Happy to share that @ecprtheloop.bsky.social has published a blogpost summarising the key findings from my paper @wepsocial.bsky.social on how opposition party strategies relate to their performance in election polls. Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Blog post: shorturl.at/lLPgm

At the recent Zweitstimme.org Workshop on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour at the Hertie School, researchers from across Europe shared new insights on elites, participation and polling, highlighting how data, methodology and communication are reshaping the study of democratic politics.

In our latest newsletter we delve into research on fighting misinformation with AI and how demographics effect canvassing on the doorstep We also have a stuffed calendar of upcoming Hackathons and Academic Lectures 🔗https://mailchi.mp/60d4c1f82c07/can-ai-revolutionise-how-we-fight-misinformation

🚨Job News: Postdoc positions in LSE Government Department 🚨 Apply to work with the brilliant and wonderful Carl Muller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social on his BORDERS ERC project at LSE @lsegovernment.bsky.social jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Had a great time presenting my findings at @campaign-lab.bsky.social! Key takeaway: AI fact-checking effectively reduces Republican engagement with pro-Trump misinformation on social media. You can read more about last week's presentation and discussion in this blog post:

📢 Call for Submissions UK-based early career researchers in political science, political economy & public policy: apply to our January Early Career Workshop at LSE. 🗓️ Deadline: 28 Dec 2025 🔗 forms.gle/HXU4DnBq9HmX...

📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database! The data now covers - > 3.000 parties - 1.100 parliamentary elections - 402 presidential elections - 2.044 cabinets across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31). All info: ppeg.wzb.eu We hope that data is helpful to the community!

Only a few days left to apply for this fully-funded collaborative PhD with @lsegovernment.bsky.social and @campaign-lab.bsky.social! It's a pretty unique position sat right between academia and "real world" campaigns - please share with someone who might be interested (and/or apply)!

Whilst survey experiments are useful (and clearly popular), their proliferation is a bit troubling in light of papers like Carnes and Henderson (2025) - especially when studying questions where results (should) directly inform practice in "the field" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨 Please send in your application by 10 December to be considered for this ESRC studentship in collaboration with @campaign-lab.bsky.social. Both home and international students are eligible for funding. Some advice on how to apply below 👇

Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action... (from my presentation at the IMF last week)

‪Today at 4pm London/UK time: Dominik Hangartner (@ethz.ch) presents at the @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour Seminar, organised together with @sarahobolt.bsky.social @florianfoos.bsky.social & @mathiaspoertner.bsky.social. Join us in London or on Zoom!

Looking forward to present my newest project at @campaign-lab.bsky.social on Thursday. I used a simulated social media experiment to examine the effects of different fact-checking strategies on engagement with pro-Trump misinformation among Republicans. Excited to discuss the findings!

Had a great time at the Zweitstimme.org Workshop on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour. I presented my work on the impact of radical right parliamentary presence on mainstream party strategies on democracy. Inspiring presentations and conversations, thank you @zweitstimme.bsky.social!

🎉 Kicking off the Zweitstimme.org Workshop! We’re looking forward to two days discussing new work on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour. Today’s sessions: 👉 Panel I – Elites 👉 Panel II – Participation 👉 Panel III – Party Strategies Huge thanks to @hertieschool.bsky.social for hosting us!

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social! Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan: 🧵⬇️

Am 16. Dezember um 17:30 spreche ich bei der Schwarzkopf-Siftung in Berlin über die radikale Rechte in Europa. Hier könnt ihr euch für die Veranstaltung anmelden. Vor allem wenn ihr euch als junge Erwachsene fühlt. Ihr seid aber auch so willkommen glaube ich. schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/aktuelles/ve...

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI. We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research! Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Here is the episode that we recorded yesterday: open.spotify.com/episode/3FRd... Thanks for the great questions, Marc!

Excited to share that, with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social , we’ve published a new article in New Media & Society! We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology. Thread below 🧵

Can AI fix misinformation? 🧠💡 Join us as Isolde Hegemann (LSE) shares new research showing that AI fact-checking might actually work better especially with conservative audiences. 📍 Zoom 🕐 Thursday 27 November, 13:00 - 14:00 🔗 luma.com/28c4vplp

The #Call for Proposals for the joint #Dreiländertagung #3LT2026 of DVPW, @oegpw.bsky.social & SVPW/ASSP is open. We are looking forward to panel and paper proposals until 14 November 2025! 👉 www.dvpw.de/veranstaltun... #CfP 11/14 #PolSci #PoliticalScience #Europe #Future #SpreadTheWord

Last chance 🚨 Post doc in our @aimediademlab.bsky.social, U Amsterdam. The lab is vibrant, collegial, inspiring and fun. And there are great research opportunities DL November 1 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

The Political Behaviour Stream of the MSc in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social is welcoming applications for entry in 2026/27: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse... Benefit from teaching and supervision from world-leading scholars, weekly research seminars & an active alumni network:

Today at @lsegovernment.bsky.social we are welcoming @aalrababah.bsky.social to the Political Behaviour Seminar, run by our team with @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @florianfoos.bsky.social & @mathiaspoertner.bsky.social. Ala is presenting new research on the political consequences of the Tour de France👇

Mit WDR 3 Resonanzen habe ich heute über die Aussagen von Friedrich Merz gesprochen, darüber wie sein Kurs die radikale Rechte normalisiert und stärkt und warum er vielleicht mal öfter mit jungen Frauen sprechen sollte. www1.wdr.de/mediathek/au...

I ran a simulated social media experiment with 1450 Republicans to test different fact-checking interventions. AI produced the largest decrease in engagement with Trump misinformation, outperforming independent fact-checkers and doing so far more consistently than Community Notes.