🗣️ Do citizens believe parliamentarians when they call out autocratic behavior? A survey experiment by @jmvanlit.bsky.social, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham suggests that credibility depends on government/opposition status and consistency 👇️ 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Credible resistance or political ploy? How government status and consistency shape citizen perceptions of parliamentarians’ democratic defence

Parliamentarians play a primary role in defending democracy against incumbent-led democratic recession. They can resist autocratization in the political arena by standing up against the incumbent g...

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USA and Belgium both just wearing white shirts in this friendly, somebody needs to tell the #USMNT that these red stripey shirts they're debuting are not different enough from just white. They're not striped on the back, for one thing! #usavsbel

This is a fantastic resource! I was happy to contribute with a chapter on expert surveys together with Nina Wiesehomeier!

Alessandro Nai@alessandronai.bsky.social · 8mo ago

After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵

After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵

You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU? Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇 @bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 10mo ago

▶️ European + EU Politics 👉🏽 Section chairs: @bjornhoyland.bsky.social @chriswratil.bsky.social 📢 This section welcomes work on politics in Europe, European integration & the EU, using qualitative or quantitative approaches, single-country or comparative. 1/

Check out our new piece in EJPR!

Take Sipma@takesipma.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Are universities perceived as left-wing bastions? Are police officers seen as right-wing? And are judges considered impartial? In a new publication in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, Erika van Elsas, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, and I answer these questions ... (1/3) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Computational Political Science at the University of Antwerp! 💻 Focus: NLP + ML + political text analysis 🗳️ Project: ERC DEMO-LIES (disinformation in democracies) 🌍 Location: Antwerp, 🇧🇪 📅 Deadline: 16 Oct 2025 www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...

New POPPA article out in Party Politics by Andrej Zaslove, @robert-a-huber.bsky.social, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social: “The State of Populism: Introducing the 2023 Wave of the Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/2

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📘 64.4 Who accepts party policy change? @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social use 🗳️ data from 5 countries shows that many see change as necessary but populist attitudes strongly reduce acceptance. Read more:

Who accepts party policy change? The individual-level drivers of attitudes towards party repositioning

MAURITS J. MEIJERS, RUTH DASSONNEVILLE

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Bluesky hive mind! Does anyone use their iPad mini for reading and annotating papers? Are you happy with your choice, or do you wish you had a bigger model?

1/ 🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper? We built one: ✅ $1/chapter ✅ Modular & flexible ✅ Written by top scholars ✅ Full (free!) instructor resources 🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!

The research is so clear about what the effects of this copycat behaviour is. It's inexplicable why political leadership is so resistant to evidence-based political strategy.

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm pretty sure it's possible to calculate almost the precise number of votes every tweet like this hands directly to Nigel Farage.

Het NL en D "Nee" tegen een EU begroting van ruim 1% BNP staat in schril contrast met hun enthousiasme voor 5% voor de NAVO. Onderliggende gedachte: de EU klein houden, zodat nationale politici zich groot kunnen voelen. Terwijl juist nu een sterke EU keihard nodig is voor onze veiligheid en welvaart

Quebec: "Hold my beer" In Quebec, the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) will fine anglophone shopkeepers in anglophone Quebec communities for saying "Hi!" before "Bonjour!"

Alexandre Afonso@alexandreafonso.bsky.social · last yr.

In Switzerland we are, huh, more relaxed about these things.

Voor mijn nieuwe Nederlandse volgers, hier zijn enkele andere Nederlandstalige experts op het gebied van uiterst-rechts om te volgen: @sldelange.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social

Very happy to see this out! We show that defending democracy against autocratizing incumbents is possible, but an uphill battle!

West European Politics@wepsocial.bsky.social · last yr.

Online first: "Defending democracy: investigating the efficacy of elite democratic defence in a competitive information environment" by @jmvanlit.bsky.social & @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140... #Academicsky #Polisky

Precies. Als een democratisch midden (dat bereid is te besturen) onderling geen alternatieven biedt, komen de middenpartijen gezamenlijk symbool te staan voor de status quo. Kiezers die ontevreden zijn over de status quo, vinden de alternatieven dan alleen nog bij niet-democratische partijen.

Tom Louwerse@tomlouwerse.nl · last yr.

Maak de verkiezingen dus niet een strijd om democratisch of niet (want dat voedt die niet-democratische positie alleen), maar zorg dat er wat te kiezen valt tussen democratische partijen.

Two fully funded PhD positions in political science at the University of Antwerp in @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social's new and very cool ERC project on disinformation and representation. Great opportunity! www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...

Did you know that @epssnet.bsky.social will honor your #EPSA membership? Sign up today! epssnet.org/sign-up/#join That said, your membership dues are staying with EPSA & EPSS is starting with zero financial funds. So if you can, consider paying for an EPSS membership to help us get off the ground.

The fabulous @frederikthieme.bsky.social will present results from a large-scale field experiment on the mobilization of young voters tomororw @epsanet.bsky.social #epsa2025 @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social

Frederik Thieme@frederikthieme.bsky.social · last yr.

Can traditional campaign tools still mobilize young voters in the digital age? 📬 With @heikekluever.bsky.social, I present evidence from a field experiment ahead of the 2024 European elections targeting first-voters. Join us after sleeping in on Saturday 🙌 #epsa2025 ⏰: Sat, 11:20 📍: -1.A.06

Amazing initiative! I joined today, and you should, too!

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

Introducing #EPSS - the European Political Science Society and non-Profit alternative to #EPSA!

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

🧵 Hiring 2 PhDs in political science! Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES @uantwerpen.be 🇧🇪 We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️ 💥 4-yr fully funded 📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025 🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug Details + apply 👇

Very happy to see this published! Thanks for the great collaboration in these last 5 (!) years, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social !

West European Politics@wepsocial.bsky.social · last yr.

Online first: "Partisan cueing and preferences for fiscal integration in the European Union" by @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140... #Academicsky #Polisky

I am proud to announce that I have been appointed Research Professor at the Dept of Political Science at University of Antwerp, starting in June 2025! I will leave Radboud University after having spent 9 wonderful years at the Department of Political Science in Nijmegen. 1/4

To most tarrifs seem like a foolish plan. However, if the goal is to maximize control over your economy, it makes perfect sense. Reducing dependencies on others will allow Trump to exert greater control over the US economy.

This is what the waiting room of an ER in 🇳🇱 looks like. If you'd set a TV-series like The Pitt in a European, properly funded ER with limited waiting time, no mass shootings, no fentanyl epidemic it wouldn't make great TV. 🥱

📢 1 Week left! Call for Abstracts📢 Deadline for #PolEtmaal2025 is fast approaching! Are you working on gender, representation, or democratic processes? Join us in Groningen for the upcoming PolEtmaal, work-in-progress welcome! Submit your abstract here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...

When universities fall, democracy falls.

Across 26 countries and using a database of 32M tweets, radical-right populist elites are the most likely to spread misinformation, finds @pettertornberg.bsky.social & @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940...