Political Research Exchange

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🍊 Fresh out!

Filippo Tronconi, Davide Angelucci, Gianfranco Baldini present a new #dataset on Fratelli d’Italia elites. Examining demographics, experience, motivations & attitudes to explore party cohesion & voter dynamics.

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#Italianpolitics #radicalright #populism

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Marco Lisi ( & João Gaio e Silva explore how generational and populist dynamics shape views of representative democracy across Europe.

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#Youthpoliticalrepresentation #candidateattitudes #populism #electoraldemocracy #directdemocracy

🔓 Wrapping up #OAWeek with some number crunching!
📈 In 2024, 77% of all articles published in our 5️⃣ journals were #OpenAccess – and we’re powering towards full #OA from Jan '26, thanks to our partnership with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
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#PoliSky #IRSky #OpenScience

We hope you've enjoyed our #OpenAccessWeek info

📙 If you would like to publish #OpenAccess in PRX 👉 bit.ly/3NmIAfd

🧡 ECPR Members - remember to request your APC waiver code before submitting!

😍 And again, THANK YOU to our lovely authors for choosing us - the #OA O.G! 🫶

🤔Did you know that PRX is APC-free?

📚@ECPR supports #OpenScholarship & enables authors to share their work outside the traditional research community

💡We subsidise #OA costs for members

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#OpenAccessWeek

We thought we'd publish the percentage of #OpenAccess articles in PRX each year:

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🤩 Yup - that's right, always 💯percent OA 👌

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#OAWeek

🤷Why publish #OpenAccess?

🔎 Increase the discoverability & use of your research
🎓 Make an impact beyond the academy
🌍 Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
📜 Comply with funder mandates

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#OAWeek

There are a few different types of #OpenAccess

🏅 We're proud to be a Gold OA journal

🔓 If you publish with us, the final published version of your article is permanently & freely available online for anyone, anywhere, to read

Pretty great right? 🤩

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🔓 #OAWeek

🤷What is Open Access?

💬 "making published academic research freely and permanently available so anyone, anywhere can read and build upon this research."

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#OAWeek

🤷 What is #OAWeek about?

💬"It's an opportunity for the academic & research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of #OpenAccess"

@sparcopen.bsky.social

👉 www.openaccessweek.org

🧡 It's #OpenAccessWeek, which for us is a chance to say a big THANK YOU to our lovely authors! 🥰

📙We appreciate your commitment to the spirit of accessible & fair scholarship by choosing to publish with a Gold Open Access journal 🫶

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#WhoOwnsOurKnowledge?

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Mahalia Thomas (@viadrina.eu) uses a computational text classification model and a qualitative content analysis to examine the proportion of #hatespeech in manifestos, political speeches, and Twitter for three radical right parties in Germany

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📙 Interested in publishing for our Gold #OpenAccess journal @prxjournal.bsky.social?

🆓 Member affiliates publish 𝐀𝐏𝐂-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 ⭐ #ECPRMemberPerks
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New #research challenges the idea that Brits won’t back #education reform. Authors from @northumbriauni.bsky.social examine the support for investing in education and how it needs to be framed for success.

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Petr Kokaisl examines how the presence of a functioning nation-state shapes national #identity in diaspora.

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Why disillusioned citizens may back referendums in theory but not in practice Ruben Van Severen shows why politically cynical citizens often praise the idea of referendums, but are not necessarily enthusiastic when they take place. Drawing on research in Flanders, he shows how ...

📙 Drawing on @prxjournal.bsky.social research,
@rubenvanseveren.bsky.social shows why politically cynical citizens often praise the idea of #Referendums, but may not be enthusiastic when they take place.
👎 Low interest can mean low turnout, invalid results + wasted effort.
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@kai-arzheimer.com introduces The Radical Right Research Robot (RRRR) 🤖 to demonstrate how 'bots' can play an important role on social media by sharing research, building connections and posting references.

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How did THAT Oval Office meeting between Trump, Vance, and Zelenskyy affected the German public perceptions of the US? 🤵‍♂️

@ronaldschleehauf.bsky.social, @mariusfroehle.bsky.social, @judithreinbold.bsky.social & Sebastian Jäckle discuss 👇

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Pedro Emanuel Mendes explores the interaction between material and normative power in international politics through a comparative analysis of Timor-Leste

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From principle to practice: the limits of top-down referendums in reengaging political cynics Rising levels of political cynicism pose a significant challenge to contemporary democracies. Giving citizens a more direct say through referendums has been proposed as one way to bridge the gap be...

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🤔 Ruben Van Severen, Tessa Haesevoets & Arne Roets (all #Ghent University) examine the limits of top-down referendums to re-engage political cynics in a Belgian-Flemish municipality.

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🤷Why do left-leaning governing parties outsource public services to private contractors despite their ideological commitments?

Roy Liff, Johan Berlin and David Karlsson adopt a novel, bottom-up approach analysing Swedish municipalities to find out.

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PRX Editor @mlorimer.bsky.social discusses the rise of the far right in this LSE blog.

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🏠 Need a home for your next #PoliticalScience article?

🔓 Want to publish #OpenAccess?

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⭐️ Free to Read ⭐️

We hope you enjoyed #ecprgc25 🇬🇷 🥳 But wait, there's more!

Our #OpenScience conference collection of 2024's most viewed #OA ECPR blogs and articles is still available to read!

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📢 ONE HOUR TO GO! #ecprgc25

📊 Open Science in Political Research with PRX & @ejprjournal.bsky.social
📆 Thursday 28th August
⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST
📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Lecture room A

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Spotted in the wild 🌿🫒
Our co-branded bottles with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org are making their debut at #ecprgc25

📚 Join our Editorial Teams this afternoon to talk about the partnership – and all the exciting things that lie ahead
🔓 #OpenAccess

📍 ECPR Hub @ Expo Hall, Law Building
⏰ 15:45–16:45

📢 JOIN US TODAY #ecprgc25

📊 Open Science in Political Research with PRX & @ejprjournal.bsky.social
📆 Thursday 28th August
⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST
📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Lecture room A

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📢 TOMORROW #ecprgc25

📊 Open Science in Political Research with PRX & @ejprjournal.bsky.social
📆 Thursday 28th August
⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST
📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B

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⭐️ Free to Read ⭐️

Need something to read on your way to #ecprgc25? 🇬🇷 Why not try this #OpenScience conference collection with 2024's most viewed #OA ECPR blogs and articles?

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📝 Join us – add to your itinerary #ecprgc25

📊 Open Science in Political Research with PRX & @ejprjournal.bsky.social
📆 Thursday 28th August
⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST
📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B

➡️ buff.ly/xSvXWbU