🆕 in @bjpols.bsky.social: "Thinly Veiled: The Use of Femonationalist Speech in European Parliaments" We describe the ⬆️ of femonationalist speech over time & across party families in Europe We find the far right use it esp when other parties converge on their anti-immigration position Open access!

British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW - Thinly Veiled: The Use of Femonationalist Speech in European Parliaments - https://cup.org/4fPucuL - @jmfernandes86.bsky.social, Bonnie M. Meguid & @anacweeks.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Voters (especially younger ones) don’t like politicians using AI 🖋️ @tbalogh.bsky.social, @louiseluxton.bsky.social, @elisefrelin.bsky.social and @zdgreene.bsky.social. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Voters don’t like politicians using AI | LSE British Politics

Politicians are using AI as part of their campaigns. But while voters are OK with AI use for data analysis, they disapprove of it for image and video creation.

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@tbalogh.bsky.social Presents work from the @parliview.bsky.social project at our @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 panel. Check out parliview.org to sign up as an early test user of the platform! @strathplacelab.bsky.social @strathpolir.bsky.social

Three (gendered!) things I think are important to understanding Labour support. 1) Their "core voter" for the last few elections is female, young, has a degree 2) Especially in seats where the Greens/other left options are viable, this vote is splitting, with the youngest women going Green...

Jennifer Williams@jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A bit on the gender divide in the Makerfield by election And confirmation the GM by election would take place on July 30 (ie very quickly) as.ft.com/r/d1d7ea16-9...

I'm delighted to be co-editing a Research Topic in Frontiers in Political Science with Zoe Lefkofridi and Vera Beloshitzkaya on gender backlash, public opinion, and institutional responses in Europe. We're now inviting abstracts. Deadline: September 6. bit.ly/4uZeDGh

Frontiers | Contemporary attacks on democracy and gender equality in public opinion and institutional agendas in Europe

Attacks on gender equality and democracy have intensified in recent years in Europe and the U.S. This anti-gender backlash has shaped democratic politics. De...

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Some v. interesting patterns in our pre-2026 locals data e.g., the share of younger women saying they would vote Green appears considerably higher than the share reporting a Green vote in 2024. Lots more to dig into, but it's one of several changing dynamics on the left that we explore here 👇

Ceri Fowler@cerifowler.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New from me and @louiseluxton.bsky.social : a little taste of our new project/paper in development looking at splits on the left & gender. Big thanks to @psaepop.bsky.social for giving us the opportunity to collect some new data! @theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-leftwing...

Last year, we shared a paper showing that Labour's accommodation of the radical right did not work. We now have a new version of the paper online: osf.io/preprints/so...

In which I discuss Makerfield, what it means nationally, and my ever favourite topic - gender gaps in undecided voters! 👇

Sheffield Urbanism @sheffieldurbanism.bsky.social · 3mo ago

All eyes on Makerfield! The town that might decide the UK's future PM Our latest podcast features @lottehargrave.bsky.social from @manchester.ac.uk helping Urban Radar better understand the factors shaping the outcome of the Makerfield by-election Listen here www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...

New research from colleagues at UCD found that while AI chatbots can give useful information about upcoming elections, they sometimes return incomplete, inconsistent, or outright false answers & the choice of chatbot matters! See our full blog here: bit.ly/4dzKjvF 🧵 Below!

University College Dublin@ucddublin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🤖🗳️ A new study examining AI chatbots responding to questions ahead of Irish by-elections found some failed to answer basic questions about the contests, and that significant problems emerged when tasked with more complex political questions. @jamespcross.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social

Very excited to have been awarded a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant with @lottehargrave.bsky.social for a project I've been desperate to work on since my PhD. Look out for us presenting this at conferences soon!

🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven! Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026. All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Share widely!

1 doctoraatspositie in kiesgedrag

1 PhD position to research how parties build connections with social groups

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Very happy that our piece in Scottish Election Analysis 2026 is out bit.ly/49bWmww. Some interesting (& unsettling) insights into how voters are using AI to engage with elections. Thread from @strathplacelab.bsky.social | with @tbalogh.bsky.social @elisefrelin.bsky.social @zdgreene.bsky.social

strathplacelab.bsky.social@strathplacelab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

AI chatbots –ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc. – are becoming part of everyday life, but we know very little about whether & how citizens use these tools to gain political information. Ahead of Holyrood elections, we surveyed over 1,000 Scottish voters with @Survation.bsky.social. Here’s what we found 🧵

Coming to @ecprgender.bsky.social #ECPG2026 and working with quant methods or curious about using them in gender & politics research? Come along & meet other researchers at the @strathplacelab.bsky.social pre-conference social 🍻 📍 Two by Two Brewery 🕡 18:30, 14 June RSVP here: bit.ly/4dPyr8F

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️ ✍️ Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives 🪑 @louiseluxton.bsky.social, Daphne van der Pas ⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/kOdHSfI #Gender #Governance #Government #Voting #Communication

Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives

European Conference on Gender and Politics, Newcastle University, 15 – 17 June 2026

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Delighted to say I'm chairing a section at ECPG 2026 with @jess-smith.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @gefjonoff.bsky.social and @liranharsgor.bsky.social on Elections, Parties, and Voters! Please send your abstracts in - full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecprgender.bsky.social

🔔 Call for papers for ECPG 2026 is now open! 🔔 Submit your empirical gender & political communication papers/panels to our section by Nov 7th. Full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Interested in Labour's lost voters since the 2024 UK GE? Want to get a sneak peak at some of the results from wave 30 of the BESIP before it is released? Then we have a new blog for you! 👇👇

The British Election Study@britishelectionstudy.com · 11mo ago

🚨New Research 🚨 Ahead of the release of Wave 30 of the BES Internet Panel, the team has examined Labour's decline since the 2024 GE. Labour's support has splintered into mostly indecision or left-liberal parties, but they've also lost their few right-wing voters. 🧵⬇️ tinyurl.com/3m62exph

Have you seen our #SpecialCollection on... 📚 #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe? Explore 14 #FreeAccess articles on topics of growing prominence in the journal #Equality #LGBTIQ* #Sexism #Feminism #Rights 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...

Gender and Sexuality in Southern Europe

Explore the article collection: Gender and Sexuality in Southern Europe. Published in South European Society and Politics.

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📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨 "School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support" Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1080/0140... 🧵👇

What do women’s parties want? And how do their platforms differ? Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️

Really enjoyed this! It’s a quick read but with some brilliant deep insights on gender and the 2024 UK GE.

Ceri Fowler@cerifowler.bsky.social · 2y ago

New from me, @annasanders.bsky.social , @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and Rosie Shorrocks: some first reflections on gender & the 2024 UK election @politicalquarterly.bsky.social . More to come from the same team too- watch this space! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Parties’ stances on trans rights have shifted too. Tory manifestos 2015-19 only mention tackling trans hate crime. By 2024, they propose banning puberty blockers, mandating single-sex spaces & amending the Equality Act. I wrote about this for the Elections Analysis Report: shorturl.at/aonwe

Ed Hodgson@edhodgsoned.bsky.social · 2y ago

Pretty striking from the British Social Attitudes Survey: In 2016, 58% of Brits supported trans people's right to change their legal sex; by 2022 that number had halved to just 31%

Also seems like a great time to remind everyone that I am hosting a workshop with @genelectnet.bsky.social @jess-smith.bsky.social & Rosie Shorrocks on the 16/17 December in Oxford and our call for papers is open! genelectnetwork.wordpress.com

GenElect Network

Connecting scholars of gender and intersectionality in Elections, Public Opinion & Parties and women in EPOP. We run a media list, distribute research and opportunities to our members, and have…

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🎓✨Here’s your starter pack for experts on gender and its intersections in elections, public opinion, political parties, and the women in the EPOP discipline. 💡📚 Nominate yourself and others! 📣 📣 go.bsky.app/HC7Pvbd