EPOP Liverpool 2026. Thank you all EPOPers! @psaepop.bsky.social @jontonge.bsky.social @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social
Luca Bernardi
@lbernardi.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Politics at the University of Liverpool. Mental health; political behaviour; political psychology.
Why are graduates more socially liberal? Ralph Scott (@ralphscott.bsky.social) examines the effect of Higher Education on political values. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/wgIxOuV #PSHighlyViewed 2/10 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsky @sagepub.com #polsci #PoliticalScience
We’re hiring at the department of politics of the University of Liverpool: 5 temporary teaching positions and 2 permanent teaching and research positions. Deadline 28th June. The T&R posts are here: tinyurl.com/4zmcmy6a and the T&S posts are here: tinyurl.com/3nse3a48
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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships will open soon. Deadline for EoI 15 July. If you are thinking of a project on politics and mental health get in touch! Eligibility: within 3 years after PhD, UK/EU national / strong prior association with UK academia.
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
The call for papers for #EPOP2026 in Liverpool (17–19 September) is now open! We welcome submissions across all areas of research on elections, public opinion and parties. Deadline: 26 April Submit your proposals here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/eve... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵
New preprint with @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social, Sohee Park & @mtsakiris.bsky.social : 🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps... Key takeaways: 🎨 Political emotions create distinct embodied signatures ⚖️ These bodily patterns shift with ideology. 🗳️ The embodied impact of political emotions predicts participation
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It was a real pleasure to be in your company again @zdgreene.bsky.social in @livunipol.bsky.social and learn more about the fantastic @parliview.bsky.social and what students can and cannot do with AI. Keep us posted!
Third, three weeks later on Thursday 13th November at 12:00, @stefaniereher.bsky.social will present important work (with @robjohns75.bsky.social and @lbernardi.bsky.social) on public perceptions of politicians with mental health problems. Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e51a98...
Expressions of interest for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships are open. Please share with your PhDs/postdocs. Check your eligibility and if interested let me/us know. Deadline: 3 November. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...
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Wrapping up the week - Posted two new (tt) Assistant Professorship position in my department: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... ... I am chairing this committee, so let me know if you have questions
Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...
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How do major political events affect our mental health? Prof @jonroiser.bsky.social and Dr @lbernardi.bsky.social have received funding from @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social and the University of Liverpool to find out.
Professor Jonathan Roiser and Dr Luca Bernardi on the impact of politics on our mental health
How do major political events affect our mental health? Professor Jonathan Roiser and Dr Luca Bernardi have received funding from UCL Grand Challenges and the University of Liverpool to find out.
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Post-doctoral Fellow (Political Psychology/Political Science/ Social-Affective Neuroscience) at the Centre for the Politics of Feelings :London Senate House
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Manos Tsakiris@mtsakiris.bsky.social · last yr.Job alert! We are recruiting at the Centre for the Politics of Feelings (www.politics-of-feelings.com) for a post-doc interested in emotions & politics. A focus on the relation between health & politics is highly desirable. Info: jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Deadline 11th July. Please share!
📣 New research on mental health and political participation in @PLSJournal with Mikko Mattila Achillefs Papageorgiou & Lauri Rapeli doi.org/10.1017/pls.... Thread below!
Poor mental health does not always reduce political participation: Wrong assumption, wrong samples, or wrong measures? | Politics and the Life Sciences | Cambridge Core
Poor mental health does not always reduce political participation: Wrong assumption, wrong samples, or wrong measures?
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i had a lot of fun making this video on our stressful politics work led by @lbernardi.bsky.social and UCL colleagues last month. (this partially explains why i'm grinning inappropriately throughout what is actually a serious and very important topic)
Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL@livunihss.bsky.social · last yr.How does politics affect our mental health? That's the question raised by Dr Luca Bernardi from @livunipol.bsky.social and colleagues from UCL. Watch to find out what they discovered: youtu.be/Dh3tq7yYeVE