Kai Arzheimer

@kai-arzheimer.com

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Politics Prof @powimz.bsky.social | parties, elections, attitudes, behaviour | right-wing extremism/populism/radicalism https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/

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Kai Arzheimer is a German professor of Political Science at the University of Mainz. Previously, he was a Lecturer in German and West European Politics at the Department of Government of the University of Essex. In 2017-2018, he held the Hannah Arendt Visiting Chair in German and European Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. .. more

Political science 68%

Sociology 12%

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1h

#TBT to 2019: the Blue Party is finished, the German #ultraright is no longer divided for the first time in years #Germany.

Frauke Petry's Blue Party is over - kai arzheimer

The bigger story here is that for the first time since the 1960s, the German radical/extreme right vote is united. That is one scary perspective.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 6h

A large public university built this as their largest, poshest auditorium. In the 21st century, in one of the most secular parts of a rapidly secularising country. I'm sure there's a minor research paper in this #AcademicChatter

Picture of the Paulinum, a church-like lecture hall at U of Leipzig

Picture showing a large projection screen and behind that a glass wall, which separates a sanctuary with an altar from the main auditorium

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 7h

Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 13h

I am armed with more than double Ds and would never steal a white man‘s jokes

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 14h

AI is coming for your jokes — and its armed with double Ds.

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 9h

The absolute worst thing about Germany is Germans moaning (mostly about Germany and about moaners)

Reposted by Kai Arzheimer

Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 21h

I’m sure others have already updated our name based measures of time, but just in case it’s not in your feed yet:

1 Zacharia = .5 Scaramucci

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 22h

2025 open acces #tbp: The Radical Right Research Robot: a model for science comms in messy social media #farright @rrresrobot.bsky.social 🤖

Automating awareness, digitizing dissemination: the radical right research robot as a template for (political) science communication in a fragmented social media landscape

Over the last 15 years, social media have become an integral part of the science infrastructure. The emergence of ‘Science Twitter’, the collective of scholars active on the platform now known as ‘...

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

Competition for German News Story of the Year is fierce this time, and we still have two months to go, but this one's certainly on the shortlist

August Hanning, the German spy who sold his services to the highest bidder

The former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service is suspected of having worked for dictatorial regimes for years

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

This is a very interesting experiment, but the framing is burying the lede: there's a strong anti-Muslim bias, and beyond that, nothing else matters much

Europeans do not support stricter conditions for family reunification

Family reunification visas in Europe increasingly have strict conditions attached. Yet new research suggests these restrictions have limited public support.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

Bit harsh?

RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · 6d

I always knew that the boss was a failed writer. But right now I gather he is really a failed software engineer.

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

Fridays are for writing
(or should be)

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

Look: just in case the other problems wasn't bad enough, Germany 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 has a legit Neo-Nazi party
tbp

The EP 2019 brings all the (neo-fascist) boys to the yard - kai arzheimer

Germany's "Third Way" is a neo-Nazi party running in the European Elections 2019. Their campaign posters show their Nazi-era roots

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

I am a tried and tested polymath. And an eminence #tbp #AcademicChatter

I'm an andrologist, anthropologist, archaeologist, cardiologist cum urologist now - kai arzheimer

When my old twin love anthropology & archaeology called this morning, I did not hesitate for a second. Submitting a two-page article by midnight to

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

In the time before DOIs 💾‍ #tbp #AcademicWriting

In a land before DOIs - kai arzheimer

There are so many systems that are supposed to document our outputs, talking to each other all the time.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

"What is driving this rapprochement?" It's not a trick question

Germany's far-right AfD forges a pro-Russia alliance with the BSW

In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD and BSW are joining forces to push for negotiations with Moscow. What is driving this rapprochement?

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

Congrats, Herr Doktor!

Reposted by Robert Huber

Robert Welz @robertwelz.bsky.social · 2d

Last week, I successfully defended my PhD thesis on how citizens form coalition preferences!

Many thanks to my committee, Sascha Huber, @kai-arzheimer.com, and @arminschaefer.bsky.social, and to my great colleagues at @powimz.bsky.social and beyond.

Very happy!

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

Never before in my life have I looked so priestly

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

Another one for my friends in #philosophy

A four-panel meme contrasting Socrates’ statue with a smiling then concerned woman, debating the value of an examined life.

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Wissensnetzwerk Rechtsextremismusforschung @wi-rex.bsky.social · 2d

On day 1 of our international conference in Leipzig, the keynote by @kai-arzheimer.com illuminated the transnationalism of the AfD; subsequent panels explored European chapters of the KKK after WW2, transatlantic ties of the German far-right & transformations of the French far-right electorate.

Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 2d

Neat! I had not seen this before, but it reminds me of research from the US showing that Democratic respondents seem to become less religious when Christianity becomes associated with the Republicans/MAGA. At the end of the day, it's all politics 🙃

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