Corinna Kroeber

4/6 🧵In @bjpols.bsky.social, @corinnakroeber.bsky.social and coauthors study gendered working conditions of ministers. Admin data & interviews in 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇪🇸🇩🇰🇧🇪. Results show that women ministers are subject to stricter legislative oversight because of gendered perceptions doi.org/qqjz

BJPolS abstract of a scholarly article discussing the influence of legislators' gender on the questioning behaviors in parliamentary activities.

From January 2026 -

Gender Bias in Legislative Oversight: Do Parliamentarians Control Women Ministers More Tightly than Men Ministers? - cup.org/45Rm9Z6

- @corinnakroeber.bsky.social, @lenastephan.bsky.social, @sarahdingler.bsky.social & @camilamontero.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract of a scholarly article discussing the influence of legislators' gender on the questioning behaviors in parliamentary activities.

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Gender Bias in Legislative Oversight: Do Parliamentarians Control Women Ministers More Tightly than Men Ministers? - https://cup.org/45Rm9Z6

- @corinnakroeber.bsky.social, @lenastephan.bsky.social, @sarahdingler.bsky.social & @camilamontero.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

💡 Understanding this bias helps explain broader challenges women face in political leadership roles and may inform reforms in parliamentary practices.

⚖️ Tighter scrutiny can create unequal working conditions: women ministers have to respond to more questions and justify decisions more often, thus, having less time for policy-making.

🔍 Based on interviews with 32 MPs we explore why this pattern exists: MPs implicit assumptions that women are less capable or trustworthy are drivers of increased scrutiny.

📈 The findings are clear: women ministers receive more oversight (written and oral questions) than male ministers across similar contexts.

📊 Using data from five European democracies since 1990, we analyze how often MPs ask written and oral questions to ministers.

🤔 The core argument: parliamentarians ask more questions to women than men ministers because of stereotypes about competence and trustworthiness i.e., bias, not performance.

📚 Our findings in short: Oversight is not neutral. Gender shapes how ministers are treated in parliament-even in established democracies.

🚨 So excited about our new paper in @BJPS: h7.cl/1iliZ! We (Corinna, Lena, Camila, Sarah) analyze how gender shapes the extent to which ministers are scrutinized by parliament.

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Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen - Nomos eLibrary

📢 Neue Publikation

Mit @sarahdingler.bsky.social und @corinnakroeber.bsky.social habe ich für die Zeitschrift des @juristinnenbund.bsky.social den Beitrag „Wahlsystem und Wahlrecht – Barrieren und Lösungsansätze für die Wahl von Frauen“ verfasst. Hier gehts zum Heft: www.djb.de/zeitschrift/...

A highly relevant topic studied by an excellent scholar. Well-invested money by the ERC! Congratulations @wurthmann.bsky.social Looking forward to hear more about this project.

I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
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🌈 How a new electoral reform has pushed women out of the Bundestag The new German Bundestag will be smaller and more right-wing wing. And it will be more male-dominated. Corinna Kröber and Lena Stephan discuss how the political shift to the right and the new electora...

🌈 #GenderingDemocracy No.25
♀️ #IWD25
The new German Bundestag will be smaller, more right-wing wing & more male-dominated. @corinnakroeber.bsky.social & @lenastephan.bsky.social discuss the potential long-term consequences for women’s political representation in Germany.
👉 bit.ly/4iiCoTa

Ein Blatt Papier ist in eine Schreibmaschine eingespannt. Unten rechts das Logo der DVPW. Auf dem Papier steht in Maschinenschrift: Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft. DVPW-Blog. 6. März 2025. Frauenanteil im Bundestag sinkt um fast 3%-Punkte. Wie Wahlrechtsreform und Rechtsruck die Frauen aus dem Parlament drängen. Corinna Kröber und Lena Stephan

Neu im #DVPWblog: Kleiner. Rechter. Männlicher. @corinnakroeber.bsky.social & @lenastephan.bsky.social analysieren, wie sich #Wahlrechtsreform und #Rechtsruck bei der #BTW2025 auf die Repräsentation von #Frauen im Bundestag ausgewirkt haben.

👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/frauena...

♀️ International Women's Day takeover on @ecprtheloop.bsky.social starts today!
👀 Look out for blog pieces @corinnakroeber.bsky.social & @lenastephan.bsky.social, @hildecoffe.bsky.social @clemencedeswert.bsky.social @robindevroe.bsky.social @elisestorme.bsky.social and more... #IWD2025

Männerlastig, Frauen lästig?

Für den Verfassungsblog haben @lenastephan.bsky.social & ich unsere Analyse der Kandidierendenlisten ins Deutsche übersetzt und weiter gedacht. Ergebnis: die Wahlrechtsreform führt Sonntag nicht nur zu einem kleineren, sondern auch einem männlicheren Bundestag.Hier geht’s zum Beitrag: goto.now/ao0DQ

Women are disappearing from the Bundestag Germany’s federal election on 23 February is almost certain to produce a significant decrease in the number of women in the German parliament, write Corinna Kroeber and Lena Stephan. Following the …

#Germany’s federal election is taking place this Sunday 🇩🇪🗳

Its results are almost certain to produce a significant decrease in the number of #women in the German #parliament, write @corinnakroeber.bsky.social and @lenastephan.bsky.social @unigreifswald.bsky.social on@lseeuroppblog.bsky.social 👇

As Germany heads to the polls on Sunday, here are some articles we have published on German elections that can guide you through what to expect… 🗳️ 📊

Women are disappearing from the Bundestag Germany’s federal election on 23 February is almost certain to produce a significant decrease in the number of women in the German parliament, write Corinna Kroeber and Lena Stephan. Following the …

Women will disappear from the next Bundestag. Learn about the mechanisms through which the new German electoral law will reduce women’s presence in Sunday’s election on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social shorturl.at/v0uyi - joint work with the great @lenastephan.bsky.social

Danke an die Kolleg:innen von der Open Expert Survey, die für Daniel Morgenstern, @sophiahunger.bsky.social & mich Fragen zur Brandmauer aufgenommen haben 👏

📣Auf oes25.de/OES25prerele... gibt es alle Ergebnisse & pre-release Daten!

Kurz: Es gibt klare Unterschiede im Ausmaß der Brandmauer
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Thanks! We are working on it. in the meantime, I am happy to share our draft bilaterally. Have a look at your postbox!

We are working on it. in the meantime, I am happy to share our draft bilaterally. Have a look at your postbox!

Thanks for the engagement with our thoughts! Did my best to respond given the limited characters available.

(4) The nature of the format here implies that things are simplified. Yet, analyses that go further exist. Look for example at works from M. Jankowski, J. Rehmert (on Germany) and S. Franceschet, ML Krook and M. Lühiste (more internationally)

(3) In Germany, only two states tried to introduce mandated quotas for list placements. Internationally, this is a well-established approach &well-researched solution. Instead of ignoring this prominent solution to the issue, I’d argue for taking a careful look to find solutions for the German case.