Matthijs Rooduijn

@mrooduijn.bsky.social

Political scientist | Professor of Transdisciplinary Social Science | University of Amsterdam | Hot Politics Lab | The PopuList | Stuk Rood Vlees | Parties, voters, populism, far right, and liberal democracy

Are preferences for authoritarian rule individual predispositions—or can they spread socially? Using field + survey experiments in the Norwegian Armed Forces, we show that openness to strongman rule can spread socially. American Journal of Political Science: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

The increasing popularity of strongman rule in democratic societies underscores the need to explore how authoritarian regime preferences might spread socially. We assess the role of social influence ...

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📢 I’m hiring 2 three-year postdocs at Dept of Political Science, @au.dk! Come work with me on The Politics of Shaming and Shamelessness — a new project on elite rhetoric, emotions, norms, hostility and political violence. Deadline: 31 August 2026 Start: Dec 2026–Feb 2027 Please share widely! 🙏

2 three-year postdocs in political communication and political psychology at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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Our department has three calls for tenure track positions. IE is a fast growing group of scholars doing top-notch work, which offers very attractive conditions in a great European city. If you are looking for an academic job in Europe, definitely do consider applying.

IE Political Science Department@iepolisci.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring! We have 3 tenure track positions open: - Comparative Politics: apply.interfolio.com/188149 - International Relations: apply.interfolio.com/188150 - Political Economy: apply.interfolio.com/188151 All jobs have deadlines Oct 5th. Please help spread the word to potential candidates.

The Austrian far-right FPÖ's radio channel aired an interview with Philipp Huemer, managing director of the extreme-right "Institute for Remigration", which was founded by right-wing extremist Martin Sellner, discussing the institute's tasks and ethnic cleansing goals.

X-Post: "Geschäftsführer 
@philipphuemer_
 hat in einem Interview bei 
@austriafirst_at
 über den offiziellen Start, die Aufgaben und die Ziele des Instituts für Remigration gesprochen."

The normalisation of the parliamentary far right is one thing, the normalisation of the extra-parliamentary extreme right and the increasingly open cooperation between far-right parties and extreme-right activists quite another

And to the journalists attending: make no mistake. You are not observing this performance from the outside. Your presence forms part of it. Your presence is living proof that far-right ideologies have become normalised and accepted.

Eviane Leidig@evianeleidig.com · 2mo ago

The second Remigration Summit is taking place on Saturday. This isn’t a fringe event. It’s a global gathering of far-right ideologues, activists, influencers & politicians who are given a platform to call for mass deportations.

Al sinds september heb ik kanker. De ziekte is nu weg, maar om terugkeer te voorkomen of vertragen is een medicijn nodig dat voor mij niet wordt vergoed. Gelukkig zijn mijn vrienden een crowdfunding gestart. Alle donaties zijn welkom en delen helpt ook! www.gofundme.com/f/help-floor...

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