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Luana Russo

@luanarusso.bsky.social
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Political scientist @MaastrichtUniversity | @ECPR Executive Committee | Co-Director CERiM | Political Behaviour, Identity, Political Psychology| she/her

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European Political Science @epsjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
EPS Roundtable on 'Resisting Illiberalism' is in full swing!🐸🪧 Chaired by EPS Editor @ljramiro.bsky.social & an exceptional group of scholars @dafnoukos.bsky.social, C Rovira Kaltwasser, @lucatomini.bsky.social, A Driscoll, @luanarusso.bsky.social & @simonbornschier.bsky.social. #ecprgc2026
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Luis Ramiro @ljramiro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Attending #ecprgc26? Join us for a roundtable on Illiberalism with an exceptional group of scholars D Halikiopoulou @dafnoukos.bsky.social C Rovira Kaltwasser L Tomini @lucatomini.bsky.social A Driscoll L Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social S Bornschier @simonbornschier.bsky.social Thu 10/09 14:00
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SG Affective Polarization @affpol.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Are you working on affective polarisation or related concepts and/or its link with democracy? Or are you just thoroughly frustrated with the concept and its conceptual/measurement problems? 👉 Look at this workshop bringing together perspectives from across disciplines 🔗 shorturl.at/gFXlu
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The best celebration of the year, the one in which we remember the Liberation from fascism 🇮🇹🇵🇹
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Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
🚨 When does motivated reasoning break? Onishi shows that in Britain’s Partygate, clear misconduct + clear blame made even copartisans punish the governing party - lower ratings and vote intent. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Little room for motivated reasoning? How partisans respond to government misconduct with well-substantiated evidence - Wataru Onishi, 2026
How do voters respond to a political scandal? Previous studies emphasize partisan motivated reasoning as a key factor in shaping responses to political scandals...
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Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) @cses.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
📢 New blog from 2025 #CSES Klingemann Prize winners ( @luanarusso.bsky.social & Paula Schulze Brock) How do mainstream parties shape attitudes toward populist radical right parties? 🔗 Read it here: cses.org/2026/03/31/k...
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Mainstream Parties, Radical Right Cooperation, and Citizens’ Feelings - CSES
The 2025 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship was awarded to Luana Russo and Paula Schulze Brock for their article “Mainstream partisans’
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Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) @cses.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📢 Call for Nominations: 2026 #CSES Awards 📢 Recognizing outstanding scholarship using CSES data: 🏆 GESIS Klingemann Prize 📄 David Howell Award We welcome nominations across regions, methods, & career stages. ⌛️Learn more & submit by April 22: cses.org/2026/03/06/2...
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CSES Announcement: Call for Nominations - 2026 Awards for Outstanding Scholarship Using CSES Data - CSES
Note: The following announcement was sent to the CSES email list. To receive notices like this one by email, please join our mailing list.   March 6,
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Sharing this from the @affpol.bsky.social — truly impressed by the number and quality of submissions this year. Looking forward to the @ecpr.bsky.social GF conference in Krakow!
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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
🚨 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Political Science ⏰ Deadline 4th January 2026 🙋‍♀️ Any questions, please reach out 👇
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We are hiring 📣 At FASoS we are looking for Post-a doctoral researcher in Disinformation and European Democracy (4-year). I can vouch for a fantastic work environment and great colleagues. All info here 👉 vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Panels and Papers 🎓 Affective Polarisation in Comparative Perspective 🪑 @luanarusso.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social ⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/AGcZGGN #Polisky #CallforPapers #CallforPanels
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Affective Polarisation in Comparative Perspective
General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University
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Darian Meacham @posteurope.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🚨🚨 We're #hiring! 🚨🚨 Assistant Professor of Political and Social Philosophy @maastrichtu.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @hdijkstra.bsky.social @ccmmody.bsky.social @masssimons.bsky.social www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3566...
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Assistant Professor in Political and Social Philosophy
Welcome to Maastricht University! At Maastricht University, philosophy plays a vital role in understanding a world marked by political tensions, technological upheaval, and societal transformations. H...
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Ferdi De Ville @ferdideville.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🚨 We’re hiring @giesugent.bsky.social: Join us as TT Professor in "The EU in Global Politics". Come research & teach in the heart of Europe 🇪🇺📍Ghent. 📝 Apply: jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Do... 📅 Deadline: 27/11/2025 #AcademicJobs #EUStudies #GhentUniversity #TenureTrack #GlobalPolitics
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Docent Tenure Track in The EU in Global Politics
Docent Tenure Track in The EU in Global Politics
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
3️⃣ How is it linked to broader political orientations? (Associated with political involvement, salient political identity, and being on the left) 4️⃣ How does it relate to the radical right? (Dislike of PRRPs increases negative partisanship, with curvilinear and cross-country variation)
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
What do we know about negative partisanship in Western Europe? This article examines four open questions: 1️⃣ How widespread is it? (Up to 70%, often more than positive partisanship) 2️⃣ What does it consist of? (Mainly rejection of parties’ worldviews)
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
What do we know about negative partisanship in Western Europe? This study in Electoral Studies examines its prevalence, components, predictors, and links to the radical right. 🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lxsLxRaZn...
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Bernd Schlipphak @bschlipphak.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
This is a highly interesting, timely and great initiative - a new diamond OA journal for #replication research! It is interdisciplinary, but #PolSci is specifically invited. Hence, if you or someone you know has an interesting replication paper, do not hesitate to submit!
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Learn to design and conduct surveys independently, master research design, sampling, measurement & data quality ⭐ Signature course: Survey Design 📆 12–14 Nov 👩‍🏫 Taught by @schnizzl.bsky.social ⏰ Register by 27 Oct buff.ly/ShRAPRO 💰 #ECPRMemberPerks: member affiliates get 50% off #MethodsTraining
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Survey Design, 12–14 November 2025, Online
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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
💥Out now: The introduction to the Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" "Updating cleavage theory for the twenty-first century" by @dpzollinger.bsky.social & @davidattewell6.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Abstract of the article "Updating cleavage theory for the twenty-first century" by Delia Zollinger and David Attewell. Published online first in West European Politics.
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CERiM @umcerim.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Great event co-hosted with BrIAS on Challenges to Democracy. Grateful to all panelists for their insights and to everyone who joined us for the lively and inspiring discussions! @dfuturevub.bsky.social @sciencepoulb.bsky.social
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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....
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Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science
The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Today I found in my pigeonhole 📬 the printed version of the Handbook of Affective Polarization! 😍 Thanks again to the wonderful editors @marianotorcal.bsky.social & @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social Best bit: you do not need to buy it! It is accessible open access 👉 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
📘64.4 A new regime divide? @gessler.bsky.social & N.Wunsch show partisan emotions among opposition supporters drive attitudes toward democratic norms. What does this mean for #DemocraticResilience? 🤔 Read more 👇 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A new regime divide? Democratic backsliding, attitudes towards democracy and affective polarization
THERESA GESSLER, NATASHA WUNSCH
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
📣 We are hiring! 👇 This PhD position is part of a research project that examines how growing income inequality can reshape the way democracy functions by influencing both political discourse and public opinion. More info here: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3542...
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Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
📣PLC is pleased to reintroduce this state of the profession by @rebeccagebauer.bsky.social, Min Reuchamps, @luanarusso.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social "Insight into Gender Authorship in Politics in the Low Countries"! 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...
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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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Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
➡️ Interested ? 👉 Send your proposal to @turkenburgemma.bsky.social and @luanarusso.bsky.social 1. Title and abstract of the PhD thesis successfully defended as from 2023 in BE, LUX, or NL 2. Details of the PhD holder and PhD project 3. Details of the PhD reviewer and relation to the PhD candidate
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
What an amazing @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions edition! Many thanks to the directors @lisajanssen.bsky.social and Hanna Werner, for a wonderfully organised workshop, and to all participants for great papers followed by even greater discussions! 🍒 on top of the 🍰: all of this in beautiful Prague 🇨🇿
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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Are you an early career researchers working on elections, public opinion, or political behavior? Apply to the @epovb.bsky.social fellowship!
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Hanna Bäck @hannaeback.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Join us for the Annual Meeting of the Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA), October 1-3 in Växjö! See the call for papers here (deadline June 13): lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
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SWEPSA 2025
Welcome to SWEPSA 2025 conference, hosted by the Department of Political Science at Linnaeus University
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is a special day for Italians 🇮🇹 and for Portugueses 🇵🇹. This is the day in which liberal democracy was chosen over authoritarian regimes. This is the day we embraced social justice. #25Aprile will always remind us of how much we should value liberal democracies, justice, and freedom.
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Lala Muradova @lalamur.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"women's higher level of affective polarization in Western Europe is [...] explained by their stronger disapproval of populist radical right‐wing parties as well as their greater concern for issues around gender and the natural environment." ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Gender and affective polarization
Though many empirical analyses on affective polarization demonstrate that women hold a higher level of affective polarization than men in industrialized democracies, a theoretical explanation for the...
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Brilliant work! Thanks for sharing!
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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🧵 THREAD: Can a short online intervention help defend democracy against partisan polarization? In our new study - just published in the @bjpols.bsky.social - my colleagues and I tested this question across 33 countries 🌍 with over 41,000 participants 🧑‍🤝‍🧑. Here’s what we found 👇
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
📣 Just launched: Methods School courses in Thessaloniki! ✨ For the first time ever, your training includes 🆓 access to our flagship General Conference 🎟️ Sign up for priority booking to: ✅ Pick first ⏱️ Book early 💰 Save £70 if you're an ECPR Member affiliate #ecprgc25 #ecprms #methodsky #polisky
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Course list now live: ECPR Methods School at the General Conference
26 – 29 August 2025, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Stop the budget cuts in higher education! #university #maastricht @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
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Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Interested in #AffectivePolarization? Check out our special issue on "Affective polarisation in the Low Countries" now available in #OpenAccess down below ⬇️ Editorial by @luanarusso.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social at plc-journal.eu/article/view... 🧵
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Jonathan Polk @jonathanpolk.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
CHES estimates of party positions in Europe for 2024 are now available! Big thanks to all respondents that have helped us build 25 years of CHES data on party positioning in Europe!
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We're excited to host @lalamur.bsky.social at the Centre for Voting & Democracy on 25 March for the launch of her Cambridge Element! We'll have a discussion of the book with comments from Karen Celis, @annakern.bsky.social and @neerdaels.bsky.social Join us for this event if you're around!
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Great words. Let’s follow up on that with actions too 🇺🇦
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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I mean to be frank: what would we have expected of this meeting? Europe’s just always waiting. Waiting for others to make the calls. How can we do this given the situation in the Ukraine? It has been three years! Get your shit together and give them whatever’s needed.
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Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Jocker, Brug, and Rekker address the effects polarization has on partisan sorting in their recent article titled “Growing Up in a Polarized Party System: Ideological Divergence and Partisan Sorting Across Generations.” Click the link, it’s open access! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Growing Up in a Polarized Party System: Ideological Divergence and Partisan Sorting Across Generations - Political Behavior
American political elites have increasingly polarized over the past decades, which has inspired much research into mass polarization. We study whether there is a generational component to mass polariz...
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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Authoritarianism and conservative gender attitudes go hand in hand.🤝 Amy Alexander and I wrote a Cambridge Element on exactly this relationship and, as of today, it is officially accepted for publication! Will share more soon :)
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
⚡ Flash sale ends soon ⚡ 💰 Save £70 on all Methods School courses this March! 🚀 Master any stage of your research with hands-on #training from leading experts ✔️ Discount applied automatically ⏰ Valid until Fri 28 Feb, noon GMT #ecprms #methodsky #polisky #datascience #qualitative #quantitative
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Get £70 off all March courses until Friday 28 February
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PSA Political Psychology Specialist Group @psapolpsychology.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Starting next week, we are hosting a fortnightly seminar series! We have an exciting programme of six great speakers presenting new work on a diverse range of topics. More details and links to register for individual sessions here: www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-g...
List of speakers in the PSA Political Psychology online seminar series.
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
📢 Become the voice of the ECPR Council 📢 📍 In this key leadership position, you will: 🎙️ Guide Council meetings 🎙️ Oversee elections 🎙️ Act as the essential link between our Council and Executive Committee ✅ Put yourself forward by Wed 12 Mar #Polisky #AcademicSky #PoliticalScience
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Become the Voice of the ECPR Council
Nominate yourself for the Speaker of Council role by 12 March
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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM) has appointed @luanarusso.bsky.social as its new co-director👏 A leading expert in political behaviour & comparative politics, Luana will advance CERiM’s mission, foster research, and drive critical discussions on Europe’s key challenges.
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