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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · 11d

How I wish I could attend! Good luck with the organisation !

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · 20d

Been there done that 🫣

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Aug 6

So happy to see this out! We have data on 5,000+ voters and 26,000 candidates exploring the effects of sexism across 4 countries 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺

TLDR: gendered patterns of political competition strongly shape success rates of women candidates. Sexism may lead to voter abstention in the US.

More in the paper!

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Aug 5

NEW -

Voter Sexism and Electoral Penalties for Women Candidates: Evidence from Four Democracies - cup.org/4m4smXP

"observational research suggests sexism is prevalent and consequential for voter behaviour"

- Rosalind Shorrocks, Elizabeth Ralph-Morrow & Roosmarijn de Geus

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing observational research on gender bias in political contexts, focusing on voter behavior and representation in Australia, Britain, and the USA.

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congratulations! 🥳

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Jul 14

I’m very interested in studying preferences on parental leave and wrote something short on it - would be interested in any leads on further data or cool papers I should be reading!
roosmarijndegeus.com/2025/07/11/w...

What do parents want? Preferences on parental leave

My second daughter is almost turning one and with that I have reached the end of my maternity leave for her. Yes – you read that correctly, I was able to take a full year of paid leave here i…

roosmarijndegeus.com

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · May 7

Congrats! Thats an impressive level of persistence :) I look forward to reading it!

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Apr 27

Make it happen Jane!!

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Apr 22

Congratulations! 🥳 🥳

Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Mar 28

Congrats / gefeliciteerd Ruth! Interessant onderwerp, ik kijk uit naar alle bevindingen!

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Clare Rice @clarerice.bsky.social · Mar 27

Registration has also now opened for our next seminar with Dr. @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social, who will be discussing the work of the UNTWIST project

📆Wed 30 April
⏰3-4pm GMT
📍Online

Registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d631fe...

@profrosiecamp.bsky.social @profsarahchilds.bsky.social

QUALREP

qualrep.org

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Mar 25

That’s so kind - it’s mutual, if only I could live in two places at once!

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Mar 25

Highly recommend applying! It’s a supportive department with great colleagues and a strong comparative group!

Victor Araújo @victoraraujo.bsky.social · Mar 25

We are hiring again for our cluster of Comparative Politics at Reading! Please consider applying for it!

Miriam Sorace @miriamsorace.bsky.social · Mar 25

Come work with us!! We're a research-intensive department, investing heavily in political behavior research—and we're a super-friendly bunch 😊. Happy to answer any questions if you're interested, and if not, please help us spread the word! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK616/l...

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Mar 25

This looks like a brilliant and super interesting book - if you’re lucky enough to be in London UK and interested in gender / quotas / comparative politics / LA or all of the above you should go to the launch!

Malu Gatto @malugatto.bsky.social · Mar 25

My book "Resistance to Gender Quotas in Latin America" is out, and it's *open access*!

The book explores the puzzle of gender quotas—a policy to increase women's representation, adopted when men, who may be affected by these policies, are the majority of legislators.

academic.oup.com/book/59749

Resistance to Gender Quotas in Latin America

Abstract. Politicians want to stay in power. Because winners attain office under a given set of electoral rules, any change to these rules is puzzling. Whe

academic.oup.com

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Mar 19

Thrilled I finally have an achievement that can be featured on our family fridge 😂 thanks @ajpseditor.bsky.social

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hmm oke dat wist ik niet! Dat is wel bizar dan

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Mar 12

Misschien zijn ze bang dat het electoraal moeilijk ligt en verwachten ze binnenkort een verkiezing? Of een soort trauma van de euro crisis 🤔? Maar ja.. rationeel is het niet

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy women’s day Catherine! Thank you for always lifting up other women in academia and beyond! 🚺

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Feb 27

I’ve been saying it’s so nice and warm out now it’s just below zero which makes me feel integration into Canadian winter is going well

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Feb 27

Is this for real? 🤯 probably a bad sign that I can’t tell anymore

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Feb 27

But did you get the shot of maple syrup?

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Chris Prosser @caprosser.com · Jan 27

I think we should take this story from the Times today (and picked up by many other outlets) with an enormous pinch of salt for two reason (mini thread):

www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...

Gen Z doubts about democracy laid bare in ‘worrying’ survey

More than half believe the UK should be a dictatorship and there’s a stark gender divide over equality, research for Channel 4 shows

www.thetimes.com

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Jan 17

With our first child my husband and I took shared parental leave (SPL) in the UK - it was a great experience, but financially costly.

It shouldn't be that way in my view. So take the opportunity to share your experiences with SPL with the gov. here:
committees.parliament.uk/committee/32...

WEC seeks views on statutory paternity and shared parental leave - Committees - UK Parliament

The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) is today (Friday, 6 December) launching a call for written evidence on statutory paternity and shared parental leave to examine options for reform.

committees.parliament.uk

Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Jan 17

Sadly I don’t have tips - never written a book 😬 but given the big populism/radical right scholarly community in the Netherlands there must be lots of interest I would think!

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Jan 16

Awesome congrats! Maybe a Dutch version can follow ;)

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Rose de Geus @rosedegeus.bsky.social · Jan 8

This looks like a great overview of the gender and voting field! Can’t wait to read

Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social · Jan 8

New article out today celebrating the 20th anniversary of Politics & Gender!

-Over the past two decades, about 18% of PAG’s articles focused on gender and voting.

-This work has been cited about 6700 times, with an average citation count of 48 per article!

Open Access at doi.org/10.1017/S174...

A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender

doi.org

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