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Rosie Campbell

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Professor of Politics King’s College London

Rosie Campbell is professor of politics at King's College, University of London, and the director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership until 2025. Previously she was a professor at UCL and Birkbeck College. She is a specialist in public expectations of politicians and voting behaviour. In 2018, she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. .. more

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · 10h

@electoralstudies.bsky.social If you’re interested in academic studies of political polarisation we have loads of great papers at Electoral Studies. Check out this one by Joseph Phillips www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Affective polarization and habits of political participation

Affective polarization, or relative dislike of opposing partisans, is associated with several negative outcomes for democracy. However, a number of st…

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · 10h

Was Gary Neville right- are middle-aged white men to blame for political polarisation? Adam Fleming asks me and @robfordmancs.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

AntiSocial - Angry middle-aged white men - BBC Sounds

Are they dividing the country?

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Electoral Studies @electoralstudies.bsky.social · 1d

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... 📫 ✉️

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 7d

Heartbreaking & distressing testimony from children kidnapped by Russia as part of their genocidal acts in Ukraine but we must not look away.

I was kidnapped by Russia at 16 — like so many Ukrainian kids

www.thetimes.com/article/f8e4...

I was kidnapped by Russia at 16 — like so many Ukrainian kids

It’s estimated nearly 20,000 children in Ukraine have been abducted during the war and sent by Russia for ‘re-education’. A new documentary film reveals the horrors they face

www.thetimes.com

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · 11d

Women always more likely to say don’t know or be undecided but just as likely to turn up and vote onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

‘Whitby Woman’, ‘Waitrose Woman’: Gender and Voting Behaviour at the 2024 UK General Election

Women were identified as key targets in the 2024 British general election. There was much speculation as to whether ‘Whitby’ or ‘Waitrose’ women would swing the result for Labour. This interest in wo....

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · 22d

@iaindale.bsky.social out today with a chapter by yours truly on the Chesham and Amersham by-election. The first brick in the blue wall. Buy copies signed by Iain from Politicos www.politicos.co.uk/products/by-...

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Iain Dale @iaindale.bsky.social · 22d

IT'S PUBLICATION DAY

British By-Elections 1769-2025 is out today. 732 pages covering 88 by-elections. Thanks to all 87 contributors who wrote the essays.

Order your signed copy here
www.politicos.co.uk/products/by-...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26d

I am concerned about silence of gvt ministers & others to defend basic anti-racism norms in last 6 weeks. They seem muted by their anxious inability to separate legitimate politics from prejudice & hate.

Anti-violence norms - civil war is inevitable, so support violence - really should be simpler.

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · Sep 9

🔎 NEW INVESTIGATION 🔎

Reform has been exploiting fears around attacks on women to stoke hate against migrants. We investigated their flawed statistics and the group with far-right links that have helped spread its narrative.

https://bit.ly/4nmPpgA

Dodgy statistics and fringe beliefs: the groups behind Reform’s anti-migrant agenda

Reform has been exploiting fears around attacks on women to stoke hate against migrants. Good Law Project investigates the flawed statistics and the group with far-right links that have helped spread ...

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · Sep 9

Great to see a really positive development in the UK’s social science data infrastructure.

UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · Sep 9

Announcing Generation New Era: the first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years.

It will study 30,000 children born in 2026 across the four nations of the UK.

Watch out for upcoming opportunities for researchers and other stakeholders to engage with the study team via @clscohorts.bsky.social

UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years

A ground-breaking UK-wide scientific study will help improve the lives of future generations by studying 30,000 children born in 2026.

www.ukri.org

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Sep 6

BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.

‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’

Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities

www.thetimes.com

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Sep 4

So exciting!!!

Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Sep 2

Alas. Hopefully see you before then

Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Sep 1

Epop this week I hope!

Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ahh thanks Joe. It’s always a pleasure to spend time with you and read your work!

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Ceri Fowler @cerifowler.bsky.social · Aug 23

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... ft. me (and @profrosiecamp.bsky.social !)

Are young women more left wing than men - and, if so, why?

A divide appears to be opening up between young women and young men in the way they vote and view the world.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Aug 18

New book from Iain Dale on its way with a chapter by me on the Chesham and Amersham by-election, described at the time as the first brick in the blue wall. Buy it at Politicos signed by Iain.

British By-Elections 1769-2025 - The 88 By-Elections That Shook British Politics edited by Iain Dale COMING 18 SEPTEMBER

Biteback Hardback 18 September 2025 88 essays by 87 different politicians, historians, academics and journalists about 85 of the most important by-elections since thje John Wilkes by-election of 176...

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · Aug 18

New book on its way with a chapter by me! ‘My’ by-election is a Labour breakthrough in the 1920s…

Image of a book. Text reads BRITISH
BY-ELECTIONS
1769-2025
THE 88 BY-ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
THAT SHAPED OUR POLITICS
IAIN DALE
THE 88 MOST CONSEQUENTIAL
BY-ELECTIONS OF THE MODERN ERA

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Aug 11

The tiny violin I was playing last year just shrank.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Aug 9

New post just out:

"The Great VAT Panic"

The claims made by the right-wing press about VAT on private school fees were wildly wrong.

Why? What are the lessons about about (how not to) run a lobbying campaign? And what can government learn?

(£/free)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

The Great VAT Panic

Or how not to run a campaign

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · Aug 7

We hope this contributes nuance and theory to ongoing debates!
Maybe of interest to @casmudde.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @profrosiecamp.bsky.social @cerifowler.bsky.social @djordjemilosav.bsky.social @indubioproreto.bsky.social @roderikrekker.bsky.social @frederikthieme.bsky.social 😊

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · Aug 3

I thinks weeks newsletter I breakdown why the data suggests that the 20mph limit in Wales wales actually an amazing idea.

willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/turns-out-...

Turns out the 20mph limit was great idea!

Two years on from the controversial policy, it's becoming increasingly clear that the doubters were wrong

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Anthony Calacino @acalacino.bsky.social · Jul 1

A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis.

Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.

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Map from the Climate Shift Index of Europe, showing that the current heat wave over much of Western Europe is 4-5 times more likely due to climate change.

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Jul 24

Even in the suburbs, within the m25, lukewarm would be an over statement. Although my neighbour’s black bin is missing.

Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Jul 23

Really interesting. Thx for sharing

Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Jul 23

‘Far’ left because I’m not sure if green parties count as ‘far’

Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Jul 23

Yes, some leaders magnify the gap by exploiting genuine insecurity with simple solutions & a scapegoat, this time women. Mainstream politics is failing to tackle the crises faced by the youngest generation, that might explain the attraction of the ‘far’ left to young women & far right for young men

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Jul 23

Also we should be careful not to inflate the difference between gen z men and women. As you show Sam it varies over time and across countries and the gap is widening from the historic trend but it’s not a chasm bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/downloadpdf/...

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Rosie Campbell @profrosiecamp.bsky.social · Jul 23

Great piece Sam! My hunch is the acceleration in young women’s move left in many nations is driven by similar forces to the backlash against gender equality by gen z men. Both more pessimistic about their futures but gender stereotypes and social media push them to different diagnoses and solutions.

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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · Jul 16

6/ A multicultural nationalism that recognises the claim of white working class voters to be part of the a diverse nation is an important way forward. As argued here with Sam Hill and @tariqmodood.bsky.social
thepoliticalquarterly.substack.com/p/multicultu...

Multicultural Nationalism: Saving the White Working-Class From Blue Labour?

Labour's apparent revival of ‘Blue Labour’ social conservatism reflects a zero-sum logic that fails to reconcile the party's diverse electoral coalition.

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