How well are young people represented along the recruitment ladder? The pipeline problem for the Danish youth is within parties, since they are eager to stand for election and well represented at the parliamentary level. New article out in @ecpr.bsky.social's EPS. Open access: rdcu.be/eIiM1.
Karina Kosiara-Pedersen
@karinakosped.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Parties, representation, recruitment, gender, youth, harassment/violence, engagement/affiliation, campaigning.
Great panel on gendered violence at #ecprgc25 Thanks a lot Jana Belschner @fionamaybuckley.bsky.social Lisa Keenan Zeki Sarigil
On the final day #ecprgc25 I present the democratic consequences of raising citizens’ awareness about harassment of politicians in DK, DE, UK & FR and Barbara Mâsic on the turnout for national minorities in Croatia. Richard Katz discusses. Friday 13:30 New Phil, -1, room 1 @ecpr.bsky.social
Open access to report on 2024 in Danish politics: Queen abdicated. EP elections returned a fragmented Danish representation in Brussels. The cross-the-aisle-majority gov saw some program realization, cf. initiatives on stronger defense, conscription for women & ‘Green Partite’ deal #polisky #dkpol
🆕 #Denmark #PoliticalData 👸 2024 saw the Queen's abdication, political fragmentation in the EP, defence and climate initiatives, new ministries, and preparations for Denmark's 2025 EU chairmanship amid global challenges, writes @karinakosped.bsky.social ✍️ buff.ly/SyE0tl8 #OA #Polisky
2 weeks ago I returned to the Rokkan room where I have attended many inspiring party research seminars organized by @emilievh.bsky.social This time for inspirational feedback on my work on intimidation/harassment/violence in politics. Grateful for inviting & hosting me @sciencepoulb.bsky.social
Congratulations to @marieseestedt.bsky.social who successfully defended her thesis 'Ties that bind? Inter-generational Redistribution and Solidarity from a Family Perspective' yesterday at Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Supervisors: @carolinrapp.bsky.social Peter Thisted Dinesen
My ace colleagues at the Niels Bohr Institute are recruiting a PhD student for this position in our @precise-project.bsky.social - it's a super interesting project adding new physics to ice sheet models. Apply and/or share...!
Come work with us PhD fellowship modelling flow and fracture in #ice sheets jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16... (application deadline 3 June) @precise-project.bsky.social
Institut for Statskundskab, KU, søger dygtige instruktorer - også til 'Dansk og komparativ politik I'. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Instruktorer til Institut for Statskundskab, efterår 2025
Ved Studienævnet for Statskundskab er der på bacheloruddannelsen et antal instruktorstillinger ledige til besættelse pr. 15. august 2025 inden for følgende fag:
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Wiebke is a wonderful PI and colleague - and she is hiring! gendersky polisky
🥁The LOBBYMETRY project is hiring: 1 PostDoc & 1 fully-funded PhD 🥳 Come to beautiful Copenhagen to research lobbying, informational quality and public policy formulation! PostDoc: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli... Please spread the word & and do not hesitate to reach out with questions!
Nyt studie identificerer en specifik gruppe vælgere, der på SoMe kun følger det parti, de stemmer på. De ligner partiets vælgere mere end medlemmerne og er aktive online, men er ikke aktive i traditionelle partiaktiviteter. Potentiale for partier i forandring? #dkpol polsci.ku.dk/om/nyheder/2...
SoMe-aktivister ligger tættere på vælgerne end partiernes medlemmer
Sociale medier tiltrækker en bredere og mere mangfoldig gruppe af politisk engagerede borgere end de traditionelle partimedlemmer. Det viser en ny undersøgelse fra Københavns Universitet.
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Susan E Scarrow @emilievh.bsky.social & I make headlines ... on my department web site 😀 Learn about our new study @wepsocial.bsky.social showing social media partisans following only the party they vote for exist and are more like voters than members polisky politicalscience.ku.dk/about/news/2...
Social media activists are more like voters than party members
Social media attracts a broader and more diverse group of politically engaged citizens than traditional party members. This is according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen.
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If you are a computational social scientist, here is your oportunity to work as post-doc with the great team of the project TWICEASGOOD led by the amaizing Susan Banducci www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DME037/r...
Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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What a pleasure to collect a bit of data in Stockholm on the way home from a wonderful and inspiring research seminar @uppgap.bsky.social It'll be fun transcribing interviews done in a mix of Swedish, English and Danish 😆 polisky gendersky
Thanks a lot to the wonderful @uppgap.bsky.social scholars for engaging with our work on political harassment/violence at Monday's seminar. Lots of useful feedback to continue our work @parzetterberg.bsky.social @grahn.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @sandrahkansson.bsky.social gendersky polisky
Such a pleasure to see this paper out in WEP. I'm grateful for collaborators Susan Scarrow and @emilievh.bsky.social, a tough but productive process with the editors and reviewers of @wepsocial.bsky.social, and comments from party scholar colleagues at a couple of @ecpr.bsky.social events.
New paper out @wepsocial.bsky.social with @karinakosped.bsky.social &S. Scarrow Based on the 🇩🇰 case we show that (1) parties’ social media following is a sizeable form of political engagement & (2) social media partisans form a distinct type of party affiliation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Calling all party scholars heading to Vancouver for APSA 2025 in September! Check out the call from IPSA Research Committee on Political Sociology - we look forward to your paper proposals. #polisky #partysky #politicalparties connect.apsanet.org/apsa2025/par...
✨ Last chance to shine at our General Conference in Thessaloniki this year! 🌏 Connect with 2,000+ peers 📣 Amplify your voice in #polsci 💬 Discuss and debate ✍️ Submit your Panel or Paper by midnight GMT tonight #Polisky #IRSky #AcademicSky #ecprgc25
ECPR General Conference 2025, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 26 – 29 August 2025
Call for Panels and Papers closes at midnight GMT on Monday 6 January
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EJPG celebrate International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls. I'm happy that my article on violence in politics is included in their free collection available until December 31st. Check out the collection here: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/collection/E... gendersky
Eradication of Violence Against Women collection
Eradication of Violence Against Women collection
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Out in print 🌊 @soerendamsbo.bsky.social shows the electoral effects of local flooding: 2–3% points in polling districts with flooding. Severe flooding increased the relative election chances of marginal pro-climate candidates by around 5% points. rdcu.be/dZduc Open access! Check it out!
Pro-climate Voting in Response to Local Flooding
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Want to know more about 2023, the quiet year, in Danish politics? Then this is a quick read and even open access! Not many new parties but high level of defections continue ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On Thursday, we'll warm up to IWD with a research seminar on some of the gender research currently done within the Faculty of Social Science at University of Copenhagen. Sign up if you are around (CSS campus) - more info on poster #polisky #gendersky
Article alert: @brittvandewalle.bsky.social and I propose a typology of political party think tanks based on their functions and audiences, with an application to Dutch and Flemish party think tanks www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
To everyone who wonder why I just followed them: Together with @mkeyoung.bsky.social I'm researching how professional networks form on social media. I might follow or unfollow a large number of users from time to time. Feel free to follow back; will post updates on the project.
Open call for PhD scholarship in Political Science (broadly defined: political behavior, comparative politics, public administration, IR, political theory) at University of Copenhagen. Polisky Gendersky Check it out: jobportal.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
polisky Our call for PhD students is still open - now with two additional project-related positions. If you are interested, you can read more on our webpage, and sign up for a digital information session on Tuesday Jan 16. www.statsvet.uu.se/education/ph...
PhD Programme - Department of Government - Uppsala University, Sweden
PhD Programme
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It is super tough to cut down about 40% of 482 submissions for the EPSA behavior section. But I've finished the first evaluations. Some thoughts, if you are interested:
Aaaand it's tomorrow, Tuesday 9 January, this takes place Polisky dkpol
In Copenhagen? Interested in the impact of weather on political behavior? Then join us for Søren Damsbo-Svendsen's PhD defence (CSS 1.1.18) at 14:00. polsci.ku.dk/kalender/phd...
In Copenhagen? Interested in the impact of weather on political behavior? Then join us for Søren Damsbo-Svendsen's PhD defence (CSS 1.1.18) at 14:00. polsci.ku.dk/kalender/phd...