Roderik Rekker
@roderikrekker.bsky.social
Political Scientist/Psychologist • Assistant Professor at Radboud University 🇳🇱 • Research Fellow at Leibniz University Hannover 🇩🇪 • Generational differences in vote choice (Veni) • Political polarization over facts and science (Vidi, Horizon Europe)
🚨 Job Alert 🚨 The Department of Political Science at Radboud University Nijmegen is recruiting for a Full Professor in International Relations. More information on this vacancy is available here: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Application deadline is 16 August 2026.
Full Professor of International Relations | Radboud University
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The Trump administration is actively undermining European democracies. State Department has now launched grants (1-3 million $), designed to boost groups pushing MAGA style policies. Direct, blatant interference in sovereign nations. www.ft.com/content/e2ad...
US to fund Trump-aligned Europeans building ‘civilisational bonds’
State department grants of up to $3mn are designed to boost groups pushing Maga-style policies
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One of the most important and thought-provoking articles on polarization I have read in recent years. 👇
Petter Törnberg@pettertornberg.com · last mo.‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Almost 1 in 4 voters in Europe now votes for a radical right party (23%), up from 7% in 2006 and 11% in 2016. Almost 1 in 3 votes for a populist party. By contrast, only ≈1% now votes for a radical left party, the lowest level since 1989 Source: The PopuList 4.0, via @caterinafr.bsky.social
Linking The PopuList to national election results shows that almost 1 in 4 Europeans now vote for a far-right party, while around 1 in 3 support an anti-establishment party. Support for far-left parties is at its lowest level since 1989: only around 1% now vote for a far-left party.
Today we launch the new version of The PopuList! The PopuList provides an overview of far-left, far-right and populist parties in 31 European countries from 1989 until 1 May 2026. Explore the new website here: popu-list.org
Home - The PopuList
The PopuList Interactive Version 4.0 Static Version 4.0 CSV Version 4.0 What is the PopuList? The PopuList offers researchers, journalists, […]
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Job opportunity!! Are you interested in studying new politicizations of science? And are you interested in how these politicizations could meaningfully be addressed in university education? Then we are looking for you! 🗓 Application deadline: 27 July 2026 www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
PhD: Understanding the politization of university knowledge and education
Are you passionate about understanding the growing politicization of science and how to address these topics in university education?
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🎓 This Friday (June 5), the #HotPoliticsLab returns after a month with a talk by @roderikrekker.bsky.social, on political polarization over facts and science. 📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22) 💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/... We hope to see you on Friday!
Does affective polarization itself actually threaten democracy? Recent experiments from the US suggest maybe not. In our new @ejprjournal.bsky.social paper, we revisit this question comparatively with a survey experiment in 9 democracies (18,000 respondents). #polisky
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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Erg interessant stuk over feitenpolarisatie van @ashervanderschelde.bsky.social @maartjevdkoppel.bsky.social en @peterkanne2024.bsky.social. Hun experiment bevestigt weer dat mensen meestal niet van mening veranderen o.b.v. statistische informatie over migratie. www.ipsos-publiek.nl/actueel/aant...
Young Britons have been shifting to the left for a while, but this @yougov.co.uk poll is still exceptional.
Nieuwe blog: Een ‘boodschappenlijst van autocratische acties’: Wat aspirant-autocraten doen om de democratie te ondermijnen https://stukroodvlees.nl/?p=18644
Weil das Narrativ der "jungen rechten Männer" sich derart hartnäckig hält - einige Auswertungen aus den repräsentativen Wahlstatistiken der verschiedenen Bundesländer. Spoiler: *IN KEINEM BUNDESLAND DEUTSCHLANDS WÄHLEN 18-24-JÄHRIGE MÄNNER MEHR AfD ALS MÄNNER ZWISCHEN 35 UND 60.*
Reto Mitteregger@indubioproreto.bsky.social · 5mo agoEs ist mE einfach wichtig, dieses Bild der "rechten jungen Generation" nicht weiterzuverbreiten, weil die Empirie das nicht stützt (Ausnahme Thüringen). Dass die AfD in RLP stärkste Kraft geworden ist bei den Jüngsten, liegt primär daran, dass die Jüngsten fragmentierter wählen.
Hoe om te gaan met extreemrechtse partijen in een democratisch bestel? Samen met @simonotjes.bsky.social leg ik uit in @nrc.nl waarom “in debat gaan” niet werkt. We reageren hiermee onder andere op een stuk van @tomjanmeeus.bsky.social, die opriep wél in debat te gaan. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Opinie | Je verslaat Forum voor Democratie niet door ermee in debat te gaan
Extreemrechts: Hoe om te gaan met extreemrechtse partijen in een democratisch bestel? Behandel ze niet als normale politici, schrijven Léonie de Jonge en Simon Otjes. Daarin hebben alle journalisten e...
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Roderik Rekker@roderikrekker.bsky.social · 6mo ago🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We are looking for a PhD candidate for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization and its attitudinal consequences. The position will be at the Department of Political Science of Radboud University (Netherlands). Check out the full job profile below! www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Here is my new piece about public opinion and the Iran War. Decades of political science research has examined what factors generate and maintain public support for military action. In the case of Iran, the U.S. lacks all of them. theconversation.com/iran-war-lac...
Iran war lacks strategy, goals, legitimacy and support – in the US and around the world
The US and Israel have taken a huge risk by attacking Iran. This war will make the world a more dangerous place.
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FVD is de grootste landelijke winnaar van de verkiezingen. Met @sldelange.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @stijntvankessel.bsky.social @casmudde.bsky.social & Andrej Zaslove betoog ik dat deze partij extreemrechts is en dat die groei dus zeer zorgwekkend is. stukroodvlees.nl/de-groei-van...
De groei van FVD en de normalisering van extreemrechts - StukRoodVlees
De landelijke partij die bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van gisteren de grootste zetelwinst heeft geboekt is Forum voor Democratie (FVD). Het aantal kiezers voor de partij is ten opzichte van 2022 o...
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For those interested in my research agenda on the politicization of public trust in science, I recently gave this online talk hosted by the Center for Neuropolitics at the University of California, Irvine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0iO...
Skepticism and Politicization of Science: Causes, Consequences, and Cures
YouTube video by UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
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Blog - Schokkend maar niet verrassend Expertonderzoek bevestigt: Trumps tweede periode is een keiharde aanval op democratie en rechtstaat in de VS. Nog nooit knalde een democratie zo hard omlaag in de ranking. Maar de betonrot gaat er dieper dan 1 jaar Trump. stukroodvlees.nl/schokkend-ma...
Schokkend maar niet verrassend: VS niet langer een volwaardige democratie - StukRoodVlees
Dinsdag verscheen het nieuwste rapport van V-Dem, de beste academische monitor van de staat van de democratie wereldwijd. Het onderzoek van V-Dem is gebaseerd op het werk van duizenden experts die lan...
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Bij de laatste raadsverkiezingen was de opkomst 50.99%. Als we de trend in de opkomst voor gemeenteraadsverkiezingen sinds het afschaffen van de opkomstplicht door trekken, zou de opkomst nog wel eens onder de 50% kunnen duiken.
Conditionally accepted at the APSR (w/ @scottclifford.bsky.social & @patrickpliu.bsky.social): Why does political information so often change beliefs but NOT attitudes? We highlight the role of belief relevance, or the extent to which beliefs bear on attitudes.
Just discovered a fascinating new volume in the Cambridge University Press series "Elements in Politics and Communication". It explores news use, political knowledge, and misperceptions across 18 countries in the Global North: www.cambridge.org/core/element... Free online from 25.2. to 11.3.2026!
News Use, Political Knowledge, and Misperceptions in 18 Countries across the Global North
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - News Use, Political Knowledge, and Misperceptions in 18 Countries across the Global North
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🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We are looking for a PhD candidate for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization and its attitudinal consequences. The position will be at the Department of Political Science of Radboud University (Netherlands). Check out the full job profile below! www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
PhD Position: Factual Belief Polarisation and its Attitudinal Consequences | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!
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Young men are the second most liberal group in the country after young women.
Owen Winter@owenwntr.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
To halt measles' resurgence we must fight the plague of misinformation www.newscientist.com/article/2513...
To halt measles' resurgence we must fight the plague of misinformation
The measles vaccine has prevented 60 million deaths since 2000. So why are so many children around the world missing out on it?
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Not surprising. Eurobarometer survey has shown the same thing a few years ago. For a more comprehensive coverage of public misperceptions, see our review www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Misperceptions about Immigration: Reviewing Their Nature, Motivations and Determinants | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Misperceptions about Immigration: Reviewing Their Nature, Motivations and Determinants - Volume 53 Issue 2
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Chris Bertram@crookedfootball.bsky.social · 8mo agoHere's what we get when politicians and the media, instead of trying to inform the public, chase after and flatter the "legitimate concerned" of the ignorant
Conservatives' confidence in the scientific community continues to crater.
