Short term goal: do research projects that are fun and that *I* find interesting

Long term goal: convince others that what I find interesting is interesting

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This is a perfect illustration because JK Rowling is supported by Voldemort and Lucius Malfoy while being opposed by Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

A really nice paper from Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte showing little support for a cordon sanitaire in Spain.

Would be cool to see this study replicated in contexts where the far-right is more ostracized (e.g. Germany) and where the far-right is even more mainstreamed (e.g. Switzerland).

Some new descriptive work on what *citizens* think we should do about the far-right.

doi.org/10.1177/135406…

A week left to apply for funding for the ECPR Methods School.

If you like RCTs/field experiments, I'll be running an applied course that might be of interest

ecpr.eu/Events/Event/P…

Caveating some recent X posts publication success with news from my inbox.

Rejection still the modal outcome

New study out Political Psychology shows that, across six countries, rightwing supporters evaluated the past as more positive compared leftwing supporters

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

New paper (🥳) with Josh Thorp now online at Political Psychology - part of wider project on disability and political behaviours & attitudes

In this paper we ask when do people support government assistance for disabled people?

See 🧵 below for overview + 🔗 to paper

Do we systematically prefer educated political candidates? Or do educational groups select in ways that reward their own?

A just accepted note at Journal of Politics @[email protected] by Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte and I suggests the answers are yes, and yes – but only for the graduate group.

journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.108…

This Friday (12.04) we are back in the #HotPoliticsLab ! During this session Eelco Harteveld will give a talk about political stereotypes. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/la…

This has been a long, long time coming and has involved too many late nights, but finally, with the incredible work of Will Jennings, our book will be released in August 2024!

Currently, pre-order here: amzn.to/3JcauIw
Or here for non-Amazon: uk.bookshop.org/a/588/97801989…