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Virginia Rocha

@virginiarocha.bsky.social

Postdoc at FGV/EAESP. Previously Max Weber Fellow at EUI | Studying elites' consequences to public transparency, electoral competition, affective polarization and SLBs. rochavirginia.com

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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

πŸ“’ Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference.

πŸ” This week: Electoral + Voting Behaviour & Climate Politics

▢️ Electoral + Voting Behaviour

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18.09.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Change in migrants’ political attitudes: Acculturation and cosmopolitanization is now available in Early View. @evakrejcova.bsky.social @filipkostelka.bsky.social ajps.org/2025/09/12/c...

12.09.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic work, congratulations! @emilkamalov.bsky.social @vetasergeeva.bsky.social @erendiraleonsa.bsky.social it could be interesting to your projects.

12.09.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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1/ How does migration affect political attitudes? Using 380k obs from 104 sending & 28 receiving countries, @filipkostelka.bsky.social, Nicolas Sauger & I find some migrants’ attitudes align with locals, while others exceed origin-host context, reshaping ideological space.
πŸ‘‰ doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

12.09.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

Radical-right parties are often linked to the β€œleft-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized?

In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡

08.09.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 7
War, Propaganda, and Russian Fatalities in Ukraine This article examines how military losses shape public engagement with propaganda. We combine data on Russia's military losses in its war against Ukraine with u

🚨 New working paper: War, Propaganda, and Russian Fatalities in Ukraine

@ifomichev.bsky.social and I study how Russian fatalities in the Russia–Ukraine war affect engagement with propaganda on social media in soldiers’ hometowns. Here's what we find 🧡

#workingpaper #ukraine #russia #propaganda

16.05.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡« Published Today in CPS πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡«

β€œStand by those who share our values” – how refugees fleeing the Taliban improved European attitudes toward immigration

Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os...

Thread: 1/8

21.05.2025 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
#MyEUIResearch with Virginia Rocha | When democracy becomes a family affair
YouTube video by EUI TV #MyEUIResearch with Virginia Rocha | When democracy becomes a family affair

When democracy becomes a family affair... 🧐 Our Max Weber Fellow @virginiarocha.bsky.social dives into how political elites and non-professional actors influence policy outcomes and polarisation.

A must-watch for political science enthusiasts!

#MyEUIResearch #EUISPS

youtu.be/MjftCEmnUvk

22.05.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our article on how elites manage the human resource task of party building is out open access today in @apsrjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Thread below on the main findings πŸ‘‡

07.05.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deadline next week! Apply for the 2025 APSA Fund for #Latino Scholarship by June 15th! The fund encourages and supports the recruitment, retention, and promotion of Latino/a political scientists. politicalsciencenow.com/apsa-2025-fu...

07.05.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Workshop: Elections and Political Parties in Africa and Latin America Workshop Event: 19 June 2025 Research on elections and political parties in the Global South often takes place within continental silos. Yet, scholars have much to gain by engaging in conversations around thes...

🚨 Workshop alert! 🚨
Working on elections or parties in Africa or Latin America? Let’s break the silos!
Join us at Reading on 19 June 2025 to share research & build cross-regional links.
Submit by 19 May πŸ‘‰ forms.gle/HFDebZLAoRCS...
#GlobalSouth #PoliSci #Africa #LatinAmerica

07.05.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Excited to share some of my research through the #MyEUIResearch series!

07.05.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Paper Picnic 🧺: Home A weekly basket with the latest published research in political science.

Big fan of Paper Picnic 🧺
Every Friday night, it pulls new articles from over 60 political science & economics journals.
If you sign up to the mailing list, you receive a weekly email with a list of all new papers, sorted by journal.

Excellent work, @moritzmarbach.bsky.social!

paper-picnic.com

20.02.2025 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.

08.04.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 225    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7
BJPolS abstract describing the Global Legislators Database, which includes demographic and biographical data on legislators from nearly 100 parliamentary democracies worldwide.

BJPolS abstract describing the Global Legislators Database, which includes demographic and biographical data on legislators from nearly 100 parliamentary democracies worldwide.

NEW -

The Global Legislators Database: Characteristics of National Legislators in the World’s Democracies - cup.org/4hMcJCi

- @carnes.bsky.social, Joshua Ferrer, @mgoldenprof.bsky.social, @esmelillywhite.bsky.social, @noamlupu.bsky.social & @eugenian.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

19.02.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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