NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! It’s Not #Polarization; It’s the #Radicalization of the #Political #Right By @pettertornberg.com doi.org/10.1017/S153...

@jacobgunderson.bsky.social: Party brands, issue salience, and electoral volatility 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I'm happy to be in Belfast for the EPSS Annual Conference. I'm chairing two great panels. The first, "PP02: Contemporary Perspectives on Intraparty Politics", is on Friday at 17:10 in Broadway (Hilton) and brings together papers on the measurement, content, and effects of intraparty politics.

I am really happy to share that on 12 June, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation in political science. The defence was a lot of fun. This was in large part because of my great opponent, @henrikseeberg.bsky.social , who initiated a challenging and intellectually engaging discussion.

Juicy scandals can break a coalition. “Who cares?” You may ask. Well, the brilliant Ida Hjermitslev and I showed that the ensuing sh*tstorm - the termination - reduce citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. See 👇🏼

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 2mo ago

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - The impacts of scandal-based coalition terminations on voters - https://cup.org/4fMjVjt - Ida Bæk Hjermitslev & @floriso.bsky.social #FirstView

I'm soooo excited about this data. Coverage here excludes the many candidates for which we have partial speeches. Come see @paugrau.bsky.social and I present some preliminary analyses at EPSS! #polisky #EPSS

Last week (for those that missed it), I published a paper on party systems in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia, together with @adeagafuri.bsky.social and @jacobgunderson.bsky.social. Here is a short summary: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Party systems at the European union’s doorstep: Party system structuration and dimensionality in the Western Balkans - Adea Gafuri, Jacob R. Gunderson, Jesper Lindqvist, 2026

Although consisting of EU (potential) candidate countries, the Western Balkan Six (WB6: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and...

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🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven! Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026. All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Share widely!

1 doctoraatspositie in kiesgedrag

1 PhD position to research how parties build connections with social groups

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🎉 Online first: What moves voters' trust in a political party? @annkristinkolln.bsky.social's new study shows that a party's pledge record and its procedural transparency shift trust by 7–26 points — read by voters as signals of ability and integrity. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...

From January 2026 - Legislator or Representative? Politicians’ Tasks According to Voters - https://cup.org/49LV0Ia - Helene Helboe Pedersen (Aarhus University) #OpenAccess

Another day, another publication: Our new paper introduces a transformer-based approach to measure how parties talk about each other, capturing who talks about whom and with what stance, with applications to coalition signals in Germany and negative campaigning in Austria. Out now, open access!

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 5mo ago

#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - Measuring inter-party communication: a transformer-based approach - https://cup.org/4aK4Zy7 - @annather-nerd.bsky.social, @okuspokus.bsky.social, Thomas Gschwend, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social, Simone Paolo Ponzetto, Ines Rehbein & Lukas F. Stoetzer #FirstView

Why does mainstream accommodation of far-right and Eurosceptic parties often electorally backfire? In my 3rd dissertation paper, just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social, I argue that voters specifically punish internally divided parties for accommodation: doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/13 🧵

🚨🎉 New Publication! 🎉🚨 Measuring Factional Conflict: A Comparative Approach Using Party Leadership Contests w/ @malpas.bsky.social & @blumrm.bsky.social Out now in Party Politics. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1354... (🧵 below)

Measuring factional conflict: A comparative approach using party leadership contests - Mike Cowburn, Amelia Malpas, Rachel M Blum, 2026

Intra-party factions have attracted increased scholarly attention in the twenty-first century as party systems have fragmented. Yet, we lack a comparative appro...

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Are parties responsive to public opinion? In my first research note, just published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, I find consistent evidence that parties across the EU shift their positions to align with the preferences of their partisan supporters: doi.org/10.1017/S147... 1/12 🧵

🧵I am happy to announce a new article in Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social, “Are the Politically Active Better Represented?”, co-authored with @jenny-oser.bsky.social, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, @professormpersson.bsky.social, and Anders Sundell. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Are the Politically Active Better Represented? - Political Behavior

Political participation is considered an important path for people to influence politics. However, whether those who participate actually see more of their preferred policies implemented remains an op...

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New article by Ayelén Vanegas. It explores how redistributive attitudes react to citizens' evaluations of policy results. It is a fascinating analysis of the conditions under which beneficiaries of social policies cease to support them. Fantastic work. www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

The last paper of @dpzollinger.bsky.social and I's Special Issue 'Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies' is now out at @wepsocial.bsky.social. Florent Gougou & @simonpersico.bsky.social's paper analyzes ecological conflict in the longue durée through a Lipset-Rokkanian lens.

West European Politics@wepsocial.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🎉 Online first: “The Ecologism/Productivism cleavage: reassessing the transformation of cleavage politics in Western Europe” by Florent Gougou & Simon Persico 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Publication Alert 🚨 Our paper on the effect of Symbolic Policies on Climate Policy Support has been published in the APSR! @apsrjournal.bsky.social Below is a summary of the results Extremely grateful to have written this with the wonderful @malojan.bsky.social and @theodoretallent.bsky.social 🥳

Theodore Tallent@theodoretallent.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉 Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access) The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social (1/6)

🚨🚨 job alert time 🚨🚨 @unibremen.bsky.social 3 PhD positions within the 3rd phase of the @sfb1342.bsky.social, with a focus on computational methods and/or on protest mobilization, specifically with a focus on Africa. Starting time: early 2026, deadline: 14th of January. more info below:

“Some people are saying there’s a workshop. Others are saying there isn’t one. A lot of people are talking about it. The best people!” 📚 Joint Sessions workshop on party policy ambiguity 📍 ECPR Joint Sessions 2026 Innsbruck 🚀 Send in your abstract by 10 December ecpr.eu/Events/Event... #ecprjs26

Trump on striking Iranian nuclear facilities: 'I may do it. I may not do it.'

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🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟 I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)

🆕 Great to see our work on the determinants and measurement of individual-level issue salience now out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! If you haven't, check out my fantastic co-author @gefjonoff.bsky.social's thread below 👇 bsky.app/profile/gefj...

Gefjon Off@gefjonoff.bsky.social · 9mo ago

New publication w/ my friend & amazing coauthor @fedetrastulli.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🎉 doi.org/10.1017/S147... We explore: Who considers which political issues as important & how is this related to sociodemographic/socioeconomic variables?

New publication w/ my friend & amazing coauthor @fedetrastulli.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🎉 doi.org/10.1017/S147... We explore: Who considers which political issues as important & how is this related to sociodemographic/socioeconomic variables?

The 2024 EU @chesdata.bsky.social has been added to both the trend file (1999-2024) and the Shiny app. Please take both for a spin! www.chesdata.eu/ches-europe chesdata.shinyapps.io/Shiny-CHES/

How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations? In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer. tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp

NEW - Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - https://cup.org/47ifc4B "we show that educational divides are diminished in the presence of countervailing networks" - @davidattewell6.bsky.social & @dpzollinger.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Really pleased to this out as part of special issues on "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies". Huge thanks to the SI editors, @dpzollinger.bsky.social and @davidattewell6.bsky.social for putting the special together and all of their support during the process.

West European Politics@wepsocial.bsky.social · 9mo ago

💥OUT NOW! "Cleavage size and stability in turbulent times: introducing the bloc volatility and fragmentation dataset" by @jacobgunderson.bsky.social Part of SI "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies", edited by @dpzollinger.bsky.social & @davidattewell6.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140...