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Hilma Lindskog

@hilmal.bsky.social
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PhD candidate in Political Science @University of Gothenburg. Working on education, political socialization and labor market transformations.

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 10h
Does radical right success change attitudes or the local climate? Stefan Dahlberg, @hilmal.bsky.social & @polhosc.bsky.social examine Sweden, finding contextual alignment, not persuasion. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/rI91be4 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #RadicalRight
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Electoral success of radical right parties is often argued to normalize previously stigmatized anti-immigration attitudes. Yet, it remains unclear whether such normalization reflects genuine within-individual persuasion or shifts in the local climate of political expression. We address this question by linking highly disaggregated district-level vote shares to individual-level panel survey data from Sweden (2018–2022), a period marked by sustained growth and partial normalization of the Sweden Democrats. Cross-sectional analyses reveal pronounced contextual patterns: Restrictive immigration attitudes are more prevalent in districts with higher local radical right support, particularly among voters who do not support the party, while core supporters remain comparatively stable. However, first-difference panel analyses provide little evidence that changes in local radical right support are associated with attitudinal change. The findings suggest that what appears as normalization in ecological analyses is more consistent with contextual alignment than with rapid persuasion, clarifying the micro-foundations of radical right normalization."
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Hilma Lindskog @hilmal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do educational networks at workplaces shape political attitudes? 👬 Happy to share that the latest paper in my dissertation is now published in @bjpols.bsky.social.
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Josefine Magnusson @josefinemagnusson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Happy to share our new article in Electoral Studies, with Mattias Agerberg! We field a two-wave panel experiment during the 2022 Swedish election campaign to test a broad set of predictions about when and why voters follow party cues. Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2026.103139
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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
How do individuals normatively assess changes to the social order and what does this tell us about electoral realignment? New publication with @dpzollinger.bsky.social and Tabea Palmtag out now in the Journal of European Public Policy 😊 doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
NEW - Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - cup.org/47ifc4B "we show that educational divides are diminished in the presence of countervailing networks" - @davidattewell6.bsky.social & @dpzollinger.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS Abstract discussing educational attainment, social networks, and political behavior in Germany, the UK, and Switzerland.
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David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social! Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan: 🧵⬇️
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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
❗Among their electoral potential, social democratic parties face very few strategic dilemmas. Left-progressive appeals resonate most strongly. New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social Thread👇
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Matthias Haslberger @mhaslberger.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Another packed #EPSA2025 panel with impressive papers by @hilmal.bsky.social, @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social, Dave Hope, @gaetanoinglese.bsky.social & @matteonebbiai.bsky.social. Great to see so much interest in questions around AI and the knowledge economy! One more to go tomorrow (3pm, room -1.A.03)!
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Hilma Lindskog @hilmal.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🧵 How does education shape political behavior? @professormpersson.bsky.social and I contribute with two chapters to the new Research Handbook on Education and Democracy👇
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Elizabeth Simon @elizabethsim0n.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Do we systematically prefer educated candidates? Or do educational groups select in ways that reward their own? This article by @turnbulldugarte.com and I suggests the answers are yes, and yes - but only for the graduate group. Huge thanks to all who shared their data with us!
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
IN LATEST ISSUE: The Voter Next Door: @hilmal.bsky.social , Stefan Dahlberg, @richardohrvall.bsky.social & @polhosc.bsky.social examine stigma effects on advance voting for radical right parties: buff.ly/3BBKhTC (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #ECRs
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Does educational expansion promote social mobility? In my latest study on 40 countries, that just came out in the American Sociological Review, it looks like it does. Integrating decomposition techniques with a comparative framework, 1/n
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Felix Lehmann @felixlehmann.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
To complete the X migration, I am happy to share my recent article, now open access in @jeppjournal.bsky.social. The argument: Intra-party divisions are one important reason why mainstream parties take on the issues and positions of Eurosceptic and anti-immigration parties. doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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Why accommodate? How niche pressure and intra-party divisions shape mainstream party strategies
Research demonstrates that mainstream parties often take up the issues and positions of emerging Eurosceptic and anti-immigration parties. Yet, these accommodative strategies generally do not pay o...
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Daniel Carelli @danielcarelli.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
New publication out! This one took years of data collection, but it clearly illustrates how Sweden's high-quality state bureaucracy is the result of centuries of gradual power struggles and strategic investments in education—a process I term administrative democratization.
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