Political scientist, LMU Munich || Parties || Party competition in multi-level systems || Coalitions || Local politics || EU Cohesion Policy || Political representation || Sports & politics
Der Beitrag basiert auf einem Artikel in der @pvs-journal.bsky.social, der gerade #onlinefirst und natürlich #OA erschienen ist: 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Voices Against the Populist Far-Right? - Politische VierteljahresschriftIn this paper, we examine whether local politicians in German district councils (Kreistage) adhere to social norms of demarcation from the populist far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD). Withi...link.springer.com
🚨 New article🔥 with @mguinjoan.bsky.social & @joelardiaca.bsky.social in @wepsocial.bsky.social ➡️Climate action often enjoys broad public support... until governments propose specific measures. The key? Costs, benefits, and who pays 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Public support for climate policies: costs, redistribution, and ideological dividesSecuring public support for climate policies remains a major challenge. Citizens’ perceptions of the costs, benefits, and distributive consequences of these policies are key factors shaping their a...www.tandfonline.com
🚨 New GERDA update: - Large update of mayoral elections (6 new states) - Landrat elections - Wahlkreis (district)-level results (BW & LW) - Local council seats (Gemeinde/Stadt & Kreis) - 2026 elections: BW state, BY & HE local More info below and here: www.german-elections.com
GERDA: German Election DatabaseComprehensive dataset of local, state, federal, European, mayoral, Landrat, and county election results in Germany at the municipality and constituency (Wahlkreis) level, plus subnational public opini...www.german-elections.com
Noch ein paar weitere Einschätzungen und Überlegungen zum Personalumbau in Kabinett und CDU von mir in @zdfheute.de.web.brid.gy 👇 www.zdfheute.de/politik/deut... www.zdfheute.de/video/zdfheu...
Merz baut Regierung um - was bedeutet das?Bundeskanzler Merz (CDU) hat die Regierung umgebaut. Mehrere Posten wurden neu vergeben. Was das bedeutet, erklärt Politikwissenschaftler Debus.www.zdfheute.de
The WhoGov Project has a new webpage 🎉 It brings our datasets, publications, team, and news together in one home. We have big plans for expanding the dataset and building the project, and we'll keep it updated. Take a look (and join our mailing list): whogov.net
WhoGov — Data on governing elitesMapping the people who govern us — worldwide and across centuries. WhoGov provides open, global data on the members of government, from 1966 to today. Hosted at the University of Oslo.whogov.net
Do young voters care about different issues than old voters? New evidence from a nice pairwise-comparison experiment by @indubioproreto.bsky.social ⏬
Reto MittereggerNew publication out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social! We know young voters vote for different parties and hold different attitudes than older citizens. What we know less about: whether they also care differently about political issues. Using novel experimental survey data, I show: they do! 👇
New publication out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social! We know young voters vote for different parties and hold different attitudes than older citizens. What we know less about: whether they also care differently about political issues. Using novel experimental survey data, I show: they do! 👇
“Nothing else matters?” Salience differences between young and old | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core“Nothing else matters?” Salience differences between young and oldwww.cambridge.org
Ein paar Einschätzungen von mir zu den momentanen Kabinettsumbildungsprozessen in @zdfheute.de.web.brid.gy 👇 www.zdfheute.de/video/zdfheu...
"Kabinettsumbildungen sind eine heikle Sache"Politologe Debus sieht Merz trotz des Personalchaos "gefestigt". Es komme nun darauf an, wie schnell man aus Fehlern lerne, sagt er bei ZDFheute live.www.zdfheute.deWhich city/district councils have live streams of their meeting and can they serve as a data source for political scientists? Do politicians behave differently when they are on a live stream? Find out in the open access research note by Paul Reimers (in German) doi.org/10.1007/s11615-026-00672-8
Bridging the Gap? Liveübertragungen in Kreistagen und Stadträten als Datengrundlage für die politikwissenschaftliche Forschung - Politische VierteljahresschriftThe scarcity of meeting minutes makes it difficult to analyze the working methods of local political bodies and the behavior of the actors involved. The increasing availability of livestreams and video recordings of district and city council meetings is helping to remedy this situation. Combined with technical innovations for extracting and processing large (multimodal) datasets, this availability enables new perspectives for local political research. However, for this wealth of data to be widely used, it must be generalizable to the broader population of local government bodies. Accordingly, questions arise regarding whether districts and cities that offer livestreams and recordings differ systematically from those that do not and whether these broadcasts induce shifts in local political debates.To this end, based on systematic research and a survey of district council members, this study describes the legal, political, and financial framework for introducing such recordings and examines the resulting influence on speakers’ behavior. Meeting recordings are available, particularly in large cities, but have so far been scarce in districts with low population density; furthermore, significant differences exist among the federal states. The survey indicates that adjustments to expanded public visibility of meetings are also occurring at the local level. Thus, the external validity of meeting recordings as a data source is not yet established, which should be taken into account during research design and case selection.doi.org
🤝 Do parties reward allies or recruit rivals for cabinet? ➡️ Alexander Herzog and David Schmuck show that rather than favoring moderates, parties prefer loyal MPs: strong government defenders and fierce opposition critics are more likely to become ministers www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Man kann den Amis aber auch dankbar sein. Denn genau so könnte es in Deutschland bzw. Europa auch aussehen. Also wehrt euch. Organisierte Fußballfans sind mächtig. Werdet Mitglied in eurem Verein. Geht zur MV. Bringt euch ein. Unterstützt eure Ultras. Kämpft für 50+1. Damit es nicht so wird.
Matt FordDystopian shit, this.
Die WM 2026 nähert sich ihrem Ende. Es geht 2030 mit einer WM in sechs Ländern auf drei Kontinenten weiter. Wie es dazu kam, wer davon profitiert, wie das funktionieren soll und was noch offen ist: www.sportschau.de/fussball/fif...
WM 2030 im Blick: Drei Kontinente, sechs Länder - und viele FragenDie WM 2030 findet in sechs Ländern auf drei Kontinenten statt. Das Turnier ist damit ein völliges Novum - und das Ergebnis eines Deals im FIFA-Rat.www.sportschau.de
