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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How can an individual be “polarized”? An individual can be “radicalized”. Anyway, most “polarization” literature is about right-wing radicalization. Stop using the term “polarization” for radicalization on one pole!

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Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Counting the level of support for political violence misses how that support is made – and who it is made for. In our latest "Good to Know" learn why people support political violence. Read the latest from @neerajprsd.bsky.social. goodauthority.org/news/good-to...

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Good to Know: Why people support political violence

Political violence isn't a simple issue. Discover the surprising conditions under which people justify political violence, and why surveys often miss the mark.

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thanks a lot, @nathankalmoe.bsky.social — that means a great deal coming from you. Your work forms the basis of much of my thinking on this issue.

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My first piece as a Good Authority Fellow is out: "Good to Know: Why people support political violence." Thanks to @goodauth.bsky.social; and to @claryc.bsky.social and Vanessa Lide for substantive feedback and sharp editing. goodauthority.org/news/good-to-know-why-people-support-political-violence/

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Good to Know: Why people support political violence

Political violence isn't a simple issue. Discover the surprising conditions under which people justify political violence, and why surveys often miss the mark.

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

New in The Hindu Businessline, with K Batra & A Prabhakar: Why India's exam-leak scandals became a rare "cross-cutting" political issue—pulling voters across caste, religion, and party lines, costing a minister his job. Can the opposition build on it? www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/can-...

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Can Opposition benefit from NEET movement?

With Assembly elections happening in 2027, it is hard to say now whether the angst over education can lead to a vote swing in the Opposition’s favour

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I am joining the 2026–27 cohort of Good Authority fellows. I will be writing public-facing pieces on democracy, party competition, and violence — often with an eye on India. Congratulations to the whole cohort! goodauthority.org/news/new-voi...

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New voices join Good Authority in 2026

We welcome nine political scientists to our team of experts in our latest cohort of Good Authority fellows.

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

From our May Issue: Countering Misinformation Early: Evidence from a Classroom-Based Field Experiment in India by @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social, @sumitra.bsky.social, @simonchauchard.bsky.social and FLORIAN SICHART. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Just deeply shocked and saddened to hear about Raúl’s passing. He was an exceptionally generous community builder in the scholarly world. He will be sorely missed.

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Aidan Milliff @aidanmilliff.com · 05/05/2026

Book Alert! @pstaniland.bsky.social and I have a new Cambridge Element out now — and free to download through May 18. It's the result of nine years of digging through historic survey data on how the Indian public thinks about major powers. Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Main reason that UK went up /India went down has less to do with manufacturing/ production and more to do with the fact that Indian rupee has performed very poorly against the dollar. So the net economy measured in dollar has gone down—alternately UK did not overtake India but rather India went down

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

From our FirstView: Countering Misinformation Early: Evidence from a Classroom-Based Field Experiment in India by @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social, @sumitra.bsky.social, @simonchauchard.bsky.social and FLORIAN SICHART. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Yes exactly --- after JFK, Columbus was pure calm by comparison.

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I made the mistake of flying from Amsterdam to Columbus via JFK—both times I ended up spending four hours stuck in immigration and security!

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Elizabeth Nugent @ernugent.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Out in @thejop.bsky.social: How Exiles Mobilize Domestic Dissent with @aasiegel.bsky.social We investigate how Egyptian exiles influenced a cascade of online dissent that culminated in anti-regime protests back home in September 2019. Article link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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nicoblar.bsky.social @nicoblar.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Had to honor to be interviewed by Swasti Rao in her ThePrint show World View. Will the Iran conflict cause an gas & oil crisis in Europe and South Asia? youtu.be/C4PYwx9rnzY @polscileiden.bsky.social

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How Europe Is Reacting To Trump's War On Iran | Energy Crisis, Ukraine Drones & India Fuel Supply

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Feyaad Allie @feyaadallie.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We will host a South Asia APSA pre-conference at Harvard on Sept 2. If you would like to present a paper, serve as a discussant, or only attend the workshop or happy hour, please submit your info by March 15 (extended deadline): forms.gle/ZDau8Jm86kJt... Feel free to circulate widely!

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Congratulations and very well deserved.

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Congratulations. I was at ORF New Delhi last week

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I hope it puts to rest scholarship that asks abstract questions on “support for violence,” and concludes there is no broad public endorsement. Such conclusions mislead. When violence is contextualized and framed around in- and out-group dynamics, a substantial share of the public expresses support.

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Carl Müller-Crepon @carlmc.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

🚨 📖 “Nationalism and the Transformation of the State” is out with CUP! I’m so happy to conclude 6 years of research with Lars-Erik Cederman, Luc Girardin, Yannick Pengl and many others like that! It’s open access @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org here: tinyurl.com/nastac What’s the book all about? A 🧵

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Mashail Malik @mamalik.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

New paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Congratulations 🕺 Looking forward to reading it

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I am in the same list: Solidarity!

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 05/11/2025

#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - How Firms, Bureaucrats, and Ministries Benefit from the Revolving Door: Evidence from Japan - cup.org/43SvKxE - TREVOR INCERTI #FirstView

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

NEW - Contentious Rituals and Intergroup Relations: Parading in Northern Ireland - cup.org/3L55Bp7 - Kit Rickard, Giovanni Hollenweger, @swebera.bsky.social & @kristinmbakke.bsky.social #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract from a research study on the impact of public parades and communal rituals in post-conflict societies in Northern Ireland, focusing on mixed-methods research and longitudinal studies conducted between 2003 and 2022.

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

We find that misinformation was only partly effective. While some co-partisans increased their support of the policy position advocated by the misinformer, messages failed to persuade non-supporters, and were easily corrected among co-partisans.

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Our empirical analysis is based on a pre-registered vignette experiment embedded in a representative post-election survey in India. Our design mimics the opposition's use of campaign misinformation to polarize voters' preferences and beliefs on issues of religion.

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Misinformation that primes non-partisan but politically relevant social identities may attract voters who share those identities, moving both supporters and non-supporters toward the sponsor’s stance. If processed along partisan lines, however, it only appeals to existing supporters.

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Politicians frequently sponsor misinformation during election campaigns, but its effectiveness in shifting voters' policy preferences and beliefs remains unclear. We argue that the efficacy of campaign misinformation depends on whether it latches onto partisan or non-partisan identities.

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

🚨🚨🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨🚨🚨 Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns, co-authored with U Daxecker, and published in the @electoralstudies.bsky.social. Is misinformation an effective campaign tool — or just noise? See 🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Preaching to the converted: Misinformation and voter preferences in election campaigns

Politicians frequently sponsor misinformation during election campaigns, but its effectiveness in shifting voters' policy preferences and beliefs rema…

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Sumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨 ➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation ➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India ➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months ➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms hopeful findings👇🏽

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Francesca R. Jensenius @fr-jensenius.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Very happy to be able to share the polling-level dataset on Indian Parliamentary Elections 2009, 2014, 2019 that we have been working on for more than a decade. Both the data and the data descriptor are open access: rdcu.be/eujHH @statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social

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Francesca R. Jensenius @fr-jensenius.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Even subtle online rumors about out-group can ⬆️ resentment & conflict-related emotions. Results from large pre-registered experiment out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social , with Mathilde B. Mjelva, @sschutte.bsky.social , Helga M. Binningsbø. @statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I will assume it is 10 AM now and ask you: Was the sandwich good?

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Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

📢 New article📢 Why do assassinations of social activists persist in democratic regimes? Juan Albarracín, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak & Jonas Wolff link these killings to highly territorialized industrial deforestation in the Amazon, where criminal-political networks violently react to local resistance.

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Andrea Ruggeri @andrearuggeri.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Volume 62 Issue 5, September 2025 Special Issue on Political Violence in Democracies, Journal of Peace Research is officially out. journals.sagepub.com/toc/JPR/curr...

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Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

📢 New publication! 📢 Does political violence backfire in mature democracies? In this article, @kkrakows.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) and @juansemorales.bsky.social (Wilfrid Laurier University) examine how the January 6 US Capitol Attack affected public support for US politicians.

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Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

📢 New publication! 📢 Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies? Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.

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Andrea Ruggeri @andrearuggeri.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Thanks @lseusablog.bsky.social for guesting a reflection of ours on the recent political violence in the USA (but not only). For those who want to read our open access special issue intro on political violence in democracies @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social : journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025

It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Article by @marietheresemeye.bsky.social on election denial in the US: Finds that local elite endorsement of Trump’s fraud claims amplified national narratives, boosting protest mobilization in their districts after 2020. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

@noyonikadas.bsky.social integrates research on decentralization and political violence: Finds that in West Bengal, incumbents deploy violence to engineer non-contestation in local elections, converting opposition withdrawals into uncontested victories. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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