On my way to Aarhus for a two-day workshop on Youth Politics organised by @henrikseeberg.bsky.social! I’ll be presenting a study from our Youth Wing Membership project (YOUMEM). My paper looks at gender differences in why people join youth wings.
There is a double marginalization of far-right women politicians in the European Parliament–as women and as far-right politicians–which results in women politicians lacking influence within their parties, and within the European Parliament more broadly journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Even as the far-right parties of Western Europe have made broad electoral gains, mainstream parties continue to enact a cordon sanitaire, effectively curtailing...
Another week, another list of new publications in the field. So much exciting scholarship has appeared. 1. Widmann & Simonsen show in PSRM that radical right challengers play an important role in shaping public discourse in a negative moral-emotional direction www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Happy to share new research w @hildecoffe.bsky.social@sparshasaha.bsky.social@jeppjournal.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1080/1350...
While gender quota and parity laws are increasingly popular worldwide, their introduction often causes controversy. Thus far, we lack an understanding of how the framing of these measures affects p...
Hi #AcademicBluesky! Is there any research which argues that when people engage in 'countercultural' behaviour, we should expect them to have to show their commitment by being the most zealous? E.g. union members joining a libertarian political party. Many thanks in advance 😊
Hi #AcademicBluesky! Is there any research which argues that when people engage in 'countercultural' behaviour, we should expect them to have to show their commitment by being the most zealous? E.g. union members joining a libertarian political party. Many thanks in advance 😊
My book on the normalization of the radical right is now out: academic.oup.com/book/57946 🚨 2024 has been full of elections. In many, rad-right politicians made important electoral gains. My book hopes to contribute to debates on their rise by putting forward a theory around social norms.
New paper in @jeppjournal.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1080/1350...
Are candidates from underrepresented demographics in politics held to a higher standard in candidate selection processes? We explore whether women, youths, and immigrants are required to demonstrat...
One's initial encounters with established scholars, as a graduate student or an ECR, are seared into one's memory. Some established scholars are generous and take you seriously; to others, you are simply invisible. One never forgets.
When I think about "what we're up to" in social science, I think a lot about this paper. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...#polisky
