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Felicia Riethmüller

@feliciarthm

Politikwissenschaftlerin (group representation, parties, text-as-data). Doctoral student at @ifdemgoettingen, research fellow at @manifesto_proj

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Wie eine Krisendeutung aussieht, die statt Migranten oder Transferempfängern die eigentlichen Schuldigen für die sinkende Kaufkraft identifiziert und probate politische Antworten anbietet, demonstriert der... Sprecher des Tankstellenverbands?

10.03.2026 10:26 👍 443 🔁 126 💬 8 📌 6

Congrats!!!

10.03.2026 13:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Learning is complex, messy, emotional: AI can’t replicate that ChatGPT and other AI tools may seem irresistible. But educators should beware, as they could end up trading away the thing that gives them value — the rich experience of slow learning

Chatbots offer a magnificent bribe - a fast, frictionless route to information that bypasses the discomfort of learning. In this op-ed, we describe this as a Faustian bargain, in which we trade away what it means to be human & universities trade away their value
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

05.02.2026 18:24 👍 152 🔁 64 💬 5 📌 6

Congrats!! Very interesting

06.02.2026 10:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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partycoloR is now on CRAN! Started as a simple idea 6 years ago, now it's a full-featured package. Extract party colors and logos from Wikipedia with one line of code. It's already powering ParlGov Dashboard.

install.packages("partycoloR")

28.01.2026 08:20 👍 99 🔁 20 💬 0 📌 2

Das @manifestoproj.bsky.social analysiert seit vielen Jahren politische Texte - aber unser Datensatz ist voll mit Zahlen. In einem Artikel in den neuen WZB-Mitteilungen haben meine Kolleg:innen und ich anhand von sechs Zahlen beschrieben, was wir da eigentlich so machen. 🔍🖥️📄

08.01.2026 12:48 👍 30 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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‘They don't know what they're doing.’ Epistemic divides and rural consciousness in Switzerland Established frameworks of rural resentment help explain right-wing voting behavior and anti-establishment attitudes, but they struggle to account for …

This is a really interesting paper about the role of knowledge claims in rural resentment and urban-rural divides more broadly.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... cc: @svenhegewald.bsky.social @juliusk.bsky.social @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social @pauruh.bsky.social @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social

17.12.2025 10:50 👍 21 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

Very much enjoyed being part of this panel and the great INCONEX Kick-Off Workshop! :)

12.12.2025 17:09 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

In der aktuellen #Rentendebatte sind die Interessen der jungen Generation in aller Munde. Eine soeben erschienene Studie von @robrentrop.bsky.social (IfDem, @uni-goettingen.de) zeigt, dass junge Abgeordnete sich tatsächlich stärker für die spezifischen Interessen junger Menschen einsetzen! ⤵️

19.11.2025 12:21 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

www.researchgate.net/profile/Juan...

What a great and necessary paper: "This article contends that this ‘polarisation narrative’ simplifies complex issues through a bad analogy: the construction of a spectrum where good should be found in the middle of diametrically opposed political positions."

10.11.2025 11:57 👍 23 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 1

Nach der #Stadtbild Aussage von Merz folgt jetzt der 8-Punkte Plan der Ministerpräsidentenkonferenz: ua mehr Abschiebungen nach Syrien und Afghanistan, KI-Einsatz bei Ermittlungen, dauerhafter Ausreisearrest etc.

24.10.2025 13:45 👍 99 🔁 31 💬 5 📌 7

📣 Manifesto Project Data & Corpus Update 2025 is here! What's new? 🧵:

05.09.2025 09:50 👍 35 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 2
"Populists before power: delegitimization strategies against independent judiciaries" by Philipp Köker, Tilko Swalve, Merle Huber, Christoph Hönnige and Dominic Nyhuis
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Research on the dangers of authoritarian populism for liberal democracy has almost exclusively focused on “populists in power” and those cases where dramatic changes have occurred. However, there is a notable gap in understanding the strategies and dangers of “populists before power”. We argue that authoritarian populists also pose a threat where they cannot effect constitutional change. By using “delegitimization strategies” they can significantly weaken liberal democratic institutions through a systematic erosion of public trust. Focusing on independent judiciaries as targets, we illustrate how attacks that link criticism of decisions, judges and judicial institutions with narratives of systemic failure may unfold and highlight the value of delegitimization within the larger populist tool kit. Thereby, the paper lays the conceptual foundation for an integrated research agenda on “populist before power”, including counter-reactions to delegitimization attempts, and contributes to the growing literature on the relationship between populism and democracy.

"Populists before power: delegitimization strategies against independent judiciaries" by Philipp Köker, Tilko Swalve, Merle Huber, Christoph Hönnige and Dominic Nyhuis Abstract: Research on the dangers of authoritarian populism for liberal democracy has almost exclusively focused on “populists in power” and those cases where dramatic changes have occurred. However, there is a notable gap in understanding the strategies and dangers of “populists before power”. We argue that authoritarian populists also pose a threat where they cannot effect constitutional change. By using “delegitimization strategies” they can significantly weaken liberal democratic institutions through a systematic erosion of public trust. Focusing on independent judiciaries as targets, we illustrate how attacks that link criticism of decisions, judges and judicial institutions with narratives of systemic failure may unfold and highlight the value of delegitimization within the larger populist tool kit. Thereby, the paper lays the conceptual foundation for an integrated research agenda on “populist before power”, including counter-reactions to delegitimization attempts, and contributes to the growing literature on the relationship between populism and democracy.

We have page numbers 🥳 Independent #judiciaries around the world are under threat from authoritarian #populists - but the threat starts long before these actors enter office! More on the dangers of "populists before power" 👉👉👉 doi.org/10.1080/1351... #OpenAccess @democratization.bsky.social

20.08.2025 06:47 👍 24 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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🚨 Newest Comparative Political Data Set released!🚨

Updated until 2023

Available here 👉cpds-data.org/data

@leuphana.bsky.social
@uniluzern.bsky.social
@ipz.bsky.social

07.07.2025 12:57 👍 25 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 1
BJPolS abstract discussing the role of symbolic right-wing politics in cultural consumption, specifically referencing wine and classical music in pubs, based on a survey from Switzerland with 1,550 respondents.

BJPolS abstract discussing the role of symbolic right-wing politics in cultural consumption, specifically referencing wine and classical music in pubs, based on a survey from Switzerland with 1,550 respondents.

NEW -

The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW

- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

11.07.2025 07:25 👍 78 🔁 32 💬 1 📌 5
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New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

07.07.2025 09:49 👍 667 🔁 255 💬 14 📌 33
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The Department of Homeland Security has spend over $800k worth of ads on Facebook and Instagram clearly targeted at people with Latin American / Mexican background telling them that "if you are here illegaly we will find you and we will deport you".

05.07.2025 15:27 👍 40 🔁 27 💬 2 📌 6
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(1/5) Out now in Acta Politica: Populist parties increasingly target scientists and scientific knowledge. By analyzing 15 annual waves of representative panel data from the Netherlands (2007–2022), I examine to what extent populist parties fuel science skepticism among their supporters.

03.07.2025 17:48 👍 86 🔁 48 💬 2 📌 6

My colleague at @manifestoproj.bsky.social, @tiondelisa.bsky.social has published a new paper on populist in- and outgroups, which you should definitely read:

17.06.2025 09:48 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Amazing, congrats!! 😍

17.06.2025 09:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Research Associate in the field of "Digital Social Science" // University of Oldenburg

Hey y'all I am hiring a PhD student. Minimal teaching load and many opportunities for more ;)

uol.de/job566en

05.06.2025 12:18 👍 22 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 6
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A gendered far-right wave among young voters in Western Europe? "A gendered far-right wave among young voters in Western Europe?" published on 13 Dec 2024 by Bristol University Press.

In Portuguese elections this week, we saw more evidence of the far-right's rise 🇵🇹🗳️

Is the far-right the go-to party for Europe's young men? 🤔

Two ✨FREE ACCESS✨papers can provide some answers

@tabouchadi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1332/2515...

@gefjonoff.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1332/2515...

23.05.2025 07:46 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you!! ☺️

20.05.2025 12:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Some thoughts on the Portuguese election last Sunday.

1. The main story here is one of left versus right.

The right as a whole scores a major win, getting 2/3 of the MPs (likely sufficient for a constitutional amendment, eg).

The left as a whole was decimated.

20.05.2025 10:05 👍 32 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 1

Sounds really cool, Julius, congrats and looking forward to reading it!

20.05.2025 08:17 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Industrial Employment and Populism in Germany—Exploring the Effect of Actual and Looming Decline - Politische Vierteljahresschrift The regional decline of manufacturing employment is frequently linked to the rise of right-wing populism in many Western countries. Surprisingly, contributions that directly examine the relationship b...

How is regional loss of manufacturing jobs linked to populism? In a new paper in @pvs-journal.bsky.social, @mbayerlein.bsky.social, Anne Metten & I find that industrial decline in Germany shapes electoral support for left-wing rather than far-right populist parties.
A thread. 🧵👇 shorturl.at/RIjCr

20.05.2025 07:59 👍 190 🔁 61 💬 4 📌 9
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🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar.

We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.

What we find is disturbing:

osf.io/preprints/os...

16.05.2025 12:59 👍 360 🔁 146 💬 10 📌 23
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🚨 Excited to share that my first dissertation paper got published in Politics and Religion this week!

I examine: Is Christian religiosity linked to nativist attitudes?
And does this relationship strengthen when PRR parties are in power?

15.05.2025 09:58 👍 51 🔁 9 💬 6 📌 3

Thank you, Theresa! 😊

15.05.2025 10:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks so much!

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