theresa gessler
@gessler.bsky.social
👩🏫Professor of democratic political decision making @politikuhh.bsky.social
🔍democracy | parties | gender | CEE🇭🇺 🇵🇱
🛠️TextasData & digital methods
www.theresagessler.eu/ | former @th_ges
🚋⛰️🚴♀️
🔍democracy | parties | gender | CEE🇭🇺 🇵🇱
🛠️TextasData & digital methods
www.theresagessler.eu/ | former @th_ges
🚋⛰️🚴♀️
Some professional news as I took my oath of office today:
On September 1st, I joined the University of Hamburg as a full professor of democratic political decision making👋
I'm very excited about this job & the chance to continue researching democracy, party competition and digitalization here
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On September 1st, I joined the University of Hamburg as a full professor of democratic political decision making👋
I'm very excited about this job & the chance to continue researching democracy, party competition and digitalization here
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September 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Some professional news as I took my oath of office today:
On September 1st, I joined the University of Hamburg as a full professor of democratic political decision making👋
I'm very excited about this job & the chance to continue researching democracy, party competition and digitalization here
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On September 1st, I joined the University of Hamburg as a full professor of democratic political decision making👋
I'm very excited about this job & the chance to continue researching democracy, party competition and digitalization here
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The project: We aim to develop a depolarization toolkit to be used in social contexts like schools or sports clubs. For this, we're collaborating with @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social to organize local events in Germany.
Longer 🇩🇪 description ➡️ j0b.de/veca
Longer 🇩🇪 description ➡️ j0b.de/veca
August 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The project: We aim to develop a depolarization toolkit to be used in social contexts like schools or sports clubs. For this, we're collaborating with @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social to organize local events in Germany.
Longer 🇩🇪 description ➡️ j0b.de/veca
Longer 🇩🇪 description ➡️ j0b.de/veca
Fantastic final full day workshop on Friday with @indiiigo.bsky.social on LLMs & social science with hands on tutorials and lots of input on the theoretical & ethical aspects
July 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Fantastic final full day workshop on Friday with @indiiigo.bsky.social on LLMs & social science with hands on tutorials and lots of input on the theoretical & ethical aspects
Wednesday @fabiennelind.bsky.social talked about text as data, from dictionaries to word embeddings🔤
bsky.app/profile/fabi...
Thanks to everyone who gave such great input, answered questions and shared their experiences 👏
bsky.app/profile/fabi...
Thanks to everyone who gave such great input, answered questions and shared their experiences 👏
July 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Wednesday @fabiennelind.bsky.social talked about text as data, from dictionaries to word embeddings🔤
bsky.app/profile/fabi...
Thanks to everyone who gave such great input, answered questions and shared their experiences 👏
bsky.app/profile/fabi...
Thanks to everyone who gave such great input, answered questions and shared their experiences 👏
Tuesday afternoon @rebeccakittel.bsky.social sky.social talked about webscraping and automated data collection 👩💻
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
July 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Tuesday afternoon @rebeccakittel.bsky.social sky.social talked about webscraping and automated data collection 👩💻
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
Tuesday morning, @melinscribe.bsky.social covered Advanced Data visualization 🎨
bsky.app/profile/meli...
bsky.app/profile/meli...
July 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Tuesday morning, @melinscribe.bsky.social covered Advanced Data visualization 🎨
bsky.app/profile/meli...
bsky.app/profile/meli...
On Monday @allisonwkoh.bsky.social talked about Functions & Programming in R in the morning, continuing with an Intro to Python after lunch 🐍
July 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
On Monday @allisonwkoh.bsky.social talked about Functions & Programming in R in the morning, continuing with an Intro to Python after lunch 🐍
#showyourstripes Hamburg, Germany
Human caused climate change is noticeable everywhere:
showyourstripes.info
Human caused climate change is noticeable everywhere:
showyourstripes.info
June 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#showyourstripes Hamburg, Germany
Human caused climate change is noticeable everywhere:
showyourstripes.info
Human caused climate change is noticeable everywhere:
showyourstripes.info
This week in Frankfurt (Oder): sunny winter wonderland at the doorstep of @viadrina.bsky.social ❄️☃️☀️
February 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This week in Frankfurt (Oder): sunny winter wonderland at the doorstep of @viadrina.bsky.social ❄️☃️☀️
Auch spannend: der 29.01. hat die Einschätzung von Politikwissenschaftler*innen verändert und damit wohl viele überrascht. Kooperation bei Sachfragen wird für CDU, CSU & FDP nun als viel wahrscheinlicher eingeschätzt.
Danke auch nochmal an das ganze OES-Team für die tolle Arbeit & Auswertung!👏
Danke auch nochmal an das ganze OES-Team für die tolle Arbeit & Auswertung!👏
February 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Auch spannend: der 29.01. hat die Einschätzung von Politikwissenschaftler*innen verändert und damit wohl viele überrascht. Kooperation bei Sachfragen wird für CDU, CSU & FDP nun als viel wahrscheinlicher eingeschätzt.
Danke auch nochmal an das ganze OES-Team für die tolle Arbeit & Auswertung!👏
Danke auch nochmal an das ganze OES-Team für die tolle Arbeit & Auswertung!👏
Danke an die Kolleg:innen von der Open Expert Survey, die für Daniel Morgenstern, @sophiahunger.bsky.social & mich Fragen zur Brandmauer aufgenommen haben 👏
📣Auf oes25.de/OES25prerele... gibt es alle Ergebnisse & pre-release Daten!
Kurz: Es gibt klare Unterschiede im Ausmaß der Brandmauer
Lang: 🧵👇
📣Auf oes25.de/OES25prerele... gibt es alle Ergebnisse & pre-release Daten!
Kurz: Es gibt klare Unterschiede im Ausmaß der Brandmauer
Lang: 🧵👇
February 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Danke an die Kolleg:innen von der Open Expert Survey, die für Daniel Morgenstern, @sophiahunger.bsky.social & mich Fragen zur Brandmauer aufgenommen haben 👏
📣Auf oes25.de/OES25prerele... gibt es alle Ergebnisse & pre-release Daten!
Kurz: Es gibt klare Unterschiede im Ausmaß der Brandmauer
Lang: 🧵👇
📣Auf oes25.de/OES25prerele... gibt es alle Ergebnisse & pre-release Daten!
Kurz: Es gibt klare Unterschiede im Ausmaß der Brandmauer
Lang: 🧵👇
While much of the discussion is about how affective polarization enables backsliding, we use survey data from 🇭🇺 & 🇵🇱 to discuss that backsliding may also affect citizens' attitudes towards the other side.
This matters for our understanding of the consequences of affective polarization for democracy💡
This matters for our understanding of the consequences of affective polarization for democracy💡
January 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
While much of the discussion is about how affective polarization enables backsliding, we use survey data from 🇭🇺 & 🇵🇱 to discuss that backsliding may also affect citizens' attitudes towards the other side.
This matters for our understanding of the consequences of affective polarization for democracy💡
This matters for our understanding of the consequences of affective polarization for democracy💡
📣New (open access) paper with @fgilardi.bsky.social and @maelkubli.bsky.social in @psrm.bsky.social examines the effect of advocacy campaigns and gender bias on media coverage of elections
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
We 🔍 how often & w/ which topics candidates are mentioned in 2.2 million news articles
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
We 🔍 how often & w/ which topics candidates are mentioned in 2.2 million news articles
December 2, 2024 at 2:16 PM
📣New (open access) paper with @fgilardi.bsky.social and @maelkubli.bsky.social in @psrm.bsky.social examines the effect of advocacy campaigns and gender bias on media coverage of elections
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
We 🔍 how often & w/ which topics candidates are mentioned in 2.2 million news articles
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
We 🔍 how often & w/ which topics candidates are mentioned in 2.2 million news articles
We're looking for a colleague at📍European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) 🇩🇪 🇵🇱
📣Professorship for Digital Political Communication
📆 Apply by 29/04/2024
#polisky #commsky
Full Ad (english): www.europa-uni.de/de/struktur/...
📣Professorship for Digital Political Communication
📆 Apply by 29/04/2024
#polisky #commsky
Full Ad (english): www.europa-uni.de/de/struktur/...
April 4, 2024 at 3:43 PM
We're looking for a colleague at📍European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) 🇩🇪 🇵🇱
📣Professorship for Digital Political Communication
📆 Apply by 29/04/2024
#polisky #commsky
Full Ad (english): www.europa-uni.de/de/struktur/...
📣Professorship for Digital Political Communication
📆 Apply by 29/04/2024
#polisky #commsky
Full Ad (english): www.europa-uni.de/de/struktur/...
My university (European University Viadrina, 📍Frankfurt, Oder) has a call for funded 1-3 month visits for international PhD students | ⏱️20/03/24
Details, including experiences of past fellows: europa-uni.de/en/struktur/...
I hosted someone last year and 💯 recommend the program.
Details, including experiences of past fellows: europa-uni.de/en/struktur/...
I hosted someone last year and 💯 recommend the program.
March 6, 2024 at 8:56 AM
My university (European University Viadrina, 📍Frankfurt, Oder) has a call for funded 1-3 month visits for international PhD students | ⏱️20/03/24
Details, including experiences of past fellows: europa-uni.de/en/struktur/...
I hosted someone last year and 💯 recommend the program.
Details, including experiences of past fellows: europa-uni.de/en/struktur/...
I hosted someone last year and 💯 recommend the program.
Nächster Samstag, Frankfurt (Oder)!
Next Saturday in Frankfurt (Oder)
Next Saturday in Frankfurt (Oder)
January 25, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Nächster Samstag, Frankfurt (Oder)!
Next Saturday in Frankfurt (Oder)
Next Saturday in Frankfurt (Oder)
4/ Now in Budapest, I spend a lot of time in the library of parliament
While I'm reading archives, members of this parliament are considering new restrictions on civil society, again targeting internat. funding as interference w/ a 'sovereignty protection office'
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
While I'm reading archives, members of this parliament are considering new restrictions on civil society, again targeting internat. funding as interference w/ a 'sovereignty protection office'
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
November 23, 2023 at 4:53 PM
4/ Now in Budapest, I spend a lot of time in the library of parliament
While I'm reading archives, members of this parliament are considering new restrictions on civil society, again targeting internat. funding as interference w/ a 'sovereignty protection office'
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
While I'm reading archives, members of this parliament are considering new restrictions on civil society, again targeting internat. funding as interference w/ a 'sovereignty protection office'
www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
Something that broke my💔a bit: the entrance to what was CEU's main building in Budapest when I did my MA there now features a coffee chain right under the university sign
CEU still uses buildings in Budapest just steps away - but it reminds one of the loss of acad. freedom and what CEU represented
CEU still uses buildings in Budapest just steps away - but it reminds one of the loss of acad. freedom and what CEU represented
November 23, 2023 at 10:34 AM
Something that broke my💔a bit: the entrance to what was CEU's main building in Budapest when I did my MA there now features a coffee chain right under the university sign
CEU still uses buildings in Budapest just steps away - but it reminds one of the loss of acad. freedom and what CEU represented
CEU still uses buildings in Budapest just steps away - but it reminds one of the loss of acad. freedom and what CEU represented
Today's small find: Newspaper coverage of the 2011 Hungarian constitution coming into force on the 1st of January 2012 with a picture of workers taking off a 'Hungarian Republic' sign to replace it with 'Hungary'. From what we know today, the coverage feels even more daunting than it did back then.
November 21, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Today's small find: Newspaper coverage of the 2011 Hungarian constitution coming into force on the 1st of January 2012 with a picture of workers taking off a 'Hungarian Republic' sign to replace it with 'Hungary'. From what we know today, the coverage feels even more daunting than it did back then.
Szia Budapest!
I've taken lots of night trains but waking up in a different place never loses its excitement.🤩
I've taken lots of night trains but waking up in a different place never loses its excitement.🤩
November 20, 2023 at 8:26 AM
Szia Budapest!
I've taken lots of night trains but waking up in a different place never loses its excitement.🤩
I've taken lots of night trains but waking up in a different place never loses its excitement.🤩
Nervenkitzel Deutsche Bahn Style: constantly updated predictions if I'll make it back from a workshop in time to teach tomorrow.🚂
November 7, 2023 at 9:29 PM
Nervenkitzel Deutsche Bahn Style: constantly updated predictions if I'll make it back from a workshop in time to teach tomorrow.🚂
📣@sophiahunger.bsky.social and I are organizing an english-language open panel on Text as Data Approaches to measuring political competition and representation at the 2024 DVPW conference in Göttingen.
Submissions open until 31/10/23
Panel n° 89: www.dvpw.de/dvpw2024/cal... polisky polcom cssky
Submissions open until 31/10/23
Panel n° 89: www.dvpw.de/dvpw2024/cal... polisky polcom cssky
October 16, 2023 at 1:08 PM
📣@sophiahunger.bsky.social and I are organizing an english-language open panel on Text as Data Approaches to measuring political competition and representation at the 2024 DVPW conference in Göttingen.
Submissions open until 31/10/23
Panel n° 89: www.dvpw.de/dvpw2024/cal... polisky polcom cssky
Submissions open until 31/10/23
Panel n° 89: www.dvpw.de/dvpw2024/cal... polisky polcom cssky
This week, "Contemporary Germany and the Fourth Wave of Far-Right Politics" (ed. Manès Weisskircher) was finally published.📚
t.ly/Q_whq
It includes a chapter by Sophia Hunger & me on the politicization of immigration and radical right party politics in 🇩🇪, as well as many other insightful chapters.
t.ly/Q_whq
It includes a chapter by Sophia Hunger & me on the politicization of immigration and radical right party politics in 🇩🇪, as well as many other insightful chapters.
September 29, 2023 at 2:04 PM
This week, "Contemporary Germany and the Fourth Wave of Far-Right Politics" (ed. Manès Weisskircher) was finally published.📚
t.ly/Q_whq
It includes a chapter by Sophia Hunger & me on the politicization of immigration and radical right party politics in 🇩🇪, as well as many other insightful chapters.
t.ly/Q_whq
It includes a chapter by Sophia Hunger & me on the politicization of immigration and radical right party politics in 🇩🇪, as well as many other insightful chapters.