- La communication des partis d’extrême droite sur les réseaux sociaux en Belgique, par @lucaskins.bsky.social, Caroline Close et @lcjacobs89.bsky.social www.crisp.be/librairie/ca...

Nous sommes ravi·es d’annoncer la parution d'un nouvel ouvrage de référence : « L’extrême droite en Belgique », auquel nous avons eu le plaisir de contribuer @lucaskins.bsky.social, C. Close de @sciencepoulb.bsky.social et @lcjacobs89.bsky.social de @m2p-antwerp.bsky.social. 🧵1/4

🟦 Mis/disinformation exposure is the highest on TikTok (20%), followed by Facebook (13%) and X (11%). 🟦 Sources that repeat misinformation outperform credible sources, with up to 8X more engagement per follower on YouTube. 🟦 Many 'misinformers' still profit from ads, especially on YouTube. 🧵2/5

We are finally out!! Thanks to my fantastic co-authors, the anonymous reviewers, and @thejop.bsky.social editorial team. Publishing my first registered report has been an incredibly instructive and rewarding experience 🤓 Much has been said about political incivility, but does it actually exist? 🤷‍♀️

1️⃣ Les président·es de partis génèrent systématiquement plus d’engagement que les comptes officiels de leur formation, quel que soit le parti (3X plus en moyenne). Ce constat tend à confirmer la personnalisation (et surtout la « présidentialisation ») de la communication politique belge. 🧵3/7

Now out in Party Politics 🎉 Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing. 👉 A legitimisation effect. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

After 2 intense with academics & practioners, here are my takeaway messages: 1. People do not care about technology but purpose. 2. Digital tools must feel natural. 3. Barriers might be simpler than you think. #Relink2 @lucaskins.bsky.social @hendriknahr.bsky.social @giuliasandri.bsky.social

📢 New Blog Post! 🚨 Just a month before the Dutch elections, Iris Beau Segers and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social highlight the troubling normalization of far-right ideologies, the democratic erosion, and the recent violence at an anti-immigration demo in The Hague. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

One of our findings is that out of the 8,500+ posts that contain at least one type of attack, policy-focused attacks remain relatively civil (47% of such posts are uncivil), whereas personal-based attacks tend to be particularly uncivil (67%). 🧵4/5

Re-upping this for the 🧪 crowd - our new investigation into the psychological mechanisms associated with attack politics (negativity, incivility, intolerance)

[Job] SciencePo ULB is recruiting a postdoc (full time, 1 year) for the FNRS-FWO project NotLikeUs (ULB PIs: @emilievh.bsky.social, @jbpilet.bsky.social, Caroline Close) Focus: experiment, survey research, data management, election studies Deadline: 30/09/2025 #job #academicjob #research #postdoc

📣 Plusieurs politologues de @sciencepoulb.bsky.social ont été sollicité·es dans les médias ces derniers jours pour commenter la décision de Meta d’interdire les publicités politiques à partir d’octobre, en réaction aux nouvelles règles 🇪🇺 en matière de transparence. 💬 Quelques éléments clés 🧵1/6

New paper in Political Psychology with Rosa Sanchez Salgado! Following up on rb.gy/q9hdkf we study how moral political climate frames elicit emotions and change opinions. Our findings show that the mainstream and PRR appeal unlikely cause climate action, while the green left one can. rb.gy/q55v9f

🗓️ One year ago, the 2024 election campaign was entering its final phase. Our analysis of political communication on X reveals key strategies behind the victories of N-VA in Flanders and MR (with @lesengages-be.bsky.social) in French-speaking Belgium. Discover our analysis 👇 🧵 1/7

[Media] L’Enquête Nationale RTBF : "On a des blocs de plus en plus étanches qui sont en train de se constituer", une interview de @jbpilet.bsky.social, professeur à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol) sur La Première RTBF www.rtbf.be/article/l-en...

Come join us in Amsterdam for a fully funded 4-year PhD position on the topic of "Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics", with @alessandronai.bsky.social and @lindabos.bsky.social! All info here, deadline is June 4 👇👇👇 (Please share!) #polcom #commsky werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Kiezers verlangen naar authentieke politici, maar krijgen strategische performers bij wie de echtheid juist daardoor in twijfel wordt getrokken. Dat dreigt het wantrouwen in de politiek verder aan te wakkeren, stelt politicoloog @lcjacobs89.bsky.social. (www.sampol.be/2025/05/poli...)

Wat gebeurt er als de maskers afvallen? 🎭 “Theater is politiek met slechte acteurs,” zei een Belgisch premier ooit. Als het publiek het script doorziet, valt het doek. 💨 Mijn nieuwste column voor @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social over authenticiteit & politieke communicatie👉 www.sampol.be/2025/05/poli...

Are you a junior scholar attending #ecprjs25? Check out this call for applications for MSCA at Cevipol @sciencepoulb.bsky.social and get in touch with me for any question you may have! cevipol.phisoc.ulb.be/fr/call-for-...

[Rayonnement] This week, Nathalie Brack, Kostas Papaioannou & Piotr Marczyński, Professor and resarchers at SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol), will present the paper titled '‘Tweets, Posts, and Plots’: Political Parties & Conspiracy... 1/2 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

In the context of Pride Month, I had the pleasure of collaborating with the @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social to analyze how LGBTQIA+ issues were addressed in the communication of Belgian political parties and their leaders on X, between January 2022 and June 2024. ⬇️

[PhD] Le Cevipol vous invite à la soutenance de la thèse de Natsuko D’Aprile intitulée: 'How does national identity influence public diplomacy? France and Japan in comparison (1990-2022)' Mercredi 4 juin à 10h00 Salle Jeanne Bât. S - 15e niveau Av. Jeanne, 44 1050 Bruxelles

From Bluesky to the Guardian! In my new op-Ed, I argue that the “male glaze” of media and politics is empirically, normative, and politically wrong and that progressives should focus more on the left turn of young women.

For Pride 🏳️‍🌈 month, the Social media lab ULB teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social : How do Belgian parties communicate on LGBTQIA+ issues? Do they, in the first place? Answer by from Social media lab @ULB 👇

[Rayonnement] SciencePo ULB brille aux Joint Sessions @ecpr.bsky.social! 7 chercheurs participent à cet événement en organisant des workshops & présentant leur recherche 👏 🔹 Nathalie Brack 🔹 Alice Dechamps 🔹 Bjarn Eck 🔹 Piotr Marczyński 🔹 Kostas Papaioannou 🔹 Luca Tomini 🔹 Emilie van Haute #ecprjs25

🧵5/5 💬 @romainbiesemans.bsky.social, teaching assistant and PhD candidate @sciencepoulb.bsky.social highlights the low visibility of LGBTQIA+ topics in overall partisan communication on X, which reflects a tacit agreement across the political spectrum on these issues.

🏳️‍🌈 As part of Pride Month, we teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social and looked at the prevalence of LGBTQIA+ issues and people in the communication of Belgian parties and their leaders on X between January 2022 and June 2024. In this thread, we break down the results for you📎 🧵1/5

New paper out in @bjpols.bsky.social, co-authored with Emilien Paulis. Using survey data from 13 European democracies, we show that electoral winners are less supportive of referendums, especially when they are affectively polarized. 1/6 Paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425000365

Quelles personnalités politiques les partis choisissent-il de mettre en avant sur X ? Au-delà des président·es de parti, certaines figures reviennent systématiquement, révélant des stratégies de communication différenciées et des choix délibérés.

📸 Wie staat er in de schijnwerpers van Vlaamse partijen op X? 🧐 Vlaamse partijen kiezen verschillende strategieën om hun kopstukken op X te profileren. Wat onthullen deze keuzes? 🔍👇 🧵1/5

Nice piece on our article on affective polarisation and the dark personality of leaders, w @kgattermann.bsky.social @fredericofs.bsky.social Diego Garzia, Loes Aaldering TLDR: dark traits of in-party leaders associated with higher affective polarisation in their (closest) followers

📣 Join us for the BrIAS/CEVIPOL seminar with Arun Chaudhary: "The Filibuster for Democracy" 🗓 Wednesday 7th of May 2025, 13:30 - 16:00 📍BrIAS: maps.app.goo.gl/umz65m1EkXhB... ⚠ Please register here: lnkd.in/eAyZ9jDW 🔗Full info: lnkd.in/eYPgT55H 📽️ Livestream: lnkd.in/dVVeJJ8D

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Congratulations, @lucaskins.bsky.social, for completing your doctorate today! Reading your thesis on crafting campaigns, messages for Belgian parties and how communication is used by them to create identities was intellectually rewarding. All the best for your ongoing & new projects! #digitalparties

Glad this one is out at @poqjournal.bsky.social, w @lindabos.bsky.social and P van Erkel The attack against far-right Baudet 🇳🇱 slightly increased support for #violence among people who dislike his party & experience partisan #Schadenfreude Open paper: tinyurl.com/4d7dx2fv Open data: osf.io/6cpbg/

♀️ Are women politicians in Belgium getting equal spotlight from their political parties on social media? Short answer: not really 👎 📊 On average in Belgium, fewer than 1 in 3 posts by political parties on X that mention politicians actually feature a woman. Discover our analysis 👇 🧵1/6

🎯 New research from the @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social : Who gets the spotlight in Belgian parties’ communication? We analyzed 20K posts on X to understand how parties promote individual politicians, and how this shifted during the 2024 campaign. 🧵1/4

I was interviewed for the “Ideas” section of @politicalquarterly.bsky.social I was very happy to be asked to reflect a bit on my career in addition to contemporary politics. Hope you like it!

Another article in The Conversation for me. "To truly understand who participates and who does not in public protests, we need to consider social connections, views about the effectiveness of protest and people's interest in politics." theconversation.com/public-prote...

🎉 Excited to launch the Social Media Lab (SML) @ULB on Bluesky! 🔎 The SML, a research project led by Caroline Close (@sciencepoulb.bsky.social) in collaboration with @uantwerpen.be, is an observatory of political communication on social media in Belgium. 🧵 1/5 – More below ⬇️

[PhD] SciencePo ULB et le Cevipol vous invitent à la soutenance de la thèse de Lucas Kins intitulée : « Crafting campaigns, messages, and identities: Belgian parties in a digitalized political arena » Jeudi 24 avril 2025 à 16h00 Bâtiment A, porte Y, Salle AY.2.114

[Media] 'EVRAS, dans le feu des contestations', une interview de @romainbiesemans.bsky.social, chercheur à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol) pour La Ligue ligue-enseignement.be/education-en...

📄 L'article "The Flip Side of Digital Technologies in Internal Party Elections: A Cybersecurity Dilemma?" coécrit par @lucaskins.bsky.social (@sciencepoulb.bsky.social / @transfo-ulb.bsky.social) vient d'être publié dans la revue "Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research" : 👇

[OUT] The flip side of digital technologies in internal party elections: a cybersecurity dilemma?, new paper by Emilien Paulis, @lucaskins.bsky.social & Davide Vittori, researchers at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), w/ Oscar Barbera, in Innovation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡 Un résumé des points importants de notre étude sur le sexisme en campagne électorale, pour l'IEFH-IGVM [Belgian Institute for the Equality of Women and Men], publié sur ‪@france.theconversation.com. Bonne lecture !

🚨🚨🚨 Publication alert! Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social: "Political Representation as Communicative Practice" together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it? ⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇 cup.org/3ERYIUR

[Media] @romainbiesemans.bsky.social, chercheur à SciencePo ULB (#Cevipol) est intervenu dans le JT de @bx1.be à propos des élections communales à Saint-Josse et de la formation du gouvernement bruxellois bx1.be/emission/le-...

Macht, technologie en controle over democratie smelten samen in de handen van broligarchen als Musk, Thiel en andere. Met alle gevolgen van dien. @jurgenmasure.bsky.social www.sampol.be/2025/02/brol...

[Media] Programmes et électeurs sont plus à droite: pourquoi la droitisation du MR est un fait démontré scientifiquement, une couverture de l'analyse de @lucaskins.bsky.social & Caroline Close, chercheurs à SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) & Ine Goovaerts & Anna Kern, dans Le Vif www.levif.be/belgique/pol...