📖 Leader-driven democratic decline 📉 Creating a 'toolkit' of over 400 actions used by would-be autocrats, @jmvanlit.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham make it easier to compare cares, spot patterns and understand when and why #autocratization succeeds 📖

🆕 Does authority transfer lead to greater legal contestation? 🧑‍⚖️ @detershenning.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy & @jonasbornemann.bsky.social look at #AuthorityTransfer and #EuropeanIntegration since the 1990s and find rising opposition to lawmaking, implementing and enforcing. 📖

🆕 "Do I want it if we'll lost it?' #DemocraticPreferences C.Niessen, S.Mueller & M.Reuchamps use survey data from 🇧🇪 🇨🇦🇨🇭to determine whether national or linguistic minorities prefer different decision-making methods thans majority members . 📖 buff.ly/NMms55y #OA #PoliSci

⭐️ FREE to read ⭐️ We had a fantastic time at #ecprgc25 🇬🇷🥳 and hope you did too! Our 2025 specially curated conference collection of standout ECPR blog posts & articles on #AI and is still completely #OpenAccess Dive in now 🔎 buff.ly/HfIuEDG

Thank you for reading our new issue and thank you to all the contributors! 🆕 17:3 presents the latest #PolSci research covering topics including #Immigration opinions, #Decentralisation in Europe, the utility of #Discrimination and so much more! Available #OpenAccess 🔓 buff.ly/JP4kmF6

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☀️ Vol 17.3 Nicolas Bicchi & Javier Arregui look at five major datasets 📊 to review what interview-based studies has uncovered about how the #CounciloftheEU 🇪🇺 make decisions. Is the future of expert interviews up for debate? 🤷 buff.ly/LO0Gxlr 📖#OA

📢 TODAY! #ecprgc25 🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with @epsjournal.bsky.social & EPSR 📆 Wednesday 27th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/6XkDxUP

Have you arrived in #Thessaloniki for the #ecprgc25? If so you may have caught this #goldenhour magic at the waterfront. If not, you got some days ahead to explore while enjoying our conference @ecpr.bsky.social See you all tomorrow at Day 1!

🙌 Tomorrow! #ecprgc25 🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with @epsjournal.bsky.social & EPSR 📆 Wednesday 27th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/6XkDxUP

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☀️ Vol 17.3 How to improve discussions in #MiniPublics? 🤝 Francesco Veri & Simon Niemeyer look at the impact that common #Democratic tools had across 22 mini-publics, noting that these elements can weaken the quality of discussion. buff.ly/nAxsKDA #OA 📖

📝 If you are joung us – add us to your itinerary #ecprgc25 🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with @epsjournal.bsky.social & EPSR 📆 Wednesday 27th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/6XkDxUP

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☀️ Vol 17.3 This author is calling for a constitutional overhaul. 🗞️ @erikoer.bsky.social argues that the EU's 🇪🇺 success is dependent on not sovereign power, but instead by joint lawmaking and a binding judicial system🧑‍⚖️. buff.ly/W8qfrpZ

📢 One week to go! #ecprgc25 🧠 Rethinking AI in Research with @epsjournal.bsky.social & EPSR 📆 Wednesday 27th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/6XkDxUP

☀️ Val 17.3 Do governments discriminate minorities because it is politically popular? 🚨 @arielzellman.bsky.social & Jonathan Fox look at 58 Christian-majority countries between 1990 & 2014 to decide if where discrimination is popular, politicians appeal buff.ly/7l3JRyO #OA 📖

☀️ Vol 17.3 Is better policy design needed to boost support for #ClimateAction? 🌍🤷 Dragana Davidovic uses 135 regions in 15 🇪🇺 countries to see if government function is more important than citizens values when it comes to policy support. buff.ly/AxFHC5O #OA 📖

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☀️ Vol 17.3 Economic shifts are changing how European citizens vote? These authors (🧵⬇️) look at how different job worries lead to different political preferences across 13 European 🇪🇺 countries. What kind of #Europe do citizens want to see? buff.ly/7rWCRyD #OA

☀️ Vol 17.3 How is #Decentralisation affecting #Populism? 🤨 Using data across 30 🇪🇺 countries, Laura Cabeza Pérez finds that #Decentralisation may indirectly help populist parties. contingent on the degree of regional authority. 📖https://buff.ly/RidMILg #OA #PoliSci

☀️ Vol 17.3 The impact of elite manipulation? 🤷 Nino Junius proposes a framework that analyses elite influences during the inpt, throughput and output stages of mini-publics to determine how 🇩🇪 & 🇧🇪 citizens are being targeted by powerful elites. buff.ly/dKDsa5v #OA

☀️ Vol 17.3 Broadening #Immigration studies @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social & Federico Vegetti look across 13 European democracies 🇪🇺 to determine whether public immigration preferences relate to socio-political indicators or underlying societal mechanics. 💭 #OA #PoliSky

☀️ Vol 17.3 Arguing that current views on #NegativeCampaigning are too narrow, these authors (🧵⬇️) outline a complete model building on personality traits, values, social norms and attitudes toward #NegativeCampaigning across 12 elections 🇩🇪 buff.ly/EHKUM1w 📖 #OA #PoliSky

☀️ Vol 17:3 Bridging the gap between #ParticipatoryDemocracy & #ParticipatoryResearch, the authors (🧵⬇️) ask what they can learn from each other, offering a critical reflection on how shared commitments of both fields can be realised. 🤔 #OpenAccess #PoliSky

🆕 Now on Bluesky! 🦋 📗 We are @ecpr.bsky.social's professional journal featuring contributions by and for the #PoliticalScience community #AcademicSky #Polisky #IRsky @ljramiro.bsky.social

The far-right SVP continues to frame itself as the voice of the “little man”. Yet it is now the Swiss party with *the highest* number of formal ties between its MPs & the banking lobby. Also, in Switzerland, public skepticism toward deregulatory policies is growing, as shown in my new publication

☀️ August Issue Now Out! 🆕 17:3 presents the latest #PolSci research covering topics including #Immigration opinions, , #Decentralisation in Europe, the utility of #Discrimination and so much more! Available #OpenAccess 🔓

📢 Heads up! EPSR is taking a summer break ☀️ 🛑 No submissions will be accepted during August — we’ll be back in action come September! Perfect time to refine your manuscripts! ✍️📚 But stay tuned for our August Issue! ☀️

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I am honoured to see the findings of my research on intergovernmental lobbying featured on the Swiss public broadcaster's primetime news! I am very grateful for the opportunity to share them. Thank you so much Ralph Goldinger& @honegger.bsky.social www.srf.ch/play/tv/redi... @epsrjournal.bsky.social

NEW ISSUE from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - European Political Science Review - Volume 17 - Issue 3 - August 2025 - cup.org/3Tyq6eQ #OpenAccess

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🆕 What makes a good lobbyist for the government? 🤔 @rfrbrghs.bsky.social uses 📊 cross-national studies and elite interviews to uncover 🔍 key traits that drive intergovernmental lobbying success #PublicPolicy #Governance #PoliSky #OA Find out more📖: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🆕 in EPSR “Onward & upward?” 🚀 @ndurazzi.bsky.social & @simonetonelli.bsky.social use panel data & case studies 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭 to explore how collective skill formation can promote inclusion and occupational upgrading. 📈 #OA #PoliSky Read more 📖: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🆕 FROM EPSR When do voters 🗳️ reject power-hungry leaders? New research from @erinhern.bsky.social shows citizens do punish autocratizing incumbents—but only when they can see it happening. Making big theoretical and empirical contributions. 🔎 buff.ly/RbPncq5

Apply Today! 📄 The European Political Science Review is seeking a Managing Associate Editor to help shape the future of our leading generalist research journal. 🔍 Learn more about the role and how to apply: buff.ly/Vv1NzVM 📅 Application Deadline: July 31, 2025

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