The final conference of my PhD was the best one — I’m amazed by the group, and grateful to Jessica C. Smith, Susan Franceschet and Ana Catalano Weeks for organizing!

Etter Mannsutvalgets rapport - hva nå? Seminar 29. april: Hvor er likestillingen på vei? samfunnsforskning.no/aktuelt/arrang…

🚨Join us this Thursday at 4pm in our Virtual #ESPAnet workshop for a discussion of cutting-edge research by Rohan Khan on how reproduction policy changes attitudes towards abortion legitimacy & gender equality🚨 Here more information on the programme: espanet.org/2024/02/20/vir

Check out our media list of women and gender experts in elections, public opinion and parties 👇👇

Ever heard “those unemployed people are staying home even though they could be working”? This idea, that everyone contributes their fair share to the welfare system, is crucial. Otherwise, the fundamental principles of social solidarity and redistribution are undermined. [1/n]

🆕 How do formative personal experiences inform perceptions of system abuse? Arno Van Hootegem, Anna Helgøy & Miroslav Nemčok use data from 🇳🇴 to explore how these perceptions take shape beyond the influence of #PoliticalNarratives & socializations 👉bit.ly/3JZMXed #OA

Our article on what factors affect attitudes to gender quotas show that information about where and why it is applied matter! What would make the "unusual suspects" change minds? With Yvette Peters, in ZUMPESAMARLO Main findings in 🧵: doi.org/10.1111/1475-6…

Citizens' views on whether the welfare state is economically sustainable shape political preferences and election results. But where do these views come from? New article with Miroslav Nemčok doi.org/10.1017/S01438…

Very happy to see my book featured on this list in great company ! Check out the Women and Public Policy Program gender equity summer ⛱️ reading list here: hks.harvard.edu/centers/wappp/…

Regjeringens forslag til norskkrav for stipendiater og postdoktorer er den rene galskap. Symbolpolitikk som påfører norsk forskning et enormt handicap. Tilbake til 90-tallet med nisselua trukket langt nedover ansiktet. klassekampen.no/artikkel/2024-…

Finally online, the paper I have been most excited to write: on the benefits and challenges of researching the far right as a woman 😊

if kamala harris becomes president it’s bc of this edit

For anyone following the debate about our article “When Do Männerparteien Elect Women?” here is a brief thread summarizing our response to the comment by Guinaudeau and Jankowski. I encourage those interested to read it in full here: econstor.eu/bitstream/1041…

New publication with Ana Catalano Weeks and sparsha saha in JEPP We find “gender parity” is more supported than “gender quotas” in 🇫🇷, but no difference in 🇬🇧. And no evidence of backlash against women running under either measure. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New paper alert! Carl Henrik Knutsen and I use comparable, multi-item measures of five key political issue areas covering 14 West European countries. We find that women tend to be more progressive than men, across countries and issue areas. 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…

Excited to see my article 'Balancing Politics and Parenthood' in EJPR journal is out. In a UK study, I find that the public do not punish MPs for taking parental leave. In fact, for women there is some electoral advantage. ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…