Honoured to have joined the editorial board of the Journal of European Social Policy, alongside many distinguished scholars in the field of comparative welfare state research. uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/jo... @sampol.bsky.social

Boken min er ute!📚 Intro til kvantitativ metode med R. Dekker hele forskningsprosessen, inkl: statistikk, databehandling, forskningsdesign, formidling, lage figurer/tabeller, osv. Rettet mot bachelornivå. Innholdsfortegnelse🧵👇

We are hiring! Please share 👉 💡 2 PhD positions 🇳🇴 Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen 🗓️ 4 years 💶 Fully funded 👩‍🏫 25 % teaching ⏳ 11 August 2026 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

If you're in Astana on Thursday, I'll be presenting some of my ongoing research at NU!

Exciting new publication on the representation of youth below voting age and migrants by @janabelschner.bsky.social, I. Faleide, J. Sipinen & A.J. Spitzer:

I anledning skattekommisjonens rapport: For noen år siden undersøkte jeg nordmenns skattepreferanser: En bred tverrpolitisk enighet hvis du spør _velgerne_ til partiene er at skattesystemet bør være progressivt hele veien. Det står i kontrast til det faktiske systemet som er regressivt i toppen.🧵

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Citizen–Elite #Toxicity & #Political #Equality Online By @janabelschner.bsky.social & Linn Sandberg doi.org/10.1017/S153...

📣 New article 🌟 👥 Jana Belschner, Ingrid Faleide, Josefina Sipinen & Aaron Spitzer 👉 Representation by proxy? The democratic inclusion of youth and migrants 📗 Open Access in: European Journal of Political Research 🔗 doi:10.1017/S1475676526101443

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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How do governments quietly shape asylum outcomes? Not by rejecting claims outright, but by choosing which kind of protection to grant New evidence published in Political Research Quarterly: doi.org/10.1177/1065... #AsylumPolicy #EUPolitics @NORCE @sampol.bsky.social @hakangs.bsky.social

The State and the Refugee. Governing Asylum at the Intersection Between Politics and Administration - Pierre G. Van Wolleghem, 2026

This article examines how asylum decisions in European Union member states are shaped by the tension between administrative assessment and government preference...

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We are hiring! Please share 👉 💡 2 PhD positions 🇳🇴 Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen 🗓️ 4 years 💶 Fully funded 👩‍🏫 25 % teaching ⏳ 11 August 2026 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Two PhD positions at my department! 🚨 PhD projects in political economy or political theory explicitly welcome. Feel free to get in touch with me if you have any questions.

Department of Comparative Politics UiB@sampol.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are hiring! Please share 👉 💡 2 PhD positions 🇳🇴 Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen 🗓️ 4 years 💶 Fully funded 👩‍🏫 25 % teaching ⏳ 11 August 2026 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Great opportunity: Two open PhD positions available at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Two PhD positions at the Department of Comparative Politics (302783) | University of Bergen

Job title: Two PhD positions at the Department of Comparative Politics (302783), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Tuesday, August 11, 2026

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#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - The (alleged) consequences of affective polarization: A survey experiment in nine democracies - https://cup.org/43vEJV0 - @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social, @leberntzen.bsky.social, @andrejkokkonen.bsky.social, @hayleekelsall.bsky.social, et al #FirstView

We are hiring! Please share 👉 💡 2 PhD positions 🇳🇴 Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen 🗓️ 4 years 💶 Fully funded 👩‍🏫 25 % teaching ⏳ 11 August 2026 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

🌟 New article 👥 Eelco Harteveld, Lars Erik Berntzen, Andrej Kokkonen, Haylee Kelsall, Jonas Linde & Stefan Dahlberg 👉 The (alleged) consequences of affective polarization: A survey experiment in nine democracies 📗 European Journal of Political Research 🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🌟 New chapter 👤 Ragnhild Nilsson 👉 It’s a Long Way from Invisibility to Visual Sovereignty: The Absence of Sámi Women in Film During the 1970s 📗 Women Filmmakers and the Welfare State. Transnational Film Cultures During the Long 1970s in Canada and Sweden 🔗 www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

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Very excited to be giving this talk on @vdeminstitute.bsky.social methodology on Tuesday, May 12, in Ulaanbaatar - it should be a great conversation! And thanks to @mongoliafocus.bsky.social for the great discussion (and contacts) that led to it! mongoliafocus.com/2026/03/demo...

📢 New chapter 🌟 👤 José Zurita-Tapia @josezuritat.bsky.social 👉 Youth Quotas in Context: Institutional Change and Political Representation in Ecuador (1979–2023) 📘 Youth Political Representation, eds Kira Renée Kurz & Brit Anlar 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/978-...

📣 New article 🌟 👥 Anja Tucker 👉 Constituting self-determination : constitution-making referendums in the US Virgin Islands 📗 Open Access in: Small States & Territories 🔗 www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/...

⏰ 3 days left ⏰ 🏅 Stein Rokkan Prize ✅ Presented by @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, @sampol.bsky.social & ECPR 🏆 Awarded for a book that makes a substantial & original contribution to comparative #SocialScience research 💰 Prize fund: £4,300 📅 Nominate by 1 May #ECPRPrizes #ComparativeResearch

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ECPR 2026 Stein Rokkan Prize

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📣 New article 🌟 👥 Jana Belschner, Jacob Aars & Jo Saglie 👉 Does Enfranchisement Increase Descriptive Representation? The Case of Voting Age Reforms 📗 Political Behavior 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s111...

🤔 Do you know of an outstanding 📖 published work in comparative social science research? ✍️ Don't forget to nominate for the 2026 🏆 Stein Rokkan Prize! 💰 £4,300 fund 🎙️ Presented with @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, @sampol.bsky.social 🛎️ Nominations close Fri 1 May buff.ly/e1QnUDb

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Stein Rokkan Prize | European Consortium for Political Research

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New Article: Responsive to What? Explaining the Information Quality of Public Comments on Bureaucratic Policymaking Using a Text-as-Data Approach From: @adrianabuneauib.bsky.social, @sergiulipcean.bsky.social, @chrauh.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

​​⏪ 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗙𝗦… 🇪🇸 @javiermcanto.bsky.social & @julitudo.bsky.social examined the similarities, differences, and dynamics of competition between #Vox and #AliançaCatalana in #Catalonia. 🗳️ What factors influence voters to choose between them? 🔓 Article in #openaccess here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...

📣 New article 🌟 👥 Adriana Bunea, Sergiu Lipcean & Christian Rauh 👉 Responsive to What? Explaining the Information Quality of Public Comments on Bureaucratic Policymaking Using a Text-as-Data Approach 📗 Open access in: Governance 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gove...

Sampol-professor Gunnar Grendstad retter kritikk mot rekrutteringen av nye dommere til Høyesterett. Fra 2 til 3 ledige stillinger i løpet av få dager.

Denne tilsettingsprosessen er blitt Høyesterett uverdig

Dommer Erik Thyness skylder offentligheten en forklaring på sin dårlig timete avgang. Innstillingsrådet må gjøre om sitt vedtak og sette i gang en ny utlysningsprosess.

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📣 New article 🌟 👥 Lars Erik Berntzen, Cornelius Cappelen, Lilliana Mason & Tor Midtbø 👉 Mind the Gap: Partisan Bias in Justifying Political Violence in the United States 📗 Open Access in: Public Opinion Quarterly @poqjournal.bsky.social 🔗https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfag010

Skriver i ABC nyheter i dag om misvisende bruk statistikk i innvandringsdebatten. www.abcnyheter.no/stemmer/misv...

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