I wrote a blog post about our article (w/ Steffen Wamsler) in @ejprjournal.bsky.social. We show that a perceived sense of disadvantage is linked to higher support for autocratic alternatives which undermines the societal foundation of democracy. Blogpost: shorturl.at/kG1FZ Paper: shorturl.at/ov8jj

Empirical Political Science #Duisburg@emppolitikwiss.bsky.social · 2w ago

📢Neuer Blogbeitrag online! 🤔 Was passiert mit der Demokratie, wenn Menschen das Gefühl haben, als Gruppe benachteiligt zu werden? (1/3) #politicalscience #deprivation #Benachteiligung

"Left behind" and an undemocratic mind? Happy to see that my article on the link between perceived marginalization and democratic orientations is now out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social 🧵👇 Read the article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Taking a stand ✋️🧍 These authors 🧵 use survey data across 9 countries to assess the downstreams consequences of #AffectivePolarization & intervene to successfully reduce participants #AffectivePolarization in 6 of the 9, improving interpersonal relations and social norms buff.ly/tHRWa65

The (alleged) consequences of affective polarization: A survey experiment in nine democracies | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

The (alleged) consequences of affective polarization: A survey experiment in nine democracies

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🚨 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!

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

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🚨 8 days left to apply! @svenhegewald.bsky.social and I a are happy to answer questions of prospective applicants.

Arndt Leininger@aleininger.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 We're hiring for my project RESPOL on residential mobility & electoral realignment 📍 University of Hamburg 📅 4y, 75% FTE 🔍 pol behavior, comp politics, regional inequalities 📊 quant, administrative & survey data Please share with talented MA students! 🔗 www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

In December 2025, @ackermannk.bsky.social and I got the exciting news that our project RECOGNITION: How Social Status and Recognition Shape Attachment to Democracy in France and Germany will be funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social & @dfg.de consortium for three years with around 450.000 €! 🎉

Great to see the first insights from @bereadycohort.bsky.social in a new study on pandemic preparedness research. tinyurl.com/773mrv2e #PandemicPreparedness #PublicHealth #CohortStudies #BEready #MCIDresearch #Epidemiology #Vaccination #AffectivePolarisation

Workshop on “Subnational #elections 🗳️ in times of national #crisis in France 🇫🇷 and beyond 🌐” on 21 May 2026 📅 Deadline reminder: 30 March 2026 noon to submit a paper!

ESPOL-Lab@espol-lab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣 Call for Papers ESPOL will host a workshop on “Subnational #elections 🗳️ in times of national #crisis in France 🇫🇷 and beyond 🌐” on 21 May 2026 and is issuing a call for papers in French or English. Details 👉 tinyurl.com/subnationale... Deadline 📅: abstracts (400 words) before 30 March 2026, noon

65.1🦋 Resentment and democracy under strain ✊ @mfilsinger.bsky.social & Steffen Wamsler of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social show how #SGRD shapes not only radical political support, but also citizens’ commitment to democracy 🏛️ drawing on survey data 📊 across six European countries

Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support - Volume 65 Issue 1

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New research funded by the MCID explores how political and affective polarisation shaped COVID-19 health behaviours. To read the full paper 👉 tinyurl.com/mtm7vpvy Or read more about the project 👉 tinyurl.com/3wvfptjb

🆕 Democratic disaffection and resentment ✊ Using survey data 📊 from 6 European countries 🇪🇺 @mfilsinger.bsky.social & Steffen Wamsler examine how #SGRD, already linked to radical political support, relates to general support for democracy 🏛️ #OA 📖

Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support

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Steffen Wamsler and I have a new paper in @ejprjournal.bsky.social ! We show that citizens who perceive their in-group to be disadvantaged express lower support for democracy and higher openness towards authoritarian alternatives! tinyurl.com/y78hj253 @espol-lab.bsky.social @lifbi.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow for a great presentation in the second session of the Comparative Politics Online Series by Annika Lindholm who is presenting her paper «Does inequality bother us, "the people"? The inequality attitudes of populist radical right voter» @twoeffray.bsky.social