🚨 🚨 🚨 new publication (with @antonialang.bsky.social) klaxon!!!
Over the past decade, scholars have increasingly turned to “place” as a key factor in political behaviour — particularly on the far right, in Europe & the US. Urban-rural divides are especially intriguing. But are they true cleavages? 🤔
New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social)
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
It's way past time, so here comes the spring/summer 2026 update of the #FarRight bibliography. It's the third-largest ever and brings you 130 shiny new references, most of them published in the last 12 months. Buckle up for a 🧵 (or click the link for the article. Or do both?)
📢 in our #NewIssue (31/2) #OpenAccess
Heyne, Manucci & Costa Lobo trace how Chega and IL transformed Portugal's right electorate (2002–2024), mobilising younger, dissatisfied voters and deepening fragmentation and polarisation.
Read the article here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/1360...
Kai Arzheimer
Kai Arzheimer
Werner Krause
Excited to share a new paper on youth underrepresentation in German local elections. 🗳️
Analyzing 6,400 candidates in 100 municipalities, we find: Youth are scarce in candidate pools & parties assign them lower list positions. However, voter bias only emerges for top list positions.
South European Society & Politics
Our study on gender differences in feelings of political efficacy and ambition among youth wing members is now out, open access, with @politicsgenderj.bsky.social ✨
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Gearing up for the 5th edition of our Summer School! Keynote lectures are open to all.
@casmudde.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @ecpr-ead.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social
🚨New paper out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social!
I examine how high rental prices influence local political satisfaction in German cities. 🔎🏢
doi.org/10.1017/S175...
For a preview of the results check the 🧵below👇:
Warum herrscht bei rechtsextremen Vorfällen an Hochschulen oft Sprachlosigkeit? Lukas Otterspeer und Christoph Haker von der Universität Flensburg sprechen über ihre Interviews mit Betroffenen und darüber, was sich verbessern müsste. #Wisskomm
www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/rechte-vorfa...
Wie sollen Hochschulen mit Rechtsextremismus umgehen? Lukas Otterspeer und Christoph Haker von der Europa-Universität Flensburg haben Interviews mit Betroffenen geführt. Die beiden Extremismusforscher...
