A thoughtful and well-argued critique of the common measure of subjective social status, increasingly used in survey-based studies of populism ⬇️

PhD students who might be interested in this -- feel free to get in touch! The application deadline is October 27. azrieli.smapply.io/prog/interna...

New paper out in @wepsocial.bsky.social‬: Pathways to politics: a sequence analysis of political apathy and involvement (open access) doi.org/10.1080/0140...

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

So great to see Voters Under Pressure featured in this @comppol.bsky.social review article by @klingelt.bsky.social! Reviewing the book alongside work of Bartels and Tillman, Tristan's reading is the mandate function of elections is being challenged👇 www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

An exceptional piece of scholarship by @pauliinapatana.bsky.social , which goes straight on my Qualitative Methods syllabus as it is a perfect example of the value of mixed methods research. It is also highly relevant for my own work on European politics and the far right. Bravo! 👏

Even in times of sociocultural conflict, a progressive left electorate is more averse to sociocultural *and* socioeconomic inequalities than (far) right voters. New paper with @siljahausermann.bsky.social Palmtag @tabouchadi.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social Berkinshaw tinyurl.com/d42wyb79 1/n

Exactly right

Alternatively, you can read this interview with the excellent @noamgidron.bsky.social & Yaniv Roznai. Also a reminder that boycotting all Israeli academics is not just morally dubious (collective punishment) but also strengthens rather than weakens the Israeli far right.

"those who discussed immigration in their open-ended responses expressed far more distrust towards opponents – an effect driven by right-wing respondents who discussed immigration"

From May 2025 - Beyond Observational Relationships: Evidence from a Ten-Country Experiment that Policy Disputes Cause Affective Polarization - cup.org/3Zvgchx - @noamgidron.bsky.social, James Adams, @rwillh11.bsky.social & @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social #OpenAccess

1/3) 📣Out in Party Politics: We trace the equal rights and economic equality positions of 69 center-right and far-right parties since 1970 in 12 countries. We find that center right parties did not react to/address equal rights concerns and economic inequality journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

June 30, 2025. Last lunch of the 2024-25 CASBS fellowship year with remaining fellows How quickly an academic year slips into the rear view mirror⏱️ Farewell to the 2024-25 class!! 👋 😘 👊

5. Discussions of effectiveness should also be mindful of the fact that ethnic/racial minorities, as well as their grievances, are perceived as more violent by the public even when peaceful, since perceptions are biased, e.g. my work with @tmitts.bsky.social here:. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Excellent op-ed on nonviolent protest from @robbwiller.bsky.social and @owasow.bsky.social on the importance of nonviolence here www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/o.... Some additional points worth noting:

An important piece from the @apsrjournal.bsky.social (by @devorahmanekin.bsky.social and @tmitts.bsky.social) to make sense of ongoing events: it matters not only which tactics are adopted by protesters but also who they are.

Yes, but tactics are perceived and covered through racialized lenses that frame them as threatening regardless of facts on the ground.

This was up there with one of @rafaelbehr.bsky.social's best eps. I learned a lot from @m-b-petersen.bsky.social Next up, Raf should talk to @noamgidron.bsky.social about status and populism - would make for a great follow up. Oh, and it's given me an earworm for one of my favourite ever tracks!

Thinking about immigration from a cultural perspective heightens distrust of political opponents—with Adams, @rwillh11.bsky.social and @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social at @bjpols.bsky.social. Might interest scholars of polarization and ideology, and those analyzing open-ended questions. cup.org/3ZajcQ1

Another great paper by @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social of now also TU Chemnitz. Congrats, Thomas!

NEW - Beyond Observational Relationships: Evidence from a Ten-Country Experiment that Policy Disputes Cause Affective Polarization - cup.org/3Zvgchx - @noamgidron.bsky.social, James Adams, @rwillh11.bsky.social & @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Interesting substack on interesting research, identifying one more way to be right — this time, through culture wars:

Happy to share a new paper now out in EJPR w/ @jeyalizade.bsky.social , @fabioellger.bsky.social and @mgruenewald.bsky.social exploring gendered effects of political violence on political supply. https://ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1475-6765.70017 A 🧵 with findings

We're in an age of surging right-wing populism here in the US and around the globe, threatening democracy and growth. Should policymakers care? And how should they respond? In an essay for @equitablegrowth.bsky.social, Shayna Strom and I answer these questions: equitablegrowth.org/designing-ec... 1/

Looking forward to this conference on Populism and Democracy at Princeton later this week---I'll be presenting research co-authored with Yotam Margalit, @liorsheffer.bsky.social and @itamaryakir.bsky.social: csdp.princeton.edu/events/confe...

In the latest issue of @cpsjournal.bsky.social, my article with Jonne Kamphorst in which we propose that educationally homogeneous social networks contribute to the stabilization of political conflict on the cultural dimension. A short thread on the main findings: Link: doi.org/10.1177/0010...

Please share widely: PhD workshop in June 2025 with @miguelpereira.bsky.social and Mareike Kleine politicalsciencenow.com/2025-dissert...

The whole thread is worth reading:

Nice to see our @cpsjournal.bsky.social paper on status and social marginalization (journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....) referenced in this article -- which I think somewhat overstates the evidence in favor of the economic causes of populism yet is still interesting nonetheless.

In Social progress at the expense of economic equality? we ask if equal rights or equal chances concerns crowded out economic equality as priority of the Left? Mapping equality concepts 1970-2020: not green or far-left parties. Yet, social democrats … 1/2 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Thread 🧵 de vulgarisation de l'article de Noam Gidron paru dans le British Journal of Political Science, "Many Ways to be Right", sur les électeurs idéologiquement tiraillés, pourquoi est-ce qu'ils penchent malgré tout à droite, et qu'est-ce que cet avantage fait à la droite ⬇️

April 7: Sense-making from current CASBS fellow @noamgidron.bsky.social & 2019-20 CASBS fellow @guygrossman.bsky.social 💡

I am looking for a post-bac (Dartmouth language for a pre-doc) researcher to join our team studying elections and democracy. If you (or someone you know) have expertise in data science or political science, please apply or share this opportunity! polarizationresearchlab.org/hiring/

With growing concerns for Israeli democracy, join us for a thought-provoking webinar. We will explore cross-national examples of democratic decline and discuss what lessons can be applied to Israel’s current situation. 📅Monday, April 7th 🕓8:30 PM EST | 5:30 PM PST 📍Register tinyurl.com/webinar040725

This is a great paper that helps us understand the nature of democratic backsliding. @vikburgi.bsky.social and I had the pleasure of discussing some of the results and implications with Noam on our podcast. podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/e...

Great paper overall, and yet another piece of evidence that populist attitudes just don't matter that much for the things we actually care about

Why do people support democratic backsliding? Two key reasons: 1) loyalty to the political leader driving it, and 2) deep hostility toward political opponents. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Good piece! Why do people support democratic backsliding? Two main reasons: 1) loyalty to the political leader driving it, and 2) deep hostility toward political opponents. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Essential reading Current CASBS fellow @noamgidron.bsky.social & 2020-21 fellow Yotam Margalit among the coauthors of this new article

Shout out to a great scholar of #populism who deserves a broader audience. @benmoffitt.bsky.social is a pre-Trump populism scholar, who has made many key contributions to the study of populism - like the two books below.

A good reminder to follow everything Eunji Kim does. She is so smart and just has an intuitive understanding of how people engage with entertainment media. She’s also hilarious. oh and her new book is coming out in a month: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

"prior attachment to the leader heading the backsliding effort and animosity to political opponents"–sounds familiar

Relevant to all of us - if you like it or not...

Two papers that made me realize that public support for antidemocratic politicians is more personalistic-cultish and less ideological than I thought Kim & Patterson 2024: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @noamgidron.bsky.social et al 2025: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

This looks like important work

The most important paper on democratic backsliding I've read this year

💥Postdoc call 💥 Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University 🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension) ❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth 🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data) Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD

🚨Why do masses support democratic backsliding?🚨 A new @AJPS_Editor paper with Yotam Margalit, @liorsheffer.bsky.social and Itamar Yakir explores this question in the Israeli context. Our findings emphasize the role of leader attachment and affective polarization. doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

🚨🎉Very excited to share our new paper with @rwillh11.bsky.social, James Adams, @simonweschle.bsky.social, and @cbwlezien.bsky.social!! Out today @JEPOP www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... A short thread 🧵 1/n

The downfall of the conservative, center-right parties has been understudied compared to the downfall of social democracy. This paper would need further developments and updates: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...