Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
@turnbulldugarte.com
[trying to spend less time on social media] #ihadablackdog https://youtu.be/XiCrniLQGYc?si=q-gQTNXfScmgtl4k
Just a couple of days away from my desk, and look what the book fairy has left for me! Recommended, if slightly scary reading for anyone interest in #femonationlism (and other things #farright)
The Rainbow Vote now has a cover & publication date. www.therainbowvote.com 🗳️🏳️🌈 Please consider pre-ordering, or asking your institution’s library to pre-order! Insufferable self-promotion to follow but I am dutifully celebrating every milestone along the way to publication day in February 😎
The official release date of ParliView EU is coming soon! Follow below for more updates about the project and sign up for early access at parliview.org @transparency-eu.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social @strathpolir.bsky.social @strathplacelab.bsky.social
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ParliView project@parliview.bsky.social · 5d agoThe Rainbow Vote now has a cover & publication date. www.therainbowvote.com 🗳️🏳️🌈 Please consider pre-ordering, or asking your institution’s library to pre-order! Insufferable self-promotion to follow but I am dutifully celebrating every milestone along the way to publication day in February 😎
🚨🚨 New publication: 🚨🚨 Does affective polarization (AP) change citizens’ willingness to support democratic norms or participate? 🧵1/10 Full paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Cool Citizens? How Affectively Unpolarized Citizens View and Participate in Democracy - Political Behavior
Does affective polarization change how citizens view and participate in democracy? We posit that the answer to this crucial question depends on how affectively unpolarized citizens view and participat...
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#APSA2026 meeting cheat codes: (1) go pick up your badge Wednesday, no wait (2) member appreciation reception is Friday, 2-3pm (3) book hall closes at 4pm Saturday AND IS NEXT TO REGISTRATION THIS YEAR (4) coffee breaks each day in the book hall (along with swag & tables)
(8) the presentation rooms will have HDMI adapters for laptops but not USB-C adapters - plan accordingly & bring dongles
What happens when you remind Republicans that, if they give Trump more power, Democrats will one day engage in payback? ~GOP support for giving Trump more power goes ⬇️, BUT ~Democrats become more OK with it 🤯 Lesson for understanding democratic backsliding: time matters.⏰
We have updated the Migration Movies Database, which now includes 700+ documentaries, movies, and series globally. The database is designed to serve as a resource for anyone interested in incorporating movies into teaching, learning, and public discourse. migrationpolicycentre.eu/project/migr...
Migration Movies Database - Migration Policy Centre
This Migration Movies Database brings together screen works that tell stories of migration and human movement from1940 until 2025.
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How do individuals normatively assess changes to the social order and what does this tell us about electoral realignment? New publication with @dpzollinger.bsky.social and Tabea Palmtag out now in the Journal of European Public Policy 😊 doi.org/10.1080/1350...
There is a postdoc position available at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social working on disability and political parties with @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and @stefaniereher.bsky.social Qualitative focus and Danish/Spanish required. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow
We are delighted to welcome applications for the position of Research Fellow within a new ESRC-funded research project led by Prof Elizabeth Evans and Dr Stefanie Reher (Strathclyde) on Disability and...
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A good moment to recommend Angela Saini‘s Superior, which traces back the history of “race science” and shows the institutions that sustain this pseudo-research until today. These pursuits have nothing in common with the principles of academic inquiry www.angelasaini.co.uk/superior
Angela Saini | Award-winning Science Journalist and Author
The website of British independent science journalist, author and broadcaster, Angela Saini. Her most recent book is Superior: The Return of Race Science.
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New paper with @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social in EJPR: Does the "winner-loser gap" in democratic attitudes also apply to politicians? We extend some previous insights from recent literature on the topic by looking at 27 elections across 15 European countries. 🧵 buff.ly/UarD6eC
The winner–loser gap in democratic attitudes among politicians: Individual and collective outcomes | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
The winner–loser gap in democratic attitudes among politicians: Individual and collective outcomes
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Come and work with us! We are seeking a colleague to join us on a full-time, fixed-term basis as a Research and Enterprise Manager for the Faculty of Social Sciences: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... The role involves a range of interesting activities supporting research and knowledge exchange.
Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research and Enterprise Manager
The Faculty of Social Sciences is seeking a Research and Enterprise Manager to join the Faculty Operating Service. Based in the Faculty of Social Sciences, you will make an important contribution to l...
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Special delivery! 📚 Very happy to receive the first copies of What Europeans Think About Immigration and Why It Matters, my new book with @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social, out now with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social Great to see this in physical form!
There will be several postdocs joining the department over the coming year and so it's a good time to join.
Daniel Devine@danjdevine.bsky.social · 3w agoThere is a postdoc position available at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social working on disability and political parties with @elizabethjevans.bsky.social and @stefaniereher.bsky.social Qualitative focus and Danish/Spanish required. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Three pre-registered experiments. One story. But now with page numbers. Non-heterosexual behaviour/identities among men is punished significantly more than the same among women.
European Journal of Political Research@ejprjournal.bsky.social · 3w ago65:3 🐟️ Allies on the street but illiberal in the sheets? @turnbulldugarte.com uncovers a gap between public #LGBTQ+ support and private behaviour, showing how traditional gender norms still shape attitudes in liberal societies 🌈
Now is as good a time as ever to simply say that support services are available if you are in need of them. ; www.nhs.uk/mental-healt... findahelpline.com
Help for suicidal thoughts
Where to get help if you are having suicidal thoughts, and what to do if you are worried about someone else.
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Teaching political behaviour / psychology? You can now order a print inspection copy for my forthcoming textbook in political psychology. www.routledge.com/Key-Topics-i...
Key Topics in Political Psychology
This highly accessible book provides an overview of the discipline of political psychology. It breaks down political psychology into five key areas that discuss the history, impact and future directio...
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Exogenous opportunity to have your political say at the polls makes you more certain about what you want to say in the polling booth. Snap elections accelerate the formation of vote intentions and depress voter uncertainty. doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
Klara Müller@klaramueller.bsky.social · 4w ago📢 New paper out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social (w/ @aleferna.bsky.social)! Asking how a snap election call affects vote choice (un)certainty, we find that they tend to increase voters’ confidence in their vote intentions. The longer answer: 🧵👇 OA here: doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
📣 We are hiring - please share! 👉 1-2 Postdoctoral Fellows with specialization in political data science or comparative politics as part of the ERC project “Authoritarian Threats to Scientific Knowledge” (AutoKnow)- PI Tore Wig. 📅3-4 years ⏳September 10, 2026. 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow (303060) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow (303060), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2026
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Do opinion polls underestimate support for right-wing parties? buff.ly/4zkxUWY
Do polls underestimate support for right-wing parties?
This time, I’m taking a look at some new evidence about the accuracy of opinion polls.
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Hot takes suggest that spending more on public schools doesn't help. But this cool paper (political scientists publishing in an econ journal 😎) shows that increasing public school spending improves test scores and graduation rates. gated: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We are hiring a postdoc in Comparative Politics at JGU Mainz! Join our friendly and productive team, led by Armin Schäfer (@arminschaefer.bsky.social). • Full-time position • Five-year contract (!) • Start: from 1 October Apply by 22 August: stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/56328 Please share!
If journal editorial is of interest to you - replace me at @jeppjournal.bsky.social as Associate Editor. I've loved working with JEPP. The team, papers, and reviewers have been awesome. Happy to answer questions if you have any. editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
Associate Editor needed for Journal of European Public Policy
Associate Editor needed for Journal of European Public Policy
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New working paper from Stuart Perrett, @drjennings.bsky.social , @jonmellon.bsky.social , @cbwlezien.bsky.social and me: Do polls underestimate support for right-wing parties? Assessing variation in polling error by party family osf.io/preprints/so...
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This is what happens when anti-racism norms erode, and elites bear a lot of the responsibility for norm erosion, as they have disproportionate power to set and enforce norms
Charles EP Murphy@cepmurphy.bsky.social · last mo.news.sky.com/story/nhs-st... stereotypically this has been seen as Old People, but not only would the old people of now have often been born post-Windrush, lot of this will be younger people who've always lived in a diverse Britain. The guy with a pregnant wife likely millennial at oldest
✍️ The two things no one ever tells you about writing a book... My latest substack, on the weird world of "blurbs", the significance of preorders and... a rare, special limited-time offer! 👇 edconway.substack.com/p/at-least-o...
At least one very good reason to pre-order Trade World
What no-one tells you about writing a book. And my shameless attempt to confront it...
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*watching House of the Dragon* Me when men are flayed: 😐 Me when the dragons are in pain: 😭😭😭😩😩😩💔💔💔😱😱😱