📘 Book launch: Seeing Like a Platform (with Justus Uitermark) 🗓 10 Dec | Amsterdam A conversation on platforms, politics, power, and digital modernity - followed by drinks. Hope to see you there! 👉 Details & RSVP: globaldigitalcultures.uva.nl/content/even...

🤖 AI chatbots can persuade voters 🗳️ @cvargiu.bsky.social and I were recently asked to review a piece for @nature.com, now out, and wrote a short digest about it TLDR: chatting with a LLM can change your mind, even if facts provided are not always accurate check it out 👇 #chatbots #persuasion

Pretty wild: I just learned that, in terms of Altmetric, this paper became the most impactful Political Science article of the past five years, and the 4th most impactful EVER. 😳 Altmetric is... well, Altmetric. But still, kind of surreal.

@casmudde.bsky.social makes the case (again!) to social democratic leaders that aping the far right is not a good electoral strategy! … it’s almost like they a deliberately ignoring political science research in their dash to oblivion 🤦‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Join us in Catania to discuss your research about populism, the far left and right, and everything related

* New Publication*: Across Western democracies, higher education is under pressure, from budget cuts to restrictions on immigrant students. Our new study dives into a critical but overlooked question: When do people think immigrant students deserve financial aid?

The University of Amsterdam is hiring Senior lecturers in Political Science, see information here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

🚨New article out 🚨 How do states seek to influence the spatial distribution of refugees within their borders? We conceptualise & measure refugee dispersal policies across Europe ➡️ common feature of asylum policies, more restrictive with functional pressure and local autonomy doi.org/10.1111/gove...

www.flamman.se/valfardsstat... It was great to talk to @flamman.se about the link between weak welfare state protection and the expansion of online platform work in Europe. @pettertornberg.com

Super excited to share that I got the ERC Starting Grant! 🎉 Over the next five years, I’ll be studying how AI is reshaping the politics of the welfare state. A huge thank you to all the friends and colleagues who supported me along the way. vu.nl/en/news/2025... #ERCStG

Gig labor is often understood as the expression of digital disruption. But our new study suggests a deeper story: 👉 The rise of platform labor is inseparable from the retreat of the welfare state. 🧵 w/ @pettertornberg.com journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

🚨 PhD Position at the University of Amsterdam 🚨 Join my team as a computer scientist / computational social scientist working on LLMs, social media, and politics. We offer freedom, impact, and an inspiring environment at one of Europe's leading universities. 🔗 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Don’t blame the algorithm: Polarization may be inherent in social media | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... @pettertornberg.com

(Chueri & Törnberg 2025b) So happy to continue coauthoring our life together, @julianachueri.bsky.social ❤️

📢 Publication alert: "Welfare Chauvinism among Voters and Political Parties: Exploring Preferences for Restricting EU Migrants' Access to Social Assistance in Switzerland" by Angie Gago, @julianachueri.bsky.social & Mia Gandenberger open access in SPSR 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

As we transition from industrial to digital modernity, business tycoons no longer view humans as cogs in machines. Now, as platforms become all-powerful, a new, stealthier form of domination is emerging, @pettertornberg.com & @uitermark.bsky.social argue.

Why does everything suddenly feel so unsettled? The economy, technology, geopolitics—everything seems to change It's more than a vibe shift. It's epistemic. In our new book, @uitermark.bsky.social and I explore this shift— and argue we're entering Digital Modernity 🧵 www.seeinglikeaplatform.com

that would be @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social work which is by far the most cited on Bluesky so far with 5733 unique accounts posting about it (according to @altmetric.com). bsky.app/profile/pett...

🚨 Call for papers! 🚨 Excited to co-chair the ESPAnet Milan 2025 stream “New Social Risks 2.0? Social vulnerability in the age of AI, populism, and the cost-of-living crisis” 🌍🤖📉. 📅 Deadline: April 14 @carloknotz.bsky.social

Platform workers want social protection! @mbusemeyer.bsky.social and I wrote a contribution for Social Europe based on our research on the social preferences of platform workers. www.socialeurope.eu/platform-wor...

Many feel that politics globally has become toxic and hostile over recent years. But is this actually the case? And if so, who's to blame? What issues are driving toxicity? We analyze 18M tweets from politicians in 17 countries to find out! w/ @julianachueri.bsky.social arxiv.org/pdf/2503.22411

My department is *hiring a PhD* student (3 years, fully funded) for a research project on the social and political effects of AI-related technological change. *Deadline: May 4, '25*. See here for more information & to apply: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #PoliSky #Sociology #AcademicSky

How does the growing value of attention change our cities? My new paper uses the city's built environment as a lens into how social media is eating the world. 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Le travail de plateforme : une réponse individuelle à l’échec des politiques sociales ? - www.defacto.expert/2025/03/19/l... Working in the “gig economy”: an individual response to failed social policies? - www.defacto.expert/2025/03/19/w...

Plattformarbeit: eine individuelle Antwort auf die gescheiterte Sozialpolitik? - Giuliano Bonoli, @julianachueri.bsky.social, Carlo Dimitri « Das IDHEAP Policy Brief untersucht die Prävalenz von Plattformenarbeiter:Innen in 21 europäischen Ländern. » www.defacto.expert/2025/03/19/p...

IN NEW ISSUE: What drives opposition to social rights for immigrants? @carloknotz.bsky.social, Alyssa Taylor, Mia Gandenberger & @julianachueri.bsky.social examine the role of psychological predispositions. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/xMCkbbY @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

New publication in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, and Michael Pinggera. We map the welfare preferences of voters at the poles of the second, GALTAN dimension of political conflict. 🧵

Do platform workers reject social protection, embracing self-reliance and meritocracy? Our research says no. Platform workers demand better access to social benefits, pushing for both social consumption and investment. With @mbusemeyer.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 🧵Thread ⬇️

IN NEW ISSUE: What drives opposition to social rights for immigrants? @carloknotz.bsky.social, A Taylor, M Gandenberger & @julianachueri.bsky.social examine the role of psychological predispositions. Read OPEN ACCESS: https://buff.ly/40QAbqv @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

❌ Kto z polityków wprowadza w błąd? 🔬 Socjolodzy z Uniwersytetu w Amsterdamie @pettertornberg.bsky.social i @julianachueri.bsky.social postanowili odpowiedzieć na to pytanie.

Un article dans Libération sur notre récent article dans IJPP. "La désinformation en ligne fait partie intégrante de la stratégie des extrêmes droites" avec @julianachueri.bsky.social www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

This excellent study by @pettertornberg.bsky.social & @julianachueri.bsky.social published in IJPP is making waves for good reason. I was on German radio this Saturday, talking about how much I like it: www.radioeins.de/programm/sen...

The falsehood came from the right. How (radical/ extreme) right shares mis/ disinformation more online. Good to see @uva.nl colleagues @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social’s research featured in @theguardian.com #polisky www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

‼️ New paper out in EJPR! With @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, we use a new survey item that we fielded in surveys in five countries to examine who accepts party policy change. Check out the 🧵 by Maurits below for an overview of our findings!

Hur sprids politiska lögner? Är det medias, nätets, skolans, populismens, eller allas fel? När forskarna Petter Thörnberg och Juliana Chueri i stället frågade sig ”när ljuger partier?” blev svaret förvånansvärt glasklart.

We werden geïnterviewd door @demorgen over de bredere implicaties van onze bevinding dat desinformatie samenhangt met populistisch radicaal rechts, gebaseerd op ons recente artikel in IJOPP. @pettertornberg.bsky.social www.demorgen.be/politiek/des...

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is hiring an Assistant Professor (UD) in Political Science workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as... Focus areas include international relations theory, diplomacy, human rights and security.

🚨 New article out at EJPR with the dream team @fredericofs.bsky.social Loes Aaldering @kgattermann.bsky.social Diego Garzia TLDR: dark personality traits (esp. Machiav.) in in-party candidates are associated with higher #AffectivePolarization Article: tinyurl.com/4wnuhcad Open data: osf.io/2c7w4/

Today, in "Transformations of European Politics", we are dealing with Inglehart's famous "Silent Revolution". We read his groundbreaking 1971 article (APSR), Flanagan's 1983 response (CPS), Ignazi's 1992 'elaboration' (EJPR), and finally Ignlehart's 2008 update/defense (WEP)). 🤓

Now out with page numbers 🥳 Young people are more likely to vote if their favorite party has a younger leader/candidate than an older one 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1475...

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...

Delighted to share the plain language summary of an article co-authored with @julianachueri.bsky.social (VU Amsterdam) about how to identify populist politicians in content analyses #populism www.growkudos.com/publications...

Silja Häusermann, Michael Pinggera (@ipz.bsky.social), & I have a new paper out in European Sociological Review! We study under what conditions citizens support future-oriented welfare reforms. We particularly point at second-dimension positions (GAL-TAN). (Thread) academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...

On Monday a large demonstration to stop higher education and research cuts will take place 🇳🇱 On Monday the Dutch government will revisit its shortsighted plans. A failure to do this creates a real setback that neither this nor next generations deserve. @woinactie.bsky.social #highered #academicsky

I've started putting together a starter pack of political scientists on Bluesky who focus on the political implications of technological change. It's still a work in progress, so feel free to DM me if you'd like to be included or have any suggestions! go.bsky.app/NAFAj7N

With the protests against massive spending cuts in the background, I wrote something on the state of Dutch higher education: alexandreafonso.substack.com/p/the-state-...

I guess that after various drills, this time the migration is real. I've put together a wee starter pack on two of the things I work on, populism and the radical right. Feel free to share & suggest yourself or others! go.bsky.app/Tqmc9sJ

Getting ready for national protest tomorrow against the shortsighted cuts in higher education and research in the Netherlands. You can still join. Details below ⬇️