New publication! Unelected representation may influence how satisfied people are with democracy, opening up important discussions on the role activists play in shaping the legitimacy of liberal representative democracies. You can find out more below ๐
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If the articles from my PhD were my children this article now published in @bjpols.bsky.social is my favorite. Written together with truly amazing supervisors and mentors, Pieter de Wilde, Oliver Treib, and Lene Aarรธe, I had the support I needed in bringing this baby into the world. Summary below ๐
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Thank you! It was developed by Nummenmaa and colleagues at the University of Turku, Finland, they do a lot of cool stuff
Thank you for sharing! And this sounds like such an interesting conference, would love to hear more on this discussion ๐๐ป๐๐ป
๐ฌ Excited to co-direct a #ecprjs26 Workshop w/ J. Dedeigne on hostile communication styles ๐คฌ
Working on uncivil ๐, intolerant ๐
๐ปโโ๏ธ, or violent ๐ค political rhetoric and its effects across countries, contexts, or media? Join us!
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Submit by 10 Dec: tinyurl.com/yjcaa3ay
New preprint with @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social, Sohee Park & @mtsakiris.bsky.social :
๐ osf.io/preprints/ps...
Key takeaways:
๐จ Political emotions create distinct embodied signatures
โ๏ธ These bodily patterns shift with ideology.
๐ณ๏ธ The embodied impact of political emotions predicts participation
Very excited for this ๐๐ป
๐จ๐ฃVery excited to announce our Online INCONEX Kick-Off Workshop on December 12 from 13:45 to 17:45 (CET)!
We have a great line-up of paper presentations and a fantastic roundtable. Everyone is welcome!
๐ Sign up here: bit.ly/inconex_workshop
@erc.europa.eu #PoliticalScience #Representation
Itโs very frustratingโฆ like @peterla.bsky.social says thatโs not where we are at all.. but that the progress party is getting such a large share of the votes is troubling.. but I do wish we could keep headlines informative (and actually reflect the information from the interviews)
Election Day in Norway today ๐ณ๐ด safe to say Iโm a little anxious about the outcomeโฆ
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
๐ตโ๐ซ We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
๐๐ฝ So we thought we would clarify some things.
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Wow ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป congrats to you all !
Thank you Ale - that means so much coming from you ๐คฉ๐คฉ
Thank you so much Lene! I am so appreciative of having had the chance to work with and learn from you, and seeing this collaboration out ๐คฉ could not have done it without you
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If the articles from my PhD were my children this article now published in @bjpols.bsky.social is my favorite. Written together with truly amazing supervisors and mentors, Pieter de Wilde, Oliver Treib, and Lene Aarรธe, I had the support I needed in bringing this baby into the world. Summary below ๐
Not yet, will have to work a bit more on the paper before vacation. I donโt have the full data for this paper yet as itโs currently a registered report, but I would be happy to share what we have so far and the results when they come! Could you dm me your email?
๐จ๐จjob opportunity! Come join us at the Centre for the Politics of Feelings in London.
๐๐ thank you for a great course !
Female academics are much more affected by the birth of a child than are male academics.
Academic mothers are much more likely to...
โพtemporarily leave the labor force
โพand, if they return, shift away from tenure-track positions.
scholar.harvard.edu/files/sdchen...
As promised: Iโve just uploaded all course materials of the Open Science in Social Sciences summer school on @cos.io:
osf.io/s8mxd/?
๐ Feel free to explore, reuse, and share (under CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 license).
#OpenScience @forrt.bsky.social
I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!
Info on the position and how to apply ๐ www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
scenic view of Amsterdam with bikes
Come join us in Amsterdam for a fully funded 4-year PhD position on the topic of "Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics", with @alessandronai.bsky.social and @lindabos.bsky.social! All info here, deadline is June 4 ๐๐๐ (Please share!) #polcom #commsky
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
We talk a lot about social media radicalizing the population but it's been far more efficient at radicalizing public figures.
โญI am looking for 2 PhD candidates w/ focus on qualitative representation research in my ERC project INCONEX at University of Salzburg!
On the project: sites.google.com/view/inconex...
Applications due: 2 May 2025
Full ad: sites.google.com/view/inconex...
#EUsky #poliscijobs #qualitativemethods
More Republicans now believe that women should return to their traditional roles in society As of November 2024, almost half of Republican men agree, up from 28 percent in 2022. 50% agree 48% Republican men 37% Republican women 25% Democratic men 17% Democratic women 11% 2016 2018 2020 2022 Source: Views of the Electorate Research Survey 2024 ALT
Approaching majority opposition to basic 20th century second wave feminism among Republican men