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Honorata Mazepus
@honoratam.bsky.social
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Political scientist @University of Amsterdam | Checks and balances, democratic backsliding, perceived legitimacy of political authorities.
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What drives populists to accept expert advice? Cross-country study by A Peresman, @thoruplars.bsky.social, @honoratam.bsky.social & @m-b-petersen.bsky.social compares how populists & non-populists evaluate expertise: buff.ly/sLAQvkY

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May 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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@dtoshkov.bsky.social, @honoratam.bsky.social, Nikoleta Yordanova and Darinka Piqani assess how citizens perceive the legitimacy of EU sanctions
Enforcement and public opinion: the perceived legitimacy of rule of law sanctions
The EU has powerful enforcement mechanisms to curb democratic backsliding and support the rule of law in its member states. While (the threat of) enforcement is necessary, sanctions might be diffic...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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What drives populists to accept expert advice? Cross-country study by A Peresman, @thoruplars.bsky.social, @honoratam.bsky.social & @m-b-petersen.bsky.social compares how populists & non-populists evaluate expertise: buff.ly/vMx6O28

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March 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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New findings on *populism & trust in science*

The study we conducted with Adam Peresman @thoruplars.bsky.social & @m-b-petersen.bsky.social shows:

-> Citizens with populist views trust scientists more than they trust politicians, government, regulatory agencies & society

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March 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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🚨NEW ARTICLE 🚨 with Adam Peresman, @honoratam.bsky.social & @thoruplars.bsky.social

We show that those often seen as most critical of research - populists! - have relatively *high* trust in scientists across 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 & are willing to follow their advice: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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March 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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dtoshkov.bsky.social
⭐Motivated causal reasoning⭐: in a new pre-print with @honoratam.bsky.social we introduce the idea that ingroup favouritism affects formal causal judgements, and we provide experimental evidence in support of this hypothesis
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March 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
honoratam.bsky.social
Big thanks to our wonderful speakers
@dovilerimkute.bsky.social @boralexander.bsky.social @PascalBoyerUSA & Magnus Feldmann + great workshop participants @hotpoliticslab.bsky.social This was an inspiring autumn "season finale" @gijsschumacher.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social @bnbakker.bsky.social
December 18, 2023 at 9:38 AM
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Great discussion by @mrooduijn.bsky.social of our research on the views of Dutch voters about democratic rules. Dutch citizens agree on many principles, but we see large disagreements between voters of different parties about constraining protests, leaders, suffrage rights, and the government.
November 22, 2023 at 9:44 AM
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Are you interested in democratic backsliding?

With @honoratam.bsky.social and Joep van Lit we are organizing a workshop on "Early Signs of Democratic Recession in Established and Backsliding Democracies"

Join us at the @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions

polisky

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November 7, 2023 at 7:21 PM
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tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on political trust and skepticism in my ERC-funded research project CRITICALTRUST.
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
Please contact me if you have any questions!
October 26, 2023 at 3:21 PM