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Great reflection on the budgetary conundrum in France by Thomas Piketty (in FR) lemonde.fr/idees/article/…

Bayes’ theorem, clearly explained:

Extremely interesting conference on the religious radicalization of young people of North African origin in France at the Sénat

I’ve generally lost hope in humanity — between Ukraine, Middle East, climate inaction, and the French rape trial, my expectations of human kind are in the deep negatives. But now, a man (business type) is reading Crime and Punishment beside me on the metro. There is light!

What I see here is the power of minority status to level the education gap. The gap is almost nonexistent for non-white people. Minority status ‘liberalizes’ the less educated. I theorize this is “Circumstantial Liberals” doi.org/10.1093/978019…

💥 ‘Movement Parties of the Far Right’ is out 31 October 2024 on Oxford University Press! Pietro Castelli and I are very pleased with the result and grateful for the early praise received. Hope you enjoy reading it—we look forward to hearing your thoughts! Oxford Academic @OUPPolitics

The video that makes the exciting Austrian government-formation process understandable is here authlib.eu/austria-votes-…

Looking forward to welcoming ⁦Jan Rovny⁩ to Birmingham on Wednesday for discussion of his new ⁦⁩ book “Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition and Democracy” with Licia Cianetti ⁦CEDAR⁩ ⁦POLSIS Birmingham⁩ ⁦CREES Birmingham⁩ birmingham.ac.uk/schools/govern…

"Circumstantial Liberals" have come to Nuffield College, Oxford, with a great discussion on self-interest and ethnicity. Thank you, Tarik Abou-Chadi and @RIBernhard for your invitation and hospitality!

This week, "Circumstantial Liberals" learned that there is lot more to Birmingham than grit and Peeky Blinders. Thank you Tim Haughton for your invitation and showing me diverse sides of the city, and to Licia Cianetti for an excellent discussion of the book!

Some reflections on the latest elections in Bulgaria 🇧🇬 for ⁦LSE EUROPP blog⁩ from Emilia Zankina, Yuxiang Lin and me. ⁦CEDAR⁩ ⁦POLSIS Birmingham⁩ ⁦Temple University⁩ ⁦Tim Bale⁩ ⁦Sara Hobolt⁩ ⁦Jan Rovny⁩ blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…

7 ans après et après 6 mois de nettoyage et curage, le CDSP publie les 18 (!) vagues de l'Enquête électorale française de 2017 du CEVIPOF. Dorénavant, ces données sont accessible à tous les chercheurs qui le souhaitent: data.sciencespo.fr/dataverse/ENEF…

Great oppotunity for a fresh BA or MA graduate to experience the EUI life first-hand! Applications from Central and Eastern Europe and other Widening countries are highly encouraged!

💥AUTHLIB Working Paper💥 How do the autocratizing regimes of Hungary & Russia use domestic propaganda and traditional media outlets to control the information space? Dorka Takacsy, visiting fellow at Engaging Central Europe German Marshall Fund, explains the connections. authlib.eu/dorka-takacsy-…

To what extent are campaign priorities contrasted or convergent, and why? In our forthcoming Comparative Political Studies article, Emiliano Grossman @egrossman.bsky.social and I argue that parties converge to similar priorities because they monitor each other and take up issues from opponents 👇

Today, many left voters feel close to 'cosmopolitans' or 'feminists', while right voters identify with 'down to earth' and 'hard working' people. Yet, these identities have structural roots, just like class identities did. ‼️CUP element on cleavage formation - open access

My recent book "Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition, and Democracy" (OUP 2024) argues that minorities can help strengthen and protect democracy. I explain the lessons of the book in a podcast hosted by Licia Cianetti from the U of Birmingham newbooksnetwork.com/ethnic-minorit…