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Anthony Kevins

@avkevins.bsky.social
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Political scientist studying how public opinion and policy interact. • Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University • UK Young Academy Member • Loughborough UCU Branch Secretary

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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
IRPH Alumni – we’d love to hear from you! We’re looking for IRPH graduates who might be interested in getting involved in one (or both!) of the following: 1) Share your career journey. 2) Share your IRPH experience. If these opportunities sound of interest, please comment below.
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Very happy to see the UK Young Academy's "Beginner's Guide" come out and to have played a part in helping to bring it to fruition! @irph.bsky.social @lborocrcc.bsky.social
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'Beginner's guide' launched to help at-risk scholars navigate UK academia | UK Young Academy
New comprehensive resource launched to reduce barriers for scholars rebuilding their careers and professional networks in a new academic system.
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Very happy to have been invited to contribute to this piece, discussing the public's social care reform preferences and drawing on some of my latest research with @naomilightman.bsky.social. @crccamel.bsky.social @irph.bsky.social @lboropr.bsky.social
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
JOB KLAXON! We're looking to hire a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. This is a permanent, full-time teaching-and-research position. The deadline for applications is 26 August. Further details below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG697/l...
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Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Loughborough University
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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Loughborough University UCU @lboroucu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Please sign & share the open letter to save modern languages at the Uni of Nottingham, this is part of a much wider national crisis & this letter is a chance for the sector to speak with one voice: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon... #SaveLanguagesAtUoN #HigherEducation @uonucu.bsky.social
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We welcome applications from competitive early-career scholars for the MSCA postdoctoral fellowships. (Scheme details linked.) If you are interested, reach out to a potential supervisor comfortably in advance of the internal deadline of 3 July.
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MSCA opens €399 million call for Postdoctoral Fellowships
Postdoctoral Fellowships offer researchers holding a PhD the opportunity to acquire new skills through advanced training and international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral mobility.
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🚨 New Open-Access Paper 🚨 Citizens' assemblies are pitched as one way to break the gridlock on climate policy. But does the public actually want them calling the shots?
Distribution of dependent variables. Bars provide the proportion of respondents giving each response for each DV.
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Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History @irph.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Loughborough University is advertising a Sanctuary Scholarship scheme open to doctoral researchers applying to work in IRPH. Further details below. www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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Loughborough University Sanctuary PhD Scholarships | Postgraduate study | Loughborough University
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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I am looking for a PhD student to support my ERC Consolidator project INEQCHANGE: Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe. ⏰ deadline: 31 May
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PhD Project to support ERC Consolidator grant INEQCHANGE Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe led by Prof Sofia Vasilopoulou at King’s College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD Project to support ERC Consolidator grant INEQCHANGE Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe led by Prof Sofia Vasilopoulou at King’s College London, listed...
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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
👍Very excited to see that my solo-authored article: "Surveying Minoritized Citizens: A Quantitative Study of Identification versus Categorization" has been published in Survey Research Methods✨ I hope survey researchers to reconsider how they survey group membership💪 doi.org/10.18148/srm...
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Loughborough University PR @lboropr.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Dr Anthony Kevins (@avkevins.bsky.social) from our International Relations dept (@irph.bsky.social) and Communication and Culture research group (@lborocrcc.bsky.social) talks North American politics with @newsweek.com. Read more: 👇 bit.ly/41xGtMK
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Mark Carney scores major election victory in Canada
The prime minister's party has gained a majority after three federal by-elections on Monday.
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PSA Political Thought Specialist Group @psapolthought.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Job alert! Loughborough University is advertising a three-year Research Associate position in Political Theory as part of the Leverhulme Trust-funded project, ‘The Right to Liveability: An Ethical Assessment’ (managed by Dr. Guy Aitchison). Details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW886/r...
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Research Associate in Political Theory at Loughborough University
Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Associate in Political Theory. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Interested in doing a PhD? See below for an upcoming opportunity in my department!
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Loughborough University UCU @lboroucu.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Stronger together ✊ Hear from #LboroUCU members on why union membership matters and how we support each other. Be part of it: ucu.lboro.ac.uk/join/ @ucu.org.uk #UCU #JoinAUnion
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
NEW - Legislator or Representative? Politicians’ Tasks According to Voters - cup.org/49LV0Ia "Politicians’ need for prioritizing time and energy is acute and consequential for democracy" - Helene Helboe Pedersen #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract summarizing a research study about the influence of politicians' prioritization on democratic engagement. Discusses how voters' values impact their preferences for representatives, with a focus on study results from Denmark, Germany, UK, and US.
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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting! 🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized 🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work" on.ft.com/43eYeRZ @jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work. It's not just AI. And education still matters
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What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong
People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
🚨New Open-Access Research Alert 🚨 Why do we assume that certain people we meet are more or less similar to us politically? Using data from the UK, Canada, and Germany, @seonghuilee.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article in @wepsocial.bsky.social. Check it out online now below.
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How we think about the political stances of others: evidence on projection from Canada, Germany, and the UK
What leads people to assume that others are more or less similar to them ideologically? To answer this question, this article uses original data from three multi-party democracies to analyse respon...
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🌅📙 64.3 Governments implement public input with deliberative #MiniPublics @avkevins.bsky.social & J.Robison investigate whether people see these groups as legitimate using surveys in 🇬🇧 to understand public support for #ClimareAssemblies 🔗https://buff.ly/iggUFJM
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Do the origins of climate assemblies shape public reactions? Examining the impact of partisanship
ANTHONY KEVINS, JOSHUA ROBISON
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🚨New Open-Access Publication!🚨 In "When Caring Comes at a Cost", @naomilightman.bsky.social and I explore the effects of paid and unpaid caring on wellbeing and examine whether social expenditure plays a role in shaping those effects. Check it out paywall-free in JESP: tinyurl.com/2yptx6kj
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When caring comes at a cost: Psychological wellbeing of unpaid and paid carers and the role of social expenditure - Naomi Lightman, Anthony Kevins, 2025
This study examines whether, and under what conditions, unpaid and paid care work are associated with reduced psychological wellbeing. The article begins by lay...
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
🚨Now officially in print!🚨 Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies? Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article. Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
On Friday, I had the pleasure of hosting an event on “Life in Politics,” sponsored by the @lborocrcc.bsky.social and the @lborouniversity.bsky.social Department of International Relations, Politics and History.
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
New paper out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social! With Ian McAllister, we examine how party competition and party positions condition the presence and size of an age gap in voting for the left. A short 🧵 below! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Is there a ‘Youthquake’? The Structure of Party Competition and Age Differences in Voting - Ruth Dassonneville, Ian McAllister, 2025
Why do age differences matter for voting in some countries and not in others? Despite the prevailing narrative that a ‘youthquake’ in voting is occurring across...
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🚨New #OpenAccess study 🚨 What types of people are more or less satisfied with social care in the UK - and how might age and ideology interact to shape satisfaction levels? Naomi Lightman and I explore these questions in a new, open-access IJSW article: doi.org/10.1111/ijsw...
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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Whenever there is a significant preference gap between lower-and higher-income groups–politicians’ perceptions of what citizens want are skewed towards the preferences of higher-income voters on socio-economic issues ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Are poor people poorly heard?
A growing body of literature shows that the preferences of poorer groups in society are less well represented than the preferences of the rich. This paper scrutinises one possible explanation of ineq...
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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The super election year is ending, with many winners and losers. Our new @thejop.bsky.social paper, (@henrikseeberg.bsky.social, @martinbaekgaard.bsky.social ) asks: How do winning and losing candidates see elections? Spoiler: Losers are more concerned about fairness. Link: doi.org/10.1086/734240
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Moritz Marbach @moritz-marbach.com · 30/08/2024
🚨New Tool: paper-picnic.com The latest published political science research (and research in adjacent fields) every Friday. No alert chaos, no registration, no clutter. Powered by @crossref.bsky.social
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🚨New #OpenAccess study🚨 Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies? Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article. Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Governments around the world are experimenting with deliberative mini-publics as a means of integrating public input into policymaking processes, including as a method for directly creating policy. This raises the important question of when ordinary people will judge the outputs of mini-publics to be legitimate and support their use. We investigate how public support for mini-publics is shaped by: (1) whether the mini-public is held in response to calls from politicians or from the general public; (2) which political party sets up the mini-public; and (3) whether there is partisan conflict surrounding the mini-public’s creation. To do so, we use two pre-registered survey experiments fielded in the United Kingdom that focus on climate assemblies, a prominent form of deliberative mini-public. Results are three-fold. First, we find some evidence that assemblies are more positively evaluated when they stem from the demands of local residents rather than partisan actors, but this effect is relatively modest and does not emerge consistently across our analyses. Similar findings are noted with regard to partisanship. Partisan conflict, by contrast, has a more robust effect – leading respondents to adopt more ideologically stereotypical views of the assembly, with left-wing (right-wing) respondents being more supportive of Labour-sponsored (Conservative-sponsored) assemblies.
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Anthony Kevins @avkevins.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
Our latest #OpenAccess workfare study now has full citation details in Comparative Political Studies! Click below to see @alexanderhorn.bsky.social, Kees van Kersbergen, and I examine how the shift from "welfare" to "workfare" may have shaped related policy attitudes. tinyurl.com/579zzz67
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Workfare and Attitudes toward the Unemployed: New Evidence on Policy Feedback from 1990 to 2018 - Alexander Horn, Anthony Kevins, Kees Van Kersbergen, 2024
To what extent, and under what conditions, have workfare reforms shaped public opinion towards the unemployed? This article unpacks the punitive and enabling di...
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Alexander Horn @alexanderhorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
free book in honor of Kees van Kersbergen! For the Festschrift (eds. Green Pedersen/Jensen/Vis) @avkevins.bsky.social & I wrote "Ever the committed egalitarians – or the end of Scandinavian exceptionalism? Equality and welfare state preferences among voters and parties" @ politica.dk/boeger/no-no...
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