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With @bnbakker.bsky.social and @mrooduijn.bsky.social I am going to conduct a large intervention study in the Netherlands to reduce polarization and strengthen pro-democratic attitudes. Do you have an idea (plus budget) for an additional intervention? Do reach out! stukroodvlees.nl/input-gezoch...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

De democratie wankelt. In de VS, maar ook dichter bij huis. Wat helpt tegen polarisatie? Wat versterkt steun voor de democratie? ‪@bnbakker.bsky.social, @gijsschumacher.bsky.social‬ en ik testen allerlei interventies. Heb jij een goed idee? Laat het ons weten! stukroodvlees.nl/input-gezoch...

submitted 11 days ago • 18 comments

New publication alert! Together with Michelle Rosmalen and Hester Mennes, I examined how internal and external political efficacy is develops over adolescence in the Netherlands, and what role socialization agents play in that process.🧵 doi.org/10.1007/s111...

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Are we good at describing our feelings about politics? In our new preprint @mrooduijn.bsky.social @isabellareb.bsky.social we show this is not the case: osf.io/preprints/os... [1/6]

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy." Interested in making scholarly & societal impact? We’re looking for: 🔹 1 Postdoc (100%) 🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%) Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8 More info ⬇️ (1/7)

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices! Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Check out this fantastic paper from @hotpoliticslab.bsky.social PhD student @jakobkas.bsky.social about how to effectively measure affective polarization in countries with many parties in parliament (the global norm)

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Political theory/philosophy job in our Department! Deadline 26 May. Happy to answer questions by email. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

submitted 46 days ago • 4 comments

Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior. But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this: The psychology of dominance. 🧵(1/5)

submitted 73 days ago • 122 comments

Chandran Kukathas is the Jos de Beus Lecturer this week! Poster by @enzoreds.bsky.social

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

New working paper with two great coauthors!

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Very proud of Laura Mulder, who did a great job defending her PhD dissertation last week. Read all about her research on the @aissr.bsky.social website

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Eppo Bruins wil in de voorhoede blijven van landen waar wetenschappers voor kiezen. Daarom (checks notes): - heftige bezuinigingen - de-internationalisering (ten koste van studenten uit NL) - morele steun voor beurzen voor wetenschappers VS, te betalen via bezuinigingen op andere onderzoeksbeurzen

submitted 93 days ago • 7 comments

Bijzonder trots op de promotie van Laura Mulder gisteren. Met maar liefst drie (!) orginele dataverzamelingsprojecten. Lees hier over haar onderzoek naar jongeren en de ongelijke ontwikkeling van democratische houdingen en waarden. www.folia.nl/wetenschap/1...

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Vandaag staak ik, samen met mijn Amsterdamse collega's, tegen de mega-bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs. Sloop je het onderwijs, dan sloop je de toekomst.

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

De bezuinigingen op onderwijs en wetenschap zijn ondoordacht of kwaadaardig. Daarom staken we vandaag. De redactie van Neerlandistiek staakt mee. neerlandistiek.nl

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

Hooray, U Amsterdam ranked as #1 in the world, again, in media and communication. Celebration time 🍾..., right? No 🟥 Dutch universities are faced with de-internationalisation and de-funding. The frustration is palpable! #DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social 🟥 www.topuniversities.com/university-s...

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

Het parlementaire debat is allang geen passionele ideeënstrijd meer, je zou het eerder een voorgeprogrammeerd schermgevecht met virtuele meerderheden kunnen noemen.’ Mijn stuk over de peilingendictatuur in @groene.nl. www.groene.nl/artikel/de-n...

submitted 107 days ago • 14 comments

🚨My small book with @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social on timely #empathy #politics is online and I can't be happier! 🚨 shorturl.at/jZyPz The manuscript can be accessed freely for the next 2 weeks! The book builds on my PhD thesis, defended @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

submitted 109 days ago • 19 comments

😃😰😠Public Accountability triggers strong emotional effects, aside from rational and behavioral effects. New study on emotions triggered by accountability for police officers in NL and USA: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... w/ Angela Hall @michiganstateu.bsky.social & @neosheeling.bsky.social

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

I am delighted to announce the speakers for our summer school on emotion, taking place June 30 – July 4 in Amsterdam, including Agneta Fischer, Bert Bakker, @gijsschumacher.bsky.social, Disa Sauter, Ute Frevert, Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard, Elisa Militaru, Ilya Veer, Laura Keesman and myself.

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

😂😂😂😂😂 From Hygge to Hollywood – Let’s Make California Danish! Crowdsourcing initiative to buy California. Trump might want to sell "the ruined state". Negotiation team from Borgen and LEGO. Perks: Organic smørrebrød, Rule of law, universal health care and fact based politics denmarkification.com

submitted 131 days ago • 6 comments

Research on candidates' use of negative campaining focuses on characteristics of the sponsor of NC. We know less about the impact of the targets' characteristics or contextual factors of the campaign. Moreover, these factors are often studied in isolation. In a new pub, we aim to fill this gap

submitted 148 days ago • 2 comments

Super proud of @delaneypeterson.bsky.social‬! This paper stems from her MA thesis, and it’s amazing to see how it evolved into such a fantastic article. Great work, Delaney (and coauthors @bnbakker.bsky.social @gijsschumacher.bsky.social and @fhopp.bsky.social)! 👌

submitted 149 days ago • 1 comment

Does loneliness correlate with support for the populist radical right? In the Netherlands, yes-lonelier individuals were more likely to support the PRR across 15 years of data (2008-2023), with effect sizes comparable to health correlates of loneliness. (1/9) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

submitted 150 days ago • 8 comments

Excited to start my research visit @uva.nl in Amsterdam. Many thanks to @gijsschumacher.bsky.social for hosting me at the Hot Politics Lab! I will be around until the end of February and happy to discuss research or meet for a coffee! ☕️☀️

submitted 151 days ago • 1 comment

Uit experimenteel YouVoice onderzoek van @lcjacobs89.bsky.social, @mvcampenhout.bsky.social, Stefaan Walgrave, en mezelf blijkt dat de Jongerenstemtest erin slaagt om politieke kennis en betrokkenheid te verhogen bij jongeren. Heel blij om de eerste resultaten te delen. 📰 www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

submitted 156 days ago • 0 comments

Kan empathy polarisatie verminderen? In een nieuwe (replicatie) studie laat ik met Matthijs Gillissen en @mrooduijn.bsky.social zien dat de verschillende componenten van empathie verschillende effecten hebben www.cambridge.org/core/journal... [1/4]

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