Max Schaub
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Hamburg, also Fellow at WZB Berlin
Violence | Migration | Health
- Reposted by Max SchaubCan culture help to explain prejudice? We (@maxschaub.bsky.social) explore this question by examining the rise of antisemitism during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. @wzb.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social @politikuhh.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
- Why did antisemitism rise in Germany during the Covid pandemic? And why was this increase concentrated among political centrists, rather than on the fringes? doi.org/10.1017/S153... @kanol.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social
- Our answer: culture — which we conceptualize as cultural scripts that link Judaism to disease and contagion.
- We demonstrate the plausibility of this proposition in a series of tests, using text-as-data and experimental methods, plus a concept association task, among others.
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- Reposted by Max SchaubMy group has a 3-year position available for a PhD student or post-doc interested in India, ML models/data pipelines/python, and crime and protecting children. Must be eligible to work in Germany. DM or email me for details. Formal calls later, trying here first. #poliscisky #datasciencesky
- Why does armed conflict harm child health? In a new paper, we show that victimization of caregivers causes lower vaccination rates and reduced healthcare-seeking, mostly due to a loss of trust in state institutions. Improving trust after conflict can potentially be life-saving.
- We are very excited to host Noam Gidron today in our Hamburg Political Science Seminar Series (info below) - very much looking forward to your talk, @noamgidron.bsky.social ! Please all join if you are interested. Everyone is welcome to attend, no prior registration necessary.
- Reposted by Max SchaubDie Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Hamburg droht eine Professur für Internationale Beziehungen zu verlieren. Bitte teilt und unterschreibt den Protestbrief auf uhh-ib-erhalten.de
- Reposted by Max SchaubThe 2024 Nils Petter Gleditsch JPR Article of the Year Award goes to @melinscribe.bsky.social (University of Mannheim) for her article entitled ‘Politicized health emergencies and violent resistance against healthcare responders’. Congratulations to the author! 🏆
- Reposted by Max Schaub⏰ Please share widely! We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq) wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!
- Reposted by Max SchaubJoin us for a keynote by Halvard Buhaug, Research Director at PRIO and Professor at NTNU, on the climate-conflict-migration nexus. 🗓️ Date: November 27, 2024 🕔 Time: 5:00 - 6:15 PM 📍 Location: WZB Berlin Social Science Center 🔗 Register here: events.wzb.eu/madconf24/ 2/2🧵
