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Zach Dickson

@zachdickson.bsky.social
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Postdoc at LSE researching party competition and climate politics z-dickson.github.io

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Academic freedom is when a foreign government dictates how and even whether a university investigates misconduct
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great thread - agreed! Climate policy grievances are already well-represented, but we don't have a (mainstream) party willing to claim the benefits. That's the leadership gap
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"If it takes a decade for an account involving being parented by wolves to be debunked, well, that’s life. But if a Black man can trick you without immediate exposure, then racial tolerance has been taken too far." 🔥👏 @stephenkb.bsky.social
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The difficult truth about Jason Arday
From the beginning, investigations were accompanied by a cloud of excessive references to his race
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Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) @poalab.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The report from our EPSS 2026 roundtable, Protecting Democracy in the Age of AI, is now available! The discussion covered the latest on how generative and agentic AI impact democratic processes, and the risks and opportunities for representation and policymaking Read here: www.poal.co.uk/events/
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Labour is losing far more voters to the left than to the right
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Heading to Belfast for #EPSS2026 and presenting two new papers I'm excited about. Say hi if you're around, or drop me an email if you'd like to chat over coffee ☕
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Miriam Sorace @miriamsorace.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
What happens when you ask an AI chatbot for political information? In experiments with ChatGPT, Grok, and DeepSeek, we show that even implicit demographic and ideological cues embedded in AI chats shape the news and frames users receive. Study here: osf.io/preprints/so... @zachdickson.bsky.social
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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy. Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible) Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if you’d like to discuss the position www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Position GREENLOSS Project
2 Years - Postdoctoral Position Starting January 2027
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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 03/06/2026
Last year, we shared a paper showing that Labour's accommodation of the radical right did not work. We now have a new version of the paper online: osf.io/preprints/so...
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
New project 👇 I'll be combining causal evidence on driving restrictions with an experiment on how communicating co-benefits -- in terms of health, education and safety -- shapes public support for climate policies in the UK Big thanks to @gsos-lse.bsky.social for supporting 🙏
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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A reminder that applications for this 3-year fully funded PhD position close at the end of next week (May 17). This is a great opportunity to work on climate politics comparative politics in a vibrant environment, with loads of freedom to develop your own project. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract
For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026
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Konstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Next week (12–13 May), we at LSE are hosting a @civica.bsky.social workshop on Exclusionary Politics, organised by yours truly with @isoldehegemann.bsky.social, @miguelpereira.bsky.social and @zachdickson.bsky.social. For attendance, please sign up here in advance: us.list-manage.com/SpeGlF3Rh5M
Tuesday 12th May 2026

	
9:00 – 9:10	Welcome coffee/tea

9:15 – 9:30	Opening remarks by Miguel Pereira (LSE) and introductions 
	
9:30 – 11:00	NATIONALISM
	Chair: Miguel Pereira (LSE)

	Equal or Less Than? How National Narratives Undermine or Uphold Democracy
	Presenter: Emmy Lindstam (IE University)  
	Discussant: Daniel Urquijo (EUI)
	
	Emigration, Assimilation and Mobilization: Elite Responses to Territorial Conquest
	Presenter: Roberto Valli (EUI)
	Discussant: Noémie Piolat (Sciences Po)
	
	
11:00 – 11:15	Break
	
	
11:15 – 12:45	IDENTITY THREATS AND EXCLUSIONARY BACKLASH
	Chair: Roberto Valli (EUI)

	Immigration, Prohibition, and Cultural Conservativism in the United States 
	Presenter: Daniel Urquijo (EUI) 
	Discussant: Emmy Lindstam (IE University) 
	 
	Costly Inclusion: Electoral Asymmetries on Transgender Issues
	Presenter: Konstantin Bogatyrev (LSE)  
	               Discussant: Diane Bolet (Sciences Po) 
	
	
12:45 – 13:45	Lunch break
13:45 – 15:15	GENDER AND EXCLUSION
	Chair: Dirck de Kleer (Bocconi)

	Two Sides of the Same Coin? Sexism Toward Women and Men as Predictors of Voting and Policy Attitudes  
	Presenter: Michal Gulczynski (EUI)  
	Discussant: Miguel Pereira (LSE) 
	 
	When Sexism Becomes Politically Consequential: Relative Sexism and Radical Right Parties Support in Europe  
	Presenter: Noémie Piolat (Sciences Po)  
	Discussant: Konstantin Bogatyrev (LSE)
	
	
15:15 – 15:45	Coffee break excursion on campus
	
	
15:45 – 17:15	INTERGROUP CONFLICT 
	Chair: Emmy Lindstam (IE University)

	The “Why” of Group Sentiments and Identities: Explaining Conflict Spillover from One Policy Domain to Another  
	Presenter: Ronja Szepanski (Sciences Po) 
	Discussant: Henri Poszar (EUI) 

	Does Institutional Oversight Suppress the Expression of Ethnic Bias? 
	Presenter: Sascha Riaz (EUI) 
	Discussant: Dirck de Kleer (Bocconi)
	 
	
17:30 – 18:45	Informal Drinks at Ye Old White Horse (on campus)
	
19:00	Workshop dinner for speakers and discussants (by invitation)
Lahpet West End, 21 Slingsby Pl, London WC2E 9AB

Wednesday 13th May 2026

	
9:00 – 10:30	COUNTERING POLARISATION AND MISINFORMATION
	Chair: Diane Bolet (Sciences Po)

	Reducing Gender-Based Polarization: A Field Experiment in UK Schools  
	Presenter: Henri Poszar (EUI) 
	Discussant: Zach Dickson (LSE) 
	
	Trumped by AI: Effects of Fact-Checking Interventions on Online Engagement with Political Misinformation among Republicans 
	Presenter: Isolde Hegemann (LSE) 
	Discussant: Ronja Szepanski (Sciences Po)   
	
	
10:30 – 10:50	Coffee break
	
	
10:50 – 12:20	THE FAR RIGHT IN EUROPE
Chair: Zach Dickson (LSE)
	
	Do Populist Radical Right Parties Erode Parliamentary Norms? Evidence from Committee Deliberations
	Presenter: Dirck de Kleer (Bocconi)
	Discussant: Isolde Hegemann (LSE) 
	
The Globalization Backlash in Rural Areas: Price Shocks, Far Right Support, and the Limits of Agricultural Subsidies
	Presenter: Diane Bolet (Sciences Po) 
	Discussant: Sascha Riaz (EUI)
	
12:20	Closing lunch and concluding remarks by Zach Dickson (LSE)


LSE Contacts:
 
Konstantin Bogatyrev (k.bogatyrev@lse.ac.uk)
Zach Dickson (z.dickson@lse.ac.uk)
Isolde Hegemann (i.h.hegemann@lse.ac.uk)
Miguel Pereira (m.m.pereira@lse.ac.uk)
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Thrilled to have contributed to the 2026 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change We (w/Cornelius Erfort) collected over 500k party press releases and used LLMs to document party engagement with climate and public health across Europe www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The 2026 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: narrowing window for decisive health action
This third iteration of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change in Europe report systematically tracks the health effects of climate change adaptation and mitigation action, economics and fi...
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Great opportunity for recent PhD grads looking for a postdoc with solid support for research + teaching development This is my current role, so I'm happy to answer questions if you're interested! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW831/l...
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LSE Fellow in Advanced Quantitative Methods at London School of Economics and Political Science
An academic position as a LSE Fellow in Advanced Quantitative Methods is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thrilled that my paper (w/@sarahobolt.bsky.social,@catherinedevries.bsky.social,@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) was accepted at the American Political Science Review! We find that declining public services fuel support for the populist right — and show why the right benefits more than other parties 🧵
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António Valentim @antvalentim.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Really enjoyed co-hosting (w/ the great @zachdickson.bsky.social ) last week’s ECR workshop on Climate & Political Behaviour at LSE. Big thanks to everyone who came and for making such a great workshop! Thank you also to @gsos-lse.bsky.social & @britishacademy.bsky.social for the generous support!
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Yiqing Xu @yiqingxu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
1/ Sorry for double-posting from X. Sharing a new working paper for the Year of the Horce 🐎: "An AI-assisted workflow that scales reproducibility in empirical research" (bit.ly/repro-ai) w/ Leo Yang Yang
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Looking forward to this - if you’re in Oxford, please do join if it’s of interest!
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Sarah Brierley @sarahbrierley.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I am hiring a post-doctoral fellow (2 years) to work on all things political finance in Africa. There are no teaching obligations, and lots of opportunities for fieldwork. A PhD in Political Science is a requirement. Please spread the word! Happy to answer questions - send them to my LSE email.
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Lauren Leek @laurenleek.eu · 09/12/2025
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Great postdoc opportunity to work with one of the best and brightest out there
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Looking forward to presenting my research on energy prices and backlash to climate policies tomorrow at @granthamlse.bsky.social If you’re at LSE and have some free time from 1-2:30, come join! www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
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Green backlash and the political consequences of politicizing energy prices | Zackary Dickson - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
Zackary Dickson is a Fellow in Quantitative Methodology at the Department of Methodology at LSE. Zackary will be presenting the...
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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨 We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social Any questions, please reach out to me 📣 Please share! 📣 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
We actually have a paper that finds exactly that! osf.io/preprints/so...
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🚨 New working paper 🚨 We often see populist parties like Reform UK blame higher energy bills on climate change policies. What are the political consequences of this strategy? Very early draft; comments and criticisms are welcomed! full draft: z-dickson.github.io/assets/dicks...
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Do people in the Labour party think that you can recover from this? Is there any historic precedent for turning something like this around? Starmer has tied himself to a strategy, that strategy has failed. The consequence should be quite clear.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Research on this is clear: the uncertainty created by this policy will lead to people integrate less into British society. It is trading-off the reasonable policy goal of integration for the useless symbolism of immigration numbers. Bad policy to appease the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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Early Career Rescue Fellowship
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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The evidence keeps accumulating that Brexit was an astonishing self-inflicted economic policy disaster. The fact that it is a slow-moving one bodes ill for those who think that populist economic mismanagement will translate into voters punishing populists. www.nber.org/system/files...
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Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) @poalab.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
"While testing one dimension at a time can yield simple results, those effects may not generalise to richer, real-world contexts." Read our new POAL Methods Briefs on Conjoint Experiments from Thomas Robinson! Link: www.poal.co.uk/research/met...
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Public Opinion Analytics Lab
The website of the Public Opinion Analytics Lab
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
great analysis!
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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🚨 New LSE job in political science 🚨 We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy Please share! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></...
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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Great opportunity if you’re interested in pursuing a PhD in political science at @lsegovernment.bsky.social - with a particular interest in elections and campaigning ⬇️
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I usually agree with Klein but I’m surprised/disappointed that he seems to suggest that sacrificing the political rights of certain groups in exchange for electoral victory should be a potential pathway forward for the Democratic Party Accommodation isn’t the answer
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Good to see this important research getting a wider audience. Hope Labour advisors listen and learn
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Labour continues to alienate its base by taking unpopular positions to appeal to a group of voters that likely would not even consider the party as a viable option at the polls
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Thrilled to be giving a short talk on the politicization of climate change for the britishacademy.bsky.social 's Living with the planet LATE event! It's open to the public, so if you're in central London Oct 9, stop by! Details below ⬇️ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
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Living with the planet LATE
Tackle big questions and explore bold ideas about the future of our planet in this season’s British Academy Late. Immerse yourself in the sounds and music of the rainforests of Papua New Guinea; discu...
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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🚨 Reminder: EuroWEPS-🇮🇹 applications are due 30 September 👇
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Just a reminder that Starmer's accommodation of the radical right has not paid any electoral dividends to date. It's difficult to imagine circumstances in which it would...
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Great opportunity in a great department!
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Great lineup this year!
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Political violence is always bad and should always be condemned, but I disagree with Ezra's take that Kirk's practice of preaching white supremacy and spreading dangerous misinformation was "practicing politics the right way"
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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
We're excited to share some EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social updates with you - and we're so grateful to the political science community in Europe (and beyond!) for the amazing support 👇
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Tarek Jaziri-Arjona @tarekjaziri.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized? In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Excellent piece by Ezra Klein: if Dems really believe that Trump is creating an authoritarian government they should not continue to fund it. The shutdown is their only leverage right now to draw attention to what is happening and maybe force change. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
We have a paper on how Labour's strategy is disastrous. There's an exclusive coverage in @newstatesman.com www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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It’s official – Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech has backfired
Exclusive: the first survey before and after the immigration speech reveals a drop in Labour support.
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 05/09/2025
Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social. We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...
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London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science
We are inviting submissions for the London Experimental Seminar Series in Political Science (LESS), a new forum for discussing experimental political science research among researchers at London unive...
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Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
NEW - Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - cup.org/4mmVIAL "exposure to uncritical interviews increases agreement with extreme statements and perceptions of broader support in the population" - @dianebolet.bsky.social & @florianfoos.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the effects of extensive media exposure on public perceptions and normalization. It references specific research surveys conducted on Sky News UK and Australia, analyzing changes in public attitudes and policy effects due to media strategies.
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