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Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen

@dortemartinsen.bsky.social

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Professor of European Politics, Uni Copenhagen. EU policy-making, implementation, enforcement, social Europe, EU health policy. Co-editor of West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social

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SUPA: Sustaining Public Administration in Modern Democracies @supaproject.bsky.social · Sep 1

📈 More laws, more policies, more regulations. But administrations aren’t growing at the same pace 🚨 This mismatch risks poor services, unequal treatment & frustration. That’s where #SUPA comes in: from 2025–2028, we’ll study how to improve rule design & strengthen modern democracies 🏛️✨

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Reposted by Will Jennings, Robert Huber, Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen , and 3 more Will Jennings, Robert Huber, Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Klaus H. Goetz, Bonnie N. Field, Tarik Abou‐Chadi

Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · Aug 7

New publication in @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Are young men becoming more conservative?

This debate requires a) more nuance and b) theoretical explanations for often descriptive results. With Amy Alexander and Nicholas Charron, we try addressing both.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Young men, gendered labour market competition, and opposition to gender equality policy across 27 EU countries

Recent studies have shown an increasing divide in political values between young men and women, particularly regarding gender equality attitudes. In this study it is argued that this is due in part...

www.tandfonline.com

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Reposted by Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen

MOBILE - Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law @mobileucph.bsky.social · Mar 14

At MOBILE we are now advertising for a new postdoc position in Nordic asylum law and credibility. The position is part of a new 5-year interdisciplinary project on Explainable AI and Credibility in Asylum Law.
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Application deadline April 23, 2025

Postdoctoral position in Credibility and Asylum Law, University of Copenhagen

The Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, is seeking applications for a Postdoc position in credibility and Nordic asylum law. The position is part of the N

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Reposted by Helen Margetts, Andrew Geddes, Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen

WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Mar 20

We are very happy to host the WEP 5️⃣0️⃣th Anniversary Workshop @lmumuenchen.bsky.social today & tomorrow!

Great presentations, intense debates & we are grateful for colleagues all around the globe joining us.

Sessions on:
👉elections, parties, mobilization
👉welfare politics
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👉policy & administration

Picture of the participants of the workshop.

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Reposted by Liesbet Hooghe, Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen

WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · Feb 6

@liesbethooghe.bsky.social & Gary Marks measure the extent to which political parties on the contemporary socio-cultural divide are cleavaged.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Part of the forthcoming Special Issue "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies".

#polisky #academicsky

Abstract of the article "How does the education cleavage stack up against the classic cleavages of the past? by Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks. Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 1, displaying party cleavage index for education in Western Europe, 1975-2020.

Figure 2, displaying party cleavage index for occupation in Western Europe, 1975-2020.

Figure 3, displaying party cleavage index for gender in Western Europe, 1975-2020.

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Alex Hartland @alexhartland.bsky.social · May 26

🛎️ New Publication 🛎️

How did public and party priorities interact during the 2024 European Parliament elections?

In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social article, Daniela Braun, @giucarny.bsky.social @rosanavarrete.bsky.social @annreinl.bsky.social and I find some connections

tinyurl.com/yhc4ae8m

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The role of key European issues in the 2024 election campaign

International crises and Euroscepticism have made European issues prominent in citizens’ lives. This article studies the role of three key European issues – migration, the environment, and EU integ...

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Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Stefan Müller, Jürgen Maier , and 4 more Ruth Dassonneville, Stefan Müller, Jürgen Maier, Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Simon Glendinning, Ben Crum, Klaus H. Goetz

Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · May 19

Delighted that my paper with @kevincunning.bsky.social on "Still second-order national elections? Evaluating the classic model after the 2024 European elections" has just been published by @wepsocial.bsky.social
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