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Postdoc in political science @UniOslo | Gender & politics, social policy. She/her

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Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Feb 21

New article w brilliant @anacweeks.bsky.social on the mental load and effects on public participation out in @bjpols.bsky.social!
Ana summarizes the article nicely in the thread below 👇

Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · Feb 21

How does the “mental load” of taking care of family and household influence decisions about participating in public life?

In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out.

doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life - Volume 55

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Amalie Nilsen @amalienilsen.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’m very happy to share that the first paper of my PhD, «From the streets to the ballots: Protests, polls and Polarization in Hong Kong» has been published online in @democratization.bsky.social

It is open access, and you can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong

Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...

www.tandfonline.com

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Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Aug 15

Ana it makes me so happy to see this out! Thank you for doing this CRUCIAL work.

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · Aug 15

🎉 Delighted to share new research out today: The Political Consequences of the Mental Load

📄 European Sociological Review
doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf019
@europeansocreview.bsky.social

What happens to political engagement when the “mental load” of running a household gets too heavy? 🧵

The political consequences of the mental load

Abstract. How do levels of cognitive household labour—the ‘mental load’ involved in anticipating, fulfilling, and monitoring household needs—affect politic

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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · Aug 14

Equal representation does not affect men’s expectations regarding policy output. However, if men are under-represented, most men across various sub-groups believe institutions are less likely to cater to their interests journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

How Men React to Shifts in Gender Representation: Ignored Interests? Good for Society? - Verena Reidinger, 2025

Women’s representation has significantly increased in recent decades. Women even dominate some decision-making bodies. How do these changes influence men’s atti...

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Gefjon Off @gefjonoff.bsky.social · Aug 7

New publication in @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Are young men becoming more conservative?

This debate requires a) more nuance and b) theoretical explanations for often descriptive results. With Amy Alexander and Nicholas Charron, we try addressing both.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Young men, gendered labour market competition, and opposition to gender equality policy across 27 EU countries

Recent studies have shown an increasing divide in political values between young men and women, particularly regarding gender equality attitudes. In this study it is argued that this is due in part...

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Eli Baltzersen @elibaltz.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thrilled that the first paper in my PhD thesis “State Action and Moral Attitudes toward Sexual Consent”, co-authored with Francesca R. Jensenius and @oskorge.bsky.social , has been accepted for publication in the @thejop.bsky.social! 1/

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Eli Baltzersen @elibaltz.bsky.social · Jun 27

I'm especially happy to have presented the first solo authored paper in my PhD “Rape legislation as state action: Perceived social norms and individual attitudes toward sexual consent in Norway and Sweden” w/ other great papers on the panel “The effect of gender-based violence in different spheres”!

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Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 15

Thank youu!

Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 12

Hør dyktige @inalkristiansen.bsky.social snakke om diktatorer på imponerende vis! Ca. 1 time inn i episoden!

Ina L Kristiansen @inalkristiansen.bsky.social · Jun 12

Jeg har vært på Ekko og snakket litt om diktatorer før og nå, og NRKs serie Tyrann: radio.nrk.no/serie/ekko/M...

Ekko - Ekko i P2 - NRK Radio

Hør hele NRK Radio sitt store utvalg av podkast, serier, dokumentarer, underholdning, film, sport og nyheter.

radio.nrk.no

Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you Tabea 🥰🥰

Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks so much Antonio!!

Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Takk Ina, DET er du også ✨

Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you!

Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Bahahahha

Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Tusen takk Pål!!

Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Merci Perline <3

Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thank you Nico! Hope you’re doing well!

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Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Thanks so much Elena!

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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · Jun 11

Congratulations to Anna Nordnes Helgøy ‪@annanhelgoy.bsky.social ‬on receiving the The King's Gold Medal for her PhD dissertation on gender divisions in labor and politics! Anna is now a postdoctoral fellow at ISV.
www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

Anna Nordnes Helgøy awarded the King's Gold Medal for dissertation on gender division in private and public spheres - Department of Political Science

– It is a great honour to receive recognition for a doctoral dissertation on gender equality at a time when the American president is actively working against research in this field, says Anna Nordnes...

www.sv.uio.no

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Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Really honored to be awarded the King’s Gold Medal for my dissertation!

You can read more about it below, and then I want to add that I was incredibly lucky with my workplace, colleagues, co-authors and supervisors during my PhD<3 feeling grateful!!

Anna Nordnes Helgøy awarded the King's Gold Medal for dissertation on gender division in private and public spheres - Department of Political Science

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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · May 22

📢 New article
👥 @liserodland.bsky.social, @vibekewoien.bsky.social & @allernelin.bsky.social
🔎 Party Receptiveness to Interest Group Diversity: Evidence From Policymaking in Six European Democracies.
📖 Open access in Governance @govjournal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gove...

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · May 6

🚨New working paper🚨
"Take a Load Off? Not for Mothers"
Time & money help mothers offload physical household labor —but not the mental load. Cognitive labor is an “unbargainable burden.”
w/ @helenkowalewska.bsky.social @leahruppanner.bsky.social
📄 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Feedback welcome!

Abstract: Globally, women continue to bear a disproportionate share of unpaid household labor. Recent research highlights that gender disparities in cognitive labor—the “thinking work” required to anticipate and monitor household needs—are even more pronounced than in physical household labor. Traditional theories attribute these inequalities to time availability, relative resources, and gender norms. However, it remains unclear whether these frameworks apply equally to cognitive and physical household labor. This paper introduces a new theory of gendered cognitive stickiness to explain how the domestic mental load is distributed. We argue that cognitive labor’s invisibility and lack of clear boundaries make it uniquely resistant to negotiation. Even women who successfully bargain their way out of physical chores remain disproportionately responsible for cognitive labor. Using a large-scale survey of 2,133 partnered, heterosexual U.S. parents, we find that while women’s employment and earnings have reduced their physical household labor, these factors do not alleviate their cognitive household burden. Mothers perform nearly all of this work, regardless of their time or resources. Cognitive labor remains an “unbargainable burden” for women, exposing a hidden constraint that suggests progress toward gender equality in the home is even more incomplete than previously recognized.

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Ina L Kristiansen @inalkristiansen.bsky.social · May 6

Viktig fra @elibaltz.bsky.social og medforfattere om samtykkelov og endringer i holdninger til sex shorturl.at/BsVMg

Forskning: At en samtykkelov vil redusere antall voldtekter, er høyst usikkert

Les innlegget.

www.aftenposten.no

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Thomas Kurer @thmskrr.bsky.social · Apr 30

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social

❓Political implications of labor market transformation

Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.

Deadline: May 18, 2025.

tinyurl.com/postdoczurich

#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Apr 28

From February 2025 -

Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life - cup.org/3RDjDyk

"...finds a strong negative effect of mental load priming on intentions to engage in politics and at work"

- @annanhelgoy.bsky.social & @anacweeks.bsky.social

BJPolS abstract discussing the influence of household needs anticipation on public and political engagement.

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