Markus Kollberg
@markuskollberg.bsky.social
Political Scientist | Comparative Political Behaviour, Political Parties, Empirical Democracy Research | Experiments, Surveys, Text-as-Data
https://www.markus-kollberg.net
https://www.markus-kollberg.net
Pinned
Does Mainstream Populism Work❓
I answer this question in a new paper officially out at @psrm.bsky.social❗
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
Key take-aways in the thread below 🧵⬇️:
I answer this question in a new paper officially out at @psrm.bsky.social❗
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
Key take-aways in the thread below 🧵⬇️:
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November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🎉 Kicking off the Zweitstimme.org Workshop!
We’re looking forward to two days discussing new work on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour.
Today’s sessions:
👉 Panel I – Elites
👉 Panel II – Participation
👉 Panel III – Party Strategies
Huge thanks to @hertieschool.bsky.social for hosting us!
We’re looking forward to two days discussing new work on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour.
Today’s sessions:
👉 Panel I – Elites
👉 Panel II – Participation
👉 Panel III – Party Strategies
Huge thanks to @hertieschool.bsky.social for hosting us!
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🎉 Kicking off the Zweitstimme.org Workshop!
We’re looking forward to two days discussing new work on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour.
Today’s sessions:
👉 Panel I – Elites
👉 Panel II – Participation
👉 Panel III – Party Strategies
Huge thanks to @hertieschool.bsky.social for hosting us!
We’re looking forward to two days discussing new work on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour.
Today’s sessions:
👉 Panel I – Elites
👉 Panel II – Participation
👉 Panel III – Party Strategies
Huge thanks to @hertieschool.bsky.social for hosting us!
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Labour is desperately trying to appeal to Reform supporters. In October, we asked people in the UK if they perceive a party as a "party for someone like them". Only very few people say this for both Labour and Reform. The correlation is negative. Labour is chasing an electorate that does not exist.
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Labour is desperately trying to appeal to Reform supporters. In October, we asked people in the UK if they perceive a party as a "party for someone like them". Only very few people say this for both Labour and Reform. The correlation is negative. Labour is chasing an electorate that does not exist.
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🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
Very much looking forward to this event! Do sign up if you are in Berlin on November 21.
More and more young people are turning to the far right. Why and what can we do about it?
Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies.
🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw
Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies.
🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Very much looking forward to this event! Do sign up if you are in Berlin on November 21.
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We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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🚨 Job alert! 🚨
(English in comment)
An meinem Lehrbereich ist zum 1.2.26 eine Postdoc-Stelle (100%) zu besetzen. Gesucht wird ein*e Kandidat*in mit Kenntnissen in quantitativen Methoden sowie Expertise in einschlägigen Themenbereichen. Mehr hier: www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...
(English in comment)
An meinem Lehrbereich ist zum 1.2.26 eine Postdoc-Stelle (100%) zu besetzen. Gesucht wird ein*e Kandidat*in mit Kenntnissen in quantitativen Methoden sowie Expertise in einschlägigen Themenbereichen. Mehr hier: www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...
www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🚨 Job alert! 🚨
(English in comment)
An meinem Lehrbereich ist zum 1.2.26 eine Postdoc-Stelle (100%) zu besetzen. Gesucht wird ein*e Kandidat*in mit Kenntnissen in quantitativen Methoden sowie Expertise in einschlägigen Themenbereichen. Mehr hier: www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...
(English in comment)
An meinem Lehrbereich ist zum 1.2.26 eine Postdoc-Stelle (100%) zu besetzen. Gesucht wird ein*e Kandidat*in mit Kenntnissen in quantitativen Methoden sowie Expertise in einschlägigen Themenbereichen. Mehr hier: www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...
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📣 The Politics Lecture Series is back with a fantastic line-up!
Opening talk: Melissa Sands (LSE) on “Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets”
Tue, 28 Oct 2025, 12–1 pm, Room 002
Everyone is welcomed to attend!
Opening talk: Melissa Sands (LSE) on “Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets”
Tue, 28 Oct 2025, 12–1 pm, Room 002
Everyone is welcomed to attend!
October 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
📣 The Politics Lecture Series is back with a fantastic line-up!
Opening talk: Melissa Sands (LSE) on “Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets”
Tue, 28 Oct 2025, 12–1 pm, Room 002
Everyone is welcomed to attend!
Opening talk: Melissa Sands (LSE) on “Measuring Racial Avoidance on Virtual Streets”
Tue, 28 Oct 2025, 12–1 pm, Room 002
Everyone is welcomed to attend!
It has been a real pleasure to discuss my work on support for the green transition among conservative voters with this great crowd of scholars! Thanks for the invitation @manesweisskircher.bsky.social 🙏
I’m glad that the 2nd #REXKLIMA workshop in Dresden brought together so many insightful presentations and lively discussions - with a great mix of quantitative and qualitative manuscripts. Looking forward to seeing these papers published! 💫📑
hait.tu-dresden.de/ext/veransta... @rexklima.bsky.social
hait.tu-dresden.de/ext/veransta... @rexklima.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It has been a real pleasure to discuss my work on support for the green transition among conservative voters with this great crowd of scholars! Thanks for the invitation @manesweisskircher.bsky.social 🙏
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@markuskollberg.bsky.social und @ivobantel.bsky.social zeigen, dass vor allem über Parteigrenzen hinweg koordinierte Botschaften einer 'common front' die affektive Abgrenzung der Wähler*innen gegenüber der extremen Rechten stärken. Dieser Effekt nutzt sich allerdings ab.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
October 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@markuskollberg.bsky.social und @ivobantel.bsky.social zeigen, dass vor allem über Parteigrenzen hinweg koordinierte Botschaften einer 'common front' die affektive Abgrenzung der Wähler*innen gegenüber der extremen Rechten stärken. Dieser Effekt nutzt sich allerdings ab.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Great to finally see this important paper published! ⬇️
🚨 New publication out @jeppjournal.bsky.social w/ Katrin Praprotnik @luanarusso.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social
We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions.
Open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions.
Open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
October 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Great to finally see this important paper published! ⬇️
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Very excited for our 4th Progressive Politics Research Network workshop today and tomorrow at Humboldt University in Berlin. With a fabulous group of participants we will not only discuss our research but also how we can use it to inform public debate.
September 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Very excited for our 4th Progressive Politics Research Network workshop today and tomorrow at Humboldt University in Berlin. With a fabulous group of participants we will not only discuss our research but also how we can use it to inform public debate.
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New 📝 out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social
1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training
2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training
2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
New 📝 out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social
1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training
2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training
2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Happy to see that my paper w\ @jochemvanagt.bsky.social now has issue- and page-numbers.
Also check-out our post @ecprtheloop.bsky.social to learn more about why unsuccessful coalitions - like those that we see across the EU right now - do not mitigate polarization!
theloop.ecpr.eu/coalition-go...
Also check-out our post @ecprtheloop.bsky.social to learn more about why unsuccessful coalitions - like those that we see across the EU right now - do not mitigate polarization!
theloop.ecpr.eu/coalition-go...
September 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy to see that my paper w\ @jochemvanagt.bsky.social now has issue- and page-numbers.
Also check-out our post @ecprtheloop.bsky.social to learn more about why unsuccessful coalitions - like those that we see across the EU right now - do not mitigate polarization!
theloop.ecpr.eu/coalition-go...
Also check-out our post @ecprtheloop.bsky.social to learn more about why unsuccessful coalitions - like those that we see across the EU right now - do not mitigate polarization!
theloop.ecpr.eu/coalition-go...
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🎉 Today at @humboldtuni.bsky.social the 1st Annual Workshop of the Humboldt Governance Lab!
🚀 Inspiring discussions on the challenges facing democracy & how to strengthen it.
🔗 More information on the GovLab: hu-govlab.de
🚀 Inspiring discussions on the challenges facing democracy & how to strengthen it.
🔗 More information on the GovLab: hu-govlab.de
September 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🎉 Today at @humboldtuni.bsky.social the 1st Annual Workshop of the Humboldt Governance Lab!
🚀 Inspiring discussions on the challenges facing democracy & how to strengthen it.
🔗 More information on the GovLab: hu-govlab.de
🚀 Inspiring discussions on the challenges facing democracy & how to strengthen it.
🔗 More information on the GovLab: hu-govlab.de
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New preregistered report @jepsjournal.bsky.social
"Thin" populism treatments manipulate perceptions of people-centrism + anti-elitism
But: some treatments (e.g., "American people") affect perceptions of host ideology, complicating causal analyses of impact of populist rhetoric
cup.org/4n3DvZm
"Thin" populism treatments manipulate perceptions of people-centrism + anti-elitism
But: some treatments (e.g., "American people") affect perceptions of host ideology, complicating causal analyses of impact of populist rhetoric
cup.org/4n3DvZm
September 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New preregistered report @jepsjournal.bsky.social
"Thin" populism treatments manipulate perceptions of people-centrism + anti-elitism
But: some treatments (e.g., "American people") affect perceptions of host ideology, complicating causal analyses of impact of populist rhetoric
cup.org/4n3DvZm
"Thin" populism treatments manipulate perceptions of people-centrism + anti-elitism
But: some treatments (e.g., "American people") affect perceptions of host ideology, complicating causal analyses of impact of populist rhetoric
cup.org/4n3DvZm
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💥Online first:
"Communicating a common front: mainstream party rhetoric and affective polarisation towards the radical right"
by @markuskollberg.bsky.social & @ivobantel.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
"Communicating a common front: mainstream party rhetoric and affective polarisation towards the radical right"
by @markuskollberg.bsky.social & @ivobantel.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
September 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
💥Online first:
"Communicating a common front: mainstream party rhetoric and affective polarisation towards the radical right"
by @markuskollberg.bsky.social & @ivobantel.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
"Communicating a common front: mainstream party rhetoric and affective polarisation towards the radical right"
by @markuskollberg.bsky.social & @ivobantel.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
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Very happy to see our new paper out in WEP.
We document that rhetorically countering the Radical Right requires mainstream parties to form a common front to be effective.
Full paper (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Highlights in the thread below.
We document that rhetorically countering the Radical Right requires mainstream parties to form a common front to be effective.
Full paper (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Highlights in the thread below.
Returning from vacation and looking for a late summer read? @ivobantel.bsky.social and I got you covered!
In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, we assess how mainstream parties rhetorically create an affect-based "common front" against the radical right.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, we assess how mainstream parties rhetorically create an affect-based "common front" against the radical right.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Very happy to see our new paper out in WEP.
We document that rhetorically countering the Radical Right requires mainstream parties to form a common front to be effective.
Full paper (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Highlights in the thread below.
We document that rhetorically countering the Radical Right requires mainstream parties to form a common front to be effective.
Full paper (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Highlights in the thread below.
Returning from vacation and looking for a late summer read? @ivobantel.bsky.social and I got you covered!
In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, we assess how mainstream parties rhetorically create an affect-based "common front" against the radical right.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, we assess how mainstream parties rhetorically create an affect-based "common front" against the radical right.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Returning from vacation and looking for a late summer read? @ivobantel.bsky.social and I got you covered!
In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, we assess how mainstream parties rhetorically create an affect-based "common front" against the radical right.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, we assess how mainstream parties rhetorically create an affect-based "common front" against the radical right.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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NEW -
Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ
- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ
- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
September 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
NEW -
Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ
- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Detecting Group Mentions in Political Rhetoric A Supervised Learning Approach - cup.org/45WZppQ
- @haukelicht.bsky.social & @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.
Apply by: 10 Oct
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Apply by: 10 Oct
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
September 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.
Apply by: 10 Oct
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Apply by: 10 Oct
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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🚨 Reminder: Heute endet die Deadline für die Anmeldung zur Jahrestagung des AK Wahlen & pol. Einstellungen!
In einem Monat, am 18. & 19.9., trifft sich die Wahlforschungscommunity zur Jahrestagung des AK Wahlen & pol. Einstellungen der @dvpw.bsky.social an der FU Berlin.
Spannendes Programm, freundliche Kolleg:innen!
Anmeldung über meine.dvpw.de bis zum 1.9. möglich.
Siehe: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...
Spannendes Programm, freundliche Kolleg:innen!
Anmeldung über meine.dvpw.de bis zum 1.9. möglich.
Siehe: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...
September 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🚨 Reminder: Heute endet die Deadline für die Anmeldung zur Jahrestagung des AK Wahlen & pol. Einstellungen!
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🏛️ @markuskollberg.bsky.social: The challenger advantage – how challenger parties disrupt mainstream party dominance in the European Parliament
🧷 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🧷 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
August 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🏛️ @markuskollberg.bsky.social: The challenger advantage – how challenger parties disrupt mainstream party dominance in the European Parliament
🧷 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🧷 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social !
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/8 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/8 🧵
August 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social !
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/8 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/8 🧵
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📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...
We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...
London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science
We are inviting submissions for the London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science (LESS), a new forum for discussing experimental political science research among researchers at London unive...
forms.gle
August 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...
We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...