2nd stop: European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG) in Newcastle, where I’ll be talking about my book as well as presenting brand new work on LGBTQ+ party wings in democracies with @grahn.bsky.social and @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social.
In the dissertation titled “From Ambition to Admission: The Recruitment of Women in Politics”, Rozemarijn investigates the demand side (political parties’ candidate selection) as well as the supply side (women’s political ambitions) of the Dutch political recruitment process.
NEW -
Who Do Parties Speak To? Introducing the PSoGA: A New Comprehensive Database of Parties’ Social Group Appeals https://cup.org/43fmXFj
- @alonadolinsky.com, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social & @rwillh11.bsky.social
#FirstView
Sofia Ammassari
British Journal of Political Science
Out and voting: LGB candidacies surge across democracies. This analysis by @grahn.bsky.social maps the closet-to-spotlight shift, linking visibility to openness and party incentives. doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
Politics of the Low Countries
Or check out a critical review of the PhD dissertation by @grahn.bsky.social (Uppsala University): plc-journal.eu/article/view...
#underrepresentation #womeninpolitics #candidateselection #politicalambition
Very happy to have this paper on a promising sexual harassment intervention published! For those interested in a non-technical summary, we have also written a policy brief based on the paper. freepolicybriefs.org/2026/05/25/c...
Politics of the Low Countries
Presenting our new paper on electoral support for trans rights retrenchment in the UK today at the Uni of Bergen
Together with @sophiemainz.bsky.social, we find that candidate who endorse the 2025 UK SC ruling on women's rights enjoy an electoral premium.
Watch here: www4.uib.no/en/research/...
