🚨 First publication alert! 🚨
My first paper, based on my master’s thesis, is out! 🎉
With @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social & @lizamugge.bsky.social, we examine how people with disabilities are represented in German politics descriptively & substantively. 🇩🇪♿
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2025.2466168
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My first paper, based on my master’s thesis, is out! 🎉
With @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social & @lizamugge.bsky.social, we examine how people with disabilities are represented in German politics descriptively & substantively. 🇩🇪♿
🔗 https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2025.2466168
🧵👇
Comments
We examined the Bundestag (2013–2021) by:
🔹 Listing all MPs & checking disability status to check for descriptive representation
🔹 Analyzing roll call votes & speeches on disability to check for substantive representation
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Descriptive representation:
Only 2 out of 736 MPs openly identified as having a disability—just 0.3% of parliament.
There are no official or unofficial lists tracking disability representation in German politics.
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🔹 The Left & Greens proposed 3 out of 4 disability-related bills.
🔹 Women MPs were more engaged in disability discussions.
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At first glance AfD seems to be very representative, however in general MPs from the AfD talked way less than 10.000 words overall resulting in their proportions being higher.
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Disabled people remain underrepresented in German politics—both in numbers & in policy attention.
Our study helps fill this gap! If you're interested in political representation & disability studies, check it out:
🔗 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644008.2025.2466168
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