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The EVPOC (Elections, Values, and Political Communication) Research Group at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

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Andreas Goldberg @acgoldberg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📢🎓 PhD position in our "Perceptions of Democracy in the Age of Populism" project 💶 Good salary & money for conference travels 📝 Interdisciplinary supervision team 🌍 Trondheim 🇳🇴 lively student city with great nature 🗓️ DL 10.10. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Thanks for sharing & RT! #polisky #EUsky
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Ph.D. Position in European Studies (307748) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Ph.D. Position in European Studies (307748), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Saturday, October 10, 2026
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Henning Finseraas @finseraas.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We have an open call for a postdoc interested in causal effects of Voting Advice Applications on political behaviour (deadline Aug 20): www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (304454) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (304454), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Thursday, August 20, 2026
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Join our department! We have a post-doc position out now. The position is related to climate change policy and inequality #polisky www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (304882) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (304882), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Tuesday, September 1, 2026
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Paul Meiners @pmeiners.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
(1/9) Can the EU be seen as more legitimate through procedural reforms? The lead candidate system for president of the European Commission was one such attempt. In a new article, @acgoldberg.bsky.social, @pieterdewilde.bsky.social and I have sobering results: doi.org/10.1017/S147... #polisky #EUsky
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The role of procedural fairness in EU legitimacy: Lessons from the Spitzenkandidaten process | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
The role of procedural fairness in EU legitimacy: Lessons from the Spitzenkandidaten process
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Andreas Goldberg @acgoldberg.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Brexit put EU exit referendums on the agenda—but do parties and citizens agree on whether to hold one? In a new paper w @alessandronai.bsky.social in @polstudies.bsky.social, we find a clear party–voter gap and stronger polarization among citizens than parties #EUsky #Polisky doi.org/10.1177/0032...
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Nexit, Frexit or Grexit? A Comparison of Party and Citizen Positions Towards European Union Exit Referendums - Andreas C Goldberg, Alessandro Nai, 2026
The fracture between citizens and elites on European integration remains understudied, most notably when it comes to specific issues. One of these issues, parti...
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Andreas Goldberg @acgoldberg.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
During the Easter break, our new article was published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social We examine the influence of citizen perceptions of procedural fairness in the context of the EU Spitzenkandidaten system. For more details see @pmeiners.bsky.social's summary below or here: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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The role of procedural fairness in EU legitimacy: Lessons from the Spitzenkandidaten process | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
The role of procedural fairness in EU legitimacy: Lessons from the Spitzenkandidaten process
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Andreas Goldberg @acgoldberg.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
📢 New publication w Jonas Lefevere in @eupthejournal.bsky.social We examine how perceptions of issue competence shape vote choice in European Parliament elections, and how this depends on whether voters see the EU or the national level as responsible. #EUsky journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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How issue reputations shape electoral behaviour in European Parliamentary elections: Issue competence perceptions, attribution of responsibility, and electoral choice - Andreas C. Goldberg, Jonas Lefe...
Although perceptions of party issue competence affect electoral choice, multilevel systems may condition their impact. Issue voting can depend on perceptions of...
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Our last seminar of the year, with none other than @janabelschner.bsky.social visiting and presenting her research on attitudes towards gender inequality. Thank you for visiting us!
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
@acgoldberg.bsky.social participated at the NTNU European conference in Brussels. He presented some first results regarding Democracy in the digital age based on a recent survey conducted with colleagues at ISS. #knowledge4EU #ntnueuropeanconference #sciencecommunication #polisky
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Andreas Goldberg @acgoldberg.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
‪Can one further improve the common (face-saving) turnout question in election surveys? Our new publication @electoralstudies.bsky.social tested this w three alternative wordings & validated turnout data. Short answer is that the current version works already pretty good! doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Join our department! We have 1 PhD-position and 2 post-doc positions out now. The positions are all related to political communication and media (and hires will be welcomed in our research group) #commsky #polisky
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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🏆We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2024–25 Best Paper Award in @psrm.bsky.social 🏅The political consequences of technological change that benefits low-skilled workers, by @finseraas.bsky.social and @olenyhus.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Congratulations to the authors!🎉
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
✅ Voters often choose parties that share similar positions to them on certain issues. 🗳️ @acgoldberg.bsky.social and Jonas Lefevere (@ecprpovb.bsky.social) argue this behaviour is more prevalent among voters with more extreme issue positions. ➡️ bit.ly/4duf83e
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The role of policy extremity in issue voting
Voters often choose parties that share similar positions to them on certain issues. Andreas Goldberg and Jonas Lefevere argue that this behaviour is more prevalent among voters with more extreme issue...
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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
💥Postdoc call 💥 Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University 🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension) ❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth 🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data) Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
What role will social media play in the 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election? Hedvig Tønnesen gave a presentation on the role of social media, democratic resilience and the importance of international collaborations when Norway’s Minister of Research and Higher Education visited NTNU last Friday.
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Andreas Goldberg @acgoldberg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
📢New publication w J. Lefevere in PRX @ecpr.bsky.social In a comparative setup w 4 issues & 10 countries, we examine proximity voting w a focus on the moderating role & interplay of party polarization and voter extremity. TLDR: Both aspects matter, but not their interplay. doi.org/10.1080/2474...
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The contingent nature of proximity voting: unravelling the interplay of party issue polarization and voters’ positional extremity
Extant research argues that party issue polarization increases voters’ propensity to engage in proximity voting, but evidence is mixed. We argue that the extremity of voters’ issue positions affect...
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
📯More exciting news! Our very own Melanie Magin has recently punished a new article where they assess the media performance of migration coverage. #commsky
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Viewpoint Diversity, Balance, Deliberativeness: Assessing the Media Performance of Migration Coverage Multi-Dimensionally Based on Deliberative Democratic Theories
The issue of migration is highly salient in public debates in many countries. Given this salience and the risk of political instrumentalization, often by actors from the far right, it is important ...
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
📢 Exciting news! Melanie Magin from our research group has contributed to the new book Citizens' Participation and Media in Central and Eastern European Nations 📚. Explore her insights here 👉 www.routledge.com/Citizens-Par... #MediaResearch #PoliticalParticipation #Academicsky #commsky
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Citizens, Participation and Media in Central and Eastern European Nations
Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries have faced significant political, economic, social, and technological transformations over the last four decades. Democratic processes, after relative stab...
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Melanie Magin (from our research group) is highly engaged in teaching and has published an article on enhancing student ownership of learning through course design (in political communication). See details here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #commsky #academicsky #teaching
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Student ownership of learning through course design: The example of an undergraduate political communication course
This paper presents a course design that aims to stimulate student ownership of learning. It was developed for a semester-long undergraduate course in political communication, but it is equally sui...
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Working on our interdisciplinary competency for our Christmas party 🎉
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Andreas Goldberg @acgoldberg.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
📢 One week left to apply for the PhD position in my new project 🎓 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #EUsky #polisky #academicsky
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Ph.D. Position in Political Science (269902) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Ph.D. Position in Political Science (269902), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
@pmeiners.bsky.social presented his preliminary work (co-authored with @pieterdewilde.bsky.social) on narratives and framing of EU policies #polisky #commsky
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David Broockman @dbroockman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
🚨 NEW PAPER: When low-income Americans get $1,000/month for 3 years, what happens to their political views & behavior? The OpenResearch Unconditional income Study reveals surprising findings about the effects of income on politics... 🧵
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Researchers from EVPOC are involved in the next round of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Survey (ICCS), focusing on democratic competence of pupils. #democracy #education nyheter.ntnu.no/forskningsmi...
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Forskningsmiljø ved NTNU får fornyet tillit på stor demokratiundersøkelse - NTNU Nyheter
– Elevenes lavere forståelse for demokrati og svekkede skolemotivasjon er bekymringsfullt
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
(bsky-less) Melanie Magin has published a new book chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Political Campaigning, entitled "On the relationship between political campaigning and echo chambers" www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Melanie Magin, one of our communication scholars, has earned chocolate for her excellent teaching practitioner status #researchbasedteaching
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Henning Finseraas @finseraas.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Great Political Economics seminar at @ntnu-iss.bsky.social today. Cyrusian (NTNU) on "The Price of a Lordship" and Marxer (Lucern) on "Direct Democracy and State Government Finances"
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EVPOC Research group @evpoc.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Today we're learning about the connection between direct democracy and taxes. Thanks to Benedikt Marxer from Lucerne for visiting us
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Andreas Goldberg @acgoldberg.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
📢🎓 PhD position in my new "The future of EUrope" project 💶 Good salary & project money for data collections, travels, etc. 📝 International supervision team 🌍 Trondheim 🇳🇴 lively student city with great nature 🗓️ DL 10.12. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Thanks for sharing and RT! polisky EUsky
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Ph.D. Position in Political Science (269902) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Ph.D. Position in Political Science (269902), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
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