Iakovos Makropoulos

👏 Congrats to Dr Laura Sudulich on completing her Parliamentary Academic Fellowship with @ukparliament.parliament.uk!

Outcome: a global map of parliamentary public engagement 🗺️

📅 Launch Event: 25 Sept, Westminster
🎙️ Chaired by @shane-martin.bsky.social

#EssexGov #EssexImpact #UKParliament

When do oil autocracies formally commit to climate change mitigation? Existing literature suggests that there is an autocratic disadvantage in climate change mitigation commitment, even amongst oil-rich countries. Yet, evidence suggests that there is no universal dis...

👏 Congratulations to our PhD candidate, Winifred Michael, on publishing her first article in Contemporary Politics! 🎉

Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1356...

#EssexGov

🚨New ‪paper from our colleague @dianebolet.bsky.social and co-author @florianfoos.bsky.social: Media interviews with extreme-right activists normalise their ideas.

👉 Uncritical interviews ↑ agreement & perceived support
👉 Critical interviews ↓ persuasion but still raise perceptions of popularity

Excited to have signed an editor contract with Oxford University Press for a volume on Voting Behaviour planned to come out in December 2027! We really hope this book will spark social science student interest in the discipline, especially at a time when democracy faces major challenges.

Many thanks to @ejprjournal.bsky.social for making this possible!

Running uphill: A comparative analysis of the gender gap in campaign financing LAURA SUDULICH, SIIM TRUMM, IAKOVOS MAKROPOULOS

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Looking at data from 28 elections in 16 countries @laurasud.bsky.social. S.Trumm & @makropoulos.bsky.social found that women often receive smaller campaign budgets than men regardless of party of system affiliation ↔️

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I presented a paper at the Political Studies Association #PSA - Early Career Network Annual #ECN Conference 2025 and was awarded a 'Best Paper Prize'', sponsored by Princeton University Press, for my presentation on emotional electoral mobilisation in hybrid regimes using Georgia as a case study.

Thank you, Madrid! See you at EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social in Belfast!

You are the best! Thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication in the class, and your feedback! Much grateful!

And a huge thank to Sofia Collignon and @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social for funding me 🙏🏼

Thank you so much @zacdgreene.bsky.social! One of the best experiences I had 🙏🏼

Today was the last day of the EITM Summer School in Mannheim. I am so more knowledgeable, wise and much grateful to Prof. Thomas König for this opportunity, and to Prof. Thomas Bräuninger, Prof. Richard Traunmüller, Prof. @dzobrien.bsky.social & Prof. @fortunato.bsky.social for teaching all of us 🙏🏼

The 2024 Sir Paul Curran award for academic journalism goes to Paul Whiteley Professor Paul Whiteley, University of Essex, is the winner of the 2024 Sir Paul Curran award, which we recognised at a reception celebrating our authors’ work.

Well-deserved. theconversation.com/the-2024-sir...

Thank you very much Lamprini!

Thank you so much Billy! You are the best!

Thank you so much Stefanie!

Thank you so much Heinz for everything!

Also a big thank to the whole Greek community of political scientists I met during this journey: Chrysa Lamprinakou, Dimitris Skleparis, Dimitris Tsarouhas, @lamprinirori.bsky.social, @vtsagkr.bsky.social, Roula Nezi, and Dora Giannaki! And especially to Prof. Georgios Karyotis for all the support!

And a huge thank to my former supervisor @andreadis.bsky.social one of the very best in quantitative methods and political methodology! Thank you so much Prof. Ioannis Andreadis for setting me on this path!

I also want to thank the Department of Government at @universityofessex.bsky.social for the wonderful time I spent there. Special thanks to @shane-martin.bsky.social, @robjohns75.bsky.social and @laurasud.bsky.social for making me feel so welcome and supported!

A heartfelt thank to Dr. Sofia Collignon, my amazing supervisor at @qmul.ac.uk for all the kindness, support and advice! Thank you so much Sofia for everything!

I am indebted to @strathpolir.bsky.social and all my amazing friends there!

A big thank you as well @stefaniereher.bsky.social and @heinzbrandenburg.bsky.social for all the support and advice throughtout the years!

I passed my Ph.D. viva! Thank you so much for everything, Wolfgang Rüdig and @zacdgreene.bsky.social! And a big thank to my examination committee — Prof. Bob Mattes, Dr. Eftichia Teperoglou, and Dr. Gabriela Borz — for such a thoughtful, constructive, and genuinely enjoyable discussion!

Hope, Optimism, and Expectations for the Political Future - Political Behavior Expectations of what the future holds are a significant driver of political behavior. It is therefore important to understand the sources of those expectations. In this paper, we explore the psycholog...

My article with @robjohns75.bsky.social, "Hope, Optimism, and Expectations for the Political Future", is now out open access at @polbehavior.bsky.social.

It's about the psychology of expecting good things to happen in politics.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Women in politics and gender equality: Curated content for International Women's Day Celebrate IWD 2025 with our publications!

🎀💐 Happy #IWD2025! Celebrate with exclusive #FreeToRead articles from our 📚 journals and @ecprtheloop.bsky.social!

✨ Discover standout contributions of female authors and explore issues of gender and representation of women in politics

#Polisky #Gendersky #AccelerateAction #IWD2025

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🎉 Get ready to mark #InternationalWomensDay with us as we champion women's achievements in #PolSci and take stock of the progress towards #GenderParity

👀 Watch this space for exclusive insights, data, and special collections #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

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The work of André Freire, an enduring legacy in political science and Southern Europe Explore the article collection: The work of André Freire, an enduring legacy in political science and Southern Europe. Published in South European Society and Politics.

The work of our dear departed friend and colleague André Freire published in @sespjournal.bsky.social. A beautiful tribute. www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...

The gender gap in campaign financing: an uphill struggle Women are not a demographic minority, but they are certainly still a minority in politics. Laura Sudulich, Siim Trumm, and Iakovos Makropoulos show that a significant gender resource gap continues to ...

🗳️ Women are not a demographic minority, but they are a minority in politics. Laura Sudulich, Siim Trumm & @makropoulos.bsky.social of @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @strathpolir.bsky.social show how a significant gender resource gap remains a feature of contemporary parliamentary campaigns
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A lot of discussion about incumbency effects at the moment.

The plot below maps the trend since 1937. In Irish general elections, around 8 in 10 TDs who choose to stand again are re-elected. This re-election rate ranks among the highest in the world.

www.rte.ie/news/electio...
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