Mmmh. Yes, Jetten/D66 had a great election and is the largest (mid size) party. But at the same time far right cemented its vote share, just shared across more parties than Wilders/PVV. Important nuance for the 🇳🇱 elections. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

Excitement, tension, bingo and great insights from my fellow PolComm colleagues - think that describes our election event in CREA quite well. Great way to count down to the exitpolls! @markboukes.bsky.social @favstats.eu @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabomm.bsky.social @corinnaoschatz.bsky.social

When the dust settles after Dutch elections, reflections will come on political dynamics, but it is also a time to reflect on the role of: - talk shows - stop on online ads - influencer content on Insta and TikTok - platform fragmentation - dynamics of polls - AI content and slob - news avoidance

Dat de positieve campagne van D66 gewerkt heeft is eigenlijk niet verrassend. Kiezers van links tot rechts hebben de voorkeur dat hun partijleider positieve emoties gebruikt en minder negatieve emoties. De data hieronder uit drie surveys laten dit zien (grootste partijen op dat moment). [1/2]

Er wordt nu steeds gesproken over de grootste partij die het voortouw zou mogen nemen in de formatie. Dat is zwaar aangezet, in het verleden is een verkenner benoemd op voordracht van de grootste partij. Maar dat is een gebruik, geen regel. Als een (ruime) meerderheid iets anders wil, kan dat.

Weinig verhuld racisme van een 'gewone' line-dancende kiezer op NPO1. "Maar dat is gewoon mijn mening. Dat mag je gewoon zeggen".

De pipeline van PVV naar D66 blijft me verbazen. 7% is niet niks. Impact van de debatten?

The Dutch data protection watchdog has warned voters not to ask artificial intelligence chatbots for voting advice ahead of the country's general election next week.

Chatbots offer explicit vote advice ahead of elections. A simple prompt leads to receiving an advice for the Dutch October 29 elections ⬇️ The Dutch Data Protection Authority concluded: AI chatbots are not transparent, they are not auditable, and providers should prevent use as vote advice.

Nou nee, dat mag niet. Een school moet een veilige plek zijn voor álle leerlingen. Dat staat ook in de wet. Het afwijzen van homoseksuele relaties geeft de boodschap dat iemand niet zichzelf mag zijn. Dat mag niet én is ronduit schadelijk. nos.nl/nieuwsuur/co...

Latest Dutch polls show PVV still ahead, followed by CDA and GL-PvdA. D66 made gains, mostly over the last month or so. Still, many voters are still uncertain about their vote choice: between 48% and 83% according to Verian and Ipsos I&O.

Zendtijd is cruciaal voor kleine partijen, maar een klimaatdebat tussen Volt en FvD? Totale onzin. 1) Nauwelijks zwevende kiezers tussen die twee. 2) Waarom debatteren met een partij die de klimaatcrisis ontkent én extreemrechts gedachtegoed verspreidt? Sterk van @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org 👏

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...