🚨 New article out! 🚨 How societal-level women’s empowerment 📣✊ shapes the gender gap in protest, boycott & petition signing 🗳️ 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Our new study in @jwpp.bsky.social shows that online abuse on social media discourages young women from pursuing political offices—before their actual political careers have even begun. with @dahoehmann.bsky.social and Tomoko Latteier www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

People working on the far-right/gender: Check out @calderarocha.bsky.social's prize-winning work! This prize is so so very well deserved 🤗

🎉🏆 @calderarocha.bsky.social has won our 2025 Joni Lovenduski PhD prize in #Gender & #Politics ⭐ Her 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐯𝐞 dissertation on Far-Righting Feminism: Criminalising Street Harassment in France and Britain earned the Jury's recognition! More 👉https://buff.ly/pIRwJmD @petraguasti.bsky.social

I am truly honoured to receive the 2025 Joni Lovenduski prize by the ECPR @ecpr.bsky.social and the standing group @ecprgender.bsky.social. My heartfelt thanks to the jury for this recognition, and to the mentors, colleagues and friends whose support has meant a lot throughout this journey. 🙏🏻

“you can’t always control the outcome, but you can control the clarity and honesty of your contribution.” Wonderful interview with @nathalietocci.bsky.social by @catherinedevries.bsky.social

🧲 We are hiring! ✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social 🏁 4-year FPI contract 🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English 📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected] 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2

w/ @massimoprearo.bsky.social on @qoe-ijes.bsky.social, we introduce our 2024 Italian LGBTIQ+ Electoral Survey: the first large-N evidence on the political behaviour & attitudes of Italian LGBTIQ+ citizens. We discuss data, methodological challenges & relevance here: oaj.fupress.net/index.php/qo...

A reminder to submit your abstracts! We'd love your papers on gender + candidates, vote choices, turnout, the role of feminist + LGBT issues, gender gaps etc.!

📍AI can write, but only you can make it matter. In my new Respect the Marble post, I explore how AI reduces friction, the time & effort it takes to wrestle with ideas. We need friction for writing. I share of rough guide on how to save it. 🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/ai-can-wri... 🧵

🚨My first published article together with @galais.bsky.social is out: “Beyond fear and anger: the demobilizing role of sadness in far right voting in Spain” In this article we address the emotional dynamics behind support for Vox in Spain. 🧵What do we find? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized? In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇

Three weeks left to apply 👇

Delighted to say I'm chairing a section at ECPG 2026 with @jess-smith.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @gefjonoff.bsky.social and @liranharsgor.bsky.social on Elections, Parties, and Voters! Please send your abstracts in - full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecprgender.bsky.social

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social. Petition (de/en) ⤵️

We all know there's a gender gap in support for the populist radical right. Where there is debate is on the why In this new ✨OPEN ACCESS✨ paper, Kathina Mehring , @gefjonoff.bsky.social & @katarzynawojnicka.bsky.social use cross-country data to explain "protective masculinity" plays a role

📚 📣 Are you in the Stockholm area on September 22nd? Come discuss new research about gender gaps in academia at Stockholm University! Email me to sign up. Program below!

Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Vicente Valentim, Elias Dinas, & I came together to do this paper because we have all long shared an intution: mainstream center-right rhetoric shapes democratic norms. The hard part? Showing it empirically. We make some headway in this new paper. Grateful to @bjpols.bsky.social for publishing.

When people hear others’ views on politically sensitive topics (e.g., migration, abortion), they quickly become disrespectful or disengage. How can we express our views in such a way that they foster respect and interaction? @emilykubin.bsky.social, @kurtjgray.bsky.social & I studied this. 🧵1/7

Got my copy in the mail today! 🎉 If you haven’t already, checkout this new Element by Amy Alexander & Gefjon Off. 👇

🚨NEW ARTICLE ALERT🚨 Can "protective masculinity" help explain the gender gap in support for the populist radical right? 👀 In this new ✨OPEN ACCESS✨ paper, Kathina Mehring , @gefjonoff.bsky.social & @katarzynawojnicka.bsky.social provide the answers 🗳️ doi.org/10.1332/2515...

I’m think of doing another series of International Office Hours in Fall 2025. These are open to everyone who want to talk with me about a topic of their choice, such as their own research, career goals, soccer (and politics), etc. Please like this post if you are interested in this opportunity.

NEW - Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - cup.org/4mmVIAL "exposure to uncritical interviews increases agreement with extreme statements and perceptions of broader support in the population" - @dianebolet.bsky.social & @florianfoos.bsky.social #OpenAccess

❓Whether & why do young men oppose feminist policies? 💡Anwers by Amy Alexander, Nicholas Charron & @gefjonoff.bsky.social in their new article: "Young men, gendered labour market competition, and opposition to gender equality policy across 27 EU countries" doi.org/10.1080/0140...

This new publication feels extra special 🤗 It started as Kathina's master thesis, won the best thesis prize and now, 3 years later, found a wonderful home in @ejpgjournal.bsky.social. ⬇️ bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

New publication in @wepsocial.bsky.social! Are young men becoming more conservative? This debate requires a) more nuance and b) theoretical explanations for often descriptive results. With Amy Alexander and Nicholas Charron, we try addressing both. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

Now in an issue @psrm.bsky.social: I show that the 🇩🇰 Social Democrats could have won policy support for a pro-immigrant platform if their messaging were framed in moral terms. Findings provide a central corrective to the popular notion that the Social Democrats were destined to go anti-immigrant 👇🏻

🚨 New paper in Science Advances @science.org Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get? T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments Thread 🧵1/n

My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years. If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply! shorturl.at/kcTbG

Today, we wrapped up the first part of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology at @unibremen.bsky.social with a hackathon 👩‍💻 #WomeninPolMeth #PolMeth #wpm So far, we've had a great week thanks to our fantastic participants and instructors 🧵⏬

Really happy to see my work with @dweisstanner.bsky.social published with @bjpols.bsky.social. In this letter, we look at symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption and how effective it is across voters of different parties. A thread 👇 (1/n) #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV

I am so honored, happy, and still a bit in disbelief that my book "The Normalization of the Radical Right" has won APSA's Dahl Award and the best book prize for the Democracy and Autocracy Section. I can't thank enough everyone who has helped out with this project throughout the years.

🚨 We're hiring! Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment. Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊 www.gesis.org/en/institute...

Two recently published studies show that individuals who studied humanities or art subjects are more socially liberal than those with degrees in other fields. 1) @maureeneger.bsky.social, @heypaolo.bsky.social &Mikael Hjerm (2025) in @bjsociology.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨 "School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support" Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1080/0140... 🧵👇

Don’t miss your chance to read the new Cambridge Element "Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies" by Amy C. Alexander & @gefjonoff.bsky.social Free access available until 16 July cup.org/44wfkMk #cambridgeelements #politics

Very happy to see this out! We show that defending democracy against autocratizing incumbents is possible, but an uphill battle!

❗The segmentation of the right field is eroding, especially among young voters❗ New article out by @simonbornschier.bsky.social @dpzollinger.bsky.social @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself @ipz.bsky.social ‬ @wepsocial.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj A short 🧵 1/7

NEW - The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW - @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Nothing‘s really happening in the world right now, is it? @uni-hamburg.de was tasked by the Hamburg senate to save a substantial amount of money. Now, one solution is to cut an IR professorship. I‘m teaching IR at UHH myself, and we're doing our best to fulfil the students' massive demand...

Die Politikwissenschaft an der Universität Hamburg droht eine Professur für Internationale Beziehungen zu verlieren. Bitte teilt und unterschreibt den Protestbrief auf uhh-ib-erhalten.de

What do women’s parties want? And how do their platforms differ? Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️

What Abou-Chadi et al. show here is not just that conservative migration positions won't help social-democrats to attract voters, but also that left positions on retirement (that is allowing for early retirement) make social-democrats most attractive (and right positions make them less attracitve).

🚨 Newest Comparative Political Data Set released!🚨 Updated until 2023 Available here 👉cpds-data.org/data @leuphana.bsky.social @uniluzern.bsky.social @ipz.bsky.social

❗Among their electoral potential, social democratic parties face very few strategic dilemmas. Left-progressive appeals resonate most strongly. New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social Thread👇

New Cambridge Element 'Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies' by Amy C. Alexander & @gefjonoff.bsky.social is free access until the 16th of July, 2025 - cup.org/4eF9Z8U #cambridgeelements #politics

(1/5) Out now in Acta Politica: Populist parties increasingly target scientists and scientific knowledge. By analyzing 15 annual waves of representative panel data from the Netherlands (2007–2022), I examine to what extent populist parties fuel science skepticism among their supporters.