Reposted by Laurits Aarslewsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 21/07/2026the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding 365718847
Laurits Aarslew @aarslew.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Klopp and Liverpool “flew around in circles” over Nice with Mbappe” in a private jet with “five rooms or something” trying to reach an agreement, because they didn’t want to be seen. Wonder why we’re not making progress on climate change? www.bbc.com/sport/footba...bbc.comKylian Mbappe: Jurgen Klopp reveals how Liverpool tried to sign France strikerJurgen Klopp says he "flew around in a circle" in a private plane with Kylian Mbappe and his family when he tried to sign him for Liverpool a decade ago. 110
Reposted by Laurits AarslewWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 05/07/2026A corrupt sports organisation running a tournament in a corrupt nation. 16343104
Reposted by Laurits AarslewDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026So Trump leant on Infantino and hey presto, suddenly Balogun is free to play again 08616
Reposted by Laurits AarslewPublic Opinion Quarterly - POQ @poqjournal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Do group-based inequalities feel more unjust? In POQ, Leipziger et al. find limited evidence that intergroup inequality is perceived as more unfair and evokes stronger feelings of injustice than interpersonal inequality. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/... 1146
Reposted by Laurits AarslewBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 06/05/2026From March 2026 - How Violations of Electoral Integrity Undermine Partisan Attachments - cup.org/4rkKiPC - @aarslew.bsky.social #OpenAccess 032
Laurits Aarslew @aarslew.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Gratis svinemørbrad, benzin, eller strøm til din elbil? Danske politikere har fået smag for at dele gaver ud til vælgerne (nyheder.tv2.dk/live/politik...) Men er det en god idé? Kort svar fra forskningen: næppe. Faktisk kan det give bagslag. En tråd.nyheder.tv2.dkDanmarksdemokraterne deler gratis svinemørbrad udDanmarksdemokraterne og Inger Støjberg vil dele gratis svinemørbrad ud på Nytorv i Aalborg lørdag fra klokken 10-11.30 – muligvis inspireret af Dansk Folkepart... 100
Reposted by Laurits AarslewDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 16/03/2026What a paragraph. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 2447591409
Laurits Aarslew @aarslew.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Very happy to see this out in @bjpols.bsky.social The last paper from my dissertation has found a home 093
Laurits Aarslew @aarslew.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Much research concludes that partisans tolerate anti-democratic behavior, such as electoral subversion, because they rarely punish it at the ballot box. But refusing to vote against your party and actively supporting democratic subversion are not the same thing. My new paper in @bjpols.bsky.social: 1237
Reposted by Laurits AarslewCarl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Are regimes with higher nr's of core supporters more durable? Are regimes with more diverse coalitions of supporters more durable? In this (published today) @cpsjournal.bsky.social article, @sirianned.bsky.social , @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social , and @torewig.bsky.social I answer "Yes" to both Qs. 14715
Reposted by Laurits AarslewAnja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 01/09/2025🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Why do some people keep voting throughout their lives while others drop out? And how do authoritarian elections - even uncompetitive ones- shape citizens’ habits? Ksenia Northmore-Ball and I tackle these questions in my new paper, now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. 13813
Laurits Aarslew @aarslew.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Re. Trump’s comments on Kimmel, do you know who else have “bad ratings”? 040
Reposted by Laurits AarslewPolitical Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · 19/09/2025🤔 Do surveys exaggerate democratic support due to social desirability bias (SDB)? ➡️ Using survey-mode variation & list experiments in 24 countries, @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social & @aarslew.bsky.social find no evidence that SDB inflates democratic attitudes www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView 15122
Reposted by Laurits Aarslew𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Det er altså ikke bare anklager for upassende bemærkninger om Kirks død, men også massivt pres fra den amerikanske regering. Altså repression og censur: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b... 111
Laurits Aarslew @aarslew.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Check out this paper with @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social in @psrm.bsky.social. We examine whether social desirability bias contaminates survey measures of democratic support. tl/dr: we find no evidence to suggest that SDB inflates support for democracy in commonly used survey measures 030
Reposted by Laurits AarslewPedro Magalhães @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Long ago, in a study of the democratic attitudes in Germany, Dalton raised the possibility of “Fragebogendemokraten” (questionnaire democrats): people who hesitate to express their sincere dislike for “democracy” in surveys, providing instead the “socially desirable” response (1) 21812
Reposted by Laurits AarslewKristian Frederiksen @kristianvsf.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Arrived and all set for #APSA2025 with two papers: Public Opinion and the Restoration of Democracy with @robbwiller.bsky.social and @m-b-petersen.bsky.social (Thur at 12) What Elites Believe About Opposing Trump with @aarslew.bsky.social and Martin Bisgaard (Sun at 8) See you at the conference! 2121
Reposted by Laurits AarslewSvend-Erik Skaaning @skaaning.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Who supports free speech, and how consistent is the support? Together with @suthank.bsky.social, I’ve conducted a survey of citizens in 33 countries for The Future of Free Speech. A lot of interesting findings (see 🧵 + link): futurefreespeech.org/wp-content/u...futurefreespeech.org 13722
Reposted by Laurits AarslewBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Steve Levitsky gives the canonical answer about whether defending democracy is the right answer electorally for Democrats - that can't be the question. *Society* has to defend democracy and the Constitution, or they could cease to exist. nymag.com/intelligence... 20492138
Laurits Aarslew @aarslew.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Spot the difference! Hint: one of them is a dictator, who ruled Turkmenistan for more than 20 years... #Trump #Gaza #Trumpgaza 020
Reposted by Laurits AarslewJonathan S Doucette @jdoucette.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Thrilled that my article has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social! 🎉 The article argues that low statistical power is a major impediment to acquiring cumulative knowledge on questions concerning cross-national differences: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgWhat Can We Learn about the Effects of Democracy Using Cross-National Data? | American Political Science Review | Cambridge CoreWhat Can We Learn about the Effects of Democracy Using Cross-National Data? 815044
Reposted by Laurits AarslewAnne Rasmussen @annerasmussen.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Delighted that @gregoryeady.bsky.social and my paper "Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies" is now online @apsrjournal.bsky.social (Open access) More in this [1/14] 35716
Reposted by Laurits AarslewMathias Kruse @matkruse.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Does childhood exposure to coethnics impede or promote the acquisition of citizenship? In a new article in @pnas.org, I show that the modest presence of coethnic peers in school increases migrant children’s probability of getting 🇩🇰 citizenship later in life. 🧵👇 1/15 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.org 63012
Reposted by Laurits AarslewAuthoritarian Political Systems Group @apsgworkshop.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Polisky Dictatorsky Our starter pack keeps on growing! Check it out! 062
Reposted by Laurits AarslewMichael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social · 23/11/2024The victory march of democracy has ended What can we as researchers do? In the Scandinavian countries, a particular tool is available: Democracy & Power Studies. The Danish government appointed me as director of such a study. We started our work this year. A 🧵 on what we do & how we do it 1/8 14492143
Reposted by Laurits AarslewAnne Binderkrantz @annebind.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Så er der en starter pack klar med folk fra Statskundskab på @aarhusuni.bsky.social. Og bare rolig, vi har ikke allesammen korslagte arme 😊 092
Laurits Aarslew @aarslew.bsky.social · 21/11/2024The Duma has approved a budget that allocates 41% of the federal budget to fund security and military forces. With growing prices, this could prove very problematic for support for the Kremlin buff.ly/4eFUY52buff.lyRussia’s State Duma approves 2025 federal budget, allocating 6.31 percent of GDP to military spending — MeduzaRussia’s State Duma has approved the federal budget for 2025, along with spending plans for 2026 and 2027, according to a statement posted on the Duma’s website on Thursday. 020
Reposted by Laurits AarslewVicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Hey #polisky, can you please help @katharinalawall.bsky.social and I? For a joint project, we are looking for public opinion, post-electoral surveys for state elections in Germany. These surveys would need to include variables tapping whether someone voted, who they voted for, their gender & age. 41914
Laurits Aarslew @aarslew.bsky.social · 20/11/2024My paper on the effect of election fraud revelations on support for authoritarian leaders and regimes now has volume and issue number in @cpsjournal.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...journals.sagepub.comDoes Election Fraud Erode Support for Autocrats? - Laurits F. Aarslew, 2024Does election fraud erode support for dictators? An original survey experiment from Russia following the 2020 vote on constitutional amendments reveals three ke... 073