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scherzinger.bsky.social
Political Scientist at the @UZH. IR good stuff & quant text analysis. Former Berliner, adopted Zürcher.
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Getting Started

How should we study party polarization in Europe? Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)

Thrilled to see my very first publication online! Many thanks to my great friend and co-author @victoraraujo.bsky.social !! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"Do external crises unite or divide international organizations? Evidence from 1,443 UNSC resolutions (1995-2018) suggests external crises, like humanitarian disasters, civil conflicts, floods, and terrorist attacks, divide rather than unite the Security Council. Graph by Johannes Scherzinger #UNSC

Graph of the month: Analyzing 167 arguments made in 25 direct democratic voting campaigns on international issues in Switzerland, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social show that the framing of arguments in favor and against international cooperation differ significantly.

Now published: How do populist-right parties respond when their preferred policies are implemented abroad? Focusing on Brexit, Marco Martini and @stefwalter.bsky.social show that nationalist parties adjusted their aggressiveness towards the EU in line with the ups and downs of the Brexit process.

Very happy to share this new article @gsqjournal.bsky.social! Analyzing the perceptions of IO staff, I show that self-legitimation practices of IO leadership can also backfire and destabilize the organization. Open access here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

Since the mid-2010s, the number of resolutions in the UNSC that have failed or been vetoed has markedly increased, providing another indicator for growing international dissensus amidst a surge of global crises. Data & Visualization by Johannes Scherzinger. #UnitedNations

sciencedirect.com/science/arti... New publication out in Electoral Studies! In this study, I analyze generational voting differences in Western European multiparty systems - focusing on generational realignment *within* political blocs and using individual survey data spanning over 70 years.

How do leaders from CEE countries present the EU at home? Evidence collected by Tom Hunter from HU and SK leader statements in the aftermath of EU summits.