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New today at Science Advances from @kshoub.bsky.social and me. We revisit the question of whether a local tragedy (mass shooting) influences voter behavior. They do, at least at the local level, with some important caveats and implications for policy. Short thread... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Crazy support numbers for Zohran Mamdani among young women: 84% (!) of women aged 18-29 voted for Mamdani in the NYC Mayoral Election. But also important: young men voted MUCH MORE STRONGLY (67%) for Mamdani than old men (37%).

I am old enough to remember people in the West and especially college students, actually giving a damn about Darfur. Now, nobody gives a shit. I have no idea why, it's not like there is a legal limit on the number of conflicts and massacres one can care about, Gaza or Ukraine are not an excuse.

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

▶️ Political Representation 👉🏽 Section chairs: @hannaeback.bsky.social & @sopro.bsky.social 📢 Our section welcomes work that addresses representation, legislative politics, or electoral institutions, esp. research advancing our theoretical understanding + offers new empirical evidence. >>> 3/

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They might be one of the most high profile academics to leave the US amidst Trump's attack on universities. What a massive GAIN for Univ of Zurich and Europe though. This feels so similar to the situation in Turkey in early 2010's. www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...

Guest lecturer: Marianne Bertrand, Prof of Economics at University of Chicago Booth School of Business, gives this year´s Myrdal Lecture at Stockholm Univ titled Gender, Stereotypes and Inequality Wednesday 24 Sept Time: 13.00 – 14.00 Location: Hörsal 6 C-huset, Frescati www.su.se/english/rese...

🚨 New working paper alert! 🚨 I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling. doi.org/10.31235/osf... A 🧵:

The takeaway: 👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters. 👉 It alienates the progressive base. 👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns. In short: it’s electoral self-harm.

📢 EPSS 2026 Call for Papers! @hannaeback.bsky.social and I are excited to invite submissions for the Political Representation section at EPSS 2026 in Belfast. EPSS has some exciting new panel formats this year - read on! 🧵

#ERSNew 🐣🔓 This study shows that both resident and visitor diversity in neighborhoods are linked to more positive attitudes toward migrants. It highlights how everyday exposure—beyond where people live—shapes social inclusion. Article by Hołubowska et al.: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2539907

🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Are police more right-wing and biased against marginalized groups than the general public? If so, why? My new article in @pnas.org w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social, Newman, and Sears provides some answers. 🧵1/n

Notable post-tenure publishing differences across fields. One thing that distinguishes these are authorship norms, e.g. in some lab fields, co-authorship reflects status more than work

Writing about cricket and identity next week. England and India go to Old Trafford for the fourth test. That was where Ranji made his England debut on this day in 1896. He scored 154 not out in the Ashes, after the popular + press outcry against the MCC leaving him out at Lords on racial grounds

And later on today at 📍 Room 0A.06 I will be presenting my work "Host Country Conditions and the Religious Adaptation of Muslim Refugees: Evidence from Germany ". #EPSA2025

Excited to be presenting tomorrow at EPSA in Madrid! If you’re curious why some natives deny discrimination while others amplify it come to our panel. 🕚 11:10 AM 📍 Room 1A.04

the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled

Nature ran a piece finding that 25 million people could die as a result of ending USAID. This puts Trump and Musk in the category of the most brutal leaders of the 20th century in terms of unnecessary lives lost. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We wrote a thing!

Migrationsverket har inte kunnat utfärda vanliga medborgarskap på *över en månad*. Vågar påstå att om det hade varit Transportstyrelsen som inte utfärdat nya körkort, eller polisen som inte utfärdat pass till svenskar som vill åka till Thailand, hade det varit allt annat än tystnad i svenska medier.

@unddom.bsky.social says you hate Mannheim twice, when you arrive and when you leave. I get it now. What makes Mannheim special isn't the APSR publications they produce, but the people. There's this warmth, openness, and genuine willingness to help. It all stays with you. Miss this place already.

🚨 New blog post 🚨 What does difference-in-differences have in common with Dungeons & Dragons? Answer: the willing suspension of disbelief in unprovable assumptions. Can we trust DiD? I show when we can with a *new* way to simulate the power of DiD. #rstats www.robertkubinec.com/post/did_dnd/

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 BJPolS Excellence in Reviewing Award. Find out more here - cup.org/4k8SFL3

🎉We're back! 24 hours of Political Psychology is once again coming to Vienna - save the dates: 26 / 27 February 2026 ▶️ Abstract submission is OPEN - find the link & further information here: 24hpolpsy.univie.ac.at Very excited to co-host with @markuswagner.bsky.social and @isabellareb.bsky.social

Some good valuable insights in that blog post. How much do publications help? Would 2-3 upper-mid tier journal publications help or better to have 1-2 working paper that have potential to get published in top tier journals like APSR/AJPS?

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —*Arrested* at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Glasgow! Just a few days left to apply. Deadline 21 April. More info here 🔽

Migration – kaum ein Thema bewegt Deutschland im Wahljahr 2025 so sehr. Doch warum reden wir ständig über Migration, aber so selten mit Migrant:innen? Und wie verschieben politische Akteure dabei bewusst die Grenzen des Sagbaren? 🗳️🧠🇩🇪

Listen, I hate it too but the fact that Trump has dramatically lost popularity by doing exactly what he said he would do underscores the importance of vibes over policy agendas in modern elections

An incredibly inclusive move from ISA to have translated versions available in Hindi. As a native Hindi speaker who nevertheless only ever studied in English, I can safely say most Indian academics will struggle to understand it 😅.

Are you a researcher active outside of Europe who might consider coming to Sweden? Check out this @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social grant for recruitment of international visiting researchers! www.vr.se/english/appl...

New paper on misperceptions out in PNAS @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Why do people overestimate the size of politically relevant groups (immigrant, LGBTQ, Jewish) and quantities (% of budget spent on foreign aid, % of refugees that are criminals)?🧵👇

With Yoon removed from office today, by my count that makes 34 democratic leaders convicted since 2010. Only one—Trump—faced no real consequences. Trump's actions weren't uncommon. What was exceptional was how our institutions failed to hold him accountable.

#ERSNew 🐣🔓 Race-based stereotypes of African players constructed in Europe have far-reaching consequences on talent development systems in Nigeria. Article by Ikechukwu Ejekwumadu: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2476023

What is going on in Turkey right now? We asked Paul Levin, director of the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS). @paultlevin.bsky.social www.su.se/english/news...

Mitul Baruah discusses nature and power, environmental disaster in India and the importance of the work of political ecologists outside academia. 🔎 Explore #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project's free open-access educational resources, including video lectures, lesson plans and readings.

Dear US-based academics, trying to understand the Trump tariffs situation. US car companies are making losses (even Musk), and tariffs will drive up prices for American consumers—hurting spending power. So why is he doing this? Who's he trying to please? Or is he just going full Emperor Nero mode?

⚠️New paper⚠️ Across 4 cities, we use high-frequency crime and policing data to show the 2020 BLM protests drastically reduced policing, may have increased the quality of policing, and did not lead to commensurate increases in violent crime (at least in the short-run).

#ERSNew #ERSSpecialIssue🐣🔓 What is the role of race in refugee admissions? In a new article in the special issue Refugee Resettlement as an Institution, Rebbeca Tesfai investigates this question: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2474615

Immigrants are more likely to adapt to Swedish childbearing norms if they move to Sweden at a young age, according to a new study by Ben Wilson, researcher in demography. This seems to be the case regardless of their gender or country of birth. www.su.se/department-o...

I'm terrible at social media, so this is a bit late but I'm currently a visiting researcher at Mannheim University's Dept. Of Political Science & MZES. If you're around, happy to grab a lunch or a coffee. Mannheim is a charming little industrial town, a bit different from Stockholm.

3.) If you think the paper deserves a chance, you must *advocate* for it. Especially helpful is the confidential comment to the editors. 4.) If you think the paper deserves a reject, be clear about why. Especially helpful is the confidential comment to the editors.

5.) Stick to 2-3 major points and use “minor comments” for all the rest. 6.) Copy and paste your review into the field instead of uploading. This helps the editor process and guarantees it arrives to the author without extra labor. #polisky #gendersky @egenpolisci.bsky.social

As @cpsjournal.bsky.social editor I read about 100 peer-reviews per month. A 🧵 on what makes a great review: 1.) Succinct summary of the contribution (puzzle, argument, data, evidence) 2.) State clearly in your first paragraph whether the evidence supports the argument.

I've written new post on people who switched from Conservatives in 2019 to Lib Dems in 2024  Apparently, they're anti-Brexit, pro-immigration cosmopolitan liberals who think Tories were 'too right-wing’?  No, they very much are not  Link: jamesbreckwoldt.substack.com/p/2019-conse... 🧵results 👇

Some pictures from @wooseongkim.bsky.social defense. Congratulations Dr. Kim, great thesis and really proud of you.

📢 CFP @isa-sociology.bsky.social RC33 on Methodology (Sept 22-25, Naples) Qualitative Multimodal Approaches: Ethics and Practice for Visual, Creative, and Participatory Methods 📝 Submit your abstract here: rc33.org/call-for-abs... ⏰ Deadline: March 15, 2025