Does grassroots mobilization against the far right help or hurt the movement electorally? @francescocolombo.bsky.social, @ferraraale.bsky.social, @fabriberna.bsky.social, Elias Dinas, and Foteini-Maria Vassou explore this in Sardinia after local groups mobilized against the far right in 2020.

Amazing opportunity to work with a great and supportive colleague and mentor on a very exciting research project!

#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Founding Narratives and Men's Political Ambition: Experimental Evidence from US Civics Lessons - cup.org/3H14Gk0 - Amanda Clayton, Diana Z. O'Brien & Jennifer M. Piscopo

Interested in climate policy and/or political trust? Especially in Germany? Then I've a paper for you, accepted at Journal of Public Policy. 🌐 ⁉️We ask why people support particular climate policies. The literature on (political) trust shows that trust increases support for costly policy. Nope.

Very happy to present my ongoing work with @twidmann.bsky.social ! Thanks for having me, I look forward to sharing our ideas and to get some great comments! If you are around please come!

Public support for democracy is crucial to prevent backsliding. But existing survey questions focusing on “democracy” may not measure the concept well, as the term “democracy” varies in meaning and may prompt social desirability. polisky 1/3

Thank you to @dianebolet.bsky.social and @florianfoos.bsky.social for this impt study of platforming right-wing activists -- exposure increases agreement with extreme right views with low, medium, and high baseline authoritarian attitudes. When the interviewer challenges the activist, fx are ~0

Out in @bjpols.bsky.social & Open Access: Amanda Clayton, Diana O'Brien & I show that explosure to civics lessons about U.S. Founding Father's accomplishments increases men's political ambition. 'Great men' narratives affect ♀️'s underrepresentation in politics. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Happy to share that our paper on why peripheral regions vote for the radical right is now out with the APSR: tinyurl.com/4zvv67d4 A quick thread on how this idea came along and developed within the last 5 years:

If you like pre-registered field experiments that manipulate identity primes & rely on validated behavioural outcome measures (💰), then you will likely enjoy this new (conditionally accepted at JOP) paper with the fantastic @katharinalawall.bsky.social & @florianfoos.bsky.social osf.io/p93kq