Alexander Horn
@alexanderhorn.bsky.social
Head of Noether Group "Varieties of Egalitarianism" @Uni Konstanz | Interim prof @HU Berlin for Comparative Analysis of Political Systems | inequality, parties, policy change, welfare state, ideology, political text | https://voe-project.org
„decline to revise“ is right under „approve revision“ - for that little extra thrill in every resubmission
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
„decline to revise“ is right under „approve revision“ - for that little extra thrill in every resubmission
Today at 2 and tomorrow at 12, these two panels take place at @apsa.bsky.social. The papers are so intriguing that I finished reading them pre-arrival! 😱 @leoahrens.bsky.social & me also present. Including work on the class biases in pledge breaking
#APSA2025 #polisky @apsainequality.bsky.social
#APSA2025 #polisky @apsainequality.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today at 2 and tomorrow at 12, these two panels take place at @apsa.bsky.social. The papers are so intriguing that I finished reading them pre-arrival! 😱 @leoahrens.bsky.social & me also present. Including work on the class biases in pledge breaking
#APSA2025 #polisky @apsainequality.bsky.social
#APSA2025 #polisky @apsainequality.bsky.social
Spam that is both targeted and off:
The boss of Uni Konstanz starting a mail with „are you at your desk?“ 😅
The boss of Uni Konstanz starting a mail with „are you at your desk?“ 😅
July 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Spam that is both targeted and off:
The boss of Uni Konstanz starting a mail with „are you at your desk?“ 😅
The boss of Uni Konstanz starting a mail with „are you at your desk?“ 😅
3/3) Thanks for fantastic feedback at the workshop The Right and Equality (2023) @noamgidron.bsky.social @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social @philiprathgeb.bsky.social @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social @luiscornagob.bsky.social, @sattlersthomas.bsky.social and Tabea Palmtag (i.a.)
July 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
3/3) Thanks for fantastic feedback at the workshop The Right and Equality (2023) @noamgidron.bsky.social @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social @philiprathgeb.bsky.social @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social @luiscornagob.bsky.social, @sattlersthomas.bsky.social and Tabea Palmtag (i.a.)
2/3) Center-right stagnation in changing circumstances along with the moderation of some far-right parties has made it difficult to distinguish both "camps" - echoing work by @dziblatt.bsky.social or @casmudde.bsky.social de.bsky.social. The weaponization of equal rights does not differ much either.
July 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
2/3) Center-right stagnation in changing circumstances along with the moderation of some far-right parties has made it difficult to distinguish both "camps" - echoing work by @dziblatt.bsky.social or @casmudde.bsky.social de.bsky.social. The weaponization of equal rights does not differ much either.
1/3) 📣Out in Party Politics:
We trace the equal rights and economic equality positions of 69 center-right and far-right parties since 1970 in 12 countries. We find that center right parties did not react to/address equal rights concerns and economic inequality
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
We trace the equal rights and economic equality positions of 69 center-right and far-right parties since 1970 in 12 countries. We find that center right parties did not react to/address equal rights concerns and economic inequality
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
July 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
1/3) 📣Out in Party Politics:
We trace the equal rights and economic equality positions of 69 center-right and far-right parties since 1970 in 12 countries. We find that center right parties did not react to/address equal rights concerns and economic inequality
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
We trace the equal rights and economic equality positions of 69 center-right and far-right parties since 1970 in 12 countries. We find that center right parties did not react to/address equal rights concerns and economic inequality
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Join us 🕐 11.20 @ #EPSA2025 for great papers on the „Politics of inequality and representation“! @leoahrens.bsky.social and me show how even egalitarian governments shy away from real redistribution and focus on less invasive and risky policies.
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@epsanet.bsky.social
@epssnet.bsky.social
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@epsanet.bsky.social
@epssnet.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Join us 🕐 11.20 @ #EPSA2025 for great papers on the „Politics of inequality and representation“! @leoahrens.bsky.social and me show how even egalitarian governments shy away from real redistribution and focus on less invasive and risky policies.
📍 -1.A.07
@epsanet.bsky.social
@epssnet.bsky.social
📍 -1.A.07
@epsanet.bsky.social
@epssnet.bsky.social
@epsanet.bsky.social. Beware: I‘m already looking forward to ambushing random people next in line for coffee etc. by saying „juicing up for the big keynote?“
#EPSA2025 #networking_tips
#EPSA2025 #networking_tips
June 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
@epsanet.bsky.social. Beware: I‘m already looking forward to ambushing random people next in line for coffee etc. by saying „juicing up for the big keynote?“
#EPSA2025 #networking_tips
#EPSA2025 #networking_tips
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Our article on parties' programmatic responses to inequality - and more often the lack of responses - will come out in APSR!
Here is the @excinequality.bsky.social working paper:
kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstreams/4...
with @klueserthan.bsky.social & Martin Haselmayer 🧗🙏
Our article on parties' programmatic responses to inequality - and more often the lack of responses - will come out in APSR!
Here is the @excinequality.bsky.social working paper:
kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstreams/4...
with @klueserthan.bsky.social & Martin Haselmayer 🧗🙏
June 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
📬🚩
Our article on parties' programmatic responses to inequality - and more often the lack of responses - will come out in APSR!
Here is the @excinequality.bsky.social working paper:
kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstreams/4...
with @klueserthan.bsky.social & Martin Haselmayer 🧗🙏
Our article on parties' programmatic responses to inequality - and more often the lack of responses - will come out in APSR!
Here is the @excinequality.bsky.social working paper:
kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstreams/4...
with @klueserthan.bsky.social & Martin Haselmayer 🧗🙏
… have forsaken the once complementary link between economic equality and equal rights in favor of a weak trade-off (start ca. 2000, Fig.2). Complementarities and trade-offs depend on party family and period, so we caution against sweeping claims.
With @klueserthan.bsky.social and Martin Haselmayer
With @klueserthan.bsky.social and Martin Haselmayer
April 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
… have forsaken the once complementary link between economic equality and equal rights in favor of a weak trade-off (start ca. 2000, Fig.2). Complementarities and trade-offs depend on party family and period, so we caution against sweeping claims.
With @klueserthan.bsky.social and Martin Haselmayer
With @klueserthan.bsky.social and Martin Haselmayer
In Social progress at the expense of economic equality? we ask if equal rights or equal chances concerns crowded out economic equality as priority of the Left? Mapping equality concepts 1970-2020: not green or far-left parties. Yet, social democrats … 1/2
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
In Social progress at the expense of economic equality? we ask if equal rights or equal chances concerns crowded out economic equality as priority of the Left? Mapping equality concepts 1970-2020: not green or far-left parties. Yet, social democrats … 1/2
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
It was during Erasmus 2007/08 at Uni Gothenburg that I first considered doing a PhD (seeing Bo Rothstein etc.) - so it was great to be back and present current work on policies with @leoahrens.bsky.social from voe-project.org. Thanks for the invite Mikael Persson!
March 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
It was during Erasmus 2007/08 at Uni Gothenburg that I first considered doing a PhD (seeing Bo Rothstein etc.) - so it was great to be back and present current work on policies with @leoahrens.bsky.social from voe-project.org. Thanks for the invite Mikael Persson!
Die Linke is still prioritizing economic equality and still talks about east-west (unlike SPD + Grüne). SPD deemphasised economic equality, but started to reemphasise it. While the Greens prioritise equal rights over economic equality, they have (except 2013) always done that, so not a trend either.
March 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Die Linke is still prioritizing economic equality and still talks about east-west (unlike SPD + Grüne). SPD deemphasised economic equality, but started to reemphasise it. While the Greens prioritise equal rights over economic equality, they have (except 2013) always done that, so not a trend either.
Did German left parties abandon economic equality in favor of equal rights, as the diagnosis of the "Lifestyle-Left" suggests? Analyzing party programs since 1970, we caution against sweeping claims in Unequal German Democracy (open access). 3 key qualifications👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
March 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Did German left parties abandon economic equality in favor of equal rights, as the diagnosis of the "Lifestyle-Left" suggests? Analyzing party programs since 1970, we caution against sweeping claims in Unequal German Democracy (open access). 3 key qualifications👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Is rising inequality unstoppable?
No! @poppublicsphere.bsky.social we analyze decades of inconclusive research and show that government partisanship matters, but only under certain conditions. Party effects are 7x likelier with specific study designs—and predictably so🎯
Open Access t.co/zDaOVpfoOa
No! @poppublicsphere.bsky.social we analyze decades of inconclusive research and show that government partisanship matters, but only under certain conditions. Party effects are 7x likelier with specific study designs—and predictably so🎯
Open Access t.co/zDaOVpfoOa
December 19, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Is rising inequality unstoppable?
No! @poppublicsphere.bsky.social we analyze decades of inconclusive research and show that government partisanship matters, but only under certain conditions. Party effects are 7x likelier with specific study designs—and predictably so🎯
Open Access t.co/zDaOVpfoOa
No! @poppublicsphere.bsky.social we analyze decades of inconclusive research and show that government partisanship matters, but only under certain conditions. Party effects are 7x likelier with specific study designs—and predictably so🎯
Open Access t.co/zDaOVpfoOa
Papers submitted for APSA - in time! Irritating, but I blame this on @matthiasenggist.bsky.social & @leoahrens.bsky.social (also, thanks to @juliusk.bsky.social for help and very usefull feedback).
August 29, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Papers submitted for APSA - in time! Irritating, but I blame this on @matthiasenggist.bsky.social & @leoahrens.bsky.social (also, thanks to @juliusk.bsky.social for help and very usefull feedback).
After a tough R&R, we published a paper that won the Best article prize at Socio-Economic Review. Awesome! In a way it fits the way publication processes go that they tag the wrong Alex. There is a Prof that gets my citations, this guy gets the prizes, I write the papers 🤝😆
sase.org/news/ser-bes...
sase.org/news/ser-bes...
April 18, 2024 at 12:28 PM
After a tough R&R, we published a paper that won the Best article prize at Socio-Economic Review. Awesome! In a way it fits the way publication processes go that they tag the wrong Alex. There is a Prof that gets my citations, this guy gets the prizes, I write the papers 🤝😆
sase.org/news/ser-bes...
sase.org/news/ser-bes...
I'm looking forward to present and discuss this tomorrow at Humboldt! Thanks for having me @beckerbastian.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social and @hannaschwander.bsky.social!
With @dweisstanner.bsky.social and Carsten Jensen, I show "How Left-wing Parties Attract Votes but Amplify Cleavages"
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With @dweisstanner.bsky.social and Carsten Jensen, I show "How Left-wing Parties Attract Votes but Amplify Cleavages"
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November 27, 2023 at 9:10 AM
I'm looking forward to present and discuss this tomorrow at Humboldt! Thanks for having me @beckerbastian.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social and @hannaschwander.bsky.social!
With @dweisstanner.bsky.social and Carsten Jensen, I show "How Left-wing Parties Attract Votes but Amplify Cleavages"
⬇️
With @dweisstanner.bsky.social and Carsten Jensen, I show "How Left-wing Parties Attract Votes but Amplify Cleavages"
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You want to learn how to code replicable, scalable and yet nuanced data? This 3day in-person @komex.bsky.social course by me & @sergioezanotto.bsky.social teaches you hands-on how to do crowd-sourced text analysis to get data that speaks to your research question
📅28.2.-1.3
🖱️ tinyurl.com/komexcrowd
📅28.2.-1.3
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November 20, 2023 at 10:35 AM
You want to learn how to code replicable, scalable and yet nuanced data? This 3day in-person @komex.bsky.social course by me & @sergioezanotto.bsky.social teaches you hands-on how to do crowd-sourced text analysis to get data that speaks to your research question
📅28.2.-1.3
🖱️ tinyurl.com/komexcrowd
📅28.2.-1.3
🖱️ tinyurl.com/komexcrowd
Ist die Gesellschaft weniger (zwie)gespalten als viele glauben?Spannende Anregungen und tolle Wissenschaftskommunikation - besonders wichtig bei diesem Türstopper, auf den ich nach der Vorstellung gestern gespannt bin!
Danke
@steffenmau.bsky.social
@thomaslux.bsky.social
@lwestheuser.bsky.social
Danke
@steffenmau.bsky.social
@thomaslux.bsky.social
@lwestheuser.bsky.social
October 12, 2023 at 2:02 PM
Ist die Gesellschaft weniger (zwie)gespalten als viele glauben?Spannende Anregungen und tolle Wissenschaftskommunikation - besonders wichtig bei diesem Türstopper, auf den ich nach der Vorstellung gestern gespannt bin!
Danke
@steffenmau.bsky.social
@thomaslux.bsky.social
@lwestheuser.bsky.social
Danke
@steffenmau.bsky.social
@thomaslux.bsky.social
@lwestheuser.bsky.social
free book in honor of Kees van Kersbergen! For the Festschrift (eds. Green Pedersen/Jensen/Vis) @avkevins.bsky.social & I wrote "Ever the committed egalitarians – or the end of Scandinavian exceptionalism? Equality and welfare state preferences among voters and parties" @ politica.dk/boeger/no-no...
October 2, 2023 at 2:22 PM
free book in honor of Kees van Kersbergen! For the Festschrift (eds. Green Pedersen/Jensen/Vis) @avkevins.bsky.social & I wrote "Ever the committed egalitarians – or the end of Scandinavian exceptionalism? Equality and welfare state preferences among voters and parties" @ politica.dk/boeger/no-no...