Does support for democracy increase losers’ consent? André Blais, @damienbol.bsky.social & @carolinaplescia.bsky.social find that strong democratic convictions don't necessarily increase acceptance of unfavourable results. Read more: buff.ly/es2bVZ5 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci

#municipales2026 #danslesmédias Tribune de @damienbol.bsky.social @cevipof.bsky.social dans @lemonde.fr du jour www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... @scpo-research.bsky.social

« Les choix d’alliance autour du RN pour le second tour des municipales constitueront un indicateur précieux de la solidité du cordon sanitaire »

TRIBUNE. Malgré quelques percées, le Rassemblement national ne semble pas en mesure de remporter un grand nombre de municipalités. Mais les enseignements du scrutin ne viennent pas seulement des urnes...

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Comment en finir avec la démocratie des cheveux gris? A l'approche des municipales, notre tribune dans @liberation.fr propose 4 leviers pour réduire l'abstention, notamment des jeunes. 👇👇 Focus @caeeco.bsky.social associé: cae-eco.fr/les-absents-... Avec Jean Beuve et Etienne Fize.

📢 We are hiring at IMEIS, Durham University The School of Government and International Affairs is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Middle East Politics (with a focus on the Arab states). 🔗 uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b... For academic enquiries: Professor Bahar Baser – bahar.baser@durham.ac.uk

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Fantastic work at APSR. At some point we’ll have to collectively acknowledge that Yamil is about as close as academia gets to a rockstar

Yamil Ricardo Velez@yamilrvelez.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Conditionally accepted at the APSR (w/ @scottclifford.bsky.social & @patrickpliu.bsky.social): Why does political information so often change beliefs but NOT attitudes? We highlight the role of belief relevance, or the extent to which beliefs bear on attitudes.

Conditionally accepted at the APSR (w/ @scottclifford.bsky.social & @patrickpliu.bsky.social): Why does political information so often change beliefs but NOT attitudes? We highlight the role of belief relevance, or the extent to which beliefs bear on attitudes.

One of my favourite events in the conference season: young scholars sharing their superexciting research with us. Please, do apply and visit us at @kingsqpe.bsky.social

Bouke Klein Teeselink@bkleinteeselink.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 Call for papers! We are organizing the 6th Early Career Workshop in Quantitative Political Economy on 14-15 May 2026 at King’s College London! Keynote: Shanker Satyanath (NYU) No fee, travel grants might become available! Submit at: tinyurl.com/qpe2026

This is spot on

Tom Pepinsky@tompepinsky.com · 6mo ago

Every academic in their 40s goes through this career/life stage where they decide that the journals are broken and stupid. It's mostly because they are bored of working on R+Rs given that the marginal benefit for their own career of another publication is close to zero.

#BaromètreConfiance @luc-rouban.bsky.social @damienbol.bsky.social et Bruno Cautrès proposent leur synthèse des résultats de la vague 17 du Baromètre de la confiance politique CEVIPOF dans @lemonde.fr Demande de protection et recherche d'une démocratie qui fonctionne. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

La défiance envers les politiques en France approche un point de non-retour, selon le baromètre Cevipof

ANALYSE. A l’issue d’un an et demi d’absence de majorité à l’Assemblée, le sentiment que la démocratie est devenue inefficace se répand, montre la 17ᵉ vague du baromètre de la confiance politique, réa...

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Has someone studied this? It seems eminently feasible!

Damien Bol@damienbol.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I wonder whether there is a study estimating the causal effect of grade scales on strategic choice made by students like extra curricular activities

❗ Help needed ❗ Please take our 5-minute survey about interpreting research graphs 📈 And please help us share this post with lots of people 🤗 Take the survey here: supsy.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Thank you!!

NEW - Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf - @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Why do citizens who say they support democracy tolerate leaders who dismantle it? Delighted to share my paper “Framing Democracy: How Elite Discourse Shapes Citizens' Understandings of Democracy and Enables Backsliding” is forthcoming in World Politics...(1/5, link at the end)

Not exactly a Xmas merrymaking post, but I wrote something on the changing environment for international academics in the Netherlands and how it has changed over the last 10 years: open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...

🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years) We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald. ✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group

📣📣📣 GREAT, time-sensitive opportunity for senior/mid-career scholars to join us in Madrid at UC3M´s social sciences department (UC3M-ATRAE Program 2026) on an attractive pay+research funds package 📣📣📣 This does NOT happen everyday. THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n

Super thread. Pour ceux qui veulent une quantification du vote pour les élections de 2024, on a écrit un papier là dessus pour les RFSP avec @jfdaoust.bsky.social shs.cairn.info/revue-revue-...

Isabelle Guinaudeau@iguinaudeau.bsky.social · 8mo ago

La note rappelle d’abord les problèmes bien connus des modes de scrutin majoritaires. ⚠️ Problème n°1 : ce système déforme le vote lui-même. Beaucoup se résolvent à voter “utile” et à “faire barrage”. Donc un vote frustrant car décalé par rapport à leurs préférences réelles.

Over the moon 😍. My paper "Renewing Democracy: How Exposure to Electoral Turnovers Reinforces Citizens’ Democratic Support" is accepted in World Politics. LINK: osf.io/preprints/os.... First paper fully conceived since my second child was born 4 years ago. For those who know, big milestone. 🧵 1/

📻 Great new podcast on political behaviour - the last episode features my @lsegovernment.bsky.social colleague Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social on whether campaigns matter, Mamdani’s victory and the Dutch elections - listen here ⬇️ linktr.ee/Politically....

New WP on political violence in democracies with the fantastic @dianebolet.bsky.social and @bjarneck.bsky.social. Sadly very topical, but with some positive results osf.io/preprints/so... 1/

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:

MSc Political Science (Political Behaviour)

Study political opinions and behaviours with the MSc Political Science (Political Behaviour), offering rigorous training and diverse career paths.

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🚨 New LSE job in political science 🚨 We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy Please share! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

First-time authors: Get the reviewer on your side in the first 3 pages. From there on, they either look for areas to improve or reasons to reject.

Le CEVIPOF lance une collection de #notes dédiées à l'enquête #FracturesFrançaises, pour comprendre les transformations profondes du paysage politique et social FR. NOTE2 : Anne Muxel : La #génération est-elle encore un marqueur des fractures politiques françaises? www.sciencespo.fr/cevipof/site...

🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are? @simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions Thread 🧵1/10

🚨 new paper out w/ @simonchauchard.bsky.social in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social on the link between misinformation and religiosity- does religious belief cause people to endorse more misinformation? And if so, what can we do about it? thread below ⬇️

New WP thread! 🤓 Vietnam's solar panel exports boomed between 2018 and 2022. With my PhD student Meng Yu Ngov, Trang Thu Tran, and Gaurav Nayyar we look at how this industry success can be attributed to attracting FDI and importing parts and components, as well to Chinese subsidy spillovers.👇

#danslesmédias Analyse de la crise de confiance politique par @damienbol.bsky.social, enseignant-chercheur @cevipof.bsky.social @sciencespo.bsky.social sur le plateau du 19/20 Paris IDF @francetv.bsky.social www.france.tv/france-3/par... cc @scpo-research.bsky.social

Politique : crise de confiance en replay - ICI 19/20 - L'entretien

Dans ce contexte d’incertitude politique, décryptage et analyse concernant le lien de confiance entre citoyens et politiques.

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Thanks for the SO. We tried estimate the effect of having a 4th candidate (as a separate RDD), but there were too few treated districts. That said, as France is becoming increasingly fragmented, there will be more and more data points

Jack Bailey@jack-bailey.co.uk · 11mo ago

A recent paper by @damienbol.bsky.social and @riaivandic.bsky.social provides some inspiration: in France's two-round system, the top two parties go through to the second round, but so do any others that pass a given threshold (currently receiving votes from 12.5% of registered voters)