"The US has grown used to the swift and dramatic erosion of women’s health and status that has followed Dobbs," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social, "to the horror stories and upward ticking body counts, grown into ease, and even a kind of compliant boredom, with women’s death and indignity."

Why has abortion faded from America’s national conversation? | Moira Donegan

The US has already grown used to the horror caused by abortion bans. And Republicans have sought to quash the stories

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🎓 Join us this Friday, October 2, for the next #HotPoliticsLab session! Jasper Eshuis is giving a talk on researching citizen emotions through community surveys. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... We look forward to having you!

This Friday (25.09), we have a Graduate Friday session at the #HotPoliticsLab! @jakobkas.bsky.social will give a talk on depolarization interventions and democratic judgement, and Gustavo Couto de Jesus on implicit approach and avoidance in politics. 📍 Location: REC-B9.22 💻 Or join online 👉

📢 New publication out: Does low political trust uniformly keep citizens away from the ballot box? Not quite. Among citizens who do not see voting as a civic duty, lower — rather than higher — political trust is associated with stronger turnout intentions. Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

After a well-deserved summer break, we’re back with an exciting program for the new semester! 🎓 Last Friday we succesfully kicked off the new academic year. Follow our #HotPoliticsLab page to stay up to date with weekly announcements, talk details, and more.

🎓 Join us this Friday, September 18, for the next #HotPoliticsLab session! One of the lab’s founders, Bert Bakker, will give a presentation on belief-system reconfiguration. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... Hope to see you Friday!

Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence.

The origins of political preferences are likely endless, but Fluit et al. present new findings for mental health's role in preference development. They link adolescent mental health & midlife behavior, with externalizing problems tied to rightward beliefs & internalizing, left. More: buff.ly/IjkyldB

New pub, led by Aymin Triki & in collab w/ @abbycassario.bsky.social, accepted at JESP! We found similarities in party cues among the left and the right when using representative samples of issues, although right-wing authoritarians may be an exception Other interesting findings follow!

Happening TODAY: @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social gives her inaugural lecture as professor of Political Communication and Journalism at @ascor.bsky.social @uva.nl Title: “End of Beta: Political Communication after the First Age of Platforms” Livestream 🔗 ⬇️ www.uva.nl/content/even...

Politieke communicatie na het eerste tijdperk van platforms

In haar oratie betoogt Ulrike Klinger dat het eerste tijdperk van sociale media, waarin grote platforms als democratiserende ontmoetingsplaatsen golden, voorbij is. Ze laat zien hoe sociale media zijn...

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‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...

🚨 New piece out at @poqjournal.bsky.social with superstar @cvargiu.bsky.social We use the #Mangione killing as a natural experiment to investigate partisan shifts in support for #PoliticalViolence TLDR: ⬆️ support among DEMS after the arrest Open paper: tinyurl.com/4hrnp5aj Open data: osf.io/y5mn3

Today we launch the new version of The PopuList! The PopuList provides an overview of far-left, far-right and populist parties in 31 European countries from 1989 until 1 May 2026. Explore the new website here: popu-list.org

Home - The PopuList

The PopuList Interactive Version 4.0 Static Version 4.0 CSV Version 4.0 What is the PopuList? The PopuList offers researchers, journalists, […]

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🎓 This Friday (June 26), we will wrap up the academic year! We're delighted to welcome Ili Ma in the #HotPoliticsLab, who will give a talk on social media and social connectedness among adolescents. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

🎓 This Friday (June 19), Ruth Tietjen will be our guest in the #HotPoliticsLab, giving a talk on communities of the lonely. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... We hope to see many of you on Friday!

Cancel culture has taken over social media... or has it? In a new paper, Randy T. Lee, Jabin Binnendyk, @gordpennycook.bsky.social, Ovul Sezer, and I found that people overestimate support for "cancellation": doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Super excited to share that the first study of my PhD just got published (w/ Michael Hameleers, @lindabos.bsky.social, @tonivdmeer.bsky.social)! We disentangle audiences’ understanding of misinformation threats and how they arrive at their perceptions: doi.org/10.1177/10776990261451790

How does Political Efficacy Condition Clicks on Politics? Understanding Information-Selection Behaviour in Algorithmic Feeds Over Time @wanjin.bsky.social presenting work from her important PhD, part of the @algosoc.org program W/ @theoaraujo.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social & 🙋 #ica26

🇳🇱 While the Netherlands continues to score highly on international democracy indices such as V-Dem, 40% of respondents in the new Dutch Parliamentary Election Study perceive at least some degree of democratic erosion. A new chapter by @jmvanlit.bsky.social and me explores these perceptions. 1/🧵

🎓 This Friday (June 5), the #HotPoliticsLab returns after a month with a talk by @roderikrekker.bsky.social, on political polarization over facts and science. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... We hope to see you on Friday!

Hi, expert on far-right extremism here, a history of domestic violence and misogyny is one of the strongest predictive variables for violent extremism, especially on the right. We've been raising the alarm on this for DECADES but no one cares.

NPR@npr.org · 5mo ago

Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed.

It is misleading to even suggest that the connection between misogyny and violent extremism is a new development. It is also irresponsible, for it implies that the lack of action on this issue is due to it being a recent development, rather than historical and systemic failures. 2/

🚨 Excited that our paper with @bnbakker.bsky.social and @gijsschumacher.bsky.social is now out in Public Opinion Quarterly!

Public Opinion Quarterly - POQ@poqjournal.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How should we conceptualize political interest? In POQ, Laffineur et al. demonstrate that political interest and disinterest are distinct social identities through a newly developed methodological approach. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

Political emotions are not experienced as everyday emotions. They are felt differently in the body, are embodied differently according to our ideology and predict political participation. Our latest with @andreavik.bsky.social @parkbmb.bsky.social @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2nh9maka

1/7 When does our disagreement with politicians start? 🤨 In our new preprint with @bnbakker.bsky.social, @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & Joe Bathelt, we find that incongruence may be rooted in preconscious perception, emerging at 150ms, well before conscious evaluation: osf.io/preprints/ps...

If politics is a party game then why is loneliness on the rise? And what does the loneliness epidemic mean for political attitudes? Langenkamp et al. find a connection between loneliness and heightened perception of threats & conflict in society. Read open-access for more: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

Are you a policymaker, teacher, practitioner, academic in political science, psychology, education or related field? We’re inviting experts to complete a short survey on youth political participation: tinyurl.com/ywnseae3 For every completion, we’ll donate €1.20 to UNICEF. Please share!

This Friday (20.03) we’re hosting another Graduate Friday at the #HotPoliticsLab! Daniel Komáromy will present his work on radical right support, and Anvita Pant give a talk on the personalities of local politicians. 📍 Location: REC-B9.22 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

🚀 Launching our CampAIgn Tracker for the Dutch municipal elections! We monitor AI-generated content across 4 platforms in 30 municipalities. PVV leads AI use again. And 90% of posts without any label. Can you spot the AI? Try our "AI of Niet?" game! gr26.campaigntracker.nl

🎓 This Friday (13.11), the #HotPoliticsLab returns! Alberto López Ortega will present his research on citizen backlash to foreign LGBTQ+ advocacy. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... We hope to see many of you on Friday!