📣📣📣 Does the liberal peace remain relevant in an era of democratic decline? Join us for the Regius Lecture at 6:15pm Thurs 22 Oct in Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall. Regius Professor Kristian Skrede Gleditsch leads the discussion, with Professors Philip Cunliffe, Faten Ghosn, and @shane-martin.bsky.social.

Happy weekend! This Saturday brings you the rare joy of a 🙌job🙌 in: surveys! democratic attitudes! experiments! three years!! research only (if you want)!!!! with @rikkidean.bsky.social @sotonpolitics.bsky.social !!!!!! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTB393/r...

Research Fellow - Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE) project at University of Southampton

Apply now for the Research Fellow - Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE) project role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

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Sick of work this Monday lunchtime? Or perhaps hungover from one too many on the first night of Labour Conference? If so, distract yourself with ✨ 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗥𝗣 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ✨ Full interactive at: jack-bailey.co.uk/ward2024

Interesting new paper in @wepsocial.bsky.social by Yoda&Atsumi showing that "the positive association between pro-redistribution and pro-immigration attitudes is weaker among earlier cohorts." In other words: the number of left-authoritarian voters decreases across generations.

Time dilation: the temporal structure of elite–voter incongruence on redistribution and immigration

While immigration and redistribution issues have increasingly converged at the elite level in Western Europe, they remain less correlated among voters, leading to significant elite–voter incongruen...

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We are delighted to announce that Paul Whiteley of @uniessexgov.bsky.social has been awarded the 2026 Sir David Butler Prize for his lifetime contribution to the study of elections, public opinion and parties. The prize was presented at #EPOP2026 last week.

Delighted to be co-chairing the Electoral and Voting Behaviour section @epssnet.bsky.social with the brilliant @carolinaplescia.bsky.social! We welcome papers on the themes below. Have an idea for a Roundtable or Authors Meet Critics session? Contact us! ⏰ 13 Nov. 2026 👉 Call: shorturl.at/CB8Lr

ברכות לעופר וינטר על הקמת המפלגה. נאחל לו שלושה אחוזים שלמים מקולות הבוחרים.

In some cases both sides are wrong.

One of the things I like about reviewing/grading papers is that I get to see how AI interpret my (or others') work. It is mostly funny, and I get to ask myself if I ever wrote anything like that (the answer is almost always no).

I don't know who needs to hear that, but it is ok not to have an opinion on some things.

Hi, I'm being made redundant by the University of Southampton at the end of this month. I'm desperately looking for work. I'll consider all offers but have particular skills in policy, strategy and research. I also have a consultancy service I offer. Please let me know if you hear of anything

What on earth is going on with AI teaching at Uni Newcastle

I spent some time in Clacton this morning and came back with three thoughts regarding the elections: 1. Some of us forget the poll respondents are real people with real problems. The ppl of Clacton deserve a real representative that cares for them.

Happy to answer questions folks have!

Daniel Devine@danjdevine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Unbelievably, there are *two* academic jobs at Cardiff University. One in British politics (seemingly broadly defined) cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/53... One in political behaviour/opinion 🙌 cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/52...

Unbelievably, there are *two* academic jobs at Cardiff University. One in British politics (seemingly broadly defined) cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/53... One in political behaviour/opinion 🙌 cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/52...

Lecturer in Politics - Teaching and Research in Law Building | Internal & External Website

View details and apply for this Lecturer in Politics - Teaching and Research vacancy in Law Building. Lecturer in Politics - Teaching & Research School of Law and Politics The School of Law a...

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Italy is changing its electoral system (again): the fifth reform since 1993. I wrote for @laderafrutal.bsky.social's Fruits & Votes blog on how the new bonus-adjusted system works, why the government wants it, and its political implications. fruitsandvotes.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/i...

Italy is changing its electoral system (again)

Nicknamed the “Stabilicum” by the right-wing coalition government that introduced it, this would be the fifth major electoral reform in Italy since 1993.

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New publication out in @epsrjournal.bsky.social! We know young voters vote for different parties and hold different attitudes than older citizens. What we know less about: whether they also care differently about political issues. Using novel experimental survey data, I show: they do! 👇

“Nothing else matters?” Salience differences between young and old | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

“Nothing else matters?” Salience differences between young and old

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קולגות התלוננו לאחרונה שמאמרים על פוליטיקה ומפלגות בישראל נדחים על בסיס הטענה שאי אפשר להשוות את ישראל לדמוקרטיות אחרות (גם אם ישראל היא רק מקרה אחד במאמר). במאמר הזה אנחנו מראים (בין היתר) שזו טענה שגויה, לפחות כשמדובר על איפה המפלגות עומדות במרחב הפוליטי. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

❗The @chesdata.bsky.social team paper on the global economic left-right scale is now out in print at the JoP! Super happy to have contributed a tiny little bit to this huge effort by @ndelacerda.bsky.social, @rbakker.bsky.social and others!

Ryan Bakker@rbakker.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Several years of data collection, 2 editorial teams and a few rounds of R&R were all well worth it to finally see this paper in print. Thanks to all the survey teams and the many experts who helped make this possible. doi.org/10.1086/736578

Very happy to be a part of this great team with @ndelacerda.bsky.social, @rbakker.bsky.social, @sethkjolly.bsky.social, @jonathanpolk.bsky.social, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, @jellekoedam.bsky.social, @palesl.bsky.social, and @jillesheppard.bsky.social.

Ryan Bakker@rbakker.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Several years of data collection, 2 editorial teams and a few rounds of R&R were all well worth it to finally see this paper in print. Thanks to all the survey teams and the many experts who helped make this possible. doi.org/10.1086/736578

Several years of data collection, 2 editorial teams and a few rounds of R&R were all well worth it to finally see this paper in print. Thanks to all the survey teams and the many experts who helped make this possible. doi.org/10.1086/736578

Today we launch the new version of The PopuList! The PopuList provides an overview of far-left, far-right and populist parties in 31 European countries from 1989 until 1 May 2026. Explore the new website here: popu-list.org

Home - The PopuList

The PopuList Interactive Version 4.0 Static Version 4.0 CSV Version 4.0 What is the PopuList? The PopuList offers researchers, journalists, […]

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🚨 New paper! Does social integration change how minorities vote? Classic theories say yes: voting patterns should converge with the majority. But looking at Muslim Turks in Germany, we found the exact opposite. A thread on the integration puzzle 👇

Regulation of social media is increasingly a public safety issue.

6 years ago, I started asking a question that political science had largely ignored: how & why do women get involved in PRR parties as grassroots members? Today, my 1st book proposes an answer. Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right is now out online with OUP: academic.oup.com/book/62754

Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right

Abstract. This book investigates women’s involvement as members of populist radical right (PRR) parties. The latter have long been characterised as ‘men’s

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Great work and a cool dataset 👇🏼

British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW - Who Do Parties Speak To? Introducing the PSoGA: A New Comprehensive Database of Parties’ Social Group Appeals https://cup.org/43fmXFj - @alonadolinsky.com, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social & @rwillh11.bsky.social #FirstView

I’m pleased to see people realising this morning that a Lab>Reform seat change can happen because Lab>others and Con>Reform. The underlying vote flow evidence has been screaming this since autumn 2024 😎.

🌍🌐 @mcchacha.bsky.social and I are happy to welcome all the participants arriving for our "International Politics in Africa" workshop this week in Nairobi. Everyone has been working hard to submit full papers for the workshop (see attached list) + keynote by Gilbert Khadiagala! #africanpolitics

🚨Call for papers We invite submissions for the 2nd Workshop for Scholars of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties (EPOP) based in Northern UK 🏛️ University of York, 8-9 June 2026 Theme: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy More info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Call for papers- Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy

Call for papers: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy University of York, 8-9 June 2026 The workshop, supported by the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties’ (EPOP) Anth...

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Dear reviewer, may I remind you that the plural of anecdote is not data? Your stories are interesting, but the data disagree.