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Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

@ejprjournal.bsky.social even timed the publication to my birthday 🎉😀 More seriously: so happy to see this published, and grateful to have worked with and learned from @plutscher.bsky.social & @draege.bsky.social Propaganda—>Diff’t Emotions—>Protest behavior Check out Philipp’s thread 👇

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Mark Berlin @markberlin2.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Excited to share “Commanders of the Mujahideen: Introducing the Jihadist Leaders Dataset” at JPR! Analyzing Arabic, French, German, Turkish, and Urdu sources, we gathered information on the backgrounds and experiences of 237 leaders across multiple regions academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

NEW - Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - cup.org/49auQPf - @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract of an academic article discussing how democratic institutions prioritize citizen preferences regarding economic and physical security, with a focus on varied democratic features across thirty countries.

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Thea Johansen @theajohansen.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Yesterday I defended my thesis and officially became a doctor 🎓 Huge thanks to the committee @chknutsen.bsky.social @hannefjelde.bsky.social for the thoughtful questions and helpful suggestions for future work!

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

From October 2025 - Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - cup.org/47i6oKQ - @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract describing the introduction of a global database called PtP, which contains detailed individual-level data on political, occupational, and social backgrounds from 144,789 cabinet members across 141 countries between 1966 and 2021. The text highlights the database's relevance to researchers in various fields including political and social sciences.

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Thea Johansen @theajohansen.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Excited to defend my PhD dissertation on pro-democracy mobilization on December 18th! www.ntnu.no/kalender/det...

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Defence of Thesis 18 December 2025: Thea Johansen – Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences - NTNU

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Andrea Vik @andreavik.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

New preprint with @alexgalvezpol.bsky.social, Sohee Park & @mtsakiris.bsky.social : 🔗 osf.io/preprints/ps... Key takeaways: 🎨 Political emotions create distinct embodied signatures ⚖️ These bodily patterns shift with ideology. 🗳️ The embodied impact of political emotions predicts participation

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Felix Haass @felixhaass.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🚨 New article out! “Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000... We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany. Short summary thread below 👇

Abstract for the article: How does right-wing terrorism affect electoral support for populist radical right parties (PRRPs)? Recent research has produced contrary answers to this question. We argue that only high-intensity attacks, whose motives and targets mirror PRRPs’ nativist agenda, are likely to generate a media backlash that dampens electoral support for PRRPs. We test this argument by combining high-frequency survey and social media data with a natural and survey experimental design. We find that right-wing terror reduced support for the radical right party Alternative für Deutschland after one of the most intense nativist attacks in recent German history. An analysis of all ninety-eight fatal right-wing attacks in Germany between 1990 and 2020 supports our argument. Our findings contribute to an understanding of how political violence triggers partisan detachment and have important implications for media responsibility in the aftermath of terrorist attacks.

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Ina L Kristiansen @inalkristiansen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Very proud to have been a part of this project and to see my first co-authored article out in the world! Read @jacobnyrup.bsky.social excellent thread for more info on the data! 🥳

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

#OpenAccess from July 2025 - How Does Public Opinion Respond to Government Injustices Against Historically Discriminated Minorities? Evidence from Norway - cup.org/4lRGSBG - Helga Malmin Binningsbø, Karin Dyrstad & @finseraas.bsky.social

BJPolS abstract discussing the treatment of the Sámi and other minorities by governmental discrimination, the role of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Norway, and their historical and present effects on national reconciliation.

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Amalie Nilsen @amalienilsen.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I’m very happy to share that the first paper of my PhD, «From the streets to the ballots: Protests, polls and Polarization in Hong Kong» has been published online in @democratization.bsky.social It is open access, and you can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong

Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...

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Marianne Dahl @mariannedahl.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

📊 New dataset and paper alert! We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Below follows a 🧵

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Marianne Dahl @mariannedahl.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

New paper alert 😄 ! Mauricio Rivera Celestino, Scott Gates and I have a paper out in the Journal of Conflict Resolution: lnkd.in/gzqYuTmN! The work began in 2017 as part of the Street-Level Autocrat project. Since then, children have been born, data collected, and now, the article is finally out:

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Vilde Lunnan Djuve @vldjuve.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Can citizen action translate into incumbents changing their regimes from within? @chknutsen.bsky.social and I find that the answer is yes in our latest piece, “Citizen Action and Elite Responses: Opposition Mass Movements and Regime Change From Within”, now out in JCR: doi.org/10.1177/0022...

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Martin Søyland @martigso.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

For de som husker studien som fant at "[...] fritidsklubber [har ikke] noen direkte effekt på lokalmiljøet utenfor klubbens fire vegger" (doi.org/10.18261/nju...). @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social og Andreas Kokkvoll Tveit svarer på hvorfor dette er fullstendig feil konklusjon å dra fra studien. (1/n)

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Hva kan vi vite om effekten av etablering av ungdomsklubb på Furuset?: Et svar til Tøge, Ulland og Andersen: Nordic Journal of Urban Studies: Vol 4, No 2

Idunn is Scandinavian University Press’ (Universitetsforlaget) digital publishing platform for academic journals and books.

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Francisco J. Beltrán Tapia @fjbeltrantapia.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Charles Butcher (NTNU) presenting the LEGACIES project. Capturing the presence of pre-colonial states and their potential influence on post-colonial democratization.

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Nihad Aboud نهاد عبود @nihadaboud.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hello! I thought a list of women scholars in conflict and security studies could be helpful! Let me know if you want to be added/removed! go.bsky.app/Np3NivX

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Thea Johansen @theajohansen.bsky.social · 21/06/2024

@andreavik.bsky.social’s trial lecture🔥🔥Fantastic insights on how perspectives from political psychology can inform our understanding of the legitimacy of unelected representation. Amazing lecture by an amazing scholar

On the role of emotions in explaining how we think about politics, and vice versa

Making the case for a citizen’s perspective

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Ben Yoel @benyoel.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

For those interested in democratic backsliding - After a lot of hard work, I'm excited to share that the data visualizations for the Democratic Erosion Event Dataset are all now in order and Shiny apps up and running. We have a lot of exciting things in the pipeline. Stay tuned!

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Thea Johansen @theajohansen.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

LEGACIES is also hiring a PhD candidate in CP/IR: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Super exciting project and a fantastic PI! You will also become a part of our research group @NTNU «Political Instability and Armed Conflict» Application deadline: 17.03.2024 polisky conflictsky

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PhD Candidate in comparative politics or international relations (258521) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: PhD Candidate in comparative politics or international relations (258521), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 17, 2024

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Elisabeth L. Rosvold @lisrosvold.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

Come join us in Trondheim! Two weeks left to apply for the postdoc position in the very cool (both people- and research-wise) LEGACIES project: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #polisky #conflictsky

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𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

We are planning the first WhoGov Workshop to be held in Oslo on the 29-30th of August 2024. We welcome all research using WhoGov in some capacity and we have funding to cover travel expenses for participants. Find the call for papers through the link or use the QR code: bit.ly/WhoGov_Workshop

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Kyle Marquardt @kailmarkvart.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

Very happy to have worked on this PS article with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @acrowinghen.bsky.social, @medzihorsky.bsky.social, @danpemstein.bsky.social, @silindberg.bsky.social and four other colleagues! 1/6 doi.org/10.1017/S104... polisky poldatasky openaccess

During the past decade, analyses drawing on several democracy measures have shown a global trend of democratic retrenchment. While these democracy measures use radically different methodologies, most partially or fully rely on subjective judgments to produce estimates of the level of democracy within states. Such projects continuously grapple with balancing conceptual coverage with the potential for bias (Munck and Verkuilen 2002; Przeworski et al. 2000). Little and Meng (L&M) (2023) reintroduce this debate, arguing that “objective” measures of democracy show little evidence of recent global democratic backsliding.1 By extension, they posit that time-varying expert bias drives the appearance of democratic retrenchment in measures that incorporate expert judgments. In this article, we engage with (1) broader debates on democracy measurement and democratic backsliding, and (2) L&M’s specific data and conclusions.

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håvard mokleiv nygård @havardmn.bsky.social · 10/12/2023

Andre advent tenner vi et lys for håp. Da passer dagens kronikk av @mariannedahl.bsky.social, @haakongjerlw.bsky.social, og @chknutsen.bsky.social perfekt. ‘Iranske Narges Mohammadi er tildelt årets fredspris. Men nytter arbeidet til aktivister som Mohammadi?’ Ja, viser forskningen!

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Nytter arbeidet til aktivister som fredsprisvinner Narges Mohammadi?

Les kronikken.

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Elena Leuschner @elenaleuschner.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

What happens when autocrats concede to protests? Our paper on state concessions and protest mobilization has an issue now! with Sebastian Hellmeier in @cpsjournal.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Snorre Valen @snorrevalen.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

– Høyre kunne mandag satt en ny standard for håndtering av alvorlige habilitetsbrudd i norsk politikk. Istedenfor blir det et nytt lavmål i det som må kunne kalles et politisk uår, skriver @theajohansen.bsky.social som er stipendiat ved ISS på NTNU.

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Vern av demokratiet er ikke en popularitetsmåling

Erna Solberg annonserte i en pressekonferanse mandag at hun fortsetter som Høyres leder og statsministerkandidat inn mot valget i 2025. Det er en avgjørelse som skaper en skummel presedens i norsk p...

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Thea Johansen @theajohansen.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

Skal ikke alvorlige habilitetsbrudd få konsekvenser i norsk politikk? Jeg mener det er spesielt tre grunner til at Høyre burde konkludert annerledes i fortsatt støtte til Erna Solberg www.tronderdebatt.no/vern-av-demo...

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Vern av demokratiet er ikke en popularitetsmåling

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Thea Johansen @theajohansen.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Høyres sentralstyre sier at de tror velgerne vil ha tillit til Erna neste stortingsvalg, men norske velgere burde aldri bli satt i en posisjon der de må velge mellom hvem de tror vil levere politisk og hvem som har fulgt demokratiske spilleregler.

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Elisabeth L. Rosvold @lisrosvold.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Happy to have a new paper out with the eminent Kristina Petrova! We explore the impact of disaster response on political trust in Pakistan and find that disaster relief can improve people’s evaluation of the government even in contexts of protracted violence. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Mitigating the legacy of violence: Can flood relief improve people’s trust in government in confli...

Climate change and violent conflict present two of the most substantial barriers to reaching the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Many of the co…

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Thea Johansen @theajohansen.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

"Woman , Life , Freedom" Sterk og viktig fredspris i dag til Narges Mohammadi for hennes kamp for kvinners rettigheter i Iran. Kan anbefale Ingrid Vik Bakken sin kronikk om protestene i Iran fra i fjor www.adressa.no/midtnorskdeb...

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Anna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Interested in the Polish elections coming up in two weeks? I try to explain what's at stake, in my debut as a Non-Resident Fellow at Brookings Foreign Policy. Huge thanks to @constelz.bsky.social and Ted Reiter!

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What is at stake in Poland's election? | Brookings

As a key supporter of Ukraine and a staunch U.S. ally, Poland’s October 15 parliamentary elections will have far-reaching consequences.

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Thea Johansen @theajohansen.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Dear @profmusgrave.bsky.social could you please add me to polisky? Thank you!

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Thea Johansen @theajohansen.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Also want to highlight the great work by @i4replication.bsky.social! Currently preparing my slides for a replication seminar in our MA course "Causes of War", and there are so many great teaching resources on their website i4replication.org/teaching.html

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Institute for Replication

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