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Marco Giani

@mgiani.bsky.social

Political scientist at King’s College London https://www.marcogiani.com/

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Ben Ansell@benansell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Back to one of my regular moans about democracy measurement - present bias. According to VDEM the UK's 'level of liberal democracy' is now lower than any time since 1945 - a period of time in which business owners and graduates had multiple votes and during which the Troubles occurred. WRONG.

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Santiago Sanchez-Pages@sanpages.eurosky.social · 5mo ago

One of my favourite events in the conference season: young scholars sharing their superexciting research with us. Please, do apply and visit us at @kingsqpe.bsky.social

Bouke Klein Teeselink@bkleinteeselink.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 Call for papers! We are organizing the 6th Early Career Workshop in Quantitative Political Economy on 14-15 May 2026 at King’s College London! Keynote: Shanker Satyanath (NYU) No fee, travel grants might become available! Submit at: tinyurl.com/qpe2026

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Denmark has *far* worse outcomes - economic, social and integration - than the UK. Just a fantasyland for those who want an excuse for their own xenophobia and/or are incapable of doing the hard work of confronting the UK's real problems. www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

A Danish lesson for Labour on how to stop migrants and start winning

Like the home secretary, I visited recently to learn how the centre-left is riding high and reclaiming the asylum debate from the populist right

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Economics Observatory@econ-observatory.bsky.social · 8mo ago

TODAY on the Economics Observatory – What do we know about the effects of military conscription? By @vincenzobove.bsky.social, Riccardo Di Leo, @mgiani.bsky.social

What do we know about the effects of military conscription?  - Economics Observatory

Mounting national security threats have led a number of European countries to consider reinstating mandatory military service. Proponents argue that it would bolster national defence and boost…

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Sergi Pardos-Prado@sergipardos.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Interested in why public anti-immigrant sentiment is so geographically concentrated? Here's some work with @denis-cohen.bsky.social testing a new theory on how regional labour market risks and inter-regional migration shape long-term spatial polarisation. Just out in @bjpols.bsky.social 👇

Denis Cohen@denis-cohen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yD

Marco Giani@mgiani.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Are university still a left-wing thing in Europe? Unsure: HE is a hierarchical institution with egalitarian employees I find that universities increasingly inculcate selfish career concerns for status while leaving universalist concerns for global justice unchanged

British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW - Globalization, Higher Education, and Neoliberal Values: Evidence from the Bologna Process - https://cup.org/3LG3lVj - @mgiani.bsky.social #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the shift in globalization's emphasis towards developing market skills and its implications on higher education.
Klaudia Wegschaider@wegschaider.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Migrant Electoral Rights Dataset (1960-2020) 📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661 📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c... 💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...

MER Migrant Electoral Rights dataset

Suffrage is a central element of democracy. Over time, electoral rights have increasingly become available to migrants—both as non-citizen residents and as non-resident citizens. However, existing dat...

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Simon Hix@simonhix.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · 12mo ago

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

David Karpa@dkarpa.bsky.social · last yr.

Public Service Decline and Support for the Populist Right: "Our findings underscore the role of public service decline as a driver of support for populist parties, especially in areas undergoing demographic change"

Abstract The rise of populist right parties is well-studied, but little attention has been given to how public service performance influences voter support. Given that public services are often the primary means through which citizens interact with the state, we argue that declining public services can create grievances that increase the appeal of populist right parties. Focusing on England’s National Health Service (NHS), we combine administrative data on local health facility closures with panel data on public preferences and voting intentions. Using a staggered difference-indifferences design, we find that closures reduce satisfaction with public services and increase support for populist right parties. These effects are moderated by migrant registrations at local health practices, highlighting the interaction between public service performance and immigration concerns in fueling populist right support. Our findings underscore the role of public service decline as a driver of support for populist parties, especially in areas undergoing demographic change.
EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

Rod Dacombe@rod-dacombe.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨🚨🚨Major job alert klaxon!!!🚨🚨🚨 In the Department of Political Economy @kcl-spe.bsky.social we are currently advertising for 3 permanent academic posts (2 Political Theory, 1 PPE)! Details below. Happy to have an informal discussion with anyone interested. Please share widely!! 1/