Heike Klüver
Professor of Comparative Political Behavior, Humboldt Universität Berlin || Spokesperson DYNAMICS @dynamics.bsky.social ||
Director Humboldt Governance Lab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
heike-kluever.com hu-govlab.de
- ❓ Who becomes a lobbyist – and through which career paths? Come and join us for my talk at the Center for Conflict Research in Marburg tonight! 👉 Many thanks to my colleagues in Marburg for the invitation, and to the @dfg.de for funding the #MINLOBBY project.
- 📣 Weiter geht’s mit der Vortragsreihe „Konflikte in Gegenwart und Zukunft“! Prof. Dr. Heike Klüver von der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin zu "Wer wird Lobbyist? Evidenz aus Deutschland" 💬 🗓️ Mo 19. Jan 2026 | 🕕 18:30 Uhr 📍 Deutscher Sprachatlas, Pilgrimstein 16, 🔗 Mehr Infos: uni-marburg.de/ZeRQTf
- 📘 Presenting my new book project “How Democracies Can Survive” at the University of Hamburg Come join us if you’re around! 👋 📅 Wednesday, 14 January 2026 ⏰ 17:15–18:45 📍 VMP9, Room B130 👉 Many thanks to the HPS³ team for the invitation — looking forward to the discussion!
- 🎉 Excited to share that our article “Adopting restriction: how coalition governments respond to radical right parties” (with @fabioellger.bsky.social) has won the Gordon Smith & Vincent Wright Memorial Prize 2025 from @wepsocial.bsky.social 🏆
- 🎉 The Gordon Smith & Vincent Wright Memorial Prizes 2025 have been awarded to @fabioellger.bsky.social & @heikekluever.bsky.social and Marie Kübler! The full announcement can be found here: 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/journals/fwe...
- 👏 Congratulations as well to the second prize winner, Marie Kübler! 🙏 Special thanks to the @dfg.de for generously funding this research. 📄 Read the article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Heike Klüver📣 Does homophobia win elections? 🧵 1/4
- Reposted by Heike Klüver📌 Far-right and illiberal leaders increasingly use anti-LGBTQ rhetoric as a political tool. A new study by @haasvioleta.bsky.social, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social and @lstoetze.bsky.social shows this strategy can yield direct electoral benefits. 🧵 2/4
- 🗳️ Great workshop on young voters & the rise of the far right bringing together researchers, policymakers & civil society 🚀 Inspiring discussions on how to strengthen democratic resilience 📊 Insights: from the #COVIDEU project 🏛️ Host: @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social 🌟 Funding: @volkswagenstiftung.de
- 🚀 Giving the Laufer Lecture at the LMU! 🏛️ Honored to speak about current challenges to democracy and how we can strengthen democratic resilience. 📊 Amongst others, I present our Brandmauer study featured in a recent op-ed in the SZ. 📅 24 Nov 2025, 14:00 📍 Great Hall (E120) tinyurl.com/3shaawbt
- 📣 Tomorrow! Why are far-right parties becoming more attractive to young people — and what can strengthen democratic resilience? Join researchers, policymakers, educators & civil society for insights and discussion. 🗓️ Berlin, 21 Nov, 14–17h 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw
- More and more young people are turning to the far right. Why and what can we do about it? Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies. 🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social 💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw
- 📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer” I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies ➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election) tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
- Reposted by Heike KlüverMorgen sind: Daniel Ziblatt, Thomas Weber, Daniel Siemens, Tamara Ehs, Heike Klüver u.v.a. im GORKI Theater in Berlin. Und im Livestream ab 19.30h – im Rat der Geschichte: Was hilft gegen die AfD? www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...
- More and more young people are turning to the far right. Why and what can we do about it? Join our #COVIDEU Workshop on Nov 21 (2–5 PM) to discuss causes and counter-strategies. 🚀 Hosted by @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social 💡 Funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de 👉 Register: tinyurl.com/bdenyfnw
- With insights from the #COVIDEU project, featuring @sarahobolt.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social Michał Krawczyk @djordjemilosav.bsky.social @tonirodon.bsky.social
- 🔹 Roundtable Discussion Moderated by @markuskollberg.bsky.social With 💬 Dr. Lena Gumnior (MP, The Greens) 💬 Sara Binzer Hobolt (LSE) 💬 Heike Klüver (HU Berlin) 💬 Theresa Kuhn (Uni Amsterdam) 💬 Max Hilse (Löbau lebt e.V. & Görlitz District Youth Council) 💬 Andrei Arnst (Principal, Neuenhagen School)
- 👉 What works against right-wing extremism? Excited to discuss this question with Tamara Ehs, Carolin Lange, Daniel Siemens, Thomas Weber & Daniel Ziblatt at Berlin’s Maxim Gorki Theater - together with German politicians and author Mely Kiyak. 🗓️ Nov 8, 7:30 pm 🔗 www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...
- 🚀 Join us for a number of exciting talks in our Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social!
- Why do people turn to populist parties? 🤔 📣 Our new study just published at @ejprjournal.bsky.social shows it’s not just real inequality - it’s perceived inequality that drives populism. 📌 Blog: hu-govlab.de/en/perceived... 📊 Study: tinyurl.com/msnndnpn 🏛️ Funded by: @scripts-berlin.eu
- Reposted by Heike Klüver📣 Check out the latest post on @transformecon.bsky.social, a blog by @bertelsmannst.bsky.social. It's by researchers affiliated with Humboldt GovLab: @timwapps.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social & @antvalentim.bsky.social. 🎉 🧵1/2
- 🚀 Excited to kick off the 1st Annual Workshop of the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social at @humboldtuni.bsky.social today! 💥 Looking forward to engaging discussions on democracy, governance, and how to strengthen democratic resilience. 🔗 More about the GovLab: hu-govlab.de
- 🎉 Today at @humboldtuni.bsky.social the 1st Annual Workshop of the Humboldt Governance Lab! 🚀 Inspiring discussions on the challenges facing democracy & how to strengthen it. 🔗 More information on the GovLab: hu-govlab.de
- Reposted by Heike Klüver1/ New paper out in Electoral Studies with @heikekluever.bsky.social and @cornelius-erfort.bsky.social We show that nuclear power plants reduce electoral support for Green parties in Germany. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... A thread on the paper:
- We’re live! 🚀 Just launched the Humboldt GovLab with a great workshop on #CitizensAssemblies @humboldtuni.bsky.social Because strengthening democracy takes more than ideas. It takes evidence. And collaboration. Follow us @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social 🌐 hu-govlab.de
- 📣 It’s official – we launched the Humboldt Governance Lab! 📣 We use innovative methods to deliver evidence-based insights for policy-makers, public admin, and civil society – tackling the key challenges facing democracy today. 🌐 hu-govlab.de @humboldtuni.bsky.social
- 📣 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
- 🚀 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
- 📊 The Humboldt GovLab is a policy lab at Humboldt University in Berlin. We generate cutting-edge research using innovative scientific methods and make findings accessible to the public. #Democracy #Outreach #ScienceCommunication #BerlinResearch
- We develop evidence-based recommendations and evaluate policies for decision-makers in: ⚖️ Politics 🏛️ Public administration 🌱 Civil society Our goal: Strengthen democratic resilience and help respond effectively to threats to democracy. #EvidenceBased #PolicyEvaluation #DemocraticResilience
- 🔍 Want to learn more or collaborate? We’re always open to partnerships and exchange across academia, policy, and civil society. 📬 Get in touch via our website: hu-govlab.de Or follow us here for updates! #GovLab #KnowledgeTransfer #ScienceForPolicy
- 📣 Very excited to welcome the fabulous @anjaneundorf.bsky.social at the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social @dynamics.bsky.social tomorrow. Come and join us! 👇
- Reposted by Heike KlüverDay 3 at #EPSA25 ☀️ Looking forward to presenting joint work w/ @heikekluever.bsky.social "Correcting Misperceptions: The Impact of Coalition Performance Information on Citizen Attitudes & Voting Behavior" 👉🏻 Panel 'VOTBETH', 11:20am, 0A.02 (1/2)
- The fabulous @frederikthieme.bsky.social will present results from a large-scale field experiment on the mobilization of young voters tomororw @epsanet.bsky.social #epsa2025 @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
- Can traditional campaign tools still mobilize young voters in the digital age? 📬 With @heikekluever.bsky.social, I present evidence from a field experiment ahead of the 2024 European elections targeting first-voters. Join us after sleeping in on Saturday 🙌 #epsa2025 ⏰: Sat, 11:20 📍: -1.A.06
- Reposted by Heike KlüverIf 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...
- Excited to join the newly founded European Political Science Society 🥳 Please support our fabulous colleagues by... 📌 joining the mailing list by sending a message to epss-info-join@list.epssnet.org 📌 joining *now* to show support 📌 spreading the word @epssnet.bsky.social #epss2026
- 🚨 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. 🧵
- Why do citizens collaborate with occupying forces? @frederikthieme.bsky.social presents exciting new evidence using a fascinating historical dataset from the Nazi occupation in Denmark @epsanet.bsky.social #epsa2025
- Who ideologically collaborates with the occupier under military occupation? 🪖 At #epsa2025 I'll be presenting joint work w/ Salma Mahamed on how the German occupation in WW2 impacted membership in the Danish Nazi party, using now digitized individual-level membership data ⏰: Friday, 13:10 📍: 0A.05
- 📢 Can digital literacy training reduce the appeal of far right parties on social media? We present evidence from an online experiment that digital literacy training reduces the enagement with populist content #epsa2025 @epsanet.bsky.social @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social ⏰: Thursday, 13:10 📍: 1A.04
- The amazing @frederikthieme.bsky.social will present results from a field experiment testing whether online targeting works @epsanet.bsky.social @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social #epsa2025 👇
- Are tailored ads in political campaigns as persuasive as conventional wisdom holds? 📢 In joint work w/ @heikekluever.bsky.social we present evidence from a field experiment with the German Greens ahead of the 2024 European Elections calling this into question 🤔 #epsa2025 ⏰: Friday, 16:50 📍: 0A.10
- Can including far right parties in government reduce their electoral appeal? The fabulous @anninahermes.bsky.social will show today #epsa2025 that this strategy does not work @epsanet.bsky.social @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
- Very excited to present my paper with @heikekluever.bsky.social on the consequences of far-right parties in government at #EPSA2025 on Friday! 🗓️ Friday 4:50-6:30 📍 Room 0A.06 | Panel P10-S253
- Looking forward to this year's #EPSA2025! I will be presenting two new projects. Today, joint work with @anselmhager.bsky.social & @heikekluever.bsky.social on the potential of correcting group-based grievances in countering radical right success. 🕐: 11:20am 🚪: 0A.05 "Class and electoral politics"
- It‘s @epsanet.bsky.social time again. Looking forward to a great conference #epsa2025. Stay tuned for a number of exciting presentations by our amazing junior scholars from @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
- Reposted by Heike KlüverI look forward to meeting many of you soon in Madrid for EPSA 2025. In case that’s helpful to anyone, here are some of my personal Madrid favorites:
- Reposted by Heike KlüverKönnen Bürgerräte die repräsentative Demokratie stärken? Wir diskutieren Ergebnisse aus vier praxisnahen Forschungsprojekten auf einem Roundtable mit @polenz.bsky.social, @kliesenberg.bsky.social, Felix Arndt, Stabstelle Bürgerräte @bundestag.de und @heikekluever.bsky.social 1/4
- Reposted by Heike Klüver@heikogiebler.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke, @macartan.bsky.social, Swen Hutter & @heikekluever.bsky.social investigate support for petitions on migration and climate change across the EU-27 in the context of the 2024 European Parliament elections 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Heike KlüverNew article from our latest issue (Issue 8, 2025): "Hitting the Sweet Spot? The Electoral Consequences of Supporting Minority Governments" by Maria Thürk @mariathurk.bsky.social and Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #polisky #socialscience #academicsky
- Very excited to give at talk at the @eui-eu.bsky.social tomorrow presenting field experimental evidence on the effect of political protests on bystanders
- Reposted by Heike Klüver1/6 📢 Just as Germany announces it will begin turning back asylum seekers at its borders (starting May 6), our new article in European Journal of Political Research is out: 🧵👇 “Closed borders, closed minds?” doi.org/10.1111/1475... #BorderPolitics #EUPolitics #Schengen #COVID19 #EJPR
- Very excited to kick-off this term's Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social with the brilliant @mariacarreri.bsky.social tomorrow. Come and join us!
- 📣 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 Heike Klüver🇪🇺Does performance benchmarking impact EU support? W/ @tonirodon.bsky.social @aslunn.bsky.social @lisaherbig.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social we explore how people compare EU performance to non-EU countries & adjust their attitudes accordingly🧵⬇️ 📄 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
- We are delighted to welcome the fabulous @mbondeli.bsky.social as PostDoc in our new @dfg.de Project with @anselmhager.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social 🥳 Welcome to Berlin!
- Reposted by Heike Klüver🚨 New paper out at @jeppjournal.bsky.social. We show a growing youth gender gap in far-right support, driven by young men. 3 key findings in 🧵⬇️ w/ @zachdickson.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social @tonirodon.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1350...
