🚨 My book is out today: academic.oup.com/book/57946 🚨 2024 has been full of elections. In many, radical-right politicians made important electoral gains. My book hopes to contribute to debates on the rise of these politicians by putting forward a theory around social norms. 1/23

Thrilled to release the Fall 2024 Event Schedule of the MZES Social Science Data Lab (jointly organized with Ruben Bach and Andreas Küpfer (@ankuepfer.bsky.social))! Check out the thread for an overview 👇 More details and Zoom links for all events on our web site: …alsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/

Is a study robust when its findings depend on the inclusion of a single observation? In a new report, @Ben_Guinaudeau and I discuss this question based on the replication of an American Political Science Review article. A thread on our main findings.

We look forward to welcoming Achim Ahrens for our first event of Fall 2024 @mzes-ssdl.bsky.social MZES Uni Mannheim ! Tune in on Wednesday at 1:45 PM CEST to learn more about robust causal inference using double/debiased ML. Zoom link and event details below ⬇️

We're starting in a few minutes. Join us via the Zoom link below! ⬇️

Monitor berichtet über den aktuellen Kurs der CDU. Ich habe hierzu eine Einschätzung auf Basis meiner Forschung mit @denis-cohen.bsky.social & Tarik Abou-Chadi beigetragen. In Kürze: Ein Rechtskurs wird die AfD kaum schwächen, birgt aber langfristige Risken. ardmediathek.de/video/monitor/…

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS ❗️❗️❗️ Workshop "New Perspectives on Prime Ministers" organized by MZES Fellows @ortutt and Roni Lehrer 📅 5-7 February 2025 📍 MZES, University of Mannheim ⏳ Submission deadline: 1 November 2024 Please share! 🙂 👇 mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en/events/n…

🚨 Upcoming: "Computationally Analyzing Politicians' Body Language Using Pose Estimation" 👤 Oliver Rittmann (MZES Uni Mannheim) 🗓️ Wed, Oct 16, 13:45-15:15 CET 📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… 🔗 …alsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/

🚨 Content alert 🚨 New recording and workshop materials published! ➡️ Robust Causal Inference using Double/Debiased Machine Learning: A Guide for Empirical Research 👤 Achim Ahrens (ETH Zurich) 📺 youtu.be/iiEi-3gIUbg 📄 github.com/SocialScienceD…

📢 Attention PhD students! 🚨 Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊 📆 Deadline: 24 November ❗️ We are explicitly open to research profiles within social science that broaden the current scope of research at the MZES ❗️🙂 Please share! 👉 mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en/news/ite…

🚨 CfA: MZES-DVPW Conference "Methods of Political Science" 🗓️ MZES Uni Mannheim, March 27-28, 2025 ⏰ Deadline: December 16, 2024 🔗Apply via sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/mzes-dvpw-meth… theresa gessler (inactive) @gessler.bsky.social, Arndt Leininger, Hannah Rajski, Oliver Rittmann and I look forward to your submissions!

Thrilled that this paper with Tarik Abou-Chadi and Thomas Kurer is forthcoming in Comparative Political Studies! See the thread and pre-print to find out how rental market risk can help us understand radical right support in places where it is often overlooked: booming urban localities 👇

One week left to apply ⬇️

Wondering what the #Bayes is all the fuss about? Our #GESISworkshop with @denis-cohen.bsky.social has the answers! Learn the benefits and key concepts of Bayesian statistics and how to apply Bayesian modeling with Stan in #R. ➡️ tinyurl.com/3-25-intro-bay…

Well well. Obviously, this network no longer seems to believe that research on sexual minorities is adequate for people below the age of 18. Are you kidding me? X

🙌NEW PUBLICATION: Have you ever wondered why many women in early history supported rightist parties that often suppressed women's political rights? I offer a supply-side explanation, focusing on parties' positions on gender policies, 1900-1975. doi.org/10.1080/135017…

Our CfA closes today. Last chance to apply ⬇️