PSA German Politics Specialist Group

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*German Politics Essay Prize* 📢 This prize is back for another year! Offering undergraduate and master’s #students studying at UK universities the chance to showcase their work. 📆 Submission deadline: 30 September ➡️ Full details buff.ly/Nn2qVJZ @psagermanpol.bsky.social #German #Politics

A cool project by our co-convenor @drphilphil.bsky.social - an ideal opportunity for all English speaking students of German politics!

Check out our essay prize competitions. We're happy to help out if you have any questions!

*German Politics Essay Prize* 📢 This prize is back for another year! Offering undergraduate and master’s #students studying at UK universities the chance to showcase their work. 📆 Submission deadline: 30 September ➡️ Full details buff.ly/Nn2qVJZ @psagermanpol.bsky.social #German #Politics

We're looking for submissions for this year's German Politics Essay Prize📑 Deadline for submissions is September 30. For more information, click the image below👇 Any questions? Don't hesitate to contact us!📫 Please share widely 🔁 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

1/5. 📢NEW PUBLICATION We're thrilled to announce the publication of "Antifeminism in the German Far Right: A Comparative Analysis Across Political Arenas," by Victoria Scheyer, Jacqui True, and Matteo Bonotti. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com @glasgow.ac.uk

How we speak shapes how we feel represented - using original survey data from Germany, @martingross.bsky.social & @wurthmann.bsky.social show dialect speakers feel less politically represented & prefer politicians who speak their dialect. OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/iVEXmZv @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

How we speak shapes how we feel represented - using original survey data from Germany, @martingross.bsky.social & @wurthmann.bsky.social show dialect speakers feel less politically represented & prefer politicians who speak their dialect. OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/iVEXmZv @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🚨🚨New Online First!🚨🚨 Instagramming politics: Analyzing German MPs’ day-to-day activities on social media in non-campaign periods By @swallaschek.bsky.social & Lara Fuge Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1.... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

📝 Don't miss one of our most read #openaccess #BJPIR articles! 'Zeitenwende as a foreign policy identity crisis: Germany and the travails of adaptation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine' by @tobiasbunde.bsky.social. 🔗 buff.ly/Bl9vSLm @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🚨Publication Alert🚨 Supply & Demand of Regional Populism in Bavaria: Explaining the Regional Success of the CSU & Free Voters in German Politics 📑TL;DR: Regional populism is distinct from AfD's general populism and predicts CSU/FW voting well. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... A short 🧵 1/n

Great publication, highly recommended to those studying the regional level in Germany!

*PSA NEWS MAGAZINE* January issue is now out. 👀 Members will receive copies in the post, and the digital version is now online. Enjoy buff.ly/XMBxn4u

🚨New article by Maximilian Tkocz and Rachel Herring: Ontological Nuisance in Elite Discourse: Foreign Policy and the Populist Radical Right in Germany. Open Access in Global Studies Quarterly 👉https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/doi/10.1093/isagsq/ksaf124/8427349

Die AfD darf nicht in die Nähe der Macht gelangen, sagen die Politikwissenschaftler Thomas Biebricher und Christian Stecker. Doch wie verhindert man das?

🚨New Publication🚨 Are Single‐Party Voting Advice Applications Useful? Comparing Voter Preferences in the BSW‐O‐Mat With a Probability Sample in Politics and Governance 📑TL;DR: Yes, they're useful, but biases need to be addressed. www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg... A short 🧵 1/n

Highly recommended to those interested in the dynamics at the last German General Elections 2025!

Merry Christmas everyone! 🧑‍🎄🎄

*#PSA26 Annual Conference* 🚨Registration Open🚨 Join us in Oxford 30 March - 1 April 2026 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures' 📆 Early booking deadline 19 January ➡️ buff.ly/uILVJGQ

IN NEW ISSUE: Elite Cooperation and Affective Polarization: @markuswagner.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social examine the link between the two by using 20 years of German coalitions data - buff.ly/DoGL3EA (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

IN NEW ISSUE: How do institutional parameters affect citizens’ evaluations of a political system as democratic? @clandwehr.bsky.social, C Ojeda & @stallbaum.bsky.social compare citizens’ design preferences in #Germany & #US: buff.ly/3Wx9YMl @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

🌟PSA PRIZES🌟 Nominations for Academic Prizes are now open! 📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning. 📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025 ➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online

1/4. ** New Article Alert! "Instrumentalisation of political transnationalism for anti-immigrant purposes: A comparative analysis on the Alternative for Germany and the Party for Freedom", by Efe C. Özek @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Excellent job opportunity in the SPARK project👇

IN NEW ISSUE: What is the far-right’s foreign policy outlook? @thorstenwojczewski.bsky.social tests a proposed theoretical framework through a comparative analysis of two German right parties. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/NLJLIFU @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Reminder that it's still possible to apply! Please share!

*PSA EVENT* Our Teaching & Learning Network Conference is taking place next week. Bringing together the teaching and learning community to share practices, ideas and experiences. 4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social.

New Publication 📖 with @aikowagner.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social "Issue congruence outweighs geography: Understanding the appeal of Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) in east and west Germany" Full paper (open access)👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... What did we find? 🧵

🧪 🗳 New in Scientific Data "The #AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A Dataset of Austrian Voter Attitudes and Behavior” The new data descriptor offers background on study design & data quality. ➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415... 📂 Dataset: doi.org/10.11587/HNU... #OpenScience @aussda.bsky.social

*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the German Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social has launched an l #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students. 📆 Deadline 30 Sept. ➡️ buff.ly/MXzuH2E

Dangerous things are happening in Germany. We know that a lack of trust is a significant factor in RR voting. Has anyone also looked at whether RR politicians trust the state? These people always seem to radiate intense hatred for democratic institutions. But maybe that's just for show.

July 1950: the Communist hymn „Die Partei hat immer recht“ is performed for the first time in East Berlin www.deutschlandfunk.de/24-07-1950-l...

*PSA PRIZE* To mark #PSA75 anniversary the #German #Politics Specialist Group @psagermanpol.bsky.social have launched an #EssayPrize for #undergraduate & #masters #students ➡️

Mit Sabine Müller von @tagesschau.bsky.social/@rbb24.de habe ich über den Aufbau der Bezirksverbände des BSW in Berlin gesprochen www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...

🔁Please share 🔁 Are you an undergraduate or masters student in the UK 💂‍♂️working on German Politics⚫🔴🟡? We award up to three Essay Prizes 🥇 Submit your essays or dissertations now 📫 Contact us, if you have any question 🙋 More information: psagermany.wordpress.com/events-2/psa...

Die FAZ hat einen interessanten Artikel zu Gemeinsamkeitendder Wählerschaft von AfD und BSW geschrieben, wozu ich einige Einschätzungen Beiträgen durfte. Fazit: Es gibt Gemeinsamkeiten, aber auch viele Punkte, in denen entgegengesetzte Interesse vorliegen 👉 archive.li/7jOMB

A beautiful, beautiful refutation of a very strange claim about #farright voting in #Germany that can 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 serve as a methodological primer

Just found out that this baddy on Die Linke's populism has (after two years) received a volume, issue and page numbers in @jpolideologies.bsky.social 👉 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... #GermanPolSky

Over at @kathimerini.gr, @xkounalaki.bsky.social was kind enough to ask me some questions, so here are my 2 (Euro) cents on 16 years of government by Angela #Merkel.

*PSA EVENT* ➡️ Save the date for our Teaching & Learning Network Conference. Bringing together the teaching and learning community to share practices, ideas and experiences. 📆 4 - 5 September @royalholloway.bsky.social ➡️ Find out more

And if you're an early bird (or are still jet-lagged), Amel Ahmed, Michael Bernhard & I will be discussing my recent @uchicagopress.bsky.social book tomorrow/Friday at 9am @ces-europe.bsky.social. Join us for a conversation about party politics, democracy & comparative-historical analysis.

Happy to announce that the German Politics Specialist BlueSky Account will from now on be managed by the new co-convenor @drphilphil.bsky.social 🙂 Please tag us if you have interesting articles or events to promote/share around German politics or drop us a direct message 📫

The conference, organized by @cbesurrey.bsky.social, @psa-italian.bsky.social, @psagermanpol.bsky.social & @psagreekpol.bsky.social, will explore key issues shaping Europe—populist radical right, securitization, European security, migration & human rights

It's all starting tomorrow! A warm welcome to all researchers joining us in Guildford!

*PSA EVENT* Challenges to Europe - European Challenges. 28 - 29 May @UniOfSurrey. @SurreyCbe by PSA Specialist Groups for Italian Politics, German Politics & Greek Politics @psa-italian.bsky.social @psagermanpol.bsky.social @psagreekpol.bsky.social. buff.ly/aM3LKUd