
Pit Rieger
@pitrieger
PhD student in political science @ETH | MSc statistics
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http://pitrieger.com 19-02-2019 22:05:26
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Thrilled that my book with @CatherineDVries on Political Entrepreneurs - the rise of challenger parties in Europe - has finally arrived! The book can pre-ordered from Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…


AfD makes a formal request with the German government about how many people in Germany earn below median income. With that secures the content of „why do we have to learn stats“ intro slides for the next years. h/t Erik Flügge



Just got my copy of Foundations of European Politics by @CatherineDVries Sara Hobolt Sven-Oliver Proksch @jbslapin! I had the honor of contributing figures and wrangling with LaTeX code. Thanks for sending me a copy, it‘s so great to finally see it in print!


New paper🚨 Happy to see this paper w/Pit Rieger finally out at EJPR! We study the role of geography in shaping public support for the EU, focusing on border regions. In contrast to past work, we find that border regions vote more eurosceptic. For more ⤵️ doi.org/10.1111/1475-6…

🆕 How does geography influence public support for the EU? Using behavioural & attitudinal indicators from 1999-2021, Mohamed Nasr & Pit Rieger examine the impact of residing in 🇪🇺 border regions on #Voters' perceptions & attitudes towards the #EU 🔎 👉bit.ly/3H8Tm5u #OA


Important piece from Eddy Wax ✍️ POLITICOEurope on how EPP is exploring collaboration with the far right. My JEPP article with @jbslapin @FenzlMichele Pit Rieger suggests center right may pay an electoral cost for such 'unsavory alliances' tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…



“When it comes to EU-level politics, mainstream voters strongly disapprove of their parties partnering with radicals and would-be autocrats.” @jbslapin & I in POLITICOEurope on implications of our JEPP article with @FenzlMichele Pit Rieger 🧵 politico.eu/article/mainst…

🔥Join our team: Post-Doc Opportunity in Computational Social Science Universität zu Köln European Research Council (ERC) 🔥 Job ad: api.stellenwerk.de/uploads/Wiss24… 🧵



These questions- how mainstream Europarties react to alliances with radicals at different levels of government & what voters think about it- are central to my recent research with @jbslapin Pit Rieger & @FenzlMichele see 👇 politico.eu/article/mainst…


📘 Vol 63.4 How does geography influence public support for the EU? Using behavioural indicators from 1999-2021, Mohamed Nasr & Pit Rieger examine the impact of residing in 🇪🇺 border regions on voters' perceptions & attitudes towards the #EU 🔎 #OA 🔓 bit.ly/3H8Tm5u


🚨 Working paper 🚨 Excited to share a new version of our paper on religious clientelism w/ Massimo Troncone ! doi.org/10.31219/osf.i… We investigate how politicians exploit personal connections with community leaders to establish mutually beneficial relationships.
