Davide Morisi
@dmorisi.bsky.social
Associate professor at University of Southern Denmark. Research on political behaviour, comparative politics and democratic representation
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Today I published a replication outlining concerns with "Instrumentally Inclusive" by Turnbull-Dugarte and López Ortega (2024, APSR).
I document seemingly idiosyncratic and ad hoc choices made by the authors that create a pattern of statistically significant results consistent with their theory.
I document seemingly idiosyncratic and ad hoc choices made by the authors that create a pattern of statistically significant results consistent with their theory.
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today I published a replication outlining concerns with "Instrumentally Inclusive" by Turnbull-Dugarte and López Ortega (2024, APSR).
I document seemingly idiosyncratic and ad hoc choices made by the authors that create a pattern of statistically significant results consistent with their theory.
I document seemingly idiosyncratic and ad hoc choices made by the authors that create a pattern of statistically significant results consistent with their theory.
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🆕 Campaigns do matter
Research on Denmark’s 🇩🇰 2022 EU defence opt-out vote by @rsenninger.bsky.social, Derek Beach & Jannik Fenger shows campaigns can reduce framing effects. Loss-based arguments swayed voters early but faded as they became informed.
Research on Denmark’s 🇩🇰 2022 EU defence opt-out vote by @rsenninger.bsky.social, Derek Beach & Jannik Fenger shows campaigns can reduce framing effects. Loss-based arguments swayed voters early but faded as they became informed.
Campaigns do matter: The impact of campaigns in reducing framing effects | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Campaigns do matter: The impact of campaigns in reducing framing effects
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October 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🆕 Campaigns do matter
Research on Denmark’s 🇩🇰 2022 EU defence opt-out vote by @rsenninger.bsky.social, Derek Beach & Jannik Fenger shows campaigns can reduce framing effects. Loss-based arguments swayed voters early but faded as they became informed.
Research on Denmark’s 🇩🇰 2022 EU defence opt-out vote by @rsenninger.bsky.social, Derek Beach & Jannik Fenger shows campaigns can reduce framing effects. Loss-based arguments swayed voters early but faded as they became informed.
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Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
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 ...
journals.sagepub.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!
If you're at @ecpr.bsky.social in Thessaloniki this week, come to our panel on connecting deliberative and direct democracy (Friday 15:45 - 17:30 EEST). Exciting presentations on how we can "innovate" our democracies #ecprgc25.
August 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
If you're at @ecpr.bsky.social in Thessaloniki this week, come to our panel on connecting deliberative and direct democracy (Friday 15:45 - 17:30 EEST). Exciting presentations on how we can "innovate" our democracies #ecprgc25.
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EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
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Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
July 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
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The world’s richest Jeff had his wedding plans interfered with by Italian busybodies! Oh no! | First Dog on the Moon
The world’s richest Jeff had his wedding plans interfered with by Italian busybodies! Oh no! | First Dog on the Moon
Why do people hate vulgar displays of extreme wealth by people whose business interests are burning the planet to the ground?
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The world’s richest Jeff had his wedding plans interfered with by Italian busybodies! Oh no! | First Dog on the Moon
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Legislators speak with reduced simplicity while serving in government. When serving in government, they dedicate more speaking time to intrinsically complex, technical issues and less to clearly ideologically laden issues journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Losing Touch: The Rhetorical Cost of Governing - Frederik Hjorth, 2025
The electoral ‘cost of governing’ is widely considered a law-like phenomenon. However, costs of governing are not limited to the electoral dimension. This paper...
journals.sagepub.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Legislators speak with reduced simplicity while serving in government. When serving in government, they dedicate more speaking time to intrinsically complex, technical issues and less to clearly ideologically laden issues journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
If you're planning to do a master's programme in social and political science, this is an amazing opportunity. Fully funded, great city and amazing faculty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X047...
Discover the Allievi Program in Social and Political Sciences at Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin
YouTube video by Collegio Carlo Alberto
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June 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If you're planning to do a master's programme in social and political science, this is an amazing opportunity. Fully funded, great city and amazing faculty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X047...
Really glad to share our new paper out on @thejop.bsky.social. We find that school debating reduces vulnerability to #misinformation and #conspiracy theories kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
May 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Really glad to share our new paper out on @thejop.bsky.social. We find that school debating reduces vulnerability to #misinformation and #conspiracy theories kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
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We are extremely pleased to announce the preliminary release of the combined pre-election and post-election dataset for the ANES 2024 Time Series Study!
The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...
Best,
The ANES Team
The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...
Best,
The ANES Team
2024 Time Series Study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
May 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
We are extremely pleased to announce the preliminary release of the combined pre-election and post-election dataset for the ANES 2024 Time Series Study!
The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...
Best,
The ANES Team
The data and documentation can be downloaded from the ANES website at: electionstudies.org/data-center/...
Best,
The ANES Team
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Who is susceptible to misinformation? We looked at >60,000 people from 24 countries who took our MIST test. Key results: Gen Z are more susceptible & those on the extreme right (but they don't know it).
Led by the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social & Fritz Götz
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Led by the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social & Fritz Götz
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
April 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Who is susceptible to misinformation? We looked at >60,000 people from 24 countries who took our MIST test. Key results: Gen Z are more susceptible & those on the extreme right (but they don't know it).
Led by the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social & Fritz Götz
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Led by the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social & Fritz Götz
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
April 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
💥🇭🇺 Police have given up guarding Budapest’s Liberty Bridge as anti-government protesters shut down traffic on four major bridges, rallying against Viktor Orbán’s new law curbing freedom of assembly and banning the Pride march.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
They vow to escalate with a 24-hour shutdown next week.
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In a time when some EU countries are doing everything they can to attract scientists fleeing the U.S, the UK government appears comfortable seeing some the top research intensive universities collapse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Sheffield staff to strike over 'drastic' cuts
The University and College Union says up to 1,000 jobs will be put at risk by planned cutbacks.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
In a time when some EU countries are doing everything they can to attract scientists fleeing the U.S, the UK government appears comfortable seeing some the top research intensive universities collapse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As EU-US relations change Europe must stand firm for the DSA
The DSA is imperfect, it cannot fix everything. But the DSA is a shield to defend European democracy.
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social and I argue this in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.techpolicy.press/will-europe-...
The DSA is imperfect, it cannot fix everything. But the DSA is a shield to defend European democracy.
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social and I argue this in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.techpolicy.press/will-europe-...
Will Europe Sacrifice the Digital Services Act in Negotiations with Trump? | TechPolicy.Press
Jakob Ohme, LK Seiling, and Claes H. de Vreese write that European leaders must protect the DSA to ensure a democratic future.
www.techpolicy.press
March 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
As EU-US relations change Europe must stand firm for the DSA
The DSA is imperfect, it cannot fix everything. But the DSA is a shield to defend European democracy.
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social and I argue this in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.techpolicy.press/will-europe-...
The DSA is imperfect, it cannot fix everything. But the DSA is a shield to defend European democracy.
@dscheykopp.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social and I argue this in @techpolicypress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.techpolicy.press/will-europe-...
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Greenland has voted 🗳️
Turnout up: >70%
Centre right party 29,9%
Independence party 24,5%
Current left govt / PM Egede party 21,4%
Government with and without independence party possible.
Source: DR
Turnout up: >70%
Centre right party 29,9%
Independence party 24,5%
Current left govt / PM Egede party 21,4%
Government with and without independence party possible.
Source: DR
March 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Greenland has voted 🗳️
Turnout up: >70%
Centre right party 29,9%
Independence party 24,5%
Current left govt / PM Egede party 21,4%
Government with and without independence party possible.
Source: DR
Turnout up: >70%
Centre right party 29,9%
Independence party 24,5%
Current left govt / PM Egede party 21,4%
Government with and without independence party possible.
Source: DR
"The first lesson should be acknowledgment of what has been obvious since Trump’s inauguration: the US cannot be relied on as a security, intelligence or trading partner"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Observer view on the Trump-Zelenskyy clash: a moment of dark reckoning | Observer editorial
With or without the US, Europe must learn to defend itself, and Ukraine, against Russian aggression
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"The first lesson should be acknowledgment of what has been obvious since Trump’s inauguration: the US cannot be relied on as a security, intelligence or trading partner"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨🚨🚨 Publication alert!
Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:
"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"
together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?
⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇
cup.org/3ERYIUR
Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:
"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"
together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?
⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇
cup.org/3ERYIUR
February 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
🚨🚨🚨 Publication alert!
Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:
"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"
together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?
⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇
cup.org/3ERYIUR
Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social:
"Political Representation as Communicative Practice"
together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it?
⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇
cup.org/3ERYIUR
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The Trump-Musk adminstration is trying to dismantle the US bureaucracy.
The short-term consequence may be to impede economic growth: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The long-term consequence is to destabilize democracy: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
The short-term consequence may be to impede economic growth: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The long-term consequence is to destabilize democracy: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
State capacity and political regime stability | 6 | The State-Democrac
Two recent strands of research have proposed that state capacity facilitates autocratic and democratic survival, respectively. While convincing arguments
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315623917-6/state-capacity-political-regime-stability-david-andersen-jørgen-møller-lasse-lykke-rørbæk-svend-erik-skaaning
February 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The Trump-Musk adminstration is trying to dismantle the US bureaucracy.
The short-term consequence may be to impede economic growth: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The long-term consequence is to destabilize democracy: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
The short-term consequence may be to impede economic growth: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The long-term consequence is to destabilize democracy: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
"Every single article published is first reviewed by young reviewers aged 8-15, to ensure they are both accessible and fun to read for others their own age." I wonder if they are kinder or nastier than the reviewers I normally get :) www.frontiersin.org/news/2024/12...
Frontiers for Young Minds Nobel Collection: Three new Nobel Prize-winning breakthroughs shared by Laureates with young readers
Frontiers for Young Minds, an award-winning science engagement journal for kids, is proud to share three new articles written by Nobel Prize-winners. These thre
www.frontiersin.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Every single article published is first reviewed by young reviewers aged 8-15, to ensure they are both accessible and fun to read for others their own age." I wonder if they are kinder or nastier than the reviewers I normally get :) www.frontiersin.org/news/2024/12...
“We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood, bike lanes to Beverly Hills and organic smørrebrød to every street corner. Rule of law, universal healthcare and fact-based politics might apply” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’
Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
“We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood, bike lanes to Beverly Hills and organic smørrebrød to every street corner. Rule of law, universal healthcare and fact-based politics might apply” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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The falsehood came from the right.
How (radical/ extreme) right shares mis/ disinformation more online.
Good to see @uva.nl colleagues @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social’s research featured in @theguardian.com #polisky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
How (radical/ extreme) right shares mis/ disinformation more online.
Good to see @uva.nl colleagues @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social’s research featured in @theguardian.com #polisky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The falsehood came from the right.
How (radical/ extreme) right shares mis/ disinformation more online.
Good to see @uva.nl colleagues @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social’s research featured in @theguardian.com #polisky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
How (radical/ extreme) right shares mis/ disinformation more online.
Good to see @uva.nl colleagues @pettertornberg.bsky.social and @julianachueri.bsky.social’s research featured in @theguardian.com #polisky
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...