Especially now, more of us should do this

Ich bin schon sehr lange ein wirklich großer Fan der ApuZ. Umso mehr freut es mich, dass ich jetzt selbst für die Zeitschrift schreiben durfte! 😊

Das Heft bietet einen wirklichen tollen Überblick zum Thema Demografie mit ganz verschiedenen Schwerpunkten und Perspektiven.

Christian Ulmen: Ein Protagonist postet Bilder seiner Freundin. In Sex-Chatgruppen Zuletzt hat Christian Ulmen eine Comedyserie gedreht – mit erstaunlichen Ähnlichkeiten zu den aktuellen Vorwürfen gegen ihn. Der ZEIT liegen mehrere Drehbücher vor.

Die Zeit berichtet, dass Christian Ulmen im letzten Jahr eine Serie produziert und gespielt hat, in dem das Geständnis eines Protagonisten, Fotos von seiner Freundin in Sexchats geteilt und sexuelle Fantasien über die Frau dort ausgetauscht zu haben, eine zentrale Rolle spielt.
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Noch ein Job: Für das Projekt "Knowledge, Epistemic Marginalization, and the Politics of Resentment" (Co-PI: Joachim Blatter) suche ich einen Postdoc an der Universität Bremen.

Vertragsdauer: 3,5 Jahre
Stelle: 100%
Bewerbung: Bis 05.05.

Stellenausschreibung: www.uni-bremen.de/universitaet...

Does everyone have access to @sciebo.de ? Group calender included and you can share your private calender as well...

Herzlichen Glückwunsch und viel Spaß in Greifswald 😊

Wikipedia now has higher standards than all universities

Why Inequalities Persist: Parties’ (Non)Responses to Economic Inequality, 1970–2020 By Alexander Horn, University of Konstanz, Martin Haselmayer, University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna and University of Vienna, and K. Jonathan Klüser, University of Zurich Do parties respond to inequality? Despite the relevance of inequality and its consequences, existing studies fail to capture parties’ emphasis on economic equality and redistribution or to differentiate between existing levels of inequality and increases in inequality.

Why Inequalities Persist: Parties’ (Non)Responses to Economic Inequality, 1970–2020

By Alexander Horn, University of Konstanz, Martin Haselmayer, University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna and University of Vienna, and K. Jonathan Klüser, University of Zurich Do parties respond to inequality?…

Weil das Narrativ der "jungen rechten Männer" sich derart hartnäckig hält - einige Auswertungen aus den repräsentativen Wahlstatistiken der verschiedenen Bundesländer.

Spoiler: *IN KEINEM BUNDESLAND DEUTSCHLANDS WÄHLEN 18-24-JÄHRIGE MÄNNER MEHR AfD ALS MÄNNER ZWISCHEN 35 UND 60.*

1. Ja, die AfD ist ausweislich der gestrigen Analysen die stärkste Kraft bei jungen Menschen in RLP.
2. Nein, junge Menschen sind nicht die Gruppe, in der die AfD am stärksten insgesamt ist.
3. Nein, das ist kein Widerspruch.

Verhagelt. #ltwbw2026

Future Issues | Politics and Governance Politics and Governance is an innovative new offering to the world of online peer-reviewed open access publishing in the Political Sciences.

*Call for Abstracts*

The abstract submission is now open for our (w/ @asheinze.bsky.social) special issue:

Party Youth Wings Across Europe: Organisation, Influence, and the Future of Party Democracy

We still have a few spots open (e.g. several countries in Southern Europe and CEE or the UK) 😊

The Radical Right Research Bot is leaving Twitter - kai arzheimer The bot had finally enough of the cesspit.

My friend @rrresrobot.bsky.social has officially retired from the Twitter, but it’s alive and well over here #farright

Startseite des Wahlhilfetools Party Check. Zu sehen sind zwei Buttons "Jetzt starten" für die Bundesländer Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz.

Welche Partei passt zu mir? Für die Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg #ltwbw und Rheinland-Pfalz #ltwrlp könnt ihr im Tool Party Check ein paar Fragen beantworten und seht, wie eure Positionen zu den Parteien passen.
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Postdoctoral Position at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” Deadline: 20 February 2026, 12:00 pm CET

🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨

We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.

4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026

Please share widely 🙏

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We are at the point this week where IR scholars are mentioning things like "WWIII"

Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Autocratic Argentina Adam Scharpf Christian Gläßel Abstract: Autocrats depend on a capable secret police. Anecdotal evidence, however, often characterizes agents as surprisingly mediocre in skill and intellect. To explain this puzzle, this article focuses on the career incentives underachieving individuals face in the regular security apparatus. Low-performing officials in hierarchical organizations have little chance of being promoted or filling lucrative positions. To salvage their careers, these officials are willing to undertake burdensome secret police work. Using data on all 4,287 officers who served in autocratic Argentina (1975-83), we study biographic differences between secret police agents and the entire recruitment pool. We find that low-achieving officers were stuck within the regime hierarchy, threatened with discharge, and thus more likely to join the secret police for future benefits. The study demonstrates how state bureaucracies breed mundane career concerns that produce willing enforcers and cement violent regimes. This has implications for the understanding of autocratic consolidation and democratic breakdown.

Perennial reminder of this excellent paper about how secret police forces are swamped with underachievers

“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”

(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)

🚨Job alert! 🚨

I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills.

⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26

More info:

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

✨ Interested in conducting research on family policy and policy learning, in an international research environment?

▶️ 1 week left to apply for our open PhD position at Bielefeld University. 👇👇👇

Join us! Wir bieten eine volle Promotionsstelle für drei Jahre @powimz.bsky.social - Verlängerung um weitere drei Jahre möglich. Alle Details hier 👇

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It's time! Today, Zettlr turns 8, and we are proud to deliver the next major update for the app on this special day! Today marks the release day for Zettlr 4.0, a wholly rewritten and revamped version!

Read our announcement post and download Zettlr 4.0 now: zettlr.com/post/zettlr-...

Radical Right 'Radical Right' published in 'IPSA Companion to Political Science'

Because I have been such a good boy (once again), 🎅 has an early present for me: here's a brand-new (open access) article discussing the use of #radicalright as a concept in current scholarship.

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Hebammen: Hochschwanger, und plötzlich ist die Hebamme weg Unsere Autorin hat nur noch wenige Wochen bis zur Geburt, als ihre Hebamme ihr kündigt. Hier versucht sie herauszufinden, warum. Und ob es mehr Fälle wie sie gibt.

Unsere Autorin hat nur noch wenige Wochen bis zur Geburt, als ihre Hebamme ihr kündigt. Hier versucht sie herauszufinden, warum. Und ob es mehr Fälle wie sie gibt.

SSSR 2025 Student Paper Award (Published) for ‘Sacred speech: Analyzing the influence of congressional leadership on religious rhetoric,’ published in Politics and Religion.

Congratulations to @julthomson.bsky.social & @alenasmith13.bsky.social, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Student PaperAward (Published) for ‘Sacred speech: Analyzing the influence of congressional leadership on religious rhetoric,’ published in Politics and Religion.

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Release Release v4.0.0-beta.4 · Zettlr/Zettlr This fifth beta again includes a few improvements. These are mostly some cleanup, code refactoring, and a few additional fixes. Nothing major has changed. As always, see the changelog below for ful...

We have just released the possibly final beta release before we can move Zettlr 4.0 to stable! If you'd like to have a sneak peek to what we have in stock, take a look here 👇🏼

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Bar-Ilan University (Israel) For International Graduate and Postdoctoral Students 2026 Are you interested in a short-term research experience in Israel? Bar-Ilan University invites applications from international graduate students (Master’s, PhD or Postdoctoral level) in all academic fields, interested in a short-term research stay in Israel during the year 2026. This initiative aims to foster academic collaboration and cross-cultural exchange by hosting promising young researchers from around the world. Participants will engage in joint research with Bar-Ilan faculty and gain meaningful exposure to Israeli academia and society. What Does the Program Offer? • • • • A 1–4 month research stay working directly with a Bar-Ilan University researcher Participation in relevant academic courses (including those related to Jewish Studies, History, or Political Science) Cultural and social engagement with Israeli students A unique opportunity to broaden your academic horizons while building lasting scholarly connections Financial Support: •6,000 NIS (~1,850 USD) per month •Priority will be given to applicants from Scandinavian countries How to Apply? Students must reach out directly to a Bar-Ilan University faculty member in their field of interest to discuss potential collaboration and request a nomination. We recommend initiating contact as early as possible, as funding is limited and awarded on a rolling basis. Office of the VP: vp.internationaloffice@biu.ac.il

#polisky #historysky #jewishstudies folks, opportunity for a fully funded 1-4 month research stay with us at #BarIlanU in 2026.
Inquiries to vp.internationaloffice@biu.ac.il

I’m thrilled to share that I defended my dissertation on Monday! It examines how local elites help new parties attract voters and build local branches, using a unique dataset of ~450,000 local candidates in Germany.

It took not one but three villages to write this. A 🧵

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Herzlichen Glückwunsch 🥳

📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database!

The data now covers

- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets

across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).

All info: ppeg.wzb.eu

We hope that data is helpful to the community!