Kathrin Ackermann
Associate Professor @ University of Siegen
Political Science | Political Psychology | Participation | Political Behavior | Empirical Democracy Research
kathrinackermann.github.io
- Reposted by Kathrin Ackermann🔔Job Alert 🔔 Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?” We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannThe call for papers for the first ever EPSS conference 2026 in Belfast is open until November 7th 2025. epssnet.org/belfast-2026/ @rdassonneville.bsky.social and I will be chairing the section on Electoral and Voting Behavior. We look forward to your submissions and to a fantastic conference!
- 📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Electoral + Voting Behaviour & Climate Politics ▶️ Electoral + Voting Behaviour 🧵
- 🥲 Thank you for the kind words, @nilssteiner.bsky.social! It was a great honor and pleasure for me to serve as spokesperson for @dvpw.bsky.social #AKWahlen for 6 years and to work with you, @conradziller.bsky.social, @heikogiebler.bsky.social and @melff.bsky.social in the steering committee.
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🗳️ Tag 1 der AK-Wahlen-Tagung @ FU Berlin 💡Hervorragende Präsentationen und intensive Diskussionen zu aktuellen Themen der Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung 🤝 Viele Gelegenheiten zum Networking 📝 Wir freuen uns auf den zweiten Tag mit weiteren spannenden Einblicken! #Wahlforschung #AKWahlen - Reposted by Kathrin AckermannDer #Call for Proposals für die #Dreiländertagung #3LT2026 von DVPW, @oegpw.bsky.social & SVPW/ASSP ist offen. Wir freuen uns auf Vorschläge für Panels & Papers bis zum 14.11.2025! Alle Infos 👉 www.dvpw.de/veranstaltun... #CfP 14.11. #PoWi #Politikwissenschaft #DACH #Europa #Zukunft #SpreadTheWord
- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannFinding: political trust can influence how people experience socio-economic risks 💡 In our article in @joftrustres.bsky.social, Atle Haugsgjerd & I show that political trust works as a psychological coping-mechanism - especially for those who believe the welfare state should manage economic risks.
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- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannMy department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years. If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply! shorturl.at/kcTbG
- Reposted by Kathrin Ackermann📣 Postdoc (75 %, 3 yrs) at @unigreifswald.bsky.social — start autumn 2025 on perhaps Germany’s most beautiful campus. Know someone with a PhD (or nearly done) in Political Science? ⬇️ #PolSci #Postdoc
- Reposted by Kathrin Ackermann📣 Call for Applications 📣 3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀 Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us! 🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannNew paper @electoralstudies.bsky.social With @gricoc.bsky.social and @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social we study the presence of legislators with urban and rural backgrounds in national parliaments www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵
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- Reposted by Kathrin Ackermann@wzb.bsky.social is searching for new director for the study of democracy These are extraordinary senior positions; tenured wth funding to establish a new dept & pursue big agendas www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire... 🚨Please share widely! #Polisky @epssnet.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
- Excited to learn about the latest developments in the European Political Science community 👏🚀 Thanks to everyone who is actively involved! 👇 Check out the website and join @epssnet.bsky.social
- 🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵
- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannIf you have not read @kenbenoit.bsky.social statement, please do! And support @epssnet.bsky.social by becoming a member today! www.linkedin.com/pulse/suppor...
- Reposted by Kathrin Ackermann🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵
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- Reposted by Kathrin Ackermann❕📣 My first paper is now published! “They don’t have the time for that, participating in politics” - How local politicians interpret political integration in the USA. It is available as open access in the Journal of International Migration and Integration. doi.org/10.1007/s121...
- Studienort gesucht? 👇 www.spiegel.de/start/studie...
- Reposted by Kathrin Ackermann❗ The 𝘞𝘡𝘉 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 (@wzb.bsky.social) establishes a 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 for the 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 and is looking for its future 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 ❗ 📣 Let all the excellent democracy researchers out there know! wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire... #Polisky @epsanet.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannI'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices! Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
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- Reposted by Kathrin Ackermann🎉We're back! 24 hours of Political Psychology is once again coming to Vienna - save the dates: 26 / 27 February 2026 ▶️ Abstract submission is OPEN - find the link & further information here: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at Very excited to co-host with @markuswagner.bsky.social and @isabellareb.bsky.social
- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannOut now (OA) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. Do people in rural areas want politicians offering stronger representation to rural areas - as opposed to just their local area? Yes - based an original conjoint experiment in the UK (1/5) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- Reposted by Kathrin Ackermann🎉🎉 Excited to share that our paper "The Value of Liberal Democracy: Assessing Citizens’ Commitment to Democratic Principles", co-authored with @ehernandez.bsky.social, Enrique Prada and Damjan Tomic, is now published in the European Journal of Political Research!🎉
- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannWhat are the political consequences of long-term population loss? In a new paper for German Politics @benjaminhoehne.bsky.social, Hendrik Träger and I find that East German places more affected by depopulation provided stronger support for the AfD in recent state elections.🧵👇 shorturl.at/cujwa
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- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannWe're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉 summerschoolwpm.org Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social 📆01/05
- 🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨 Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
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- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannI AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share
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- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannOut now! "GERDA: The German Election Database." GERDA provides comprehensive municipal, state, and federal election results at the municipality level between 1990 and 2021. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannAb in den Druck!🎉 Mein Buch „Wo wir wie wählen: Politische Muster in Deutschlands Nachbarschaften“ ab 18.06. bei Campus Eine politische Landkarte🇩🇪 basierend auf Wahldaten, Sozialstruktur & Eindrücken vor Ort Jetzt vorbestellen—in eurer Lieblingsbuchhandlung oder hier www.campus.de/buecher-camp...
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- 📣 Call for Submissions: ALLBUS Award 2025 🏆 Have you published a social science article using ALLBUS data in a journal or edited volume between 2022 and 2024? Please consider submitting it by 15 April 2025 ⭐ 👉 More information: www.gesis.org/en/allbus/ab... @gesis.org
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- 🚂 On my way to this year's conference of the @dvpw.bsky.social section "Comparative Politics" @uni-saarland.de 👉 www.uni-saarland.de/lehrstuhl/br... I look forward to presenting joint work with Antonia Lang (@infer-frankfurt.bsky.social) on geographical disparities and citizen's discontent.
- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannAs we prepare to submit our #ESFRI application, #MEDem has reached an incredible milestone—over 1,000 personal endorsements! 🤩🎉 A heartfelt thank you to all democracy scholars from Europe and beyond for supporting us on our journey towards shaping the future of #data-driven #DemocracyResearch! 📊✨
- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannNew paper out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social! With Ian McAllister, we examine how party competition and party positions condition the presence and size of an age gap in voting for the left. A short 🧵 below! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
- 📣 CfP for a Special Issue on the 2025 German Federal Election 💡 We are looking forward to your proposals (until 30/04/2025)! 👇 All detalis in the post below...
- Reposted by Kathrin Ackermann✋A joint project to #measure #rural and #urban #consciousness in #Europe has now been published in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the talented colleagues👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ec.europa.eu
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- Reposted by Kathrin AckermannThe most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪: 🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map. 🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East. 🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%! Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
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