🚨 NEW REPORT! 🚨
What is the state of the UK academic job market in politics, and what does this mean for the field and #highered?
In a new @psaecn.bsky.social report, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social @williamlallen.bsky.social and I find worrying trends in job adverts and HESA data from 2012-25
#PSA26
New piece from w/ @hannahbunting.bsky.social & @jess-smith.bsky.social on the Gorton & Denton byelection, and what it might tell us about British politics.
We cover turnout, late-deciding voters, gender gaps & the continuing fragmentation of the party system 🧵
theconversation.com/late-decider...
Check out the post below by @philipjcowley.bsky.social, who’s written a great summary of ongoing work by me, @hannahbunting.bsky.social, @cerifowler.bsky.social, @jess-smith.bsky.social, and @annasanders.bsky.social on gender gaps in “don’t know” responses👇
🧵 Thread on new research on gender gaps in “don’t know” responses
Some of you will know that my stellar coauthors @hannahbunting.bsky.social @cerifowler.bsky.social @jess-smith.bsky.social @annasanders.bsky.social & I have been working on a large-scale project on “don’t know” responses in surveys.
Deadline today!! :)
A reminder to get your abstracts in by December 5th. Any aspect of gender, elections, public opinion, parties, candidates etc. very welcome!
@uompols.bsky.social
@psaepop.bsky.social
📣 Call for Papers: GenElect Annual Workshop on the Study of Gender and Elections
University of Manchester, Jan 12th-13th 26
Deadline: 5th Dec 25
Send us your papers on gender and elections, public opinion, parties, representation! @psaepop.bsky.social
Abstract submission here: lnkd.in/d2AQFYxN
A reminder to submit your abstracts! We'd love your papers on gender + candidates, vote choices, turnout, the role of feminist + LGBT issues, gender gaps etc.!
Is partner partisanship associated with vote choice? @cerifowler.bsky.social finds that it was for the 2016 Brexit Referendum & subsequent elections in the UK & argues that this can help us understand gender gaps in vote choice. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/eRDc16d
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky
Thanks Ralph! I think the one after will be of even more interest as I spend a lot of time looking at within-person changes!
This one took a while, and fell victim to reviewer 2, 3,4, and 5 at multiple journals, but I am grateful to them as it has inspired a follow up where I look across Europe/test the different potential causal mechanisms. If you've seen me presenting about partners recently this is the predecessor!
Very pleased to say my new article is out @polstudies.bsky.social ! In it I compare single individuals to those with partners with different past vote choices/party identifications and demonstrate that this is associated with an individual's own vote choice. doi.org/10.1177/0032...
7th November! 😁
A reminder to submit your abstracts! We'd love your papers on gender + candidates, vote choices, turnout, the role of feminist + LGBT issues, gender gaps etc.!
Submit your abstracts to our ECPG Section for Newcastle 2026 👇
A screenshot of the overview of the ‘Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives’ section. The image shows the section title, section chairs - Louise Luxton and Daphne van der Pas - and a few lines do the section abstract.
🔔 Call for papers for ECPG 2026 is now open! 🔔
Submit your empirical gender & political communication papers/panels to our section by Nov 7th.
Full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Delighted to say I'm chairing a section at ECPG 2026 with @jess-smith.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @gefjonoff.bsky.social and @liranharsgor.bsky.social on Elections, Parties, and Voters! Please send your abstracts in - full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecprgender.bsky.social
Yay!
Are you coming to EPOP? Or a weird coincidence that every elections nerd is just sat in Exeter while you're headed here...
Also the first time the three great offices of state (FCDO, Home, CX) have all been held by women at the same time.
Article abstract, which says: The educational cleavage is restructuring electoral competition in many democracies, yet there has been insufficient attention on how variation in educational content affects this. In order to address this, this article combines English administrative school records with a unique representative panel of adolescents to estimate the within-individual effect of studying different subjects at school on political party preference. This analysis finds that studying arts and humanities subjects leads to greater support for socially liberal parties, whilst studying business and economics increases support for economically right-wing parties. Students who study technical subjects become more likely to support socially conservative and economically right-wing parties. These relationships between particular subjects and party support also persist into adulthood. As such, this article provides new evidence on the importance of subjects taken in secondary school for political socialisation, during the impressionable years of adolescence.
📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨
"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"
Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
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Mine and @profsob.bsky.social paper
Comparing registration systems using the International Difficulty of Registration Index (IDORI). How difficult is electoral registration in the UK?
has been published. Please read it here,
url: academic.oup.com/pa/article/d...
BJPolS abstract discussing the gender gap in political participation among ethnic minority groups in Britain. The study uses data from "Understanding Society" to analyze this issue.
NEW -
Gender Vote Gaps Among Ethnic Minority Voters in Britain - cup.org/435HpIg
"results suggest that further work is needed to explain gender gaps in vote choice among ethnic minority voters in Britain"
- Nicole S. Martin & Rosalind Shorrocks
#OpenAccess
Living our best life at the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions in the Gender & Generations panel. Great papers, (women) scholars, stimulating discussions and good food!
Female economists are less likely to receive letters of recommendation that emphasize their ability.
Female economists are more likely to receive letters of recommendation that can be called grindstone letters--that is, they emphasize their hardworking tendencies.
The unbelievable condescension we’re already seeing today towards working class people- suggesting they don’t travel to Europe or their kids might not want to go to university and study in Europe- is quite something to behold.
Image taken from plane window of the wing.
Time for Prague and ECPR Joint Sessions! Very excited for the gender & generations workshop organised by @liranharsgor.bsky.social and Maria Grasso.
New blog post in @ecpr.bsky.social's @ecprtheloop.bsky.social Based on their @wepsocial.bsky.social research, @drorlysiow.bsky.social, @drashleec.bsky.social & @cerifowler.bsky.social reveal striking inequalities in which NGOs get access to government ministers. bit.ly/44K8MtV
#polisky #gendersky
Kombucha girl maybe meme. On the left, frowny face: working on an important manuscript On the right, intrigued: spending two hours to create a figure that came to my mind quite randomly
