Simone Cremaschi
@simonecremaschi.bsky.social
Departmental Lecturer in Comparative European Politics at University of Oxford.
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Now out @apsrjournal.bsky.social with page numbers! 🫒
We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives
shorturl.at/bA55v
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives
shorturl.at/bA55v
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
New year, new chapter: I’m starting a new position at @ox.ac.uk. Thrilled to join DPIR as a Departmental Lecturer and Nuffield College as an Associate Member. Looking forward to what’s ahead!
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 PM
New year, new chapter: I’m starting a new position at @ox.ac.uk. Thrilled to join DPIR as a Departmental Lecturer and Nuffield College as an Associate Member. Looking forward to what’s ahead!
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@yangyangzhou.bsky.social, @shuningge.bsky.social Naijia Liu, and I have a new (AND BETTER) draft of our paper "Liberalizing Refugee Hosting Policies withoutLosing the Vote".
Link: osf.io/preprints/os...
Comments are welcome!
Link: osf.io/preprints/os...
Comments are welcome!
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
@yangyangzhou.bsky.social, @shuningge.bsky.social Naijia Liu, and I have a new (AND BETTER) draft of our paper "Liberalizing Refugee Hosting Policies withoutLosing the Vote".
Link: osf.io/preprints/os...
Comments are welcome!
Link: osf.io/preprints/os...
Comments are welcome!
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🥳 New year, new publication
📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social
With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.
📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social
With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 AM
🥳 New year, new publication
📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social
With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.
📑"Contested memories: the political effects of de-commemoration proposals" @jeppjournal.bsky.social
With Francesco Colombo, we study a street renaming proposal in Berlin and find -contrary to conventional wisdom- no political backlash, but a positive feedback effect.
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A new paper by George Borjas—who served this past year in the Trump White House designing some of its anti-immigration policies—claims to display evidence of ideological bias among researchers who study immigration.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
A new paper by George Borjas—who served this past year in the Trump White House designing some of its anti-immigration policies—claims to display evidence of ideological bias among researchers who study immigration.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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4. Ecological crises as accelerator of the far-right
@jksteinberger.bsky.social, Céline Keller and @simonecremaschi.bsky.social show that climate shocks hit hardest where austerity has hollowed out public services, breeding narratives of state abandonment and boosting the far-right (5/6)
@jksteinberger.bsky.social, Céline Keller and @simonecremaschi.bsky.social show that climate shocks hit hardest where austerity has hollowed out public services, breeding narratives of state abandonment and boosting the far-right (5/6)
December 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
4. Ecological crises as accelerator of the far-right
@jksteinberger.bsky.social, Céline Keller and @simonecremaschi.bsky.social show that climate shocks hit hardest where austerity has hollowed out public services, breeding narratives of state abandonment and boosting the far-right (5/6)
@jksteinberger.bsky.social, Céline Keller and @simonecremaschi.bsky.social show that climate shocks hit hardest where austerity has hollowed out public services, breeding narratives of state abandonment and boosting the far-right (5/6)
A great overview of a great special issue, including our paper on the legacies of antifascist resistance in Italy.
Thank you again @laiabalcells.bsky.social @apvjustino.bsky.social @andrearuggeri.bsky.social !
Thank you again @laiabalcells.bsky.social @apvjustino.bsky.social @andrearuggeri.bsky.social !
First time writing for Broadstreet blog! With @apvjustino.bsky.social and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, we wrote about the Special Issue just published at Comparative Political Studies: www.broadstreet.blog/p/legacies-o...
Legacies of Repression: How Europe’s Violent 20th Century Still Shapes Its Politics
by Laia Balcells, Patricia Justino, and Andrea Ruggeri
www.broadstreet.blog
December 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A great overview of a great special issue, including our paper on the legacies of antifascist resistance in Italy.
Thank you again @laiabalcells.bsky.social @apvjustino.bsky.social @andrearuggeri.bsky.social !
Thank you again @laiabalcells.bsky.social @apvjustino.bsky.social @andrearuggeri.bsky.social !
Now out in QMMR (Notes from the Field): I reflect on my PhD fieldwork in informal camps of migrant farmworkers in Italy, and on how the slow work of building trust in a challenging field environment radically reshaped my research questions and methods
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Like a CCTV in an Informal Migrant Camp: Rethinking Research While Building Trust in the Field
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December 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Now out in QMMR (Notes from the Field): I reflect on my PhD fieldwork in informal camps of migrant farmworkers in Italy, and on how the slow work of building trust in a challenging field environment radically reshaped my research questions and methods
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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📢 Analytical sociology is coming home!
Call 4 INAS26 is open
🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔)
☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26
🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social
Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
Call 4 INAS26 is open
🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔)
☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26
🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social
Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
INAS Conference 2026 - Nuffield College Oxford University
tinyurl.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
📢 Analytical sociology is coming home!
Call 4 INAS26 is open
🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔)
☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26
🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social
Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
Call 4 INAS26 is open
🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔)
☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26
🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social
Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx
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Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
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🎁 Christmas has come early for @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & me with the publication of our article "The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century" in @politicalgeography.bsky.social:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century
The idea that the presence of Western European political parties at grassroots level rose and fell in the twentieth century is central to some of the …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
🎁 Christmas has come early for @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & me with the publication of our article "The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century" in @politicalgeography.bsky.social:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Many thanks to everyone who took part in the 7th IMPRS-PHDS Academy at @mpidr.bsky.social, either in person or online, and helped to make it such a success. Big congratulations to Andrea Colasurdo, Chiara Micheletti and @lauraleone.bsky.social on winning the Best Poster Award!
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Agree with much of what Cyrus says in his blog post and the comments below.
I'd add that some of the best recent work in poli sci is mixed methods, and uses a combo of observational data, experiments/quasi-experiments, and in-depth interviews/case studies to answer a puzzle from multiple angles.
I'd add that some of the best recent work in poli sci is mixed methods, and uses a combo of observational data, experiments/quasi-experiments, and in-depth interviews/case studies to answer a puzzle from multiple angles.
A blog post giving a more thorough take on survey experiments and the credibility revolution: cyrussamii.com?p=4168
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Agree with much of what Cyrus says in his blog post and the comments below.
I'd add that some of the best recent work in poli sci is mixed methods, and uses a combo of observational data, experiments/quasi-experiments, and in-depth interviews/case studies to answer a puzzle from multiple angles.
I'd add that some of the best recent work in poli sci is mixed methods, and uses a combo of observational data, experiments/quasi-experiments, and in-depth interviews/case studies to answer a puzzle from multiple angles.
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Our paper just got accepted in the @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 and is now on the journal website: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... For me personally, it's a milestone: my first paper accepted after a peer review!
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Our paper just got accepted in the @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 and is now on the journal website: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... For me personally, it's a milestone: my first paper accepted after a peer review!
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New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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🚨 New working paper 🚨
We often see populist parties like Reform UK blame higher energy bills on climate change policies. What are the political consequences of this strategy?
Very early draft; comments and criticisms are welcomed!
full draft: z-dickson.github.io/assets/dicks...
We often see populist parties like Reform UK blame higher energy bills on climate change policies. What are the political consequences of this strategy?
Very early draft; comments and criticisms are welcomed!
full draft: z-dickson.github.io/assets/dicks...
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🚨 New working paper 🚨
We often see populist parties like Reform UK blame higher energy bills on climate change policies. What are the political consequences of this strategy?
Very early draft; comments and criticisms are welcomed!
full draft: z-dickson.github.io/assets/dicks...
We often see populist parties like Reform UK blame higher energy bills on climate change policies. What are the political consequences of this strategy?
Very early draft; comments and criticisms are welcomed!
full draft: z-dickson.github.io/assets/dicks...
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🌱 How do environmental protests affect public option? And what if they are disruptive? We have a 💫 new study 💫 out in the BJPS about public support for environmental protests. (cc @catherinedevries.bsky.social , @simonvanteutem.bsky.social ) Summary below 👇
NEW -
Public Support for Pro-environment and Environment-Critical Movements - https://cup.org/3XzCAEJ
- @dirckdekleer.bsky.social, @catherinedevries.bsky.social & @simonvanteutem.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Public Support for Pro-environment and Environment-Critical Movements - https://cup.org/3XzCAEJ
- @dirckdekleer.bsky.social, @catherinedevries.bsky.social & @simonvanteutem.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🌱 How do environmental protests affect public option? And what if they are disruptive? We have a 💫 new study 💫 out in the BJPS about public support for environmental protests. (cc @catherinedevries.bsky.social , @simonvanteutem.bsky.social ) Summary below 👇
Now out @apsrjournal.bsky.social with page numbers! 🫒
We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives
shorturl.at/bA55v
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives
shorturl.at/bA55v
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Now out @apsrjournal.bsky.social with page numbers! 🫒
We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives
shorturl.at/bA55v
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives
shorturl.at/bA55v
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
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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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NEW -
Exposure to Confederate Monuments: The Political Effect of Non-Intervention - https://cup.org/42ZHRc0
"results highlight the potential negative consequences of maintaining controversial commemorations"
- Ana Ruipérez Núñez
#OpenAccess
Exposure to Confederate Monuments: The Political Effect of Non-Intervention - https://cup.org/42ZHRc0
"results highlight the potential negative consequences of maintaining controversial commemorations"
- Ana Ruipérez Núñez
#OpenAccess
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
NEW -
Exposure to Confederate Monuments: The Political Effect of Non-Intervention - https://cup.org/42ZHRc0
"results highlight the potential negative consequences of maintaining controversial commemorations"
- Ana Ruipérez Núñez
#OpenAccess
Exposure to Confederate Monuments: The Political Effect of Non-Intervention - https://cup.org/42ZHRc0
"results highlight the potential negative consequences of maintaining controversial commemorations"
- Ana Ruipérez Núñez
#OpenAccess
Public service decline → more far-right support: I summarize evidence from several coauthored studies in a new post for the @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social series on Fascism and Liberalism.
October 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Public service decline → more far-right support: I summarize evidence from several coauthored studies in a new post for the @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social series on Fascism and Liberalism.
New UN report warns that welfare cuts can fuel far-right support. It features my work on public service deprivation with @paularettl.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social and on climate-related disasters and far-right incumbents with @pstanig.bsky.social
My message at the United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80: "Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise"
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise, warns UN expert
NEW YORK – The rolling back of protections for people living in poverty has created fertile ground for far-right movements across the world, warned the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human ...
www.ohchr.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New UN report warns that welfare cuts can fuel far-right support. It features my work on public service deprivation with @paularettl.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social and on climate-related disasters and far-right incumbents with @pstanig.bsky.social
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This new report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and
human rights docs.un.org/en/A/80/138 cites my work on trade shocks and economic nationalism with Italo Colantone, but also a paper of mine on extreme weather events with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social.
human rights docs.un.org/en/A/80/138 cites my work on trade shocks and economic nationalism with Italo Colantone, but also a paper of mine on extreme weather events with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social.
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This new report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and
human rights docs.un.org/en/A/80/138 cites my work on trade shocks and economic nationalism with Italo Colantone, but also a paper of mine on extreme weather events with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social.
human rights docs.un.org/en/A/80/138 cites my work on trade shocks and economic nationalism with Italo Colantone, but also a paper of mine on extreme weather events with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social.
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Cool paper by @eddieyang.bsky.social, confirming our LLM hacking findings (arxiv.org/abs/2509.08825):
✓ LLMs are brittle data annotators
✓ Downstream conclusions flip frequently: LLM hacking risk is real!
✓ Bias correction methods can help but have trade-offs
✓ Use human expert whenever possible
✓ LLMs are brittle data annotators
✓ Downstream conclusions flip frequently: LLM hacking risk is real!
✓ Bias correction methods can help but have trade-offs
✓ Use human expert whenever possible
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Cool paper by @eddieyang.bsky.social, confirming our LLM hacking findings (arxiv.org/abs/2509.08825):
✓ LLMs are brittle data annotators
✓ Downstream conclusions flip frequently: LLM hacking risk is real!
✓ Bias correction methods can help but have trade-offs
✓ Use human expert whenever possible
✓ LLMs are brittle data annotators
✓ Downstream conclusions flip frequently: LLM hacking risk is real!
✓ Bias correction methods can help but have trade-offs
✓ Use human expert whenever possible
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Why do rustbelts vote radical right? Studying the German Ruhr area, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social and I show: it’s not just about deindustrialization, but also about the original industrialization. Where coal is buried deeper and mining started later, the AfD is stronger today 1/12
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Why do rustbelts vote radical right? Studying the German Ruhr area, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social and I show: it’s not just about deindustrialization, but also about the original industrialization. Where coal is buried deeper and mining started later, the AfD is stronger today 1/12
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1st article from my dissertation is out in Perspectives today!!
two takeaways: a) knowledge economy 'winners' may not be subject to status loss but they sure care about status preservation & b) this is consequential for their attitudes re: immigration & diversity.
Thnx 2 all along this journey!!
two takeaways: a) knowledge economy 'winners' may not be subject to status loss but they sure care about status preservation & b) this is consequential for their attitudes re: immigration & diversity.
Thnx 2 all along this journey!!
#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -
The Politics of Status Preservation: Immigration and the Knowledge Economy Class - https://cup.org/3VYHxGx
- @briittavs.bsky.social
#FirstView
The Politics of Status Preservation: Immigration and the Knowledge Economy Class - https://cup.org/3VYHxGx
- @briittavs.bsky.social
#FirstView
October 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
1st article from my dissertation is out in Perspectives today!!
two takeaways: a) knowledge economy 'winners' may not be subject to status loss but they sure care about status preservation & b) this is consequential for their attitudes re: immigration & diversity.
Thnx 2 all along this journey!!
two takeaways: a) knowledge economy 'winners' may not be subject to status loss but they sure care about status preservation & b) this is consequential for their attitudes re: immigration & diversity.
Thnx 2 all along this journey!!