30 Chapters with amazing contribuitors. It is open access, pre-registered preprint: Torcal, M., & Harteveld, E. (2024, November 1). Handbook of Affective Polarization. doi.org/10.31219/osf.i… UPF Barcelona RECSM-UPF Inst. de Iberoamérica Ciencia Política USAL ℹ

who europeans would vote for in america’s presidential election, by country:

🧵Policy shifts and polarization – a manifesto perspective on today’s #USelections2024. As the presidential race draws to a close, we have annotated and analysed the policy platforms that the Democratic and Republican parties have published ahead of the elections:

My initial take on Trump's win: goodauthority.org/news/where-to-… His gains were widespread, so explanations should start with the broadest factors -- not with bespoke stories about states, cities, counties, and groups. The simplest explanation: party of unpopular incumbent loses. 1/2

Spend five days in Florence with the Migration Policy Centre (Migration Policy Centre) at the European University Institute (European University Institute). The Migration Winter Academy of 2025 is dedicated to the theme 'What the World Thinks about Migration'. 3-7 February 2025. eui.eu/apply?id=migra…

Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing. The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos. 1/ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Organisations invest huge resources to influence individual attitudes and behaviors through migration communication campaigns. Funded by Migration Policy Centre and written with James Dennison & @M_CarmoDuarte, this article prompts collaborative research on the topic. x.com/JamesRDennison…

New working paper on gender backlash. We show that labour market feminisation exogenously increases gender conservative attitudes among men, beyond cultural change. Mechanisms seem egocentric. However, unless politicised by entrepreneurs, this doesn’t increase far-right vote.⬇️⬇️

‼️PPRNet Research Briefs 2024 ‼️ On the political viability of progressive climate policies 5 new research briefs tinyurl.com/yyk6yyxw 🚩 just transition policies 🚩 avoiding backlash 🚩 the role of trust 🚩 the impact of social movements 🚩 fiscal trade-offs

danke für den tollen abend in luzern Michael Elsener #alleswirdgut vllt interessant, eine alternative sicht auf stimmbeteiligung: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The Economist analysed 300k+ PhD abstracts finding that readability has declined sharply over time. This trend is most pronounced in the humanities and social sciences, where jargon and complex language are increasingly common. economist.com/science-and-te…

We are about to announce the launch of a new Master's Degree in #Computational Social and Political Science at Università degli Studi di Milano in Milan, starting in September 25. Please share this info and my contact to any student potentially interested! More soon!

Misinformation isn't a general condition resulting from social media: it's an expression of a deliberate political strategy pursued by the populist radical right. 🧵 Paper out now in The International Journal of Press/Politics. with Juliana Chueri doi.org/10.1177/194016…

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍 🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations 📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/pos… Thanks for sharing! 🤝

How should we study party polarization in Europe? Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out British Jnl Poli Sci! (more 👇)

🚨New Peer-Reviewed Working Paper MPI MMG Göttingen I introduce quantitative political science data and methods to compare immigration law. A revised version will appear as a Chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Immigration Law. samdschmid.com/publications/2…

Are you a student, legal scholar or political theorist studying immigration law and want to better understand quantitative political science data and methods in the field? Then this overview is for you! APSA Migration & Citizenship Section MIGCITPOL_IMISCOE IMISCOE Methods in Migration Research (Meth@Mig - IMISCOE) IMISCOE PhD Network ECPR SG Migration & Ethnicity