Today I found in my pigeonhole 📬 the printed version of the Handbook of Affective Polarization! 😍 Thanks again to the wonderful editors @marianotorcal.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social Best bit: you do not need to buy it! It is accessible open access 👉 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...

📘64.4 A new regime divide? @gessler.bsky.social & N.Wunsch show partisan emotions among opposition supporters drive attitudes toward democratic norms. What does this mean for #DemocraticResilience? 🤔 Read more 👇 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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📣PLC is pleased to reintroduce this state of the profession by @rebeccagebauer.bsky.social, Min Reuchamps, @luanarusso.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social "Insight into Gender Authorship in Politics in the Low Countries"! 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇

➡️ Interested ? 👉 Send your proposal to @turkenburgemma.bsky.social and @luanarusso.bsky.social 1. Title and abstract of the PhD thesis successfully defended as from 2023 in BE, LUX, or NL 2. Details of the PhD holder and PhD project 3. Details of the PhD reviewer and relation to the PhD candidate

What an amazing @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions edition! Many thanks to the directors @lisajanssen.bsky.social and Hanna Werner, for a wonderfully organised workshop, and to all participants for great papers followed by even greater discussions! 🍒 on top of the 🍰: all of this in beautiful Prague 🇨🇿

Are you an early career researchers working on elections, public opinion, or political behavior? Apply to the @epovb.bsky.social fellowship!

Join us for the Annual Meeting of the Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA), October 1-3 in Växjö! See the call for papers here (deadline June 13): lnu.se/en/meet-linn...

This is a special day for Italians 🇮🇹 and for Portugueses 🇵🇹. This is the day in which liberal democracy was chosen over authoritarian regimes. This is the day we embraced social justice. #25Aprile will always remind us of how much we should value liberal democracies, justice, and freedom.

"women's higher level of affective polarization in Western Europe is [...] explained by their stronger disapproval of populist radical right‐wing parties as well as their greater concern for issues around gender and the natural environment." ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧵 THREAD: Can a short online intervention help defend democracy against partisan polarization? In our new study - just published in the @bjpols.bsky.social - my colleagues and I tested this question across 33 countries 🌍 with over 41,000 participants 🧑‍🤝‍🧑. Here’s what we found 👇

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Stop the budget cuts in higher education! #university #maastricht @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social

Interested in #AffectivePolarization? Check out our special issue on "Affective polarisation in the Low Countries" now available in #OpenAccess down below ⬇️ Editorial by @luanarusso.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social at plc-journal.eu/article/view... 🧵

CHES estimates of party positions in Europe for 2024 are now available! Big thanks to all respondents that have helped us build 25 years of CHES data on party positioning in Europe!

We're excited to host @lalamur.bsky.social at the Centre for Voting & Democracy on 25 March for the launch of her Cambridge Element! We'll have a discussion of the book with comments from Karen Celis, @annakern.bsky.social and @neerdaels.bsky.social Join us for this event if you're around!

Great words. Let’s follow up on that with actions too 🇺🇦

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

I mean to be frank: what would we have expected of this meeting? Europe’s just always waiting. Waiting for others to make the calls. How can we do this given the situation in the Ukraine? It has been three years! Get your shit together and give them whatever’s needed.

Jocker, Brug, and Rekker address the effects polarization has on partisan sorting in their recent article titled “Growing Up in a Polarized Party System: Ideological Divergence and Partisan Sorting Across Generations.” Click the link, it’s open access! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Authoritarianism and conservative gender attitudes go hand in hand.🤝 Amy Alexander and I wrote a Cambridge Element on exactly this relationship and, as of today, it is officially accepted for publication! Will share more soon :)

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Starting next week, we are hosting a fortnightly seminar series! We have an exciting programme of six great speakers presenting new work on a diverse range of topics. More details and links to register for individual sessions here: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...

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The Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM) has appointed @luanarusso.bsky.social as its new co-director👏 A leading expert in political behaviour & comparative politics, Luana will advance CERiM’s mission, foster research, and drive critical discussions on Europe’s key challenges.

Are individuals facing economic insecurities more affectively polarised? Based on survey data from 11 European countries, @jochemvanagt.bsky.social & @luanarusso.bsky.social ‘s findings suggest it is unlikely that economic hardship plays any role in shaping affective polarisation. Read more here:

Gentle reminder 📢 Today is the deadline to submit a proposal for the @ecpr.bsky.social GenConf, this year in beautiful Thessaloniki 🇬🇷26-29/8. If you are working on Affective Polarization, consider the section that @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social and I are organising: shorturl.at/O3N2b

🇬🇧 Stop the budget cuts to higher education 🇳🇱 Stop de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs 📍Today in den Haag @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social

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Cool! The new POPPA (Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey) data are out! Very useful for those who are interested in the levels of populism of European parties. Congrats to Andrej Zaslove, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social and @robert-a-huber.bsky.social. dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

An overdue verdict. 'Netanyahu and Gallant “intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity”.'

Important and interesting topic with a great supervisor 👇

📢🚨APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON🚨📢 Do you work on citizens' democratic commitments? Join our workshop at the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Joint Sessions in Prague!! Deadline: November 21st ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Working on Affective Polarization? Send a paper proposal for the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social & I will be thrilled to read your brilliant proposals! Info & link to submit 👉https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1542 Deadline ⏰ Jan 6th!