Henrik Serup Christensen

Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.

“In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House.”

🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project

You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!

⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025

wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...

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One of the results from the Acteu project. We show how a precarious economic situation is associated with lower levels of political trust

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.

We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!

Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📊 now in English @fesonline.bsky.social:
Gender gap in voting behavior in Germany📊

It's about the “big picture” since 1953 & current trends 2021-2025.

The gender gap keeps growing, especially among the young.

-> Longer trends are continuing & partly accelerating.

library.fes.de/pdf-files/a-...

Lesson learned: never come early, especially on Monday morning.

🚨 Job alert! 🚨

A full-time postdoctoral position (100%) is available at my chair starting February 1, 2026. We are looking for a candidate with knowledge of quantitative methods and expertise in relevant subject areas.

Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.

This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏

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A EU politics tenure track position at Ghent university 👇

#polisky #psjobs #poliscijobs

Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast

@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!

Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests - Bonnie M. Meguid, Hilde Coffé, Ana Catalano Weeks, Miki Caul Kittilson, 2025 Despite their Männerparteien reputation, populist radical right (PRR) parties have recently expanded their agendas to include women’s interests. When do they em...

🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social !

📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests”

With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson

🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

From Marginalized to Mainstream? An International Comparative Analysis of Gender Differences in Social Media Adoption and Activity by Politicians in Non-Election Times - Elise Storme, 2025 Traditional media and party gatekeepers are found to restrict women's visibility and influence in politics. Social media, however, is seen as a potential m...

🚀🎉 Thrilled to share that the first paper of my PhD dissertation is now published in Political Studies Review: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?

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Delta gärna - se närmare information här: sites.utu.fi/aboinorden/p...

Democratic elections and anti-immigration attitudes - Miguel Carreras, Sofia Vera, Giancarlo Visconti, 2025 Democratic elections are ritualized and institutionalized processes that allow for the peaceful resolution of political disagreements and conflicts. However, el...

Immigration attitudes polarise around elections: right-wing respondents become more negative just after elections but soften over time, while left-wing respondents start out more positive but become increasingly negative as time passes journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Doctoral Researcher (100%) in Political Science 4 years Focus: Public opinion, Political Conflict, and the Far Right The Department of Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is hiring a doctoral researcher with a specialization in quantitative research (survey and experiments) for the project “...

📢 Call for applications!

I’m looking for a 4-year PhD researcher (100%) in Political Science: focus on public opinion & the far right

You’ll be part of the POLHYBRID project @sciencepoulb.bsky.social, working with me & @caterinafr.bsky.social
Deadline: 9 11 2025

👉 Info & apply: shorturl.at/El2mW

From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...

I’m very happy to share that the first paper of my PhD, «From the streets to the ballots: Protests, polls and Polarization in Hong Kong» has been published online in @democratization.bsky.social

It is open access, and you can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If someone admits to not being trustworthy, should you believe them?

🚨 Three exciting opportunities to work with me at CEVIPOL! 🚨

We’re currently recruiting for postdoctoral and senior research positions. Come join us in Brussels to work with a fantastic team 🤩

1/4. We're excited to announce the publication of: "How populist are ethnic minorities? Populist attitudes and voting for populist parties in the Netherlands", by Niels Spierings & Kristof Jacobs.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@sagepub.com

Warnings From Weimar Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.

A new piece I wrote appearing in FOREIGN AFFAIRS today

www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/warn...

I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in ‪@wepsocial.bsky.social‬ (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social‬!)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🇵🇱 Very excited to have got my copy of this new book by @benstanley.eu & @stanleysbill.bsky.social !

📄 🚨 New Research on Polarization, Fragmentation, and Democracy in @democratization.bsky.social

Nils-Christian Bormann and I explore the impact of ideological polarization and fragmentation on the democratic systems of interwar Europe: lnkd.in/erjJr9qF
#polarization #democracy #data #history (1/4)

very happy to see this one one, we have tried to create a dialogue between democratic innovations and federalism/territorial minority studies... 🤩
will interest @nenadstojanovic.bsky.social @anewq.bsky.social + @altmandavid.bsky.social 😉

The McDonaldization of democracy? Globalization and space-making in practices of innovating mini-publics The paper proposes an “ontographic approach” to the study of globalization. It focuses on different ontologies of globalization enacted in practices o…

Deliberative minipublics as the McDonaldization of democracy? Or at least democratic innovations... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!

Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30

Senior Researcher or Project Researcher in the project Advancing Digital Democratic Innovation The Department of Philosophy, Contemporary History and Political Science at the University of Turku invites applications for a temporary position for a Senior Researcher or a Project Researcher from 1...

2-year position as Senior Researcher or Project Researcher in the ERC Synergy Project funded by the European Union "Advancing Digital Democratic Innovation" under the lead of Prof. Maija Setälä at UTU in Turku, Finland ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...

Senior Researcher or Project Researcher in the project Advancing Digital Democratic Innovation The Department of Philosophy, Contemporary History and Political Science at the University of Turku invites applications for a temporary position for a Senior Researcher or a Project Researcher from 1...

2-year position as Senior Researcher or Project Researcher in the ERC Synergy Project funded by the European Union "Advancing Digital Democratic Innovation" under the lead of Prof. Maija Setälä at UTU in Turku, Finland ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...

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