Reposted by Ikuma OguraPublic Opinion Quarterly - POQ @poqjournal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Do surveys benefit from identical labels and question items? Ogura et al. show that cross-national surveys benefit from using country-specific items to measure symbolic and operational ideology, rather than items common across countries. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/... 1128
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Happy to see that my paper with Hirofumi Miwa and Yuko Kasuya, titled "Support for executive aggrandizement under weak polarization", has been published online in Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comSupport for executive aggrandizement under weak polarizationPrevious studies examining the demand side of democratic backsliding have focussed on partisan motivation as the leading cause of voters' acceptance of executive aggrandizement. A recent study by G... 031
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 05/07/2026JSQPS 2026 Summer Meeting (July 4-5, 2026@Hitotsubashi University) I want to thank everyone who attended the meeting and helped me organize it! 031
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Our paper "Lingua Franca of Ideology? Common and Country-Specific Measures of Symbolic and Operational Ideology in Asian and Western Countries" (with Hirofumi Miwa, Tetsuro Kobayashi, and Yuko Kasuya) is now published in Public Opinion Quarterly! academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...academic.oup.comLingua Franca of Ideology? Common and Country-Specific Measures of Symbolic and Operational Ideology in Asian and Western CountriesAbstract. Comparative public opinion surveys, including the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES), often rely on identical labels and question item 100
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The registration deadline for the JSQPS 2026 Summer Meeting is this Thursday (June 18). sites.google.com/view/jsqps/2...sites.google.comJSQPS - 2026 Summer Meeting2026 Summer Meeting 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Registration and program information are now available for the JSQPS 2026 Summer Meeting. sites.google.com/view/jsqps/2...sites.google.comJSQPS - 2026 Summer Meeting2026 Summer Meeting 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 15/04/2026There is one week remaining to apply to the JSQPS 2026 Summer Meeting. sites.google.com/view/jsqps/2...sites.google.comJSQPS - 2026 Summer Meeting2026 Summer Meeting Call for Proposals 011
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Call for Proposals: JSQPS 2026 Summer Meeting (July 4-5@Hitotsubashi University) sites.google.com/view/jsqps/2...sites.google.comJSQPS - 2026 Summer Meeting2026 Summer Meeting Call for Proposals 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 29/01/2026I’m happy to see that my paper with Hata-san has been nominated for the Political Studies Review's Best Short-Form Article Prize! 020
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I’m happy to see the printed copy of the Japanese translation of Real Stats by Michael Bailey, who is also my PhD adviser. I’m proud to have had the opportunity to contribute to the project as a translator. 130
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Japanese Society for Quantitative Political Science (JSQPS) 2026 Winter Meeting (January 6-7, 2026@Waseda University) 020
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Our paper on how voters evaluate policy statements by male and female politicians in the U.S. and Japan now has issue and page numbers! doi.org/10.1080/1058...doi.orgDo Politicians’ Genders Influence Voter Persuasion?Voter preferences for a politician’s gender have been considered a potential factor of women’s underrepresentation in politics. Although recent studies demonstrate that voters do not generally disl... 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 31/12/2025New Year’s Resolutions for 2026 1. Send as many working papers as possible to journals for review 2. Save some time to improve and update stats skills 3. Brush up on my English 4. Learn a new language 5. Maintain a healthy lifestyle 020
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Japanese Public Choice Society annual meeting (December 6-7, 2025@The University of Kitakyushu Kitagata campus) I forgot to take any photos at the conference venue… 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 23/11/20252025 WAPOR Asia-Pacific Conference (November 22-23, 2025@Rikkyo University Ikebukuro campus) 020
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Annual meeting of the Japanese Political Science Association (October 11-12, 2025@The University of Tokyo Hongo Campus) 021
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 15/09/20252025 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (September 11-14, 2025@Vancouver) 020
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Glad to see my paper with Hirofumi Miwa, titled “Do Politicians’ Genders Influence Voter Persuasion?”, has now been published online (open access) in @polcommjournal.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comDo Politicians’ Genders Influence Voter Persuasion?Voter preferences for a politician’s gender have been considered a potential factor of women’s underrepresentation in politics. Although recent studies demonstrate that voters do not generally disl... 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 18/07/2025IPSA World Congress of Political Science (July 13-16, 2025@Seoul) My flight was canceled due to a lightning strike, which caused me to stay in South Korea for an extra day… 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 16/07/2025We're hiring! The Graduate School of Social Sciences at Hitotsubashi University is seeking a non-tenure track lecturer. The application deadline is August 31, 2025 (JST). For more information, see: jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJor...jrecin.jst.go.jpJREC-IN | A Lecturer (non tenure-track) in political scienceCareer support portal site for all researchers and research staff who are pioneering innovation 044
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 06/07/2025JSQPS 2025 Summer Meeting (July 5-6@Doshisha University, Kyoto) I attended the meeting as a member of the organizing committee. Thank you to everyone who participated in the meeting (and visited my poster presentation)! 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 27/05/2025My paper with Akira Igarashi and Masahiro Zenkyo, titled「オンラインサーベイ実験における調査会社効果の検証」("Investigating the House Effects in Online Survey Experiments"), has been published in『選挙研究』. I hope anyone interested in doing survey experiments in Japan will take a look at it! 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Japanese Association for Electoral Studies annual meeting (May 17-18, 2025@Keio University Mita campus) It was my first (and probably last) time speaking at a plenary session...! 030
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 14/05/2025My co-authored paper on belief in voter fraud in the 2022 US midterm elections is now published with issue and page numbers! (And it's open access!) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I attended this program in 2024 at APSA and learned a lot. The 2025 edition looks like it will be exciting as well! connect.apsanet.org/asia/cer-for...connect.apsanet.org2025 Working Group 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Call for Proposals for the JSPQS 2025 Summer Meeting. I'm serving as a member of the organizing committee and look forward to receiving many submissions! sites.google.com/view/jsqps/2...sites.google.comJSQPS - 2025 Summer Meeting計量・数理政治学会(JSQPS)2025年夏季研究集会報告募集 (English message follows Japanese) 計量・数理政治学会 (The Japanese Society for Quantitative Political Science, JSQPS, https://sites.google.com/view/jsqps/) の2025年夏季研究集会における報告者... 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 07/04/202582nd Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference (April 3-6, 2025@Palmer House Hilton, Chicago) 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Report on the joint program of APSA and JPSA that I attended last summer: doi.org/10.1017/psj....doi.orgAPSA Support for Civically Engaged Researchers in Japan and the United States | Political Science Today | Cambridge CoreAPSA Support for Civically Engaged Researchers in Japan and the United States - Volume 4 Issue 4 020
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 08/01/2025I had a great experience serving as a TA for the ICPSR summer program when I was a PhD student. I recommend interested grad students to apply for this position. 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 31/12/2024I feel like I say them every year, but here are the New Year’s resolutions for 2025: 1. Turn as many working projects into papers as possible 2. …then send them out for review 3. Save some time for improving & updating stats skills 4. Brush up my English 5. Maintain a healthy lifestyle 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 16/12/2024To promote things I write in Japanese, I also created a Japanese bsky account: @ikumaogurajp.bsky.social 日本語アカウントも作りました 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 06/10/2024Annual meeting of the Japanese Political Science Association (October 5-6, 2024@Nagoya University). 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 27/09/2024We're hiring! Hitotsubashi University is recruiting a non-tenure-track lecturer in political science. The application deadline is Nov 10 (JST). For more information, see jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJor.... Please apply!jrecin.jst.go.jpJREC-IN | A Lecturer (non tenure-track) in political scienceCareer support portal site for all researchers and research staff who are pioneering innovation 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 09/09/2024Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (September 4-8, 2024; Philadelphia). I attended this year's conference to participate in the joint working group by the Japanese Political Science Association and @apsa.bsky.social. Thanks to all who made this great opportunity possible! 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 09/08/2024Great to see my paper with Masaki Hata titled “Partisanship, Social Desirability, and Belief in Election Fraud: Evidence from the 2022 US Midterm Elections” is not published online (open access!) at Political Studies Review! doi.org/10.1177/1478...doi.orgPartisanship, Social Desirability, and Belief in Election Fraud: Evidence from the 2022 US Midterm Elections - Masaki Hata, Ikuma Ogura, 2024After losing the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump publicly asserted that the election was rigged due to voter fraud, and many voters also endorsed this ... 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 01/08/2024World Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference (July 29-August 1; Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul) 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 23/06/2024Japan Association for Comparative Politics Annual Meeting (June 22-23, 2024@Ritsumeikan University Ibaraki Campus, Osaka) 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 20/05/2024Japanese Association for Electoral Studies Annual Meeting (May 18-19, 2024@Kochi, Japan) 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 23/04/2024Great to see my paper with John W. Cheng, Masaru Nishikawa, and Nicholas A. R. Fraser, "Put money where their mouth is? Willingness to pay for online conspiracy theory content," now published in Telematics and Informatics Reports! (And it's open access!) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comPut money where their mouth is? Willingness to pay for online conspiracy theory contentMany studies have examined why people believe in conspiracy theories, yet less is known about why people choose to consume conspiratorial content. Thi… 001
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 22/03/2024Our RIPE paper now has issue and page numbers! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 21/02/2024CSSJ 2024 (Feb 19-20@Osaka University Nakanoshima Center) 000
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 31/12/2023New Year's resolution for 2024: 1. Submit as many working papers as possible for peer-reviewed journals 2. Dedicate time to practice English and update methods skills 3. Sustain good health and shed some weight 010
Ikuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 16/12/2023Society for Risk Analysis annual meeting + short visit back to Georgetown (Dec 10-14@Washington, DC) 030