Anica Waldendorf
@awaldendorf.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
PhD from European University Institute
Sociologist + feminist
Behavioural change | Gender-inclusive language
PhD from European University Institute
Sociologist + feminist
Behavioural change | Gender-inclusive language
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Why did I visit the Facebook pages of 5500 German grocery stores on a grey lockdown day ca. 2021?
You can now find out in AJS.
Our work on ethnoreligious infrastructures is finally online in the ominous Volume 0:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
You can now find out in AJS.
Our work on ethnoreligious infrastructures is finally online in the ominous Volume 0:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Why did I visit the Facebook pages of 5500 German grocery stores on a grey lockdown day ca. 2021?
You can now find out in AJS.
Our work on ethnoreligious infrastructures is finally online in the ominous Volume 0:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
You can now find out in AJS.
Our work on ethnoreligious infrastructures is finally online in the ominous Volume 0:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Paper proposals for the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions, taking place in beautiful Innsbruck, April 7-10 2026, are now open. If you're working on an exciting gender paper using quants methods, please apply to our workshop: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @mtplk.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social
Events
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Paper proposals for the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions, taking place in beautiful Innsbruck, April 7-10 2026, are now open. If you're working on an exciting gender paper using quants methods, please apply to our workshop: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @mtplk.bsky.social @sgparliaments.bsky.social
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Can AI-generated images work as visual vignettes in survey experiments? I argue yes - and discuss how . in my new @sscratsage.bsky.social paper: doi.org/10.1177/0894...
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Can AI-generated images work as visual vignettes in survey experiments? I argue yes - and discuss how . in my new @sscratsage.bsky.social paper: doi.org/10.1177/0894...
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New publication with @riazsascha.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social
As I’m concerned that the figures in the SI might get too little attention, here are some findings in visual form:
As I’m concerned that the figures in the SI might get too little attention, here are some findings in visual form:
November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New publication with @riazsascha.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social
As I’m concerned that the figures in the SI might get too little attention, here are some findings in visual form:
As I’m concerned that the figures in the SI might get too little attention, here are some findings in visual form:
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New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
NEW -
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Anti-Immigrant Bias in the Choice Between Punitive and Rehabilitative Justice - https://cup.org/49vUfVa
- @riazsascha.bsky.social & @mhamjediers.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law
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Come join next Wednesday if you want to rant about society's love-hate relationship with LLMs!
🚨 Upcoming: "Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges"
👤 Indira Sen (University of Mannheim)
🗓️ Wed, October 22, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
👤 Indira Sen (University of Mannheim)
🗓️ Wed, October 22, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🔗 socialsciencedatalab.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/page/events/
![Large Language Models for Social Research: Potentials and Challenges
Hybrid event [A5, 6, Room A231 + Zoom]
Oktober 22, 2025, 13:45-15:15
Abstract
Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to revolutionize the social sciences—for example, by accelerating content analysis or enabling realistic social simulations. In this workshop, I will discuss how LLMs can be applied and audited for social science applications, including the generation of synthetic survey responses and content analysis. I will also address how biases in LLMs can hinder these applications and explore ways to better surface and understand these biases. Finally, I will present a hands-on use case demonstrating how LLMs can be guided using demographic personas for both content analysis and simulated surveys.
Presenter(s)
Indira Sen is a Junior Faculty member at the University of Mannheim’s Business School in the Chair of Data Science for the Social and Economic Sciences. Her work lies at the intersection of NLP and Computational Social Science, specifically in developing and evaluating representative and equitable language technology, including Large Language Models.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oizrkjzyr6vekl76tjctghcl/bafkreigj6rty2hy4hgawqzq34a24si45dxzutezuphif3hprnl5amxldoy@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Come join next Wednesday if you want to rant about society's love-hate relationship with LLMs!
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New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social.
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social.
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets.
Thread 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
📚 Bridging Boundaries: The State of the Art in Empirical Gender and Politics Research
🪑@dariusribbe.bsky.social @mtplk.bsky.social
⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/1Te6ATa
#GenderSky #Governance #PoliticalMethodology #qualitative #quantitative
📚 Bridging Boundaries: The State of the Art in Empirical Gender and Politics Research
🪑@dariusribbe.bsky.social @mtplk.bsky.social
⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/1Te6ATa
#GenderSky #Governance #PoliticalMethodology #qualitative #quantitative
Bridging Boundaries: The State of the Art in Empirical Gender and Politics Research
European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG),
15–17 June 2026, Newcastle University
buff.ly
October 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
📚 Bridging Boundaries: The State of the Art in Empirical Gender and Politics Research
🪑@dariusribbe.bsky.social @mtplk.bsky.social
⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/1Te6ATa
#GenderSky #Governance #PoliticalMethodology #qualitative #quantitative
📚 Bridging Boundaries: The State of the Art in Empirical Gender and Politics Research
🪑@dariusribbe.bsky.social @mtplk.bsky.social
⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/1Te6ATa
#GenderSky #Governance #PoliticalMethodology #qualitative #quantitative
Excited to announce the launch of a new working group at Nuffield College, the Generative² Social Science Lab (co-organised with @pablogerbas.bsky.social). We will have our first meeting tomorrow at 11:00am, come join us! More details here: github.com/gen2socscila...
Home
The Generative² Social Science Lab is a collaborative research forum based at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. - gen2socscilab/Generative2-Social-Science-Lab
github.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Excited to announce the launch of a new working group at Nuffield College, the Generative² Social Science Lab (co-organised with @pablogerbas.bsky.social). We will have our first meeting tomorrow at 11:00am, come join us! More details here: github.com/gen2socscila...
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Video calls are now fundamental to how we interact. But does gender status bias persist when we move from in-person to video calls? Together with Klarita Gërxhani and @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, we examined this using a preregistered experiment and follow-up interviews.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
Redirecting
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Video calls are now fundamental to how we interact. But does gender status bias persist when we move from in-person to video calls? Together with Klarita Gërxhani and @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social, we examined this using a preregistered experiment and follow-up interviews.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...
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Very much looking forward to present new joint work with @awaldendorf.bsky.social on the "Politics of Language" at #APSA2025 tomorrow morning (8am). Please reach out for a coffee during the conference :)
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Very much looking forward to present new joint work with @awaldendorf.bsky.social on the "Politics of Language" at #APSA2025 tomorrow morning (8am). Please reach out for a coffee during the conference :)
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Send in your papers for Europe’s biggest political science conference before November 7th
The inaugural EPSS conference now has a section for Gender and Sexuality politics chaired by @anacweeks.bsky.social & myself
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
The inaugural EPSS conference now has a section for Gender and Sexuality politics chaired by @anacweeks.bsky.social & myself
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
August 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Send in your papers for Europe’s biggest political science conference before November 7th
The inaugural EPSS conference now has a section for Gender and Sexuality politics chaired by @anacweeks.bsky.social & myself
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
The inaugural EPSS conference now has a section for Gender and Sexuality politics chaired by @anacweeks.bsky.social & myself
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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New publication in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social with Delia Baldassarri. We show that in the US, social relationships remain politically heterogeneous, and that heterogeneous close ties and acquaintances lower partisan animosity through distinct mechanisms. A thread on the main findings:
July 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New publication in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social with Delia Baldassarri. We show that in the US, social relationships remain politically heterogeneous, and that heterogeneous close ties and acquaintances lower partisan animosity through distinct mechanisms. A thread on the main findings:
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+++ ANNOUNCEMENT +++
I'm currently on the job market, looking for Postdoc opportunities (end of 2025/early 2026).
If you are — or know someone who is — in need of a political sociologist/computational social scientist, please get in touch or share my CV!
More info: www.hendrik-erz.de
I'm currently on the job market, looking for Postdoc opportunities (end of 2025/early 2026).
If you are — or know someone who is — in need of a political sociologist/computational social scientist, please get in touch or share my CV!
More info: www.hendrik-erz.de
Hendrik Erz
PhD Student at the IAS, Linköping University (Sweden)
www.hendrik-erz.de
June 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
+++ ANNOUNCEMENT +++
I'm currently on the job market, looking for Postdoc opportunities (end of 2025/early 2026).
If you are — or know someone who is — in need of a political sociologist/computational social scientist, please get in touch or share my CV!
More info: www.hendrik-erz.de
I'm currently on the job market, looking for Postdoc opportunities (end of 2025/early 2026).
If you are — or know someone who is — in need of a political sociologist/computational social scientist, please get in touch or share my CV!
More info: www.hendrik-erz.de
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Which occupations carry the highest risk of sexual harassment—and who is doing the harassing?
Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
🧵 1/
Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
🧵 1/
April 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Which occupations carry the highest risk of sexual harassment—and who is doing the harassing?
Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
🧵 1/
Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
🧵 1/
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The event will include discussions on topics that matter most to participants. Our goal is to create a space for meaningful exchange and shared reflection.
If you have suggestions for discussion themes, we’d love to hear them! Feel free to get in touch here or via email at [email protected]
If you have suggestions for discussion themes, we’d love to hear them! Feel free to get in touch here or via email at [email protected]
🔈 The next Women’s Forum event will take place on June 4th, the first day of the INAS Conference at Columbia University.
This year, we’re pleased to offer a hybrid format, so you can join us either on-site or online!
inas.sociology.columbia.edu/content/wome...
We look forward to seeing you there!
This year, we’re pleased to offer a hybrid format, so you can join us either on-site or online!
inas.sociology.columbia.edu/content/wome...
We look forward to seeing you there!
Women's Forum For Analytical Sociology | INAS 2025 Conference
inas.sociology.columbia.edu
May 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The event will include discussions on topics that matter most to participants. Our goal is to create a space for meaningful exchange and shared reflection.
If you have suggestions for discussion themes, we’d love to hear them! Feel free to get in touch here or via email at [email protected]
If you have suggestions for discussion themes, we’d love to hear them! Feel free to get in touch here or via email at [email protected]
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🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar.
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
May 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar.
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
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This year’s INAS will be hybrid – and so will the Women’s Forum! We will offer online and offline activities so you can join in even if you are not travelling to NYC. Sign up for the Women’s Forum for updates and join our Slack channel for more information.
April 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This year’s INAS will be hybrid – and so will the Women’s Forum! We will offer online and offline activities so you can join in even if you are not travelling to NYC. Sign up for the Women’s Forum for updates and join our Slack channel for more information.
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📢 Here is an exciting job opportunity at the TU Berlin. Please spread the word and apply!
Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team.
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...
Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team.
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...
Stellenausschreibung VI-153/25: Research Associate (PostDoc) - salary grade E13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen - 2nd qualifi... – Stellenausschreibungen der Technischen Universität Berlin
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de
April 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
📢 Here is an exciting job opportunity at the TU Berlin. Please spread the word and apply!
Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team.
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...
Post-Doc, 5yrs, work on your independent research on ownership and / or wealth inequality, teach 2 courses per semester, collaborate with me and in a supportive team.
www.jobs.tu-berlin.de/stellenaussc...
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🗓️ Excited to share our Sociology Seminar Series for this term at Nuffield College! @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Join us every Wednesday at 4 pm from next week
#Sociology #Stratification #Inequality
Join us every Wednesday at 4 pm from next week
#Sociology #Stratification #Inequality
April 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🗓️ Excited to share our Sociology Seminar Series for this term at Nuffield College! @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
Join us every Wednesday at 4 pm from next week
#Sociology #Stratification #Inequality
Join us every Wednesday at 4 pm from next week
#Sociology #Stratification #Inequality
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*JOB OPENING*
Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.
tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf
Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)
Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.
tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf
Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)
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tinyurl.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
*JOB OPENING*
Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.
tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf
Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)
Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.
tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf
Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)
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🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨
Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
April 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨
Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
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Have you checked out our latest issue?
It's a unique ✨Themed Issue✨ that's packed with outstanding research on "LGBTQ+ Politics in Contentious Times" 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
It's a unique ✨Themed Issue✨ that's packed with outstanding research on "LGBTQ+ Politics in Contentious Times" 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
April 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Have you checked out our latest issue?
It's a unique ✨Themed Issue✨ that's packed with outstanding research on "LGBTQ+ Politics in Contentious Times" 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
It's a unique ✨Themed Issue✨ that's packed with outstanding research on "LGBTQ+ Politics in Contentious Times" 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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@politicsoxford.bsky.social introduces Oxford Computational Political Science Group - a non-partisan research initiative dedicated to advancing the study and application of computational methods in political science: ow.ly/yi8E50VwkTk
April 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
@politicsoxford.bsky.social introduces Oxford Computational Political Science Group - a non-partisan research initiative dedicated to advancing the study and application of computational methods in political science: ow.ly/yi8E50VwkTk
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🚨Publication Alert
Very happy to share that my second PhD paper is now out with @govandopp.bsky.social 🤗🎉
Do populist politicians use simpler language? I analyse 30 years of parliamentary discourse to shed light on that question! 👇
Full article: doi.org/10.1017/gov....
#OpenAccess
Very happy to share that my second PhD paper is now out with @govandopp.bsky.social 🤗🎉
Do populist politicians use simpler language? I analyse 30 years of parliamentary discourse to shed light on that question! 👇
Full article: doi.org/10.1017/gov....
#OpenAccess
March 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🚨Publication Alert
Very happy to share that my second PhD paper is now out with @govandopp.bsky.social 🤗🎉
Do populist politicians use simpler language? I analyse 30 years of parliamentary discourse to shed light on that question! 👇
Full article: doi.org/10.1017/gov....
#OpenAccess
Very happy to share that my second PhD paper is now out with @govandopp.bsky.social 🤗🎉
Do populist politicians use simpler language? I analyse 30 years of parliamentary discourse to shed light on that question! 👇
Full article: doi.org/10.1017/gov....
#OpenAccess