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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026

‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Tobias Widmann @twidmann.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

📢 I’m hiring 2 three-year postdocs at Dept of Political Science, @au.dk! Come work with me on The Politics of Shaming and Shamelessness — a new project on elite rhetoric, emotions, norms, hostility and political violence. Deadline: 31 August 2026 Start: Dec 2026–Feb 2027 Please share widely! 🙏

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2 three-year postdocs in political communication and political psychology at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

On 7 May 2026, Britain ran a PR experiment: Scottish Parliament: a Mixed-Member Proportional system Welsh Senedd: a (new) Low-Magnitude Party List system Same day, same political context, different outcomes. Which version of PR would be better for Westminster? 🧵

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Laia Balcells @laiabalcells.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

How does a nation's past impact its present? My latest research (joint with Elias Dinas and Ethan vanderWilden) explores in-group perpetratorhood.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Very interesting study of the comfort many find in historical denialism and ‘whataboutism’

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Joe Kendall @joekendall.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The published version is paywalled — a preprint is available here: tinyurl.com/4aszsd6h

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Joe Kendall @joekendall.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The results speak to the dangers of obstructive lines of argument used when discussing past acts of violence, and the importance of responsible approaches to history for inter-group relations.

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Joe Kendall @joekendall.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I find that whataboutism not only enables people to avoid confronting ‘uncomfortable’ histories, but actively increases prejudice towards victimised historical outgroups.

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Joe Kendall @joekendall.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I compare the political attitudes of British respondents after learning about violence committed by the British Empire, with and without additional information about Belgian atrocities in the Congo.

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Joe Kendall @joekendall.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I use a survey experiment to study the case of the British Empire, which is often a target for such defensive rhetoric (“at least we weren’t as bad as the Belgians”).

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027! 📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort! Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd #EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity

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Kasia Nalewajko @knalewajko.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Very happy that my paper has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social! Do insurgents help or hurt genocide targets? Contrary to common belief, I find that insurgent presence reduced Jewish victimisation during the Holocaust in France. Here's what I discovered 👇 1/6

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Just published on APSR First View: "Allies of the Weak: La Résistance and Jews in the Holocaust" by Kasia Nalewajko. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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