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Roman Senninger

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Associate Professor of Political Science, Aarhus University I study political elites, institutions, and public opinion in Europe, using experiments and computational methods. https://romansenninger.github.io/

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 27d

Our article “Unsuccessful Candidates Are More Concerned About Electoral Fairness than Election Winners” is now online @thejop.bsky.social

Using RDD and elite survey data from Denmark, we show that losing candidates express greater concern about electoral fairness.

🔗 doi.org/10.1086/734240

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Reposted by Stefanie Walter, Lucas Leemann, Christian Rauh , and 1 more Stefanie Walter, Lucas Leemann, Christian Rauh, Roman Senninger

Tom Hunter @tommccraehunter.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 New(ish) Publication Alert! Delighted to see my article Credit Claiming in the EU @thejop.bsky.social I explore a classic question for accountability in Europe: when and why do govs claim credit for the work of the EU and shift blame onto Brussels to avoid responsibility? doi.org/10.1086/732970

Credit Claiming in the European Union | The Journal of Politics: Vol 87, No 3

Incumbents in multilevel systems are assumed to exploit uncertainty of responsibility by claiming credit and shifting blame, yet little is known about when and how they engage in these rhetorical stra...

doi.org

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d

@carotorreblanca.bsky.social , Will Dinneen, and my paper entitled "Political Science Under Pressure: Competition and Collaboration in a Growing Discipline, 2003-2023" has been (conditionally) accepted at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.

This paper has been a labor of love. osf.io/preprints/os...

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Reposted by Chris Hanretty, Roman Senninger

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 6d

Excellent work from my SU colleague Einar Bäckström on the temporal dynamics of the winner loser gap in democracy satisfaction using a regression discontinuity in time design across 21 European countries.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Sore losers on election night? Examining the temporal emergence of the winner–loser gap | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Sore losers on election night? Examining the temporal emergence of the winner–loser gap

www.cambridge.org

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 7d

You can fool some of the people some of the time, but as campaigns unfold, you can fool fewer of the people.

New paper w/ Derek Beach and Jannik Fenger on framing effects out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social

Open Access: doi.org/10.1017/S147...

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Reposted by Simon Hix, Sara Wallace Goodman, Roman Senninger

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 7d

▶️ Migration Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social

📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>>

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 10d

Econ–PolSci relationship status update 💌

A recent ReStud article:

In this article, we study key features of the innovation and diffusion of policies (...). Our study builds on the efforts of political scientists who have studied this topic since at least Walker (1969)(...).

Wow!

Reposted by Anand Menon, Manuela Moschella, Christian Rauh , and 3 more Anand Menon, Manuela Moschella, Christian Rauh, Bjørn Høyland, Francesco Nicoli, Roman Senninger

Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 14d

You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU?

Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇

@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 14d

'drawing lessons should be done with caution and involves pitfalls for British politicians'. We hear a lot about how the Social Democrats succeeded on immigration in Denmark?
But is it a model we should emulate? @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social explains. ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...

Denmark’s migration policy – an example to follow? - UK in a changing Europe

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen explains why countries feel they have something to learn from Denmark's strict migration policy, but argues that there are many key pitfalls.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks for visiting! It was great to hear about your work in the DEMOLAW project.

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DEMOLAW @demolaw.bsky.social · 14d

@kaplaner.bsky.social and @steffenhurka.bsky.social had the privilege to present and discuss the DEMOLAW project at the University of Aarhus. DEMOLAW thanks @rsenninger.bsky.social and the entire department of political science for the kind invitation, the hospitality, and the great feedback!

Constantin, Roman, and Steffen at the Aarhus University Political Science Department.

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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Karen R. Lips, Scott L. Greer , and 5 more Brendan Nyhan, Karen R. Lips, Scott L. Greer, Anne Rasmussen, Jon Green, Sarah E. Gollust, Mirya R. Holman, Roman Senninger

Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 21d

Thrilled that my paper "Partisan disparities in the funding of science in the United States" with Nic Fishman, @leahrosenstiel.bsky.social, and @dashunwang.bsky.social was published in @science.org today!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Partisan disparities in the funding of science in the United States

Republican lawmakers consistently provided robust federal funding, often exceeding Democrats

www.science.org

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InFER Frankfurt @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social · 22d

Our InFER talks enter another round! We are regularly visited by international scientists to discuss their exciting research projects. Feel welcome to visit us in the upcoming winter semester 2025 for discussions about peace and security, political communication and redistribution!

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Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · 23d

"Unsuccessful Candidates Are More Concerned About Electoral Fairness than Election Winners" by Roman Senninger, Martin Baekgaard, and Henrik Seeberg.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 23d

We did not ask many additional questions in the survey. Feedback from respondents was quite positive.

Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 23d

Each respondent completed 18 comparisons like the one below (6 per policy area incl. economy, migration, environment). The appearance of countries shown in each task is randomly drawn from the set of 40 countries.

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Thorbjørn Sejr Guul @tsguul.bsky.social · 23d

Thrilled to share that our paper "A Learning Approach to the Governance of Professionals. Field Experimental Evidence" with scandersen.bsky.social has been accepted for publication in jpart1991.bsky.social

See threat and link below below 👇
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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 23d

Many thanks! Very encouraging. Yes, the municipal level is a great laboratory for learning as well.

Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 23d

Learning processes between countries come in different shapes and can be more complex indeed. Yet, I’d argue that the most intuitive or common version relies on the principle of demonstrated success.

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Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social · 24d

"Overburdened Bureaucrats: Providing Equal Access to Public Services During COVID-19" by Karoline Larsen Kolstad. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Mark J. Brandt, Elizabeth Stokoe , and 10 more Dave O’Brien, Mark J. Brandt, Elizabeth Stokoe, Efrén O. Pérez, Paul E. Smaldino, Jason Reifler, Ingo Rohlfing, Neil Lee, Will Lowe, Jill A. Jacobson, Federica Genovese, Roman Senninger, Anita Gohdes

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 24d

LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome!

Please reach out if you would like any more details.

Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science

Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science, , LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university <p styl...

jobs.lse.ac.uk

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks! For now, we only have pilot data from the UK, but we will expand.

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 24d

Which countries do citizens see as credible models for reform?

I’m presenting pilot data @lundsuniversitet.bsky.social today:

Nordic and richer countries are preferred benchmarks, but performance information can shift who is seen credible.

\w @muzhou-zhang.bsky.social and @winniexia.bsky.social

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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Alexander Wuttke, Scott Clifford , and 2 more Mark J. Brandt, Alexander Wuttke, Scott Clifford, Alessandro Nai, Roman Senninger

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 24d

📣 MORAL APPEALS IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION 📣
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
osf.io/preprints/os...

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 26d

50 times instant access to the pdf: www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/FQK8S...

Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os...

University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent

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Reposted by Anna O. Law, Mark J. Brandt, Jean‐Frédéric Morin , and 8 more Anna O. Law, Mark J. Brandt, Jean‐Frédéric Morin, Justin H. Kirkland, Robert Huber, Erika Franklin Fowler, Ingo Rohlfing, Ariadne Vromen, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Enzo Nussio, Roman Senninger

IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨

We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.

We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks for organizing such a great event!

Reposted by Carl Henrik Knutsen, Roman Senninger

𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year's WhoGov workshop on Political Elites! It is amazing to see so much great research presented on political elites and meet so many great people.

And thank you to @inalkristiansen.bsky.social and @jonaswschmid.bsky.social for co-organizing the event

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Jonas W. Schmid @jonaswschmid.bsky.social · Sep 2

More excellent research at the WhoGov workshop with a keynote by @szakonyi.bsky.social, and presentations by @miguelpereira.bsky.social @rsenninger.bsky.social @jbvalgermo.bsky.social @fiva.no @martesaga.bsky.social @haakongjerlw.bsky.social @mnagawa.bsky.social @antonkronborg.bsky.social and more

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Mohamed A. Hussein @mhusseinlab.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚨New Paper🚨

Elected officials are increasingly extreme.

E.g., a recent analysis of 84,000 state-level candidates found that extreme candidates are now winning at the highest rates in 30 years.

Why are people increasingly drawn to extreme candidates?

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