A New Social Conflict on Globalisation-Related Issues in Germany? A Longitudinal Perspective - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie We draw on cleavage theory to assess the emergence of a social conflict concerning globalisation-related issues among the German population between 1989 and 2019. We argue that issue salience and opinion polarisation are key conditions for a successful and sustainable political mobilisation of citizens and thus for the emergence of a social conflict. In line with globalisation cleavage theory, we hypothesised that issue salience as well as overall and between-group opinion polarisation on globalisation-related issues have increased over time. Our study considers four globalisation-related issues: immigration, the European Union (EU), economic liberalism, and the environment. While the salience of the EU and economic liberalism issues remained low during the observed period, we found a recent increase in salience for the issues of immigration (since 2015) and the environment (since 2018). Furthermore, our results point to rather stable attitudes on globalisation-related issues among the German population: We did not find any consistent evidence of an increase in overall or between-group polarisation over time. In conclusion, the idea of an emerging conflict around globalisation-related issues among the German population finds very little empirical support.

This is the paper by Celine Teney & me: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Pretty surreal moment — our paper on opinion polarization was featured by Quarks, one of my favorite German science shows! So cool to see our work spark conversations beyond academia — and an even bigger surprise to stumble upon it while scrolling Instagram.
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Interesting article!

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Der #Arbeitskräftemangel in Deutschland wird nicht durch eine Streichung von #Feiertag|en oder steuerlichen Privilegien für Überstunden in Vollzeit  gelöst werden.

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Germany is the West’s most promising clean tech hub, with a competitive industrial base — but one facing mounting pressure from Chinese competition and US tariffs.

If the German government wants to secure that future, it should provide industrial policy support — not green-bashing rhetoric.

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Das Arolsen Archiv hat ab heute und für eine Woche die #everynamecounts Challenge, bei der dazu aufgerufen wird, online Akten abzutippen. Dabei handelt es sich um Namen und Daten von Opfern und Überlebenden des Nationalsozialismus. Super wertvolles Projekt! everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org

Happy to see that our paper found a great home at the Journal for Labour Market Research!

Check it out if you want to learn more about the effects of adult education on unemployment:

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Facts & Tools: Das “Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz” in a nutshell 2024 - German Scholars Organization The Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz” (WissZeitVG ) - German Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act - has undergone another reform in 2024. This is a quick and dirty summary of what we think you need to know...

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Germans’ preferred chancellor. Well well well.

Hey there👋 I'm an economist researching topics related to labor and education. Looking forward to the interactions here! #econ #phd