Auditing the challenges of democracy in the 21st century for the Danish parliament with a particular focus on social media, mistrust and political alienation.
Political science professor at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Michael Bang Petersen
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Three 2-year full-time postdoctoral positions in autocratic politics at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University (in connection to projects headed by Jakob Tolstrup and Alexander Baturo). Flexible start date. Application deadline: June 1, 2026.
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Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
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New study showing that online hatred is worse in countries with higher economic and political inequality. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By @m-b-petersen.bsky.social et al.
Vi gør klar til anden runde debat om Magtudredningen på Nørrebro Teater. Vi har lige afholdt første halvleg af “Magtens mange former” for nogle hundrede gymnasieelever, og nu tager vi endnu en runde for nogle hundrede nye tilhørere. #dkpol
New post on my Substack summarizing our ambitious cross-national study of online hostility, published in @nature.com Nature Human Behavior - with @boralexander.bsky.social @m-b-petersen.bsky.social @leapradella.bsky.social
Så er der kun et par dage til Folkemødet. Jeg har endnu engang et stramt program med +20 debatter. Den vigtigste ligger som sædvanlig fredag aften kl 19, hvor Ingeniørforeningen lægger scene B2 til heavy metal DJ-battle 🤘For tredje gang udfordrer @m-b-petersen.bsky.social og jeg hinanden 🖤
Fra den danske maktutredningen (og kollegaer): mer ulikhet og mindre demokrati gir mer aggressive sosiale medier Det er altså ikke bare tek-oligarkene og algoritmene som er problemet. Det gir håp!!
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Apropos 👆 - fin kronik af @m-b-petersen.bsky.social og @anjabechmann.bsky.social
"Danske beslutningstagere kan derudover mere generelt fokusere på at sikre robusthed i det danske informationslandskab og samfund, så udfordringerne fra de sociale platforme kan modstås."
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Tog det for længe at danne regering? Måske, måske ikke.
Det snakker @m-b-petersen.bsky.social og jeg lidt med om her.
#dkpol #dkmedier
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social
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What can we learn from automating an entire quantitative social science paper, from prompt to finished product? Thread about ongoing work with @natewilmers.bsky.social 1/12
Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...
People who strongly moralize rationality are more likely to share hostile news targeting the political outgroup (even fabricated claims), but intellectual humility tempers this tendency, writes @a-marie-sci.bsky.social (summarizing a new paper with @m-b-petersen.bsky.social):
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Rune Møller Stahl
Stinus Lindgreen
Stinus Lindgreen
Drawing on survey data from 30 countries, Bor et al. find that online political hostility is higher in more unequal and less democratic societies.
De mørke dynamikker på sociale platforme er en demokratisk udfordring, og den stiger væsentligt, jo større spændinger der er i det omkringliggende samfund. Hvis vi ønsker os et mindre splittet Danmark
🚨 New in Nature Human Behaviour: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Many prior accounts of social media hostility focus on algorithms. With @boralexander.bsky.social, @a-marie-sci.bsky.social & @leapradella.bsky.social, we use data from 30 countries to focus on the role of societal conditions.
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Drawing on survey data from 30 countries, Bor et al. find that online political hostility is higher in more unequal and less democratic societies.
