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When the pain stops for a section #academicWriting

It's finally out: Our "monster-review" on effects of democracy. annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.114… 30 major outcome categories (growth, education, environment, fiscal policy, trade, corruption, migration, inequal., etc). All English-language journal articles since 2000 with >65 countries

Which attributes of district candidates value local party leaders? In their recent PP article @jan_berz& Michael Jankowski investigate the role of experience, sex & deviation from the party line.They give an overview over the main findings in today’s blog post bit.ly/3MgW1tU

🚨What makes politicians use populist rhetoric?🚨 In our new Political Communication 📓 piece, @Yaoyao_dai and I argue and show that the use of populism appeals to the initially weaker and less popular candidates as a gamble to improve their slim chance of winning doi.org/10.1080/105846…

In Prague for EPSA. You can catch presentations on our research on parties and interest groups, EP voting and the effect of coalition formation on political attitudes by me or my co-authors Michael Jankowski or Maiken Roedt Thursday and Friday.

Who cares more about immigration—those who want to liberalize it or those who want to restrict it even further? My new descriptive paper, now accepted at BJPS, shows restrictionists consider the issue much more important across virtually all possible contexts & survey measures.

New study on AfD voters in the 2021 federal election with Jonathan Olsen in German Politics. We argue that the AfD has become something of a populist 'issue entrepreneur' by exploiting new issues and crises. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Great guest lecture by Robert A. Huber on "populism, climate change, and covid-19" in my seminar on "current challenges to liberal democracies".

Candidates from the CDU/CSU changed their position toward same-sex marriage quite strongly in '21. Analysis based on GLES Candidate Surveys from '13/'17/'21. Plot shows predicted probabilities of disagreement with the statement "Same-sex marriages should be prohibited by law".

👇 Marcel Lewandowsky and Michael Jankowski's latest article analyses the rise & success of #illiberal politicians, exploring which voters are willing to trade off #policy representation against support for #LiberalDemocracy 🗳️ 🔹 Check the article out at bit.ly/3UY8RTp

Please share widely: job ad for the position of a Full Professor of Evidence-based Political Research at the University of Mannheim. We are searching for a new colleague with a causal-analytical research agenda and a focus on IR, Comparative Government or Political Behavior. 1/2

Aus welchen Gründen unterstützen Leute die Petition von Schwarzer und Wagenknecht? Um das herauszufinden habe ich mir die Kommentare bei der Petition systematisch angeschaut.

Extremely comprehensive coverage of German far right from PEGIDA to Querdenken to AFD. Features contributions from Kai Arzheimer 🇪🇺 Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss @as_heinze theresa gessler (inactive) @gessler.bsky.social Maik Herold among others

When are Populist Parties populist?  A new paper in 'German Politics' by Leon Siefken looks at the election manifestos of Germany’s AfD and Die Linke to try and help find an answer. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Blaue Wahlkarten prägen die mediale Berichterstattung zu Wahlerfolgen der AfD. Vor den Landtagswahlen zeigen Christian Stecker, @KuhlenDaniel, Leon Siefken und ich in einem Beitrag für DVPW, warum diese Karten oft trügerische Eindrücke vermitteln können. 🧵👇shorturl.at/J7hQ5