Mind-boggling that we've ended up here

OMG, this means a crazy (Northern-)Irish conference season?! ECSR (Dublin, 15-17 June) - CES (Dublin, 16-18 June) - EPSS (Belfast, 18-20). Who coordinated this?!

And the award for best conference tote goes to....

I sometimes wonder what I could have done with all that time in which I've been waiting for Trenitalia to announce the platform of my train. A couple of reviews, surely?

En route for #ECPRgc25. So excited to see ‘my people’ again. Looking forward to lots of fruitful discussions. If you would like to talk to me about your research or academia as PhD researcher or ECR, don’t hesitate to reach out.

Class-based gaps in voter turnout and political representation in Britain are likely to widen further. Our study, with Nan Dirk de Graaf and Geoff Evans (@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social), reveals how social mobility creates a cycle that reinforces democratic inequalities. 🗳️🪜

New paper @electoralstudies.bsky.social With @gricoc.bsky.social and @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social we study the presence of legislators with urban and rural backgrounds in national parliaments www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵

Looking back on an eventful and inspiring #EPSA2025 conference, enjoyed meeting old and new friends & colleagues! No conference without conference selfies! @bertous.bsky.social

Did you know that @epssnet.bsky.social will honor your #EPSA membership? Sign up today! epssnet.org/sign-up/#join That said, your membership dues are staying with EPSA & EPSS is starting with zero financial funds. So if you can, consider paying for an EPSS membership to help us get off the ground.

Madrid, I'm ready! #EPSA

Balance of my final day of teaching for this term: - taught class with bird poo in my hair 💩 - at the end of the class got flowers from my students 😍

So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!" And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.

Croatia is officially joining the EUI! 🎉 Today, the EUI's High Council voted unanimously to approve Croatia’s accession as the 24th member of the EUI. ✅🤝 This milestone further strengthens the EUI’s mission of fostering academic excellence and #EuropeanIntegration through #research and #education.

I am incredibly proud that my book, co-authored with Andrea Aldrich, is published. Using an original party leadership dataset from 11 parliamentary democracies, Andrea and I show that women candidates face a glass ceiling for leadership and quickly sink once elected (the quicksand theory).

From our new issue: "The American Viewer: Political Consequences of Entertainment Media " by EUNJI KIM (@eunjikim_media) and SHAWN PATTERSON Jr. #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

***vacature voor promovendus*** We zijn gestart met een grootschalige studie naar burgerschapsonderwijs en burgerschapscompetenties van leerlingen in het po, vo en go (Peil.Burgerschap en ICCS2027). Binnen deze studie is er ook een plek voor een promovendus.

📄 @fgilardi.bsky.social created this template for writing abstracts several years ago, and I’ve tried to follow Fabrizio‘s suggestions ever since. PDF: fabriziogilardi.org/resources/pa...

📣 Political communication scholars: I need your recommendations ! 🌎 Good textbook (accessible to 2nd year BA students) covering the main *Media & Politics* theories and concepts, ideally with a European focus? 🤡 This is remarkably hard to find, or I might be looking in the wrong places...!?

If you happen to have capacity for an extra first-time attendee do drop me a DM. :)

So everyone in my network has been already reposting this, and with good reason! Incredibly insightful and helpful.

🚨Climate politics job alert🚨 Interested in the opportunity to focus on your own climate politics research project for 1 year in a stimulating and supportive environment at a leading university in Berlin? Open to postdocs & graduates. hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...

Dutch elections likely October 29 🗳️🇳🇱 Why only almost 5 months from today? 1. Dutch regulations allow for new parties still to register 2. Dutch abroad voters have a 75 day time period 3. 75 days are felt as too little for organising and staffing 4. Dutch parties take time to organise party lists

Kunnen we de duur inkorten voordat na de val van een kabinet verkiezingen worden gehouden? stukroodvlees.nl/waarom-duurt... Ja, maar niet kostenloos: 1 Minder rekening houden met nieuwe partijen die zich nog willen inschrijven 2 Minder rekening houden met kiezers uit buitenland 3 Meer ondersteuning

🥳We got page nrs! 🤓In this CPS article, Rosie Shorrocks and I test mechanisms that according to modernization theory can explain modern gender gaps. 🧐Our results imply that women with different political views select into different life trajectories - in education, work, out of marriage. #polisci

Here we go again, this is such a pervasive myth. It is not true, not for the PvdA and not for many other social democratic parties. On this topic there is so much reseach. I highly recommend the following reads in English and Dutch ….

I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices! Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

Quick reminder of Wilders PVV electoral trajectory

look at the growth in Disney World ticket prices over time

Finding this fascinating!!

Living our best life at the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions in the Gender & Generations panel. Great papers, (women) scholars, stimulating discussions and good food!

From Bluesky to the Guardian! In my new op-Ed, I argue that the “male glaze” of media and politics is empirically, normative, and politically wrong and that progressives should focus more on the left turn of young women.

Sooooo who's going to the Joint Sessions next week? Also: please send food recs for Prague!

Adding to the pre-existing intrigue..

Join me in Frankfurt @goetheuni.bsky.social! Deadline next thursday (May 15)!

🎓 Curious about the SPS PhD at EUI? Join our Open Day this Monday, 12 May at 17:00 CEST! Meet faculty, chat with researchers, get the inside scoop 📚 Speakers, join a bit early & bring the agenda energy 💼 All the details ➡️ www.eui.eu/events?id=57... #PhDLife #EUI #OpenDay #AcademicJourney

📄 And now with page numbers! Check out our research (w @leahruppanner.bsky.social) published in the Journal of Marriage and Family on how parents' domestic mental load is divided by gender, and how these patterns differ among single parents 👨‍👩‍👧 🤯 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Pope Pain au Chocolat VIII

📣 CfP for a Special Issue on the 2025 German Federal Election 💡 We are looking forward to your proposals (until 30/04/2025)! 👇 All detalis in the post below...

Don't miss out on this #EUIWidening opportunity 👀 Designed to enhance knowledge exchange and access to resources in social sciences & humanities, this #call invites researchers to apply for short-term mobility stays at the #EUI. 📚🤝 Apply by 21 April, 23:59 CEST ➡️ buff.ly/4c7bq8H

This is a really cool paper on the socialisation effects of studying at University. Surprisingly, the effects (moving in a leftward, liberal direction) are biggest for STEM students and those who move away from home to study, attend a single campus uni, and who live in ‘university towns’ and London.

I have seen a lot of prejudice and resistance against the inclusion of polygenetic scores (PGI) and PGIxSES in social stratification research. Using PGI is seen as antithetic to the core idea of sociology and even as politically dangerous 1/3

🔥Exciting postdoc position in political communication @ascor.bsky.social starting 1 Sep! The postdoc will work w/ @lindabos.bsky.social, @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social & me on media-politics relations + framing effects in the aftermath of elections. Interested?😀Apply by 5 May⬇️ tinyurl.com/4wz3u5vn

Postdoc job alert: 🇨🇭 If you are a quantitative stratification / inequality / life course sociologist (or close) who could plausibly teach in French then you should apply for this super job at LIVES / @dessociales.bsky.social / @unil.bsky.social with Daniel Oesch @populationeu.bsky.social

I feel seen, just not in a nice way #AcademicChatter

Our paper (w\ the wickedly talented @elizabethsim0n.bsky.social) is now out in @thejop.bsky.social Are more educated candidates systematically preferred? Yes. Is this systematic preference substantively large? Yes Is there an in-group bias among educated class? Also Yes. doi.org/10.1086/730745

It’s ok to say “I don’t know the answer to that question”. Really! Try it some time. It’s liberating. And you will probably be respected and trusted more for your answers to the questions you do know the answer to.

I’m excited to share my new paper in @polcommjournal.bsky.social with Stephanie L. DeMora & Dolores Albarracín! We examine how shifting from a past-tense “I Voted” to a future-tense “I Will Vote” message can motivate vote intention among low-propensity voters. A brief 🧵1/7 dx.doi.org/10.1080/1058...

So apparently water fluoridation is a very common thing in the Anglo-Saxon countries, who knew? Not me. Most European countries do not have it.

For sure, there was not a single woman in all of Germany interested in a leading position. 😶

Given that the current US administration clear obsession with the EU, Europeans are starting to wonder if they’ve been underrating the EU-thing this whole time.