📢 Out Now! V-Dem Dataset v16 & the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026 💾 The V-Dem Dataset: v-dem.net/data/the-v-d... 📰 The Report "Unraveling The Democratic Era?”: v-dem.net/publications... 📈 Explore the new data with the V-Dem Graphing tools: v-dem.net/graphing/gra... #PoliSky #PoliSciSky 1/3

Nieuw van het Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek: een kennisnotitie met eerste analyses van de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van 2025 🗳️ Zie: www.dpes.nl/wp-content/u... Begin juni volgt het volledige NKO-rapport, met een bredere en diepere analyse van de verkiezingen. Hieronder alvast wat eerste inzichten 👇

🔥 POSTDOC POSITIONS ON CHILDREN'S POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION 🔥 Wanna understand young people's beliefs about political leadership, politics, and power? Then this is your chance! I'm looking for two 2-year postdocs to join my ERC-funded research project @au.dk international.au.dk/about/profil...

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🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We are looking for a PhD candidate for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization and its attitudinal consequences. The position will be at the Department of Political Science of Radboud University (Netherlands). Check out the full job profile below! www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

IN NEW ISSUE: How do UK political elites reconcile with a low trust environment? @chrisbutlerpol.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social & Gerry Stoker examine this question in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/3E6DkuS (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsky

18.1🌹 @cvalebeek.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social use survery data from the Netherlands to find that #Trust variability may be just as strong a predictor as #Trust levels in #VotingBehaviour 🗳️

Political Trust Network: Call for papers (Barcelona, October 2026) The young and fast growing academic 'Political Trust Network' organizes yearly workshops, where scholars of trust can meet up, present papers, and exchange ideas. These workshop have been brilliant, socially and professionally!

Do negative encounters with immigrants activate personality effects in PRR support? @cvalebeek.bsky.social, Daniel Komáromy, @delaneypeterson.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social find it's not generally the case but initial exposure & out-group framing may matter: buff.ly/D5C50zO (OPEN ACCESS)

How can stable personality traits explain less stable PRR voting? Daniel Komaromy, @delaneypeterson.bsky.social, @mrooduijn.bsky.social and I test whether negative contact with immigrants 'activates' these traits. Mostly, it doesn't. But: initial exposure and out-group definition may matter.

What happens when #Trust becomes volatile? 💥 @cvalebeek.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social use survey data from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 to analyse how #VotingBehaviour is impacted by three key components of #PoliticalTrust. Find out what they are 👉 📖 buff.ly/gT7AWxe

A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine. I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors. Hope it's useful. 🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Very proud of the publication of this article, led by the brilliant @cvalebeek.bsky.social. We comprehensively test the causal effect of political trust on turnout and party choice, by breaking down these effects by trust levels, trust variability, and trust change events. Plus: cool visualisations.

New paper out w/ @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social in @epsrjournal.bsky.social. We show that political trust dynamics matter for electoral behavior. While stable and variable distrusters behave similarly, declining trust boosts both abstention and anti-establishment voting. 🧵

Thrilled to share my new article in Political Psychology: “The psychology of political attitudinal volatility.” In it, I attempt to answer why do some people change their political views more than others? Open access at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @ispp-pops.bsky.social

Voelde mijn handen hier niet meer, maar dit uitzicht was het waard

Brilliant talk by @drjennings.bsky.social about his book project today at our CRITICALTRUST research group in Amsterdam. Really appreciated the engaging discussions. Thank you for visiting us, Will!

In tijden niet meer zo'n boeiend boek gelezen als deze van @rensbod.bsky.social. Absoluut een aanrader. In een parallel universum ben ik biopoliticoloog.

Don't forget to submit your abstracts for our political trust panels at the 2026 EPSS conference in Belfast. ⏰️ Submission deadline closes tomorrow!

Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast @annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!

📚 School subjects and politics A UK study found that what teens study shapes their future politics: arts & humanities students lean liberal, business & economics lean right. These patterns persist into adulthood. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2025.2521582 #SciComm #Education #Politics 🧪

Ongelofelijk goed stuk dit. Hear, hear.

📖 Leader-driven democratic decline 📉 Creating a 'toolkit' of over 400 actions used by would-be autocrats, @jmvanlit.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham make it easier to compare cares, spot patterns and understand when and why #autocratization succeeds 📖

New pre-print! Is there a need for domain-specificity when studying mental health (MH) and politics? In our study in the Netherlands, we find political mental health (PMH) is distinct from MH & has unique political correlates, from polarization to ideological extremism. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Jongeren bezorgd om pesten, wonen en veiligheid, en voelen zich niet gehoord

Nederlandse jongeren voelen zich vaak niet gehoord door politici. Vanochtend sprak ik met @nporadio1.bsky.social over hoe politici, ouders en scholen hun kijk op politiek en democratie beïnvloeden, én hoe we ze meer gehoord kunnen laten voelen. nos.nl/artikel/2582...

If it helps anyone sleep tonight, we don't find these percentages in our own data across Europe (May-June 2025). Largest shares of 'ambivalents' are found in Poland (30%) and Spain (34%), but overall a majority supports democracy while rejecting autocracy.

Some Thessaloniki highlights 🇬🇷

Excited to head to Thessaloniki ☀️ soon for #ecprgc25 to present our paper on political trust and policy support. Looking forward to engaging discussions and to soak up some of the city's historic charm between sessions. If you're working on a related topic, do get in touch – I'd love to connect!

My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years. If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply! shorturl.at/kcTbG

(1/5) Out now in Acta Politica: Populist parties increasingly target scientists and scientific knowledge. By analyzing 15 annual waves of representative panel data from the Netherlands (2007–2022), I examine to what extent populist parties fuel science skepticism among their supporters.

🧵 Hiring 2 PhDs in political science! Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES @uantwerpen.be 🇧🇪 We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️ 💥 4-yr fully funded 📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025 🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug Details + apply 👇

In het nieuwste COB van @scponderzoek.bsky.social onderzoeken @emilymiltenburg.bsky.social, @bramgeurkink.bsky.social en ik de relatie tussen sociaal en politiek vertrouwen. De twee beïnvloeden elkaar, maar ontwikkelen zich grotendeels onafhankelijk van elkaar binnen personen.

Politiek vertrouwen is laag. Maar tast deze onvrede ook het sociaal vertrouwen in Nederland aan? Nee. Politiek en sociaal vertrouwen beïnvloeden elkaar, maar de relatie is zwak. Zie ons @scponderzoek.bsky.social op stukroodvlees.nl/tast-de-poli... met @cvalebeek.bsky.social @bramgeurkink.bsky.social

Great first day of the 2025 #poletmaal in sun-soaked Groningen. Lots of inspiring discussions about (Dutch) democratic attitudes and behavior!

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 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

Hope this delivers like Nosferatu did. Looks incredible.

Two vacancies for assistant professor (tenure track) at our Department of Political Science. One on International Relations, the other on EU Politics and Governance. I may be biased, but would 100% recommend applying. We are a warm, collegial, ambitious department. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Great workshop on citizens' values and preferences in democratic innovations today in Tilburg. Left with several exciting new paper ideas - big thanks to the organizers!

Join me in Frankfurt @goetheuni.bsky.social! Deadline next thursday (May 15)!

As crazy as it might sound, some of the 133 high-ranking clerics set to enter the Sistine Chapel to choose the next pope today have looked to the Ralph Fiennes movie ― handily titled just “Conclave” ― for pointers. 🔗 ow.ly/x29A50VOgzo

Job alert! We are looking for two postdoctoral researchers at the intersection of political psychology, science communication, and survey methodology: -One for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization. -One for my starting grant on the politicization of science. www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Vorig jaar verscheen dit rapport over democratische erosie, en de implicaties voor Nederland. @cvalebeek.bsky.social en ik schreven een bijdrage over gedrag. Na het afgelopen jaar (zie VS maar helaas ook NL) heeft het rapport niet aan relevantie ingeboet. www.kennisopenbaarbestuur.nl/documenten/2...

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share

Happy to see this paper out!

🚨 One week left to apply! 🚨 One week left to submit your abstract for our panel "Citizens’ attitudes towards democracy" at #Politicologenetmaal 2025 (June 12-13, University of Groningen). 📩 Submit here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap... ⏳Deadline: March 31, 2025 Hope to see you there!

Lees ook het rapport dat de risico's op democratische erosie in Nederland onder de loep nam. www.kennisopenbaarbestuur.nl/documenten/2... Vorig jaar geschreven met groep politicologen, bestuurskundigen, juristen, en communicatiewetenschappers.

Another excellent trust workshop, this time organised by @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social and Carmen van Alebeek in Amsterdam. And the soft launch of the Political Trust Network!