Simon Chauchard
@simonchauchard.bsky.social
Social scientist @uc3m @ic3jm.bsky.social & http://pimlab.org | political behavior, misinfo., identity (PI ERC POLARCHATS) | Before: Dartmouth, SIPA, Leiden | Works on 🇮🇳🇧🇷
www.pimlab.org
www.simonchauchard.com
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www.simonchauchard.com
Pinned
#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social -
Countering Misinformation Early: Evidence from a Classroom-Based Field Experiment in India - https://cup.org/4mZR3Em
- @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social, @sumitra.bsky.social, @simonchauchard.bsky.social & FLORIAN SICHART
#FirstView
Countering Misinformation Early: Evidence from a Classroom-Based Field Experiment in India - https://cup.org/4mZR3Em
- @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social, @sumitra.bsky.social, @simonchauchard.bsky.social & FLORIAN SICHART
#FirstView
🚨🚨 Some hope: media and information literacy trainings - modules providing crucial skills to better consume information - in classroom settings appears to move the needle, and to have positive externalities!
Check out the (open-access) results of our large field-experiment in India.
Check out the (open-access) results of our large field-experiment in India.
Major post-doc opportunity on a great project in Madrid :) Apply!
Postdoc call‼️
I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT.
Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community.
Application deadline: December 10th.
Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT.
Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community.
Application deadline: December 10th.
Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
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November 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Major post-doc opportunity on a great project in Madrid :) Apply!
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Check out The Qualitative Metamorphosis in @comppol.bsky.social! Great review by @ajayverghese.bsky.social of books by @saragoodman.bsky.social, Jen Cyr, @marioluissmall.bsky.social, Jessica Calarco, @alanjacobs.bsky.social, and @macartan.bsky.social. 👇
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
Review Article: The Qualitative Metamorphosis: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
www.ingentaconnect.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Check out The Qualitative Metamorphosis in @comppol.bsky.social! Great review by @ajayverghese.bsky.social of books by @saragoodman.bsky.social, Jen Cyr, @marioluissmall.bsky.social, Jessica Calarco, @alanjacobs.bsky.social, and @macartan.bsky.social. 👇
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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‼️On Friday, Alberto López on "How Group Affinities Explain the Rise of Conservative Gays"‼️
Join us at 12.30 -- is open to everyone!! 🧐🤗
Join us at 12.30 -- is open to everyone!! 🧐🤗
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
‼️On Friday, Alberto López on "How Group Affinities Explain the Rise of Conservative Gays"‼️
Join us at 12.30 -- is open to everyone!! 🧐🤗
Join us at 12.30 -- is open to everyone!! 🧐🤗
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Submit, submit! 🚨
Pleasant reminder to all, the 5th European PolMeth meeting will be 14-15 May 2026 at Trinity College Dublin 🇮🇪
Submissions close Nov. 15 ⚠️
You can find out more about the conference, including the submission form, here: polmeth.eu
If you have any questions, please contact me 😀
Pleasant reminder to all, the 5th European PolMeth meeting will be 14-15 May 2026 at Trinity College Dublin 🇮🇪
Submissions close Nov. 15 ⚠️
You can find out more about the conference, including the submission form, here: polmeth.eu
If you have any questions, please contact me 😀
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Submit, submit! 🚨
Pleasant reminder to all, the 5th European PolMeth meeting will be 14-15 May 2026 at Trinity College Dublin 🇮🇪
Submissions close Nov. 15 ⚠️
You can find out more about the conference, including the submission form, here: polmeth.eu
If you have any questions, please contact me 😀
Pleasant reminder to all, the 5th European PolMeth meeting will be 14-15 May 2026 at Trinity College Dublin 🇮🇪
Submissions close Nov. 15 ⚠️
You can find out more about the conference, including the submission form, here: polmeth.eu
If you have any questions, please contact me 😀
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nice coverage of our APSR article in The Print today!
“Children are learning to fight fake news. Study shows classrooms help"
theprint.in/feature/biha...
“Children are learning to fight fake news. Study shows classrooms help"
theprint.in/feature/biha...
October 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
nice coverage of our APSR article in The Print today!
“Children are learning to fight fake news. Study shows classrooms help"
theprint.in/feature/biha...
“Children are learning to fight fake news. Study shows classrooms help"
theprint.in/feature/biha...
TFW you want to protest Trump from Madrid 😬😬😬
October 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
TFW you want to protest Trump from Madrid 😬😬😬
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🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
October 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
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#OpenAccess from August 2025 -
The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr
- @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr
- @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#OpenAccess from August 2025 -
The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr
- @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr
- @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
🚨🚨 Some hope: media and information literacy trainings - modules providing crucial skills to better consume information - in classroom settings appears to move the needle, and to have positive externalities!
Check out the (open-access) results of our large field-experiment in India.
Check out the (open-access) results of our large field-experiment in India.
#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social -
Countering Misinformation Early: Evidence from a Classroom-Based Field Experiment in India - https://cup.org/4mZR3Em
- @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social, @sumitra.bsky.social, @simonchauchard.bsky.social & FLORIAN SICHART
#FirstView
Countering Misinformation Early: Evidence from a Classroom-Based Field Experiment in India - https://cup.org/4mZR3Em
- @priyadarshi-amar.bsky.social, @sumitra.bsky.social, @simonchauchard.bsky.social & FLORIAN SICHART
#FirstView
October 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🚨🚨 Some hope: media and information literacy trainings - modules providing crucial skills to better consume information - in classroom settings appears to move the needle, and to have positive externalities!
Check out the (open-access) results of our large field-experiment in India.
Check out the (open-access) results of our large field-experiment in India.
Reposted by Simon Chauchard
Even subtle online rumors about out-group can ⬆️ resentment & conflict-related emotions. Results from large pre-registered experiment out in
@cpsjournal.bsky.social
, with Mathilde B. Mjelva,
@sschutte.bsky.social
, Helga M. Binningsbø.
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
@cpsjournal.bsky.social
, with Mathilde B. Mjelva,
@sschutte.bsky.social
, Helga M. Binningsbø.
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
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October 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Even subtle online rumors about out-group can ⬆️ resentment & conflict-related emotions. Results from large pre-registered experiment out in
@cpsjournal.bsky.social
, with Mathilde B. Mjelva,
@sschutte.bsky.social
, Helga M. Binningsbø.
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
@cpsjournal.bsky.social
, with Mathilde B. Mjelva,
@sschutte.bsky.social
, Helga M. Binningsbø.
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
Never felt more represented
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Never felt more represented
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2025/2026 here we go... 🚀
Check out our Permanent Seminar Series line-up for the fall! 🍂✨
This year is going to be full of exciting news—stay tuned!
Check out our Permanent Seminar Series line-up for the fall! 🍂✨
This year is going to be full of exciting news—stay tuned!
October 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
2025/2026 here we go... 🚀
Check out our Permanent Seminar Series line-up for the fall! 🍂✨
This year is going to be full of exciting news—stay tuned!
Check out our Permanent Seminar Series line-up for the fall! 🍂✨
This year is going to be full of exciting news—stay tuned!
Mandatory reading as always...though the most important quote may be elsewhere, in the association drawn between the short-term agendas/lack of overarching vision of current reformist parties and their losing this social base.
"I am a Gramscian in that I believe that to become hegemonic an ideology must offer a vision of a future in which the interests of those who rule coincide with the interests of everyone else. MAGA fails to offer one...Yet the opposition to MAGA also fails to offer an alternative."
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org
September 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Mandatory reading as always...though the most important quote may be elsewhere, in the association drawn between the short-term agendas/lack of overarching vision of current reformist parties and their losing this social base.
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Political ethnography alert! 🚨
Fabulous article by @professorbiko.bsky.social and Tali Mendelberg in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social showing that MAGA is as much about 'reclaiming lost status' as it is about culture wars or policy preferences.
Fabulous article by @professorbiko.bsky.social and Tali Mendelberg in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social showing that MAGA is as much about 'reclaiming lost status' as it is about culture wars or policy preferences.
The Symbolic Politics of Status in the MAGA Movement | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
The Symbolic Politics of Status in the MAGA Movement
www.cambridge.org
September 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Political ethnography alert! 🚨
Fabulous article by @professorbiko.bsky.social and Tali Mendelberg in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social showing that MAGA is as much about 'reclaiming lost status' as it is about culture wars or policy preferences.
Fabulous article by @professorbiko.bsky.social and Tali Mendelberg in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social showing that MAGA is as much about 'reclaiming lost status' as it is about culture wars or policy preferences.
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🚨 new paper out w/ @simonchauchard.bsky.social in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social on the link between misinformation and religiosity- does religious belief cause people to endorse more misinformation? And if so, what can we do about it?
thread below ⬇️
thread below ⬇️
September 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚨 new paper out w/ @simonchauchard.bsky.social in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social on the link between misinformation and religiosity- does religious belief cause people to endorse more misinformation? And if so, what can we do about it?
thread below ⬇️
thread below ⬇️
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i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
September 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
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🧲 We are hiring!
✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social
🏁 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English
📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected]
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social
🏁 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English
📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected]
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
Call for expressions of interest for a PhD scholarship within the project GPOL – Democracy, Elections and Citizenship
tinyurl.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🧲 We are hiring!
✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social
🏁 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English
📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected]
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social
🏁 4-year FPI contract
🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English
📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected]
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
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🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025
It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Missed it in august! But this (with @sumitra.bsky.social) also is out at @bjpols.bsky.social
We map how religious beliefs and identities affect the endorsement of falsehoods, and use an experiment in India to test. More to do on the contextual drivers of misinfo, but this is a start. Check it :)
We map how religious beliefs and identities affect the endorsement of falsehoods, and use an experiment in India to test. More to do on the contextual drivers of misinfo, but this is a start. Check it :)
NEW -
The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr
- @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
The Religious Roots of Belief in Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from India - cup.org/472gDEr
- @simonchauchard.bsky.social & @sumitra.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
September 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Missed it in august! But this (with @sumitra.bsky.social) also is out at @bjpols.bsky.social
We map how religious beliefs and identities affect the endorsement of falsehoods, and use an experiment in India to test. More to do on the contextual drivers of misinfo, but this is a start. Check it :)
We map how religious beliefs and identities affect the endorsement of falsehoods, and use an experiment in India to test. More to do on the contextual drivers of misinfo, but this is a start. Check it :)
New article out in World Development! 🚨
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (ungated if u click now)
With Rachel Brulé and @alyssarheinze.bsky.social, we explain and document some of the paradoxical (and actually inequality-building) consequences of India´s extensive gender quota system.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (ungated if u click now)
With Rachel Brulé and @alyssarheinze.bsky.social, we explain and document some of the paradoxical (and actually inequality-building) consequences of India´s extensive gender quota system.
Inclusive reforms as levers for social exclusion: The paradoxical consequences of quotas for women in rural India
Why do radical institutional changes to democratize who accesses power fail to change who realizes power in practice? We argue that disjunctures betwe…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
New article out in World Development! 🚨
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (ungated if u click now)
With Rachel Brulé and @alyssarheinze.bsky.social, we explain and document some of the paradoxical (and actually inequality-building) consequences of India´s extensive gender quota system.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (ungated if u click now)
With Rachel Brulé and @alyssarheinze.bsky.social, we explain and document some of the paradoxical (and actually inequality-building) consequences of India´s extensive gender quota system.
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🚨Excited to host the 8th edition of the Madrid Political Economy Workshop (#MAPE2025) at @cunef.bsky.social on Sept 26–27 Keynotes: Julia Cagé, Ruben Durante & Georgy Egorov. Check the program and register here 👉 sites.google.com/view/cunefpo...
MaPE 2025
8th MAPE Workshop
Friday, September 26th, 2025
Saturday, September 27th, 2025
Contact the organizers for more information:
Agustín Casas & Antoni De Moragas
REGISTRATION FORM FOR MAPE 2025 HERE!!
sites.google.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🚨Excited to host the 8th edition of the Madrid Political Economy Workshop (#MAPE2025) at @cunef.bsky.social on Sept 26–27 Keynotes: Julia Cagé, Ruben Durante & Georgy Egorov. Check the program and register here 👉 sites.google.com/view/cunefpo...
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Long time (8 yrs!) in the making, but it's here! Our article on gender, policing, & institutional change is out (Open Access) in @apsrjournal.bsky.social! Working on this @amangla.bsky.social & @sandipz.bsky.social was a privilege, adventure, esp in mixed method research. tinyurl.com/yc4f6ste
Institutional Recognition: Activating Representation to Build Police Responsiveness to Women | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Institutional Recognition: Activating Representation to Build Police Responsiveness to Women
tinyurl.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Long time (8 yrs!) in the making, but it's here! Our article on gender, policing, & institutional change is out (Open Access) in @apsrjournal.bsky.social! Working on this @amangla.bsky.social & @sandipz.bsky.social was a privilege, adventure, esp in mixed method research. tinyurl.com/yc4f6ste
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I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!
We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
August 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!