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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One week and three papers accepted for publication: one with @stefaniereher.bsky.social, another one with @gefjonoff.bsky.social and yet another with Anna-Lena Nadler and Matthew Hepplewhite. Stay tuned for more publication alerts.

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

21 september is de Europese Dag tegen Islamofobie. Heel belangrijk om stil te staan bij moslimdiscriminatie, wat weten we en hoe nu verder. 28 september modereer ik een panel bij de @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social over moslimdiscriminatie. Meld je hier aan: ercomer.eu/2026/07/16/s...

Flyer van Universiteit Utrecht en ERCOMER voor het evenement ‘Moslimdiscriminatie: wat weten we en hoe gaan we verder?’, op maandag 28 september 2026 in Quinton House, Utrecht. Programma: 12:00 inloop en lunch; 13:15 welkom door Verena Seibel en Stefanie Sprong; 13:20 opening door NCDR Rabin Baldewsingh; 13:30 vier onderzoekspresentaties over moslimdiscriminatie door Nadèzda Broshuis (Discriminatie.nl), Verena Seibel & Stefanie Sprong, Lex Thijssen, en Valentina di Stasio & Stefanie Sprong. Om 14:55 volgt panel 1, ‘Wat we weten en het probleem begrijpen’, met Marcel Coenders, Lieselotte Blommaert en Rahma Bavelaar (Stichting Meld Islamofobie). Om 15:35 panel 2, ‘Voorbij het probleem’, met Zakia Essanhaji, Onur Şahin, Sara Aksakal (INSAN) en Ismaïl Sarti (Collectief Jonge Moslims). Beide panels worden gemodereerd door Sanne van Oosten. Vanaf 16:05 netwerkmoment, einde 18:00.

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Full circle moment for Mamdani: My research shows the severe bias voters have against Muslim politicians, a product of our post 9/11 world. Now NYC has a Muslim mayor and people are losing it over whether he can even come to the 9/11 commemoration. 🧵/relevant papers abcnews.com/US/george-pa...

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Mayor Mamdani says he'll attend 9/11 ceremony despite growing criticism

Mayor Mamdani says he will attend New York City's annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony Friday despite mounting criticism from some family members of victims.

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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

one way to think about what the fascists are doing to the humanities and social sciences is that it’s the same move naomi oreskes talks about in “merchants of doubt” when it came to tobacco or climate. the first step is to cast doubt on the consensus; you can even look cool and rebellious doing it

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm torturing myself by looking up colleagues who added to the pile-on against Jason Arday. And learning that they are silent now. Often people I liked and respected. Here is some clear explanation on why to never add to a pile-on against a person. katemanne.substack.com/p/gossipy-ac...

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Gossipy Academics Helped Kill Jason Arday

Or, the anatomy of a pile-on

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If you want to give a fair and complete story about Jason Arday's death, it is essential to mention Nathan Cofnas' role in the allegations against him. How he left Cambridge and joined Ghent University is also essential Please mention the full story next time @nieuws.nos.nl nos.nl/artikel/2626...

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Na plagiaatrel opgestapte hoogleraar Cambridge (41) dood aangetroffen

De Britse universiteit was bezig met een onderzoek naar de academische kwalificaties en benoemingen van voormalig hoogleraar Jason Arday.

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Every single media outlet that has reported on Prof. Jason Arday needs to take a step back and reflect on their responsibility for what has happened. Every person to have chimed in should, too. Most importantly, Cambridge University should think about how they supported him.

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COMPAS @compasoxford.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🤝 One international research consortium 📋 Two cross-national surveys 🌍 Three years of fieldwork across nine European countries 👥 More than 35,000 participants = One of the most comprehensive datasets ever assembled on discrimination against ethnic minorities in Europe. @sbvanoosten.bsky.social

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Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Which immigrants do people prefer and why? Many point to skill levels, but @mfreino.bsky.social @isabel-ruiz.bsky.social and I argue people also consider the social value of work immigrants do, even if considered "lower" skilled. Open access in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S147... 🧵

Title: Beyond skills: How occupational essentiality and social value relate to attitudes toward immigrant labor.
Authors: William L. Allen, Mariña Fernández-Reino, and Isabel Ruiz
Abstract: Research on public attitudes toward immigration consistently shows that people prefer higher- over lower-skilled immigrants, largely for sociotropic economic and fiscal reasons. We argue that this account is incomplete: citizens also evaluate immigrant workers according to the essentiality and social value of the work they perform, alongside formal skills and education. We conceptualize two logics for evaluating occupations – economic-fiscal and moral-social – that shape attitudes toward labor immigrants, before testing this argument in two studies in the UK. Study 1 uses a preregistered conjoint survey experiment (N = 4,951) fielded during the UK’s third COVID-19 lockdown in January 2021. Respondents evaluated hypothetical labor immigrants varying in occupation, skill level, and origin. Immigrants working in occupations designated as ‘essential’ during the pandemic were substantially more likely to be preferred for admission (by about 22 percentage points) and more likely to be viewed as economically beneficial (by about 10 percentage points) than those in nonessential jobs, net of skill. Study 2 reports results from an online survey (N = 1,944) fielded in 2025 measuring perceptions of occupational essentiality, social value, economic value, prestige, skill, and labor shortages. Perceived essentiality is strongly associated with social value while remaining distinct from skill and prestige. Importantly, perceptions of occupational essentiality remained stable over time and correlated with preferences for admitting immigrants in those same occupations. Together, these findings highlight occupational essentiality as a distinct and consequential driver of immigration attitudes with implications for labor migration debates and policymaking.

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Chloé Lavest @chlolv.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

@imiscoe.bsky.social conference happened last week and it was lovely Had the pleasure to discuss papers from a super cool panel on the "integration" paradox (with less and less integration in there) and took with me inspiration for writing the last chapter of my dissertation (!!!)

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Going to the EPSS conference in Belfast next week and I am following the news extra closely on the violence and destruction going on there right now. My heart goes out to all the victims. I hope people find a way of living together in peace and justice soon.

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I think about this a lot when engaging with the media. Just because my research say, in my case, that voters discriminate against Muslim politicians heavily, does not mean that political parties should take my research and let it shape their choices. As academics, we should reflect more on this.

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

✨ It has happened, finally. A reviewer has suggested I should really cite a paper by Sanne van Oosten. ✨

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Zouden ze dit al geweten hebben bij Tata? Zodat ze met Donald Pols de milieubeweging konden verdelen? Zo ja, dan zou dat passen bij een bredere trend om linkse bewegingen te verdelen, waar ik eerder dit over schreef: www.populismstudies.org/the-awkward-... & www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/carriere/cyb...

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Today, I will be leading a workshop on different academic models of co-authorship and their (dis)advantages. See you in the @compasoxford.bsky.social board room or online today at 4PM. Send me or organiser @benbrindle.bsky.social a message for a link if you are interested in joining online.

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Marcel Roman @mfroman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 in Science Advances. We meta-reanalyze 100 conjoint experiments to assess which immigrants citizens prefer around the world. Our evidence reinforces existing findings, identifies novel insights, and provides a basis for future research 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Which immigrants do citizens prefer? A meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments

Meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments reveals patterns of similarity and variation in public immigration preferences worldwide.

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

⁉️Do immigrant candidates get the immigrant vote? Many party strategists assume they do. But do they really? Short answer: Nope. And I have done the research to support this. Read more about why & why this is relevant for the upcoming UK local elections here: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/do-i...

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Do immigrant candidates get the immigrant vote? | COMPAS

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

✨The research explaining the Muslim vote✨ The upcoming UK local elections on May 7th, once again, have many people debating what Muslims will vote. Most discussions take place without any knowledge of the existing research on the topic. With this thread, I aim to change that. 🧵

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 23/04/2026

#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - Affinity voting in Europe: the impact of religion, migration background and gender on preferences for in-group politicians - cup.org/42jDQhH - @sbvanoosten.bsky.social #FirstView

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The European Political Science Review (EPSR) has published my solo-authored paper on Affinity Voting in Europe 🤓 In it, I ask: Do voters prefer in-group politicians? Answer: Sometimes, sometimes not. Minorities prefer their in-group less often than majorities do. 🧵 doi.org/10.1017/S175...

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Affinity voting in Europe: the impact of religion, migration background and gender on preferences for in-group politicians | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Affinity voting in Europe: the impact of religion, migration background and gender on preferences for in-group politicians

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

👍Very excited to see that my solo-authored article: "Surveying Minoritized Citizens: A Quantitative Study of Identification versus Categorization" has been published in Survey Research Methods✨ I hope survey researchers to reconsider how they survey group membership💪 doi.org/10.18148/srm...

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Progressief Nederland - new name & I like it. It has Big Tent Energy 🤓

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Ethnic minority presence in the boardroom. FTSE 100: 98/100 firms, from 52% in 2019 56% > 1 person 20% of board roles in FTSE100 FTSE 250: 205/350 firms (82%), from 22% in 2019 Parker Review 2026

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Valentina Di Stasio @distasioval.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It was great to present, w/ @stefaniesprong.bsky.social, fresh findings from the @equalstrength.bsky.social project at @compasoxford.bsky.social in Oxford. Our team can't wait to present the first comparative, cross-domain field experiment on ethnic discrimination in Europe at the next conferences!

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This Thursday @stefaniesprong.bsky.social and @distasioval.bsky.social will present research findings from the @equalstrength.bsky.social-consortium. I'm really looking forward to seeing all of the team's hard work be presented. Join in Oxford or online at 3h45 on Thursday March 5th.

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

🤓Thursday February 19th at 15h45 @ Oxford and online: Katharina Lawall will discuss how disinformation instrumentalising gender equality to further radical right ideologies can be set straight. Join us in this hybrid seminar by @katharinalawall.bsky.social about femonationalism

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

✨✨ Solo-authored article accepted for publication in the European Political Science Review (EPSR) Affinity voting in Europe: The impact of religion, migration background and gender on preferences for in-group politicians Pre-print of accepted version available here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Really looking forward to this talk by @profsob.bsky.social tomorrow in Oxford and online. Join online or in Oxford!

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COMPAS @compasoxford.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

How do attitudes towards race and ethnicity shape political views in Britain? Join us on 05 Feb at 15.45 (GMT) as @profsob.bsky.social explores this topic, with a focus on racial colour blindness in post-Brexit Britain. Attendance is free and open to all 🔗 www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/the-po...

Poster with text: The Politics of Immigration and Exclusion
Seminar: Racism without racists: Colour-blind ideology in post-Brexit Britain

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Really looking forward to this seminar by @turnbulldugarte.com on Thursday. Drop by if you are in Oxford (+ for drinks after) or join online. Stuart is an amazing speaker and this research is as timely as ever.

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COMPAS @compasoxford.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Across Europe, social democratic parties are increasingly adopting restrictive immigration rhetoric in response to the electoral success of radical right parties. Join Dr Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte this Thursday, 22 January, to learn more about this trend. The seminar is free and open to all. ⬇️

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Pakhuis de Zwijger @pakhuisdezwijger.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

“Flood the zone with shit” - zei Trump ooit. In zijn tweede termijn doet hij precies dat: een constante stroom aan decreten, tweets en controverse. Feiten vervagen en kritiek wordt bijna onmogelijk. ➡️ Hoe doorbreek je die chaos? 🌪️ We onderzoeken het op 20 januari, meld je gratis aan: buff.ly/6Ihtjuv

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Bastian Becker @beckerbastian.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🥳 New year, new publication 📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

We are happy to release the Paths to Power Dashboard. It is the perfect tool for politics nerds! You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/ It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below. The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.

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Matt Graham @mattgraham.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Survey experiments' popularity in political science is getting attention. What is good and bad about them? How can one maximize their benefits and mitigate their downsides? Greg Huber and I wrote up our thoughts: Paywalled: doi.org/10.1016/bs.h... Free: m-graham.com/papers/Huber...

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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Populists and socialists are more likely than other politicians to come from lower-class families, and social democrats to have less educated parents. Yet both groups are just as likely to have highly educated and higher class friends and partners journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Are socialists and populists better connected to the working class? Comparing politicians’ intimate social ties in 13 countries - Nino Junius, Stefaan Walgrave, 2025

Populist and social democrat parties often claim to better represent lower socio-economic status (SES) citizens, yet existing research shows their elected polit...

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Given that only a third of the hypotheses were supported, one takeaway is that our theories are crap.

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Another great @jeppjournal.bsky.social paper I'm happy to have edited is out here, on workers' descriptive representation, by @manuelwagner.bsky.social and @laurenzennser.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Michał Gulczyński @gulczynski.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Many studies attribute the success of right-wing parties to sexism. What is sexism? How is it measured? How does it influence elections? My systematic review of studies on sexism as a predictor of political behavior and attitudes is about to appear in @poqjournal.bsky.social! 1/7

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝 We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

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It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, but in very specific ways: First, overall, people still perceive status as largely socioeconomically determined. Second, sociocultural groups figure in perceptions of who is gaining/losing status, less so in perceptions of the top/bottom of society. Third, more than conservative voters, it is social progressives who mention women and minorities as “winners”. While on race/ethnicity, we find evidence for a backlash, on gender and sexuality we find more evidence for a progressive momentum. This matters for progressive politics today and for how we empirically study status concerns.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

My latest for the Observer on the growing Green threat to Labour and why London’s “all up” local elections could provide some of the biggest drama in this May’s local and devolved elections observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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Greens look set to clean up as Labour switchers move left

Labour voters liked the insurgent party even before the arrival of their new leader. As local elections approach, Zack Polanski appears ready to break through in the areas Keir Starmer neglected

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Francesco Raffaelli @fraraffaelli.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

On my way to Florence, where I will be presenting at the EUI's PBC @behaviour-eui.bsky.social a project co-authored w/ @leonardocarella.bsky.social We show that (anti-immigration) 🇬🇧🇮🇹 people 'update' their social identity when primed with narratives pitting immigrants against other social groups

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I've had the honour to convene this seminar series about the politics of immigration and exclusion. Looking forward to learning more about the research by @turnbulldugarte.com @profsob.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @distasioval.bsky.social and @stefaniesprong.bsky.social + drinks after!

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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

My husband is a romantic guy. He told me to take my passport and come with him for a surprise and said it would be a bit... nerdy? We went by train to Rotterdam to the Fenix Art Museum About Migration. A phenomenal museum, especially if you're a migration scholar nerd like me 😅 fenix.nl/en/

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Fenix - The New Art Museum About Migration

Artists share stories that cross borders: about love, farewell, coming home and feeling at home, identity, and the search for happiness. Plan your visit online.

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Survey researchers, have you thought about the political consequences of miscategorizing respondents' identities? Raymundo Lopez (ABD, raymundolopez.com/index.html) has written a wonderful summary of my APSR on PS Now (@apsa.bsky.social). Read it here! politicalsciencenow.com/the-politics...

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The Politics of Not Being Counted -

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Raymundo Lopez, covers the new article by Amanda Sahar [...]

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Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Just in time for Christmas: a great interview with an absolute legend. Theda Skocpol and Edwin Amenta on her career, US politics, the erosion of democracy, and most of all, what to do about it. sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...

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View of Theda Skocpol in Conversation with Edwin Amenta on Sociology, Political Science, Higher Education, and U.S. Politics | Sociologica

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