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Next stop: #ecprgc24! I'll present a new project with Markus Wagner on the interplay between affective polarisation, political cynicism and democratic norms. Presentation is on Monday at 9:00 in Building: O'Brien Centre for Sciences, Floor: 1, room ALE H1.49 ECPR_AffPol

Nominating Conventions are a form of political theater. Almost never surprising in content, but potentially awesome in form. They're successful if they inspire enthusiasm. And this DNC has been really good.

🟠#S3DS2024 next week 📣#DemocraticBacksliding 🔸Keynote Anja Neundorf 🔸Panels Jan Rovny Jelle Koedam andijot.bsky.social Honorata Mazepus Dani Sandu Tom McCrae Hunter N. Wunsch, F. Wolkenstein 📍University of Zurich, Uni Fribourg Programme t.uzh.ch/1FJ Auditors registrations t.uzh.ch/1Jy

Prejudice is often rooted in misperceptions: that the outgroup are lazy, unpatriotic, etc. Our new field experiment asks: to reduce misperceptions, is it better to become close with one outgroup member (deep contact), or to have brief encounters with many (broad contact)?

If you are taking (or teaching!) a course on statistical inference/regression, I have a draft textbook available for free mattblackwell.github.io/gov2002-book/ Recently updated to introduce design- and modeled-based inference. Emphasis on intuition and rigor.

With racist political rhetoric making headlines, I wanted to recap findings from Trump's 2015-20 ascendance & first term. Racial rhetoric can simultaneously 1) activate prejudice among some & 2) reduce prejudice overall. 1) link.springer.com/article/10.100… 2) academic.oup.com/poq/article/84…

Hello Moldovans on Twitter- I'm conducting research about Soviet repressions in Moldova (including Stalin-era deportations 1940-51). Looking to interview people whose relatives/ancestors experienced repression during Soviet time. Pls share and reach out to me 🇲🇩 Va multumesc!

The Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos Cluster on Democracy is offering a pre-doctoral research position in the field of Gender and Politics as part of the project Unravelling Gender Equality Resistance in Europe: GENEQ_RESIST, which I lead. I will be accepting EOI until Oc 31 drive.google.com/file/d/1XonQZC…

Many political parties sponsor citizen legislative initiatives to promote their own ideological priorities, increase issue salience, mobilize supporters/ attract new voters. Does it pay off? Read this new article in Journal of Politics @[email protected] shorturl.at/AdfGl Oxford Politics and IR Oxford School of Global & Area Studies 🧵

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New paper out in Comparative Political Studies journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… Can attitudes safeguard liberal democracy? Only if they are sincere, I argue. If they aren't, illiberal politicians may realize that some citizens are "staged democrats" & have an incentive to become more exclusionary. 1/9

❓Does removing Confederate symbols change attitudes and behavior regarding race & racial inequality? Roxanne Rahnama answers this question in the latest Journal of Politics @[email protected] blog post. Find out more⬇️ jop.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/does-removing-…

With Trump's win and the Scholz government falling, there may be additional political ripples to watch out for, but I'm guessing the biggest loser is Ukraine and the Eastern flank. There are still resources to fight, but the pressure to make any peace will start adding up soon.

Absolutely thrilled to see this out. A hurricane of a research project.