Belén Abdala
@beluabdala.bsky.social
Political science postdoc at University of Salzburg/DEUDEM project. Previously at the University of Vienna.
Research on political behaviour & quantitative methods.
She/her.
Research on political behaviour & quantitative methods.
She/her.
Had a great time at the @zweitstimme.bsky.social Workshop on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behavior.
I presented my work on why minority groups vote, and how these motivations relate to turnout among LGB and ethnic minorities.
Amazing conversations and a very inspiring group!
I presented my work on why minority groups vote, and how these motivations relate to turnout among LGB and ethnic minorities.
Amazing conversations and a very inspiring group!
🎉 Kicking off the Zweitstimme.org Workshop!
We’re looking forward to two days discussing new work on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour.
Today’s sessions:
👉 Panel I – Elites
👉 Panel II – Participation
👉 Panel III – Party Strategies
Huge thanks to @hertieschool.bsky.social for hosting us!
We’re looking forward to two days discussing new work on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behaviour.
Today’s sessions:
👉 Panel I – Elites
👉 Panel II – Participation
👉 Panel III – Party Strategies
Huge thanks to @hertieschool.bsky.social for hosting us!
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Had a great time at the @zweitstimme.bsky.social Workshop on Elections, Public Opinion & Elite Behavior.
I presented my work on why minority groups vote, and how these motivations relate to turnout among LGB and ethnic minorities.
Amazing conversations and a very inspiring group!
I presented my work on why minority groups vote, and how these motivations relate to turnout among LGB and ethnic minorities.
Amazing conversations and a very inspiring group!
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🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
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Although not yet available to read (January 2026!), very happy to see our book on political trust online. Co-edited with @mfair.bsky.social and available open access, we think it'll be a useful addition to the field.
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...
October 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Although not yet available to read (January 2026!), very happy to see our book on political trust online. Co-edited with @mfair.bsky.social and available open access, we think it'll be a useful addition to the field.
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...
www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...
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💥Online first:
"How populist citizens see the people and their place in representative democracy"
by Rosa Kindt @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & @kristofjacobs1.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
"How populist citizens see the people and their place in representative democracy"
by Rosa Kindt @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & @kristofjacobs1.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
October 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
💥Online first:
"How populist citizens see the people and their place in representative democracy"
by Rosa Kindt @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & @kristofjacobs1.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
"How populist citizens see the people and their place in representative democracy"
by Rosa Kindt @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & @kristofjacobs1.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
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Join us next week!
Anna Lia Brunetti (@univie.ac.at ) & @beluabdala.bsky.social (@unisalzburg.bsky.social) will be presenting their work on the moderating role of citizen's meanings of voting.
Sarah Birch (KCL) and Carolien van Ham (@radboudpol.bsky.social) will discuss.
Anna Lia Brunetti (@univie.ac.at ) & @beluabdala.bsky.social (@unisalzburg.bsky.social) will be presenting their work on the moderating role of citizen's meanings of voting.
Sarah Birch (KCL) and Carolien van Ham (@radboudpol.bsky.social) will discuss.
October 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Join us next week!
Anna Lia Brunetti (@univie.ac.at ) & @beluabdala.bsky.social (@unisalzburg.bsky.social) will be presenting their work on the moderating role of citizen's meanings of voting.
Sarah Birch (KCL) and Carolien van Ham (@radboudpol.bsky.social) will discuss.
Anna Lia Brunetti (@univie.ac.at ) & @beluabdala.bsky.social (@unisalzburg.bsky.social) will be presenting their work on the moderating role of citizen's meanings of voting.
Sarah Birch (KCL) and Carolien van Ham (@radboudpol.bsky.social) will discuss.
Check out these *amazing* papers on the adoption, use, and effects of postal voting!
Including a little self-promo 🎉: my article on how the direct cost of voting shapes citizens’ preferences for postal, in-person, or internet voting.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Including a little self-promo 🎉: my article on how the direct cost of voting shapes citizens’ preferences for postal, in-person, or internet voting.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Today is #WorldPostDay, marking the establishment of the Universal Postal Union—a UN agency coordinating postal policies globally. The post revolutionised communication and is an increasingly common voting method, so to mark the occasion, here are some of our recent articles on postal voting... 📫 ✉️
October 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Check out these *amazing* papers on the adoption, use, and effects of postal voting!
Including a little self-promo 🎉: my article on how the direct cost of voting shapes citizens’ preferences for postal, in-person, or internet voting.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Including a little self-promo 🎉: my article on how the direct cost of voting shapes citizens’ preferences for postal, in-person, or internet voting.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Last Friday (Sept. 19), @andduer.bsky.social, @mcortinaescudero.bsky.social, @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social and I had the great pleasure of hosting an excellent workshop at @unisalzburg.bsky.social on how to use Large Language Models #LLMs to boost International Relations research. A short 🧵1/4
September 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Last Friday (Sept. 19), @andduer.bsky.social, @mcortinaescudero.bsky.social, @yavuzmehmet.bsky.social and I had the great pleasure of hosting an excellent workshop at @unisalzburg.bsky.social on how to use Large Language Models #LLMs to boost International Relations research. A short 🧵1/4
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‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇
I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior
2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices
www.kuleuven.be
June 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇
Thrilled to share that "The Meanings of Voting for Citizens" is out with OUP!
Loved working on this with brilliant mentors, co-authors, and friends
📘 The book (open access) explores how people think about voting and how these meanings influence participation
📊 And the data’s open too via AUSSDA
Loved working on this with brilliant mentors, co-authors, and friends
📘 The book (open access) explores how people think about voting and how these meanings influence participation
📊 And the data’s open too via AUSSDA
New book publication by @carolinaplescia.bsky.social et al.: What does #voting mean to citizens around the world? 🗳️
A new open access (via @oxunipress.bsky.social) explores answers from 25,000+ people in 13 countries. Read here: ⤵️
staatswissenschaft.univie.ac.at/news-detaila...
#PoliticalScience 📚
A new open access (via @oxunipress.bsky.social) explores answers from 25,000+ people in 13 countries. Read here: ⤵️
staatswissenschaft.univie.ac.at/news-detaila...
#PoliticalScience 📚
June 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thrilled to share that "The Meanings of Voting for Citizens" is out with OUP!
Loved working on this with brilliant mentors, co-authors, and friends
📘 The book (open access) explores how people think about voting and how these meanings influence participation
📊 And the data’s open too via AUSSDA
Loved working on this with brilliant mentors, co-authors, and friends
📘 The book (open access) explores how people think about voting and how these meanings influence participation
📊 And the data’s open too via AUSSDA
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Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
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Doing important things at @epsanet.bsky.social …like locating the one veg canapé at the reception 👀
@stawi-univie.bsky.social
@bseisl.bsky.social
@mkaltenegger.bsky.social
@alexanderdalheimer.bsky.social
@marvins.bsky.social
@elenaheinz.bsky.social
@mascakir.bsky.social
@thomasmmeyer.bsky.social
@stawi-univie.bsky.social
@bseisl.bsky.social
@mkaltenegger.bsky.social
@alexanderdalheimer.bsky.social
@marvins.bsky.social
@elenaheinz.bsky.social
@mascakir.bsky.social
@thomasmmeyer.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Doing important things at @epsanet.bsky.social …like locating the one veg canapé at the reception 👀
@stawi-univie.bsky.social
@bseisl.bsky.social
@mkaltenegger.bsky.social
@alexanderdalheimer.bsky.social
@marvins.bsky.social
@elenaheinz.bsky.social
@mascakir.bsky.social
@thomasmmeyer.bsky.social
@stawi-univie.bsky.social
@bseisl.bsky.social
@mkaltenegger.bsky.social
@alexanderdalheimer.bsky.social
@marvins.bsky.social
@elenaheinz.bsky.social
@mascakir.bsky.social
@thomasmmeyer.bsky.social
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🚨EPSA alert 🚨 @priera.bsky.social and I are organizing a pre-EPSA conference on political institutions on Wed 25 June. Same location as EPSA - Room 0.A.04. We've an amazing line-up of fantastic junior colleagues matched with more senior discussants. All EPSA attendees can attend and are welcome
June 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨EPSA alert 🚨 @priera.bsky.social and I are organizing a pre-EPSA conference on political institutions on Wed 25 June. Same location as EPSA - Room 0.A.04. We've an amazing line-up of fantastic junior colleagues matched with more senior discussants. All EPSA attendees can attend and are welcome
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I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior
2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices
www.kuleuven.be
June 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
Some exciting news!
Today’s my first day at @unisalzburg.bsky.social, joining the DEUDEM team (sites.google.com/view/deudem) with @mblauberger.bsky.social to study democratic backsliding in the EU.
Thrilled to be part of this project 💫
And what a view to kick things off! 🤩
Today’s my first day at @unisalzburg.bsky.social, joining the DEUDEM team (sites.google.com/view/deudem) with @mblauberger.bsky.social to study democratic backsliding in the EU.
Thrilled to be part of this project 💫
And what a view to kick things off! 🤩
June 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Some exciting news!
Today’s my first day at @unisalzburg.bsky.social, joining the DEUDEM team (sites.google.com/view/deudem) with @mblauberger.bsky.social to study democratic backsliding in the EU.
Thrilled to be part of this project 💫
And what a view to kick things off! 🤩
Today’s my first day at @unisalzburg.bsky.social, joining the DEUDEM team (sites.google.com/view/deudem) with @mblauberger.bsky.social to study democratic backsliding in the EU.
Thrilled to be part of this project 💫
And what a view to kick things off! 🤩
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Systematic peer-reviewed assessment showing the fundamental flaws of the Cass Review. Many in politics and beyond have used the Cass report to justify the erosion of gender-affirming care. This study is a litmus test for those who claim to "follow the science" on the topic.
Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Systematic peer-reviewed assessment showing the fundamental flaws of the Cass Review. Many in politics and beyond have used the Cass report to justify the erosion of gender-affirming care. This study is a litmus test for those who claim to "follow the science" on the topic.
Reposted by Belén Abdala
A few years ago, @danweitzel.net, John Gerring, @skaaning.bsky.social and I were curious how well one could predict subjective democracy measures using easy(ish) to code observables. Turns out, *quite* well, even out of sample. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
April 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A few years ago, @danweitzel.net, John Gerring, @skaaning.bsky.social and I were curious how well one could predict subjective democracy measures using easy(ish) to code observables. Turns out, *quite* well, even out of sample. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🎉 Das Warten hat ein Ende: Das Programm für das Pint of Science Festival 2025 in #Wien ist online! 🍻🧠
Vom 19. bis 21. Mai erwarten euch zahlreiche spannende Vorträge in gemütlicher Atmosphäre.
Alle Details und Tickets findet ihr hier: pintofscience.at/events/wien
#Pint25AT
Vom 19. bis 21. Mai erwarten euch zahlreiche spannende Vorträge in gemütlicher Atmosphäre.
Alle Details und Tickets findet ihr hier: pintofscience.at/events/wien
#Pint25AT
Pint of Science Vienna
Researchers across Vienna share their discoveries with you.
pintofscience.at
April 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🎉 Das Warten hat ein Ende: Das Programm für das Pint of Science Festival 2025 in #Wien ist online! 🍻🧠
Vom 19. bis 21. Mai erwarten euch zahlreiche spannende Vorträge in gemütlicher Atmosphäre.
Alle Details und Tickets findet ihr hier: pintofscience.at/events/wien
#Pint25AT
Vom 19. bis 21. Mai erwarten euch zahlreiche spannende Vorträge in gemütlicher Atmosphäre.
Alle Details und Tickets findet ihr hier: pintofscience.at/events/wien
#Pint25AT
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Call for Papers!
📢 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
🏫 University of Zurich
📅 13-14 November 2025
⏳ Deadline to submit paper abstracts: 31 May 2025
democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/...
📢 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
🏫 University of Zurich
📅 13-14 November 2025
⏳ Deadline to submit paper abstracts: 31 May 2025
democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/...
April 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Call for Papers!
📢 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
🏫 University of Zurich
📅 13-14 November 2025
⏳ Deadline to submit paper abstracts: 31 May 2025
democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/...
📢 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
🏫 University of Zurich
📅 13-14 November 2025
⏳ Deadline to submit paper abstracts: 31 May 2025
democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/...
This is such an amazing opportunity to learn more about computational methods and connect with inspiring women*! Can't recommend it enough.
🚨 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 5:40 PM
This is such an amazing opportunity to learn more about computational methods and connect with inspiring women*! Can't recommend it enough.
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🏳️🌈 Join us for our April webinar with @grahn.bsky.social this Thursday!
🧐 Michal will present his new insights on how negative messages affect support for trans rights in tolerant societies.
📆 Be sure to mark your calendars!
🧐 Michal will present his new insights on how negative messages affect support for trans rights in tolerant societies.
📆 Be sure to mark your calendars!
April 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🏳️🌈 Join us for our April webinar with @grahn.bsky.social this Thursday!
🧐 Michal will present his new insights on how negative messages affect support for trans rights in tolerant societies.
📆 Be sure to mark your calendars!
🧐 Michal will present his new insights on how negative messages affect support for trans rights in tolerant societies.
📆 Be sure to mark your calendars!
✨Big news✨ I successfully defended my PhD last month! Still can’t quite believe it. So grateful to everyone who made it possible, especially my amazing supervisors @carolinaplescia.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social & committee @turnbulldugarte.com @zeynsom.bsky.social @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
✨Big news✨ I successfully defended my PhD last month! Still can’t quite believe it. So grateful to everyone who made it possible, especially my amazing supervisors @carolinaplescia.bsky.social @rdassonneville.bsky.social & committee @turnbulldugarte.com @zeynsom.bsky.social @thomasmmeyer.bsky.social
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How does the “mental load” of taking care of family and household influence decisions about participating in public life?
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🧵 1/9
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🧵 1/9
Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life - Volume 55
doi.org
February 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
How does the “mental load” of taking care of family and household influence decisions about participating in public life?
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🧵 1/9
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
🧵 1/9
Excited to share our new article, "Trust in Government or in Technology? What Really Drives Internet Voting," now out in Political Research Quarterly!
With @carolinaplescia.bsky.social , Ming Boyer & Anna Lia Brunetti, we test the impact of (multidimensional) trust on i-voting likelihood.
With @carolinaplescia.bsky.social , Ming Boyer & Anna Lia Brunetti, we test the impact of (multidimensional) trust on i-voting likelihood.
Trust in Government or in Technology? What Really Drives Internet Voting - M. Belén Abdala, Carolina Plescia, Ming M. Boyer, Anna Lia Brunetti, 2025
Internet voting is considered a crucial potential technological innovation, and scholars agree that trust plays a key role for its adoption and use by citizens....
journals.sagepub.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Excited to share our new article, "Trust in Government or in Technology? What Really Drives Internet Voting," now out in Political Research Quarterly!
With @carolinaplescia.bsky.social , Ming Boyer & Anna Lia Brunetti, we test the impact of (multidimensional) trust on i-voting likelihood.
With @carolinaplescia.bsky.social , Ming Boyer & Anna Lia Brunetti, we test the impact of (multidimensional) trust on i-voting likelihood.
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APSA's Political Organizations and Parties section is now on Bluesky! Follow us for section updates! @apsa.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
APSA's Political Organizations and Parties section is now on Bluesky! Follow us for section updates! @apsa.bsky.social