Uiteraard komt de beste analyse over her geweld van zaterdag van collega @leoniedejonge.bsky.social

Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union speech underlines the EU can no longer defer difficult choices about the economy, geopolitics and migration. ✍️ Vera Spyrakou @lse-ei.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Class-based gaps in voter turnout and political representation in Britain are likely to widen further. Our study, with Nan Dirk de Graaf and Geoff Evans (@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social), reveals how social mobility creates a cycle that reinforces democratic inequalities. 🗳️🪜

🎓 Vacature: Postdoc Sociologie (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam) Bijna 4 jaar aan de slag met onderzoek én onderwijs binnen een fijne onderzoeksgroep? Dan is dit iets voor jou.👇

Did AI so far upend elections and destroy democracy? Not quite! Balanced assessment by @felixsimon.bsky.social and @sachaltay.bsky.social And important plea to move discussion to a less dramatic level and link AI discussions to democracy challenge discussions. knightcolumbia.org/content/dont...

🚨 Now out in Nature Human Behaviour 🚨 We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Lots of interesting takeaways from the MADEU24 project incl finding that the hostile misinformation effect - whereby ppl believe misinformation is mostly directed at their political side- is stronger as political interest party liking, and ideological extremity increases. #ica25

Completely unbiased. But this #ica25 panel is 🔥 Patrick van Erkel, Michael Hameleers @marinatulin.bsky.social @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social Aqsa Farooq @kgattermann.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social

I am not sure this #ica25 can get any better already… puppies in need of socialising at the conference registration!

I have arrived in beautiful Denver for #ica25! Looking forward to seeing many interesting presentations. It’ll be my first ICA (I know, shocking - considering I’ve been working in academia for 6.5 yrs!) - so if anyone has tips, let me know!

🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at @ascor.bsky.social 🚨 Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥 @polcomm.bsky.social ➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu

🤩 Proud to announce the launch of our new @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social Early Career Researcher Club!! 📅 First (online) session scheduled for 22 May, 1pm 📱Check the post below for details, especially the Qualtrics survey to express your interest in joining! @alenakluknavska.bsky.social

Far-right actors are increasingly using generative #AI: @cianellaaa.bsky.social w/ insights by @claesdevreese.bsky.social @jleadermaynard.bsky.social @salvatore-romano.bsky.social @demagog.org.pl @facta.news @newtral.es @pagellapolitica.it @aiforensics.org @thejournal.ie + others. 👉 loom.ly/ZujPo_8

🔲 In a blog based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research with @tonirodon.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social and @theresakuhn.bsky.social, @djordjemilosav.bsky.social shows how male far-right support is a generational shift, with potentially serious democratic consequences 👇https://bit.ly/42DsWEI

This Wednesday, I had the opportunity to present at @ukandeu.bsky.social PhD and ECR event ‘Politics in Britain and Europe after the year of elections’ in Manchester! Saw some v v high quality and interesting presentations. Thanks @robfordmancs.bsky.social for organising a great event!

▶️ Do far-right wins fuel disinformation fears? 😮 @kgattermann.bsky.social, @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social and @claesdevreese.bsky.social show that strong far-right showings in the 2024 EP elections heighten public concern about disinformation 👇

New publication alert! ✨ Together w/ @kgattermann.bsky.social and @claesdevreese.bsky.social. See below 👇

There is clear public support for a stronger #EU 🇪🇺 with 66% of European citizens who want the #EU to do more to protect them from global crises & security threats & 74% who believe their country has benefited from being an EU member. Vera Spyrakou @lse-ei.bsky.social‬ @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

New preprint 📄 Voters navigating complex, multilevel systems are exposed to many kinds of political information. But what kind do they actually seek — and use? We find voters prefer policy over principles and they update their vote intention accordingly. osf.io/preprints/os...

🔥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

🚨Senatoren, doe het niet! Vandaag debatteert de Eerste Kamer over de desastreuze bezuinigingen op onderwijs en wetenschap. Bezuinigingen die iedereen zullen raken: van studenten tot onderzoekers, medewerkers, het bedrijfsleven en de samenleving als geheel. Doe het niet! 🟥

4500 mensen bij de staking aan de UvA! #WOinActie #DoeHetNiet

Here we go 💪

🟥🟥🟥Joining my UvA colleagues today to strike against the planned budget cuts in higher education. These cuts don’t just threaten education and research—they jeopardise opportunities for future generations. We have to stand up for knowledge! 🟥🟥🟥@woinactie.bsky.social www.uva.nl/en/content/e...

🆓 Register for our NEW #EarlyCareersLounge on Research Methodology ❇️ Launching Mon 17 Mar, 13:00–14:00 GMT 🔎 Uncovering meanings in #SurveyData using correlational class analysis 🗣️ @thijslin.bsky.social & @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social #polisky #methodsky #datascience

⭐Motivated causal reasoning⭐: in a new pre-print with @honoratam.bsky.social we introduce the idea that ingroup favouritism affects formal causal judgements, and we provide experimental evidence in support of this hypothesis osf.io/preprints/os...

👩‍💻 Introducing NEW #EarlyCareersLounge on Research Methodology ❇️ Opening session Mon 17 Mar, 13:00–14:00 GMT 🔎 Uncovering meanings in #SurveyData using correlational class analysis 🗣️ @thijslin.bsky.social & @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social 👇 Register FREE #polisky #methodsky #datascience

hoe kan dit nou weer, @tijsvandenbrink.bsky.social? www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...

Mensen geven op verschillende manieren invulling aan wat Europa betekent, maar delen dezelfde kritiek: Europa moet democratischer. 💡 🇪🇺 Luister de podcast met onderzoeker @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social hier: tinyurl.com/yc67sver

📣 We are hiring a PhD student! Please share widely 📣 Are you interested in #misinformation? Keen to understand citizen corrections? Apply for this fully funded 4-year PhD project at @ascor.bsky.social supervised by myself, Michael Hameleers and @Guda van Noort. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Misschien moet ik mijn "ik ga niet voor de line-up naar Lowlands" dit jaar bijstellen want wow! Wat een eerste namen!

#Etmaal2025 done! ✨ Saw some v v interesting presentations and presented ‘Misinforming YOUth?’ (an exciting colab between Aqsa Farooq, Maud Hensums, Sophie Morosoli and myself) in beautiful Brugge! @etmaal2025.bsky.social

Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything % saying Brexit has had a positive impact on... Control the UK has over its laws: 31% UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23% UK's level of international trade: 11% NHS: 6% Full list in chart 👇 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Eppo sloopkogelt door. Een voorjaarsnota die voor academisch Nederland een ‘silent spring’ aankondigt. Welke universiteit valt straks als eerste om? neerlandistiek.nl/2025/01/sloo...

Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940...

Happy to be accepted to #ICA25 with our paper on misinformation perceptions during EP24 (w/ Michael Hameleers, Patrick van Erkel and @marinatulin.bsky.social)! I'll be an ICA newbie, so very excited to go to Denver this summer.

Tonight Musk hosts AfD's Alice Weidel live on X. Several members of the European Parliament fx @dboeselager.volteuropa.org and @cschaldemose.bsky.social call on the Commission @ec.europa.eu to take (faster) action against what is seen as foreign interference www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Anyone else up for the #EES24challenge? @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social @claesdevreese.bsky.social & I study #disinformation concerns of EU citizens. Here are means & 95% CIs for item ‘There was a lot of disinformation in the media reporting of the EP election’ (1=fully disagree, 5=fully agree, N=22,009)

Morgen is het eindelijk zo ver! Dan verdedig ik mijn proefschrift "Popular Understandings of the European Union" aan de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. Hier een klein voorproefje van waar ik mij de afgelopen jaren mee bezig heb gehouden 👉 www.eur.nl/nieuws/zware...

Vanochtend was ik te gast bij Nieuwsweekend van NPO Radio 1 om te praten over de verschillende perspectieven van Nederlanders op de Europese Unie die voortkomen uit mijn promotieonderzoek. Het was een fijn en interessant gesprek! Luister het hier terug 👉 www.nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/n...

Come and work with us in beautiful Amsterdam! We are looking for a PhD student to explore the 'Role of Social Norms in Negative Campaigning and Affective Polarization' Deadline: 10 Jan 24 Starting: Preferably April 24 All details: tinyurl.com/45ryj32t RT=🧡 @ascor.bsky.social, # commsky # polsky

NEW ARTICLE: @elskevdhoogen.bsky.social and @willemdekoster.bsky.social examine the link between sovereignty loss and Euroscepticism in a survey experiment OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1080/1461...

✨!! Publication alert !! ✨- Does the prospect for further sovereignty loss fuel Euroscepticism amongst Dutch citizens? This is what @willemdekoster.bsky.social, Jeroen van der Waal and I studied in our new paper in @europeansocieties.bsky.social. 1/7👉

Once-in-a-blue-moon job opportunity at @ascor.bsky.social University of Amsterdam - full prof position in political communication ! vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Full... DL 5 December Please share widely for diversity!

📣We are hiring! 📣 Our PC&J group is looking for two PhD candidates working on Morality in Political Communication. Do you want to become an expert in the up-and-coming field of moral rhetoric? Apply to one (or both) of our positions: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Two-...

Not a fan of posting X stuff here but those who care about disinformation and electoral integrity might care about this X ‘policy update’. Polisky commsky polcomm

Finally here too! Interested in what 🟦 will bring...