no better way to depart from #ecprgc25 than 👀 my paper just published in @eupthejournal.bsky.social! I find localism in an unlikely place & show that people feel more represented when they live in incumbent MEPs' hometowns, using survey data from 🇷🇴🇭🇺🇮🇹🇧🇪 doi.org/10.1177/1465... #Polisky

🎉 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? 🧵

"First, please please please let’s move on from the Harry Potter references." Kevin Munger is the best. Period. His response to the Economist article is great: kevinmunger.substack.com/p/i-guess-th...

📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! We’re looking for presenters for the upcoming term (early October to mid-December 2025). If you’d like to present, please fill out the form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🗓 Deadline for proposals: August 31

President Nawrocki starts his five-year term in Poland. This presidency is expected to bring a much more difficult cohabitation with Tusk's government than under President Duda. Nawrocki is set to clash with the government over the rule of law. And he is already criticizing judges. Let's unpack.

📢 New Publication! I’m happy to share that my research on access to information found its home in the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media. Here’s the link to the full study (open access): journalqd.org/article/view...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) provides one of the most comprehensive longitudinal global datasets on journalists and media workers who have been killed, imprisoned, or gone missing. Last year was the deadliest year for journalists since CPJ began collecting this data in 1992.

If you have time and are interested in gender & politics, join me on 6 May 2025, 14:15–15:15 CEST (online)! I’ll be sharing some work-in-progress on how gender influences which issues get attention in the Slovak parliament: www.eui.eu/events?id=57.... Feedback is much appreciated!

Law enforcement wearing masks, again, even as one of the Trump administration conditions for universities is that no-one can wear a mask that disrupts their surveillance.

If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.

I guess it's time to re up this - in case you want to donate to Ukraine - a short thread: u24.gov.ua offers different types of donations (you choose if it's humanitarian, science, medical, defence, rebuilding Ukraine)

NEW: Voice of America is in upheaval. Journalists are facing HR investigations for comments critical of Trump. One of VOA's highest-profile journalists was put on leave today after a Trump aide called him a traitor. And the White House bureau chief was reassigned. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...

🚨Applications Open! Round 3 of the FRONTIERS Science Journalism Residency Program is now accepting applications from early-career journalists. 📝 Open to journalists with up to five years of experience 📅 Deadline: 6 May'25 (17hCET) Learn more and apply 👉 bit.ly/4hmg4Yt @ercresearch.bsky.social

Seven years ago today, Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová were murdered. Robert Fico is once again Prime Minister - back in the seat he was forced to leave after one of the largest civic protests in Slovakia’s modern history. Now, he is attacking the media with new intensity.

Radio Free Europe’s Hungarian office may be the first 🇭🇺 victim of the US budget purge, and presumably one of the results of Orban and Trump's backroom dealings @rferl.org.web.brid.gy

Twitter-Bluesky transition question: Has anyone managed to download their Twitter data, including bookmarks? That's the most precious data I collected there (mostly links to papers), but I could not locate it in the provided archive folder.

SERVICE UPDATE We normally don't ask you to "share like and subscribe" but please distribute this. You are now able to delete the link after it embeds on your post so you can get those precious extra characters, and we will catch your post mentioning research. #AcademicSky #Medsky #HigherEd

Hi there 👋, this is the blue sky over Florence, seen from the European University Institute! We’ve just landed here 🚀 and can’t wait to connect with all of you. Follow us to get the latest on research, events, and EUI campus life! 📲 @eui-eu.bsky.social

JOB OPPPORTUNITY! Join us for a 3 yr postdoc at the fantastic @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social to work on a fascinating economic security (and politics) project with new panel data - be our colleague and valued co-author. Please share/repost. Thank you! www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...

With @ginvernizzi.bsky.social, @carloprato.bsky.social and Shigeo Hirano, we're thrilled to announce the inaugural Bocconi-Columbia Conference on Political, Social, and Economic Inequality. 📅 Mark your calendars: June 19-20, 2025 at Bocconi University!