theresa gessler

Two new articles in Party Politics

With
@gessler.bsky.social

Measuring party positions and issue salience with mass media and manifesto data"
doi.org/10.1177/1354...

With Hanspeter Kriesi
"Restructuring party systems in Northwestern Europe"
doi.org/10.1177/1354...

Feedback very welcome!

We're excited about the next edition of our Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology, this time organized by the 💫 local team in Mannheim!

Last day 📢📢📢

One week left to apply - join us in Hamburg @politikuhh.bsky.social for the next years 👋

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social
3+3 years
Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester
Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour)
DL 🗓️ 05/01
stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...

⏰ One week left to apply for SekMethoden 2026 — the annual meeting of the DVPW Section "Methods of Political Science". Submit your abstract by Sunday!

⬇️ See below for the CfP and link to the application portal.

@gessler.bsky.social @lukrudolph.bsky.social @donyhu.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social

@sonjapriebus.bsky.social Aleksandra Maatsch& me are organizing a workshop on 'Opposing challenges to democracy across contexts' in Frankfurt (Oder) 26-27 March 2026.

Do you have a paper that might fit? ➡️Call for Papers (📆Deadline: 05/12)
www.dvpw.de/informatione...

Crisis-exploitation or fear-mongering? A research agenda for the comparative study of policy crises and illiberal policy frames The pervasive and growing illiberal movement is, perhaps, the greatest global challenge to liberal democracy today. Scholars argue that domestic and international crises have played an important ro...

🤔 Illiberal policy frames? Turns out it’s fear-mongering, not crisis-driven

👥 @miklossebok.bsky.social, @buzogany.bsky.social, @juliafleischer.bsky.social, @gessler.bsky.social, Anna Takács, @seanmtheriault.bsky.social & Ákos Holányi

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yD

‼️Last chance to submit your paper or panel proposal to EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is TODAY!

Don’t miss out - it will be full of great political science and fun social events! 👩‍🏫🥳

epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Woohoo, I'm really happy to hear this! Congratulations to you and Amsterdam! 🎉

A screenshot of the CfP for SekMethoden 2026

🚨 CfP: SekMethoden 2026
🗓️ March 12-13, 2026
🗺️ Hannover, Germany
⏰ DL Dec 07, 2025

👉 Apply here: sosci.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/sekmethoden2...

👥 @gessler.bsky.social, @lukrudolph.bsky.social, @donyhu.bsky.social, Jona Baumert, Morten Harmening and I look forward to your submissions!

Physikalischen Grundlagen

Am kommenden Dienstag gebe ich im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung zur Klimakrise an der @uni-hamburg.de einen Vortrag zu den physikalischen Grundlagen der Klimakrise. Der Vortrag ist öffentlich, also gerne vorbeikommen!

Freue mich auf den Austausch! #climatecomms

www.zfw.uni-hamburg.de/oeffentliche...

Stimmt, du bist ja auch in Hamburg ☺️ Dann lass uns doch bald mal in die Mensa, ich bin auch schon Fan :D

Danke liebe Verena - wir sehen uns ja glaube ich schon morgen in Bamberg :)

Thanks for the warm welcome - I've been meaning to pass by to say hi, but the first weeks have been quite busy and I'm still sitting in VMP9 for a little while. But I'll try to pass by next week and look forward to Blattwerk chats :)

Thank you - and congratulations again back to you!

Danke, hoffe bei dir ist alles ganz fantastisch :)

Danke Rebecca & hoffentlich bis bald :)

Vielen Dank Sandra!

Danke Constantin, endlich wieder zur Arbeit radeln ;)

Danke Julian :)

Thanks Katjana :)

Danke liebe Kathrin, hoffentlich bis bald mal wieder!

Thanks Katy :) Hope you'll have a great time in Florence next month!

Thanks, hope you're doing well over there!

Danke sehr!

Danke für die spannende und tolle Zeit und bestimmt auf bald in Frankfurt!

Danke, bestimmt auf ganz bald :)