Mathilde M. van Ditmars
@mathildevanditmars.eu
Political sociologist at the University of Milan Mother of a bilingual beauty 🇳🇱🇮🇹 Always hungry. Send food (recs). www.mathildevanditmars.eu
Out now in #Socio-EconomicReview ( @sasemeeting.bsky.social) "Individual ideology and biased perceptions of relative income position" Jointly with @mbusemeyer.bsky.social (@excinequality.bsky.social) & @nathaliegiger.bsky.social 🔗 academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
🚨 VACATURE Het Instituut Politieke Wetenschap van Uni Leiden is op zoek naar twee UD2s met expertise in één of meer van de volgende gebieden: de Europese Unie-politiek, politieke economie, milieupolitiek, beleid en/of de Nederlandse politiek. careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Universi...
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Travelling back after a wonderful Inequality Conference in Konstanz! Head and heart full after meeting and talking to so many great people. A personal highlight: discussing two way fixed effects over pisco sours with these two powerhouse ladies @na-wehl.bsky.social & @sgarritzmann.bsky.social !💃🏼
Hey academic people, what's the best place to buy (used) academic books online these days? (Shipping to EU)
Today we had @franziskaveit.bsky.social presenting her work in our department, marking the end of her visiting stay with us. Thanks for an excellent presentation that sparked a very pleasant discussion!
EPSS Diversity Committee is happy to announce the launch of our mentoring program: a new initiative designed to develop a new network within the EPSS community. March 31 is deadline, and program runs from May 1, 2026, to April 30, 2027. More info: epssnet.org/about/divers...
Mentorship program - EPSS
The EPSS Diversity Committee is happy to announce the launch of our mentoring program. This initiative builds on the success of this scheme by the LGBTQ+ group in previous years. The EPSS Mentoring Program is a new initiative designed to develop a new network of contacts within the EPSS community. Our mentoring program is designed …
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Excited to be visiting the University of Milan for the upcoming weeks to continue my research on the intergenerational transmission of economic insecurity & how it affects political behavior. Thanks @mathildevanditmars.eu for hosting me! If you're around Milan while I’m here feel free to reach out!
Exciting news to share 💃 I’ve won a Starting Grant from the Italian Science Foundation (FIS) and will start a TT position at the University of Milan! INTERGEN studies how structural inequalities shape generational political change and representation in ageing democracies. Feeling so grateful! ✨
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) 🧵👇
New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝 We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
Next week, with the Progressive Politics Research Network, we are going to publish 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. While housing has become a huge grievance across Europe, it is often absent from progressive parties‘ agendas. Our group of experts discusses different aspects of this
Gen-AI breaks everything, survey research edition.
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
Mind-boggling that we've ended up here
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
OMG, this means a crazy (Northern-)Irish conference season?! ECSR (Dublin, 15-17 June) - CES (Dublin, 16-18 June) - EPSS (Belfast, 18-20). Who coordinated this?!
The next ECSR conference is brought to you by @tcdsociology.bsky.social and @esri.ie! Trinity College Dublin, 15-16 June 2026 www.ecsr2026.net #ECSR2026 Abstract submission deadline: 11 January 2026
And the award for best conference tote goes to....
I sometimes wonder what I could have done with all that time in which I've been waiting for Trenitalia to announce the platform of my train. A couple of reviews, surely?
En route for #ECPRgc25. So excited to see ‘my people’ again. Looking forward to lots of fruitful discussions. If you would like to talk to me about your research or academia as PhD researcher or ECR, don’t hesitate to reach out.
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Class-based gaps in voter turnout and political representation in Britain are likely to widen further. Our study, with Nan Dirk de Graaf and Geoff Evans (@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social), reveals how social mobility creates a cycle that reinforces democratic inequalities. 🗳️🪜
Social Mobility, Self‐Selection, and the Persistence of Class Inequality in Electoral Participation
In recent decades, non-voting among the British working class has increased substantially, contributing to widening class-based inequality in electoral participation. This study examines the impact o...
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New paper @electoralstudies.bsky.social With @gricoc.bsky.social and @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social we study the presence of legislators with urban and rural backgrounds in national parliaments www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵
Rural representation in Europe: The presence of place in national parliaments
Recent research shows a growing rural-urban divide in political attitudes and behavior, which has given currency to expressions like “places that don'…
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Looking back on an eventful and inspiring #EPSA2025 conference, enjoyed meeting old and new friends & colleagues! No conference without conference selfies! @bertous.bsky.social
Did you know that @epssnet.bsky.social will honor your #EPSA membership? Sign up today! epssnet.org/sign-up/#join That said, your membership dues are staying with EPSA & EPSS is starting with zero financial funds. So if you can, consider paying for an EPSS membership to help us get off the ground.
Balance of my final day of teaching for this term: - taught class with bird poo in my hair 💩 - at the end of the class got flowers from my students 😍
Croatia is officially joining the EUI! 🎉 Today, the EUI's High Council voted unanimously to approve Croatia’s accession as the 24th member of the EUI. ✅🤝 This milestone further strengthens the EUI’s mission of fostering academic excellence and #EuropeanIntegration through #research and #education.
I am incredibly proud that my book, co-authored with Andrea Aldrich, is published. Using an original party leadership dataset from 11 parliamentary democracies, Andrea and I show that women candidates face a glass ceiling for leadership and quickly sink once elected (the quicksand theory).
New Cambridge Element 'Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands: Gendered Party Leadership in Parliamentary Systems' by Andrea S. Aldrich & @zeynsom.bsky.social is now free to read for 2 weeks. cup.org/3HqJXty #cambridgeelements #politics
From our new issue: "The American Viewer: Political Consequences of Entertainment Media " by EUNJI KIM (@eunjikim_media) and SHAWN PATTERSON Jr. #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The American Viewer: Political Consequences of Entertainment Media | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
The American Viewer: Political Consequences of Entertainment Media - Volume 119 Issue 2
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***vacature voor promovendus*** We zijn gestart met een grootschalige studie naar burgerschapsonderwijs en burgerschapscompetenties van leerlingen in het po, vo en go (Peil.Burgerschap en ICCS2027). Binnen deze studie is er ook een plek voor een promovendus.