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João Areal

@jnareal.bsky.social
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Post-doctoral researcher at University of Amsterdam and Oxford. Affective polarisation, negative partisanship, Brazilian politics. RTs are performative endorsements.

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
How do we stereotype our political opponents? @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social, @jnareal.bsky.social, @markuswagner.bsky.social & @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social argue political stereotypes are a blend of issues, traits & social groups rather than distinct categories. Read OPEN ACCESS:
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Eelco Harteveld @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Now out: our study on what citizens imagine their political opponents to be like in Brazil, the UK, Germany & Poland 💭 We use open-ended survey answers to show how political stereotypes often blur issues, groups, traits, voters and elites. Paper: doi.org/10.1177/0032... See thread for a summary 👇
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João Areal @jnareal.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
New working paper with @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social: osf.io/preprints/so... Does thinking of political opponents in terms of their ideas, personality traits or social make-up change how we feel and reason about them? We explore this question through a pre-registered experiment in the Netherlands 👇
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João Areal @jnareal.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🚨 New working paper (highly recommend reading open-ended answers about politics btw. A good reality check if nothing else)
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