Zeth Isaksson
@zethis.bsky.social
Max Weber fellow at the EUI | Political behavior and historical political economy |
Should immigrants be allowed to vote? This is a highly politically charged question. In a new research paper and substack piece, me and @tarekjaziri.bsky.social test the biggest objection to letting foreign residents vote locally, and find it doesn't hold up. 🧵 simonhix.substack.com/p/why-not-gi...
Why Not Give Immigrants the Right to Vote?
The fear that allowing foreign residents to vote in local elections would benefit left-wing parties turns out to be wrong.
simonhix.substack.com
Reminder now both EPSS 2027 and 2028 is scheduled on Midsummer. This is discrimination against swedes with holiday homes
Zeth Isaksson@zethis.bsky.social · 9mo agoDeadline for 2026: Passed Colleagues: off to Belfast. Me (and likely the rest of the Swedish delegation): doing fieldwork on rural intoxication
I don't think this is true (4 hours and counting trying to get pass Manusript centrals stupid interface 👍)
Zeth Isaksson@zethis.bsky.social · 10mo agoWhen you have to submit via Research Exchange instead of Manuscript Central. (Different circles of hell)
Next Tuesday (May 26th) will be my last day at the beautiful EUI Badia Fiesolana campus. I have had a great three months visiting the @eui-sps.bsky.social. It is great to see a pan-European project become a central hub of political science in Europe.
New paper out in Nature Human Behaviour. "Government policy documents across 185 countries largely cite Global North sources" with @seramirezruiz.bsky.social DOI: doi.org/10.1038/s415... Ungated: rdcu.be/fh0Ss
Government policy documents across 185 countries largely cite Global North sources - Nature Human Behaviour
This analysis of 1.2 million policy documents from 185 countries identifies global inequalities in whose knowledge is cited in policymaking. Governments in the Global South rely more on foreign source...
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❗Confrontational tactics like street blockades and food attacks on art hurt activists' image, but not their cause. 📄 New paper out in Political Behavior (@polbehavior.bsky.social) w/ @dasalgon.bsky.social @sophiahunger.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social. 🧵1/7
"As I mentioned in the draft I circulated, which I am sure most of you have read"
From our FirstView: Racial Inequality in War by CONNOR HUFF, ERIC MIN and ROBERT SCHUB. doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Racial Inequality in War | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Racial Inequality in War
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The new V-Dem report was released today. There are dramatic declines in democracy in the US. Much worse than during Trump I.
I wrote a post with some reflections on Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice (2025), Claude Code, and automation in quantitative social science. joenoonan.se/post/claude_...
No Other Choice, Quantitative Social Science, and Claude Code – Joseph Noonan
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When the journal that just rejected your paper emails you asking for peer reviews 48 hours later.
🥳 New year, new publication 📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.
Some reflections from me on January 6 in comparative and historical perspective (first time on substack) open.substack.com/pub/ziblatt4...
January 6 in Historical Perspective
January 6, 2026
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What a paper! But I can’t help but wonder for how long a horse can run?
Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 7mo ago#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - State-Building and Rebellion in the Run-Up to the French Revolution - https://cup.org/3MWqzqX - @mikealbertus.bsky.social & @victorgayeco.bsky.social #FirstView
Exactly. What did you do, Dad, when the Nazi propaganda guy tried to subvert democracy in the world? Oh, I thought that the econ discussion was better on his platform and I got a friendlier response when I talked about AI and people there surprised me more so I decided to stay and help the Nazi.
I wrote an article about cars and correlations: EPA-tractors, youth engine interest, and racing events correlate with radical right support in Sweden—especially around 2022. Correlation ≠ causation, but cultural markers co-vary with political change.
How Car Culture Drives Political Preferences in Rural Regions: Evidence From Sweden
Recent research has suggested that the rise of the radical right in rural regions can partly be explained by rural identities. Yet, the nuances of how cultural identities and political allegiances ar...
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🇪🇺🇩🇪 Published Today in @bjpols.bsky.social 🇮🇹🇫🇷 How a voting advice application affected voting behavior in three large-scale field experiments: shorturl.at/2ekBj TLDR of our study (with @simonhix.bsky.social & @rlachat.bsky.social) below 👇 1/14
Had a great visit to Tallinn and the Estonian Institute of Historical Memory. Wow! The work being done there is immensely important. And I finally got to have a medieval lunch!!! (Now back to writing grant applications)
Erfarenheter från ett auktoritärt system kan påverka människors politiska beteende långt efter systemskfitet. Det visar en ny doktorsavhandling i sociologi, av @zethis.bsky.social www.su.se/enheter/soci...
Just reached Saint Denis in Red Dead Redemption II and I believe this
Gabe Lenz@gabelenz.bsky.social · 8mo agoNew paper in PNAS: Your homicide risk follows you around the country. If you’re born in the historically violent Wild West, Appalachian Highlands, or Deep South, a higher risk of violent death trails you wherever you go. 🧵1/14
