Theres Matthieß
@theresmatthiess.bsky.social
Political scientist, Assistant Professor at the University of Göttingen, working on political representation, party competition, voting & social groups
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Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? - Volume 55
doi.org
💫💫💫 Great News: We are over the moon that our paper "Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?" is now published in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🍾 🤗
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
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w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
🧵1/5
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🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
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Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Interested in the theory and empirics of multi-party governments? Thomas Bräuninger and I edited a Handbook on Coalition Politics with Edward Elgar Publishing: lnkd.in/eis8Yc2y /1
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We look forward to welcoming @theresmatthiess.bsky.social to the Democracy Seminar today! 👇👇👇 What a treat!
🚂 On my way to the Democracy Seminar at @unimainz.bsky.social to pesent a joint paper with A. Ecker at the Democracy Seminar on "Citizens’ Preferences on Governing with Radical Right Parties and Flexible Majorities". Thank you for the invitation @arminschaefer.bsky.social @clandwehr.bsky.social
Aktuelles | Mainzer Zentrum für empirische Demokratieforschung
www.mzedf.uni-mainz.de
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
We look forward to welcoming @theresmatthiess.bsky.social to the Democracy Seminar today! 👇👇👇 What a treat!
🚂 On my way to the Democracy Seminar at @unimainz.bsky.social to pesent a joint paper with A. Ecker at the Democracy Seminar on "Citizens’ Preferences on Governing with Radical Right Parties and Flexible Majorities". Thank you for the invitation @arminschaefer.bsky.social @clandwehr.bsky.social
Aktuelles | Mainzer Zentrum für empirische Demokratieforschung
www.mzedf.uni-mainz.de
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🚂 On my way to the Democracy Seminar at @unimainz.bsky.social to pesent a joint paper with A. Ecker at the Democracy Seminar on "Citizens’ Preferences on Governing with Radical Right Parties and Flexible Majorities". Thank you for the invitation @arminschaefer.bsky.social @clandwehr.bsky.social
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🚨🚨🚨 Interested in youth representation? My former PhD student @robrentrop.bsky.social has published an article! I'm very proud ✨
👇🏻 Read the exciting article & follow him.
👇🏻 Read the exciting article & follow him.
📢 Publication Alert!
I am excited to share that I published my paper on Substantive Youth Representation in German Politics. 📄 You can find my paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644008.2025.2584401 (1/7)
I am excited to share that I published my paper on Substantive Youth Representation in German Politics. 📄 You can find my paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644008.2025.2584401 (1/7)
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
🚨🚨🚨 Interested in youth representation? My former PhD student @robrentrop.bsky.social has published an article! I'm very proud ✨
👇🏻 Read the exciting article & follow him.
👇🏻 Read the exciting article & follow him.
🚨🚨🚨 Interested in youth representation? My former PhD student @robrentrop.bsky.social has published an article! I'm very proud ✨
👇🏻 Read the exciting article & follow him.
👇🏻 Read the exciting article & follow him.
📢 Publication Alert!
I am excited to share that I published my paper on Substantive Youth Representation in German Politics. 📄 You can find my paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644008.2025.2584401 (1/7)
I am excited to share that I published my paper on Substantive Youth Representation in German Politics. 📄 You can find my paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644008.2025.2584401 (1/7)
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
🚨🚨🚨 Interested in youth representation? My former PhD student @robrentrop.bsky.social has published an article! I'm very proud ✨
👇🏻 Read the exciting article & follow him.
👇🏻 Read the exciting article & follow him.
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Am Morgen des 10.11. brannten viele Synagogen noch. Straßen waren überzogen mit Glassplittern, Juden wurden durch Gassen getrieben, bespuckt, beschimpft, geschlagen - ermordet. Auch Kinder und Alte. Nicht nur in großen Städten. Es geschah nicht heimlich, sondern in aller Öffentlichkeit. (1)
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Am Morgen des 10.11. brannten viele Synagogen noch. Straßen waren überzogen mit Glassplittern, Juden wurden durch Gassen getrieben, bespuckt, beschimpft, geschlagen - ermordet. Auch Kinder und Alte. Nicht nur in großen Städten. Es geschah nicht heimlich, sondern in aller Öffentlichkeit. (1)
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Nicht verpassen: Das neue Papier von @theresmatthiess.bsky.social (IfDem) und Kolleg:innen ist im @bjpols.bsky.social erschienen! 🥳 Es zeigt, unter welchen Umständen Wähler:innen die Nichterfüllung von Wahlversprechen akzeptieren. Mehr im Thread:
💫💫💫 Great News: We are over the moon that our paper "Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?" is now published in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🍾 🤗
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
🧵1/5
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
🧵1/5
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? - Volume 55
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Nicht verpassen: Das neue Papier von @theresmatthiess.bsky.social (IfDem) und Kolleg:innen ist im @bjpols.bsky.social erschienen! 🥳 Es zeigt, unter welchen Umständen Wähler:innen die Nichterfüllung von Wahlversprechen akzeptieren. Mehr im Thread:
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❗️Please share widely:
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
jobs.univie.ac.at
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
❗️Please share widely:
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
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🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
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..sollte sich ernsthaft mit den Möglichkeiten flexibler Mehrheiten beschäftigen. Sie lindern das Demokratieproblem der Brandmauer und die Demokratiegefahr durch die AfD. Mehr dazu im Frühjahr 2026 in meinem Buch.
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
..sollte sich ernsthaft mit den Möglichkeiten flexibler Mehrheiten beschäftigen. Sie lindern das Demokratieproblem der Brandmauer und die Demokratiegefahr durch die AfD. Mehr dazu im Frühjahr 2026 in meinem Buch.
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NEW -
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? - https://cup.org/4hIsvyV
- Juha Ylisalo, @theresmatthiess.bsky.social, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? - https://cup.org/4hIsvyV
- Juha Ylisalo, @theresmatthiess.bsky.social, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
October 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
NEW -
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? - https://cup.org/4hIsvyV
- Juha Ylisalo, @theresmatthiess.bsky.social, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? - https://cup.org/4hIsvyV
- Juha Ylisalo, @theresmatthiess.bsky.social, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
💫💫💫 Great News: We are over the moon that our paper "Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?" is now published in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🍾 🤗
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
🧵1/5
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
🧵1/5
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? - Volume 55
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
💫💫💫 Great News: We are over the moon that our paper "Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?" is now published in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🍾 🤗
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
🧵1/5
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
🧵1/5
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@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris).
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
Welcome! – VARICRIS
VARICRIS research project
bit.ly
October 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris).
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:
#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐
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35 years ago, on October 3, 1990, Germany was reunified. Just two months later, voters in the former GDR went to the polls in the first free federal election since the Weimar era. Despite decades of socialist dictatorship, East German voting behavior displayed marked regional differences. Thread🧵
October 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
35 years ago, on October 3, 1990, Germany was reunified. Just two months later, voters in the former GDR went to the polls in the first free federal election since the Weimar era. Despite decades of socialist dictatorship, East German voting behavior displayed marked regional differences. Thread🧵
Heute in Plauen im Malzhaus. Vor ca einem Jahr war ich hier, um über Wahlversprechen zu diskutieren. Heute geht's um die Rolle und den Stand von Parteien in der Demokratie. Ich freue mich auf angeregte Diskussion - "kontrovers vor Ort" mit der Sächsischen Landeszentrale für politische Bildung 🙃
October 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Heute in Plauen im Malzhaus. Vor ca einem Jahr war ich hier, um über Wahlversprechen zu diskutieren. Heute geht's um die Rolle und den Stand von Parteien in der Demokratie. Ich freue mich auf angeregte Diskussion - "kontrovers vor Ort" mit der Sächsischen Landeszentrale für politische Bildung 🙃
Heute freue ich mich sehr, in Leipzig zu sein, um über die Bedeutung von Parteien in der Demokratie zu sprechen. In einer Stunde, um 18:00, geht's los in der VHS 👉🏻 www.vhs-leipzig.de/p/kurse/brau...
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Heute freue ich mich sehr, in Leipzig zu sein, um über die Bedeutung von Parteien in der Demokratie zu sprechen. In einer Stunde, um 18:00, geht's los in der VHS 👉🏻 www.vhs-leipzig.de/p/kurse/brau...
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Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
Heute in Löbau 👥
October 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Heute in Löbau 👥
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New SI "Cleavage Politics in Western
Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social!
If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you.
The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.
Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social!
If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you.
The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.
@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New SI "Cleavage Politics in Western
Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social!
If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you.
The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.
Democracies" @wepsocial.bsky.social!
If you're interested in transforming social & political divides in advanced democracies, this is for you.
The intro by @davidattewell6.bsky.social & me maps contributions around 3 challenges for contemp. cleavage research.
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@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
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💥Online first:
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
September 12, 2025 at 6:36 AM
💥Online first:
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Heute in der Kulturhauptstadt Chemnitz in der VHS unterwegs 🙂 Wie ist hier die Stimmung zur Frage, ob die Demokratie noch Parteien braucht ? Der Auftakt letzte Woche in Bautzen war spannend und kontrovers. Freue mich auf weitere Kontroversen 🗣️
www.slpb.de/veranstaltun...
www.slpb.de/veranstaltun...
September 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Heute in der Kulturhauptstadt Chemnitz in der VHS unterwegs 🙂 Wie ist hier die Stimmung zur Frage, ob die Demokratie noch Parteien braucht ? Der Auftakt letzte Woche in Bautzen war spannend und kontrovers. Freue mich auf weitere Kontroversen 🗣️
www.slpb.de/veranstaltun...
www.slpb.de/veranstaltun...
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🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨
If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!
More here 👇🏽
If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!
More here 👇🏽
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨
If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!
More here 👇🏽
If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!
More here 👇🏽
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📣 Manifesto Project Data & Corpus Update 2025 is here! What's new? 🧵:
September 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📣 Manifesto Project Data & Corpus Update 2025 is here! What's new? 🧵: