Damien Bol

@damienbol.bsky.social

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Prof in Political Behavior in Sciences Po Paris. Ex boom-bap rapper, I wear white kicks ALL THE TIME

www.damienbol.eu

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Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Dec 10

Over the moon 😍. My paper "Renewing Democracy:
How Exposure to Electoral Turnovers Reinforces Citizens’ Democratic Support" is accepted in World Politics. LINK: osf.io/preprints/os....

First paper fully conceived since my second child was born 4 years ago. For those who know, big milestone.

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Title and abstract of the accepted paper.

Reposted by Kim Oosterlinck, Simon Weschle, Damien Bol , and 5 more Kim Oosterlinck, Simon Weschle, Damien Bol, Mirco Tonin, Marta Kołczyńska, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Roman Senninger, Thor Berger

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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Chris Hanretty , and 4 more Brendan Nyhan, Svend‐Erik Skaaning, Chris Hanretty, Damien Bol, Lucy Barnes, Ben Worthy, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Dec 22

NEW -

Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf

- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social

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BJPolS abstract of an academic article discussing how democratic institutions prioritize citizen preferences regarding economic and physical security, with a focus on varied democratic features across thirty countries.

Reposted by Patrick A. Jansen, Steven Van de Walle, Leo Lucassen , and 6 more Patrick A. Jansen, Steven Van de Walle, Leo Lucassen, Simon Otjes, Benjamin Braun, Damien Bol, Jonathan Hopkin, Ben Tonra, Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos

Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · Dec 20

Not exactly a Xmas merrymaking post, but I wrote something on the changing environment for international academics in the Netherlands and how it has changed over the last 10 years: open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Damien Bol, Jens Rydgren

S. Erdem Aytaç @seaytac.bsky.social · Dec 19

Why do citizens who say they support democracy tolerate leaders who dismantle it? Delighted to share my paper “Framing Democracy: How Elite Discourse Shapes Citizens' Understandings of Democracy and Enables Backsliding” is forthcoming in World Politics...(1/5, link at the end)

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Jochen Müller, Robert Huber , and 4 more Cas Mudde, Jochen Müller, Robert Huber, Damien Bol, Alessandro Nai, Marta Kołczyńska, Werner Krause

Corinna Kroeber @corinnakroeber.bsky.social · Dec 17

🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years)

We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald.

✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group

Postdoctoral Research Associate - International Research Training Group 2560 “Baltic Peripeties" 25/E19

Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft

www.uni-greifswald.de

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Damien Bol, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte , and 2 more Cas Mudde, Damien Bol, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Alexandra Cirone, Bonnie N. Field

Simon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · Dec 16

📣📣📣 GREAT, time-sensitive opportunity for senior/mid-career scholars to join us in Madrid at UC3M´s social sciences department (UC3M-ATRAE Program 2026) on an attractive pay+research funds package 📣📣📣

This does NOT happen everyday.

THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n

Reposted by Jean‐François Daoust

Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Dec 16

Super thread. Pour ceux qui veulent une quantification du vote pour les élections de 2024, on a écrit un papier là dessus pour les RFSP avec @jfdaoust.bsky.social shs.cairn.info/revue-revue-...

Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Dec 13

Oui La Rage, probablement dans le top. Dans les trucs récents, probablement ceci malgré tout youtu.be/oJ5PfRQB93o?...

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Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Dec 13

It has to be French. This is often considered as the best 90s’ rap song in France youtu.be/s8mGJbvfw24?...

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Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Dec 10

This paper is personal. I wrote it on my own (no RA, no fund), and it grew out of my own experience as a teenager in Belgium in the 1990s. I also had the chance to cite my PhD supervisor, André-Paul Frognier, who isn’t in great health and was truly pivotal for me and my career.

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Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Dec 10

Implications:
- Elections do more than picking a winner, they make citizens.

- A reason why the youth is not be super on board with democracy is because they haven't had a chance to experience it fully yet.

- Some governmental instability can be good to renew democratic mood.

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Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Dec 10

The effect is as strong in presidential, parliamentary, proportional and non-proportional countries. But it's stronger in liberal democracies.

It's also stronger for those who have never experienced anything else than democracy, that is, those who might take democracy for granted.

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Coefficient estimates of regressions estimating the effect of the number of turnovers to which one has been exposed over their lifetime, depending on type of political institutions.

Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Dec 10

Finding: Cohort analysis shows that being exposed to an extra elections increases support for democracy, but being exposed to an election leading to a turnover even more so.

The effect doesn't fade away and is particularly strong after a long period of incumbency (like after 20 years)

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Coefficient estimates of regressions estimating the effect of the number of turnovers to which one has been exposed over their lifetime, and the number of elections not leading to a turnover, on their support for democracy.

Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Dec 10

Data: I merged a range of international survey data (N=350,000) and trace the elections to which respondents have been exposed in their country since they were young. Descriptive statistics are interesting I guess

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Histogram showing number of elections and turnovers experienced by survey respondents in the dataset.

Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Dec 10

The argument: I test whether elections experienced by people over their lifetime can boost their support for democracy in the long run. And crucially: elections leading to government turnovers, because they showcase what democracy is about.

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Reposted by Jon Pierre, Ruth Dassonneville, Jochen Müller , and 8 more Jon Pierre, Ruth Dassonneville, Jochen Müller, Anne Rasmussen, Damien Bol, Christian Breunig, Jens Rydgren, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Claudia Landwehr, Jeroen Van Bouwel

Florence So @floriso.bsky.social · Dec 10

🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟

I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!

Doctoral student in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior

Doctoral position in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior The Department of Political Science

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Reposted by Tim Bale, Damien Bol

Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · Nov 15

📻 Great new podcast on political behaviour - the last episode features my @lsegovernment.bsky.social colleague Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social on whether campaigns matter, Mamdani’s victory and the Dutch elections -
listen here ⬇️
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Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Nov 5

Take-aways: (i) support for violence against politicians is low (phew), (ii) largely unrelated to affective polarization, and (iii) we can reduce it with simple and scalable interventions.

A paper that gives us some hope

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Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Nov 5

We've also a vignette experiment where we test whether a simple intervention can decrease support for violence: encouraging people to consider politicians' perspective and reminding them about the importance of pluralism. It does for the most pervasive form of violence

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Results of vignette experiment showing that the interventions decreased milder forms of violence against politicians.

Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Nov 5

Conjoint shows that support is lower when the politician is a woman (fits stereotypical views), but partisanship don't. Negative correlation disappears when controlling for individual variables. The profile of violent citizens are low-educated young men who dislike all parties

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Results of conjoint analysis showing that the socio-demographic background of respondents shapes support for violence.

Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Nov 5

Similar to other studies using these types of survey questions, we find that people don't support the most extreme forms of violence (physical assault), but they do support "milder" forms like online insult. Though, overall support is rather low, no more than 10% support.

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Histogram showing that most people don't support violence against politicians, although support is higher for milder forms line online insult.

Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Nov 5

We rely on latest recommendations (@seanjwestwood.bsky.social and colleagues) and survey citizen support for concrete violence forms against (hypothetical) politicians using a conjoint in France (very high polarization, think about US) and french-speaking Belgium (much much lower).

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Reposted by Scott Clifford, Johanna Rickne

Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Nov 5

New WP on political violence in democracies with the fantastic @dianebolet.bsky.social and @bjarneck.bsky.social. Sadly very topical, but with some positive results

osf.io/preprints/so...

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The image shows the paper's title and abstract.

Reposted by Sara B. Hobolt, Mark J. Brandt, Efrén O. Pérez , and 2 more Sara B. Hobolt, Mark J. Brandt, Efrén O. Pérez, Damien Bol, Mirya R. Holman

Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · Oct 27

The Political Behaviour Stream of the MSc in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social is welcoming applications for entry in 2026/27: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse... Benefit from teaching and supervision from world-leading scholars, weekly research seminars & an active alumni network:

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Study political opinions and behaviours with the MSc Political Science (Political Behaviour), offering rigorous training and diverse career paths.

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Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · Oct 22

🚨 New LSE job in political science 🚨

We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy

Please share!

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></...

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Reposted by David K. Evans, Joshua Goodman, Damien Bol , and 1 more David K. Evans, Joshua Goodman, Damien Bol, Aaron Sojourner

Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Oct 16

First-time authors: Get the reviewer on your side in the first 3 pages. From there on, they either look for areas to improve or reasons to reject.

Reposted by Damien Bol

CEVIPOF - Sciences Po @cevipof.bsky.social · Oct 13

Le CEVIPOF lance une collection de #notes dédiées à l'enquête #FracturesFrançaises, pour comprendre les transformations profondes du paysage politique et social FR.

NOTE2 : Anne Muxel : La #génération est-elle encore un marqueur des fractures politiques françaises?
www.sciencespo.fr/cevipof/site...

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Hugo Mercier, Simon Otjes , and 5 more Ruth Dassonneville, Hugo Mercier, Simon Otjes, Robert Huber, Damien Bol, Robert C. Richards, David R. Miller, Alessandro Nai

Anne Rasmussen @annerasmussen.bsky.social · Sep 29

🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social

Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?

@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions

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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Damien Bol, David R. Miller , and 1 more Brendan Nyhan, Damien Bol, David R. Miller, Ethan Porter

Sumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · Sep 25

🚨 new paper out w/ @simonchauchard.bsky.social in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social on the link between misinformation and religiosity- does religious belief cause people to endorse more misinformation? And if so, what can we do about it?

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