Lesbian and gay party leaders receive lower leadership evaluations than straight leaders in the UK, and the effects are consistent across genders. Interesting yet discouraging findings in our BJPS paper. @josephfcozza.bsky.social @gdilandro.bsky.social Andrea Aldrich @utgovernment.bsky.social

Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Haben Menschen früher rechter gedacht, als sie gewählt haben? Der Forscher Vicente Valentim sagt, dass wir eine Ursache für den Erfolg extrem rechter Parteien übersehen.

New article out in Regional and Federal Studies with @julitudo.bsky.social. We analyze the rise of Aliança Catalana, comparing its manifesto and voters with those of Vox. 🇪🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 “Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation” 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

Ich habe mit @zeit.de über die Reaktionen etablierter Parteien auf den Erfolg der radikalen Rechten gesprochen – warum Anpassung und Einbindung riskant sind und wo Chancen jenseits reaktiver Strategien liegen.

Really pleased to this out as part of special issues on "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies". Huge thanks to the SI editors, @dpzollinger.bsky.social and @davidattewell6.bsky.social for putting the special together and all of their support during the process.

Attention European Studies scholars and those interested in interdisciplinary research 🚨🚨🚨 In a new book chapter, @monikadesilva.bsky.social and I explore interdisciplinarity in European Studies. You can find the chapter here: doi.org/10.1515/9783... 1/6🧵

Tariffs might be the word of 2025. Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe? @grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no @jeppjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1350...

🎯 @felixlehmann.bsky.social "Why accommodate? How niche pressure and intra-party divisions shape mainstream party strategies" 🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social! Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan: 🧵⬇️

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

From the research group @dec-gr.bsky.social, we are glad to share our new Scientific Data article presenting the release of the first 12 waves of the Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (POLAT). rdcu.be/eIkms

1 year before Sweden’s 2026 election, our colleagues Ann-Kristin Kölln & Jana Schwenk urge stronger transparency & oversight of party financing to safeguard trust in democracy. www.dn.se/debatt/valjarna-maste-fa-veta-vem-som-betalar-partinotan/

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Using LLMs as data annotators, you can produce any scientific result you want. We call this **LLM Hacking**. Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825

Excited that my first PhD paper is published in Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties!🎉 🧵 @wurthmann.bsky.social & I examine: Do They Know What They Represent? Parliamentary Candidates’ Perceptions of Their Own Party’s Positions 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...

Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized? In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇

🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data 💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne 📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute... #DSA #CSS #DataScience

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...

Returning from vacation and looking for a late summer read? @ivobantel.bsky.social and I got you covered! In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social paper, we assess how mainstream parties rhetorically create an affect-based "common front" against the radical right. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sabies que sense la Relativitat no tindries GPS? 🎙️Estrenem un pòdcast ple ciència “inútil” que ha canviat el món! 👉Estigueu atents al setembre “La utilitat del coneixement inútil” Amb el suport d’un Ajut FCRI 2025 @fcri.bsky.social @soctastaolletes.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/w9ViR...

Had a great time presenting new work on party responsiveness at the @ecprpovb.bsky.social in Thessaloniki #ecprgc25

Have you ever wondered if young politicians perceive their roles as representatives differently than their older colleagues? Then, my new research note in Party Politics may interest you. I investigate age differences in the representation styles of politicians. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The CHES EU team has published a new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social describing some trends across the 25 years now covered by our trend file and exploring two new items included in the 2024 wave of the survey: doi.org/10.1016/j.el... Here’s a summary thread: 1/

How does the second-order national election (SONE) theory hold up in the 2024 European Parliament election? I explore this in a short letter now published in @eupthejournal.bsky.social. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚀 Our paper (with @eliaskoch.bsky.social) on ‘The Politics of Seeking and Avoiding Discourse in Parliament’ is finally out as EarlyView at the EJPR!

This new publication feels extra special 🤗 It started as Kathina's master thesis, won the best thesis prize and now, 3 years later, found a wonderful home in @ejpgjournal.bsky.social. ⬇️ bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

New publication in @wepsocial.bsky.social! Are young men becoming more conservative? This debate requires a) more nuance and b) theoretical explanations for often descriptive results. With Amy Alexander and Nicholas Charron, we try addressing both. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Now in an issue @psrm.bsky.social: I show that the 🇩🇰 Social Democrats could have won policy support for a pro-immigrant platform if their messaging were framed in moral terms. Findings provide a central corrective to the popular notion that the Social Democrats were destined to go anti-immigrant 👇🏻

🧵 New article out in @govandopp.bsky.social ! Why do opposition parties sometimes support government legislation? Should they not be, well... opposing? I analysed 75 years of parliamentary votes in 4 parliamentary democracies. Here is what I found👇🔗 cup.org/3JeLkw4

🚨Pre-print alert🚨 Research shows citizens in many Western democracies are increasingly affectively polarized––they feel warm toward their own party but quite cold toward opposing parties. But how does it feel to “feel warmly”? @katharinalawall.bsky.social, @mtsakiris.bsky.social & I asked. 🧵1/8

We have a new paper out in @jepsjournal.bsky.social, with @laiabalcells.bsky.social, @sergisme.bsky.social and Ethan vanderWilden. We test a number of experimental treatments aimed at strengthening social norms against radical-right support, but find mostly null results. 1/3

Still using the party family approach to #nicheparty analysis? Don't worry, it is a valid approach when studying party issue responsiveness (but not the commies) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New paper out @wepsocial.bsky.social! 🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result. Read full 🧵 below:

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

Why do parties do what they do? Excited to share my 2nd dissertation paper, just published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/11 🧵

I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage! I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.

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

💣Do terrorist attacks boost support for incumbents? ➡️ A.Falcó @jordimunoz.bsky.social @robpannico.bsky.social show that in Spain, support for incumbents rose ~4pts after attacks, mostly when the incumbent was conservative and when civilians were targeted www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

1/ New working paper out (w/ Love Christensen & Jana Schwenk @janaschwenk.bsky.social @lchristensen.bsky.social): "Processing Macroeconomic Signals: Voter Responses to Growth, Unemployment, Inflation and Stock Markets" 🧵

"It's the economy, stupid" Voters vote based on the economy. But there are many economic performance indicators. Which matter the most? This new paper shows voters react to growth, unemployment, inflation, & stock markets. But the inflation plays the biggest role. www.ifau.se/globalassets...

Our Element is out! 🎉 Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms? www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Intra-party politics night out in Madrid #EPSA2025 #falafel @blumrm.bsky.social @janaschwenk.bsky.social @malpas.bsky.social @jacobgunderson.bsky.social @mkaltenegger.bsky.social @felixlehmann.bsky.social @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social

🚨Preprint alert🚨 How does affective polarization change democracy? Lots of pubs study how AP affects trust, democratic norms, inter-partisan attitudes, and participation. We (w/ @polpsychjoe.bsky.social, @lilymasonphd.bsky.social) examine a vital assumption this research seems to rely on: 1/6🧵

Looking forward to presenting two papers at #EPSA2025. In two great panels, I will present work on 1) the state of party responsiveness in the EU and 2) the drivers of party responsiveness. If that sounds interesting, consider joining on Thursday either at 13.10 or 16.50.

🧵 How does education shape political behavior? @professormpersson.bsky.social and I contribute with two chapters to the new Research Handbook on Education and Democracy👇

#publicationAlert. In this paper, we combine: - a survey experiment.. - using a *real world treatment* (does it make it a field experiment too?).. - in a supranational setting... - to show the real extent of leadership cueing during crises. 2022 ECPR public opinion paper prize winner, too!

Really sharp piece on the failure of the BSW in the recent German elections with reflections on far-right and left conservative parties (or those who would like to become one) across Europe.

Really pleased to see "Party brands, issue salience, and electoral volatility" published at @jeppjournal.bsky.social . I argue that if electoral volatility increases as parties become more similar, that logic applies to both positional and salience differences. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....