@ericmerkley.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto | Director of the Policy, Elections, and Representation Lab (PEARL) | Political behaviour, political and science communication, Canadian/American politics www.ericmerkley.com www.pearluoft.com
Finally coming out this month!
Also available to pre-order on Amazon www.amazon.ca/Polarization...
New w/@scottclifford.bsky.social.
Lots of work uses agree-disagree scales, and a lit review shows these are 1) frequently just measured in one direction (agree = higher trait) and 2) correlated with each other.
This has potentially big issues for conclusions.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In November, LISPOP hosted @ericmerkley.bsky.social to present research from his forthcoming book, "Polarization, Eh? The Causes and Consequences of Affective Polarization in Canada". We have since compiled a policy brief that outlines the major themes from the event! scholars.wlu.ca/lispop/7/
Seems relevant
Wow, talk about unprecedented.
The Fed Chairman makes official statement that the President is using criminal charges to threaten him over monetary policy.
New post-doc position working with me in a new lab at @snfagora.bsky.social ! It's one year appointment, renewable for up to 5 years. The position includes data analysis and independent research, mentorship of lab members, and participation in SNF Agora Institute life.
apply.interfolio.com/178796
Pain
Top of 9. One run lead. Unreal
Go Jays!!
Join us next Thursday, November 6 for our event on political polarization and social media featuring @ericmerkley.bsky.social !
More details can be found at www.eventbrite.ca/e/social-med...
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🚨Registration is open for the TPBW🚨
Join us on Nov. 7-8 to discuss exciting political behavior/behaviour research. We have an awesome list of presentations and posters from all around the 🌏🌍🌎
Program: www.rubenson.org/events
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🚨The Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop🚨
Back for the 11th time with another great line up. Join us Nov 7-8.
Details 👇🏼
Good job team! 🌭 @pearl-uoft.bsky.social
He's right, and it's not just Brazil.
Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.
2) Too little focus on how personality can constrain or facilitate polarization based on downstream attitudes. Three cheers for conscientious conservatives!
Thanks to the @MediaEcosystem for facilitating data collection! END/
Takeaways: 1) personality may be stable, but its effects might not be. More studies needed observing how they interact with rapidly changing information environments 5/
Finding 3: Personality conditions effects of ideology and expert distrust on pandemic attitudes. Conscientiousness, agreeableness, and negative emotionality typically dampened polarization on these dimensions 4/
Finding 2: Personality differences in protective behaviour were generally stable, but differences in risk perceptions and especially lockdown policy preferences weakened as pandemic conditions improved 3/
Finding 1: Traits conform to expectations on average; linked to more protective behaviour and lockdown support, except for extraversion; neuroticism or emotional negativity most important for risk perception 2/
New article with @melissabaker.bsky.social out at Politics and the Life Sciences on the dynamic and conditional effects of Big-5 traits on COVID-19 attitudes and behaviours 1/
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
New paper with @ericmerkley.bsky.social! Relationship between personality & precautionary pandemic behavior is mostly stable as pandemic circumstances change but relationship between personality & gov policy support/risk perception weaken as circumstances improve. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
PEARL @pearl-uoft.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Give us a follow!
bsky.app/profile/pear...
Thread below covers the highlights! 2/
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🚨New open access article out at @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social on the (lack of) partisan media echo chamber in Canada as demonstrated with behavioural data. Check it out! 1/
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🚨 The Toronto Political Behavior Workshop is back for its 11th edition!
📍Nov 7–8/25 @uoft.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social #Munk
Apply to present a paper/poster by July 11: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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"The American regime today arrested a member of the legislative opposition, after declaring it would 'liberate' that senator's province from opposition control using the armed forces"
PIZZABALLA ROLLED BY CHICAGO DEEP-DISH CARDINAL
Not even trying to hide the intent
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