Staffan Kumlin
@staffankumlin.bsky.social
Political Science Professor, Univ of Oslo. Democracy and discontent in European welfare states.
We didn't see that coming 👀 😪 @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social, @jfdaoust.bsky.social & Piret Ehin look at the 2016 surprise Estonian government shift to better understand how changes in government, seperate to elections, alter #DemocraticSafisfaction when winner/loser status changes
Satisfaction with democracy after winning and losing without elections | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Satisfaction with democracy after winning and losing without elections
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🚨New paper out in JEPP @jeppjournal.bsky.social 🎉 Women are underrepresented in local politics, and the problem isn't only their election but retention. In a survey experiment with 500+ English councillors, we find that family-friendly council policies increase women's static ambition. 🧵
Our project "Struggling Women and Men: Political-Democratic Gender Gaps in a High-trust Welfare State" is looking for a PhD fellow. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Research Fellowship in Political Science (3-4 years) (303073) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Research Fellowship in Political Science (3-4 years) (303073), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
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🎙️ New episode of the In_equality Podcast: „Who Pays the Price of Parenthood?“ @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social, Gabriele Spilker, and @mbusemeyer.bsky.social discuss welfare states, and inequalities between parents and non-parents. 🎧 tune in now: t1p.de/bt6j0 @uni-konstanz.de
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-...
Great post-doc opportunity with great people in a wonderful town
Alexander Horn@alexanderhorn.bsky.social · 4mo ago🚨 Job Alert We are loooking for a 3year Postdoc @excinequality.bsky.social Work with @mbusemeyer.bsky.social, Sebastian Koos, and me Focus: computational social science, analysis of political texts, future-oriented policies and parties 📅Apply by June 5th stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/c...
@arnovanhootegem.bsky.social : The impact of issue politicization around redistribution on support for equality and its ideological divides 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🎉 New issue: Public Opinion and the Welfare State: Sources, Processes, and Consequences. Guest Editors: @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social, Zhen Im, Maria Grasso, Franco Bonomi Bezzo 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
📢 New article 🌟 👥 @silkegoubin.bsky.social , @olijacques.bsky.social , @staffankumlin.bsky.social (ISV), & @dweisstanner.bsky.social 👉 Why Some Want Something for Nothing: Three Explanations for Unfunded Spending Demand 📗 Open Access in Scandinavian Political Studies 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1467...
Why Some Want Something for Nothing: Three Explanations for Unfunded Spending Demand
Several studies have documented ‘something for nothing’ (SFN) attitudes among citizens: preferences for increased government spending and lower taxes. Such a demand for unfunded public spending may g....
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Are we underestimating popular discontent with welfare state change, and the damage done to political-institutional trust? New measures of "welfare state emotions" suggest as much. With Tor Syrstad and Atle Haugsgjerd. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz offers several doctoral positions!
Doctoral Positions | Mit uns arbeiten | Über uns | The Politics of Inequality
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➡️ Policy Paper Alert: New findings from the Konstanz Inequality Barometer show widespread public doubts about the fairness and financial sustainability of Germany’s welfare state. By @mbusemeyer.bsky.social and @felixja.bsky.social from the @uni-konstanz.de
Maybe not trust crisis, but the scandalization of Norwegian politics has reached a new level. And as I say here, political trust isn't extremely important for any one thing in particular, but it plays a role in many things, like voter turnout, welfare systems, acceptance of foreigners, and more.
Epstein affair triggers crisis of trust in Norway
From the crown princess to a former prime minister, the Epstein affair has implicated some of Norway's most prominent personalities, triggering a crisis of confidence in a society that prizes trust.
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Massive interest in Norwegian political-institutional trust right now. Here is the overview @jonaslinde.bsky.social and I published recently on what we know, and don't know, about this topic.
Department of Political Science, University of Oslo@statsvitenskap.bsky.social · 7mo ago📢 New book chapter 👥 Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social (ISV) & Jonas Linde @jonaslinde.bsky.social 🔎 Political Trust in Norway; A Large But Lopsided Research Field 📖 Published in Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
📢 New article🌟 👥 Sofi Granö (ISV) & Johannes Bergh @johannesbergh.bsky.social 👉 Does local context matter for individual level turnout? Analysing the effect of the social context in the neighbourhood, in Norwegian elections 📖 Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
Does local context matter for individual level turnout? Analysing the effect of the social context in the neighbourhood, in Norwegian elections
The purpose of this paper is to study how the social composition of a neighbourhood affects an individual’s propensity to vote. Numerous studies have looked at aggregate level contextual effects on...
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📢 New article 👤 Tor Gaute Syrstad (ISV) 👉 Origins of societal anger: the interplay between perceived personal economic decline and anti-immigration attitudes 📗 Open Access in Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
Origins of societal anger: the interplay between perceived personal economic decline and anti-immigration attitudes
Emotions, particularly anger, play a central role in contemporary politics. This paper explores the link between anger toward societal development, perceived personal economic decline, and anti-imm...
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📢 New book chapter 👥 Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social (ISV) & Jonas Linde @jonaslinde.bsky.social 🔎 Political Trust in Norway; A Large But Lopsided Research Field 📖 Published in Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
Why do some want government spending without supporting the necessary taxation? Such a "something for nothing" mindset is often seen as an information or even sophistication problem. But we find it is equally due to rational interests among the economically vulnerable.
Dr. Silke Goubin@silkegoubin.bsky.social · 8mo agoStarting the new year with a new #openaccess #publication! In our article, we explore why citizens oppose taxes while simultaneously demanding more redistributive social policies, aka want "something for nothing". @olivierjacques.bsky.social @staffankumlin.bsky.social @dweisstanner.bsky.social
📣 New article 🌟 👥 Atle Haugsgjerd, Jonas Linde @jonaslinde.bsky.social &Ruben B. Mathisen @rubenmathisen.bsky.social 👉 Populist radical right party representation and satisfaction with democracy in Europe 📗 Open Access in Journal of European Public Policy 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1350...
New paper out w/ @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social in @epsrjournal.bsky.social. We show that political trust dynamics matter for electoral behavior. While stable and variable distrusters behave similarly, declining trust boosts both abstention and anti-establishment voting. 🧵
On December 10th Master in Political Science and Cand. Psychol. Tor Syrstad will be defending his dissertation at the Department of Political Science: "Trouble in Paradise? - Studies on Fear and Anger in the Norwegian Electorate" @statsvitenskap.bsky.social
Disputation Tor Syrstad - Department of Political Science
Master in Political Science and Cand. Psychol. Tor Syrstad will be defending his dissertation at the Department of Political Science:Trouble in Paradise? - Studies on Fear and Anger in the Norwegian E...
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On December 11th Sofi Granö will be defending her dissertation at @statsvitenskap.bsky.social. "Economic inequality and electoral participation: A register-based study on the effects of contextual factors and economic disparities in Norwegian neighbourhoods."
Disputation Sofi Granö - Department of Political Science
Master of Social Sciences in Political Science Sofi Granö will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science:Economic inequality and electoral participation: A register-based st...
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I am thrilled to announce the publication of the Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics! Over 70 scholars from various institutions in Norway and abroad have contributed their expertise and insights to 48 chapters on different aspects of Norwegian politics. A short🧵 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Our introduction to to the special issue on the formation of public opinion in the welfare state is now out in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social! 📖 Freely available: doi.org/10.1080/1350... A big thanks to Zhen Jie Im, Maria Grasso, and Franco Bonomi Bezzo for outstanding co-editorship.
Public opinion and the welfare state: sources, processes, and consequences
The legitimacy and resilience of the welfare state rest on sustained public support. This introduction reviews the literature on welfare attitudes and public opinion formation on the welfare state....
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JEPP Journal@jeppjournal.bsky.social · 10mo ago📚 In their intro to the Special Issue “Public Opinion and the Welfare State: Sources, Processes, and Consequences”, @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social, Zhen Jie Im, Maria Grasso, and Franco Bonomi Bezzo review how attitudes toward the welfare state form and evolve 👇 🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Excited to share a glimpse of my book on party families via LSE European Politics and Policy! The book delves into the heart of what constitutes a party family, offer updated categorisations, contemporary descriptions, and an insight into their supporters. #polisky blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Why we should rethink how we categorise party families in western Europe
It is common to refer to party families such as “social democrats” and the “radical right” when discussing European politics. Drawing on a new book, Peter Egge Langsæther writes that while th...
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Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast @annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
ISV’s Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social receives 12 million NOK from the RCN program 'Welfare and Education' for the research project 'Struggling Women and Men: Political-Democratic Gender Gaps in a High-Trust Welfare State.'🌟👏Congratulations! www.sv.uio.no/isv/om/aktue...
Staffan Kumlin får Forskingsrådsmidler for å se på politiske og demokratiske kjønnsforskjeller - Institutt for statsvitenskap (ISV)
Med 12 millioner kroner fra Forskningsrådet vil Staffan Kumlin på Institutt for statsvitenskap forske på politiske og demokratiske kjønnsforskjeller. Han vil blant annet ta for seg hvordan utdanning, ...
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New chapter on political trust in Norway, co-authored with @staffankumlin.bsky.social.
Department of Comparative Politics UiB@sampol.bsky.social · 11mo ago📣 New chapter 🌟 👥 Staffan Kumlin & Jonas Linde @jonaslinde.bsky.social 📘 Political Trust in Norway: A Large but Lopsided Research Field 📚 The Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics, eds Kolltveit, Allern, Braut-Hegghammer & Rasch 🔗 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Finding: political trust can influence how people experience socio-economic risks 💡 In our article in @joftrustres.bsky.social, Atle Haugsgjerd & I show that political trust works as a psychological coping-mechanism - especially for those who believe the welfare state should manage economic risks.
