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Michele Crepaz

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Illuminate Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy and Administration at @QUB @HAPP Senior Lecturer (Associate Prof) michelecrepaz.com Vice Pres of PSAI Political Science | Public Policy | Lobbying | Lobbying Regulation | Interest Groups | Transparency

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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
ReCiv expands to CEE! Our new report on Lithuanian CSOs in times of crises shows that 96% were hit by ≥1 crisis; most advocate but feel unheard (40–50% felt neither consulted nor cooperated with); and leaders’ worry about their organisation’s future is strikingly high (8.1/10). Stay tuned for more!
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Political Studies Association Ireland @psaireland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Here is further information about the committee and the blog: www.psai.ie/about-us/com...
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Committee - PSAI
The PSAI’s Executive Committee is elected each year at the Association’s AGM, held during our annual conference. The 2025-2026 Executive Committee is: Theresa Reidy, UCC, President Michele Crepaz, QUB...
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Political Studies Association Ireland @psaireland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The Political Studies Association of Ireland annual conference is coming to Cork in October (16th-18th). The call for papers is open now, papers from across the discipline are welcome. Information is available at www.psai.ie/conferences/... Please do share with interested colleagues.
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Conferences - PSAI
The next PSAI Annual Conference will be hosted by University College Cork in October 2026. The PSAI also organises a biennial Postgraduate Conference. The most recent Postgraduate Conference was held ...
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Wiebke Marie Junk @wmjunk.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Who benefits most when public funds suddenly become available during a crisis? The short answer is: those that lobby more to attract them. Please see our new, open-access article in Business and Politics - with @michelecrepaz.bsky.social & @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/bap....
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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
📉 What happens to interest groups when their political world is upended by a crisis? @michelecrepaz.bsky.social and @wmjunk.bsky.social find disruptions to constituency interests trigger mortality fears among interest groups; loss of political access matters much less. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...
First page of the article "Staying alive: crisis-induced disruptions and interest group survival" by Michele Crepaz and Wiebke Marie Junk, published online first in West European Politics. Shows the title, author affiliations (Queen's University Belfast and University of Copenhagen), and abstract describing how the Energy-Stability-Area model is applied to interest group experiences during Covid-19.
Figure 3: Survey experiment using OLS to predict mortality anxiety and willingness to invest more resources in lobbying, under three treatment conditions (difficult access, long constituency disturbance, and the interaction of both). Both types of disruption have significant effects on mortality anxiety but not on willingness to invest more resources, with point estimates and 95% confidence intervals shown for each model.
Figure 1: Proposed theoretical framework. A diamond-shaped diagram linking macro-level system instability through two channels — energy disruption (changes in political activities and policymaker relationships) and area disruption (changes in societal and constituency interests) — down to micro-level instability for individual interest groups. Two hypotheses are labelled along the channels: H-E (loss of access increases instability) and H-A (large constituency disturbance reduces instability).
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/2moFPgZ @sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Exactly one year to the day after the general election, “How Ireland Voted 2024: The New Normal?” is now available in bookshops. ➡️ link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Copies of “How Ireland Voted 2024: The New Normal?”“How Ireland Voted”: 1987–2020
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Does lobbying access actually mean lobbying influence? In our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social paper we try to answer this key question in interest group politics and lobbying by exploring models of access = influence translation. Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... is #OA
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Tomorrow 😊
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Attending the Government Partnership Global Summit next week? Join us for a vibrant discussion on the resilience of civil society in a fragmented world! Together with Rasa Bortkevičiūtē, we will present the first results of the Resilient Civil Society project!
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🚨 New report out now: (to what extent) is the UK NGO sector under pressure? pure.qub.ac.uk/files/655682... We are excited to share the first findings of the Resilient Civil Society project! @wmjunk.bsky.social @thegoodlobby.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Attending the Government Partnership Global Summit next week? Join us for a vibrant discussion on the resilience of civil society in a fragmented world! Together with Rasa Bortkevičiūtē, we will present the first results of the Resilient Civil Society project!
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🚨 I am looking for a new colleague @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social at HAPP is looking to hire a permanent 🙂 lecturer in International Public Policy. Apply here: www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJob... @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social @psaireland.bsky.social
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Academic Opportunities | Career Opportunities at Queen's | Queen's University Belfast
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)! 🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée! Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland! Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🚨 I am looking for a new colleague @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social at HAPP is looking to hire a permanent 🙂 lecturer in International Public Policy. Apply here: www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJob... @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social @psaireland.bsky.social
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Academic Opportunities | Career Opportunities at Queen's | Queen's University Belfast
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I missed #ecprgc25 this year but my colleague and co-author Rasa Bortkeviciute presented our work with @wmjunk.bsky.social on interest groups' responses to crisis and turbulence.
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thrilled to share my new publication @epsrjournal.bsky.social! When we think of lobbying, we often picture big businesses or NGOs. But regional governments lobby, too! But what makes govts-as-lobbyists successful? I study intergovt lobbying success based on a multi-year data collection effort
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Wiebke Marie Junk @wmjunk.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Thrilled that our article is published open access @annualreviews.bsky.social! We review recent strides in the study of lobbying & flesh out 1) transaction, 2) persuasion and 3) mobilisation mechanisms with @garlicksauce.bsky.social & @heathbrown.bsky.social www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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How Lobbying Matters | Annual Reviews
For decades, political scientists have struggled to provide empirical evidence that lobbying influences policymaking. A considerable gap arose between widespread public suspicions of lobbying and the ...
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/qWmDNXp @sagepub.com @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsci
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Wiebke Marie Junk @wmjunk.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
I've had the privilege of reviewing Maraam Dwidar's excellent new book @uchicagopress.bsky.social It provides answers to several long-standing questions on lobbying. And, most importantly, it can provide HOPE in times where many might need it the most ... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Excited to have presented our first #ReCiv output at the @psaireland.bsky.social public policy workshop 2025! ReCiv discovers the impact of crisis and turbulence on interest groups/CSOs. Delighted to be working with amazing colleagues @wmjunk.bsky.social and Rasa Bortkeviciute. Very exciting!
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Why do interest organizations network with their opponents? @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social, Andrea Pritoni, @wmjunk.bsky.social & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social examine the logic of brokerage. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/qWmDNXp @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsci
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Wiebke Marie Junk @wmjunk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Working with "the enemy" is a wide-spread lobbying strategy! In our new article, we study the logic of brokerage & how brokers between opposing policy positions can secure advantages in lobbying. doi.org/10.1177/0032... with @marcelhanegraaff.bsky.social Andrea Pritoni & @michelecrepaz.bsky.social
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Wiebke Marie Junk @wmjunk.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Which groups get what they want without having to lobby? In this new article, we revisit theories about structural power & link them to patterns in preference attainment across 7 European countries & at EU level. With @michelecrepaz.bsky.social & Marcel Hanegraaff #InterCov @psjeditor.bsky.social
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Interest Groups & Advocacy @igajournal.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Also new @michelecrepaz.bsky.social and De Francesco "Incremental lobbying reform: the patchy case of Italy" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Incremental lobbying reform: the patchy case of Italy - Interest Groups & Advocacy
The regulation of lobbying serves the dual ambition of ensuring a level playing field for participation in policymaking while reducing risks of corruption and undue influence. International organisati...
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
www.politico.eu/article/belg... Again?!? what is happening with lobbying and the EP
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Huawei bribery scandal rocks EU Parliament
Chinese tech giant’s offices raided and Parliament offices sealed in case that echoes the 2022 Qatargate investigation.
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
☀️ Join the @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social Summer School and/or our Research Workshop! Let students and colleagues know 👇 📆 6 – 11 Jul 📍 Maastricht University ⏰ Apply by Tue 8 Apr ecpr.eu/Events/324
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Summer School of the Standing Group on Interest Groups, Maastricht University, Netherlands, 6 – 11 July 2025
European Consortium for Political Research
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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Who do interest groups follow in the European Parliament—and why? 🤔 @adrianabuneauib.bsky.social, @ibenskasr.bsky.social, and Florian Weiler @weareceu.bsky.social investigate how MEP power and policy proximity shape these ties on Twitter. 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Power, policy and national background: understanding interest groups-legislators ties on social media in the European Parliament
The rise of social media added an important new arena for interest group activities aimed at information-gathering, accessing decision-makers and influencing policymaking. A key theoretical and emp...
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
❗New year, new you? Fancy starting a PhD in under 10 months' time? We have several openings with deadlines from 8th January
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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
We are looking for many new colleagues in political science at University of Oslo. Currently, we have calls for: Up to 4 Associate Professors (with possibility of promotion to full): www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... 1 Postdoc: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... 1 PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034) | University of Oslo
Job title: 2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (271034), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 3, 2025
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
New SI on lobby reg in @igajournal.bsky.social updating 2017 SI, and 1998 SI on @hansardsociety.bsky.social Other than fantastic intro by Raj Chari, 8 (!) more papers on on DE, IE, EU, CH and US, themes of #foreignlobbying, #selfregulation #lobbyingreform. www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/4...
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Interest Groups & Advocacy @igajournal.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Read this and more new research on interest groups and advocacy in the new issue available here: link.springer.com/journal/4130...
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Interest Groups & Advocacy | Volume 13, issue 4
Volume 13, issue 4 articles listing for Interest Groups & Advocacy
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Heath Brown @heathbrown.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Good new one from @michelecrepaz.bsky.social in @igajournal.bsky.social on lobbying transparency link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Lobbying transparency and attitudes towards interest groups: a survey experiment - Interest Groups & Advocacy
Despite the growing interest for lobbying in public opinion research, little is known about citizen’s attitudes towards interest groups, especially after legislation making lobbying transparent is pas...
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Heath Brown @heathbrown.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Just added @bertfraussen.bsky.social to this starter pack on interest group & lobbying experts go.bsky.app/LU255wB
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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
CfA for a 4 year PostDoc Position at our Research Group at Humboldt University in Berlin. Great people, great job, great city! Come and join us!
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Miguel Pereira @miguelpereira.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
🚨🚨Two tenure-track positions in the European Institute @LSE: 1. European Politics and Policy jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... 2. Political Economy jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... It's a really great place to work. Consider applying! I won't be in the search committee but happy to chat. 1/2 polisky
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Assistant Professor in European Politics and Policy
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Raphael Cunha @raphaelcunha.bsky.social · 07/02/2024
We’re hiring 2 assistant professors in political science at King’s College London @kcl.ac.uk Department of Political Economy. 1) Political Behavior www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/083946-... 2) Gender and Political Theory www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/083947-... PSJMInfo polisky
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Lecturer in Political Behaviour
Job id: 083946. Salary: Grade 6/7: £43,205 to £61,021 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance..
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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
We are hiring at the PolSci department at @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social. Tenure, open to all subfields, can apply for professor promotion immediately (on merits). Top international department, green and buzzing capital city of Oslo, high quality of life, great for families! www.finn.no/job/fulltime...
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2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science | FINN.no
AboutThe University of Oslo is Norway's oldest and highest ranked educational and research institution with 28 000 students and 7000 employees in abroad range
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Roman-Gabriel Olar @rgolar23.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I wrote a short piece on Romania's (recently cancelled) presidential election and it's implications for democracy. The decision to cancel the second round will do even more damage to an already fragile democracy. There will be follow up piece next week. www.thejournal.ie/readme/roman...
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Opinion: Romania’s democracy is in real danger – and so is Eastern Europe’s peace and stability
DCU’s Roman-Gabriel Olar looks at the tense second run off of presidential elections in Romania this weekend.
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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🔍 NEW We’ve just added 3000+ new meetings to our Open Access database of Government meetings with external organisations. Check out the new data here ⤵️ openaccess.transparency.org.uk
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Open Access UK: monitor lobbying meetings with Government
Who’s #lobbying the UK Government? Check Open Access UK
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Counting will go on for a while but I'm just leaving this here for later 😅 Oversized coalitions are not necessarily less stable. And, they are most likely to form when the stability of potential MWCs is uncertain #GE24 🇮🇪 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Termination of parliamentary governments: revised definitions and implications
The literature on government coalitions uses a common definition of when governments terminate and new ones form. This terminology is convenient and has served empirical coalitions studies quite we...
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María Ramírez @mariaramirez.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
🇮🇪Hoy se celebran elecciones en Irlanda. Un país rico, con un centro-derecha moderado que gobierna desde hace un siglo y un primer ministro que puede perder por un vídeo de 40 segundos. Lo cuento con la ayuda de @michelecrepaz.bsky.social y @lizcarolan.bsky.social www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
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Elecciones en Irlanda: el centro-derecha eterno, los escándalos del Sinn Féin y los 40 segundos en un súper de pueblo
El partido del primer ministro Simon Harris, Fine Gael, ha perdido en intención de voto para las elecciones de este viernes tras 13 años en el poder y una campaña de gazapos, pero se espera que se man...
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Very happy to have contributed to this excellent strategy guidance note by Raj Chari for the #UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration #Lobbying registers and #transparency can be now treated as instruments to address SDGs publicadministration.desa.un.org/sites/defaul...
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Michele Crepaz @michelecrepaz.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
#GE24 🇮🇪 and a take from 🇪🇦 @mariaramirez.bsky.social www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
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Elecciones en Irlanda: el centro-derecha eterno, los escándalos del Sinn Féin y los 40 segundos en un súper de pueblo
El partido del primer ministro Simon Harris, Fine Gael, ha perdido en intención de voto para las elecciones de este viernes tras 13 años en el poder y una campaña de gazapos, pero se espera que se man...
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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
From Covid to Kanturk: aggregated support for parties and Independents throughout the electoral cycle (February 2020 to November 2024), based on 154 opinion polls. Latest estimates: pollingindicator.com Data: github.com/Irish-Pollin... #GE24
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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
My @news.rte.ie article today focuses on trends in voter turnout over time and in a comparative perspective, measurement issues, satisfaction with democracy, the age gap in turnout, and the implications of low turnout. #GE24 ➡️ www.rte.ie/news/electio...
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Our paper on trust and trusworthiness is out, where we test a model of competence, benevolence, and integrity in 5 countries. We find these are generally consistent across people and countries, with benevolence being most important in determining trust judgements. doi.org/10.1111/1475...
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The causes of perceived government trustworthiness
This paper examines the qualities of governments that influence their perceived trustworthiness, presenting the first experimental study of the distinct roles of ‘competence’, ‘benevolence’ and ‘inte...
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Kevin Cunningham @kevcunningham.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Big poll in tomorrow's Sunday Independent.
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
#Polisky folks: Bocconi University is looking for AP in Environmental Politics & Policy 🌏 Offer: Great group of political scientists working at awesome social science university in a fabulous city 🙌 🚨 Deadline: 30th of November Please share 🔁 Apply 🔗 & ℹ️ : jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?type=&dep=SPS
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Job Market - Bocconi University
Recruiting, Faculty, Post-doc Grant, Collaboration Contracts
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Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com · 20/11/2024
The political finance system in Ireland is actively hostile to accountability We need usable data And we need vendor-side transparency on election expenses - if Meta can do it, so can JCDecaux Me in the @irishtimes.bsky.social today www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
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Liz Carolan: When it comes to following the money at election time ... don’t even try
Scanned, handwritten PDFs spread across multiple institutions is not acceptable in 2024 and does not enable accountability
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