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Will Daniel

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Assoc. Prof. @nottspolitics.bsky.social I research gender ⚧️ and representation 🏳️‍🌈, the EU 🇪🇺, careers in legislative and party politics 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇧🇪, and social media 📱 Bio ⏩️ shorturl.at/XrwdF Views own and not those of my employer.

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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Applications are due on 8 May and a two-stage interview will include candidate fly-outs, later this spring. All details and application are here ⏩ jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Assistant Professor in Political Science
Assistant Professor in Political ScienceThe School of Politics and International Relations is seeking an Assistant Professor to make a significant contribution to their research and teaching programme...
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Research expertise should also align with one of our three centres, which include the REPRESENT Centre for the Study of Parties and Democracy ⏩ www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...
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Research Centre for the Study of Parties and Democracy - The University of Nottingham
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
‼️JOB ALERT‼️ @nottspolitics.bsky.social is recruiting a PERMANENT Assistant Professor in Political Science (R&T Level 5) to start this autumn. 🧑‍🏫 Substantive area of expertise is open, but the successful candidate must be able to teach in R Studio. 📈📉📊
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Only one week left to get us those proposals for ECPR SGEU! Have a paper on EU elections or legislative politics? We want to know about it. Details below ⬇️
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Delighted to co-convene the track on EU Elections and Legislative Politics with Lukas Obholzer at @ecprsgeu.bsky.social 2026, next July in Catania! 🇪🇺 Learn more about what we're looking for here ▶️ ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Submit your panels and/or papers by 10 December here ▶️ ecpr.eu/Events/341
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13th Biennial Conference of the SGEU, Università di Catania, 1 – 3 July 2026
European Consortium for Political Research
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Cheers to 10 great days of political science conferencing in Spain 🇪🇸 After all the sun ☀️ I’m looking forward to a cooler Belfast for next year’s @epssnet.bsky.social already. Thanks to @marcgeddes.uk and the organisers of @sgparliaments.bsky.social for a great conference in Barcelona!
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ECPR Parliaments Standing Group @sgparliaments.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
It’s the final day of our conference but the fun isn’t over - here are our morning panels starting at 9.30am #sgop25
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Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🌟 Scholar Spotlight 🌟 @wdaniel127.bsky.social & @steffenhurka.bsky.social reveal how changes in #EuropeanCommission cabinets impact #EU policy-making. More diverse cabinets boost legitimacy but don’t affect proposal quality or political processing. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
How do politicians campaign on social media? @wdaniel127.bsky.social & Lukas Obholzer explore campaign data from the 2024EP elections on Facebook, Instagram & TikTok, showing party-based differences. doi.org/10.1080/0140... Part of the Symposium: European Parliament Elections 2024
Abstract of the article "Social media campaigning across multiple platforms: evidence from the 2024 European elections" by William T. Daniel and Lukas Obholzer.

Published online first in West European Politics.Figure 1, displaying the shae of MEPs using six different social media platforms, per party group.Figure 2, displaying the predicted numbers of accounts.Figure 3, displaying predictive margins for the effect of candidates' national party's EU position and left-right position on a number of posts.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
You can read the whole article Open Access here ➡️ shorturl.at/6FWmT
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Social media campaigning across multiple platforms: evidence from the 2024 European elections
Politicians have a rational incentive to keep up with voters’ growing use of social media platforms. How they do so is important for democratic political communication. The article examines how the...
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This has tremendously important consequences for who is controlling the narrative of online campaigning (probably also in many other contexts!), and how this goes on to affect voting behaviour.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
In particular, we compile unique evidence from Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok find that while centrist voices generally engage with more voters across more platforms, it was the extremist Eurosceptic politicians who dominated the online campaigning in the 2024 elections.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
In newly published research just out at @wepsocial.bsky.social, we show that legislators are not only diversifying their social media platforms to reach constituents across a number of apps and websites, but they are not all doing so in the same way.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🚨New Elections Article Alert!🚨 Lukas Obholzer and I have been writing about online campaigning in European elections 🇪🇺 since 2014. This past year, we broadened our focus from Twitter (now X) to see where else Members of the @europarl.europa.eu were campaigning.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Fancy a cheeky discount to add it to your summer reading list? Find a friends and family code below. You can also recommend it to your library. It's been out in Oxford Online since February, if that's your preferred medium!
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Quite pleased to see that my new book with Andrea Aldrich is now hot off the (physical) presses and ready to ship across the US, UK, and Europe.
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nottspolitics.bsky.social @nottspolitics.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
▫️ Research with Impact series ▫️ Read more on how @wdaniel127.bsky.social advised the Welsh government on its plans to promote gender equality under the expanded Senedd 🔗➡️ tinyurl.com/366u6vfe @uonresearch.bsky.social @uoninstitute.bsky.social
School of Politics and International Relations - Research with Impact Series - Dr William Daniel - Gender quotas and the reform of the Welsh legislature
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Silje Synnøve Lyder Hermansen @silje-hermansen.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
A well-resourced European Parliament is so vital for democracy! But MEPs often blur the line between parliamentary work and campaigning. Some go too far: Le Pen today, Farage during Brexit, Bayrou in his post-election blues. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
In fact, Le Pen's party gets a special mention for this tactic, in the conclusion. You can read the full paper, here: dx.doi.org/10.1080/0703...
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First-order contests for second-order parties? Differentiated candidate nomination strategies in European Parliament elections
This article examines an alternative logic for candidate renomination to the European Parliament (EP), based upon the size and ideological nature of a Member of the European Parliament’s (MEP’s) ho...
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This was seen as an important way of professionalising their parties and benefitting from the benefits of holding public office.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
One of the key findings of the article was that parties that were 'second order' in their national electoral importance focussed disproportionately on keeping their top leaders in European office.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The article looked at how fringe parties use the European Parliament to build an institutional foothold to promote their national political work.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
News of 🇫🇷 Marine Le Pen's temporary barring from seeking public office for diverting of 🇪🇺 European Parliament funds to national work, reminds me of an article that I wrote for the @jei-publication.bsky.social about a decade ago.
Screenshot of the article abstract, which is linked at the bottom of the thread.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
More details and the role profile are available at: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Deadline for applications: 21 April 2025.
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Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Teaching Associate in Political Science (fixed term)
About the role The holder of this role will primarily undertake the teaching, assessment and supporting administrative duties across a range of established modules with a focus on quantitative methods...
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
An ability to teach undergraduate and postgraduate students quantitative methods using R is an essential criteria for the role.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
@nottspolitics.bsky.social is hiring! We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Associate in Political Science (with a focus on quantitative methods). This full-time, fixed-term post is available from 1 September 2025 until 30 June 2027.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Looking forward to discussing this work, later today!
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Looking forward to this next week!
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Read a free preview chapter on Google Play here: shorturl.at/SweK1
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Gender Quotas as Game Changers for the Recruitment, Selection, and Performance of Elected Politicians - Google Play
As political systems around the world implement gender quotas to balance women and men's elected representation, new opportunities and expectations for how both men and women are recruited, selected, ...
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Check out the book on Google Books here shorturl.at/6hikR
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Gender Quotas as Game Changers for the Recruitment, Selection, and Performance of Elected Politicians
As political systems around the world implement gender quotas to balance women and men's elected representation, new opportunities and expectations for how both men and women are recruited, selected, ...
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We hope that you enjoy reading it, as much as we enjoyed writing it!
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
If anything, quotas HELP the qualifications of politicians - and they also open up new pathways to career advancement for BOTH men and women. This is a key message to retain in an age where so many affirmative action and inclusive hiring policies are now under (misplaced and misguided) assault.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Now, perhaps more importantly than ever, we provide comprehensive evidence that gender quotas do not replace merit-based recruitment when it comes to electing European politicians.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Check out the free preview to our intro chapter in the link below. It's available as a hard copy, later this spring.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Looks like Oxford snuck in the e-book publication day for our new gender quotas book without telling Andrea Aldrich or me! Time to request a copy of your libraries and reading lists :-)
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Proud brother alert, loading. as.virginia.edu/recent-grad-...
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Recent A&S Grad Wins 2024 National Distinguished Dissertation Award
For building a better mathematical model to understand human behavior, a recent UVA graduate student’s dissertation was recognized as a significant contribution to the social sciences.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
And all the people said, Amen.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Really looking forward to this, as always! We could especially use a few more submissions for our Gender & Sexuality track, which I am co-convening. Find out more and propose your paper here! www.uaces.org/liverpool
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55th UACES Annual Conference in Liverpool, UK | UACES
We are delighted to welcome you to Liverpool for the 55th UACES Annual Conference 2025.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
One more week to get your applications in!
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Cc @nottspolitics.bsky.social
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Great to chat about my ongoing research on cross-platform social media campaign strategies with @zoecrowther.bsky.social in @politicshome.bsky.social
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Hi Michelangelo, yes, there would be a UK right-to-work check for the successful applicant.
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Work can be done on a fully remote basis; knowledge of either web scraping, STATA or R, and/or the ability to work in French would be an asset. Apply by 17 January 2025. Details here ⏩️ lnkd.in/e4C37djD More info about the project here: lnkd.in/em5HsDmq
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
🔈Job Alert 🔈 I’m looking for a Research Assistant to work with me part-time in Spring 2025 (ca. February to July) on my new Leverhulme Trust-funded project on LGBTQIA+ politicians and political polarization in Europe.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
British politics in 2024: American public services with Scandinavian taxes Dutch electoral fragmentation with Westminster majoritarianism
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🗳️ Women are not a demographic minority, but they are a minority in politics. Laura Sudulich, Siim Trumm & @makropoulos.bsky.social of @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @strathpolir.bsky.social show how a significant gender resource gap remains a feature of contemporary parliamentary campaigns bit.ly/498OFWA
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The gender gap in campaign financing: an uphill struggle
Women are not a demographic minority, but they are certainly still a minority in politics. Laura Sudulich, Siim Trumm, and Iakovos Makropoulos show that a significant gender resource gap continues to ...
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Will Daniel @wdaniel127.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Yes, please!
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