Big news for political science in Europe!

Jobs! 1. Assistant prof. Public Policy and Governance, Amsterdam www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3612...

How should we conceptualize political interest? In POQ, Laffineur et al. demonstrate that political interest and disinterest are distinct social identities through a newly developed methodological approach. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

🚨 Excited that our paper with @bnbakker.bsky.social and @gijsschumacher.bsky.social is now out in Public Opinion Quarterly!

1/7 When does our disagreement with politicians start? 🤨 In our new preprint with @bnbakker.bsky.social, @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & Joe Bathelt, we find that incongruence may be rooted in preconscious perception, emerging at 150ms, well before conscious evaluation: osf.io/preprints/ps...

We zijn op zoek naar collega's drie (!) UD posities voor politicologen op het gebied van 1) Politiek van de Europese Unie-politiek 2) politieke economie 3) milieupolitiek en beleid 4) en Nederlandse politiek careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Universi...

Political psych colleagues: The APSA Political Psych Pre-conference is back this year with a new and exciting format. Please consider presenting your work and registering. More info here: apsa-polpsych-preconf.org

Want to know all the details? Read the whole paper by @isabellareb.bsky.social @gijsschumacher.bsky.social and @mrooduijn.bsky.social here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Are you a policymaker, teacher, practitioner, academic in political science, psychology, education or related field? We’re inviting experts to complete a short survey on youth political participation: tinyurl.com/ywnseae3 For every completion, we’ll donate €1.20 to UNICEF. Please share!

Thanks to AE @gijsschumacher.bsky.social, EICs Elizabeth Suhay & @mjbsp.bsky.social, three anonymous reviewers & the Political Psychology editorial staff. Read the full paper in Political Psychology at doi.org/10.1111/pops... 8/8

Super happy to see this paper with @isabellareb.bsky.social and @mrooduijn.bsky.social out.

Wie controleert de werkwijze van Forum eigenlijk? #FvD chrisaalberts.nl/2026/01/28/w...

This Friday (30.01), we’re kicking off 2026 at the #HotPoliticsLab with a Graduate Friday! Luke Fischer and Diemithry Kloppenburg on attitude and perspective-taking interventions. 📍 Location: REC-B9.22 (Common Room) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

📢♀️ 'Resilience in Action: A Toolkit for Feminist Strategies in Times of Backlash' is out now! 🧰⚒️ Free to use and share. May this support many of you in pushing back against backlash. 💯⚡Proud of the Push*Back*Lash team @aissr.bsky.social ⬇️👇Download here #Toolkit2 pushbacklash.eu/dissemination/

With my project IMMERSE I investigate whether immersive narrative interventions (storytelling, live theatre, video games and virtual reality) can strengthen support for liberal democracy by engaging people more deeply than conventional communication. See: www.uva.nl/en/content/n... 2/2

Fantastic news! Congratulations 🥳

🎓 This Friday (12.12), we are hosting the final session of 2025! Jon Roozenbeek will be our guest at the #HotPoliticsLab, presenting his work on the online manipulation economy. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... See you on Friday!

Excited to share a new preprint with @bnbakker.bsky.social, @ylelkes.bsky.social & @gijsschumacher.bsky.social! doi.org/10.31234/osf... Affective polarization research focuses almost exclusively on valence, despite affect having at least two core dimensions. We show that emotional arousal matters!

Dat de positieve campagne van D66 gewerkt heeft is eigenlijk niet verrassend. Kiezers van links tot rechts hebben de voorkeur dat hun partijleider positieve emoties gebruikt en minder negatieve emoties. De data hieronder uit drie surveys laten dit zien (grootste partijen op dat moment). [1/2]

Wrapping up the week (week 2) - got two R&Rs with minor revisions this week. Both about political interest, emotions and identities. So stay tuned for some existing stuff coming up. - Had a great day with the Challenges to Democracy group. Exciting presentation by Trevor Incerti and a nice diner.

Wrapping up the week - Posted two new (tt) Assistant Professorship position in my department: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... ... I am chairing this committee, so let me know if you have questions

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...

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

🎓 This Friday (19.09), we are honored to welcome professor @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social to the #HotPoliticsLab! She will present her work on Facebook user reactions to party campaigning. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

And deservedly so, this is such a great paper. Super proud of the incredibly talented @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social

In de eerste weken van de verkiezingscampagne zien we weer te veel voorbeelden waarin peilingen verkeerd gebruikt worden door interviewers, duiders, en journalisten. Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken. stukroodvlees.nl/peilingen-du...

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

✨ New Academic Year, New Speaker Series! ✨ We hope you all had a wonderful summer break. We’re thrilled to announce the #HotPoliticsLab Speaker Series lineup for the first semester of the 25/26 academic year. We look forward to welcoming you back for another year of thought-provoking discussions!

New paper alert in the field of political neuroscience plus a strong recommendation to follow my brilliant PhD student @gustavocjesus.bsky.social ... such a privilege to work with him.

4/4 This research was funded by Horizon Europe through the MSCA Doctoral Network (www.ippad.eu) and conducted at the @hotpoliticslab.bsky.social and @ascor.bsky.social. Interested in the intersection of politics, psychology, and neuroscience? Let’s connect!

3/4 Why might this be? a) Partisan identity may be less chronically active in the NL, b) Familiarity and affect toward specific leaders varies across participants, c) Lack of basic visual cues related to group membership, d) Partisanship may be constructed later, or require more political context.

2/4 Politicians’ faces did evoke stronger N170 responses than strangers’ faces, possibly due to affective salience. Yet, we did not observe partisan differences in the P200 or N200 components. This stands in contrast to robust effects reported in studies on racial and minimal group bias.

1/4 My first dissertation paper is now out with @bnbakker.bsky.social & @gijsschumacher.bsky.social! Do our brains quickly encode partisan bias when simply viewing politicians’ faces? The paper: doi.org/10.1080/1747... Journalistic article by Psypost: www.psypost.org/early-brain-...

🚨 PhD Position at the University of Amsterdam 🚨 Join my team as a computer scientist / computational social scientist working on LLMs, social media, and politics. We offer freedom, impact, and an inspiring environment at one of Europe's leading universities. 🔗 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Day 3 of the #ISPPAcademy! We had highly engaging discussions starting with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social's session on the emotions and democratic politics and the cutting-edge research done in the #HotPoliticsLab. We then continued with ‪@iriszez.bsky.social discussing conspiracy theories.

Hot Politics Lab at #ispp2025 ... we have something for you basically every time slot, on a variety of different topics

Some big news for the field of political psychology in the Netherlands! The first Chair in Political Psychology has been established through the appointment of Gijs Schumacher at the University of Amsterdam as full professor.

Zo leuk dat collegas’s @bnbakker.bsky.social @gijsschumacher.bsky.social en @jakobkas.bsky.social dit thema ook hebben omarmd. Stemmen met 16 kan! www.ad.nl/opinie/opini...

On my way to #ispp2025 in Prague with some excellent news. As of today I have been appointed as Professor of Political Psychology at the Department of Political Science @uva-fmg.bsky.social ... who wants to celebrate tonight in Prague?

With @bnbakker.bsky.social and @mrooduijn.bsky.social I am going to conduct a large intervention study in the Netherlands to reduce polarization and strengthen pro-democratic attitudes. Do you have an idea (plus budget) for an additional intervention? Do reach out! stukroodvlees.nl/input-gezoch...

De democratie wankelt. In de VS, maar ook dichter bij huis. Wat helpt tegen polarisatie? Wat versterkt steun voor de democratie? ‪@bnbakker.bsky.social, @gijsschumacher.bsky.social‬ en ik testen allerlei interventies. Heb jij een goed idee? Laat het ons weten! stukroodvlees.nl/input-gezoch...

New publication alert! Together with Michelle Rosmalen and Hester Mennes, I examined how internal and external political efficacy is develops over adolescence in the Netherlands, and what role socialization agents play in that process.🧵 doi.org/10.1007/s111...

Are we good at describing our feelings about politics? In our new preprint @mrooduijn.bsky.social @isabellareb.bsky.social we show this is not the case: osf.io/preprints/os... [1/6]

🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy." Interested in making scholarly & societal impact? We’re looking for: 🔹 1 Postdoc (100%) 🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%) Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8 More info ⬇️ (1/7)

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!

Check out this fantastic paper from @hotpoliticslab.bsky.social PhD student @jakobkas.bsky.social about how to effectively measure affective polarization in countries with many parties in parliament (the global norm)

Political theory/philosophy job in our Department! Deadline 26 May. Happy to answer questions by email. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior. But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this: The psychology of dominance. 🧵(1/5)

Chandran Kukathas is the Jos de Beus Lecturer this week! Poster by @enzoreds.bsky.social

New working paper with two great coauthors!