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Carmen van Alebeek

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PhD candidate at University of Amsterdam. Studies the consequences of political (dis)trust for democracy. 🌐 carmenvanalebeek.nl

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Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📢 New publication out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: Who endorses disruptive and intimidatory political protest? I show that endorsement is not driven by political distrust per se, but by the fundamental rejection of political authority. 🧵
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Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📢 New publication out: Does low political trust uniformly keep citizens away from the ballot box? Not quite. Among citizens who do not see voting as a civic duty, lower — rather than higher — political trust is associated with stronger turnout intentions. Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 15/09/2026
#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Do emotions affect political trust judgments? - cup.org/4gGugxx - Camille Marie Landesvatter & Paul Cornelius Bauer #FirstView
Logo for the European Journal of Political Research displaying the text "EJPR European Journal of Political Research" in cream letters on a blue background, accompanied by the hashtag "#OpenAccess".
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you would like to work as a journal editor, @jeppjournal.bsky.social is looking for an Associate Editor, broadly in public opinion and behaviour. Couldn't recommend it enough! Deadline is next week - 15th September. editorresources.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru...
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Associate Editor needed for Journal of European Public Policy
Editor Resources provides insights and information to support the editor’s role and build connections between journal editors and research communities.
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I am still overwhelmed and processing being awarded this grant. It funds a 5-year project from Jan 2027 on how trust can bolster support for major policy action on climate, redistribution, and crime prevention. You can read more here: danjdevine.github.io/contrust/ bsky.app/profile/erc....
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CONTRUST
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Golden hour van bovenaf
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
📄 Drawing on a systematic review of 2,401 scientific articles, Hugo Bonin shows how #LiberalDemocracy has shifted from a contested analytical concept to a defensive catchphrase. 🔎 Examining the term is crucial for how we think about democracy's future. 👉 buff.ly/37mojy8
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How political science learned to stop worrying and love liberal democracy
Drawing on a systematic review of 2,401 scientific articles, Hugo Bonin shows how 'liberal democracy' has shifted from a contested analytical concept to a defensive catchphrase. The more the term circ...
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Democratic ideal is under stress 😫 🪨 These authors 🧵 find out to what extent citizens support democratic rights and procedures in the face of major societal challenges, using a conjoint experiment on preference for pandemic policies buff.ly/U4Kykbw
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The democratic ideal under stress: Citizen commitment to democratic rights and procedures in challenging times | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
The democratic ideal under stress: Citizen commitment to democratic rights and procedures in challenging times
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European Political Science Review @epsrjournal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🍋 18.3 Generations at the ballot box 👶 👱 🧓 Wouter van der Brug & Sylvia Kritzinger of @ecprpovb.bsky.social review literature covering generational differences in #ElectoralBehaviour, and discuss the overall patterns, highlighting some pitfalls for further research 🕳️
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Generations and age in electoral research | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Generations and age in electoral research - Volume 18 Issue 3
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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Great article on methodological pluralism that articulates exactly my thinking about the relevance of different kinds of research in times where so much emphasis is placed on causal inference journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Twan Huijsmans @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Europe’s growing urban-rural divide in voting along the transnational cleavage is not merely a reflection of underlying educational differences, as @theresakuhn.bsky.social, @bramlancee.bsky.social and I show in this new study in @ejprjournal.bsky.social. A short thread 🔽
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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Because the world is gloomy enough
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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Today we launch the new version of The PopuList! The PopuList provides an overview of far-left, far-right and populist parties in 31 European countries from 1989 until 1 May 2026. Explore the new website here: popu-list.org
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Home - The PopuList
The PopuList Interactive Version 4.0 Static Version 4.0 CSV Version 4.0 What is the PopuList? The PopuList offers researchers, journalists, […]
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Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Kiezers zien de democratie achteruitgaan (maar ze zijn het niet eens over welke democratie, of waarom). Belangrijk stuk van @cvalebeek.bsky.social en Joep van Lit over de rafelranden aan de publieke steun voor de democratie. stukroodvlees.nl/kiezers-zien...
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Kiezers zien de democratie achteruitgaan (maar ze zijn het niet eens over welke democratie, of waarom) - StukRoodVlees
Onlangs verscheen Veelstemmig, het rapport van het Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek (NKO) over de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van oktober 2025. Dit blog is gebaseerd op ons hoofdstuk daaruit. Het hele rapport ...
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Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Nu ook beschikbaar in blogvorm: Nederlandse kiezers zien de democratie achteruitgaan (maar ze zijn het niet eens over welke democratie, of waarom) via @stukroodvlees.bsky.social stukroodvlees.nl/kiezers-zien...
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Kiezers zien de democratie achteruitgaan (maar ze zijn het niet eens over welke democratie, of waarom) - StukRoodVlees
Onlangs verscheen Veelstemmig, het rapport van het Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek (NKO) over de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van oktober 2025. Dit blog is gebaseerd op ons hoofdstuk daaruit. Het hele rapport ...
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Vanessa Schwaiger @vanessaschwaiger.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"Left behind" and an undemocratic mind? Happy to see that my article on the link between perceived marginalization and democratic orientations is now out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social 🧵👇 Read the article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🇳🇱 While the Netherlands continues to score highly on international democracy indices such as V-Dem, 40% of respondents in the new Dutch Parliamentary Election Study perceive at least some degree of democratic erosion. A new chapter by @jmvanlit.bsky.social and me explores these perceptions. 1/🧵
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Twan Huijsmans @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Vandaag verschijnt het Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek 2025! Eelco en ik spraken met @guusvalk.bsky.social @nrc.nl over enkele bevindingen. Het rapport wordt vanochtend aangeboden in de TK, en is dan in te zien via dpes.nl Met @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social en Floris Vermeulen
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De uiterst rechtse kiezer radicaliseert – en drie andere lessen uit dit ambitieuze kiezersonderzoek
Uitgebreide analyse van het Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek 2025: stemgedrag, partijtrouw, en het groeiende wantrouwen in de Nederlandse politiek.
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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚨🚨 Job: Please share 🙌 - what? PhD position in my DFG-funded project on how citizens understand their role in democracy. - when? Application deadline Jul 1, job start Sept 1 or soon thereafter - how? www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
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Job advertisement
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven! Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026. All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Share widely!
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1 doctoraatspositie in kiesgedrag
1 PhD position to research how parties build connections with social groups
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Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
In samenwerking met de Academie van Franeker geef ik aankomende woensdag 20 mei een college over een bijzonder actuele vraag: bedreigt politiek wantrouwen de democratie? In het college laat ik zien dat wantrouwen complex is, en dat niet alle vormen ervan democratisch schadelijk hoeven te zijn.
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
↗️ #PoliticalTrust can shape the trajectory of democracy, writes @mkolczynska.bsky.social. 📊 Its effects, however, are conditional and uneven – and increases in trust may sometimes even be conducive to democratic decline, rather than renewal. 👉️ bit.ly/4tweCbd
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Does political trust strengthen democracy?
Political trust can shape the trajectory of democracy writes Marta Kołczyńska, but its effects are conditional, uneven, and increases in trust may sometimes even be conducive to democratic decline rat...
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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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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🆕 Navigating the Blueprint 🧭 @lindestals.bsky.social & @cvalebeek.bsky.social look into the origins of #InstitutionalTrust in young adults using data from the Dutch Adolescent Panel on Democratic Values to see how important early political sophistication is
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Navigating the Blueprint: The Development of Institutional Trust Structures during Adolescence | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Navigating the Blueprint: The Development of Institutional Trust Structures during Adolescence
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📈 We often assume citizens only grant institutions their trust when they perform well. 📘 However, based on @ejprjournal.bsky.social research, @lindestals.bsky.social & @cvalebeek.bsky.social reveal that much of this institutional trust is learned, rather than earned. 👉️ bit.ly/47njlnw
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Is trust learned or earned? Lessons from adolescents
Democratic legitimacy runs on citizens’ trust in public institutions. We often assume citizens critically monitor their institutions, only granting trust when they perform well. However, Linde Stals a...
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V-Dem Institute @vdeminstitute.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
📢 Out Now! V-Dem Dataset v16 & the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026 💾 The V-Dem Dataset: v-dem.net/data/the-v-d... 📰 The Report "Unraveling The Democratic Era?”: v-dem.net/publications... 📈 Explore the new data with the V-Dem Graphing tools: v-dem.net/graphing/gra... #PoliSky #PoliSciSky 1/3
Two map graphs show the state of liberal democracy according to the V-Dem Liberal Democracy index for 2025 and 2024. The higher the score (or darker blue), the more democratic the country. Lower scores (or dark red) mean less democratic. While North and South America, Western Europe and Oceania are mostly in the blue, most parts of Asia and Africa are in the red in 2025. 
In comparison to the map for 2024, the map graph for 2025 shows democratic backsliding in some traditionally stable democracies in Western Europe and North America, in particular the USA, United Kingdom and Italy.
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Eelco Harteveld @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Nieuw van het Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek: een kennisnotitie met eerste analyses van de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van 2025 🗳️ Zie: www.dpes.nl/wp-content/u... Begin juni volgt het volledige NKO-rapport, met een bredere en diepere analyse van de verkiezingen. Hieronder alvast wat eerste inzichten 👇
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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🔥 POSTDOC POSITIONS ON CHILDREN'S POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION 🔥 Wanna understand young people's beliefs about political leadership, politics, and power? Then this is your chance! I'm looking for two 2-year postdocs to join my ERC-funded research project @au.dk international.au.dk/about/profil...
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2 two-year postdocs on children’s political socialization at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
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Roderik Rekker @roderikrekker.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We are looking for a PhD candidate for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization and its attitudinal consequences. The position will be at the Department of Political Science of Radboud University (Netherlands). Check out the full job profile below! www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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PhD Position: Factual Belief Polarisation and its Attitudinal Consequences | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
IN NEW ISSUE: How do UK political elites reconcile with a low trust environment? @chrisbutlerpol.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social & Gerry Stoker examine this question in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/3E6DkuS (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsky
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How Do UK Political Elites Reconcile With a Low Trust Environment? - Chris Butler, Will Jennings, Gerry Stoker, 2026
Evidence indicates that citizens widely regard politicians as untrustworthy. But do low levels of trust affect politicians’ behaviour? In this article, we draw ...
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European Political Science Review @epsrjournal.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
18.1🌹 @cvalebeek.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social use survery data from the Netherlands to find that #Trust variability may be just as strong a predictor as #Trust levels in #VotingBehaviour 🗳️
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Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior - Volume 18 Issue 1
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Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Political Trust Network: Call for papers (Barcelona, October 2026) The young and fast growing academic 'Political Trust Network' organizes yearly workshops, where scholars of trust can meet up, present papers, and exchange ideas. These workshop have been brilliant, socially and professionally!
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Political Trust - RECSM Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology - UPF
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Do negative encounters with immigrants activate personality effects in PRR support? @cvalebeek.bsky.social, Daniel Komáromy, @delaneypeterson.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social find it's not generally the case but initial exposure & out-group framing may matter: buff.ly/D5C50zO (OPEN ACCESS)
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Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
How can stable personality traits explain less stable PRR voting? Daniel Komaromy, @delaneypeterson.bsky.social, @mrooduijn.bsky.social and I test whether negative contact with immigrants 'activates' these traits. Mostly, it doesn't. But: initial exposure and out-group definition may matter.
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European Political Science Review @epsrjournal.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
What happens when #Trust becomes volatile? 💥 @cvalebeek.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social use survey data from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 to analyse how #VotingBehaviour is impacted by three key components of #PoliticalTrust. Find out what they are 👉 📖 buff.ly/gT7AWxe
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Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
A positive end to the first week back is that the book is now fully available. It's not on their website yet, but it is on mine. I'm really happy with how it turned out and grateful to all the authors. Hope it's useful. 🙌 djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
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Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Very proud of the publication of this article, led by the brilliant @cvalebeek.bsky.social. We comprehensively test the causal effect of political trust on turnout and party choice, by breaking down these effects by trust levels, trust variability, and trust change events. Plus: cool visualisations.
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Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
New paper out w/ @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social in @epsrjournal.bsky.social. We show that political trust dynamics matter for electoral behavior. While stable and variable distrusters behave similarly, declining trust boosts both abstention and anti-establishment voting. 🧵
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James Dennison @jamesrdennison.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Thrilled to share my new article in Political Psychology: “The psychology of political attitudinal volatility.” In it, I attempt to answer why do some people change their political views more than others? Open access at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @ispp-pops.bsky.social
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Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Brilliant talk by @drjennings.bsky.social about his book project today at our CRITICALTRUST research group in Amsterdam. Really appreciated the engaging discussions. Thank you for visiting us, Will!
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Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Don't forget to submit your abstracts for our political trust panels at the 2026 EPSS conference in Belfast. ⏰️ Submission deadline closes tomorrow!
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Dr. Silke Goubin @silkegoubin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast @annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 11/10/2025
📚 School subjects and politics A UK study found that what teens study shapes their future politics: arts & humanities students lean liberal, business & economics lean right. These patterns persist into adulthood. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2025.2521582 #SciComm #Education #Politics 🧪
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School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support
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 addr...
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Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Ongelofelijk goed stuk dit. Hear, hear.
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European Political Science Review @epsrjournal.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
📖 Leader-driven democratic decline 📉 Creating a 'toolkit' of over 400 actions used by would-be autocrats, @jmvanlit.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham make it easier to compare cares, spot patterns and understand when and why #autocratization succeeds 📖
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The would-be autocrats’ toolkit: what do incumbents do when they undermine democracy? | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
The would-be autocrats’ toolkit: what do incumbents do when they undermine democracy?
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Delaney Peterson @delaneypeterson.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
New pre-print! Is there a need for domain-specificity when studying mental health (MH) and politics? In our study in the Netherlands, we find political mental health (PMH) is distinct from MH & has unique political correlates, from polarization to ideological extremism. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · 15/09/2025
Jongeren bezorgd om pesten, wonen en veiligheid, en voelen zich niet gehoord
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Jongeren bezorgd om pesten, wonen en veiligheid, en voelen zich niet gehoord
Veel jongeren tot 18 jaar voelen zich, net als vorig jaar, niet gehoord door de politiek, terwijl ze er volgens onderzoekers wel mee bezig zijn.
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