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Christian Czymara
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Migration & political communication scholar at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences/University of Groningen

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Christian Czymara @christian.czymara.com · Aug 20
How do past political processes shape current perceptions of #migration? New study on #Soviet Union-era policies and perceptions of #migrants in the Baltic states today, with A. #Gorodzeisky & I #Leykin in Comparative Migration Studies 🔓:
comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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mpidr.bsky.social
Come visit MPIDR in ☀️Summer 2026☀️
📣Call for Application for the "Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program"
📅☀️June 8th – August 21st, 2026☀️
🗺️MPIDR in Rostock, Germany
Application Deadline: Jan 14, 2026
Apply here and learn more:
incubator.demogr.mpg.de
December 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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denis-cohen.bsky.social
⏰ One week left to apply for SekMethoden 2026 — the annual meeting of the DVPW Section "Methods of Political Science". Submit your abstract by Sunday!

⬇️ See below for the CfP and link to the application portal.

@gessler.bsky.social @lukrudolph.bsky.social @donyhu.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social
denis-cohen.bsky.social Denis Cohen @denis-cohen.bsky.social · Nov 3
🚨 CfP: SekMethoden 2026
🗓️ March 12-13, 2026
🗺️ Hannover, Germany
⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025

👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2...

👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!
A screenshot of the CfP for SekMethoden 2026
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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ismail-kuepeli.de
Fachtagung in Essen: Graue Wölfe: Ideologie, Netzwerke und Handlungsstrategien
29. November 2025
Uhrzeit: 09:00–18:00
Ort: Glaspavillon, Universität Duisburg-Essen (Campus Essen)
Ich spreche einführend über die Ursprünge und die Ideologie der türkischen extremen Rechten.
antikurdischer-rassismus.de
Fachtagung in Essen: Graue Wölfe: Ideologie, Netzwerke und Handlungsstrategien Datum: Samstag, 29. November 2025 Uhrzeit: 09:00–18:00 Uhr Ort: Glaspavillon, Universität Duisburg-Essen (Campus Essen)
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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cdiehl.bsky.social
Now available online and open access! The results of our adversarial collaboration on:

Students’ motives for restricting academic freedom: Viewpoint discrimination and prosocial concerns | PNAS

@pnas.org
@nilsweidmann.bsky.social
@kunkakom.bsky.social
@drfell.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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amreibahr.bsky.social
German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna
How to stop the revolving door of German academia
Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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swebera.bsky.social
Very happy that my meta-analysis with Nik Stoop, Peter van der Windt and Haoyu Zhai has been published @bjpols.bsky.social ! We re-analyze *118* survey experimental studies on attitudes towards migrants in 53 countries. Huge thanks to all authors for sharing data files. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons - Volume 55
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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conradziller.bsky.social
📢 Call for Papers: Jahrestagung des DVPW-Arbeitskreises Wahlen und politische Einstellungen

📅 7./8. Mai 2026 in Mainz
📧 [email protected]
🗓️ Deadline: 31.01.2026

Themenoffener Call - Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiche Einreichungen!

@sgarritzmann.bsky.social @nilssteiner.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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schreibersnaturarium.de
Bis Mai kann man übrigens noch die komplette Doku "Shoah" (ca 9h) von Claude Lanzmann in der ARTE Mediathek ansehen:

www.arte.tv/de/videos/01...
Shoah (1/2) - Die ganze Doku | ARTE
Elf Jahre reiste Claude Lanzmann durch Europa und sprach mit Zeitzeugen des Holocaust - Opfern und Tätern. Entstanden ist ein eindringlicher Dokumentarfilm (1985), der bis heute als wichtigste Auseina...
www.arte.tv
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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100yearsagonews.bsky.social
Nov. 27, 1925: Claude Lanzmann, a French filmmaker whose 9½-hour documentary "Shoah" recounted the Holocaust through interviews with survivors, is born in Bois-Colombes. The landmark movie that included gut-wrenching stories but no historical footage took 11 years to make.
Lanzmann in 1986 (died 2018)
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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doener.bsky.social
Falls ihr euch fragt wie sehr Martin Sonneborn inzwischen abgedriftet ist: sehr sehr.

x.com/WagenWatch/s...
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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pengzell.bsky.social
Good reviews focus on a few major points, avoid nitpicking, and aim to help authors improve rather than catch every possible flaw.
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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jamesrdennison.bsky.social
Thrilled to share my new article in Political Psychology: “The psychology of political attitudinal volatility.” In it, I attempt to answer why do some people change their political views more than others? Open access at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@ispp-pops.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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jbgruber.bsky.social
After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!

Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered

jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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lhaffert.bsky.social
The urban-rural divide contains a within-generation divide: It is the younger, not the older generations, who are polarized by their place of residence.
indubioproreto.bsky.social Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 9d
New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!

We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.

Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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ebharrington.bsky.social
Revelations about RW social media accounts being run from Russia correspond perfectly to data already revealed by the Panama, Paradise & Pandora Papers: Russian money streamed thru offshore accounts funds virtually all right-wing "populist" parties in EU & NAmerica. Same goal: undermine democracy.
chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9d
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.

It’s Russian.
Collingwood @admcollingwood 田 Date joined January 2017 • Account based in Europe Veritied since Since August 2024 > 1 username change Last on January 2017 Connected via Eastern Europe (Non-EU) Android App
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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amreibahr.bsky.social
#TenureTrack klingt nach Erfolgsgeschichte! 🏆 Warum ich dann für seine Abschaffung plädiere? Das erfahrt Ihr in diesem Video! Aufgenommen wurde es bei der #TenureTrackTagung2025 im Mai — alle Aufzeichungen & Ergebnisse gibt‘s nun auf 1 grandiosen Website: tenure-track-tagung.pageflow.io #IchBinHanna
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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mabreyer.bsky.social
New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
Abstract It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, but in very specific ways: First, overall, people still perceive status as largely socioeconomically determined. Second, sociocultural groups figure in perceptions of who is gaining/losing status, less so in perceptions of the top/bottom of society. Third, more than conservative voters, it is social progressives who mention women and minorities as “winners”. While on race/ethnicity, we find evidence for a backlash, on gender and sexuality we find more evidence for a progressive momentum. This matters for progressive politics today and for how we empirically study status concerns.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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gelliottmorris.com
Good morning. I've got a banger new post out today that develops a new method for placing voters on the left-right ideological spectrum, and adds a new, "non-ideological"/affordability axis to usual way we chart & think about US voters (esp swing voters). www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
Not just left vs right: Most voters think about affordability and material wellbeing, not in ideological terms
Most voters want a party that emphasizes cost of living issues and makes the world a better place. Few Americans think in solidly ideologically terms. "Moderates" are mostly non-ideological.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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pascalsiegers.bsky.social
Please share! Top Gelegenheit Erfahrungen im Maschinenraum der Sozialforschung zu sammeln.
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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fguelzau.bsky.social
Fascinating new study (🔓) highlights striking differences in administrative burden—obtaining a visa appointment—across German consulates worldwide.

Congrats, @deutschmann.bsky.social, Lorenzo Gabrielli, @alexandra-orlova.bsky.social, @niklas-harder.bsky.social, and Ettore Recchi.
A time penalty for the Global South? Inequalities in visa appointment wait times at German embassies and consulates worldwide
Visas are a key tool for states to regulate incoming mobility from abroad, which can have ramifications for the establishment and perpetuation of glob…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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seanjwestwood.bsky.social
AI presents a fundamental threat to our ability to use polls to assess public opinion. Bad actors who are able to infiltrate panels can flip close election polls for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. Models will also infer and confirm hypotheses in experiments. Current quality checks fail
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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amreibahr.bsky.social
„Juniorprofessor[*innen] ohne #TenureTrack berichten signifikant häufiger von eingeschränkter Lebenszufriedenheit, emotionaler Erschöpfung und großer Unzufriedenheit mit der Planbarkeit ihrer Karriere.“
Kizilirmak & Hofmann: Zwischen Belastung & Balance. Neue Perspektiven auf den Tenure Track ⬇️ 1/4
Ausgabe 11/25
Forschung & Lehre Ausgabe 11/2025 | Themenschwerpunkt "Ausgründungen". Forschung & Lehre, die auflagenstärkste hochschul- und wissenschaftspolitische Zeitschrift Deutschlands.
www.forschung-und-lehre.de
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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kunkakom.bsky.social
The billions of research funds channeled into the pockets of Elsevier and other commercial publisher in return for very little actual value is one of academia's big inefficiencies that will eventually be replaced by more attractive Community-run alternatives
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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moritz-marbach.com
🚨New working paper: Compositional Effects, Internal Migration and Electoral Outcomes

osf.io/preprints/so...

#polisciresearch
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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pavlosvas1.bsky.social
Today marks 10 years since the 2015 Paris terror attacks. Le Monde published the life stories of 112 of the victims. It is such an overwhelming, heartbreaking read

www.lemonde.fr/attaques-a-p...
Attentats du 13-Novembre : le mémorial du « Monde » aux victimes
En 2015, « Le Monde » avait publié les portraits des hommes et des femmes tués dans les attaques afin de conserver la mémoire de ces vies fauchées.
www.lemonde.fr
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM