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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 8d

Are you, or do you know, someone who wants to do a PhD?

Applications are open for full funding (scholarship + maintenance) @sotonpolitics.bsky.social through the @scdtp.bsky.social

Get in touch if you're interested

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 1d

Seems that 'the research found the correlation between enjoying international food and a positive attitude towards immigrants was not simply because diners were more open in the first place' is based on several mediation analyses, which is... bold!

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab

www.lse.ac.uk

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats, good to see it out.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 7d

Happy to publish today in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social

Pop culture (think Netflix's Sex Education) make us think that emerging cohorts are happy to socially incorporate partners with sexually modern backgrounds and experiences 🏳️‍🌈

But is this really the case?

doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Allies on the streets but illiberal in the sheets? Gender and the public vs. private inclusion of sexual minorities | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Allies on the streets but illiberal in the sheets? Gender and the public vs. private inclusion of sexual minorities

doi.org

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 5d

Always happy to receive and publish great papers especially from ECRs 👇

Jochem Vanagt @jochemvanagt.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 New publication out @jeppjournal.bsky.social w/ Katrin Praprotnik @luanarusso.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social

We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions.

Open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1350...

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 6d

🤝 @jochemvanagt.bsky.social, Katrin Praprotnik, @luanarusso.bsky.social, and @markuswagner.bsky.social show that when the mainstream right signals openness to govern with the far right, it eases tensions on the right but amplifies antipathy on the left 👇

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Partisan affect and political tolerance in the context of shifting norms: the effect of coalition signals towards the radical right

Mainstream political actors in many countries face the challenging decision of how to engage with radical-right parties. While some systematically exclude them from power, others accept them as coa...

www.tandfonline.com

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 8d

We have great people in public opinion and behaviour that can make a superb supervision team whatever you're interested in 👇

www.southampton.ac.uk/research/gro...

Public Opinion Research Southampton (PORS) | University of Southampton

Public Opinion Research Southampton (PORS). Public Opinion Research Southampton (PORS) researches and teaches substantive and methodological problems in public opinion. We develop high-quality modules...

www.southampton.ac.uk

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 8d

Are you, or do you know, someone who wants to do a PhD?

Applications are open for full funding (scholarship + maintenance) @sotonpolitics.bsky.social through the @scdtp.bsky.social

Get in touch if you're interested

southcoastdtp.ac.uk/apply/

Apply - South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership

Our call for applications for studentships commencing in 2026/27 is now open (from 26th January 2025, 12:00am) The deadline for application is 17:00 GMT 16th Jan 2026. Below are our current applicatio...

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 15d

Some sun would have been nice, if I'm being picky...

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 15d

It was a pleasure to visit the University of Amsterdam last week, a final trip before term starts...

Thanks for having me @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social @cvalebeek.bsky.social @hannesbey.bsky.social @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social and others without Bluesky!

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 26d

Really interesting paper.

One issue that complicates interpretation is that they their treatment is exposure to a human-centric AI assistant (ChatGPT) not an autonomous AI agent.

Creates a false sense of security rather than a more accurate subjective risk perception?

@mhaslberger.bsky.social ‬

JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 26d

📊 @mhaslberger.bsky.social, Jane Gingrich, and Jasmine Bhatia explore how exposure to AI shapes social policy preferences in a UK survey experiment.

💡 Their key finding: when faced with AI, people want support, not just protection

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

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 21d

Happy to see another great paper out at @jeppjournal.bsky.social .

JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 26d

📊 @mhaslberger.bsky.social, Jane Gingrich, and Jasmine Bhatia explore how exposure to AI shapes social policy preferences in a UK survey experiment.

💡 Their key finding: when faced with AI, people want support, not just protection

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

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James Breckwoldt @jamesbreckwoldt.bsky.social · 22d

What Happened to Labour's 2024 Voters?

Using the recent wave of the @britishelectionstudy.com I look at people who voted Labour in 2024:
- How many are still with the party?
- How many have left?
- Why might that be?

TLDR: they've left because of economic issues/concerns, probably.

What Happened to Labour's 2024 Voters?

The who, what, when, how and huh of why Labour has lost so much support in such a short period of time

jamesbreckwoldt.substack.com

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 21d

You're not wrong, of course, but it also assumes that media does not increase political support. We found for UKIP, 10 years ago, that this wasn't the case www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

i.e., media coverage increases vote intentions, so justifying the coverage based on that is tautological.

Does Media Coverage Drive Public Support for UKIP or Does Public Support for UKIP Drive Media Coverage? | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Does Media Coverage Drive Public Support for UKIP or Does Public Support for UKIP Drive Media Coverage? - Volume 50 Issue 3

www.cambridge.org

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 23d

Today in the British elite

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 23d

Can't see Pompey going down. Just looked solid. But agreed that the team and amount spent should see Saints do better. Not long until the next one!

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 23d

Good game on balance. Pompey probably deserved the win, Saints never really seemed to get going apart from spells in the second half. Seemed like two teams who will be around 10th!

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 24d

On the one hand, I think most people are rational, and do what they think is best for them. On the other, I have supported one of the worst teams in the football league for 20 years and currently watching them lose to Accrington Stanley.

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 25d

Currently wondering whether my local vets can do this for my blind cat

NBC10 Boston @nbcboston.com · 26d

Brent Chapman can see again after doctors pulled out one of his teeth, flattened it, drilled a hole in it, placed a lens inside and implanted the tooth in one of his eyes. on.nbcboston.com/mRI06Sh

Man, 34, is no longer blind after tooth is implanted in eye in 'crazy' surgery

Tooth-in-eye surgery sounds like science fiction, but it can help people with severely damaged corneas see again. A patient and his doctors describe what it's like.

on.nbcboston.com

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 26d

I can't access the full piece. Is there anything beyond the headline?

My immediate reaction is: my contract is 40% research and I'll fill that with as much low-quality research as my heart desires.

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 26d

There is little more important for UK democracy than a new electoral system.

It's not that radical. Non-FPTP systems are used in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and parts of England (e.g., London).

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26d

Since WW2, 19 seats in Westminster have been won with less than 30% of the vote. Ten of those were last year. They'll be a lot more next time.

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 26d

5 parties on more than 12%, winner gains seat with under 30%. Results like this used to be rare, freak outliers. Now they are routine (there was a second just like this yesterday). Electoral chaos.

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 26d

Which is yours?

Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 26d

I guess I've only really compared to the civil service grades, but that to me seems essentially comparable. E.g., a senior civil service role basically the same as a professorial salary (at least at Soton); senior exec at basically the same as entry level lecturer.

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 26d

I dunno, I certainly think it's 'delayed', but when I look over at the civil service those on comparable salaries typically hold a lot of responsibility and are mid- if not senior ranks. Especially when I didn't have a permanent job (~2 years ago) that & the ONS were what I thought were comparable.

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