Want to join an international team working on the impact of citizens assemblies at a Department packed full of scholars researching democratic innovations? I am hiring a postdoctoral research fellow on my DFG project, Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact: jobs.soton.ac.uk/3451026CC

Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow - Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i) project

We are delighted to welcome applications for the position of Research Fellow within the Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i) project, an international collaboration to examine the variety...

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Happy to see this beautiful volume out! I really enjoyed reflecting on the next agenda for research on internal democracy in parties. Thank you @niklasbolin.bsky.social and @mhagevi.bsky.social for your excellent coordinating work! www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/a-r...

A Research Agenda for Political Parties

‘This wide-ranging, approachably-written, and innovative compendium features an impressive cast of contributors and provides plenty of food for thought for anyone who studies – or wants to study – twe...

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65.2 🫐 But who is getting what? 🎁😌 @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social & Timothy Hellwig show that economic security shapes welfare preferences, linking policy design directly to voter approval and electoral incentives, using evidence from Europe

Welfare by design: Public responses to the distribution of old-age pensions | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Welfare by design: Public responses to the distribution of old-age pensions - Volume 65 Issue 2

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Delighted and honoured to be part of the 3rd edition of The Politics of Belgium. This book, originally led by Lris Deschouwer (VUB), has long been a key reference for anyone working on Belgian politics or wanting to make sense of it. Available in OA: www.routledge.com/The-Politics...

The Politics of Belgium: Governing a Divided Society

The third edition of this highly respected book covers the numerous political developments that have taken place in Belgium since 2012. This book features topics such as the implementation of the sixt...

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🆕 Vulnerability and Voice 🔇 These authors 🧵 investigate how the gender of representatives influence their ability to estimate party voters' policy position when electorally vulnerable, using original survey data from Germany and Switzerland 👩‍💼 buff.ly/7hf0EQ0

Electoral vulnerability and women MPs’ estimation of voters’ preferences on women’s issues | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Electoral vulnerability and women MPs’ estimation of voters’ preferences on women’s issues

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Happy to share my latest paper coauthored with Émilien Paulis - this one was a fun one to write ✍🏻 as part of the symposium marking 30 years of Party Politics! 🎊🎂 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Looking forward to see this one out! It was fun to discuss past and future developments in intraparty democracy research. Kudos to @niklasbolin.bsky.social and @mhagevi.bsky.social for steering this much needed reflective work!

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New book coming June 2026! Edited with @mhagevi.bsky.social: "A Research Agenda for Political Parties" covers key developments in party politics, from organisation and leadership to digital campaigns, AI, and coalition governance. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...

New book coming June 2026! Edited with @mhagevi.bsky.social: "A Research Agenda for Political Parties" covers key developments in party politics, from organisation and leadership to digital campaigns, AI, and coalition governance. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...

A Research Agenda for Political Parties

‘This wide-ranging, approachably-written, and innovative compendium features an impressive cast of contributors and provides plenty of food for thought for anyone who studies – or wants to study – twe...

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Excited to share that I have contributed 3 new entries to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Representation: 📘116-Political parties as organizations (with @thomlegein.bsky.social) 📘117-Political parties: definitions 📘119-Political parties: the party on the ground www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/elg...

Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Representation

‘Bringing together a wide range of leading international scholars, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of classic and contemporary theories on political representation. These issues are at t...

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🌀 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Parliaments often overlook MPs' family needs & this poses challenges for diverse recruitment & retention. 🤰 Yet, based on EJPR research, @jesssmith.bsky.social reveals that voters don’t penalise MPs for taking parental leave; women MPs even gain more support as mothers. 👉 bit.ly/4fSU6Ly

UK voters support reforms to make parliament more family friendly

Parliaments often overlook MPs' family needs, and this poses challenges for recruiting and retaining diverse politicians. Yet, argues Jessica Smith, recent research in the UK reveals that voters…

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🆕 Mainstream or normalised? 🤷‍♀️ @asheinze.bsky.social & @gefjonoff.bsky.social look at the meaning of mainstreaming and normalisation in existing literature on the #FarRight and discuss an expanded framework for future research

Mainstreaming vs. normalisation: Towards more conceptual clarity on how mainstream parties legitimise the far right | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Mainstreaming vs. normalisation: Towards more conceptual clarity on how mainstream parties legitimise the far right

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The next issue of European Journal of Political Research (@ejprjournal.bsky.social) to publish with @universitypress.cambridge.org will be online soon, you can register to receive new content alerts from EJPR by following this link - cup.org/49A1qLZ #OpenAccess @ecpr.bsky.social

In 'The story of Party Politics (so far)', Paul Webb, @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social & I show that: - Innovation can stem from rejection 💡 & leadership is key - Journal editorship has deeply transformed - Party scholars have increasingly focused on elections, populism, partisanship & polarisation

I’m delighted to share a special milestone in the life of Party Politics 🎉 To mark the journal’s 30th anniversary, I had the pleasure of co-ed a Symposium with Paul Webb The symposium revisits the journal’s origins, intellectual trajectory, and its role in shaping the field over the past 3 decades.

That’s all from the latest issue of the European Journal of Political Research! 📚✨ Thanks so much for tuning in 📻️ Missed it? No worries! Issue 65.1 – featuring research on #ComparativePolitics, #Populism, #DemocraticRights, and more – is fully #OpenAccess 🙌

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Cambridge Core - European Journal of Political Research - Volume 65 - Issue 1

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You’ve written a book on political organizations and parties? Consider nominating it for the Leon Epstein Award @apsa-pop.bsky.social ! Deadline February 27

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Call for Nominations: Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award for an outstanding book on political organizations and parties (published in the past 2 years) ⏳ Deadline: February 27 📧 Email nominations to: @rgboatright3.bsky.social Alexander Hertel-Fernandez @emilievh.bsky.social

Découvrez les analyses de nombreux collègues à propos des élections locales du 13 octobre 2024 en #Wallonie et à #Bruxelles! Très heureuse d'avoir contribué à cet ouvrage avec un chapitre sur l'ancrage local des partis nationaux, avec Simon Geshef et Thomas Legein pul.uclouvain.be/livre/?GCOI=...

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📣 New Issue from @ejprjournal.bsky.social #OpenAccess Read topics on representation, inequality, and the challenges to liberal democracy in the age of populism. 💻 Browse Issue on Cambridge Core buff.ly/tca1k6j

Archive content from the European Journal of Political Research is now available on Cambridge Core - https://cup.org/4qsMeWg cc @ecpr.bsky.social @ejprjournal.bsky.social

Are you a PhD researcher from #Oxford or #Cambridge? Consider applying for a 1 to 2 years postdoctoral grant from the Wiener-Anspach Foundation to come work with me at ULB. Deadline: 9 March. Interested? Drop me an email! fwa.ulb.be/subsides-et-...

Postdoctoral fellowships - Fondation Wiener - Anspach

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Interested in how parties integrate social media comm to shape public perceptions of party competition & their relationship to groups? Check out @lucaskins.bsky.social dissertation (and other outputs!). PhD summary and my short review @plc-journal.bsky.social plc-journal.eu/issue/view/1...

New article out in JEPOP with @bjarneck.bsky.social and @eliemichel.bsky.social We study how individual voters’ policy congruence with parties shapes their sympathy to other voters (horizontal AP), using matched data of a Voting Advice Application in Belgium Paper: tinyurl.com/4skwumdr

The impact of party-voter congruence on affective polarization: evidence from Belgium

Ideology drives affective polarization, yet research often overlooks horizontal polarization – emotions toward other voters – and struggles to disentangle ideology from partisanship. This study shi...

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Our paper with @karinakosped.bsky.social and Susan Scarrow on 'Social media partisans vs. party members: political affiliation in a digital age' in West European Politics now has a volume/issue! 50 free copies available via www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UVHJE...

Social media partisans vs. party members: political affiliation in a digital age

Recently political parties have diversified their affiliation options, including by developing social media followings, but so far there is little evidence about who is exploiting these new options...

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SciencePo ULB is hiring a full time associate professor in IR. Share widely!

Sciencepo ULB@sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 SciencePo ULB Full time Associate Professor in International Relations🚨 SciencePo ULB is hiring an Associate Professor to join our Department. The focus is on the regulation of globalisation. Deadline: 02/02/2026 📣 Please share! 📣 cwfront.ulb.ac.be/vacacad/vaca...

I wrote a short essay on the state of party membership in Europe for the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung www.kas.de/en/web/wisse...

Party membership in Europe

The decline of mass parties and its significance for the future of representative democracy

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New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social! We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies. Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇

🎉 Thanks to our incredible authors, reviewers & readers for your patience and support as we move to @universitypress.cambridge.org 📘 @ejprjournal.bsky.social is now live with Cambridge! 💡 And more @ecpr.bsky.social journals to join 🧵 Together towards an #OpenAccess future in #PoliticalScience 🫱🏾 🫲

🆕 Sore losers on election night? 🫢 Einar Bäckström shows #VoterSatisfaction does not change right after electoral decisions, but becomes more polarised over time ⏰ instead long-term processes drive the winner-loser gap🏅 📖 #OA

Sore losers on election night? Examining the temporal emergence of the winner–loser gap | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Sore losers on election night? Examining the temporal emergence of the winner–loser gap

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