A rioter today wore a hoodie that says Camp Auschwitz on it. When Jewish people tell you they fear for their life, start believing them.

A screenshot from the New York Times - stunning times...

From Wikipedia: Sedition Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organisation, that tends toward rebellion against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent toward, or rebellion against, established authority.

A good day to be reminded of this moment from January 1993.

Short reminder: we are #hiring three research associates to open a Twitter lab here in Munich. Foci are on #campaigning, #riots and IT. Deadline: January 15, 2021! Apply and join @_tim_williams_ , Jasmin Riedl and me! go.unibw.de/3u

The article by MaryAnastasiaO'Grady in the The Wall Street Journal depicting participatory budgeting (PB) as a “way to circumvent election results”, conflating it with mob rule is unfortunate. Beyond offending Latin Americans, the author picked a public policy whose history she is unfamiliar with.

For everyone arguing that (nearly-Mr) Trump should not be banned from Twitter - Misinformation plummeted by 73 percent the week after Twitter banned Trump - The Washington Post apple.news/AkvWLL4jAT7mhe…

In the run up to the Dutch (#TK2021), German & many more elections of 2021, relevant questions about Voting Advice Applications answered here by Simon Munzert and Sebastian Ramirez-Ruiz in APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions: Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Voting Advice Applications tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

In times of heated debates on the powers of social media over political discourse, I am happy to share our new article on the worldviews, understanding of democracy and distinctiveness of the new tech elite using Twitter data: dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa… (Hilke Brockmann 🇪🇺🇺🇳🇩🇪🇺🇦🇮🇱🇵🇸 & John Torpey)

The language of science is back - finally nytimes.com/2021/01/21/us/…

Endlich veröffentlich das BAG die Zahlen zu den Impfungen - und was für Zahlen...

👏We look forward to having @Erik_Jones_SAIS with us, and we're very thankful to Brigid Laffan, who is still with us until the summer, for her tireless work

Strikingly similar patterns: "During the second wave in autumn, cantonal authorities reacted hesitantly and initially delegated the responsibility to enact public health measures to the municipalities." Great historical piece by @kasparstaub et al.! bit.ly/39Y3BKe

A great privilege to give the keynote lecture to kick off the #EGPPAnnualConference on "Europe’s Changing Political System and Issue Space: What Lessons from the 2019 European Elections?". Here are the slides from my talk: dropbox.com/s/12fk7owx8em6…

Main conclusion from the wonderful #VAA research team 🙌 "The results substantiate the validity and reliability of the VAAs estimates (EU Profiler/#euandi), which correlate at a very high level with expert surveys (CHES) and manifesto coding (CMP)"

Congratulations to Political and Social Sciences alumna Dr Elisa Volpi on winning the European Consortium for Political Research Jean Blondel #PhD Prize! @eli_volpi won with her thesis "The Politics of Turning Coat: A Comparative and Historical Analysis of #PartySwitching". @AlumniEUI 🔗loom.ly/6lEZPMg

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved faculty member and past President, Henrik Enderlein. We mourn alongside his family and offer our deepest sympathies. Our community has lost a dear friend and he will be greatly missed. hertie-school.org/en/news/detail…

We're hiring! And we're looking forward to your application! unilu.ch/en/university/…

New article out at the American Political Science Review with Andres Reiljan, D. Garzia, and Alexander H.Trechsel Available #openaccess here: cup.org/3CRs15J Short 🧵 below on the main findings: Funding Swiss National Science Foundation Universität Luzern University of Tartu Faculté des SSP - UNIL (inactif) Université de Lausanne Universität Luzern #affectivepolarization ECPR_AffPol

After thinking about affective polarization every single day of my life for more than 7 years now, it feels really great to see a part of my work published in American Political Science Review. A massive thank you to my co-authors Diego Garzia, Frederico Ferreira da Silva, and Alexander H.Trechsel for making this possible!