🚨 #JobAlert ! Are you interested in researching the effects of misinformation? We’re seeking a #Postdoc to conduct empirical research on the policies and effects of mis/disinformation.🗓️Apply by April 15! See link in the comments👇

Yes, the Netherlands is still a tax haven with amazing Indra Römgens, political economists from the Radboud University, explaining why (in Dutch) Indra Römgens BNR Nieuwsradio Politicologie, Radboud University SOMO Rodrigo Fernandez Dr. Laura Horn bnr.nl/podcast/de-eco…

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
Marie-Isabel Theuwis and RosaKindt with a new European Political Science Review publication on participatory budgeting and populism - Marie and Rosa are PhD candidates at Nijmegen School of Management Radboud University Politicologie, Radboud University (so you should keep an eye on these rising stars!).

Still some time to apply to the EUI’s PhD programme, and have a chance to join one of the largest political science doctoral student communities in the world! Please get in touch if you have any questions. I’m in charge of admissions this year.

(1/9) In de afgelopen twee weken verschenen er weer veel berichten in de media (zoals bv. het onderstaande artikel) dat jongeren naar (radicaal) rechts zouden opschuiven. Klopt dat? Een draadje.

theguardian.com/world/2023/dec…

Het is belangrijk dat journalisten hun terminologie op orde hebben.

Radicalen (links of rechts) willen flinke veranderingen waarbij ze de democratie accepteren en geweld afwijzen.
Extremisten (links of rechts) wijzen liberale democratie af en omarmen geweld als middel.

🚨PhD position in Pol Comm🚨

We are looking for a PhD candidate on the project 'The Role of Social Norms in Negative Campaigning and Affective Polarization', supervised by the awesome Corinna Oschatz | [email protected], myself, and Andreas Schuck

Please RT for N and diversity!

See details below

Here's our take for Who Governs Europe on what happened last week in the Netherlands 🇱🇺 - with the wonderful Simon Otjes!

Leuke analyse van Janne Chaudron voor Trouw, met een bijdrage van mij.

trouw.nl/a-bd2ee72b

🔔 ‼️🚨 When does democratic defence occur? 🚨‼️🔔

Maurits Meijers, Carolien van Ham and I, answer this question in our paper, out now in Democratization!

A very short summary (with a Gandalf-quote for inspiration)!

🔓 Available Open Access here 👇tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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So proud of Joep van Lit: first paper of the PhD published! And it's an awesome one! Great collaboration with Joep van Lit and Maurits Meijers :-).

Countering autocratization: a roadmap for democratic defence tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚨 #JobAlert ! Are you interested in researching mis- and disinformation? Make sure to apply for this #postdoc project, supervised by Christian Burgers and Toni van der Meer. 📅 The deadline is December 1. Visit the website for more information vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdo…

Some say democracy is in danger... Some say we should not overestimate these risks...

Honorata Mazepus, Enrique Hernández and I say we should investigate the early signs of democratic recession to find out!

Join this debate at the European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions next year: ecpr.eu/Events/Event/W…

Please share widely! We (Alessandro Nai, Dominique Wirz, and I) are still looking for a few authors for our Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Reach out if you'd like to contribute. Or ping folks who work on one of the open topics. Thanks 🙏🏼 🙏🏼

Frank Hendriks just published his new book titled Rethinking Democratic Innovation exploring the scope for hybrid democratic innovations (HDIs) that thrive on tensions between diverging visions of innovation, discussing the promises and challenges of this. global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Mijn duiding van Pieter Omtzigt, waar hij voor staat, welke kiezers hij aantrekt en wat de nadelen zijn van het regionale kiesstelsel dat hij voorstelt.
nporadio1.nl/fragmenten/dr-… via @nporadio1

🍦 How does populism affect different democracy models?

S.Ruth-Lovell Radboud University Press & S.Grahn Göteborgs universitet / University of Gothenburg merge data 📊 on populist governments in #Europe & #LatinAmerica to explore the relationship 🤝 between #populism & #democracy

👉 bit.ly/3AAsgBq #OA #VDEM

Please share. The International Panel on the Information Environment ( #IPIE ) published our first series of reports: 'Platform Responses to #Misinformation : A Meta-Analysis' & 'Countermeasures for Mitigating Digital Misinformation: A Systematic Review' : ipie.info/reports-and-pu…

🚨Pls share. Are you interested in doing a PhD in #PoliSci on political trust and mistrust? Do you have some training/experience w quantitative data? Then apply for this 3yr $32k/yr PhD scholarship to come to sunny Brisbane 🌴🐨🌞. Deadline: 31 July 2023. griffith.edu.au/research-study…