🚨 New piece forthcoming @poqjournal.bsky.social w/ @alessandronai.bsky.social Does violence beget more violence? We answer this question using the #Mangione case (assassination + arrest) as a natural experiment. Results ⬇️ Accepted manuscript: tinyurl.com/4mwh6rt6 Data & code: osf.io/y5mn3

💻 Who actually wants “digitalisation”? Alexander Kuo, @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @ainagallego.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social survey five EU countries and find a clear mainstream-populist divide in support for digitalisation policies 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article: "How Many People Use Voting Advice Applications? Survey Evidence From 15 Democracies Worldwide", in Politics and Governance (@CogitatioPaG) Download it for free here: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg... #OpenAccess

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡 Affective #polarisation in #Portugal has not been increasing but it has become more closely associated with turnout and voting behaviour Read the article by @fredericofs.bsky.social here 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A polarização afetiva em Portugal tem vindo a aumentar ao longo das últimas décadas? E qual é a sua relação com o comportamento eleitoral dos portugueses? Tento responder a estas questões usando dados do estudo pós-eleitoral português entre 2002-2024. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

O Estudo Eleitoral Português 2025, coordenado por mim, com o @fredericofs.bsky.social e a Ana Espírito Santo está aí. Este fim de semana o @jornalexpresso.bsky.social noticiou. O relatório está acessível no site do @ics-ulisboa.bsky.social aqui www.ics.ulisboa.pt/noticia/inqu... Segue fio:1/7

🌅📙 64.3 Do narcissistic leaders fuel political division? 🧠📊 These authors (🧵⬇️) find that when voters feel close to a leader with dark traits they become more polarized, disliking opposing parties even more. #AffectivePolarization #PoliticalPsychology 🔗https://buff.ly/ptbrrU6

Another shoutout to our latest @poqjournal.bsky.social !

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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!

Our article "In-Party Love, Out-Party Hate, and Affective Polarization in Twelve Established Democracies" has now been published #openaccess at @poqjournal.bsky.social academic.oup.com/poq/advance-... Main highlights in the🧵below 👇

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#jobs 🚨🚨🚨 4 postdocs in Münster: stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/5... I‘m involved in one appointment. More details will follow soon!

Nice piece on our article on affective polarisation and the dark personality of leaders, w @kgattermann.bsky.social @fredericofs.bsky.social Diego Garzia, Loes Aaldering TLDR: dark traits of in-party leaders associated with higher affective polarisation in their (closest) followers

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

To strengthen our team *Data Tools & Services*, we are hiring a Project Manager (80–100%) 📍 Lausanne | 🗓️ Start: Aug/Sept | 📝 Permanent contract 🕘 Apply by May 9 🔗 forscenter.ch/about-fors/s... #ResearchJobs #ProjectManager #SocialSciences #FORS

🔥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

Check out our new article at @cogitatiopag.bsky.social

King's College London is hiring 20 scholars doing AI-related research across *all disciplines*, including social sciences (5-year research fellowship leading to permanent faculty position). Applications due May 19, 2025. @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kcl-spe.bsky.social

In about a month, we submit our application for the ESFRI Roadmap 🇪🇺 Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b... ⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊

🚨New article in @poqjournal with D.Garzia🚨 Available Open Access here: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

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Our new article “Ripping the public apart? Politicians’ dark personalities and affective polarization” is now out at EJPR

‼️ Hiring‼️ One postdoctoral position in my ERC Consolidator in Madrid. Application deadline: end of February. Job ad & details: tinyurl.com/3dwm96kb Come and join me and my team in sunny Madrid for 5 years of intensive research and lots of publications, traveling, and fun! Please share widely.

This Summer School in Paris may be of interest to our members: Call for Applications Summer School on “Challenges to Electoral Democracy” July 1-5, 2025, Sciences Po Paris / Organised by: CERIUM-FMSH Chair on Global Governance www.chairedemocratie.com/files/sites/...

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And yet there are scores of children born in Italy who will have to wait until they’re 18 to apply for citizenship. This is just shameful

Very happy to have this paper finally out! It was a pleasure to collaborate with this stellar group of co-authors.