Lisa Janssen
@lisajanssen.bsky.social
PhD at Ghent University | Political science | Affective polarization, political trust, and democratic legitimacy
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New blogpost (in Dutch) @stukroodvlees.bsky.social about this study with @lisajanssen.bsky.social!
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August 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
New blogpost (in Dutch) @stukroodvlees.bsky.social about this study with @lisajanssen.bsky.social!
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Is #AffectivePolarization harming democratic support? 💭
@lisajanssen.bsky.social & @turkenburgemma.bsky.social instead suggest an inverted U-shape pattern of #ModeratrePolarization & #ExtremePolarization using data from 🇩🇪🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸
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Is #AffectivePolarization harming democratic support? 💭
@lisajanssen.bsky.social & @turkenburgemma.bsky.social instead suggest an inverted U-shape pattern of #ModeratrePolarization & #ExtremePolarization using data from 🇩🇪🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸
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Breaking free from linear assumptions: Unravelling the relationship between affective polarization and democratic support
LISA JANSSEN, EMMA TURKENBURG
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August 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Is #AffectivePolarization harming democratic support? 💭
@lisajanssen.bsky.social & @turkenburgemma.bsky.social instead suggest an inverted U-shape pattern of #ModeratrePolarization & #ExtremePolarization using data from 🇩🇪🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸
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Is #AffectivePolarization harming democratic support? 💭
@lisajanssen.bsky.social & @turkenburgemma.bsky.social instead suggest an inverted U-shape pattern of #ModeratrePolarization & #ExtremePolarization using data from 🇩🇪🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸
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Only a few days left to register to the Amsterdam Replication Games on July 19. Virtual participation is possible and coauthorship to a meta paper is granted.
Register: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Register: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
July 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Only a few days left to register to the Amsterdam Replication Games on July 19. Virtual participation is possible and coauthorship to a meta paper is granted.
Register: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
Register: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...
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🚨 We have two vacancies for PhD fellows:
- on ideological stereotypes supervised by me and
@robindevroe.bsky.social www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
- on losers' consent supervised by @annakern.bsky.social
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Join research group @gasparugent.bsky.social in beautiful Ghent
- on ideological stereotypes supervised by me and
@robindevroe.bsky.social www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
- on losers' consent supervised by @annakern.bsky.social
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Join research group @gasparugent.bsky.social in beautiful Ghent
June 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🚨 We have two vacancies for PhD fellows:
- on ideological stereotypes supervised by me and
@robindevroe.bsky.social www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
- on losers' consent supervised by @annakern.bsky.social
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Join research group @gasparugent.bsky.social in beautiful Ghent
- on ideological stereotypes supervised by me and
@robindevroe.bsky.social www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
- on losers' consent supervised by @annakern.bsky.social
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Join research group @gasparugent.bsky.social in beautiful Ghent
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🚀 Kicked off Day 1 of our #OpenScience Summer School at @gasparugent.bsky.social !
We explored what triggered the replication crisis & how it reshaped research across the social sciences. 🧪🔍
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#PhDlife #OpenScience
#Reproducibility
We explored what triggered the replication crisis & how it reshaped research across the social sciences. 🧪🔍
Thread ⬇️
#PhDlife #OpenScience
#Reproducibility
June 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚀 Kicked off Day 1 of our #OpenScience Summer School at @gasparugent.bsky.social !
We explored what triggered the replication crisis & how it reshaped research across the social sciences. 🧪🔍
Thread ⬇️
#PhDlife #OpenScience
#Reproducibility
We explored what triggered the replication crisis & how it reshaped research across the social sciences. 🧪🔍
Thread ⬇️
#PhDlife #OpenScience
#Reproducibility
What a pleasure to direct this amazing @ecpr.bsky.social Joint sessions workshop on citizens democratic commitment with Hannah Werner - thanks to all participants for the exciting papers and stimulating discussions!
May 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
What a pleasure to direct this amazing @ecpr.bsky.social Joint sessions workshop on citizens democratic commitment with Hannah Werner - thanks to all participants for the exciting papers and stimulating discussions!
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What an amazing @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions edition! Many thanks to the directors @lisajanssen.bsky.social and Hanna Werner, for a wonderfully organised workshop, and to all participants for great papers followed by even greater discussions! 🍒 on top of the 🍰: all of this in beautiful Prague 🇨🇿
May 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
What an amazing @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions edition! Many thanks to the directors @lisajanssen.bsky.social and Hanna Werner, for a wonderfully organised workshop, and to all participants for great papers followed by even greater discussions! 🍒 on top of the 🍰: all of this in beautiful Prague 🇨🇿
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New paper out in @bjpols.bsky.social, co-authored with Emilien Paulis.
Using survey data from 13 European democracies, we show that electoral winners are less supportive of referendums, especially when they are affectively polarized. 1/6
Paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425000365
Using survey data from 13 European democracies, we show that electoral winners are less supportive of referendums, especially when they are affectively polarized. 1/6
Paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425000365
May 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
New paper out in @bjpols.bsky.social, co-authored with Emilien Paulis.
Using survey data from 13 European democracies, we show that electoral winners are less supportive of referendums, especially when they are affectively polarized. 1/6
Paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425000365
Using survey data from 13 European democracies, we show that electoral winners are less supportive of referendums, especially when they are affectively polarized. 1/6
Paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425000365
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🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy."
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
May 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy."
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
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New publication with @lisajanssen.bsky.social in PolBeh:
Political distrust pushes people away from the status quo, representative democracy. But distrusters are mostly critical citizens: Rather than technocracy or authoritarianism they pull towards direct democracy
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Political distrust pushes people away from the status quo, representative democracy. But distrusters are mostly critical citizens: Rather than technocracy or authoritarianism they pull towards direct democracy
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Pushing and Pulling: The Static and Dynamic Effects of Political Distrust on Support for Representative Democracy and its Rivals - Political Behavior
Distrust is widely argued to stimulate support for political and institutional change. Yet, there is little agreement among scholars whether distrust pulls people towards rivaling decision-making mode...
link.springer.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New publication with @lisajanssen.bsky.social in PolBeh:
Political distrust pushes people away from the status quo, representative democracy. But distrusters are mostly critical citizens: Rather than technocracy or authoritarianism they pull towards direct democracy
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Political distrust pushes people away from the status quo, representative democracy. But distrusters are mostly critical citizens: Rather than technocracy or authoritarianism they pull towards direct democracy
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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1/7
First paper of my dissertation now out in EJPR with @bnbakker.bsky.social & @gijsschumacher.bsky.social
Can we measure affective polarization in systems with 6, 10, or even more parties without overburdening respondents or compromising validity? We show how.
Paper: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
First paper of my dissertation now out in EJPR with @bnbakker.bsky.social & @gijsschumacher.bsky.social
Can we measure affective polarization in systems with 6, 10, or even more parties without overburdening respondents or compromising validity? We show how.
Paper: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Establishing the construct and predictive validity of brief measures of affective polarization
Measuring affective polarization, defined as the liking for one's political ingroup and the dislike for political outgroups, poses methodological challenges in multiparty systems: evaluations of seve...
doi.org
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
1/7
First paper of my dissertation now out in EJPR with @bnbakker.bsky.social & @gijsschumacher.bsky.social
Can we measure affective polarization in systems with 6, 10, or even more parties without overburdening respondents or compromising validity? We show how.
Paper: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
First paper of my dissertation now out in EJPR with @bnbakker.bsky.social & @gijsschumacher.bsky.social
Can we measure affective polarization in systems with 6, 10, or even more parties without overburdening respondents or compromising validity? We show how.
Paper: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
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🚨 New open-access publication out in the European Journal of Political Research!
@markuskollberg.bsky.social and I examine how coalition government performance shapes affective polarization between coalition partners—and find that it matters.
🧵 1/6
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@markuskollberg.bsky.social and I examine how coalition government performance shapes affective polarization between coalition partners—and find that it matters.
🧵 1/6
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🚨 New open-access publication out in the European Journal of Political Research!
@markuskollberg.bsky.social and I examine how coalition government performance shapes affective polarization between coalition partners—and find that it matters.
🧵 1/6
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@markuskollberg.bsky.social and I examine how coalition government performance shapes affective polarization between coalition partners—and find that it matters.
🧵 1/6
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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❗️Short notice❗️
This Friday, Joep van Lit (Radboud University) will present key insights on democratic decay and the difficulties of democratic defence in our times.
Everyone's welcome - no registration required!
➡️John Vincke room, T1 (Ghent)
🕒 11:00 - 12:00
This Friday, Joep van Lit (Radboud University) will present key insights on democratic decay and the difficulties of democratic defence in our times.
Everyone's welcome - no registration required!
➡️John Vincke room, T1 (Ghent)
🕒 11:00 - 12:00
February 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
❗️Short notice❗️
This Friday, Joep van Lit (Radboud University) will present key insights on democratic decay and the difficulties of democratic defence in our times.
Everyone's welcome - no registration required!
➡️John Vincke room, T1 (Ghent)
🕒 11:00 - 12:00
This Friday, Joep van Lit (Radboud University) will present key insights on democratic decay and the difficulties of democratic defence in our times.
Everyone's welcome - no registration required!
➡️John Vincke room, T1 (Ghent)
🕒 11:00 - 12:00
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‼️ New paper out in EJPR!
With @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, we use a new survey item that we fielded in surveys in five countries to examine who accepts party policy change. Check out the 🧵 by Maurits below for an overview of our findings!
With @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, we use a new survey item that we fielded in surveys in five countries to examine who accepts party policy change. Check out the 🧵 by Maurits below for an overview of our findings!
Parties often change their policy positions, but what do citizens actually think about party policy change? In our new EJPRjournal article, @rdassonneville.bsky.social and I study party policy change acceptance among citizens in 5 countries (🇩🇪🇳🇱🇵🇱🇪🇸🇬🇧)
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/n
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/n
Who accepts party policy change? The individual‐level drivers of attitudes towards party repositioning
Experimental research has shown that political parties often, but not always, suffer reputational costs when they change their policy positions. Yet, it is not clear who accepts and who rejects party....
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
‼️ New paper out in EJPR!
With @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, we use a new survey item that we fielded in surveys in five countries to examine who accepts party policy change. Check out the 🧵 by Maurits below for an overview of our findings!
With @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, we use a new survey item that we fielded in surveys in five countries to examine who accepts party policy change. Check out the 🧵 by Maurits below for an overview of our findings!
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Excited and grateful that FWO (Flemish Research Fund) has awarded us (me, @robindevroe.bsky.social and C. Devos) a 4year-research project grant to study ideological stereotypes on the basis of gender, age and ethnic origin of politicians 🥳
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December 13, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Excited and grateful that FWO (Flemish Research Fund) has awarded us (me, @robindevroe.bsky.social and C. Devos) a 4year-research project grant to study ideological stereotypes on the basis of gender, age and ethnic origin of politicians 🥳
Amazing people, great discussions, and even better scenery! Really grateful to have joined this wonderful workshop at Villa Vigoni 🏞️
On my way back from our workshop "Contesting the rules of the game? Political conflict, polarization and procedural consensus" at the beautiful Villa Vigoni with wonderful colleagues! @arminschaefer.bsky.social @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social @saengler.bsky.social @kwalz.bsky.social @damienbol.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Amazing people, great discussions, and even better scenery! Really grateful to have joined this wonderful workshop at Villa Vigoni 🏞️
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Here is the second starter pack on researchers working on Political Behavior.
The first pack filled up quickly.
If you requested to be included and don’t see your name here, please reach out again—I might have missed your message
go.bsky.app/CAMXbym
The first pack filled up quickly.
If you requested to be included and don’t see your name here, please reach out again—I might have missed your message
go.bsky.app/CAMXbym
I haven't come across one yet, so I ended up creating a political behavior starter pack.
Let me know if you want to be added
go.bsky.app/MUYzY5P
Let me know if you want to be added
go.bsky.app/MUYzY5P
November 21, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Here is the second starter pack on researchers working on Political Behavior.
The first pack filled up quickly.
If you requested to be included and don’t see your name here, please reach out again—I might have missed your message
go.bsky.app/CAMXbym
The first pack filled up quickly.
If you requested to be included and don’t see your name here, please reach out again—I might have missed your message
go.bsky.app/CAMXbym
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Gisteren besteedde Eva Jinek een hele uitzending aan polarisatie in politiek en samenleving. Dankbaar dat ik een wetenschappelijke bijdrage mocht leveren. Oa over affectieve polarisatie en de rol van politieke elites. Aflevering hier terug te kijken eva.avrotros.nl/artikel/de-u...
De uitzending van 20 november
Met Natascha van Weezel, Özcan Akyol, Sarah de Lange, Laila Frank, Huib Modderkolk, Kustaw Bessems & Henri Bontenbal
eva.avrotros.nl
November 21, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Gisteren besteedde Eva Jinek een hele uitzending aan polarisatie in politiek en samenleving. Dankbaar dat ik een wetenschappelijke bijdrage mocht leveren. Oa over affectieve polarisatie en de rol van politieke elites. Aflevering hier terug te kijken eva.avrotros.nl/artikel/de-u...
Better late than never:
📢Can moderate levels of affective polarization actually be beneficial for citizens’ democratic attitudes?
shorturl.at/MQ1fY
In EJPR, @turkenburgemma.bsky.social and I show that the relationship between AP and democratic support is more nuanced than previously assumed
📢Can moderate levels of affective polarization actually be beneficial for citizens’ democratic attitudes?
shorturl.at/MQ1fY
In EJPR, @turkenburgemma.bsky.social and I show that the relationship between AP and democratic support is more nuanced than previously assumed
November 20, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Better late than never:
📢Can moderate levels of affective polarization actually be beneficial for citizens’ democratic attitudes?
shorturl.at/MQ1fY
In EJPR, @turkenburgemma.bsky.social and I show that the relationship between AP and democratic support is more nuanced than previously assumed
📢Can moderate levels of affective polarization actually be beneficial for citizens’ democratic attitudes?
shorturl.at/MQ1fY
In EJPR, @turkenburgemma.bsky.social and I show that the relationship between AP and democratic support is more nuanced than previously assumed
📢🚨APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON🚨📢
Do you work on citizens' democratic commitments? Join our workshop at the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Joint Sessions in Prague!!
Deadline: November 21st
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Do you work on citizens' democratic commitments? Join our workshop at the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Joint Sessions in Prague!!
Deadline: November 21st
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
November 18, 2024 at 3:18 PM
📢🚨APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOON🚨📢
Do you work on citizens' democratic commitments? Join our workshop at the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Joint Sessions in Prague!!
Deadline: November 21st
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Do you work on citizens' democratic commitments? Join our workshop at the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Joint Sessions in Prague!!
Deadline: November 21st
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
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High and low levels of affective polarization (dislike of out-partisans) is connected to low support for democracy, but moderate amounts of it relate to high levels of democratic support, suggesting a silver lining, finds @lisajanssen.bsky.social & @turkenburgemma.bsky.social
osf.io/5nhtg/
osf.io/5nhtg/
November 30, 2023 at 2:32 PM
High and low levels of affective polarization (dislike of out-partisans) is connected to low support for democracy, but moderate amounts of it relate to high levels of democratic support, suggesting a silver lining, finds @lisajanssen.bsky.social & @turkenburgemma.bsky.social
osf.io/5nhtg/
osf.io/5nhtg/
🚨 preprint alert 🚨
In this note with @turkenburgemma.bsky.social , we document a non-linear relationship between affective polarization (AP) and democratic support.
These results can explain previous mixed findings and emphasize a potential silver lining of AP 👇
osf.io/5nhtg/
In this note with @turkenburgemma.bsky.social , we document a non-linear relationship between affective polarization (AP) and democratic support.
These results can explain previous mixed findings and emphasize a potential silver lining of AP 👇
osf.io/5nhtg/
November 29, 2023 at 8:54 AM
🚨 preprint alert 🚨
In this note with @turkenburgemma.bsky.social , we document a non-linear relationship between affective polarization (AP) and democratic support.
These results can explain previous mixed findings and emphasize a potential silver lining of AP 👇
osf.io/5nhtg/
In this note with @turkenburgemma.bsky.social , we document a non-linear relationship between affective polarization (AP) and democratic support.
These results can explain previous mixed findings and emphasize a potential silver lining of AP 👇
osf.io/5nhtg/
📢 Join us for a course on 'Causality in Quantitative Research' by Daphne van der Pas, organized by @gasparugent.bsky.social & Doctoral Schools.
We will learn about various quantitative methods that attempt to uncover causal relationships (panel data, instrumental variable approaches, and more)
We will learn about various quantitative methods that attempt to uncover causal relationships (panel data, instrumental variable approaches, and more)
November 23, 2023 at 2:25 PM
📢 Join us for a course on 'Causality in Quantitative Research' by Daphne van der Pas, organized by @gasparugent.bsky.social & Doctoral Schools.
We will learn about various quantitative methods that attempt to uncover causal relationships (panel data, instrumental variable approaches, and more)
We will learn about various quantitative methods that attempt to uncover causal relationships (panel data, instrumental variable approaches, and more)
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The NotLikeUs research project just launched its website! 🧑💻
notlikeus.be
This project is a collaboration of Political Science researchers from seven Belgian universities (KULeuven UAntwerpen, UCLouvain, UGhent, ULBruxelles, UNamur, VUBrussel).
notlikeus.be
This project is a collaboration of Political Science researchers from seven Belgian universities (KULeuven UAntwerpen, UCLouvain, UGhent, ULBruxelles, UNamur, VUBrussel).
November 20, 2023 at 10:17 AM
The NotLikeUs research project just launched its website! 🧑💻
notlikeus.be
This project is a collaboration of Political Science researchers from seven Belgian universities (KULeuven UAntwerpen, UCLouvain, UGhent, ULBruxelles, UNamur, VUBrussel).
notlikeus.be
This project is a collaboration of Political Science researchers from seven Belgian universities (KULeuven UAntwerpen, UCLouvain, UGhent, ULBruxelles, UNamur, VUBrussel).