Felix Haass
Assistant Professor for Comparative Politics @ Humboldt University | political violence & democracy | the inner workings of dictatorships
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- Reposted by Felix Haass🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky
- Reposted by Felix HaassPhD Student:in (m/w/x) (75%, Beginn zwischen März und Mai 2026, 3 Jahre) in München (LMU) im Projekt „DemocraGPT – Entwicklung eines KI-gestützten Gesprächstrainings zur Förderung demokratischen Austausches“ Deadline 31. Januar job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
- Reposted by Felix HaassCheck out our easy-to-use dashboard, which allows you to draw maps, time trends, and other vizualisations on governments and cabinet ministers from across the world 👇
- We are happy to release the Paths to Power Dashboard. It is the perfect tool for politics nerds! You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/ It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below. The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
- Reposted by Felix HaassFirst time writing for Broadstreet blog! With @apvjustino.bsky.social and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, we wrote about the Special Issue just published at Comparative Political Studies: www.broadstreet.blog/p/legacies-o...
- Very excited about Alexander De Juan's talk today in the Politics Lecture Series! Topic is "Devolving the Monopoly on Violence." 🗓️Today, 12-1pm, Room 002, ISW. Stop by, if you're interested!
- 🚨Job alert! 🚨 I'm advertising a PhD position (66%) in Comparative Politics at HU Berlin. Ideal candidates combine a research interest in autocratic politics, conflict, and/or political violence with strong quantitative methods skills. ⏳ 4 (+2) years | 🗓 DL 16.01; Start March/April 26 More info:
- Reposted by Felix Haass📄 New paper out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with my amazing co-author @plutscher.bsky.social ! 💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020. polisky csssky socsky commsky
- Reposted by Felix Haasswe have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt - a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage - 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
- Reposted by Felix Haass🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years) We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald. ✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group
- Reposted by Felix Haass🚨 📖 “Nationalism and the Transformation of the State” is out with CUP! I’m so happy to conclude 6 years of research with Lars-Erik Cederman, Luc Girardin, Yannick Pengl and many others like that! It’s open access @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org here: tinyurl.com/nastac What’s the book all about? A 🧵
- Reposted by Felix Haass🚨Jobs!🚨 3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you! Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
- Reposted by Felix HaassFor old and new texts on the Radical Right in Europe go to kai-arzheimer.com/extreme-right-weste…
- Reposted by Felix HaassJobtitel-Generator Edition "Öffentlicher Dienst in Deutschland": jbreuer.shinyapps.io/amtstitel_ge...
- 🚨New publication alert! 🚨 Our article “The Ethnic Politics of Nature Protection in Africa” is now out in @thejop.bsky.social 🎉-- fantastic collaboration with Stephen Dawson, @carlmc.bsky.social & Aksel Sundström Article: doi.org/10.1086/739777 Short summary thread below 👇
- In the paper, we argue that protected areas (PAs) in Africa are not just conservation tools – they are also shaped by ethnic politics. Governments tend to shield their ethnic constituencies from PA *costs* while letting them enjoy more of the *benefits.*
- PA coverage in Africa has expanded dramatically since independence. That’s an enormous amount of territory where land use and livelihoods are being reshaped.
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View full threadIf you want to dive deeper into the paper check it out here: doi.org/10.1086/739777
- Reposted by Felix HaassWie lässt sich das brutale Vorgehen von Trump's ICE Agenten erklären? Und warum erinnert es so sehr an Diktaturen und ihre Geheimpolizei? Unser neues Buch liefert Antworten - wie wir heute in der @zeit.de erklären. Buch: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- Kein besserer Start in den Morgen als mit einem starken ZEIT-Artikel meines großartigen Hertie-Kollegen Christian Gläßel und @ascharpf.bsky.social: www.zeit.de/politik/ausl... (Freebie-Link)
- Reposted by Felix HaassCheck out or new article — published today in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social — where we discuss and provide guidelines for the construction and use of datasets. We draw on our lessons from three major data collection efforts on education policies and systems 👇
- NOW OUT ON FV!! Enhancing #Transparency & #Replicability in #Data #Collection: Lessons from the Construction of 3 #Education #Datasets By @adridelrio.bsky.social, Woseeok Kim, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, Agustina S. Paglayan & @eugenian.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...
- Reposted by Felix Haass🚨 Job alert! 🚨 (English in comment) An meinem Lehrbereich ist zum 1.2.26 eine Postdoc-Stelle (100%) zu besetzen. Gesucht wird ein*e Kandidat*in mit Kenntnissen in quantitativen Methoden sowie Expertise in einschlägigen Themenbereichen. Mehr hier: www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...
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Thanks to the great help by @rstrauch.bsky.social, Gabriele Spilker and the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" @excinequality.bsky.social, version 5.0 of the "Mass Mobilization in Autocracies Database" (coverage until 2022) is now available at mmadatabase.org! - Reposted by Felix HaassWe are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)! If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
- Reposted by Felix Haass"There is still a substantive fraction of voters who are not swayed by even a strong media reaction against right-wing ideology after an attack – and there is evidence that those who do distance themselves from the far right might revert to their old views once social pressure recedes"🤯
- 🚨 New article out! “Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000... We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany. Short summary thread below 👇
- 🚨 New article out! “Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000... We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany. Short summary thread below 👇
- 📚Past studies disagree on electoral effects of right-wing terror— some find violence hurts far-right parties, others find it helps them. We argue that it depends on media framing: when attacks are intense and clearly nativist, they can trigger a media backlash that turns voters away.
- Our main empirical case: the 2020 Hanau attack in 🇩🇪, when a far-right extremist killed nine people of migrant background. Media coverage linked the attack to the AfD’s rhetoric. Afterwards, we find that AfD support fell by about 2 percentage points — roughly one-sixth of its voter base at the time.
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View full threadThe implication is clear: 📰 The media doesn’t just report violence — it shapes its political consequences. When journalists and public figures highlight the ideological roots of right-wing terror, voters distance themselves from the far right — even if only temporarily. 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
- Reposted by Felix HaassPaths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021. This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏 A short 🧵
- Great place and fantastic team to do a PhD or Postdoc! Apply!
- Moreover, I have recently been awarded an ERC starting grant towards the project GETGOV to work further on this, so expect more data on cabinet members in the future. I am currently hiring two PhDs and two postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
- 🚨 New paper out! 🚨I'll post a summary thread with the main findings shortly.
- NEW - Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right - cup.org/3Jm68SS - Alexander De Juan, @felixhaass.bsky.social & @juvoss.bsky.social #OpenAccess
- Reposted by Felix HaassNEW - Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - cup.org/47i6oKQ - @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen #OpenAccess
- Reposted by Felix HaassAnd if you want to learn more about how people make a career in dictatorship, pre-order the authors' (Christian Gläßel and @ascharpf.bsky.social) new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship": global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- Reposted by Felix HaassSo many echoes from this article for US politics....
- Reposted by Felix HaassWe know that Putin and other dictators try to build a new world order. Soft power plays a crucial role in this. Today, Russia hosts the Intervision 2025 – a competitor event to the Eurovision Song Contest. Which regimes participate in this contest? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervi...
- Reposted by Felix Haass🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
- Reposted by Felix HaassFantastic special issue - Thanks so much for putting it together @laiabalcells.bsky.social @apvjustino.bsky.social @andrearuggeri.bsky.social 💪 [full disclosure: our article is part of it as well]
- New publication alert: "Legacies of Repression and Resistance in Early 20th Century Europe", at Comparative Political Studies. With @andrearuggeri.bsky.social and @apvjustino.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Reposted by Felix Haass🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨 We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track. We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
- Reposted by Felix HaassWe just released version 3.1 of WhoGov, a global dataset on members of government from 1966-2023. The update fixes the mistakes that came to our attention while creating the Paths to Power dataset + mistakes users have notified us of More additions and updates to WhoGov are on their way, including:
- Reposted by Felix Haass📣1 PhD fellow position open at Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. 👉We invite applications from excellent candidates in all sub-fields of political science. 📅Deadline: September 1st, 2025 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
- Reposted by Felix HaassComing soon: our introduction to the politics of human rights 🥳📚 Preorder available here: www.cambridge.org/highereducat... @sabinecarey.bsky.social
- Reposted by Felix Haass🎓📢 We’re hiring! Come join us @uni-muenster.de 🇩🇪 as a W3 Professor in Political Science (🌍 IR & ♻️ Sustainability) 💼 Permanent position 📍 Münster, Germany 🕒 Deadline: Sept 26, 2025 jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...
- Reposted by Felix Haass🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨 At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis. ‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️ Link & info in post #2.
- Great opportunity in a beautiful city!
- 📣 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 Felix HaassSummer party vibes at DYNAMICS this week – with amazing pizza! 🍕☀️ Huge thanks to our alumnus @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social , who served up one delicious pie after another. Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun evening 💛 @dynamics.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social
- Fantastic opportunity in a great group and a great city!
- 📣 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 Felix Haass🚀 Launching the Humboldt Governance Lab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social! We deliver evidence-based insights and policy advice on today’s key challenges to democracy. 🌐 hu-govlab.de Follow us for research, updates & collaborations. #GovLab #Democracy #PolicyResearch
- Reposted by Felix HaassDirektor*in (m/w/d) im Bereich Demokratieforschung für eine neu einzurichtende Abteilung am WZB gesucht. 🔄Gerne teilen: www.wzb.eu/de/jobs/dire...
- Happy to be part of this super interesting workshop. Looking forward to it!
- Excited about our upcoming @iast.fr workshop on autocratic politics & democratic backsliding! Join us if you are in the Toulouse area or passing through on your way to #epsa. Program,registration link, & add'l info on our workshop's website: tinyurl.com/iast-autocracy Registration is required. ☝️
- Reposted by Felix HaassExcited about our upcoming @iast.fr workshop on autocratic politics & democratic backsliding! Join us if you are in the Toulouse area or passing through on your way to #epsa. Program,registration link, & add'l info on our workshop's website: tinyurl.com/iast-autocracy Registration is required. ☝️
- 🎙️ Workshop on the Political Economy of Autocratic Rule & Democratic Backsliding 📅 June 23–24, 2025 📍 Toulouse Join us for an interdisciplinary workshop gathering top researchers on autocratic politics and democratic backsliding. Don't forget to register ! 👉 shorturl.at/JpaBe
- Reposted by Felix HaassAmerican education being picked clean
- Reposted by Felix HaassWhat's the future of historical political economy in Europe? To find out, we (w/ @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @lhaffert.bsky.social) conducted a survey and workshop. Here are our main take-aways. Special thanks to all who participated!
- New Broadstreet post! By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-future...
- Fantastic paper! Happy to see this finally out!
- After years in the making, our article is finally out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social! Main takeaway: Foreign military training does not equal foreign military training - it depends on what is taught to soldiers! This has lots of implications for potentially harmful military aid.
- Reposted by Felix HaassWe are looking for a new colleague (Research Fellow) at Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim. Very lively, active and intellectually fruitful environment. Join us! Please share! www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/d7/en/news/i...
- A great lineup! Looking forward to the talks!
- 📣 We are very excited to announce the next iteration of the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social for the summer term 2025 🥳 Come and join us for many exciting talks!
- Reposted by Felix HaassEver felt uneasy about how concepts & measures of "grey zone" autocracies are used interchangeably across the literature? Then check out my 🚨new paper🚨 in @democratization.bsky.social and get some substance to back up your gut feeling: tinyurl.com/ypdm2kna Or at least read the main points below ⬇️
- Reposted by Felix HaassOut 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...
- New semester, new job! Very happy to report that I've started as Assistant Professor for Comparative Politics @ Humboldt University this April. I'm very much looking forward to the new chapter in Berlin at a great department! 🥳
- Despite the combined chaos of moving homes, setting up things @HU and starting teaching this week, I dragged the family to an obligatory visit to the Brandenburg Gate. Little Thea was not impressed, though, but mostly hungry. 😅
- Obviously, I'm very sad to leave my fantastic colleagues in Oslo at @statsvitenskap.bsky.social . Thanks everyone for a terrific time in Norway and, of course, for the wonderful farewell party! Ha det bra og takk for alt ❤️
- Reposted by Felix Haass2 AP positions at Leiden: peace studies / IR and security & rule of law: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies... www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
- Reposted by Felix HaassWegen großer Nachfrage haben wir nun die Rohdaten hinter "So hat Ihre Gemeinde gewählt" www.zeit.de/politik/deut... -> github.com/ZeitOnline/b... und "So hat Ihr Wahlkreis seit 1949 gewählt" www.zeit.de/politik/deut... -> github.com/ZeitOnline/b... auf Github frei zugänglich gemacht.
- Great postdoc opportunity in computational social science in beautiful Konstanz 👇
- Sure you don't want to work with us? We're clearly not an Ivy League institution, but we can offer a great work environment in a beautiful region. Lake and the Alps are included for free. In case it matters, egg prices are stable at around 30 cents apiece. stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/8...
- Reposted by Felix HaassEuroWEPS 11 is here! We'll meet in Bergen on May 16 to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is March 30.
- Reposted by Felix HaassOur data paper on the Regime Support and Opposition Groups data was just published in @bjpols.bsky.social ! Co-authored with @sirianned.bsky.social , @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social and @torewig.bsky.social Here comes a relatively long thread (as is appropriate for a long-term project)
- Reposted by Felix HaassI started the year with a great personal achievement. After years in the making, our book manuscript is ready and under contract with Oxford University Press. So stay tuned for deep insights into the security apparatus of dictatorships. Small preview 👇
