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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Sep 21

@profmusgrave.bsky.social me too pretty please

Damien Bol @damienbol.bsky.social · Sep 20

@profmusgrave.bsky.social me too pretty please

Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Sep 20

Hi @profmusgrave.bsky.social could you please add me to the polisky feed?

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Jun 16

From April 2025 -

Does the Accumulation of Assets Shape Voting Preferences? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Britain - cup.org/42JWcZl

- Justin Robinson, @pavlosvas1.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the relationship between asset accumulation and voting patterns in Britain, focusing on the Conservative Party and generational differences in political behavior.

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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · Apr 29

We're proud to see #MEDem mentioned in the latest @jcms-eu.bsky.social article by Richard Whitaker, @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social & @kgattermann.bsky.social! The authors call for coordinated survey design—ideally within the MEDem framework—to better link data across studies and time. 📊🔗🇪🇺

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Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social · Apr 4

🔥Exciting postdoc position in political communication @ascor.bsky.social starting 1 Sep! The postdoc will work w/ @lindabos.bsky.social, @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social & me on media-politics relations + framing effects in the aftermath of elections. Interested?😀Apply by 5 May⬇️ tinyurl.com/4wz3u5vn

Vacancy — Postdoctoral Researcher "Political Communication in the Aftermath of Democratic Elections"

Are you looking for a postdoctoral position in political communication research? Are you interested in elections, media-politics relations and framing effects, and would like to become an expert on th...

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Apr 14

New paper with @rickwhitaker.bsky.social & @kgattermann.bsky.social @jcms-eu.bsky.social on representation in the European Parliament 👇

Rick Whitaker @rickwhitaker.bsky.social · Apr 9

In a new article in @jcms-eu.bsky.social with @kgattermann.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social we look at how close MEPs are to their voters on the left-right and EU integration scales using MEP survey data & European Election Study data onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... A brief🧵.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Rick Whitaker @rickwhitaker.bsky.social · Apr 9

In a new article in @jcms-eu.bsky.social with @kgattermann.bsky.social & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social we look at how close MEPs are to their voters on the left-right and EU integration scales using MEP survey data & European Election Study data onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... A brief🧵.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Rubén Ruiz-Rufino @rubenruizrufino.bsky.social · Apr 9

My book Democracy Under Strain is finally out, and I couldn’t be happier. 🥳 It’s been a long, challenging journey—but one that’s shaped me deeply as an academic. Here’s what it’s about 🧵 #DemocracyUnderStrain (1/11)

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Apr 8

Congratulations, fantastic research! I learned a lot 👇

Rosa Navarrete @rosanavarrete.bsky.social · Apr 8

We would like to thank @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social , @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social and Nuno Garoupa for their detailed comments on earlier versions of this article. We are also very grateful to the three reviewers and the editors for their helpful feedback

Rosa Navarrete @rosanavarrete.bsky.social · Apr 8

Very proud of this joint work with @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social and Lea Heyne that is finally published at @sespjournal.bsky.social. In it we study EU polarisation and membership support in Greece, Portugal, and Spain.

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

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Rosa Navarrete @rosanavarrete.bsky.social · Apr 8

We would like to thank @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social , @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social and Nuno Garoupa for their detailed comments on earlier versions of this article. We are also very grateful to the three reviewers and the editors for their helpful feedback

Rosa Navarrete @rosanavarrete.bsky.social · Apr 8

Very proud of this joint work with @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social and Lea Heyne that is finally published at @sespjournal.bsky.social. In it we study EU polarisation and membership support in Greece, Portugal, and Spain.

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

Fading EUphoria: party system polarisation and EU attitudes in Greece, Portugal and Spain

Greece, Portugal, and Spain transitioned to democracy in the 1970s and joined the EEC in the 1980s, fostering positive EU attitudes through economic growth. However, the Southern European financial...

www.tandfonline.com

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Apr 8

Does the accumulation of assets shape vote choice? Delighted our paper @bjpols.bsky.social with my fantastic co-authors Justin Robinson & @pavlosvas1.bsky.social is out! Thread on our key findings👇

Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · Apr 8

Does the accumulation of assets shape vote choice?

In our new paper @bjpols.bsky.social with Justin Robinson & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social we assess the effects of within-person changes in patrimony on party support in Britain

Main findings 🧵 (1/4)

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Does the Accumulation of Assets Shape Voting Preferences? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Britain | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Does the Accumulation of Assets Shape Voting Preferences? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Britain - Volume 55

www.cambridge.org

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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · Apr 8

Does the accumulation of assets shape vote choice?

In our new paper @bjpols.bsky.social with Justin Robinson & @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social we assess the effects of within-person changes in patrimony on party support in Britain

Main findings 🧵 (1/4)

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Does the Accumulation of Assets Shape Voting Preferences? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Britain | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Does the Accumulation of Assets Shape Voting Preferences? Evidence from a Longitudinal Study in Britain - Volume 55

www.cambridge.org

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Anne Rasmussen @annerasmussen.bsky.social · Mar 20

🔥🔈Vacancy announcement

We invite applications for the co-editorship of the @ecpr.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book series

We’d appreciate your help in sharing the announcement to ensure our publications committee receives as many strong applications as possible 🤞

European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Mar 20

✨ NEW opportunity ✨
✒️ Co-edit our renowned Comparative Politics book series which has published some of the most influential works in #PolSci

📚 Source & evaluate manuscripts
📚 Select referees
📚 Support authors & junior scholars
📚 Develop & grow the series

⏳ Apply by 14 May
#AcademicSky #Polisky

Seeking Co-Editor of the ECPR-OUP Comparative Politics Series

Contribute your expertise to developing a leading outlet for high-impact research in comparative politics.

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Feb 5

It was great hosting you @kgattermann.bsky.social Thanks for your fascinating talk. We learned a lot!

Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social · Feb 3

1st day back after an inspring research stay @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Thanks for the warm welcome & stimulating exchange @kcl-spe.bsky.social. I am grateful to @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social for hosting me & to @russellfoster.bsky.social for co-organising my talk (w/@olgaeisele.bsky.social)⬇️

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Katjana Gattermann @kgattermann.bsky.social · Feb 3

1st day back after an inspring research stay @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Thanks for the warm welcome & stimulating exchange @kcl-spe.bsky.social. I am grateful to @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social for hosting me & to @russellfoster.bsky.social for co-organising my talk (w/@olgaeisele.bsky.social)⬇️

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Dec 5

Mega congratulations! Fantastic achievement. I look forward to hearing more about it!

Jorge M. Fernandes @jmfernandes86.bsky.social · Dec 3

I am over the moon and humbled to have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to study how we think about representation in proportional electoral systems. Soon, I will make a thread with most relevant questions for the 2M project for the 2025-2030 period. 1/n

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Jorge M. Fernandes @jmfernandes86.bsky.social · Dec 3

I am over the moon and humbled to have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to study how we think about representation in proportional electoral systems. Soon, I will make a thread with most relevant questions for the 2M project for the 2025-2030 period. 1/n

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Nov 13

yes, please! thanks

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Olga Onuch @oonuch.bsky.social · Nov 11

What drives ordinary citizens to want their country to join or stay in the European Unio)?

🧵 it’s being a democrat or becoming one!

“Fighting for Europe: EU's Democratic Pull Phenomenon in #Ukraine, #Poland & #Belarus”

OPEN ACCESS @jcmsjournal.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Jan 5

Pleased to see our article with the brilliant @alesojka.bsky.social & @liisatalving.bsky.social ‘Free to move, reluctant to share: Unequal opposition to transnational rights under the EU's free movement principle’ published in European Union Politics
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Full thread👇

Aleksandra Sojka @alesojka.bsky.social · Dec 22

Christmas came early & our new research with the amazing
@liisatalving.bsky.social @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social is out in EUP!

Our paper, 'Free to Move, Reluctant to Share,' explores public attitudes towards the EU’s free movement rights. A short thread on key findings (1/n)

Free to move, reluctant to share: Unequal opposition to transnational rights under the EU's free mov...

Free movement is simultaneously widely acclaimed and strongly contested in the European Union. To address this apparent contradiction, we unpack European Union ...

journals.sagepub.com

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Aleksandra Sojka @alesojka.bsky.social · Dec 22

Christmas came early & our new research with the amazing
@liisatalving.bsky.social @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social is out in EUP!

Our paper, 'Free to Move, Reluctant to Share,' explores public attitudes towards the EU’s free movement rights. A short thread on key findings (1/n)

Free to move, reluctant to share: Unequal opposition to transnational rights under the EU's free mov...

Free movement is simultaneously widely acclaimed and strongly contested in the European Union. To address this apparent contradiction, we unpack European Union ...

journals.sagepub.com

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Aleksandra Sojka @alesojka.bsky.social · Nov 21

MACIES - Madrid Center for Interdisciplinary EUropean Studies at UC3M is looking to hire someone to support its launch in 2024.

Part-time (15 h/week) in Madrid, compatible w/ grad school.
Requirements: ES & EN proficiency; EU-related interest a plus.

Details in the link.
Deadline: 28.11.23
EUsky

Convocatoria selección y contratación 1 Técnico/a de Apoyo para Madrid Center for Interdisciplina...

Contenido compartido desde el sitio web oficial de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid - www.uc3m.es

www.uc3m.es

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Roi Litvak-Zur @roizur.bsky.social · Nov 3

It's hard to celebrate anything these days, but I've been waiting for this one for too long. Jim Adams, Sam Merrill and I are happy to present our issue salience simulations model. With @britishelectionstudy.com data we show how much issue salience matters in elections.
doi.org/10.1111/1475...

https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12634

Wiley Online Library requires cookies for authentication and use of other site features; therefore, cookies must be enabled to browse the site. Detailed information on how Wiley uses cookies can be fo...

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Oct 12

Excellent idea, thank you :)

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Oct 12

Thank you 😀

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Oct 12

In sum, we need to revisit the commonly-held distinction between ‘losers’ (poor) and ‘winners’ (rich) of globalisation, which conceals a third type of region in which institutional distrust is more pronounced.

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Oct 12

EU trust is likely to be higher among poorer and middle-income European regions that are experiencing growth compared to rich regions that are experiencing growth.

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Oct 12

Larger regional economic growth is associated with higher levels of trust in the EU.

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Oct 12

Using Eurobarometer data, we show that that the relationship between regional inequality and EU trust is not linear. Poor and rich European regions tend to trust the EU more compared to middle-income European regions.

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Oct 12

#polisky Publication alert! 🎉

Delighted to see our article with the fab Liisa Talving ‘Euroscepticism as a syndrome of stagnation? Regional inequality and trust in the EU’ out at the Journal of European Public Policy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Sofia Vasilopoulou @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social · Oct 12

We look forward to hosting you!

Olga Onuch @oonuch.bsky.social · Oct 12

Please join me for this year’s Journal of Common Market Studies annual lecture

“Fighting for Europe: Ukrainians' & Belarusians' Changing Vision of the EU & Their Place in it.”

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fighting-f...

@camukrainistyka.bsky.social

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