On November 3, @ludwigschulze.bsky.social (@eui-eu.bsky.social) will present "From Peasants to Communists: How Ordinary Citizens Invest in Authoritarian Parties" followed by comments by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk) and Milan Svolik (Yale)

Our Fall 2026 season is ready to go! Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below. To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...

New Cambridge Element, The Social Foundations of Constitutional Innovation by William D. Blake, Joseph Francesco Cozza and Dave A. Armstrong II, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at https://cup.org/4vLjLNN

Fascinating research presented in the #EPSS2026 panel “Countering Democratic Backsliding: Norms, Civil Society, and Resilience”. Check out these papers: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/...

WELCOME to #EPSS2026 from the EPSS Council!

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing outgoing #EPSS president @sarahobolt.bsky.social, who was not only instrumental to creating EPSS, but also sheparded it so successfully through its first year. And equally huge thanks to incoming EPSS president @simonhix.bsky.social for his fabulous leadership!

I am delighted and honoured to have been elected to the @epssnet.bsky.social Council. I look forward to supporting the development of the association and helping to build a vibrant and inclusive home for political science across Europe and beyond.

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Many thanks to our two outgoing #EPSS Council members - @sopro.bsky.social and @markkayser.bsky.social - and welcome to our two new elected Council members @argohdes.bsky.social and @anjaneundorf.bsky.social!

Welcome to Belfast! 🎉Tonight marks the informal start of #EPSS2026! Before the conference officially opens, there are two great ways to ease in.

We can’t wait to welcome @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social in our webinar next Tuesday, 19 May. Comt and join us!

Simon Munzert@simonsaysnothin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🗓️ May 19, 3–4pm BST: I'm presenting at the DEMED webinar series on social media as a research tool, organized by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social & @aykutozturk.bsky.social I'll speak about geographic targeting using social media ads and why it matters. Sign up here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

🆕 Keep positive and defend democracy 🛡️ @aykutozturk.bsky.social, Steven E. Finkel, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social & Ericka Rascón Ramírez conduct online experiments in Turkey to understand the effect democratic framing within educational interventions has on #PublicOpinion 📚️

Keep positive and defend democracy: Framing democratic messages under authoritarianism | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Keep positive and defend democracy: Framing democratic messages under authoritarianism

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🚨 Over 50 leading academics have sounded the alarm on the UK's voting system ⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before 🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust

Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics

Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...

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📊 New paper out in Democratization! How do autocrats actually stay in power? 👉 Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Co-authored with Wooseok Kim, @eugenian.bsky.social , Ksenia Northmore-Ball, and @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social.

Strategies of political control and regime survival in autocracies

How do autocrats establish political control? Understanding the strategies autocrats use to generate mass compliance and elite loyalty remains a central question in comparative politics. Despite su...

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🔍 Can you help? Looking for everyday examples of misinformation We’re working on an experimental project on media literacy and civic reasoning with @shoutoutuk.bsky.social and are looking for real-world examples of misinformation to use in a training intervention.

I’m really looking forward to discussing our research in the upcoming PRD webinar, organised by the brilliant @jenny-oser.bsky.social. Join us next Wed, 14 Jan, for a timely conversation on how democracy can be promoted online - and what research tells us about what actually works. More details ⬇️

Jennifer Oser@jenny-oser.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢 Very honored to host ✨Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social Jan 14 in our interactive webinar series! Topic: "Promoting Democracy Online", a new working paper: osf.io/preprints/os... Start: 9:30 ET, 14:30 London, 15:30 CET, 16:30 Israel. For zoom link & series info: www.prd-erc.eu/events

Can democracy promotion still work where terrorism is pervasive? A common assumption is that insecurity pushes citizens toward authoritarian “strongmen”. Our new research tests whether that is actually true.

Political Science Research and Methods@psrm.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🧑‍🎓Can democracy promotion strengthen support for democracy in terrorism-affected regions? ➡️ Using a randomized experiment in Burkina Faso, S Yameogo @anjaneundorf.bsky.social & @aykutozturk.bsky.social find that democracy promotion videos boost democratic support www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New article out in @bjpols.bsky.social 🎉 Why do elections remain widely supported even as democratic checks and balances erode around the world?

British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW - Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf - @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Discover our Comparative Political Behavior Elements series? Edited by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, Raymond Duch & Randolph Stevenson, this series explores how mass political behaviour varies across nations, regions, social groups and time periods. https://cup.org/4oubhYq #ComparativePolitics 🗺️

This was a fun project to work on. Check out our new paper, out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social now! ⬇️

Perspectives on Politics@poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 11mo ago

NOW OUT ON FV!! Enhancing #Transparency & #Replicability in #Data #Collection: Lessons from the Construction of 3 #Education #Datasets By @adridelrio.bsky.social, Woseeok Kim, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, Agustina S. Paglayan & @eugenian.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

The Spanish centre-right is taking a tumble and the far-right is on the rise. I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX. ~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right

🎓 Join us for our Autumn 2025 Webinar Series: “Using Social Media as a Research Tool”, co-organised with @aykutozturk.bsky.social! We explore how social media data can help study democracy, political communication & public engagement. 🧵👇

#polisky #poliscisky @anjaneundorf.bsky.social @laiabalcells.bsky.social @eliasdinas.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social Please forward to folks who might be interested!

Victor Gay@victorgayeco.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Call for abstracts for interdisciplinary conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective," May 26-27 in Toulouse @tse-fr.eu Deadline: Nov 15. Travel/accommodation will be covered. Please apply! Co-organized with Jan Stuckatz, Selina Hofstetter, and Mikkel Dack.

1/ ✨ This week I had the privilege to attend a thought-provoking workshop in beautiful Budapest, hosted at the CEU Democracy Institute, on countering the far right’s influence and safeguarding democracy.

The Perspectives on Politics Call for Papers are due next week! What is the role of the University in promoting and/or resisting political and social change? Submit manuscripts for “Political Science and the University" by October 1! buff.ly/9X51I3v cc: @poppublicsphere.bsky.social

Deadline Extended to October 1st: Calls for Papers - American Political Science Association (APSA)

Calls for Papers Calls for Papers  Please find any active calls for papers for Perspectives on Politics below. About Perspectives on Politics Perspectives

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🤔 Do surveys exaggerate democratic support due to social desirability bias (SDB)? ➡️ Using survey-mode variation & list experiments in 24 countries, @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social & @aarslew.bsky.social find no evidence that SDB inflates democratic attitudes www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

🌍✨ Today is World Democracy Day – a reminder that democracy must be nurtured and renewed. Our research on Promoting Democratic Citizenship Online shows that short, animated videos can strengthen democratic values across very different contexts.

#APSA2025 The deadline has been extended until October 1, 2025.

Perspectives on Politics@poppublicsphere.bsky.social · last yr.

Just to reiterate, if you weren't able to make our August 1st deadline, please email us at perspectives@apsanet.org so we can work with you on an extended deadline. General information about the Call for Papers is available here: apsanet.org/publications... Cheers, Perspectives on Politics

We’re delighted to have five academics in the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social Fellowship. Well done @graemeroy.bsky.social @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social @anjaneundorf.bsky.social y.social Herve Moulin and Sotiria Grek. More: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin... @uofgasbs.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social

I am deeply honoured to be elected a Fellow of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social. This recognition reflects not only my own work but also the support and inspiration I have received from colleagues, collaborators, and students over the years.

Academy of Social Sciences@acadsocsciences.bsky.social · last yr.

We are delighted to welcome 63 leading social scientists who highlight the importance of the #socialsciences in understanding & tackling some of society’s most pressing challenges to our Fellowship. Look out for some of our new Fellows later today. See the full list acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...

Today's presentation by Professor @anjaneundorf.bsky.social of her research into the #politicisation of #education in times of #conflict set a high bar for our autumn speaker series. We thank Anja for her insightful talk and the audience for an active Q&A! Coming talks: www.uu.se/en/departmen...

Excited to attend the NECE Festival 2025 in Oslo this week! 🌍✨ Theme this year: HOPE – how collective hope can drive resilient, ethical & sustainable communities. #NECEFestival #Hope @thecivics.bsky.social