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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

🚨New paper out at Journal of European Public Policy: Do Europeans want tariffs? No! Our conjoint experiments show that the mass public does not support tariffs, no matter how they are framed. Full paper below ⬇️ It was great to work on such a timely piece with a stellar team of co-authors ✨

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Could you help us out? We're looking for German post election surveys including state elections - any pointers very welcome! See full details below - thank you

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

✨Join our friendly network for early career women in TT positions in politics! Community, chats and weekly writing sessions - more info below and sign up at: forms.office.com/e/UK09a5bfCw

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Congratulations Diane, what a fantastic project and achievement!!

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Does copying the radical right's "tough" anti-immigration rhetoric pay off? No! Our new pre print provides evidence that Starmer's anti-immigration speech did not benefit Labour - with important implications for mainstream parties across Europe. Thread below ⬇️

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🚨New pre-print with @versteegenluca.bsky.social and @mtsakiris.bsky.social on emotions and polarization ⬇️ We often intuitively think that affective polarization (AP) is about strong negative emotions, e.g. fear & loathing. But how do citizens actually feel? Spoiler: not as negative as assumed!

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇

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Anita Gohdes @argohdes.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

If you’re a political scientist please consider joining @epssnet.bsky.social as a member to help support this new (not for profit!) organization and the next European Political Science Conference in 2026 in Belfast 👇 If that’s not in the budget: spreading the word is just as important 😊

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Recs for #EPSA2025 schedule: THU, 1.10-2.50, in 0A.05: I’ll chair a panel on conceptual issues in affective polarization, feat. @luismremiro.bsky.social, @mascakir.bsky.social, Mickael Temporão, @fghjorth.bsky.social, plus present work w @katharinalawall.bsky.social + @mtsakiris.bsky.social

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

It was great to speak at the launch of POAL - I shared some insights about negative partisanship, and how hostility in politics relates to women disproportionately dropping out of elected office. Thank you @miriamsorace.bsky.social for creating this space, excited for what's next!

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Opportunity here for someone interested in campaign experiments within the progressive ecosystem in the UK. Some training in experiments/causal inference a big plus/stats background required. Also ideal for a recent graduate interested in PhD research afterwards: apply.workable.com/campaign-lab...

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Research Officer - Campaign Lab

OverviewLocation: London/Remote and home working options (expected to work in London at least 8 days per month)Contract: Until 1st January 2026Hours: Full time with some evening and weekend workSalary...

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Had a great time in Boston giving a talk at Harvard Business School on gender and the radical right. Thank you to Laura Jakli for inviting me & for all the excellent conversations and questions! @vinpons.bsky.social @giovannifacchini.bsky.social

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Hi could you add me please if there is space? Thank you!

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Could you add me please if there is space? Thank you for making this!

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Thank you Stu, would love to join if there is space!!

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Thank you Julius, that's really helpful!

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Miriam Sorace @miriamsorace.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

With Trump's victory, the need for a fresh UK-EU strategy has never been more urgent. Check out my latest piece in the Conversation on "Bresignation" and how the UK can re-configure the UK-EU relationship: shorturl.at/VyDYw #polisky #UKEUReset

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Bresignation: British people are ready to turn a page on the EU referendum vote

The British public has moved beyond wanting to relitigate the Brexit referendum, making now a good time to reset relations with Brussels.

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

🌤️So is it all doom and gloom? No! While echo chambers polarize, even a half-an-hour conversation with people from the other party can reduce polarization. Interventions that encourage cross-partisan discussion, however limited, may be key to ameliorating partisan animosity. 7/n

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

We also show results by partisanship. These reveal that echo chambers only significantly increase affective polarization among Labour partisans. This finding may be explained by incumbency dynamics 6/n

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

We also find that echo chambers increase policy polarization. Being assigned to discuss in a homogeneous group, compared to a mixed group, entrenches partisans’ policy views. Conservatives become even more in favour of the policy, while Labour partisans become more opposed to it. 5/n

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

We find that being assigned to discuss in a partisan echo chamber, compared to a mixed group, increases affective polarization by around 5 points, or a quarter of a standard deviation.➡️ Echo chambers polarize! 4/n

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

We test the effect of echo chambers on polarization using a large-scale pre-registered “lab-in-the-field” experiment in the UK, randomly assigning partisans to discuss a salient policy issue in either a mixed partisan group or a homogeneous group 3/n

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Partisan polarization is of increasing concern across the world. What causes polarization? We examine the argument that partisan “echo chambers” – people surrounded by likeminded partisans – fuel polarization 2/n

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

🚨Do echo chambers polarize? Yes! 🚨Very excited that our paper “The Polarizing Effect of Partisan Echo Chambers” w @sarahobolt.bsky.social and James Tilley has been published FirstView at APSR! Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Thread 👇1/n

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Queer Politics Webinar @queerseminar.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

🌈🎉 Queer Politics Webinar Fall '23 🌟 📅 Nov 2: Calla Hummel dives into Remittances and LGBTQ+ Rights! 🔥 @callahummel.bsky.social 📅 Dec 7: Zein Murib unpacks LGBTQ+ Political Identities! 🚀 @zeinmurib.bsky.social Hop on ZOOM at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm GMT! Scan QR & join amazing queer research! 🥳

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

My amazing colleague @benmtappin.bsky.social is giving a talk today about how to use cutting edge quantitative methods for political campaigns - you can join online or in person if you're in Edinburgh! Sign up below👇polisky #campaigns #polcomm

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

On a personal level, I'm really excited to share this pre-print. This work directly relates to my wider PhD work on negative partisanship and research on polarization - you can learn more about my other research on: katharinalawall.com (fin)

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Many people to thank for feedback and support with this paper, incl @denisebaron.bsky.social @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social and many others not on here. (8/n)

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

So, should political parties use negative identity campaigning? Not necessarily! Yes, it can mobilise new supporters. But: turns off invested supporters & not a winning fundraising strategy. Plus: negative identity campaigning may polarization – bad for democracy (7/n)

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

But: even though negative identity cue emails mobilised party supporters, they did not significantly raise the overall donation amount received by the political party. Why? Negative identity campaign emails don’t seem to work on prior high value donors. (6/n)

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

We find: even in the noisy context of a general election campaign, a single campaign email containing negative issue identity cues drove up donations by 15%, compared to not receiving any campaign email at all! (5/n)

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

How? We ran a large digital field experiment in collaboration with a British political party during the 2019 general election campaign. ~90,000 party supporters received either no fundraising email, or one of four identity cue emails. Validated donations to the party is the DV. 💷 (4/n)

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Apart from party identities (e.g. Labour or anti-Conservative), ppl can also have issue identities (eg. pro-choice or anti-Brexit). We argue that which identity (issue/party) mobilises more, depends on what is salient at the time. In our case (UK GE 2019): Brexit issue identities (3/n)

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

The focus of our paper is on “negative identity campaigning”: cueing a visceral dislike and shared identity against an out-group, rather than attacking an opponent on their competence, performance or positions. We expect that negative (vs positive) identity cues ⬆️mobilisation (2/n)

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Pre-print here: osf.io/p93kq 🔥Politics is increasingly about who we are (and who we are not!). So what happens when political parties use identities in campaigns? 📣Thread (1/n)

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Very excited that one of my first-authored PhD papers is now conditionally accepted at the JOP! 🥳Through a digital field experiment in collab. with a political party, we test what identity primes mobilise supporters. 👉Going negative is mobilising but has drawbacks! #identity #campaigns #experiment

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Katharina Lawall @katharinalawall.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Hi @profmusgrave.bsky.social could you add me to the polisky feed as well please?

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