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European Politics at Saarland University | Empirical EUropean Studies | Comparative Politics | with an interest in Computational Social Science

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The third #ActEU policy brief has arrived!

02.03.2026 10:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great news! ๐Ÿ’ฌ Our series of #ActEU Animated Explainers is available on YouTube with SUBTITLES in Italian ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น, French ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท, and German ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชโ€ผ๏ธ

Follow the animated characters here & learn more about political trust in Europe๐Ÿ‘‰ www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
@unidue.bsky.social @politicsunisaar.bsky.social

27.02.2026 12:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Party Competition and Voter Attitudes in German Border Regions: Evidence From Local VAAs | Article | Politics and Governance Daniela Braun, Elisa Deiss-Helbig, Theresa Gessler, Jochen Mรผller, Julia Wagner, Georg Wenzelburger

New publication: Party Competition and Voter Attitudes in German Border Regions

Using innovative local VAA data the study shows how party competition and voter preferences on European integration take shape where #EUpolitics meets the local level.

Learn more: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

24.02.2026 14:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Why vote if nothing ever changes?"

In the fourth episode of #DemocracyCracks, Eva Ribera explores how the center of gravity of political participation may be shifting.

Hear #ActEU Heather Grabbe of Bruegel & listen to the episode open.spotify.com/episode/0X9y...

23.02.2026 15:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
How do we collect data on political trust? | Animated Explainer
How do we collect data on political trust? | Animated Explainer YouTube video by Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)

๐Ÿงฒ How did #ActEU researchers collect data on political trust? ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธThis animated video explores ActEU's web-scraping tool, one of the largest collections of European political communications ๐Ÿ”— youtu.be/LwTeWZjWMtE

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19.02.2026 10:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The SOUNDS initiative is hiring for ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป/ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ
๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป/ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ-๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐˜€
๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ (๐—บ/๐˜„/๐—ฑ).

Link: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up...

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19.02.2026 13:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bringing Emotions into the Study of Responsiveness: The Case of Protective Policies Research on representation and responsiveness is based on the idea that voters have concerns about certain policy problems and that representatives respond to these concerns with concrete policy outpu...

How do emotions influence political responsiveness? In his contribution to our issue 3/2025, Georg Wenzelburger of @politicsunisaar.bsky.social argues that by focusing on preference-policy linkages, previous research has often underestimated the role of emotions.

Read more: doi.org/10.1515/spp-...

20.02.2026 09:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us on 5. March for our (German) #PoliSci talk with #UNTWIST: "How political are gender question really?"

Sign up here: bit.ly/untwist-gsb

17.02.2026 11:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The second #ActEU policy brief is here!

16.02.2026 10:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Societal Observatory Using Novel Data Sources (SOUNDS) project is inviting applications for the following position:

๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฐ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ (๐—ณ/๐—บ/๐˜…) ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ: ๐—ช๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ)
Paygrade: E13 TV-L 100%
Duration: 2 years

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10.02.2026 15:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OUT NOW ๐Ÿคฉ The first 3๏ธโƒฃ episodes of our podcast series "Democracy Cracks" are now available on your favourite podcast platforms!

โžก๏ธ open.spotify.com/show/75RInYw...

This mini-series is created as part of #ActEU and narrated by TEPSA's Programme Manager Eva Ribera!

06.02.2026 15:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At the end of the #ActEU Final Conference, Scientific Lead Daniela Braun will provide her concluding remarks, summarising the achievements of the ActEU project ๐Ÿ‘

Make sure to follow our livestream on TEPSA's YouTube channel ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.youtube.com/channel/UCUP...
@politicsunisaar.bsky.social

04.02.2026 12:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A quick summary of the first #ActEU policy brief:

02.02.2026 10:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Coming soon: Activating European Citizensโ€™ Trust in Times of Crisis and Polarization

This #PoliSci book will explore how trust and legitimacy shape Europeโ€™s representative democracies, introducing the #ActEU framework to assess democratic change and polarization.

27.01.2026 13:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're #hiring: This time we're looking for a project lead assistant for our large-scale #compsocsci project SOUNDS!

15.01.2026 13:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘‰Register TODAY for the #ActEU final conference "Detached, distrustful, disengaged? Rethinking democracy in todayโ€™s Europe"
Join us for lively discussions on trust, legitimacy and polarisation in Europe with our diversified and interactive panels!๐Ÿ’ก
๐Ÿ”— tepsa.eu/events/acteu...

08.01.2026 13:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Out of step? The EUโ€™s difficult election dance Ein Blog รผber die Demokratie in Europa

European parties often miss what voters actually care about. New #ActEU research shows clear gaps between party platforms and voter priorities with consequences for trust and political stability.

Read more in our latest #PoliSci blogpost:

16.12.2025 13:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us in january for a #PoliSci talk by Dr Anne Jadot: "What drives French voters to the polls?"

15.12.2025 09:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Another day, another job ad: We're also looking for a student assistant for a new project at our chair!

#hiring

08.12.2025 11:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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And another job ad: We're looking for four student assistants! #hiring

01.12.2025 09:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mitarbeiterin/Mitarbeiter im Bereich โ€žInternationale Beziehungenโ€œ

Job ad: The city of Saarbrรผcken is currently searching for applicants familiar with the field of #InternationalRelations. Find out more:

01.12.2025 09:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Studying honest answers to sensitive issues in politics New evidence on lobbying influence | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Studying honest answers to sensitive issues in politics New evidence on lobbying influence

Our new #PoliSci study shows how randomized response techniques can reveal hard-to-measure lobbying influence inside German parliaments. A cautious but promising step toward studying sensitive political behavior more directly.

Learn more:

25.11.2025 12:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We are looking for a teamlead for our large-scale project SOUNDS!

#compsocsci #PoliSky #PoliSci #hiring #JobAlert

18.11.2025 13:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Wie bekommen wir mehr Bevรถlkerung in die Politik? | Daniela Braun | TEDxSaarbrigge
Wie bekommen wir mehr Bevรถlkerung in die Politik? | Daniela Braun | TEDxSaarbrigge YouTube video by TEDx Talks

Watch our latest #PoliSci talk at TEDx "Wie bekommen wir mehr Bevรถlkerung in die Politik?" (in German) where Prof Braun discusses declining voter turnout, growing polarisation and loss of trust as well as potential solutions.

17.11.2025 09:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œCitizenโ€™s trust and societal polarization in times of transformationโ€ - Zeitschrift fรผr Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft Zeitschrift fรผr Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft -

This year we hosted the German #PoliSci Association's annual conference. Read up on some of the results in our newest publication: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

06.11.2025 14:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Send us a video of max 3 minutes about your vision of democracy before 9 November 2025 and win a trip to Brussels ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช to the #ActEU final conference (and add another line to your CV!) ๐Ÿ†

Find out more about the contest, the questions and the requirements ๐Ÿ‘‰ tinyurl.com/ActEUContest

27.10.2025 10:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dr. Pascal Kรถnig
โ€žFrom tech wars to tech culture wars? โ€œValue shapingโ€ and โ€œvalue signalingโ€ in AI system design and governanceโ€œ
As Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly sophisticated in emulating human communication and expressing social values, they also gain greater relevance for questions of culture and identity. This makes it important to take seriously the role of culture in AI in its own right. This article conceptualizes and illustrates major ways in which this value dimension becomes salient and provides an overview of conflicts over embedding culture and political ideology into generative AI systems. Besides an unintentional incorporation of values into AI, governments and businesses intentionally shape the values of AI systems โ€“ leading to tensions within and between societies and both on the level of AI system design and governance. Governments and businesses furthermore engage in value signaling as the open recognition of the fact that certain social values and political ideas are embedded in AI systems. These developments add an important facet to the politics of AI.

Dr. Pascal Kรถnig โ€žFrom tech wars to tech culture wars? โ€œValue shapingโ€ and โ€œvalue signalingโ€ in AI system design and governanceโ€œ As Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly sophisticated in emulating human communication and expressing social values, they also gain greater relevance for questions of culture and identity. This makes it important to take seriously the role of culture in AI in its own right. This article conceptualizes and illustrates major ways in which this value dimension becomes salient and provides an overview of conflicts over embedding culture and political ideology into generative AI systems. Besides an unintentional incorporation of values into AI, governments and businesses intentionally shape the values of AI systems โ€“ leading to tensions within and between societies and both on the level of AI system design and governance. Governments and businesses furthermore engage in value signaling as the open recognition of the fact that certain social values and political ideas are embedded in AI systems. These developments add an important facet to the politics of AI.

How do culture and ideology shape #AI, and how does AI shape them?

Join our #PoliSci talk on how values are embedded, contested, and signaled in generative AI systems, and what this means for the politics of AI.

Learn more: www.uni-saarland.de/en/chair/bra...

22.10.2025 12:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When a government is seen as fair & trustworthy, people feel included & actively participate in politics ๐Ÿ‘‰ #ActEU Scientific Lead Daniela Braun explores this connection in our recent #TEPSAExplainer

๐Ÿ”— youtu.be/r_8oudinAtk
@uni-saarland.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social

08.10.2025 10:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why does political #legitimacy matter in a democracy? โžก Here is #ActEU Daniela Braun's answer ๐Ÿ‘

Watch the full #TEPSAExplainer on YouTube ๐Ÿ”— youtu.be/r_8oudinAtk
@uni-saarland.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social

26.09.2025 12:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The widespread acceptance of a government's authority by its people is key for a healthy democratic system ๐Ÿ‘‰ #ActEU Scientific Lead Daniela Braun tells us more about the importance of political #legitimacy in her recent explainer โฌ‡๏ธ
@uni-saarland.de @politicsunisaar.bsky.social

23.09.2025 12:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0