On 3/19, M*sk posted "Some people just want to watch the world burn" in response to a video of a Telsa dealership on fire. So I emailed @vinarceneaux.bsky.social about new data UD's CPC has on Need for Chaos & Trust in Musk. TLDR: Folks who want to watch the world burn trust Musk MORE, not less.🧵

I enjoyed my interview with Sujata Gupta for @scinews.bsky.social about the need for chaos (the desire to burn it all down) and our current political comment. www.sciencenews.org/article/why-...

Why some chaos-seekers just want to watch the world burn

A political scientist explains how a confluence of personality traits and perceived status loss can encourage some people to generate chaos as a solution to their woes.

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What do populist voters want from their government? In this research note, I found some interesting answers to this question. The TL;DR is that they want more democracy, not less democracy, but they are willing to achieve in paradoxically illiberal ways (or what seem illiberal to us scholars).

CEVIPOF - Sciences Po@cevipof.bsky.social · 2y ago

🔎 What Do Populist Voters Really Want? A new research note by @vinarceneaux.bsky.social @cevipof.bsky.social sheds light on the political preferences of populist voters in France, Germany, and Italy during the 2024 European elections. #Democracy #Populism Read the note👇 tinyurl.com/2s3e5v4n

Exposure to counter-stereotypical exemplars of the out-party can improve affect towards the out-party link.springer.com/article/10.1... #socpsych #psychscisky #polpsy

#Polisky folks: Bocconi University is looking for AP in Environmental Politics & Policy 🌏 Offer: Great group of political scientists working at awesome social science university in a fabulous city 🙌 🚨 Deadline: 30th of November Please share 🔁 Apply 🔗 & ℹ️ : jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?type=&dep=SPS

Job Market - Bocconi University

Recruiting, Faculty, Post-doc Grant, Collaboration Contracts

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New Preprint! with @bnbakker.bsky.social and Johanna Dunaway. Following previous research, we test the hypothesis that close-in framed photojournalistic portrayals of displaced persons humanize and increase support for helping them. Spoiler alert: We find null results. osf.io/preprints/ps...