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Legislator or Representative? Politicians’ Tasks According to Voters - https://cup.org/49LV0Ia
"Politicians’ need for prioritizing time and energy is acute and consequential for democracy"
- Helene Helboe Pedersen
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We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting!
🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized
🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"
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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
🚨New Open-Access Research Alert 🚨
Why do we assume that certain people we meet are more or less similar to us politically?
Using data from the UK, Canada, and Germany, @seonghuilee.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article in @wepsocial.bsky.social.
Check it out online now below.
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Governments implement public input with deliberative #MiniPublics
@avkevins.bsky.social & J.Robison investigate whether people see these groups as legitimate using surveys in 🇬🇧 to understand public support for #ClimareAssemblies
🔗https://buff.ly/iggUFJM
🚨New Open-Access Publication!🚨
In "When Caring Comes at a Cost", @naomilightman.bsky.social and I explore the effects of paid and unpaid caring on wellbeing and examine whether social expenditure plays a role in shaping those effects.
Check it out paywall-free in JESP: tinyurl.com/2yptx6kj
🚨Now officially in print!🚨
Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies?
Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article.
Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Many thanks to our guests and to everyone who attended and contributed to such a thoughtful discussion!
We were joined by elected representatives from three different levels of government:
• Cllr. Margaret Smidowicz – Charnwood Borough Councillor
• Dr. Jeevun Sandher – MP for Loughborough
• Cllr. Naomi Bottomley – Charnwood Borough Councillor and Leicestershire County Councillor
On Friday, I had the pleasure of hosting an event on “Life in Politics,” sponsored by the @lborocrcc.bsky.social and the @lborouniversity.bsky.social Department of International Relations, Politics and History.
New paper out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social! With Ian McAllister, we examine how party competition and party positions condition the presence and size of an age gap in voting for the left. A short 🧵 below!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
🚨New #OpenAccess study 🚨
What types of people are more or less satisfied with social care in the UK - and how might age and ideology interact to shape satisfaction levels?
Naomi Lightman and I explore these questions in a new, open-access IJSW article: doi.org/10.1111/ijsw...
Whenever there is a significant preference gap between lower-and higher-income groups–politicians’ perceptions of what citizens want are skewed towards the preferences of higher-income voters on socio-economic issues ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The super election year is ending, with many winners and losers.
Our new @thejop.bsky.social paper, (@henrikseeberg.bsky.social, @martinbaekgaard.bsky.social ) asks: How do winning and losing candidates see elections?
Spoiler: Losers are more concerned about fairness.
Link: doi.org/10.1086/734240
🚨New Tool: paper-picnic.com The latest published political science research (and research in adjacent fields) every Friday. No alert chaos, no registration, no clutter. Powered by @crossref.bsky.social
🚨New #OpenAccess study🚨
Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies?
Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article.
Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Our latest #OpenAccess workfare study now has full citation details in Comparative Political Studies!
Click below to see @alexanderhorn.bsky.social, Kees van Kersbergen, and I examine how the shift from "welfare" to "workfare" may have shaped related policy attitudes.
tinyurl.com/579zzz67
free book in honor of Kees van Kersbergen! For the Festschrift (eds. Green Pedersen/Jensen/Vis) @avkevins.bsky.social & I wrote "Ever the committed egalitarians – or the end of Scandinavian exceptionalism? Equality and welfare state preferences among voters and parties" @ politica.dk/boeger/no-no...
