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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🚨 New publication 🚨 For the Palgrave book on Conspiracism and Political Conflict, @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social & @nathaliebrack.bsky.social examine how Belgian politicians used conspiratorial discourse on Facebook and X in the seven months preceding the 2024 federal elections.

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 21/07/2026

NEW from @govandopp.bsky.social - Contested Ownership, Negative Tone: How Issue Ownership Competition Fuels Online Negativity in Belgium - cup.org/4vTvqei - @lucaskins.bsky.social, @lcjacobs89.bsky.social & Caroline Close #OpenAccess

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Romain Biesemans @romainbiesemans.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🚨 Happy to sharea new research note co-authored with @lucaskins.bsky.social! Based on an analysis of nearly 39,000 posts published by Belgian political parties and party leaders on X and Bluesky between 2022 and 2025, our research note examines how LGBTQIA+ issues appear in party communication. ⬇️

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(PDF) LGBTQIA+ issues in the social media communication of Belgian parties

PDF | In recent years, gender equality and LGBTQIA+ issues have gained increasing visibility across Europe, often becoming sources of political tension... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 07/07/2026

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Congratulations to Social media lab@ULB members @lucaskins.bsky.social (@sciencepoulb.bsky.social), @lcjacobs89.bsky.social (@m2p-antwerp.bsky.social) & Caroline Close (@sciencepoulb.bsky.social) on their newest article published in Government & Opposition (@universitypress.cambridge.org)! 🎉

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The 📚 Encyclopedia of Political Communication 📚 is now out in the wild, and a first awesome batch of entries is available in open access! Read them, love them, use them for your courses! 🔥 Check the 🧵 below to access them Plz repost for maximum diffusion

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Lucas Kins @lucaskins.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

👀 If you want a sneak peek of what I’ve been working on over the past four years, you can find a summary of my dissertation in the latest volume of @plc-journal.bsky.social, together with an insightful review by @emilievh.bsky.social. ➡️ plc-journal.eu/article/view...

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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

[OUT] Out now in @plc-journal.bsky.social PhD Summary: "Crafting campaigns, messages, and identities: Belgian parties in a digitalized political arena" by @lucaskins.bsky.social, postdoc at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) plc-journal.eu/article/view...

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🟢 La semaine dernière, @marielecocq.bsky.social et @cogolati.bsky.social ont démissionné de la co-présidence d’ @ecolo.be. Le parti est dit « en crise » dans un contexte où les thématiques écologistes apparaissent « en berne » (@lesoir.be). Analyse en 5️⃣ points clés sur base de nos travaux : 🧵1/6

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L’écologie politique en berne : ce que révèle la crise chez Ecolo

Alors que les partis verts reculent dans les urnes, plusieurs voix s’inquiètent de la disparition de l’écologie dans l’agenda politique. Après la crise, comment Ecolo peut-il remettre les thématiques ...

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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

[Média] 'L’écologie politique en berne : ce que révèle la crise chez Ecolo' Une interview de Pascal Delwit, Professeur à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol), à Le Soir. www.lesoir.be/712160/artic...

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L’écologie politique en berne : ce que révèle la crise chez Ecolo

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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

- La communication des partis d’extrême droite sur les réseaux sociaux en Belgique, par @lucaskins.bsky.social, Caroline Close et @lcjacobs89.bsky.social www.crisp.be/librairie/ca...

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L’extrême droite en Belgique - La librairie du CRISP

Livre, sous la direction de B. Biard et A. Gustin, 250 p., 2025

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Nous sommes ravi·es d’annoncer la parution d'un nouvel ouvrage de référence : « L’extrême droite en Belgique », auquel nous avons eu le plaisir de contribuer @lucaskins.bsky.social, C. Close de @sciencepoulb.bsky.social et @lcjacobs89.bsky.social de @m2p-antwerp.bsky.social. 🧵1/4

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🟦 Mis/disinformation exposure is the highest on TikTok (20%), followed by Facebook (13%) and X (11%). 🟦 Sources that repeat misinformation outperform credible sources, with up to 8X more engagement per follower on YouTube. 🟦 Many 'misinformers' still profit from ads, especially on YouTube. 🧵2/5

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Chiara Vargiu @cvargiu.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

We are finally out!! Thanks to my fantastic co-authors, the anonymous reviewers, and @thejop.bsky.social editorial team. Publishing my first registered report has been an incredibly instructive and rewarding experience 🤓 Much has been said about political incivility, but does it actually exist? 🤷‍♀️

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

1️⃣ Les président·es de partis génèrent systématiquement plus d’engagement que les comptes officiels de leur formation, quel que soit le parti (3X plus en moyenne). Ce constat tend à confirmer la personnalisation (et surtout la « présidentialisation ») de la communication politique belge. 🧵3/7

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Laura Jacobs @lcjacobs89.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Now out in Party Politics 🎉 Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing. 👉 A legitimisation effect. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

After 2 intense with academics & practioners, here are my takeaway messages: 1. People do not care about technology but purpose. 2. Digital tools must feel natural. 3. Barriers might be simpler than you think. #Relink2 @lucaskins.bsky.social @hendriknahr.bsky.social @giuliasandri.bsky.social

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

📢 New Blog Post! 🚨 Just a month before the Dutch elections, Iris Beau Segers and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social highlight the troubling normalization of far-right ideologies, the democratic erosion, and the recent violence at an anti-immigration demo in The Hague. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

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Far-Right Normalization and Democratic Erosion: A Pre-Election Update from the Netherlands - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism

Just a month ahead of the Dutch elections, Léonie de Jonge and Iris B. Segers raise concerns about the growing normalization of extreme-right ideologies and actions, highlighted by the unprecedented v...

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

One of our findings is that out of the 8,500+ posts that contain at least one type of attack, policy-focused attacks remain relatively civil (47% of such posts are uncivil), whereas personal-based attacks tend to be particularly uncivil (67%). 🧵4/5

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Re-upping this for the 🧪 crowd - our new investigation into the psychological mechanisms associated with attack politics (negativity, incivility, intolerance)

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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

[Job] SciencePo ULB is recruiting a postdoc (full time, 1 year) for the FNRS-FWO project NotLikeUs (ULB PIs: @emilievh.bsky.social, @jbpilet.bsky.social, Caroline Close) Focus: experiment, survey research, data management, election studies Deadline: 30/09/2025 #job #academicjob #research #postdoc

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

📣 Plusieurs politologues de @sciencepoulb.bsky.social ont été sollicité·es dans les médias ces derniers jours pour commenter la décision de Meta d’interdire les publicités politiques à partir d’octobre, en réaction aux nouvelles règles 🇪🇺 en matière de transparence. 💬 Quelques éléments clés 🧵1/6

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Linda Bos 🟥 @lindabos.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

New paper in Political Psychology with Rosa Sanchez Salgado! Following up on rb.gy/q9hdkf we study how moral political climate frames elicit emotions and change opinions. Our findings show that the mainstream and PRR appeal unlikely cause climate action, while the green left one can. rb.gy/q55v9f

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

🗓️ One year ago, the 2024 election campaign was entering its final phase. Our analysis of political communication on X reveals key strategies behind the victories of N-VA in Flanders and MR (with @lesengages-be.bsky.social) in French-speaking Belgium. Discover our analysis 👇 🧵 1/7

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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

[Media] L’Enquête Nationale RTBF : "On a des blocs de plus en plus étanches qui sont en train de se constituer", une interview de @jbpilet.bsky.social, professeur à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol) sur La Première RTBF www.rtbf.be/article/l-en...

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L’Enquête Nationale RTBF : 'On a des blocs de plus en plus étanches qui sont en train de se constituer', analyse le politologue Jean-Benoit Pilet - RTBF Actus

'Cette idée de deux démocraties avec des opinions politiques complètement divergentes, elle ne tient pas vraiment lorsque...

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Ulrike Klinger @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Come join us in Amsterdam for a fully funded 4-year PhD position on the topic of "Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics", with @alessandronai.bsky.social and @lindabos.bsky.social! All info here, deadline is June 4 👇👇👇 (Please share!) #polcom #commsky werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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Samenleving & Politiek @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Kiezers verlangen naar authentieke politici, maar krijgen strategische performers bij wie de echtheid juist daardoor in twijfel wordt getrokken. Dat dreigt het wantrouwen in de politiek verder aan te wakkeren, stelt politicoloog @lcjacobs89.bsky.social. (www.sampol.be/2025/05/poli...)

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Politiek als theater met slechte acteurs

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Laura Jacobs @lcjacobs89.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Wat gebeurt er als de maskers afvallen? 🎭 “Theater is politiek met slechte acteurs,” zei een Belgisch premier ooit. Als het publiek het script doorziet, valt het doek. 💨 Mijn nieuwste column voor @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social over authenticiteit & politieke communicatie👉 www.sampol.be/2025/05/poli...

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Politiek als theater met slechte acteurs

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Emilie van Haute @emilievh.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Are you a junior scholar attending #ecprjs25? Check out this call for applications for MSCA at Cevipol @sciencepoulb.bsky.social and get in touch with me for any question you may have! cevipol.phisoc.ulb.be/fr/call-for-...

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Call for Applications: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action at CEVIPOL - CEVIPOL - Centre d’Etude de la Vie Politique

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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

[Rayonnement] This week, Nathalie Brack, Kostas Papaioannou & Piotr Marczyński, Professor and resarchers at SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol), will present the paper titled '‘Tweets, Posts, and Plots’: Political Parties & Conspiracy... 1/2 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

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‘Tweets, Posts, and Plots’: Political Parties & Conspiracy Theories on Twitter and Facebook Across Four Countries

European Consortium for Political Research

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Romain Biesemans @romainbiesemans.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

In the context of Pride Month, I had the pleasure of collaborating with the @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social to analyze how LGBTQIA+ issues were addressed in the communication of Belgian political parties and their leaders on X, between January 2022 and June 2024. ⬇️

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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

[PhD] Le Cevipol vous invite à la soutenance de la thèse de Natsuko D’Aprile intitulée: 'How does national identity influence public diplomacy? France and Japan in comparison (1990-2022)' Mercredi 4 juin à 10h00 Salle Jeanne Bât. S - 15e niveau Av. Jeanne, 44 1050 Bruxelles

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

From Bluesky to the Guardian! In my new op-Ed, I argue that the “male glaze” of media and politics is empirically, normative, and politically wrong and that progressives should focus more on the left turn of young women.

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The real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to | Cas Mudde

There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face – if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics, says political scientist Cas Mudde

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Laura Jacobs @lcjacobs89.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

For Pride 🏳️‍🌈 month, the Social media lab ULB teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social : How do Belgian parties communicate on LGBTQIA+ issues? Do they, in the first place? Answer by from Social media lab @ULB 👇

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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

[Rayonnement] SciencePo ULB brille aux Joint Sessions @ecpr.bsky.social! 7 chercheurs participent à cet événement en organisant des workshops & présentant leur recherche 👏 🔹 Nathalie Brack 🔹 Alice Dechamps 🔹 Bjarn Eck 🔹 Piotr Marczyński 🔹 Kostas Papaioannou 🔹 Luca Tomini 🔹 Emilie van Haute #ecprjs25

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🧵5/5 💬 @romainbiesemans.bsky.social, teaching assistant and PhD candidate @sciencepoulb.bsky.social highlights the low visibility of LGBTQIA+ topics in overall partisan communication on X, which reflects a tacit agreement across the political spectrum on these issues.

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🏳️‍🌈 As part of Pride Month, we teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social and looked at the prevalence of LGBTQIA+ issues and people in the communication of Belgian parties and their leaders on X between January 2022 and June 2024. In this thread, we break down the results for you📎 🧵1/5

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Bjarn Eck @bjarneck.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

New paper out in @bjpols.bsky.social, co-authored with Emilien Paulis. Using survey data from 13 European democracies, we show that electoral winners are less supportive of referendums, especially when they are affectively polarized. 1/6 Paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425000365

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Lucas Kins @lucaskins.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Quelles personnalités politiques les partis choisissent-il de mettre en avant sur X ? Au-delà des président·es de parti, certaines figures reviennent systématiquement, révélant des stratégies de communication différenciées et des choix délibérés.

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

📸 Wie staat er in de schijnwerpers van Vlaamse partijen op X? 🧐 Vlaamse partijen kiezen verschillende strategieën om hun kopstukken op X te profileren. Wat onthullen deze keuzes? 🔍👇 🧵1/5

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Nice piece on our article on affective polarisation and the dark personality of leaders, w @kgattermann.bsky.social @fredericofs.bsky.social Diego Garzia, Loes Aaldering TLDR: dark traits of in-party leaders associated with higher affective polarisation in their (closest) followers

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

📣 Join us for the BrIAS/CEVIPOL seminar with Arun Chaudhary: "The Filibuster for Democracy" 🗓 Wednesday 7th of May 2025, 13:30 - 16:00 📍BrIAS: maps.app.goo.gl/umz65m1EkXhB... ⚠ Please register here: lnkd.in/eAyZ9jDW 🔗Full info: lnkd.in/eYPgT55H 📽️ Livestream: lnkd.in/dVVeJJ8D

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Lucas Kins @lucaskins.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Currently still processing ⏳🥹

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jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social @jasfitzpatrick.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Congratulations, @lucaskins.bsky.social, for completing your doctorate today! Reading your thesis on crafting campaigns, messages for Belgian parties and how communication is used by them to create identities was intellectually rewarding. All the best for your ongoing & new projects! #digitalparties

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Glad this one is out at @poqjournal.bsky.social, w @lindabos.bsky.social and P van Erkel The attack against far-right Baudet 🇳🇱 slightly increased support for #violence among people who dislike his party & experience partisan #Schadenfreude Open paper: tinyurl.com/4d7dx2fv Open data: osf.io/6cpbg/

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

♀️ Are women politicians in Belgium getting equal spotlight from their political parties on social media? Short answer: not really 👎 📊 On average in Belgium, fewer than 1 in 3 posts by political parties on X that mention politicians actually feature a woman. Discover our analysis 👇 🧵1/6

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Social Media Lab@ULB @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

🎯 New research from the @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social : Who gets the spotlight in Belgian parties’ communication? We analyzed 20K posts on X to understand how parties promote individual politicians, and how this shifted during the 2024 campaign. 🧵1/4

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