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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think it is very good that the PM is being so publicly vulnerable about grieving his father. That is also a form of leadership

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GenElect Network @genelectnet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Call for contributions for an edited volume on Gender and Elections in Europe (from us @cerifowler.bsky.social @jess-smith.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social). Please submit suggested chapters to genelectnetwork@gmail.com . Deadline is 30th October!

Gender and Elections in Europe: New Directions in Research

This edited volume aims to set a new research agenda for the study of gender and elections in the UK and Europe. Contributors will be invited to identify emerging research questions, reflect on conceptual and methodological developments, and consider how the study of gender and elections can respond to changing political contexts. The volume is intended to create space for the kinds of broader reflection that journal articles rarely accommodate, but which are essential for shaping the field's future direction. Chapters need not take the form of full empirical papers; the volume will also accommodate more theoretical or reflective pieces, case studies of individual countries or elections, and methods-focused contributions.

The field has expanded rapidly in recent years, particularly beyond the United States, yet no dedicated edited collection has focused specifically on gender and elections in the UK and Europe. This volume addresses that gap by bringing together scholars to reflect on the current state of the field and to identify the most important questions, approaches, and challenges for future research. The volume seeks contributions from researchers who use both qualitative and/or quantitative approaches to study any aspect of gender and elections.

This project is especially timely. Across Europe, women's presence in electoral politics has grown, but this progress has unfolded alongside persistent inequalities, new forms of resistance, and broader backlash against gender equality. At the same time, scholars are developing new methods, data, and theoretical perspectives for studying gender and elections. This volume offers contributors an opportunity not only to assess what has been learned so far, but also to consider where the field should go next.

Chapters can be co-authored or single authored. We are happy to help develop ideas for chapters with contributors after the initial submission.

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Ingvild Zinober @ingvildzinober.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Super excited to see the second article from my dissertation published in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social Drawing on unique Norwegian data, I find the green gender gap already exists in early adolescence. Boys are less climate-concerned, less supportive of green policies and less likely to vote green.

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The Green Gender Gap in Adolescence: A Case Study of Norway | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

The Green Gender Gap in Adolescence: A Case Study of Norway

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

One of Truss's worst legacies is to give the lobby an obsession with small moves in gilt prices.

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Also, from me and @profsob.bsky.social : new article at @electoralstudies.bsky.social is out! We argue that the material (safety/security) v postmaterial distinction between sets of values falls differently for women & minorities. We use the example of women to demonstrate how this skews measurement

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 01/07/2026

Although Reform UK hold an 11pt lead among men, their support is much lower among women, among whom just 7pts separate first and fifth place Women Con: 21% Ref: 21% Lab: 18% Grn: 18% LD: 14% Rst: 3% Men Ref: 29% Lab: 18% Con: 18% Grn: 13% LD: 12% Rst: 5% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Labour is losing far more voters to the left than to the right

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Really cool to see the first piece of research outside of my PhD I was a research assistant and co-author on highlighted here (with @drorlysiow.bsky.social & @drashleec.bsky.social ). Findings: white male ministers engage least with equalities organisations, and minoritised women engage most.

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Maria Sobolewska @profsob.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This defo wins today’s ’best worst take’ game

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Joanna Everitt @joannaeveritt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Please share the announcement that the 2026 F&M LGBTQI+ Global Batometer Perception Index Survey is now open. It measures perceptions of acceptance and discrimination of LGBTQI+ folk around the world. The more people who complete it, the better able we are to compare experiences across countries.

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Will say that, anecdotally, it felt to me that Goodwin's history of misogynistic comments cut through in Gorton and Denton too. I remember hearing that there was a surprising amount of anti Goodwin content coming from usually non political personal Instagram accounts of young women.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Some vg on the ground reporting of Makerfield, which tended to find Burnham outpolling Labour significantly, and especially with women (as polls, before inaccurate reweighted, showed). Overall, national media had skewed perceptions/expectations. Not realising X is a distorting mirror key to that

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Makerfield really looks like a story of the left (Greens, Lib Dems) consolidating behind Labour/Burnham. If he does become PM, the challenge is whether he can do that sufficiently in seats where Reform are less of a threat, and where he isn’t the candidate.

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Had an amzing time at ECPG! @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprgender.bsky.social Lots of amazing panels in our section on Gender and Elections, fun discussing new papers on the youth gender gap, and presenting work on Gender and Non-Response. If you enjoyed the section check out @genelectnet.bsky.social !

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Lotte Hargrave @lottehargrave.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

If you’re at #ECPG26, then come along and watch my wonderful coauthors present our ongoing work on: (1) reviewing where we’re at with studying gender bias in candidate evaluations, (2) better understanding who says “don’t know” to survey questions 📈👭👩‍💻⁉️

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Lotte Hargrave @lottehargrave.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Then @cerifowler.bsky.social is presenting our ongoing work on how survey non-response varies by what is being asked about, how we ask it, and who answers We find that who says DK, and to what/when, is very much non-random, which matters given we all tend to just drop the DKs from our analyses

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

A bit more from me on this here, especially the latter point! theconversation.com/could-womens... @theconversation.com

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Very excited to be at #ECPG until Wednesday! If you're also here, do check out the incredible Elections, Parties, and Voters section I'm co-chairing with @gefjonoff.bsky.social @liranharsgor.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social and @jess-smith.bsky.social ! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

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Elections, Parties and Voters

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Louise Luxton @louiseluxton.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I'm delighted to be co-editing a Research Topic in Frontiers in Political Science with Zoe Lefkofridi and Vera Beloshitzkaya on gender backlash, public opinion, and institutional responses in Europe. We're now inviting abstracts. Deadline: September 6. bit.ly/4uZeDGh

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Frontiers | Contemporary attacks on democracy and gender equality in public opinion and institutional agendas in Europe

Attacks on gender equality and democracy have intensified in recent years in Europe and the U.S. This anti-gender backlash has shaped democratic politics. De...

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Three (gendered!) things I think are important to understanding Labour support. 1) Their "core voter" for the last few elections is female, young, has a degree 2) Especially in seats where the Greens/other left options are viable, this vote is splitting, with the youngest women going Green...

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Louise Luxton @louiseluxton.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Some v. interesting patterns in our pre-2026 locals data e.g., the share of younger women saying they would vote Green appears considerably higher than the share reporting a Green vote in 2024. Lots more to dig into, but it's one of several changing dynamics on the left that we explore here 👇

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The media & political classes (left + right) tend to guess wrong about the public - who have a *much* stronger common sense consensus on civic "inclusive nativism" than most of the commentariat seem to realise

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

New from me and @louiseluxton.bsky.social : a little taste of our new project/paper in development looking at splits on the left & gender. Big thanks to @psaepop.bsky.social for giving us the opportunity to collect some new data! @theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-leftwing...

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The leftwing vote is splitting – we looked at who is moving to the Greens and what they care about

The findings could have serious consequences for Labour.

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Key point! Senedd elections under the new system did not give a more proportional result.

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James David Griffiths @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 New Blog 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 A short piece on how the new Senedd voting system worked! How many votes did it take to win a seat? Was it proportional? Who benefitted? Where did parties win support? And what would it take to win one more seat? If you're interested: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal... 🧵👇

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All change! The 2026 Senedd Election

Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.

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Lotte Hargrave @lottehargrave.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

New piece from w/ @hannahbunting.bsky.social & @jess-smith.bsky.social on the Gorton & Denton byelection, and what it might tell us about British politics. We cover turnout, late-deciding voters, gender gaps & the continuing fragmentation of the party system 🧵 theconversation.com/late-decider...

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Late deciders, higher turnout: what the Gorton and Denton byelection taught us about voters

High numbers of undecideds may partially explain the late swing to the Greens.

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Lotte Hargrave @lottehargrave.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Check out the post below by @philipjcowley.bsky.social, who’s written a great summary of ongoing work by me, @hannahbunting.bsky.social, @cerifowler.bsky.social, @jess-smith.bsky.social, and @annasanders.bsky.social on gender gaps in “don’t know” responses👇

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Lotte Hargrave @lottehargrave.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

🧵 Thread on new research on gender gaps in “don’t know” responses Some of you will know that my stellar coauthors @hannahbunting.bsky.social @cerifowler.bsky.social @jess-smith.bsky.social @annasanders.bsky.social & I have been working on a large-scale project on “don’t know” responses in surveys.

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A reminder to get your abstracts in by December 5th. Any aspect of gender, elections, public opinion, parties, candidates etc. very welcome! @uompols.bsky.social @psaepop.bsky.social

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

📣 Call for Papers: GenElect Annual Workshop on the Study of Gender and Elections University of Manchester, Jan 12th-13th 26 Deadline: 5th Dec 25 Send us your papers on gender and elections, public opinion, parties, representation! @psaepop.bsky.social Abstract submission here: lnkd.in/d2AQFYxN

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

A reminder to submit your abstracts! We'd love your papers on gender + candidates, vote choices, turnout, the role of feminist + LGBT issues, gender gaps etc.!

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Is partner partisanship associated with vote choice? @cerifowler.bsky.social finds that it was for the 2016 Brexit Referendum & subsequent elections in the UK & argues that this can help us understand gender gaps in vote choice. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/eRDc16d @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Very pleased to say my new article is out @polstudies.bsky.social ! In it I compare single individuals to those with partners with different past vote choices/party identifications and demonstrate that this is associated with an individual's own vote choice. doi.org/10.1177/0032...

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Partner Effects and Gender Gaps in Vote Choice in the United Kingdom: Brexit and Subsequent Elections - Ceri Fowler, 2025

This article explores differences in voting behaviour between those that were single and those that had a Eurosceptic or Europhile partner at the United Kingdom...

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

A reminder to submit your abstracts! We'd love your papers on gender + candidates, vote choices, turnout, the role of feminist + LGBT issues, gender gaps etc.!

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Jessica C. Smith @jess-smith.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Submit your abstracts to our ECPG Section for Newcastle 2026 👇

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Louise Luxton @louiseluxton.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🔔 Call for papers for ECPG 2026 is now open! 🔔 Submit your empirical gender & political communication papers/panels to our section by Nov 7th. Full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

A screenshot of the overview of the ‘Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives’ section. The image shows the section title, section chairs - Louise Luxton and Daphne van der Pas - and a few lines do the section abstract.

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Delighted to say I'm chairing a section at ECPG 2026 with @jess-smith.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @gefjonoff.bsky.social and @liranharsgor.bsky.social on Elections, Parties, and Voters! Please send your abstracts in - full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecprgender.bsky.social

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Also the first time the three great offices of state (FCDO, Home, CX) have all been held by women at the same time.

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Ralph Scott @ralphscott.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨 "School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support" Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1080/0140... 🧵👇

Article abstract, which says:

The educational cleavage is restructuring electoral competition in many democracies, yet there has been insufficient attention on how variation in educational content affects this. In order to address this, this article combines English administrative school records with a unique representative panel of adolescents to estimate the within-individual effect of studying different subjects at school on political party preference. This analysis finds that studying arts and humanities subjects leads to greater support for socially liberal parties, whilst studying business and economics increases support for economically right-wing parties. Students who study technical subjects become more likely to support socially conservative and economically right-wing parties. These relationships between particular subjects and party support also persist into adulthood. As such, this article provides new evidence on the importance of subjects taken in secondary school for political socialisation, during the impressionable years of adolescence.

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Kenn Rushworth @kennrushworth.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Mine and @profsob.bsky.social paper Comparing registration systems using the International Difficulty of Registration Index (IDORI). How difficult is electoral registration in the UK? has been published. Please read it here, url: academic.oup.com/pa/article/d...

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Comparing registration systems using the International Difficulty of Registration Index (IDORI). How difficult is electoral registration in the UK?

Abstract. Electoral registration in the UK is often critiqued for making it hard for voters to participate in elections. However, without a tool for a syst

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

NEW - Gender Vote Gaps Among Ethnic Minority Voters in Britain - cup.org/435HpIg "results suggest that further work is needed to explain gender gaps in vote choice among ethnic minority voters in Britain" - Nicole S. Martin & Rosalind Shorrocks #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the gender gap in political participation among ethnic minority groups in Britain. The study uses data from "Understanding Society" to analyze this issue.

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Mathilde M. van Ditmars @mathildevanditmars.eu · 22/05/2025

Living our best life at the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions in the Gender & Generations panel. Great papers, (women) scholars, stimulating discussions and good food!

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Female economists are less likely to receive letters of recommendation that emphasize their ability. Female economists are more likely to receive letters of recommendation that can be called grindstone letters--that is, they emphasize their hardworking tendencies.

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