And around 1 in 10 Labour 2024 voters were too young to have voted, before we get those who were old enough but didn't.

Christabel Cooper@christabelcoops.bsky.social · yesterday

Really worth noting that even in Red Wall constituencies which backed Leave, most *Labour* voters back rejoining the EU. Over 90% of Labour considerers back rejoin - opposition to EU membership is mainly coming from non-Labour voters in these seats. Was on Times Radio yesterday making this point.

3 year postdoc position at the University of Vienna on political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy, political behaviour or related fields jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

"Contrary to views of authoritarian parenting as a stable, exogenous disposition, such attitudes can also evolve during campaigns, as voters take cues from elites." Evidence from a five-­wave panel study during Brazil's 2018 presidential campaign. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Rejecting authoritarianism: When threats to democracy shape values

As politicians with authoritarian tendencies win elections globally, it becomes urgent to understand the social psychological mechanisms underlying support for such candidates. Prior research identif...

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I am contractually obligated to tell you that I wrote a book and that it is out in February. February is LGBTQ+ History Month - serendipitous timing for those who want to host an event for students and staff to mark the occasion of the month ;) Call me, maybe. www.therainbowvote.com 🏳️‍🌈🗳️

In popular music lyrics, positive & negative emotion-related words have declined over time & artists’ careers, alongside decreases in references to social relationships (though anger & anxiety may be exceptions): msutoday.msu.edu/news/2026/10...

Norms are eroding and racist rhetoric is proliferating in American politics. Why do white Americans accept this shift? In my book — which is out now with Cambridge University Press — I tackle this question. www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Destabilized | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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Rare, unsigned copies will be worth a fortune in years to come...

Immigrants and immigration are under attack everywhere. My forthcoming book looks at the other side, to examine the people who actually support immigration in Europe. cambridgeblog.org/2026/10/beyo...

In recent years, a growing literature studies the transnational learning of far-right populists’ electoral successes. But what about the electoral victories of far-left populists? My paper that tackles this question is now out @electoralstudies.bsky.social

wow. 5% expected success rate for ERC starting grants

Devang Mehta🌱🧬@mehta-lab.com · last wk.

Bravo @erc.europa.eu 🙄

Officially out today: a review and synthesis of where we’re at with research on solidarity between people of color in the US 🇲🇽 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Solidarity between U.S. people of color: Synthesizing evidence, highlighting challenges, and proposing actionable solutions

Mounting research establishes that solidarity between U.S. people of color (PoC) is triggered when a racially stigmatized ingroup believes they are discriminated similarly to another outgroup based o...

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Any political science academics ever hear someone senior say "the modal number of citations to a political science article is zero?" I have always thought that that was an absurd claim, and also demoralizing for junior colleagues. So I checked 16 English-language journals across the subfields.

🚨 New Preprint with Justin Robinson & Haley McAvay Drawing on a large UK cohort study we find that the share of immigrants in one’s neighbourhood and school during adolescence predicts favourable attitudes toward immigration up to two decades later (1/2) osf.io/preprints/so...

The Ties that Bind: Growing Up with Immigrants and Later Life Attitudes toward Immigration

In recent years, inequalities in residential environments have received much attention as an explanation for the appeal of anti-immigration parties across advanced democracies. This paper explores the...

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“You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Are we sleepwalking into World War III?

As regional conflicts rage and revisionist powers challenge the established order, warnings of a new global conflagration are growing louder

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🚨 New Preprint with Justin Robinson & Haley McAvay Drawing on a large UK cohort study we find that the share of immigrants in one’s neighbourhood and school during adolescence predicts favourable attitudes toward immigration up to two decades later (1/2) osf.io/preprints/so...

The Ties that Bind: Growing Up with Immigrants and Later Life Attitudes toward Immigration

In recent years, inequalities in residential environments have received much attention as an explanation for the appeal of anti-immigration parties across advanced democracies. This paper explores the...

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Blessed to belong to a generation that coped with rejection by listening to The Smiths rather than Andrew Tate podcasts

Federica Genovese@fgenovese.bsky.social · 2w ago

young men (18-29) who spend >5 hours a day on social media are more likely to agree that advancing women’s and girls’ rights has gone too far than those who don’t use social media as much. no difference detected among young women. @eurcorrespond.bsky.social

I am beyond thrilled to announce the publication of my textbook in political psychology with @bpsofficial.bsky.social !! The book provides a concise overview of the field and is designed for undergraduate students You can order it or get an inspection copy here www.routledge.com/Key-Topics-i...

Very happy to get stuck into this just-published overview by @pavlosvas1.bsky.social. Looks to be very handy especially as a relative newcomer (interloper?) to political psychology!

Thrilled to see this out at APSR on FirstView 🎉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right: Evidence from England’s National Health Service | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right: Evidence from England’s National Health Service

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Zach Dickson@zachdickson.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Thrilled that my paper (w/@sarahobolt.bsky.social,@catherinedevries.bsky.social,@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) was accepted at the American Political Science Review! We find that declining public services fuel support for the populist right — and show why the right benefits more than other parties 🧵

I am beyond thrilled to announce the publication of my textbook in political psychology with @bpsofficial.bsky.social !! The book provides a concise overview of the field and is designed for undergraduate students You can order it or get an inspection copy here www.routledge.com/Key-Topics-i...

Super excited to see this article in print in the APSR: 📚 “Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right: Evidence from England’s National Health Service” - with the brilliant @zachdickson.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @simonecremaschi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S000...

This is such a cool paper!

Public Opinion Quarterly - POQ@poqjournal.bsky.social · 2w ago

The "first-daughter effect" found in many Western countries also appears in Japan. Using survey data from 2000 to 2018, Chiba & Ono demonstrate that raising daughters can reshape core political attitudes among Japanese fathers. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

🚨Job alert! 🚨 Come work with us on the British Election Study! We are looking for a postdoc to join the new BES team: 5 year contract, starting in Jan 2027. Happy to chat if you've got any questions. Applications close 12 Nov, for details see: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: British Election Study Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Full-Time, Fixed-Term for 5 yearsThe Department of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at Royal Holloway seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on the British Election St...

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Academic publishing is probably the biggest scam in capitalism. It literally involves taking people’s free labour and then asking those same people to pay for the product with money

Samuel Moore@samuelmoore.org · 3w ago

Only a financial journalist would look at academic publishing and think "what that sector needs is more mergers and private equity" to deal with the mess that financialisation has caused. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Unlike other sectors that form part of Labour’s superego, the BBC is cutting 1,800–2,000 jobs, but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone in the government.

Felicity Hannah@felicityhannah.bsky.social · 3w ago

Really sad news. Thinking of my very talented colleagues today

O Xenos: Racial Difference, Colorism, and Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Greece link.springer.com/article/10.1...

O Xenos: Racial Difference, Colorism, and Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Greece - Political Behavior

Does racial difference contribute to anti-immigrant bias? A large literature has analyzed the impact of religious difference on negative assessments of immigrants in European countries, but less is kn...

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This is a fantastic book by @pavlosvas1.bsky.social ! I really enjoyed it—thought-provoking, insightful, and beautifully written. Highly recommended!

Beat that, Farage!

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 3w ago

Visa applications to study in the UK fell by 10.3 per cent for the key recruitment month of September, new Home Office figures show. @jgro-the.bsky.social reports #highered #visas #internationalstudents #edusky https://ow.ly/3LSs50ZVPAE

Unlike other sectors that form part of Labour’s superego, the BBC is cutting 1,800–2,000 jobs, but this doesn’t seem to bother anyone in the government.

Felicity Hannah@felicityhannah.bsky.social · 3w ago

Really sad news. Thinking of my very talented colleagues today

Pleased we seem to have the old-style Conservative party back. Let's have the debate about whether social democracy or laissez-faire works better for most British people. This is a debate social democracy can absolutely win and so much better than arguing whether Bukayo Saka is English or not.