We outline an emerging new paradigm in the study of parties and elections.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Navigating the two worlds of academic and public communication: the case of sociologists in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Navigating the two worlds of academic and public communication: the case of sociologists in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic

Wie haben #Soziolog:innen auf die #Corona-Pandemie reagiert? Wie haben sie ihre #Expertise in die Öffentlichkeit gebracht und in welchem Umfang haben sie zu dieser Jahrhundertkrise geforscht?

Dazu haben wir jetzt eine Studie!
@ttoensfeuerborn.bsky.social
@kathamh.bsky.social

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Exciting news: our transformation is complete! The Max Planck Institute for Political & Social Science in Göttingen launches under Ursula Daxecker &  @steffenmau.bsky.social, addressing social & political challenges, including democratic backsliding, social inequality & conflict www.ips.mpg.de

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We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict is looking for Postdoc & Doc Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict www.ips.mpg.de/13135/stelle...

Have you checked the European Values Study?

Nicely put. May I add that Habermas wasn't expecting most of the other unpleasant, but very real phenomena of today's politics: populism, Euroscepticism, xenophobia, etc. It's fascinating how he clung to his normative convictions - but also kind of tragic as it made his theories highly unrealistic.

Germany does not lack talent, and it does not lack funding. But we are trapping 21st-century minds inside 19th-century academic hierarchies. We are asking brilliant young scientists to build the future of the German economy, but refusing to give them the lab space, the job security, or the scientific independence to actually do it. If we want to reclaim our place as an industrial superpower, we have to stop the rat race of trying to keep every technology and structure alive that made us successful in the 20th century. Instead, we must fix our system that pushes our most ambitious scientists away. The money is there. The talent can be there. Now, we also need the courage to fix what’s broken.

“we are trapping 21st-century minds inside 19th-century academic hierarchies.” This essay gets a lot right about problems with German science. I would add that the hierarchies and precarious contracts lead also to systemic abuse and scientific misconduct. open.substack.com/pub/realimag...

I'm very excited to see our paper on group appeals finally formatted and published online with the JoP! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

Congratulations - looking forward to the reaearch that will come our of this!

📖📢 Great to get back home and find a copy of my new book The Government and Politics of the European Union. It's been a long journey but I hope that you will enjoy this completely reworked and updated edition of a classic textbook on the #EU! 👉https://lnkd.in/dsEFkW_u
#EUsky #Eursky

Why does mainstream accommodation of far-right and Eurosceptic parties often electorally backfire? In my 3rd dissertation paper, just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social, I argue that voters specifically punish internally divided parties for accommodation: doi.org/10.1080/0140...
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I know I'm a bit late to the party but this piece, and the responses to it, are essential reading for everybody trying to figure out how to build a viable electoral strategy to defeat Trump. Spoiler: ideological moderation to try and satisfy the median voter is unlikely to do the trick!

When the term ist over but everything still reminds you of the 'Intro to Public Policy Analysis' lecture you've taught until last week

Publication alert ❗📘👀
New open access article on autocratization and democratic survival on @ejprjournal.bsky.social together with the brilliant Guido Panzano (Kiel): what configuration of resistance actions account for democratic survival during autocratization? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies: Information, Legacies, Temporalities - Giovanni Capoccia, 2026 The article lays the foundations of a research agenda on the conditions favoring short-term success against emerging illiberal challenges—necessary for democrat...

New article and special issue!
Just out in Comparative Political Studies: “Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies: Information, Legacies, Temporalities", the intro to a special issue on countering illiberalism in liberal democracies.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Looks like you had a lot of fun. Really sorry that we had to cancel...

Wow, that's really, really great news for all my friends and colleagues in the Netherlands - and especially for the joint-degree Bachelor programme "Politics and Public Policy" we offer together with the University of Twente!

Genau denselben Gedanken hatte ich vorhin auch. Vorbildlich, wie entschlossen die Personalräte die wirklich wichtigen Probleme der wissenschaftlich Beschäftigten angehen!

Jetzt auch gedruckt! 📚 Unser Band „History and Theory of Compromise“ ist im schicken Hardcover erschienen. Er ist das Ergebnis einer internationalen Tagung des Projekts @kompromisskulturen.bsky.social im Sommer 2024 in Essen.

Polarising the Christian West: Us and them in far-right parties’ rhetoric - Lucienne Engelhardt, 2026 Far-right communication often portrays a division between ‘the people’ and perceived antagonists, potentially fuelling intergroup tensions. A pivotal element is...

Very happy to share my second dissertation paper, now out in Party Politics.
I study the role of Christianity in the rhetoric of European far-right parties doi.org/10.1177/1354...

I think the French are on to something here. Next stop: le laugenweckle.

That's a whopping 1 per cent increase! Huuuuuuuge!

Very nice (early) birthday present from EPSS - looking forward to Belfast in June!

Ready to check into the EP building in Brussels for the final event of our Horizon Europe Projekt #INCITE-DEM

NEW PAPER ALERT! My paper, with @bjornhoyland.bsky.social , on how “policy loss” shapes support for the EU has just been published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Check it out!
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This month, we are thrilled to welcome @catherinedevries.bsky.social, who joins our department as Professor of Political Science, Head of Department, and Vice Dean of the School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs.

More info about DeVries can be found at her website:
www.catherinedevries.eu

Austerity and Populism A large literature explains the rise of populist parties with the economic insecurities stemming from globalization and technological change. But despite the long-standing focus of the comparative and...

Very happy that our review article (with the @annualreviews.bsky.social) on „Austerity and Populism“ is now available as preprint: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... - with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social