Phillip Ayoub

Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social with @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @grahn.bsky.social

Your neighbours shape your politics — but can living near people like *cause* higher turnout?

We studied 20,000+ queer individuals across the entire Swedish population to find out

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This is a fantastic piece (congrats!), well worth a careful read:

Political Masculinities in Europe – Public Panel

🗓 11 Feb, 10:30–12:00, BrIAS (Brussels)
🎙 With Karen Celis, @payoub.bsky.social @tomekbesta.bsky.social @elinbja.bsky.social @veralomazzi.bsky.social and me!
This panel is part of a NWO-VICI Grant

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PhD workshop - call for papers — Conflict & Change

The CfP is out for a great annual PhD student workshop run out of our department: www.conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2...

Apologies for being self-referential but

Thanks so much, Markus!!

Figure 1. Pre-colonial cave paintings (reproduced as sketches) near Guruve in Zimbabwe. Source: Garlake (Reference Garlake1992, 450–616); see also Mehra et al. (Reference Mehra, Lemieux and Stophel2019).

Why “rooted”? Translating human rights locally matters now more than ever. Local history may help defang opponents’ “foreignness” claims. E.g., we draw on pre-colonial cave paintings to show queer presence long before colonial laws. (3/3)

Key takeaway: rooted messages are one way to talk about LGBTQI people in hard contexts. An indigeneity frame reduced hostility toward LGBTQ neighbors; a liberation frame nudged support for equal rights. Movement without backlash is important where LGBTQI people have low visibility. (2/3)

Out now with @adamsharris.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social : We test “rooted” activist frames for LGBTQI tolerance—grounded in local history & national narratives—in Zimbabwe. Biggest thanks to the many people who helped get this off the ground. (1/3) Read here:

Job opportunity: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics The UCL Department of Political Science and Constitution Unit are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics. The successful candidate will join the senior team at the Unit.

Join and help to lead the Constitution Unit!

@uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities.

Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD.

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Today is the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Disability shapes people’s lives in many ways — including how they participate in elections. To mark the day, here’s a selection of our research on this important topic.

Really excited to share my new article published in @electoralstudies.bsky.social!

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We have a vacancy at UCL for a new permanent lecturer in British and Comparative politics, working as part of the Constitution Unit

My latest article is now up on ASR. In it, we argue that the U.S. LGBTQ movement is in the midst of a widespread, conflictual process of generational turnover—with important implications for the future of the movement.

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🌈 Join us next Thursday December 4 for our last webinar of the year!

👉 @payoub.bsky.social and Samuel Whitt will present their amazing work on the Budapest Pride and how it impacted Hungary.

📆 Mark your calendars!

Call for Applications: APSA Committee on the Status of Latinas/os Travel Grant | Deadline: November 28, 2025 - The APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession is sponsoring reimbursement travel grants to support scholars who attended the 2025 Annual Meeting & Exhibition. The grants are…

APSA Latinas/os Travel Grant. Reimbursement support for in-person travel to Vancouver, with priority given to participation in Latina/o politics. Apply by November 28, 2026:

Note, it is possible to come despite the 'sales ended' note on the invite -- just DM me the names and I'll pass on the organizers :)

Illiberal Times, Inclusive Strategies: What LGBTQ Politics Teach Us About Navigating Crises in Human Rights | King's College London Government and Opposition’s annual Leonard Schapiro lecture with Professor Phillip Ayoub.

For any interested folks in London tomorrow at 18:15, I so appreciate @govandopp.bsky.social's selection and invitation to give the Leonard Schapiro Memorial lecture this year: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/illib...

When States Come Out Cambridge Core - European Studies - When States Come Out

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EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds

Big news from the CJEU that brings two early cases in my 2016 book (Poland and Germany, with the marriage in Berlin) back into the spotlight: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Lesbian and gay party leaders receive lower leadership evaluations than straight leaders in the UK, and the effects are consistent across genders. Interesting yet discouraging findings in our BJPS paper. @josephfcozza.bsky.social @gdilandro.bsky.social Andrea Aldrich @utgovernment.bsky.social

Mamdani y el voto LGTBIQ+ en Nueva York Los intentos de perfilar al alcalde electo como un radical y sembrar miedo no funcionaron ante la autenticidad del demócrata

Grateful to @elpais.com and editor Pablo León Sánchez for picking up our intervention on Cuomo–Mamdani and the concept of reputational (i.e. how not to use it!). elpais.com/sociedad/lgt...

US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steered clear of the contentious case some 3-1/2 years after its conservative majority reversed abortion rights.

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Really looking forward to this discussion this afternoon!

Canada ranks 71st for women in politics Canada ranks 71st in the world for women in parliament. Voters support gender quotas to make politics more representative.

For @policyoptions.irpp.org, I wrote about how Canada lags its European and Anglo peers in electing women to parliament, how that harms their reputation, and, drawing on research w/ @dzobrien.bsky.social & Amanda Clayton, why voters prefer gender parity. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/gend...

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Weaponised legal dependence: How states repress their globalised oligarchs - https://cup.org/4oC35oH

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The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.

NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is.

Very proud of my pal’s public work.

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