Ceri Fowler

Is partner partisanship associated with vote choice? @cerifowler.bsky.social finds that it was for the 2016 Brexit Referendum & subsequent elections in the UK & argues that this can help us understand gender gaps in vote choice. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/eRDc16d

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky

Thanks Ralph! I think the one after will be of even more interest as I spend a lot of time looking at within-person changes!

This one took a while, and fell victim to reviewer 2, 3,4, and 5 at multiple journals, but I am grateful to them as it has inspired a follow up where I look across Europe/test the different potential causal mechanisms. If you've seen me presenting about partners recently this is the predecessor!

Partner Effects and Gender Gaps in Vote Choice in the United Kingdom: Brexit and Subsequent Elections - Ceri Fowler, 2025 This article explores differences in voting behaviour between those that were single and those that had a Eurosceptic or Europhile partner at the United Kingdom...

Very pleased to say my new article is out @polstudies.bsky.social ! In it I compare single individuals to those with partners with different past vote choices/party identifications and demonstrate that this is associated with an individual's own vote choice. doi.org/10.1177/0032...

7th November! 😁

A reminder to submit your abstracts! We'd love your papers on gender + candidates, vote choices, turnout, the role of feminist + LGBT issues, gender gaps etc.!

Submit your abstracts to our ECPG Section for Newcastle 2026 👇

A screenshot of the overview of the ‘Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives’ section. The image shows the section title, section chairs - Louise Luxton and Daphne van der Pas - and a few lines do the section abstract.

🔔 Call for papers for ECPG 2026 is now open! 🔔

Submit your empirical gender & political communication papers/panels to our section by Nov 7th.

Full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Delighted to say I'm chairing a section at ECPG 2026 with @jess-smith.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @gefjonoff.bsky.social and @liranharsgor.bsky.social on Elections, Parties, and Voters! Please send your abstracts in - full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecprgender.bsky.social

Yay!

Are you coming to EPOP? Or a weird coincidence that every elections nerd is just sat in Exeter while you're headed here...

Also the first time the three great offices of state (FCDO, Home, CX) have all been held by women at the same time.

Are young women more left wing than men - and, if so, why? A divide appears to be opening up between young women and young men in the way they vote and view the world.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... ft. me (and @profrosiecamp.bsky.social !)

Article abstract, which says: The educational cleavage is restructuring electoral competition in many democracies, yet there has been insufficient attention on how variation in educational content affects this. In order to address this, this article combines English administrative school records with a unique representative panel of adolescents to estimate the within-individual effect of studying different subjects at school on political party preference. This analysis finds that studying arts and humanities subjects leads to greater support for socially liberal parties, whilst studying business and economics increases support for economically right-wing parties. Students who study technical subjects become more likely to support socially conservative and economically right-wing parties. These relationships between particular subjects and party support also persist into adulthood. As such, this article provides new evidence on the importance of subjects taken in secondary school for political socialisation, during the impressionable years of adolescence.

📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨

"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"

Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

🧵👇

Comparing registration systems using the International Difficulty of Registration Index (IDORI). How difficult is electoral registration in the UK? Abstract. Electoral registration in the UK is often critiqued for making it hard for voters to participate in elections. However, without a tool for a syst

Mine and @profsob.bsky.social paper
Comparing registration systems using the International Difficulty of Registration Index (IDORI). How difficult is electoral registration in the UK?
has been published. Please read it here,
url: academic.oup.com/pa/article/d...

BJPolS abstract discussing the gender gap in political participation among ethnic minority groups in Britain. The study uses data from "Understanding Society" to analyze this issue.

NEW -

Gender Vote Gaps Among Ethnic Minority Voters in Britain - cup.org/435HpIg

"results suggest that further work is needed to explain gender gaps in vote choice among ethnic minority voters in Britain"

- Nicole S. Martin & Rosalind Shorrocks

#OpenAccess

Living our best life at the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions in the Gender & Generations panel. Great papers, (women) scholars, stimulating discussions and good food!

Female economists are less likely to receive letters of recommendation that emphasize their ability.

Female economists are more likely to receive letters of recommendation that can be called grindstone letters--that is, they emphasize their hardworking tendencies.

The unbelievable condescension we’re already seeing today towards working class people- suggesting they don’t travel to Europe or their kids might not want to go to university and study in Europe- is quite something to behold.

Image taken from plane window of the wing.

Time for Prague and ECPR Joint Sessions! Very excited for the gender & generations workshop organised by @liranharsgor.bsky.social and Maria Grasso.

New blog post in @ecpr.bsky.social's @ecprtheloop.bsky.social Based on their @wepsocial.bsky.social research, @drorlysiow.bsky.social, @drashleec.bsky.social & @cerifowler.bsky.social reveal striking inequalities in which NGOs get access to government ministers. bit.ly/44K8MtV
#polisky #gendersky

Kombucha girl maybe meme. On the left, frowny face: working on an important manuscript On the right, intrigued: spending two hours to create a figure that came to my mind quite randomly

At least, as gender scholars, we will have plenty to analyse while the world goes mad (again).

Intersectionality, NGOs and executives: who has which minister’s ear? To what extent do the most powerful political office-holders engage with extra-parliamentary representatives from the most marginalised groups? To what extent and how are these relationships inters...

(1/3)New article with @drorlysiow.bsky.social & @cerifowler.bsky.social

"Intersectionality, NGOs and executives: who has which minister’s ear?" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#gendersky #polisky

Intersectionality, NGOs and executives: who has which minister’s ear? To what extent do the most powerful political office-holders engage with extra-parliamentary representatives from the most marginalised groups? To what extent and how are these relationships inters...

New article with @drashleec.bsky.social and @cerifowler.bsky.social!

Intersectionality, NGOs and executives: who has which minister’s ear? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A clever and encouraging study.

I also saw this at the cinema last night and thought it was very good! Would recommend if there are more showings coming up.

Doing cool research on elections, public opinion and/or parties? Don't forget to submit your abstract for EPOP 2025 before the end of April. Link to the form here: forms.office.com/e/4wBNMq4qwi

Come share your work with an awesome group of scholars! Any questions, contact elections@exeter.ac.uk 😊

I’m just a girl standing in front of a boy telling him it’s not true he has become more right-wing… it is me who has become more left-wing 🫠

Is this what you’ll be presenting in Prague? Excited to see it!