Interesting new paper in Political Psychology from @benmtappin.bsky.social and Ryan McKay investigating party cues onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Good 👇 ‘Silent decoupling’ under way as Elsevier talks near crunch point www.timeshighereducation.com/news/silent-...

⏰One week left! Deadline approaching for our Early-Career Conference on Political Dimensions of Urban and Rural Life (April 23-24 at LSE). Submit your paper: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p Looking forward to some great papers! ✨

🎉 New paper out in Political Behavior (with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social) Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others? 💡Not political knowledge, but interest and confidence-in-knowledge drive emotional engagement. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧵

New paper out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social. I show that - contrary to claims that personalised electoral systems are good for participation - Open Lists have no effect on turnout relative to Closed Lists; in fact, they increase rates of voter error. 🗳️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We have untrained ourselves of interrogating the core problems of border migration because we have allowed the media di divest from good reporting from the front. We only get to this conversation when tragedies like this happen, but it is not enough. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/4RXS9...

Yet another 15 migrants died in the Aegean yesterday after collision with a Greek coastguard boat. Yet again the coastguard vessel camera was deactivated in violation of Frontex rules And yet again experts doubt the explanations of the coastguard and gov officials www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hey everyone! I’m leading a student mentoring table at SPSP on Family Planning and Pregnancy during graduate school. I'm trying to collect some useful data: If you had kids in academia (any career stage)-- I would be grateful if you filled out this 10-question survey: forms.office.com/r/JeLL5cBk3w

In return, to be fair, they will be shown a graph indicating that national net migration is down 👍

"In Southend today, alongside the job losses (which will hit catering staff and cleaners as well as academics) and the threat to local businesses,many people are also depressed about the symbolism of what it will mean to be a city that used to have a university" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A correction for the ages (from The Guardian's review of 'Melania'):

Does living in ethnically diverse areas in adolescence give us an increased tolerance toward immigration later in life? Join Dr Haley McAvay at the next @lseinequalities.bsky.social Seminar ➡️ buff.ly/cjsy4sZ

UK Culture and Psychology Meeting 2026: Indigenous Knowledges from the Majority World The meeting will be held on 18-19 June 2026 at the University of Exeter. There is no participation fee. Submission deadline is March 15. More information in the submission link! exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Today in Psychology (29th Jan 1954), Gordon Allport's classic book 'The Nature of Prejudice' was published. It remains one of the most influential and critically acclaimed publications on intergroup relations ever written. www.all-about-psychology.com/social-psych... #SocialPsychology

Manchester capitalism rebranded as a lifestyle choice. It's what happens when the left withdraws from shaping identities around work, life, and politics. Individualism, conservatism ("marry early"), puritanism. They all shape how he will act politically. "Care for the sick? No, it's their own fault"

New Swingometer! The Gorton and Denton By-election: A tale of Two Manchesters open.substack.com/pub/swingome...

Did Trump’s 2024 re-election make it okay to be openly prejudiced? New work from @chriscrandall.bsky.social suggests it did. The more negatively Trump spoke about a group, the more okay it became to express prejudice (and the more prejudiced people were) towards that group after the election.

Because it's my paper, and my papers, with their merits & flaws, are products of my intellectual efforts, not AI's Also, the lit review allows us to closely engage with theory, think carefully,and grow as academics. At the end of the day, why write a paper at all if AI can do it for you anyway?

For me (as a VERY early career academic) aside from identifying the gaps in the research, it allows me to fall for the rabbit hole of research. Discovering academics I may not have otherwise read, deepens my understanding of the subject, and challenges my own assumptions. AI removes that joy

Because it's my paper, and my papers, with their merits & flaws, are products of my intellectual efforts, not AI's Also, the lit review allows us to closely engage with theory, think carefully,and grow as academics. At the end of the day, why write a paper at all if AI can do it for you anyway?

📢 JOB ALERT! Postdoc opportunity in Political Behaviour & Political Economy (UKRI‑funded) - Please do share with anyone who might be a great fit. If you’re interested or would like to know more, please feel free to get in touch!! jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

It is such an honour to have our book shortlisted for this amazing prize: www.psa.ac.uk/news/mackenz...

The strange radicalisation of Matthew Goodwin or how -as the author puts it- "a sad desperation for recognition can make some people do and say anything" hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies Conference invites submissions from all researchers using @clscohorts.bsky.social data. Conference: 22–23 September. Submissions by: 8 April. cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/cls-c...

🚨Happy to finally see this out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social (with @leonardocarella.bsky.social) ⁉️ Does growing up when immigration is salient make people vote for parties they agree with on immigration *for the rest of their lives*? doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Based on the picture not many of them had to skip school to attend

Very happy that our review article (with the @annualreviews.bsky.social) on „Austerity and Populism“ is now available as preprint: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... - with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social

👉Our findings suggest that the perception of scientific integrity is severely threatened during crisis – right when expertise and guidance may be needed the most.👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This is a great postdoc opportunity on a very interesting project on the association between discrimination and social inequality @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social www.sciencespo.fr/cris/en/news...

New paper with Justin Robinson @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Our starting point is the observation that there is much variation in affective polarization across the UK. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Really thrilled to announce the publication of what I consider to be the most important article of my academic career in the journal West European Politics: "The Ecologism/Productivism cleavage: reassessing the transformation of cleavage politics in Western Europe", co-authored with Florent Gougou.

In my experience chat GPT-style fake references have exploded in the last few months, even in high status peer-reviewed journals. Perhaps editors & reviewers should start going through the list of references to check that they are real. The current situation does not reflect well on anyone involved

In my experience chat GPT-style fake references have exploded in the last few months, even in high status peer-reviewed journals. Perhaps editors & reviewers should start going through the list of references to check that they are real. The current situation does not reflect well on anyone involved

I realised I follow several journals and now I learn about new publications and interesting papers often here first - so I made a Starter Pack with journal accounts in case you wanted to as well. Let me know if I missed an important journal and I'll add it. go.bsky.app/L57tAru

Call for Co-Editor of @pdyearbook.bsky.social (PDY) - deadline 31st of January 2026. ✅ Are you passionate about data and analysis? ✅ Do you have a strong research background in political parties and governments in Europe and beyond? Find out how to apply - https://cup.org/4soRGLQ

President of OSETEE & European Agency for Safety and Health at Work described the figures as “alarming but unsurprising.” He said [they] reflect policies allowing extended working hours, lack of collective labor agreements & erosion of inspection mechanisms www.ekathimerini.com/news/1291809...

CRIS @sciencespo.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social is hiring! Recruiting postdoc to join the research team led by Prof. Mirna Safi @msafi.bsky.social on the ERC project “The Discrimination-Inequality Cycle (DISEQUAL)." Deadline 8 February 2026. Apply, share! www.sciencespo.fr/cris/files/J...

‼️ New paper out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social with the fantastic Valentin Pautonnier, Michael Lewis-Beck and Richard Nadeau! doi.org/10.1016/j.el... A short 🧵 on what it's about and what we find

Introducing our edited book, Political Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies! @jolanda-jetten.bsky.social Each chapter considers an influential early study in the field with a fresh perspective. Published by SAGE: au.sagepub.com/en-gb/anz/po...

I already agree with this in principle - citizenship is an untouchable status or it is nothing - but also for reasons of prudence. “The Home Sec can revoke citizenship when he/she deems someone’s online output sufficiently offensive” is a v dangerous precedent to set with Reform leading all polls.

Hello Bluesky! 👋 We’re the new editors of **Advances in Political Psychology**, a curated home for invited, agenda-setting articles that weave together fragmented findings and map out where our field is headed next. This is where we showcase what is happening.

Use of mental health medications in the population of Swedish PhD students is 40% higher than a matched sample by the fifth PhD year. Be kind to PhD students. Don't take up PhD students you can't invest in. Alert prospective students of the reality of a PhD. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Relatable

New work on on Immigration attitudes, out in @irpp.org with @natashagoel.bsky.social We show dramatical increase in anti-immigration opinion in Canada over the past couple of years. Its very different than previous shifts like in 1990s...

1/ Does growing up poor always lead to political apathy? Very happy to share my first paper published (open access) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social, where I show that parents' influence mitigates the poverty gap in participation, while economic mobility does not. 🔗 shorturl.at/p5Bac

I don't know my listening age as I quit Spotify some months back but the fact that I still passionately use last.fm is a good indication that I may not be that young anymore

Could not recommend this highly enough - LSE is a great place to be doing a PhD, and Campaign Lab are a fantastic organisation to collaborate with - More than happy to talk to anyone thinking of applying!

Political Scientists: I am the chair of the committee that is picking the next editor of @polbehavior.bsky.social. If you are interested, I'd be happy to chat about it (and I know the current editors would be too). You can find the call for proposals here: