MPs’ pay and expenses are still touchy subjects for citizens. This paper by @helenbramah.bsky.social finds that mentioning the topic of politicians’ remuneration has a significant negative effect on political trust which is difficult to overcome.

Does independent regulation of MPs’ pay and expenses improve political trust? This paper tests how framing of information about politicians’ remuneration affects citizens’ trust judgements, drawing on original data from two pre-registered survey experiments.

Super excited to see the second paper from my PhD now published! I find that making MPs' pay and expenses more salient significantly reduces political trust. Raising awareness of the regulator mitigates this effect when mentioning pay, but does not improve trust when expenses are mentioned.

Loving being back in beautiful Exeter for #EPOP2025 @psaepop.bsky.social - rediscovering old haunts, meeting great people and enjoying some super interesting panels. Massive kudos to @hannahbunting.bsky.social for making it happen!

Looking forward to presenting my work as part of the section on #PoliticalTrust at #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki next week ecpr.eu/Events/Event.... First time at an international conference!

Excited to be in Manchester to meet other researchers & talk about politics in the UK and Europe after the 'year of elections'. Thank you @ukandeu.bsky.social for the opportunity!

Thrilled to have been invited to present my paper, *How to convey trustworthiness via social media* next week (12 March) as part of the #TRUEDEM webinar series: www.truedem.eu/events/webin... Register free here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

What could universities and doctoral training partnerships do to better support PhD students who are parents or carers? Thanks to funding from @swdtp.bsky.social I organised a 2-day writing & wellbeing retreat for a group of 14 such students: the benefits were immediate and enduring bit.ly/43aN01V