Emotions, such as anger and anxiety, play a central role in political behavior and are extensively studied by political scientists. However, political science has largely adopted psychological theori...

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Universitair Docenten Politieke Wetenschap

Conference information for the 2026 APSA Political Psychology Pre-Conference, including schedule, registration, and abstract submission.

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Getting restful sleep is essential to people's academic achievement, cognitive functioning, life satisfaction, mental and physical health, pro-sociality, and vigilance. Our study translates these ins...

Bij Forum denken ze dat Nederlanders gek zijn en misschien hebben ze nog gelijk ook. Laten we kijken naar de e-mails die FvD naar de eigen sympathisanten stuurt. Ruim een maand geleden meldde Forum in...

Cartoons You can browse and download each episode of our Cartoon Series: Let’s Design Equality Together here. Cartoons and supporting materials are available in English and an additional language depe...

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Consolidator Grants to nine UvA researchers. The laureates are: Thijs Bol, Jaron Harambam, Eirini Karyotaki, Patty Leijten, Dora Matzke, Matthijs Roodui...

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...

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Partisanship has been associated with various cognitive biases. These findings are primarily based on self-reports and task performance and less on measures of neural activity. We reviewed the lite...

The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the NWO VIDI project "Improving Social Media Using L...

Uit onderzoek blijkt dat jongeren van 16 en 17 jaar net zo verantwoordelijk en geïnformeerd stemmen als oudere kiezers. Geef ze stemrecht, betogen Bert Bakker, Jakob Kasper en Gijs Schumacher.

Scholars warn that partisan divisions in the mass public threaten the health of American democracy. We conducted a megastudy (n = 32,059 participants) testing 25 treatments designed by academics and p...

De zorgen over onze democratie nemen toe. Veel Nederlanders ervaren een groeiende polarisatie en ergeren zich aan de toon van het politieke debat. Tegelijkertijd zien we elke dag hoe kwetsbaar de demo...

While democracy is meant for all, not all citizens feel equally confident to participate in it. This sense of confidence, often referred to as political efficacy, is important since it boosts citizens...

2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Political Theory. The successful candidate will conduct research in any area of polit...