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Solveig Bjørkholt

@sunny369.bsky.social

Political Scientist with a focus on the politics of technology, depoliticization, private governance and standardization.

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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · 10mo ago

On November 7, 2025, Solveig Bjørkholt @sunny369.bsky.social will defend her PhD thesis “The Politics of International Standardization”. The defense is open to anyone interested. For time and place, see 👇 www.sv.uio.no/isv/forsknin...

Disputation Solveig Bjørkholt - Institutt for statsvitenskap (ISV)

Master in Political Science Solveig Bjørkholt will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science: The Politics of International Standardization

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Solveig Bjørkholt @sunny369.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚀 StanDat Database Update & Move! The database has moved and been upgraded: solveig.shinyapps.io/standat/

StanDat - International Standards Database

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Jonas W. Schmid @jonaswschmid.bsky.social · last yr.

After large-scale disasters autocrats often shift the blame on others to save their popularity. Our 🚨new paper🚨, just accepted at Perspectives on Politics, shows that this tactic is prone to backfire. With @edwardgoldring.bsky.social & @fapaydin.bsky.social . shorturl.at/v6wIV%E2%AC%...

The title page of a paper listing the title: "Blame Shifting in Autocracies Following Large-scale Disasters: Evidence from Turkey"; the authors: Edward Goldring, Jonas Willibald Schmid, and Fulya Apaydin; and the abstract: "Large-scale disasters, particularly when handled poorly, often spark popular outrage and threaten
an autocrat’s hold on power. Autocrats frequently employ blame shifting strategies to redirect
public anger and weather these storms. We examine whether blame shifting after a large-scale
disaster helps or hurts an autocrat’s popularity through a mixed-methods research design in the
electoral autocracy of Turkey in April-July 2023, following the February 2023 earthquakes.
An online survey experiment (n=3,839) identifies the effects of blaming the aftermath of the
earthquake on the opposition, a force majeure, private construction companies, or a govern-
ment minister, while focus groups explore the mechanisms behind these effects. We find that
blaming the opposition or a force majeure leads to a backlash, especially among those more
able to critically evaluate information. Focus groups reveal that these backlash effects are
driven by voters’ dismay at electoral opportunism and the incumbent’s polarizing language
following a large-scale disaster."; and the note that the paper is forthcoming in Perspectives on Politics.

Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 New article 👥 @sunny369.bsky.social, Solveig Bjørkholt 🔎 Presenting the StanDat database on international standards: Improving data accessibility on marginal topics.. 📖Open Access in Political Science Research and Methods 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

Jonas W. Schmid @jonaswschmid.bsky.social · last yr.

Ever felt uneasy about how concepts & measures of "grey zone" autocracies are used interchangeably across the literature? Then check out my 🚨new paper🚨 in @democratization.bsky.social and get some substance to back up your gut feeling: tinyurl.com/ypdm2kna Or at least read the main points below ⬇️

Electoral autocracies, hybrid regimes, and multiparty autocracies: same, same but different?

There is a wide range of labels, such as electoral autocracy, hybrid regimes, or multiparty autocracy, and corresponding empirical measures to describe and measure political regimes that combine au...

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Solveig Bjørkholt @sunny369.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy to announce that my first article is finally in print in Political Science and Research Methods (PSRM).

Martin Søyland @martigso.bsky.social · 2y ago

New paper, coauthored with @sunny369.bsky.social, out in LSQ. We find very low levels of conflict between government and opposition in the Norwegian Parliament through sentiment analysis of WPQs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The drama is in the ink:Conflict in written parliamentary questions

Opposition is a core component of any democracy, yet it is scarcely studied. Leaning on research prescribing blurred lines between government and opposition in parliamentary democracies, we use word ....

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Solveig Bjørkholt @sunny369.bsky.social · 3y ago

What a book! What a refreshing perspective on life and what to do with it, i.e; time management! This book made me sigh with relief. Lower the standards, make do with the present, accept finitude, and be there for the average four thousand weeks of a human life.

Department of Comparative Politics UiB @sampol.bsky.social · 3y ago

Excited about our new Code Café for BA and MA students learning to code in R! Friday afternoons, conveniently located at the student bar, Diskuterbar! www.uib.no/sampol/16557...