Still controlling for gender without thinking about why? You can cite me💚👩🔬💚
I show that the gender gap in progressive climate and environmental views is a persistent empirical regularity that cannot be explained by differences in socioeconomic background, political ideology, or risk aversion.
V-Dem v.16 is now released, w. updated scores for 2025.
Most countries remain stable from 2024, but some clear improvements (on diff’t democracy indices), incl. S. Korea, Sri Lanka & Mauritius.
Largest declines came, by far, in the US.
This figure shows 10-yr changes on the Liberal Dem. index.
This suggests that the political outcomes of the Green Gender Gap are shaped by country-specific contexts, such as party-system characteristics, issue salience, and the availability of credible green political alternatives.
Next, I find the Green Gender Gap is not a Western European phenomenon. Across Southern and Central/Eastern Europe, men consistently express less concern about climate and environmental issues than women.
Now open access with the support of @euilibrary.bsky.social !
Ingvild Zinober
Paper submission for SISP 2026 is open! Anna Guildea and I are co-chairing the panel, 'Masculinity at the Ballet Box: Gender Identity, Electoral Behaviour, and the Politics of the Male Vote'
Submit your abstract before May 29th.
Come hang out with us in beautiful Trento this September!
🚨 New study by @ingvildzinober.bsky.social on the “green gender gap” in Europe finds women are more supportive of green policies and parties than men. This gap persists even after controlling for education, occupation, and location – pointing to deeper gendered value differences.
Finally, I am deeply grateful to everyone who contributed to this project! In particular, @simonhix.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social and of course my super proofreader wife @ninniz.bsky.social.
But when looking at support for green parties, a clear regional divide emerges. In Northern and Western Europe, men are less likely to support green parties. In Southern and Central/Eastern Europe, there is no clear voting gap, despite women holding greener views than men.
Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread:
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...
