For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Gisteren greep BBB-lijsttrekker Van der Plas het debat over het extreemrechtse geweld aan om opnieuw te pleiten voor een noodwet. Het leidde tot grote verontwaardiging, maar past binnen de strategie van de partij: de volledige omarming van radicaal-rechts gedachtegoed. Wat zit daar achter?

You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU? Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇 @bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.

Hey #PolComm folks! The #ICA26 @icahdq.bsky.social election for the PolComm Division @polcomm.bsky.social is now open. There are fantastic candidates running for Vice Chair, Early Career Rep, & International Liaison. Go read their statements & cast your votes! 🗳️ www.icahdq.org/surveys/?id=...

@ifpolms.bsky.social, the winter term always sees our lecture series on #sustainability & #democracy! This year's focus is on the perspective of citizens, with a great line-up of external and internal presenters. Participants from other departments @uni-muenster.de & other unis are very welcome!

Delighted to see this paper out @polstudies.bsky.social ! @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social has produced a great 🧵 on our main argument, methods, and findings ⬇️

New publication with @kgattermann.bsky.social : “Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?” @polstudies.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0032... A short 🧵:

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....

Neu: @marinatulin.bsky.social & ich haben einen Blogbeitrag zu unserer Europawahlstudie zum vermeintlichen Zusammenhang von TikTok-Nutzung und Wahlverhalten unter jungen Wählenden veröffentlicht ⬇️

We - @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social, @kgattermann.bsky.social @sebstier.bsky.social, @sziaja.bsky.social & I - are very excited to start the work of the RN on #DataLinkage! If you are interested in why, when & how to link data formats in PolSci research, do not hesitate to join our Network!

📣 Nieuwe column voor @groene.nl. Het klakkeloos overnemen van termen als ‘remigratie’ past in het draaiboek van uiterst rechts. Het versterkt uiteindelijk het zelfvertrouwen van de beweging – wat zich vertaalt in electorale winst en meer zichtbaarheid op straat. www.groene.nl/artikel/remi...

Uiteraard komt de beste analyse over her geweld van zaterdag van collega @leoniedejonge.bsky.social

The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization. This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.

Geweldig nieuws voor @polscileiden.bsky.social dat de enige echte @sldelange.bsky.social terugkeert naar haar (en mijn) alma mater. 🎉 Lees dit mooie interview! ❤️

Das ist ein wichtiger Punkt: die Verbreitung der AfD (auch anderer Parteien, außer CDU und SPD) auf kommunaler Ebene in NRW wird deutlich überschätzt. Die Wahlergebnisse beruhen einzig auf kreisfreien Städten (und Kreistagen). Nicht repräsentativ für NRW. 👇 www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/afd-...

Very much looking forward to @catherinedevries.bsky.social's lecture this afternoon!🤩

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This week: Comparative Politics & International Relations

My highlights of the #SOTEU: The President of the European Commission started with Ukraine and located Ukraine at the heart of European security. She then called #enlargement towards the W. Balkans and the Association Trio as #nextreunification – a historic reference to the post-Cold War period.

We're excited to share some EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social updates with you - and we're so grateful to the political science community in Europe (and beyond!) for the amazing support 👇

Excited about the very first EPSS conference in Belfast next year!🤩 @kenbenoit.bsky.social & I co-chair the Political Communication Section and invite submissions on contents & effects of political communication, broadly conceived, and media-politics relations⬇️Please reach out in case of questions

🚀 We’re live! The Political Communication Division of @nefca.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Follow us for updates on research, events, and conversations in the PolCom community.

Interessant! @mrooduijn.bsky.social en @simonotjes.bsky.social zijn weer begonnen met hun serie "Plaatjes van de electoraatjes" over de kenmerken en opvattingen van de (potentiële) kiezers op een partij. Eerste aflevering: NSC.

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...

Thrilled to share this 16-country conjoint experiment with @catherinedevries.bsky.social & @simonhix.bsky.social. We find strong support for majoritarian reforms and tougher legal enforcement, even when paired with policies people dislike. Policy-inelastic institutional preferences exist! A 🧵...

Trend that was visible in previous polls continues: VVD losing support while CDA is gaining. PVV slightly ahead of GL/PvdA and CDA. Beyond these four parties, others are below 10% (D66 and JA21) or 5% (another 9 parties)

Thrilled and honoured that my Vitoria Gasteiz TEDx talk is now featured on the main TED.com website- I discuss how far-right parties tap into people’s economic insecurities and distrust of institutions to rebrand their exclusionary policies: www.ted.com/talks/daphne...

📢 Launching the Etched in Marble series on my Substack today. 
💡 Conversations with writers + thinkers about how ideas last. First guest: Simon Kuper, FT columnist & author of Football Against the Enemy & Chums 🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-... 🧵

🌅📙 64.3 Do narcissistic leaders fuel political division? 🧠📊 These authors (🧵⬇️) find that when voters feel close to a leader with dark traits they become more polarized, disliking opposing parties even more. #AffectivePolarization #PoliticalPsychology 🔗https://buff.ly/ptbrrU6

Excited about the very first EPSS conference in Belfast next year!🤩 @kenbenoit.bsky.social & I co-chair the Political Communication Section and invite submissions on contents & effects of political communication, broadly conceived, and media-politics relations⬇️Please reach out in case of questions

Job alert! Postdoc position available in my project on EU economic governance — with a focus on fiscally conservative member states. www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3536...

Dankzij de Europese wapenfabrikant MBDA kan Israël zweefbommen inzetten in Gaza. En de leveringen gaan rustig door. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/eu...

🚨 New call for the SGEU FUTURE Grants! 🚨 Are you a PhD student doing research on 🇪🇺 European integration? Do you need financial support for your fieldwork? If yes, apply to the new edition of the SGEU Future Grants. Deadline is 30 September 2025. Details here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de...

🚨 We're hiring! Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment. Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊 www.gesis.org/en/institute...

George Orwell warned: bad writing leads to bad thinking. Academia trains us to write for journals, not the public. Clarity feels risky, because it exposes us. But clear communication is essential for democracy. So how do we do it? 🧵 New post 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/why-clarit...

📣 Call for Applications 📣 3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀 Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us! 🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025

Our highly regarded, peer-reviewed journals are now on BlueSky! 🎉 Follow along for the latest research, journal news and publication opportunities: 💜 @epsrjournal.bsky.social 💚 @epsjournal.bsky.social 🩵 @pdyearbook.bsky.social 💙 @ejprjournal.bsky.social 🧡 @prxjournal.bsky.social #AcademicSKy

🎉 New research alert! My study with the great @ilketoygur.bsky.social has just been published in JEPP @jeppjournal.bsky.social‬: "Does climate policy backlash fuel Eurosceptic vote? Exploring the link in the European Parliament elections" www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... (THREAD)

Mijn bijdrage @fd.nl over hoe Europa vaak de olifant in de kamer is in Den Haag. Uitdagingen zijn enorm, maar meeste politici doen alsof Europa niet bestaat. Met alle gevaren in de wereld, kunnen we ons deze luxe niet permitteren. Verkiezingen moeten over Europa gaan.👇 fd.nl/opinie/15603...

Excited about this excellent initiative at a crucial moment for European Political Science! Thank you so much to the six initiators for this important step. Looking forward to the first EPSS conference in Belfast next year.

Seeing the #Schengen anniversary these days amid its erosion due to member states reinforcing border controls, I highly recommend reading up on the fascinating research by @lisaherbig.bsky.social. Border closures have a negative effect on EU support!⬇️

🚨 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)

If you can, please join us for our book presentation in Groningen on 13th June. See details below 👇 The book should soon come out online (open access) with Oxford University Press.

🚨 We have two vacancies for PhD fellows: - on ideological stereotypes supervised by me and @robindevroe.bsky.social www.ugent.be/en/work/scie... - on losers' consent supervised by @annakern.bsky.social www.ugent.be/en/work/scie... Join research group @gasparugent.bsky.social in beautiful Ghent

Excited to be in Prague for the @ecpr.bsky.social #ecprjs25 workshop “Polarisation in EU politics: The 2024 European Parliament elections and beyond” I co-organise w/ ‪@alesojka.bsky.social ‬! We have 4 days filled with fascinating papers on campaigns, turnout, voting behaviour + the aftermath🤓

Delighted that my paper with @kevincunning.bsky.social on "Still second-order national elections? Evaluating the classic model after the 2024 European elections" has just been published by @wepsocial.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/

Fascinating project with a team of brilliant and kind scholars! ⬇️

This is an exciting opportunity for early career researchers in Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social ! Thanks so much for this excellent initiative @olgaeisele.bsky.social & @alenakluknavska.bsky.social ⬇️

Nice piece on our article on affective polarisation and the dark personality of leaders, w @kgattermann.bsky.social @fredericofs.bsky.social Diego Garzia, Loes Aaldering TLDR: dark traits of in-party leaders associated with higher affective polarisation in their (closest) followers

Given the local election results in the UK, a short #thread - based on much of our own research - on the vicious cycle of radical right support that we have seen in many countries. 1) When radical right parties (such as Reform) are electorally successful established parties move right on immigration

Today marks the final day of the DISINTEGRATION project, a project on the mass politics of disintegration generously funded by the @erc.europa.eu . We celebrate with a thread on all we have done and found: 1/20