Marta Kozłowska
@mkozlowska.bsky.social
PhD, political sociologist, post-doc @UniBwM
Author of "Political Meanings of Solidarity" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58323-0
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Author of "Political Meanings of Solidarity" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58323-0
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@mkozlowska.bsky.social
· Nov 24
First post, so obligatory self-promotion:
my recent book 'Political Meanings of Solidarity: Parties, Manifestos, and Cleavages'.
There will also be a German version next year!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
my recent book 'Political Meanings of Solidarity: Parties, Manifestos, and Cleavages'.
There will also be a German version next year!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Sikorski may be a bit controversial and definitely not diplomatic, but you cannot deny that he has a grand talent for retorts.
„Go to Mars.
There's no censorship of Nazi salutes there.“
Reply from Sikorski 🇵🇱 foreign minister to Elon Musk who incites to overthrow the European Union on X cheered by the Russian regime Medwedev and co.
There's no censorship of Nazi salutes there.“
Reply from Sikorski 🇵🇱 foreign minister to Elon Musk who incites to overthrow the European Union on X cheered by the Russian regime Medwedev and co.
December 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Sikorski may be a bit controversial and definitely not diplomatic, but you cannot deny that he has a grand talent for retorts.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Liebe Europäische Kommission, liebes EU-Parlament: Wie lange wollt ihr noch Content für einen Kanal liefern, dessen Eigentümer euch auflösen will und der eure Reichweite drosselt? Dieser Ort ist eine Jauchegrube. Raus da! Geht lieber dahin, wo Demokratie kein Hassobjekt ist.
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Liebe Europäische Kommission, liebes EU-Parlament: Wie lange wollt ihr noch Content für einen Kanal liefern, dessen Eigentümer euch auflösen will und der eure Reichweite drosselt? Dieser Ort ist eine Jauchegrube. Raus da! Geht lieber dahin, wo Demokratie kein Hassobjekt ist.
So, no FIFA and no Eurovision for me this year
(she thinks to herself on her way to Rossmann, twice as distant as the nearest dm, in order to not buy Müller Milch)
(she thinks to herself on her way to Rossmann, twice as distant as the nearest dm, in order to not buy Müller Milch)
December 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
So, no FIFA and no Eurovision for me this year
(she thinks to herself on her way to Rossmann, twice as distant as the nearest dm, in order to not buy Müller Milch)
(she thinks to herself on her way to Rossmann, twice as distant as the nearest dm, in order to not buy Müller Milch)
Two months after starting a new job and five since getting said job, I still have not paused the job newsletters I subscribe.
It keeps making me happy to look at all the job openings and knowing that I do not need to apply for any of them.
So, as long as it sparks joy, I will keep checking them.
It keeps making me happy to look at all the job openings and knowing that I do not need to apply for any of them.
So, as long as it sparks joy, I will keep checking them.
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Two months after starting a new job and five since getting said job, I still have not paused the job newsletters I subscribe.
It keeps making me happy to look at all the job openings and knowing that I do not need to apply for any of them.
So, as long as it sparks joy, I will keep checking them.
It keeps making me happy to look at all the job openings and knowing that I do not need to apply for any of them.
So, as long as it sparks joy, I will keep checking them.
This is another case of Russia prosecuting a captured foreign volunteer fighter as a mercenary, which, in Moscow's interpretation of the international law, deprives them of the rights of prisoners of war.
How is that not an international scandal?
How is that not an international scandal?
⚡️Czech POW sentenced to 13 years in jail by Russian court for fighting for Ukraine.
21-year-old Czech-Vietnamese volunteer soldier Hoang Tran was captured in the village of Chervonyi Lyman, north of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, in August 2025.
21-year-old Czech-Vietnamese volunteer soldier Hoang Tran was captured in the village of Chervonyi Lyman, north of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, in August 2025.
Czech POW sentenced to 13 years in jail by Russian court for fighting for Ukraine
Tran's case is just the latest case of Russian prosecution of a captured foreign fighter as a mercenary, which, in Moscow's interpretation of international law, deprives them of the rights traditional...
kyivindependent.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This is another case of Russia prosecuting a captured foreign volunteer fighter as a mercenary, which, in Moscow's interpretation of the international law, deprives them of the rights of prisoners of war.
How is that not an international scandal?
How is that not an international scandal?
Political science is driven by fashionable terms.
Sure, there is always some other research but so is this one hot topic at a given time that gets all the attention.
"Polarisation" is one such term now. Before that, there were populism, democratic backsliding, identity, GAL/TAN, civic society...
Sure, there is always some other research but so is this one hot topic at a given time that gets all the attention.
"Polarisation" is one such term now. Before that, there were populism, democratic backsliding, identity, GAL/TAN, civic society...
🚨new article🚨
"Polarisation" has become one of those terms commonly used to discuss the dire state of politics and democracy today
Here @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I argue that this simplistic framing is counterproductive
🧵Thread🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Polarisation" has become one of those terms commonly used to discuss the dire state of politics and democracy today
Here @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I argue that this simplistic framing is counterproductive
🧵Thread🧵
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Political science is driven by fashionable terms.
Sure, there is always some other research but so is this one hot topic at a given time that gets all the attention.
"Polarisation" is one such term now. Before that, there were populism, democratic backsliding, identity, GAL/TAN, civic society...
Sure, there is always some other research but so is this one hot topic at a given time that gets all the attention.
"Polarisation" is one such term now. Before that, there were populism, democratic backsliding, identity, GAL/TAN, civic society...
Pitfalls of automatic translation:
No, "cleavage frame" in German is not "Dekolleté-Rahmen".
No, "cleavage frame" in German is not "Dekolleté-Rahmen".
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Pitfalls of automatic translation:
No, "cleavage frame" in German is not "Dekolleté-Rahmen".
No, "cleavage frame" in German is not "Dekolleté-Rahmen".
Und dann lesen wir in historischen Büchern (und Schulbüchern), dass Frauen ihre Rechte "bekommen haben".
Nein, liebe Kinder. Sie haben sie sich erkämpft.
Nein, liebe Kinder. Sie haben sie sich erkämpft.
Heute vor 77 Jahren griff Elisabeth Selbert zum Äußersten.
Nachdem ihr Formulierungsvorschlag "Männer und Frauen sind gleichberechtigt." für Art. 3 Abs. 2 nach der 3. Lesung erneut durchgefallen war, mobilisierte sie weiblichen Widerstand.
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Nachdem ihr Formulierungsvorschlag "Männer und Frauen sind gleichberechtigt." für Art. 3 Abs. 2 nach der 3. Lesung erneut durchgefallen war, mobilisierte sie weiblichen Widerstand.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Und dann lesen wir in historischen Büchern (und Schulbüchern), dass Frauen ihre Rechte "bekommen haben".
Nein, liebe Kinder. Sie haben sie sich erkämpft.
Nein, liebe Kinder. Sie haben sie sich erkämpft.
Also: if Russia stops fighting, there will be no war.
If Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine.
If Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine.
If Russia wanted peace, they would stop killing Ukrainians.
If the US wanted peace, they would stop Russia.
If the US wanted peace, they would stop Russia.
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Also: if Russia stops fighting, there will be no war.
If Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine.
If Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Die Reallöhne in D sind auf dem Stand von 2019. Heißt: Brutto-Lohnerhöhungen landen im Endeffekt nicht bei Arbeitnehmern, sondern durch steigende Mieten und teurere Lebensmittel bei Vermietern, Immobilienkonzernen und Co.
Warum debattieren wir sowas so wenig?
www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/a...
Warum debattieren wir sowas so wenig?
www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/a...
Um den Aufstieg der AfD zu bremsen, bedarf es einer neuen Wirtschaftspolitik
Stellenkahlschlag und Einkommensverluste haben viele Arbeitnehmer enttäuscht. Die demokratischen Parteien müssen darauf eingehen, damit die Rechten nicht noch stärker werden.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Die Reallöhne in D sind auf dem Stand von 2019. Heißt: Brutto-Lohnerhöhungen landen im Endeffekt nicht bei Arbeitnehmern, sondern durch steigende Mieten und teurere Lebensmittel bei Vermietern, Immobilienkonzernen und Co.
Warum debattieren wir sowas so wenig?
www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/a...
Warum debattieren wir sowas so wenig?
www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/a...
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Als der Bundeskanzler am Ende seines Wahlkampfs gegen Demonstrant*innen, die gegen seine Zusammenarbeit mit der rechtsextremen AfD protestierten, kritisierte, in dem er ihnen bescheinigte, nicht mehr alle Tassen im Schrank zu haben, wurde dies von vielen entschuldigt, es sei nunmal Wahlkampf. 1/7
Proteste gegen AfD-Jugend: Friedrich Merz kritisiert Auseinandersetzungen bei Protesten in Gießen
Bundeskanzler Merz und Bundesinnenminister Dobrindt haben die Auseinandersetzungen bei Protesten gegen die AfD-Jugend in Gießen kritisiert. Dobrindt sprach von "Chaoten".
www.zeit.de
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Als der Bundeskanzler am Ende seines Wahlkampfs gegen Demonstrant*innen, die gegen seine Zusammenarbeit mit der rechtsextremen AfD protestierten, kritisierte, in dem er ihnen bescheinigte, nicht mehr alle Tassen im Schrank zu haben, wurde dies von vielen entschuldigt, es sei nunmal Wahlkampf. 1/7
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Der Bundespräsident hat kürzlich die Zivilgesellschaft aufgerufen, sich den Rechtsextremen entgegenzustellen. Heute haben Tausende Menschen genau das gemacht, und diese Menschen sind nun also für den Bundeskanzler alle "ganz links". Puh.
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Der Bundespräsident hat kürzlich die Zivilgesellschaft aufgerufen, sich den Rechtsextremen entgegenzustellen. Heute haben Tausende Menschen genau das gemacht, und diese Menschen sind nun also für den Bundeskanzler alle "ganz links". Puh.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Hier der Grund, warum der Verband der deutschen Oligarchen unbedingt die Brandmauer zur Afd einreißen will. Für die #Familienunternehmer ist eine immer stärker werdende Afd keine Bedrohung, ganz im Gegenteil. #TaxTheRich #AfdVerbot
📷 @correctiv.org 👏
📷 @correctiv.org 👏
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Hier der Grund, warum der Verband der deutschen Oligarchen unbedingt die Brandmauer zur Afd einreißen will. Für die #Familienunternehmer ist eine immer stärker werdende Afd keine Bedrohung, ganz im Gegenteil. #TaxTheRich #AfdVerbot
📷 @correctiv.org 👏
📷 @correctiv.org 👏
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Das hier ist ein großes Problem: Es gibt nur sehr geringe Chancen auf eine Dauerstelle in der deutschen Wissenschaft. Ich war trotzdem erfolgreich und habe einen Thread vorbereitet, dicht gepackt mit Tipps und Infos, wie man es trotz der geringen Chancen auf eine Dauerstelle schaffen kann:
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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 3:23 PM
Das hier ist ein großes Problem: Es gibt nur sehr geringe Chancen auf eine Dauerstelle in der deutschen Wissenschaft. Ich war trotzdem erfolgreich und habe einen Thread vorbereitet, dicht gepackt mit Tipps und Infos, wie man es trotz der geringen Chancen auf eine Dauerstelle schaffen kann:
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Super interesting findings.
It's not young men of *this*generation. It's young mean of *each* generation.
It's not young men of *this*generation. It's young mean of *each* generation.
(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Super interesting findings.
It's not young men of *this*generation. It's young mean of *each* generation.
It's not young men of *this*generation. It's young mean of *each* generation.
Am 10.12.25 in Berlin findet ein Fachaustausch des Intersektionalen Bildungswerkes in der Migrationsgesellschaft über Nationalismus und Rechtsextremismus in Minderheitsgruppen statt, für Menschen, die mit Jugendlichen arbeiten. Ich bin als Referentin für Polen dabei.
Es gibt noch paar freie Plätze!
Es gibt noch paar freie Plätze!
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Am 10.12.25 in Berlin findet ein Fachaustausch des Intersektionalen Bildungswerkes in der Migrationsgesellschaft über Nationalismus und Rechtsextremismus in Minderheitsgruppen statt, für Menschen, die mit Jugendlichen arbeiten. Ich bin als Referentin für Polen dabei.
Es gibt noch paar freie Plätze!
Es gibt noch paar freie Plätze!
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Dann gehen wir jetzt eben zu Rossmann. Es ist schließlich egal, wo wir keine Müller-Milch kaufen
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Dann gehen wir jetzt eben zu Rossmann. Es ist schließlich egal, wo wir keine Müller-Milch kaufen
The Polish government annlunced that they will honour the ECJ ruling and implement recognition of same-sex marriages certificates from abroad.
Obviously, the PiS-supported president is very much against, but he has no say in the matter.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/26/p...
Obviously, the PiS-supported president is very much against, but he has no say in the matter.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/26/p...
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The Polish government annlunced that they will honour the ECJ ruling and implement recognition of same-sex marriages certificates from abroad.
Obviously, the PiS-supported president is very much against, but he has no say in the matter.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/26/p...
Obviously, the PiS-supported president is very much against, but he has no say in the matter.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/26/p...
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
The EU court has ruled that Poland must recognise the marriage of a Polish same-sex couple who married in Germany, even though Polish law does not allow such marriages.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
EU court orders Poland to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other member states
notesfrompoland.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The EU court has ruled that Poland must recognise the marriage of a Polish same-sex couple who married in Germany, even though Polish law does not allow such marriages.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
The ruling requires Poland to change its system for recognising such marriages so as not to discriminate against same-sex couples.
This seems to be a fitting metaphor for current politics.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
A “veggie burger” ban nobody wanted is becoming one Brussels might actually pass.
How a ‘veggie burger’ ban nobody wanted became one Brussels might actually pass
A fringe amendment to protect meaty vocabulary has become a test of Europe’s loyalty to tradition and its waning appetite for food innovation.
www.politico.eu
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This seems to be a fitting metaphor for current politics.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
A legislation in a trivial matter, that the majority doesn't care but is rather against, gets passed.
Meanwhile, the really important, big, and relevant issues (climate change, aging baby boomers, much needed infrastructure project) do not.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Yalta, Helsinki, Budapest, Minsk - there is a long Western tradition of being weak in negotiations with the Kremlin.
We should stop signing treaties that favor Moscow and were written in the Kremlin.
We should stop signing treaties that favor Moscow and were written in the Kremlin.
November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Yalta, Helsinki, Budapest, Minsk - there is a long Western tradition of being weak in negotiations with the Kremlin.
We should stop signing treaties that favor Moscow and were written in the Kremlin.
We should stop signing treaties that favor Moscow and were written in the Kremlin.
The leaked US-RU 'peace plan', beside being absolutely amateurish in both language and content, is also incredibly stupid.
It also boils down basically to:
1) Russia gets the land,
2) US get the money,
3) Ukraine gets empty promises and toothless provisions, and
4) Europe gets the bill.
It also boils down basically to:
1) Russia gets the land,
2) US get the money,
3) Ukraine gets empty promises and toothless provisions, and
4) Europe gets the bill.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The leaked US-RU 'peace plan', beside being absolutely amateurish in both language and content, is also incredibly stupid.
It also boils down basically to:
1) Russia gets the land,
2) US get the money,
3) Ukraine gets empty promises and toothless provisions, and
4) Europe gets the bill.
It also boils down basically to:
1) Russia gets the land,
2) US get the money,
3) Ukraine gets empty promises and toothless provisions, and
4) Europe gets the bill.
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil
Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
Reposted by Marta Kozłowska
Other cultures acknowledge that they all share qualities that help them get through life and smile. Poles share the fact that the horrors persist, but so do we.
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Other cultures acknowledge that they all share qualities that help them get through life and smile. Poles share the fact that the horrors persist, but so do we.