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Marie Seestedt @marieseestedt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It is part of the forthcoming special issue on Parenthood and Politics (edited by @jess-smith.bsky.social , @anacweeks.bsky.social and Susan Franceschet) with other cool papers already out – and more to come.

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Marie Seestedt @marieseestedt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The paper is available here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (open access 🎉)

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Marie Seestedt @marieseestedt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

💡 (3) that priming grandparents to think about their grandchildren increases willingness to endure costs to mitigate climate change, but not to ensure long term viability of welfare policies

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Marie Seestedt @marieseestedt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

💡 Overall, I find (1) a low baseline willingness to bear cost in the present to address long term societal challenges, (2) higher willingness to do so among those with younger relatives

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Marie Seestedt @marieseestedt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🔎 In the paper, I examine how family ties to younger generations is linked to willingness to bear short-term costs to address long-term issues drawing on novel survey data collected among individuals aged 55 or older.

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Marie Seestedt @marieseestedt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🚨 **New publication alert!** (slightly delayed due to conference travels) Incredibly happy to share that my paper “A grandparenthood gap in political attitudes? Family ties and attitudes on intertemporal redistribution“ was published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social last month 🎉 🧵

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A grandparenthood gap in political attitudes? Family ties and attitudes on intertemporal redistribution

Many policy issues concern not only how we allocate societal resources today, but also how we distribute between present and future. Relations with younger family members could expand the time hori...

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Marie Seestedt @marieseestedt.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

In other great news, I have recently started a new position as a postdoc at Department of International Economics, Government and Business at Copenhagen Business School where I will spend the coming years examining political connectedness of businesses.

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Marie Seestedt @marieseestedt.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

An especially large thank you is owed to my supervisors Peter Thisted Dinesen and @carolinrapp.bsky.social and the committee members @karinakosped.bsky.social, Rune Stubager and @mbusemeyer.bsky.social.

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Marie Seestedt @marieseestedt.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Incredibly happy to share that I have successfully defended my PhD dissertation “Ties that bind? Intergenerational Redistribution and Solidarity from a Family Perspective“ at Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen.

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Marie Seestedt @marieseestedt.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

It was a pleasure having you! Thanks again for the great comments.

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