Following voters in the chain of representation: The important role of pre-election pledge awareness

Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (now ‘X’) raised concerns about its governance and functioning. Using this as a case study, we propose a framework to analyze the interplay of social identities, ...

New research reveals that people find AI-delivered political arguments convincing. This could help bridge political divides – or fuel polarization.

Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University

Manuel Schechtl, a 2022–2024 Stone Center postdoctoral scholar, discusses his Stone Center Working Paper, which combines two new sources of data to compare the extent of democratic backsliding in all ...

About one-in-five U.S. adults say they regularly get news from news influencers on social media, and this is especially common among younger adults.

Does an immigrant’s country of origin shape Americans’ immigration preferences? If so, are some attributes of origin countries likely to provoke particularly strong opposition over others? We answer t...

Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment

Expressive Responding and the Economy: The Case of Trump’s Return to Office

Can Monuments to Victims Increase Tolerance?

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025

Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi

Why are more and more people turning to populist parties? A new study by Lukas F. Stoetzer, Johannes Giesecke, and Heike Klüver shows that not only actual social inequality matters, but also how unequ...

Green Party Entry and Conservative Backlash: Evidence from Germany - Volume 55

Scientific Reports - Evaluating real-world effects of one-off fake news exposure