1/ Happy to share our paper 'Still Instrumentally Inclusive' w/ @turnbulldugarte.com in @apsrjournal.bsky.social. Understanding homonationalism remains important. Recent events (Berlin) have shown how quickly LGBT+ rights can become instrumentalized in debates about immigration and Islam.

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · last wk.

#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - Still Instrumentally Inclusive - https://cup.org/4bhrhsp "Do individuals in Western democracies shift their views on LGBT+ inclusion when exposed to opposition from Muslim out-groups?" - @turnbulldugarte.com & @bertous.bsky.social #FirstView

"Opposition to gender equality has often been associated with far-right politics (...), overlooking the involvement of mainstream parties in reactionary gender politics." This is so true and makes this excellent article by @romainbiesemans.bsky.social & Archibald Gustin so important.

Three weeks ago, the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference took place in Belfast. The enthusiasm, active participation and support from the community made this conference a huge success.

Happy to be at #EPSS2026 in Belfast today. I'm chairing panel PP03 — four papers on youth wings as recruitment grounds and early arenas where patterns of political representation take shape. Drop by if you're around! 🕞 15:20–17:00 · Meeting Room 3a (ICC).

Say hello to our incoming Editors in Chief @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social at #ecpg2026! Michal and Maarja will lead our new Editorial Team from July 2026

Congrats to incoming editors @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social! Go, go, go! #ecpg2026

2nd stop: European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG) in Newcastle, where I’ll be talking about my book as well as presenting brand new work on LGBTQ+ party wings in democracies with @grahn.bsky.social and @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social.

Very happy to have this paper on a promising sexual harassment intervention published! For those interested in a non-technical summary, we have also written a policy brief based on the paper. freepolicybriefs.org/2026/05/25/c...

Combating Tolerance for Sexual Harassment With Information: Evidence From a Field Experiment

New research shows how correcting sexual harassment misperceptions can reduce tolerance for harassment and improve workplace culture.

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🚨 New paper: Can light-touch information reduce tolerance of sexual harassment? We tested this in a randomized controlled trial with recruits in the Norwegian Armed Forces. doi.org/10.1016/j.je... with @ollefolke.bsky.social , Torbjørn Hanson, @kotsadam.bsky.social and @johannarickne.bsky.social

Out and voting: LGB candidacies surge across democracies. This analysis by @grahn.bsky.social maps the closet-to-spotlight shift, linking visibility to openness and party incentives. doi.org/10.1080/1350... @jeppjournal.bsky.social

From the closet to spotlight: the rising tide of lesbian, gay and bisexual political candidacies

Is there a positive sexuality gap in access to political candidacy and elected office, similar to those found in other forms of political engagement? We utilise validated data on same- and differen...

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Presenting our new paper on electoral support for trans rights retrenchment in the UK today at the Uni of Bergen Together with @sophiemainz.bsky.social, we find that candidate who endorse the 2025 UK SC ruling on women's rights enjoy an electoral premium. Watch here: www4.uib.no/en/research/...

NEW - Who Do Parties Speak To? Introducing the PSoGA: A New Comprehensive Database of Parties’ Social Group Appeals https://cup.org/43fmXFj - @alonadolinsky.com, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social & @rwillh11.bsky.social #FirstView

Or check out a critical review of the PhD dissertation by @grahn.bsky.social (Uppsala University): plc-journal.eu/article/view... #underrepresentation #womeninpolitics #candidateselection #politicalambition

In the dissertation titled “From Ambition to Admission: The Recruitment of Women in Politics”, Rozemarijn investigates the demand side (political parties’ candidate selection) as well as the supply side (women’s political ambitions) of the Dutch political recruitment process.

Had the pleasure of presenting ongoing work at Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) yesterday! Thanks to Erwan Dujeancourt and Emma von Essen for having me and everyone in the GAINS group for great feedback!

❗ New paper out in @ispp-pops.bsky.social! 😯 @bertous.bsky.social and I used a conjoint experiment to investigate whether name-based preferences influence adoption decisions. We take Catalonia as the case study, where linguistic boundaries overlap with contested political identities.

🆕 How does that make you feel? 📝 @katharinalawall.bsky.social, @versteegenluca.bsky.social & @mtsakiris.bsky.social ask how #AffectivePolarization feels, using cross sectional data from 5 European countries, to see what emotions corrleate with #AffectivePolarization scores 💯

How does affective polarization feel? A comparative description | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

How does affective polarization feel? A comparative description

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@grahn.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com explore the effects of far-right parties' first-time entry into municipal politics on general representation of immigrants and sexual minorities (aka frequently targeted groups by far-right rhetoric) within mainstream parties (🔓): doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

We are delighted to present the new editorial team of the @ejpgjournal.bsky.social ! Led by @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social as co-EIC, the six-strong team represents a new generation of gender and politics and LGBTQ+ politics scholars who will take the journal forward from July 2026.

Extremely happy - and even more honoured - to be trusted with one of the most exciting journals @ejpgjournal.bsky.social to co-edit with such an amazing team, starting July 1 2026! We'll celebrate already next month at #ecpg2026newcastle 🥳 @nclpolitics.bsky.social @grahn.bsky.social

European Journal of Politics and Gender@ejpgjournal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are delighted to present the new editorial team of the @ejpgjournal.bsky.social ! Led by @grahn.bsky.social and @maarja.bsky.social as co-EIC, the six-strong team represents a new generation of gender and politics and LGBTQ+ politics scholars who will take the journal forward from July 2026.

🇸🇪 Does far right entry into local politics affect minority representation? ➡️ Using an RDD, @grahn.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com show far right entry reduced immigrant candidates on the right, while left parties increased immigrant recruitment www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - Does far-right legislative entry affect minority candidate diversity? - https://cup.org/4e7fAqk - @grahn.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com #FirstView

Does far-right legislative representation change the descriptive make-up of candidate lists among mainstream parties? Using a RDD with registry data from Sweden, this paper led by @grahn.bsky.social provides an answer doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

Really happy about this wonderful collaboration with @grahn.bsky.social – together we contributed the chapter "The Political Behavior of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Trans+ People" to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Gender and Politics by Zoë Lefkofridi. Just out! 🏳️‍🌈📖 www.elgaronline.com/display/book...

Seyla Benhabib, is the 2026 this year’s recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science! Read more here: www.skytteprize.com/prize-laurea...

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming @payoub.bsky.social to @uu-polisci.bsky.social and @uppgap.bsky.social Phil presented his new book with Kristina Stoeckl — The Global Fight Against LGBTI Rights. A real privilege to host him in Uppsala! 🤩

Our new article on gender differences in why young people join political parties is now out, open access, in @ejprjournal.bsky.social ✨ www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @duncanmcdonnell.com @profannikawerner.bsky.social @rheinisch.bsky.social Marco Valbruzzi @cwegscheider.bsky.social

Today I received my official appointment as a W2 Professor of Political Behavior and Representation at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. As of April 1, this marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life and career—one I am very much looking forward to.

Are gendered institutions real powers or just ideas in our heads? Grounded in critical realism, this piece by @grahn.bsky.social bridges the divide, advocating abductive methods to uncover their elusive mechanisms shaping practices. doi.org/10.1017/s174... @politicsgenderj.bsky.social

🌀 🗳 Far-right parties are growing increasingly hostile towards LGBTQ rights. In the European Parliament elections, 6–9 June, such parties are expected to make major gains @grahn.bsky.social shows that non-straight voters might, through mobilisation, help keep far-right forces at bay bit.ly/4avuIYY

LGBTQ vote can keep far-right forces at bay in the forthcoming EP election

Far-right parties are growing increasingly hostile towards LGBTQ rights. In the forthcoming European Parliament elections, such parties are expected to gain significant ground. Michal Grahn shows…

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📯📯 I am happy to announce I defended my Ph.D. thesis! Sincere thanks to my examiners @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & Thomas Chadefaux (@conflictresearch.bsky.social) for thoughtful questions and an engaging discussion about the arguments I presented