Maria Thürk
@mariathurk.bsky.social
Assistant Professor (TT) Political Science @ Uppsala University | Minority govs and coalitions | Legislative institutions and behavior | Political parties and corruption perceptions |
mariathuerk.com
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early-career academics, if you don't have a website, make yourself one. yes it's annoying but just do it
it can be plain text on a white background, or google sites, or even a free Wix one with ads. nobody cares we just need to be able to look you up, quickly, bc there's like 100 other apps here
it can be plain text on a white background, or google sites, or even a free Wix one with ads. nobody cares we just need to be able to look you up, quickly, bc there's like 100 other apps here
October 2, 2026 at 1:58 AM
early-career academics, if you don't have a website, make yourself one. yes it's annoying but just do it
it can be plain text on a white background, or google sites, or even a free Wix one with ads. nobody cares we just need to be able to look you up, quickly, bc there's like 100 other apps here
it can be plain text on a white background, or google sites, or even a free Wix one with ads. nobody cares we just need to be able to look you up, quickly, bc there's like 100 other apps here
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📄 New paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social: “From the center to the fringes: A comparative test of attitudinal explanations for mainstream-to-challenger defection”
👥 with @krausewe.bsky.social and @aigneranna.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
👥 with @krausewe.bsky.social and @aigneranna.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Redirecting
doi.org
September 28, 2026 at 9:37 AM
📄 New paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social: “From the center to the fringes: A comparative test of attitudinal explanations for mainstream-to-challenger defection”
👥 with @krausewe.bsky.social and @aigneranna.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
👥 with @krausewe.bsky.social and @aigneranna.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
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Happy to see our new paper on mainstream-to-challenger defection in print!
w/ @denis-cohen.bsky.social & @aigneranna.bsky.social
Check out Denis' summary below!
Thanks to @nilssteiner.bsky.social, @conradziller.bsky.social & @ackermannk.bsky.social for organizing this SI!
tinyurl.com/5aa9wrmb
w/ @denis-cohen.bsky.social & @aigneranna.bsky.social
Check out Denis' summary below!
Thanks to @nilssteiner.bsky.social, @conradziller.bsky.social & @ackermannk.bsky.social for organizing this SI!
tinyurl.com/5aa9wrmb
September 28, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Happy to see our new paper on mainstream-to-challenger defection in print!
w/ @denis-cohen.bsky.social & @aigneranna.bsky.social
Check out Denis' summary below!
Thanks to @nilssteiner.bsky.social, @conradziller.bsky.social & @ackermannk.bsky.social for organizing this SI!
tinyurl.com/5aa9wrmb
w/ @denis-cohen.bsky.social & @aigneranna.bsky.social
Check out Denis' summary below!
Thanks to @nilssteiner.bsky.social, @conradziller.bsky.social & @ackermannk.bsky.social for organizing this SI!
tinyurl.com/5aa9wrmb
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Our paper on conservative women in Latin America's anti-gender mobilizations is out! @isacastillocar.bsky.social and I argue that conservative women organise to defend religious beliefs and agendas as well as their own identities against a perceived threat. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 16, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Our paper on conservative women in Latin America's anti-gender mobilizations is out! @isacastillocar.bsky.social and I argue that conservative women organise to defend religious beliefs and agendas as well as their own identities against a perceived threat. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Es gibt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Aber es gibt auch Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Wie wir heute Abend voraussichtlich wieder sehen werden, unterscheiden sich beide Regionen deutlich in ihrem Wahlverhalten. Woher kommen diese Unterschiede? Ein Thread mit Daten aus dem Kaiserreich bis heute. 🧵
September 20, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Es gibt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Aber es gibt auch Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Wie wir heute Abend voraussichtlich wieder sehen werden, unterscheiden sich beide Regionen deutlich in ihrem Wahlverhalten. Woher kommen diese Unterschiede? Ein Thread mit Daten aus dem Kaiserreich bis heute. 🧵
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In einem Interview mit dem @tagesspiegel.de habe ich über die Sonntagsfrage, ihre Ungenauigkeiten und ihren Einfluss auf Wählende gesprochen.
Hierbei ging es auch um meine aktuelle Forschung zum Thema (u.a. mit @christinagahn.bsky.social).
www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/die-...
Hierbei ging es auch um meine aktuelle Forschung zum Thema (u.a. mit @christinagahn.bsky.social).
www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/die-...
Die Last-Minute-Macht der Umfragen: „Die Wähler verlassen das sinkende Schiff“
Werner Krause ist Politikwissenschaftler und hat 142 Wahlen in 25 Ländern untersucht. Wie funktionieren Voraussagen – und was beeinflusst ihre Treffsicherheit?
www.tagesspiegel.de
September 5, 2026 at 7:33 AM
In einem Interview mit dem @tagesspiegel.de habe ich über die Sonntagsfrage, ihre Ungenauigkeiten und ihren Einfluss auf Wählende gesprochen.
Hierbei ging es auch um meine aktuelle Forschung zum Thema (u.a. mit @christinagahn.bsky.social).
www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/die-...
Hierbei ging es auch um meine aktuelle Forschung zum Thema (u.a. mit @christinagahn.bsky.social).
www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/die-...
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How do individuals normatively assess changes to the social order and what does this tell us about electoral realignment?
New publication with @dpzollinger.bsky.social and Tabea Palmtag out now in the Journal of European Public Policy 😊
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
New publication with @dpzollinger.bsky.social and Tabea Palmtag out now in the Journal of European Public Policy 😊
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
August 26, 2026 at 9:04 AM
How do individuals normatively assess changes to the social order and what does this tell us about electoral realignment?
New publication with @dpzollinger.bsky.social and Tabea Palmtag out now in the Journal of European Public Policy 😊
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
New publication with @dpzollinger.bsky.social and Tabea Palmtag out now in the Journal of European Public Policy 😊
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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If journal editorial is of interest to you - replace me at @jeppjournal.bsky.social as Associate Editor.
I've loved working with JEPP. The team, papers, and reviewers have been awesome.
Happy to answer questions if you have any.
editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
I've loved working with JEPP. The team, papers, and reviewers have been awesome.
Happy to answer questions if you have any.
editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
Associate Editor needed for Journal of European Public Policy
Associate Editor needed for Journal of European Public Policy
editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com
August 6, 2026 at 12:19 PM
If journal editorial is of interest to you - replace me at @jeppjournal.bsky.social as Associate Editor.
I've loved working with JEPP. The team, papers, and reviewers have been awesome.
Happy to answer questions if you have any.
editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
I've loved working with JEPP. The team, papers, and reviewers have been awesome.
Happy to answer questions if you have any.
editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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We are hiring a postdoc in Comparative Politics at JGU Mainz!
Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social).
• Full-time position
• Five-year contract (!)
• Start: from 1 October
Apply by 22 August:
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328
Please share!
Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social).
• Full-time position
• Five-year contract (!)
• Start: from 1 October
Apply by 22 August:
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328
Please share!
August 6, 2026 at 5:27 AM
We are hiring a postdoc in Comparative Politics at JGU Mainz!
Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social).
• Full-time position
• Five-year contract (!)
• Start: from 1 October
Apply by 22 August:
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328
Please share!
Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social).
• Full-time position
• Five-year contract (!)
• Start: from 1 October
Apply by 22 August:
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328
Please share!
I am so sorry to hear about Torbjörn's passing. He was a great scholar & a genuinely generous person. As one of my MA thesis supervisors, he was the first senior academic who made me feel that my opinions on coalition research were worth taking seriously.My thoughts are with his family & loved ones.
Just heard of the passing of the Swedish political scientist Torbjörn Bergman, with whom I did some work a while back that allowed me to spend a few fab days with him up north in Umeå. He was a great scholar - particularly on coalition politics - and, most importantly, a really lovely bloke. RIP.
July 21, 2026 at 10:45 AM
I am so sorry to hear about Torbjörn's passing. He was a great scholar & a genuinely generous person. As one of my MA thesis supervisors, he was the first senior academic who made me feel that my opinions on coalition research were worth taking seriously.My thoughts are with his family & loved ones.
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Really sad to hear that Torbjörn Bergman passed away.
I had the pleasure to meet and to work with him as a junior scholar, and will never forget his kindness and his enthusiasm.
This came way too early and my thoughts are with Torbjörn's family and close friends.
I had the pleasure to meet and to work with him as a junior scholar, and will never forget his kindness and his enthusiasm.
This came way too early and my thoughts are with Torbjörn's family and close friends.
Just heard of the passing of the Swedish political scientist Torbjörn Bergman, with whom I did some work a while back that allowed me to spend a few fab days with him up north in Umeå. He was a great scholar - particularly on coalition politics - and, most importantly, a really lovely bloke. RIP.
July 21, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Really sad to hear that Torbjörn Bergman passed away.
I had the pleasure to meet and to work with him as a junior scholar, and will never forget his kindness and his enthusiasm.
This came way too early and my thoughts are with Torbjörn's family and close friends.
I had the pleasure to meet and to work with him as a junior scholar, and will never forget his kindness and his enthusiasm.
This came way too early and my thoughts are with Torbjörn's family and close friends.
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📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after!
📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim
💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July
📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim
💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July
July 1, 2026 at 8:59 AM
📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after!
📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim
💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July
📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim
💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July
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#Dichtestress? Growing pains of economic success? Growth-related strains?
Quite the contrary.
In today’s historic referendum in Switzerland, support for the population cap at 10M was *lowest* in the most densely populated Swiss municipalities.
Plot (c): @d-qn.github.io / @letemps.ch
Quite the contrary.
In today’s historic referendum in Switzerland, support for the population cap at 10M was *lowest* in the most densely populated Swiss municipalities.
Plot (c): @d-qn.github.io / @letemps.ch
June 14, 2026 at 5:35 PM
#Dichtestress? Growing pains of economic success? Growth-related strains?
Quite the contrary.
In today’s historic referendum in Switzerland, support for the population cap at 10M was *lowest* in the most densely populated Swiss municipalities.
Plot (c): @d-qn.github.io / @letemps.ch
Quite the contrary.
In today’s historic referendum in Switzerland, support for the population cap at 10M was *lowest* in the most densely populated Swiss municipalities.
Plot (c): @d-qn.github.io / @letemps.ch
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I am really happy to share that on 12 June, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation in political science.
The defence was a lot of fun. This was in large part because of my great opponent, @henrikseeberg.bsky.social , who initiated a challenging and intellectually engaging discussion.
The defence was a lot of fun. This was in large part because of my great opponent, @henrikseeberg.bsky.social , who initiated a challenging and intellectually engaging discussion.
June 15, 2026 at 5:54 AM
I am really happy to share that on 12 June, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation in political science.
The defence was a lot of fun. This was in large part because of my great opponent, @henrikseeberg.bsky.social , who initiated a challenging and intellectually engaging discussion.
The defence was a lot of fun. This was in large part because of my great opponent, @henrikseeberg.bsky.social , who initiated a challenging and intellectually engaging discussion.
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💫 New paper!
@elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social, @theresmatthiess.bsky.social
& I are happy to see our new paper published in open access with the @ejprjournal.bsky.social
Do group-targeted campaign pledges pay off electorally?
We test this with a preregistered survey experiment in Germany.
@elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social, @theresmatthiess.bsky.social
& I are happy to see our new paper published in open access with the @ejprjournal.bsky.social
Do group-targeted campaign pledges pay off electorally?
We test this with a preregistered survey experiment in Germany.
June 8, 2026 at 6:35 AM
💫 New paper!
@elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social, @theresmatthiess.bsky.social
& I are happy to see our new paper published in open access with the @ejprjournal.bsky.social
Do group-targeted campaign pledges pay off electorally?
We test this with a preregistered survey experiment in Germany.
@elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social, @theresmatthiess.bsky.social
& I are happy to see our new paper published in open access with the @ejprjournal.bsky.social
Do group-targeted campaign pledges pay off electorally?
We test this with a preregistered survey experiment in Germany.
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Excited to share our new paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @krausewe.bsky.social! Parties polling just below an electoral threshold are far less likely to clear it: a self-fulfilling prophecy that diminishes when polls communicate uncertainty. 🗳️📊
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social)
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
June 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Excited to share our new paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @krausewe.bsky.social! Parties polling just below an electoral threshold are far less likely to clear it: a self-fulfilling prophecy that diminishes when polls communicate uncertainty. 🗳️📊
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social)
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
June 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social)
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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🚨 Our article “Who deserves? Ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions?” is out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social.
Joint work with @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social and @iguinaudeau.bsky.social from the 🇫🇷🇩🇪 UNEQUALMAND project.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/qoBDU%F0%9F%...
1/3
Joint work with @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social and @iguinaudeau.bsky.social from the 🇫🇷🇩🇪 UNEQUALMAND project.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/qoBDU%F0%9F%...
1/3
June 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
🚨 Our article “Who deserves? Ideological gaps in citizens’ deservingness perceptions?” is out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social.
Joint work with @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social and @iguinaudeau.bsky.social from the 🇫🇷🇩🇪 UNEQUALMAND project.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/qoBDU%F0%9F%...
1/3
Joint work with @elisadeisshelbig.bsky.social and @iguinaudeau.bsky.social from the 🇫🇷🇩🇪 UNEQUALMAND project.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/qoBDU%F0%9F%...
1/3
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Do waitresses receive the same occupational prestige as waiters?
Using German gendered occupational titles, we find that feminine job titles receive slightly lower prestige than masculine ones, especially among male-domindated occupations.
Out now in Social Forces.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
Using German gendered occupational titles, we find that feminine job titles receive slightly lower prestige than masculine ones, especially among male-domindated occupations.
Out now in Social Forces.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
May 22, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Do waitresses receive the same occupational prestige as waiters?
Using German gendered occupational titles, we find that feminine job titles receive slightly lower prestige than masculine ones, especially among male-domindated occupations.
Out now in Social Forces.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
Using German gendered occupational titles, we find that feminine job titles receive slightly lower prestige than masculine ones, especially among male-domindated occupations.
Out now in Social Forces.
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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In a new (oa) contribution to Party Politics, @cklamm.bsky.social, Simone Ponzetto, Ines Rehbein, @sarahwagner.bsky.social and I study which additional topics parties addressed in their press releases when publishing their position on the COVID-19 pandemic: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/2
May 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
In a new (oa) contribution to Party Politics, @cklamm.bsky.social, Simone Ponzetto, Ines Rehbein, @sarahwagner.bsky.social and I study which additional topics parties addressed in their press releases when publishing their position on the COVID-19 pandemic: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/2
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Wanna talk about the cordon sanitaire (the "Brandmauer"?)
🚨We (@christinajuen.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social and I) have a new paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
What do we do in the paper? A 🧵:
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🚨We (@christinajuen.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social and I) have a new paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
What do we do in the paper? A 🧵:
1/7
May 18, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Wanna talk about the cordon sanitaire (the "Brandmauer"?)
🚨We (@christinajuen.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social and I) have a new paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
What do we do in the paper? A 🧵:
1/7
🚨We (@christinajuen.bsky.social, @pluggedchris.bsky.social and I) have a new paper out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
What do we do in the paper? A 🧵:
1/7
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We are delighted to present the new editorial team of the @ejpgjournal.bsky.social ! Led by @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social as co-EIC, the six-strong team represents a new generation of gender and politics and LGBTQ+ politics scholars who will take the journal forward from July 2026.
May 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
We are delighted to present the new editorial team of the @ejpgjournal.bsky.social ! Led by @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social as co-EIC, the six-strong team represents a new generation of gender and politics and LGBTQ+ politics scholars who will take the journal forward from July 2026.
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Does far-right legislative representation change the descriptive make-up of candidate lists among mainstream parties?
Using a RDD with registry data from Sweden, this paper led by @grahn.bsky.social provides an answer
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
Using a RDD with registry data from Sweden, this paper led by @grahn.bsky.social provides an answer
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
Does far-right legislative entry affect minority candidate diversity? | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Does far-right legislative entry affect minority candidate diversity?
doi.org
April 27, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Does far-right legislative representation change the descriptive make-up of candidate lists among mainstream parties?
Using a RDD with registry data from Sweden, this paper led by @grahn.bsky.social provides an answer
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
Using a RDD with registry data from Sweden, this paper led by @grahn.bsky.social provides an answer
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
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We're hiring! Are you a social scientist with experience working with genetic data? Join us as a postdoc and work on gene-environment interplay - with amazing data - in a collaborative project between Uppsala, Oslo and Amsterdam!
Postdoctoral Position, Political Science - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral Position, Political Science , Department of Government, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
March 25, 2026 at 1:55 PM
We're hiring! Are you a social scientist with experience working with genetic data? Join us as a postdoc and work on gene-environment interplay - with amazing data - in a collaborative project between Uppsala, Oslo and Amsterdam!
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💡 Are parties wasting time negotiating coalition deals?
🤝 @mebergman.bsky.social, @hannaeback.bsky.social & Wolfgang C Müller
looks at whether prolonged coalition talks actually deliver better outcomes — or if they just cost parties (and voters) precious time.
💡 Are parties wasting time negotiating coalition deals?
🤝 @mebergman.bsky.social, @hannaeback.bsky.social & Wolfgang C Müller
looks at whether prolonged coalition talks actually deliver better outcomes — or if they just cost parties (and voters) precious time.
Are parties wasting time negotiating coalition deals?
Recent elections in several countries have produced inconclusive outcomes. This has resulted in extended periods of bargaining between parties to determine the next government. Matthew E Bergman,…
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March 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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💡 Are parties wasting time negotiating coalition deals?
🤝 @mebergman.bsky.social, @hannaeback.bsky.social & Wolfgang C Müller
looks at whether prolonged coalition talks actually deliver better outcomes — or if they just cost parties (and voters) precious time.
💡 Are parties wasting time negotiating coalition deals?
🤝 @mebergman.bsky.social, @hannaeback.bsky.social & Wolfgang C Müller
looks at whether prolonged coalition talks actually deliver better outcomes — or if they just cost parties (and voters) precious time.