📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 The 2024 European elections in #Cyprus and the rise of the YouTuber Fidias Panayiotou, 9 June 2024 Read the article by V. Triga & N. Ioannidis here #OpenAccess 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Proud to be part of such a productive research group! 🔎Looking for a panel survey? Feel free to use ours!

💫📣Call for collaborators! Are you attending #ECPG2026 in Newcastle? I'm am organizing a panel on social media, influencers, & the manosphere, and their intersections with gender, feminism, & sexism. ✏️ If you are working on this topic, I’d love to hear from you! DMs open or contact me by mail.

🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social ! 📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests” With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

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A new report from Bright Line Watch finds experts now rate the U.S. as a "mixed" or "illiberal" democracy. The rating is dragged down by Trump's attacks on institutions, a weak legislature, political violence, and partisan gerrymandering www.gelliottmorris.com/p/experts-no...

It's been a long time coming... José Cheibub and I have a new @thejop.bsky.social article! All the questions you've ever had (and were too afraid to ask) about caretaker periods in parliamentary democracies won't be answered here, but it's a start! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

📢 #NewIssue 30/2 with articles on 🔸challenged laws and court ruling in #Spain 🆓 🔸protesting on #Gaza in #Italy and #Spain🆓 🔸infringements of EU environmental directives in #Spain 🔸Níki party in #Greece 🔸gender equality and far-right in #Spain🆓 Don't miss it! 👇 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fses20/c...

If you are interested in emotions & support for the far right, take a look at 'Beyond anger & fear: the demobilizing role of sadness in far-right voting in Spain' by @galais.bsky.social & @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social. Currently free access @sespjournal.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Affective #polarisation and voting behavior in #Portugal (2002–2024): consistent levels, growing electoral relevance Read the article by @fredericofs.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

¿Quién vota a Aliança y Vox en Cataluña? Vox destaca entre jóvenes y rentas medias-bajas; Aliança se lleva votos tanto de Junts como de ERC. Analizamos sus apoyos por renta, sexo y edad

Our paper on the unexpected and uncharted effects of negative emotions for the far right is now Open Access!!!

Hoy traemos un post de rabiosa actualidad. @lluisorriols.bsky.social hace una radiografía del trasvase de un millón de votos que se estaría produciendo entre el Partido Popular y VOX. www.eldiario.es/132_c0bdc9?u...

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Foreign policy as domestic politics in populist competitive authoritarianism: the case of the May 2023 elections in #Turkey Read the article by @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social here 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Fact check (numbers updated into 2025): newamerica.org/future-secur...

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.1) @eborghetto.bsky.social M. Improta & F. Marangoni analyze the Meloni government's coalition dynamics under the EU's economic recovery plan constraints 📖🔓 Read here #OpenAccess: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The gender gap in radical right support isn’t about women versus men, it’s about sexism. Do not miss this great piece of @evaanduiza.bsky.social @gricoc.bsky.social. The insights go well beyond Spain.

Have traveled to 10 or more countries outside their own Sweden 57% Netherlands 48% UK 43% Germany 36% Australia 32% France 26% Italy 25% Canada 22% Spain 20% Greece 19% S Korea 15% Israel 14% US 11% Hungary 8% Japan 8% Poland 4% www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/...

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.1) The study by A. Ceron, S. Berloto & J. Rosco reveals that emphasizing intra-party unity and coherence (or criticizing rivals for lacking it) boosted users’ engagement on Facebook in Italy's 2022 election 📖 Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.1) A. Kushi, F. Russo & M. Carammia examine the effects of the reduction in the size of the Italian parliament on MPs’ behaviour. The results suggest a persistent institutional inertia. 📖🔓 Read here #OpenAccess: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you have two followers, you are ahead of half of all Bluesky accounts. If you have 400 followers, you are in the top 1%. bsky.jazco.dev/stats

We are thrilled to announce the launch of IDEAGOV - International Center for Decentralization and Governance. Further information at ideagov.eu

Según IPSOS, la extrema derecha obtendría el 25% de los escaños en unas hipotéticas elecciones al Parlamento catalán, sumandos los diputados de Vox y Aliança Catalana. Por más inri, Aliança Catalana sería la primera fuerza en Girona y Lleida.

A raíz de nuestro paper en @sespjournal.bsky.social con @galais.bsky.social escribimos en @ctxt.es sobre el inesperado efecto de la tristeza en el voto a la ultraderecha y sobre el papel no tan movilizador de otras emociones. ctxt.es/es/20250901/...

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.1) @edegiorgi.bsky.social & A. Pedrazzani introduce the #SpecialIssue, shedding light on continuity 🔄 and change ⚡ in Italian politics under the early years of the Meloni government 📖 Read & download here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 in our #NewIssue (30.1) P. Gambacciani, D. Giannetti, A. Pedrazzani & L. Pinto analyse the policy shifts of #FDI and other parties from 2013 to 2022 in #Italy 📖 🆓 Read & download here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🥁 New Article Collection! 📚 Polarised #Turkey? Citizens, #parties and #elections under competitive authoritarianism 8⃣ #FreeAccess Articles 🎯Introduction by @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social Read and download here ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse... #polarisation

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 A populist version of religious rigorism in contemporary #Greece? The case of the #Níki party Read the article by K. Papastathis, S. Koskina, Y. Stavrakakis & S. Mitralexis here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What constitutional forms of democracy exist in the world today and what’s their rationale? A forthcoming paper of mine in Global Constitutionalism @globcon.bsky.social gives some new answers to these questions. Short 🧵https://shorturl.at/iWAeg

Editor pro tip Dear reviewer, do make use of the “Confidential Comments to the Editor” box! Hesitated btw major/minor rev? Saw a red flag? Really loved the piece? A general thought? Let us know! This info is invaluable for us to see more clearly *across* reviewers, especially if conflicting

🏛️ Back from #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki (@ecpr.bsky.social )? 📖 Looking for the right place to publish? ✨ Consider submitting to @sespjournal.bsky.social Anyone whose work fits our geographic and thematic scope are warmly invited. 👉 Learn how to submit: www.tandfonline.com/action/autho...

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 Beyond anger and fear: the demobilizing role of sadness in far-right voting in Spain Read the article by @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social & @galais.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Glad to see that my article “Populist radical right vs populist radical right in power: signalling ideological commitment or competence?” now has page numbers @sespjournal.bsky.social! 📄✨ www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SI8VE...

🚨My first published article together with @galais.bsky.social is out: “Beyond fear and anger: the demobilizing role of sadness in far right voting in Spain” In this article we address the emotional dynamics behind support for Vox in Spain. 🧵What do we find? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you are at #ecprgc25 and want to talk to SESP editors or just say hello, we’ll be in the foyer of the law building between 14:30 and 15:30 on Wednesday. Near the below sign

If you are at #ecprgc25 and want to talk to SESP editors or just say hello, we’ll be in the foyer of the law building between 14:30 and 15:30 on Wednesday. Near the below sign

🧵 Together with Lea Heyne & @marinacostalobo.bsky.social we just published “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Transformation of the Portuguese Right” Yes, the title is a spaghetti Western wink — because the plot twists on the PT Right seem like a movie 🎬 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WU7GH... 👇

I'm excited to be at ECPR next week. I'm happy to talk about anything SESP related, meet new people and see friends and colleagues.

Em co-autoria com Lea Heyne e Luca Manucci @populismblog.bsky.social, publicámos um artigo na @sespjournal.bsky.social sobre a Transformação da Direita portuguesa: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WU7GH... Resumo do artigo em PT 👇 I will leave to @populismblog.bsky.social the thread in English. 1/10

✨ Two additional articles from our new #SpecialIssue are now 🆓#FreeAccess! ⏳ 2⃣ Italy’s right turn. A spatial analysis of party competition in the 2022 Italian national election By P. Gambacciani, D. Giannetti, A. Pedrazzani & L. Pinto 📖 Read & download it here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 The young, the radical and the dissatisfied: the transformation of the Portuguese right-wing electorate in the 21st century Read the article by L. Heyne, L. Manucci & @marinacostalobo.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

✨ Two additional articles from our new #SpecialIssue are now 🆓#FreeAccess! ⏳ 1⃣ The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in Ukraine By Valerio Vignoli & @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social 📖 Read and ⬇️ download it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Free access: "The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in Ukraine" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

More on this soon, but bery happy to see it published in a stellar special issue for @sespjournal.bsky.social, with the amazing Lea Heyne and @marinacostalobo.bsky.social 🔥 Unfortunately it's gated, but here you can find 50 free copies... www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WU7GH...

🚨NEW STUDY: Do Americans support a woman president? Our list experiment during the 2024 election, when @kamalaharris.com was on the ballot, reveals hidden bias, and it's more widespread than you'd expect. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9 
doi.org/10.1177/1065...

🎉 Delighted to share new research out today: The Political Consequences of the Mental Load 📄 European Sociological Review doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019 @europeansocreview.bsky.social What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵

Updating your comparative politics, gender & politics or executive politics syllabus (etc.)? Consider this great review article by @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social and @dzobrien.bsky.social - open access www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

✅ Attending #ecprgc25 in #Thessaloniki? 👩‍💻 Interested in blogging? 🥾 Book in for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social Bootcamp! 🗣️ Meet Academic Editor Martin Bull 📝 Do some real-time editing with Kate 📊 Explore our readability & SEO software 📆 Secure a slot: bit.ly/4owNNCv