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PhD position: Legal battles and polarization in pesticide regulation academictransfer.com/345117/ Career at WUR

Happy to share the accepted version of my entry "Deliberation" in the forthcoming Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication, focusing on deliberation from the communicative angle. Many thanks to the editorial team Alessandro Nai Max Grömping Dominique Wirz! osf.io/preprints/osf/…

Has the rise of social media diminished the relevance of parliamentary debates in shaping political agendas? Not really! 🚨 My new study reveals that parties avoid discussing issues on social media before debating them in parliament. doi.org/10.1111/spsr.1…

📣 PhD Vacancy Wageningen U&R Wageningen University is seeking a PhD Candidate for the project “Legal battles and polarization in pesticide regulation”. The deadline to apply is 14/10/2024. More information on the vacancy can be found here: shorturl.at/JyOJg

My first book “Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries” will be published in ONE MONTH by Cambridge University Press. You can now pre-order using the link below (or wherever you get your books): cambridge.org/core/books/par…

Very happy that this study with the stellar Lisa Janssen is now out EJPR journal ! In it, we look at the relationship between affective polarization and democratic support and ask: is it as linear as often assumed?📈 More info & a link to the paper in the thread below 👇👇👇

My new study shows that prime ministers and ministers in several countries regularly dodge accountability in parliament. Over 70% of their answers shift away from the real issues they are questioned on —especially PMs, and when facing opposition scrutiny. doi.org/10.1080/135723…

🆕 Breaking free from linear assumptions Using data collected in 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇺🇸 Lisa Janssen Emma Turkenburg argue that the relationship between affective polarization & democratic support follows a negatively curvilinear pattern #OpenAccess 🔓 bit.ly/3ZNh7KY

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🚨 New #OpenAccess publication out in Politics and Governance Politics and Governance! Together with Katrin Praprotnik, Luana Russo 🇮🇹🇧🇪🇳🇱 and Markus Wagner, we analyze how patterns of affect among radical-right supporters matter for democratic support. doi.org/10.17645/pag.8… 🧵 1/7

🗓️Save the date! On 5 December, the Political Communication & Persuasive Communication divisions from NeFCA are organizing a Practitioners' Event on Political Campaigning in the Digital Context. All information, line-up and registration option below👇👇 NeFCA

📣Political Communication and Persuasive Communication divisions event 📣 We kindly ask you to register via the following link shorturl.at/sKySI before November 20th, 2024

SAVE THE DATE! 🗓️ The Political Communication and Persuasive Communication divisions of NeFCA join forces and organize a Practitioners' Event on Political Campaigning in a Digital Context. Registration is free: tinyurl.com/axvw4wxs More information about the program 👇

Join us for the European Consortium for Political Research joint sessions in Prague!! Hannah Werner and I are organizing a panel on citizens' democratic commitments in polarised times 📅 May 20-23, 2025 🕛Submission deadline: 21-11-24 📝Submit here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event/W…

Publication alert‼️🚨 Very happy to see the first paper of my dissertation on understanding the nature of bias accusations towards Public Service Media out in JMCQ, together with Erika van Elsas Katjana Gattermann A short 🧶 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

Vacancy! Want to join our group Wageningen U&R? We are looking for an assistant professor (tenure track!) in Communication Science 💚 All details: wur.nl/nl/vacature/as…

I have the honor to share the Handbook of Affective Polarization that I co-edit with Eelco Harteveld. It is open access, pre-registered preprint: Torcal, M., & Harteveld, E. (2024, November 1). Handbook of Affective Polarization. doi.org/10.31219/osf.i… UPF Barcelona RECSM-UPF

Media criticism is important, but often strategically misused by politicians. Today feels alarmly fitting to share the first publication of my dissertation. Michael Hameleers, Katjana Gattermann, Andreas Schuck and I inductively analyzed media criticism, [1/4] journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19…

🗓️On 5 December, the Pol Comm and Persuasive Comm divisions of NeFCA are organizing a Practitioners' Event on Political Campaigning! We extended the deadline to subscribe to 24/11 due to an update in the program. We hope to see many of you there! All info 👇👇

New publication alert! How does political communication shape reasoning and attitudes? Emma Turkenburg's study examines how inaccessibility and unsophisticatedness impact citizens' reasoning and affective evaluations of politicians. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hq…