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Posts by Markus Freitag

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Great to see the first insights from @bereadycohort.bsky.social in a new study on pandemic preparedness research.

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#PandemicPreparedness #PublicHealth #CohortStudies #BEready #MCIDresearch #Epidemiology #Vaccination #AffectivePolarisation

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🖐️Fairness. Gedanken dazu 👇

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🖐️Loyalität. Nils Petersen. @scfreiburg.com 👇

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Kolumne Markus Freitag: Wie loyal sind Schweizer? Ob in der Familie, im Verein oder in der Politik: Loyalität gilt hierzulande als wichtiger Wert. Doch sie ist ambivalent – und wird je nach Alter, Bildung und politischer Haltung unterschiedlich gewichtet.

⚽Kennen Sie Nils Petersen?

Meine Gedanken zum @scfreiburg.com und zur Loyalität in der #Schweiz heute hier👇

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Wie Emotionen Entscheidungen beeinflussen – @freitagmarkus.bsky.social

Wenn Menschen sich emotional betroffen fühlen, beeinflusst dies ihre Überzeugungen und ihr Verhalten. Dies zeigt Markus Freitag in seiner Kolumne:

www.defacto.expert/2026/01/22/w...

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👉Our findings suggest that the perception of scientific integrity is severely threatened during crisis – right when expertise and guidance may be needed the most.👇

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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When crises evoke anger, people are more likely to believe conspiracy theories about scientists 😶‍🌫️

First article out, with @danielauer.bsky.social & @freitagmarkus.bsky.social 🎉

Under Attack: How Social Threats Push Negative Beliefs about Scientists in Germany🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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✋In der Politik sind Emotionen Fakten. Mehr dazu hier👇

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✋Heute einmal Lust auf positive Schlagzeilen?

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✋Ostrazismus. Eine Gefahr für die Demokratie?

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✋Heute in der Vorlesung "Demokratie und Gesellschaft II": #Vertrauen. Ein Klassiker. Hier ein Text dazu:👇

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👉Zur aktuellen Diskussion über das nachlassende Vertrauen in den Schweizer Bundesrat hier noch eine politikwissenschaftliche Einschätzung👇

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✋Es gibt wohl kaum ein soziales Gebilde, das derart besungen, glorifiziert, belächelt oder verdammt wird wie der #Verein.

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Population aging, voting, and political agendas We study how population aging interacts with voters’ representation, engagement with politics, and the content of political agendas. Leveraging the Eu…

Under-50s are now a minority of voters. Their turnout is falling, while older groups vote more. The gap is widest in faster-ageing countries, where younger workers disengage most www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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✋Nachbarschaft als #Sozialkapital.

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New study out today—“Is the Urban-Rural Divide Affectively Polarised?“ finds a substantial political cleavage between urban and rural populations in multiple European countries. Place-based affective polarization is associated with voting along liberal vs nationalist divide #PoliticalScience

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#retraite2025
@ipwunibern.bsky.social
bestes team der welt.

8 months ago 13 2 0 0
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‼️Our new paper with magnificent colleagues @alinazumbrunn.bsky.social @antonialang.bsky.social‬ on how place experience shapes place-based (rural/urban) identity is now out at the Journal of Rural Studies!

👇 (1/5)

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✋Kennen Sie den Sinn des Lebens? Ein paar Worte und Zahlen dazu👇

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🇨🇭Nationalfeiertag. Wie verbunden sind Sie mit der Schweiz?

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📢 Out now! The Handbook of Affective Polarization is officially published 🎉

📖 Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! 💙

Link below for the e-book 👇

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Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us? Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out

Only a small % of people engage in toxic activity online, but they’re responsible for a disproportionate share of hostile or misleading content on nearly every platform

Because super-users are so active, they dominate our collective impression of the internet www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

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Wohlfühloase Schweiz. Ein paar Worte und Zahlen dazu👇

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Rural representation in Europe: The presence of place in national parliaments Recent research shows a growing rural-urban divide in political attitudes and behavior, which has given currency to expressions like “places that don'…

New paper @electoralstudies.bsky.social

With @gricoc.bsky.social and @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social we study the presence of legislators with urban and rural backgrounds in national parliaments

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Durkheim und die Schweiz. Ein paar Worte und Zahlen dazu👇
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Im Rahmen des Fokus' "Forschung aus Betroffenheit" des Forschungsmagazins #Horizonte durfte ich mit Katharina Rilling über meine rezidivierende #Depression & unsere Forschung zu politischen Konsequenzen psychischer Belastungen sprechen.
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Fotos: Anoush Abrar

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Should democracies ban parties that threaten democracy?

In the DEMOTRADEOFF project survey we asked people in 15 countries about this.

A short 🧵 with some results

Citizens are deeply divided about this issue

Support for bans is highest in 🇮🇱 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇳🇱 🇵🇹 🇨🇭 🇩🇪

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