Ana-Maria Bliuc

Populism in the age of social media: A systematic review of recent digital populism research - Ihsan Yilmaz, Ana-Maria Bliuc, Robb Norrie, Chloe M Smith, James Smith, Cerys Evans, Daniel S Courtney… |... Our new review paper on digital populism is out today on New Media & Society!! Please have a look and get in touch if you have any feedback or questions ☺️ Ihsan Yilmaz Robb Norrie Daniel Courtney Dan...

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The current situation at the University of Dundee is that we are not getting our annual pay increase and that promotion processes are paused.

At the same time the uni is refusing to rule out compulsory redundancies, it is advertising over 20 new senior management jobs for academic staff.

Education, Children and Young People Committee | Scottish Parliament TV

A true reflection of what university staff feel about the current Higher Education crisis.

If you missed the Scottish Parliament Committee’s evidence session on Wednesday you can watch it here.

Thanks to the ECYP Committee for inviting us to take part.

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Thank you so much!!

Attitudes towards current social issues in UK Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

Please consider participating in our study: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dundee/dis...

The Effect of Charismatic Influencers on Polarization Online: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach In the face of increasing online polarization, understanding the role of charismatic influencers in shaping public discourse is crucial for those deve…

Our new paper is out in Technology in Society:
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We use simulations and a new dynamic measure of polarisation to track how quickly societies become more divided over time.

The Future of Democracy This conference invites us to look hard at what puts democracy at risk and at what helps it stay strong.

Please consider joining us in summer for this conference in my home town: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-future...

Congrats, Daniel! An excellent paper 👏

For my Australian friends and colleagues - please consider participating and/or circulating in your networks this survey on meat consumption, masculinity and national identity ran by Robb Norrie, our PhD student at Dundee: surveyswesternsydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Thank you! 🙏

It has certainly been a productive last few days!

Huge thanks to my fellow panelists @anamariab99.bsky.social @thia-sagh.bsky.social and Maitland Waddell for a great panel and conference!

Huge congratulations to Dr Daniel Barnett (Daniel Barnett), who passed his PhD viva on Tuesday 1 July. | Ana-Maria Bliuc Huge congratulations to Dr Daniel Barnett (Daniel Barnett), who passed his PhD viva on Tuesday 1 July. Just two days later, he chaired the panel on "Social Identity, Conflict & Collective Act...

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So proud of Joanna H., who attended her first #ISSP annual conference in Prague and presented her poster, "How Far-Right Groups Use National Identity to Assert Legitimacy: A Systematic Review&quo... So proud of Joanna H., who attended her first #ISSP annual conference in Prague and presented her poster, "How Far-Right Groups Use National Identity to Assert Legitimacy: A Systematic Review&quo...

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Congratulations to Daniel Courtney, who had a big week — submitting his PhD thesis on Monday and presenting his paper "Why Is Everyone an Expert Online? | Ana-Maria Bliuc Congratulations to Daniel Courtney, who had a big week — submitting his PhD thesis on Monday and presenting his paper "Why Is Everyone an Expert Online? Establishing the Mechanism of the Opinion-...

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At #ISPP2025 with my fellow roundtable panellists, Mike Quayle, Olivia Brown, Adrian Lüders and our dearest friend, Emma F Thomas, just before our session "Polarization in the Age of Social Media... At #ISPP2025 with my fellow roundtable panellists, Mike Quayle, Olivia Brown, Adrian Lüders and our dearest friend, Emma F Thomas, just before our session "Polarization in the Age of Social Media...

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So proud of @danielbarnett7.bsky.social who had his viva today. Congrats Dr Barnett! Many thanks to the examiners Dr Sandra Obradovic and @thia-sagh.bsky.social, and the panel chair @chrisbenwell.bsky.social who made the whole experience so positive! 🎉👏

Big June announcements:

1: Thesis submitted!🎉
2: My first two preprints...preprinted?

Huge thanks to @anamariab99.bsky.social, both my PhD supervisor and co-author on both papers.

Preprints in following posts...

'We're female professors, here's why we think Dundee University has a women problem' Professors Angela Daly and Annalu Waller say Dundee University is destroying its commitment to gender equality in STEM.

The University of Dundee has a women problem

“In our view this culture of sexism runs deeper than the sidelining of women speaking up and out and persists beyond the ignominious end of Iain Gillespie’s tenure as Principal of the university.”

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Read it here: lnkd.in/eCh-qHKs

Excited to share my new publication in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, co-authored with Johannes Koomen, Bryony Buck, John Betts, Ana-Maria Bliuc, and Rebecca Koomen, PhD. | Richardt Hansen Excited to share my new publication in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, co-authored with Johannes Koomen, Bryony Buck, John Betts, Ana-Maria Bliuc, and Rebecca Koomen, PhD. Read it here: http...

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NO REDUNDANCIES at the University of Dundee.

Fantastic news in our fight to save jobs, as interim Principal Prof Nigel Seaton confirms that there will be no redundancies. A massive victory for everyone who has supported us.

Looking forward to receiving the removal of Section 188 in writing.

We are extremely concerned by the letter from Ernst and Young, auditors at the University of Dundee.

The letter suggests that executives submitted inaccurate responses during the auditing process.

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The University of Dundee is currently trying to make 100% of female research Professors in the School of Science and Engineering redundant.

100% OF FEMALE RESEARCH PROFESSORS!

Only one female professor (teaching and scholarship) from that School will remain working on our UK campuses.

One of the most frustrating things about this crisis is the continually poor communication with staff and students. Reading about what is likely to happen to you in the media creates such distrust in management.

Thanks for posting, John!

New paper out in BJSPl! We examine how pro-Russian supporters in Romania & Moldova use identity-driven narratives to justify the war in Ukraine via moral disengagement & social creativity.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...

#UkraineWar #CollectiveIdentity #MoralDisengagement #Polarisation

Become an expert in the humanities and social sciences with a PhD from… | Ihsan Yilmaz I am looking for a PhD student who wants to work on sharp power. To be supervised and trained by me and the fabulous team of Ana-Maria Bliuc John Betts…

PhD opportunity in Australia (unfortunately for Aus residents only): www.linkedin.com/posts/ihsan-...

YouTube video by Dundee UCU We Are The 632: University of Dundee staff speak out

632 job cuts have been proposed by the executive team at the University of Dundee.

Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee.

Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632

youtu.be/oXkCu-bruiI

Had a great time yesterday presenting my research on Far-Right Narratives in Far-Right Online Spaces on our panel Pushing the Envelope in Social Identity Theory!

Looking forward to some other great talks today at #SPSP2025

Unfortunately, it was not recorded but I can ask Daniel to send you the slides and the full paper that his talk was based on.