Our #SUPA team explained group-by-group 🧠

At the University of Oslo @uio.no, we map how growing rule volumes reshape public administration: who implements what, and how responsibilities shift. Team: Y. Steinebach, M. Nemčok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social , M. Povitkina @mpovitkina.bsky.social, L. Gulli, M. Imran, T. Molde.

Made it to the 82nd spot on Khrono’s TOP500 list of Norway’s most productive researchers (2023–2024). Grateful for the great colleagues, collaborations, and research environment I found at @uio.no that made it possible. 🔗 www.khrono.no/disse-500-fo...

🛑 The EU’s Better Regulation agenda risks cutting rules that protect workers, consumers & the environment. A policy brief by Brigitte Pircher @brigittepircher.bsky.social calls for stronger oversight, transparency & reclaiming regulation: library.fes.de/pdf-files/bu...

Our introduction to to the special issue on the formation of public opinion in the welfare state is now out in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social! 📖 Freely available: doi.org/10.1080/1350... A big thanks to Zhen Jie Im, Maria Grasso, and Franco Bonomi Bezzo for outstanding co-editorship.

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI. We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research! Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Congratulations to our consortium leader, Yves Steinebach, on his promotion to full professor! 🎉 Today he delivered his inaugural lecture, “The Balance Challenge: Navigating Policy Responsiveness and Effectiveness,” at the @statsvitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no

...in contrast to the study above, @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social @hannawass.bsky.social and Johanna Peltoniemi find that in Finland, the implementation of postal voting had a negligible effect on turnout across low-participation areas www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍 ANALYZING (CLIMATE) POLICY PORTFOLIOS New paper in @jcpaicpa.bsky.social introduces an analytical approach to systematically map what governments do on (climate) policy along two dimensions: 🎯 Targets – goals governments address 🛠️ Instruments – how they pursue them 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1387...

📜 One way governments try to cut regulatory burden is #offsetting: for every new rule, an old one (or more) must go. 🗺️ The map and table show which OECD countries have used these schemes. 👉 Can you spot your country? (from Steinebach, Hinterleitner & Fernández-i-Marín doi.org/10.1111/puar...)

The SUPA project has a new webpage! 🌐 👉 www.supa.uio.no/english/inde... There you’ll find: 🌍 project background & goals 👩‍🔬 team members & institutional partners 📢 news, events & publications (with more coming soon!) Check it out — and let us know what you think!

🤔 What makes a law complex—and why does it matter? In his talk, Steffen Hurka @steffenhurka.bsky.social (a close friend of SUPA) explains: 📏 how to measure legislative complexity ⚖️ why it varies across laws & policy areas 🏛️ how it shapes institutions & implementation www.youtube.com/watch?v=gclb...

In the working paper (with @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social and others), which will soon be available, we show that such politicization can harm democratic norms and fuel affective polarization. However, we also find that it does not translate into greater support for political violence.

Policies, rules & regulations keep on growing. 📈🚨 Have you ever wondered how quick that growth is? 🤔 Hinterleitner, Knill @cknill.bsky.social & Steinebach in @reggovjournal.bsky.social empirically demonstrate the swelling complexity of legislative rulebooks! 📚 Read: doi.org/10.1111/rego...

💥 Publication ALERT 💥 Steinebach, Fernández-i-Marín, Hinterleitner & Knill examine #environmental policy in 21 democracies and find: - 1/3 of measures could be streamlined - Effectiveness preserved (sometimes improved!) Not crude cost-cutting ➡️ Smarter rules > fewer rules. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Introduction of 🤟 #SUPA 👇🚨⬇️

SUPA's social media accounts are now active, and posting is about to begin. Follow us for thoughtful insights on administrative overburdening and science-based suggestions on how to address it!

📢 New article 🌟 👥 Miroslav Kreos-Nemcok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social (ISV), Hanna Wass @hannawass.bsky.social & Juho Vesa 🔎 Partisan Influence on Policy Preferences in Retrenching the Welfare State 📖 Open access in Public Opinion Quarterly doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

As global population growth starts to hit the brakes, Rein Taagepera and I consider what this means for our future and look for lessons from the past. 🔽👇⬇️

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 As #PopulationGrowth slows, @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social & Rein Taagepera draw on a striking demographic stall 2,000 years ago that preceded political fragmentation and imperial collapse. 🌍 Can modern states withstand the pressures of a post-growth world? 👉 buff.ly/BQCQ8Vj

Rearmament challenges modern welfare states, pitting military vs. social spending. In our new #OA article in @jeppjournal.bsky.social, Stefano Sacchi, Caroline de la Porte and I show that citizens prioritize the welfare state—though important divisions emerge www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Slovak society has become even more divided after the assassination attempt on PM Fico. In this @denikn.cz interview [in Czech], I discuss findings from a study co-authored with @celytadeas.bsky.social (@au.dk), Peter Spáč, and Michal Tóth (@masarykuniversity.bsky.social). denikn.cz/1783201/nesn...

When parties cut welfare, voters don’t rebel, even if it goes against their ideology or interests. Instead, they update their preferences to stay aligned with the party. Read our new paper in @poqjournal.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️

🏛️ @liserodland.bsky.social on which interest groups parties give access to

[1/3] Retrenching the welfare state is unpopular—yet parties that do it often escape electoral punishment. Why don’t voters punish parties for cutting welfare? @hannawass.bsky.social, Juho Vesa & I investigate this puzzle in @poqjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

I dagens @aftenposten.no skriver jeg og @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social om hvorfor Slovakia has blitt EUs hodepine. Statsminister Fico reiser til Moskva og lar seg bruke i russisk propaganda. Det setter både EUs troverdighet og enigheten om Ukraina-støtte på spill www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Slovak PM Fico is about to land in Moscow to stand by Putin, legitimizing Russia’s narrative and defying EU foreign policy. As @palroren.bsky.social and I argue, Fico’s domestic pressure is now a warning sign for EU unity. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Interested in how public services affect political distrust, populist support, and similar? Longitudinal evidence from Germany and Norway. doi.org/10.1080/1471...

In May 2024, a lone shooter attacked the Slovak prime minister. Despite calls for unity, governing officials blamed the opposition for inciting violence. Ten months later, we still observe its effects on people's attitudes and support for political violence. A 🧵 based on a new survey.

📢 New article 🌟 👥 Jean-François Daoust @jfdaoust.bsky.social, Miroslav Nemcok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social, Philipp Christian Broniecki & Peter J. Loewen 🔎 Reassessing the winner-loser gap in satisfaction with democracy 📖 Open access in PLOS ONE journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

New publication🚨 "Reassessing the winner-loser gap in satisfaction with democracy" We isolate the causal effect of being included or not in the gov on citizens' satisfaction through a RDD🗳️ with @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social Bronieck & Loewen @plosone.org 👇 🔓 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

📢 New article 👥 Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social & Arno Van Hootegem @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social 👉 The formation of family policy attitudes: the role of justice perceptions in the division of household labour. 📖 Open access in Journal of Social Policy 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S0047279424000345

It’s out! 🚨

Ever heard “those unemployed people are staying home even though they could be working”? This idea, that everyone contributes their fair share to the welfare system, is crucial. Otherwise, the fundamental principles of social solidarity and redistribution are undermined. [1/n]

It's becoming real! Our book "More People, Fewer States: The Past and Future of World Population and Empire Sizes" co-authored with Rein Taagepera at Cambridge University Press now has a cover and a dedicated webpage: www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...

This is my new favorite research paper; mostly because its abstract could be just emojis: 💩 ➕❄️🟰🔪❓ 🙅🙅‍♀️🙅‍♂️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

When personal meets professional, you may land a paper in @EJPRjournal. I’m excited to see this joyful co-authored paper with these wonderful colleagues @annanhelgoy.bsky.social & @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social come out. Stay tuned! 🚨

It got much better!!! Don't hesitate to reach me on my FAX(!) number "WTF???" which was accepted by the system. I'll reply at my earliest convenience. Faxfully yours, Miro

Just discovered my new favorite mandatory field in the submission forms: FAX. Even though you didn't ask, it is followed by an incredibly long list of salutation options in the UK and an academic degree list in Germany, which does expect that you may have obtained your degree elsewhere.

Just discovered my new favorite mandatory field in the submission forms: FAX. Even though you didn't ask, it is followed by an incredibly long list of salutation options in the UK and an academic degree list in Germany, which does expect that you may have obtained your degree elsewhere.

I will never stop being amazed that this paper started as a sketch of its research design on a board in this photo. Doesn’t make sense? Neither to me anymore! doi.org/10.1080/1471...

1/ Curious about the influence of public services on political distrust and populist support? Check out our latest article in Public Management Review featuring @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social and @staffankumlin.bsky.social , all from UiOslo doi.org/10.1080/1471... plsky polisky policysky

Love these calm periods when no stress creeps in, and I can freely focus on work and life.

Reminder that we are hiring a post-doctoral fellow in political science! The post-doc will develop and implement their own research related to the legal-political aspects of the domestic implementation of European law. Application deadline: 2 January 2024 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Every day with an acceptance email is a good day. Stay tuned for "Welfare State Evaluations, Normative Expectations, and Political Trust: Longitudinal Evidence from Germany and Norway" by @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social, S. Kumlin, and me, now accepted at Public Management Review! policysky polisky

We are hiring! ✅3-year post-doc at @unioslo-arena.bsky.social ✅Develop and implement your own research related to the domestic implementation of European law ✅Work with me, @dnaurin.bsky.social, and the EURNOR team! ✅No teaching obligation 📅 Apply by January 2! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Reminders are heading out for the PEER REVIEW STUDY. www.peerreviewstudy.com If you were lucky enough to end up in the final sample, then please do respond! You can read about how our population of respondents was generated here: www.peerreviewstudy.com/methodology

Shit just got real. 🤞 ERC Starting Grant submitted 🤞

Very happy that our workshop for the ECPR joint sessions was accepted: on democracy, trust, and trustworthiness. 🌐 Details below and here ecpr.eu/Events/Event... You can propose papers from tomorrow until 23rd November - a month today!