Political Studies Association Specialist Group on Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
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🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven!
Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026.
All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
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Registration for #EPOP2026 in Liverpool (17-19 September) is now open!! The deadline to sign-up is 5 August, with early bird rates available until mid-July.
For full information, please see the conference website:
www.liverpool.ac.uk/politics/eve...
New piece out at @jepopy.bsky.social with the wonderful @cvargiu.bsky.social & Diego Garzia
We use an experiment to test whether musical preferences and political attitudes influence each other. We find effects in both ways!
Paper ungated: tinyurl.com/rpau9eyb
Open data: osf.io/7vqgn
EVENT | What does the elections bill mean for the next general election?
📅Today, 12:30-13:30
Join us today as we discuss how lowering the voting age to 16 and restricting political donations could impact how elections are run.
Looking at this 2005 paper by Shaun Bowler, @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social and Robin Pettitt doi.org/10.1080/1368.... Back then experts preferred MMP. Would the results be the same today?
New from me and @louiseluxton.bsky.social : a little taste of our new project/paper in development looking at splits on the left & gender. Big thanks to @psaepop.bsky.social for giving us the opportunity to collect some new data! @theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-leftwing...
Should political parties pick their parliamentary candidates by lottery among members? William Bosworth, Keith Dowding & Adriano Giuliani examine sortition within parties as a guard against elite capture while preserving deliberation. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/BLRVnZO
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Is it rational to expect to win elections? @mbarnfield.bsky.social argues so-called "wishful thinking" about election outcomes is part of how voters make rational sense of their role in democracies. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/IbHauRb
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
1 PhD position to research how parties build connections with social groups
If you ever felt like you are too tired to vote/protest/post a political meme, this paper is for you. @yaelrkaplan.bsky.social , Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz and I found some interesting findings, that counter some prior research. Check out the latest JEPOP volume: lnkd.in/gCkEicny
⏰ CALL FOR PAPERS - EPSS PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ON PLACE, POLITICS AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY ⏰
Submit by Weds 20 May!
For all those interested in politics of geographic divides and keen to explore impact potential of their work.
More info/submit here: shorturl.at/xS0iS
@twanhuijsmans.bsky.social
EPOP
The findings could have serious consequences for Labour.
In this pre-conference workshop we bring together researchers who study the role of place in politics, and we want to focus particularly on how we (can) make impact on policies and public debates with...
Electoral systems are now much more prone to reform than 10–20 years ago, and as a consequence electoral system specialists are developing a useful sideline in advising on electoral system design ...
