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Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · 4d

- Had some real empty space in my agenda to work on a review about the role of emotions in politics!

- Went to a great talk at the #Hotpoliticslab by Alexandros Giannelis, Ph.D. on genes & politics.

Now time for a beer!

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Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · 4d

Wrapping up the week (week 2)

- got two R&Rs with minor revisions this week. Both about political interest, emotions and identities. So stay tuned for some existing stuff coming up.

- Had a great day with the Challenges to Democracy group. Exciting presentation by Trevor Incerti and a nice diner.

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Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · 11d

- Hosted Tago Atsushi in our weekly #Hotpoliticslab seminar with a super interesting talk about physiological responses to war imagery.

- Failed again to get ICT services to let me add students to my Teams folder.

Time for a drink!

Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · 11d

- had an inspiring workshop with professionals and scientists working on polarization Perspectieven in Polarisatie community

- Did two big interviews for newspapers about the elections

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Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · 11d

- Posted two new preprints (with @bnbakker.bsky.social @delaneypeterson.bsky.social & Maaike Homan)

On politics and mental health: osf.io/preprints/ps...

On politicians’ emotional appeals and voting: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · 11d

Wrapping up the week

- Posted two new (tt) Assistant Professorship position in my department: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... ... I am chairing this committee, so let me know if you have questions

Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...

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Delaney Peterson @delaneypeterson.bsky.social · 12d

New pre-print!

Is there a need for domain-specificity when studying mental health (MH) and politics? In our study in the Netherlands, we find political mental health (PMH) is distinct from MH & has unique political correlates, from polarization to ideological extremism.

doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · 13d

At the Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam, @uva-fmg.bsky.social), we are looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team. Interested? You can find all details and apply here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies....

Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Science

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for one and possibly two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science w...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · 20d

Mooi interview en alvast heel veel plezier daar. Nog even van Parijs genieten ;)

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Hot Politics Lab @hotpoliticslab.bsky.social · 21d

🎓 This Friday (19.09), we are honored to welcome professor @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social to the #HotPoliticsLab! She will present her work on Facebook user reactions to party campaigning.

📍 Location: Common Room (REC-B9.22)
💻 Or join us online 👉 teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...

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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · 23d

And deservedly so, this is such a great paper. Super proud of the incredibly talented @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social

Twan Huijsmans @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social · 23d

I'm very honored to have received the Frances Rosenbluth Best Paper Prize for the best paper published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social in 2024, together with Jonathan Rodden.

Many thanks to the Editorial Board for appreciating our study!

Here is the paper:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Great Global Divider? A Comparison of Urban-Rural Partisan Polarization in Western Democracies - Twan Huijsmans, Jonathan Rodden, 2025

This study is the first to measure urban-rural electoral divides in a way that facilitates comparisons beyond majoritarian democracies of the UK and North Ameri...

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Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social · Sep 8

In de eerste weken van de verkiezingscampagne zien we weer te veel voorbeelden waarin peilingen verkeerd gebruikt worden door interviewers, duiders, en journalisten.

Daarom hierbij tien vuistregels om de peilingen wijzer te duiden, en om elkaar op aan te spreken.

stukroodvlees.nl/peilingen-du...

Peilingen duiden: 10 essentiële vuistregels voor duiders - StukRoodVlees

Zetelpeilingen worden vaak misbruikt. Een tiental vuistregels om je publiek niet voor te liegen met non-nieuws.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

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Hot Politics Lab @hotpoliticslab.bsky.social · Sep 1

✨ New Academic Year, New Speaker Series! ✨

We hope you all had a wonderful summer break. We’re thrilled to announce the #HotPoliticsLab Speaker Series lineup for the first semester of the 25/26 academic year.

We look forward to welcoming you back for another year of thought-provoking discussions!

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Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · Aug 27

New paper alert in the field of political neuroscience plus a strong recommendation to follow my brilliant PhD student @gustavocjesus.bsky.social ... such a privilege to work with him.

Gustavo Couto de Jesus @gustavocjesus.bsky.social · Aug 27

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My first dissertation paper is now out with @bnbakker.bsky.social &
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social! Do our brains quickly encode partisan bias when simply viewing politicians’ faces?

The paper: doi.org/10.1080/1747...
Journalistic article by Psypost: www.psypost.org/early-brain-...

An ERP-study on the extent to which partisanship conditions the early processing of politicians’ faces

Partisanship has been associated with various cognitive biases. These findings are primarily based on self-reports and task performance and less on measures of neural activity. We reviewed the lite...

www.tandfonline.com

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Gustavo Couto de Jesus @gustavocjesus.bsky.social · Aug 27

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This research was funded by Horizon Europe through the MSCA Doctoral Network (www.ippad.eu) and conducted at the @hotpoliticslab.bsky.social and @ascor.bsky.social. Interested in the intersection of politics, psychology, and neuroscience? Let’s connect!

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Gustavo Couto de Jesus @gustavocjesus.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Why might this be? a) Partisan identity may be less chronically active in the NL, b) Familiarity and affect toward specific leaders varies across participants, c) Lack of basic visual cues related to group membership, d) Partisanship may be constructed later, or require more political context.

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Gustavo Couto de Jesus @gustavocjesus.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Politicians’ faces did evoke stronger N170 responses than strangers’ faces, possibly due to affective salience. Yet, we did not observe partisan differences in the P200 or N200 components. This stands in contrast to robust effects reported in studies on racial and minimal group bias.

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Gustavo Couto de Jesus @gustavocjesus.bsky.social · Aug 27

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My first dissertation paper is now out with @bnbakker.bsky.social &
@gijsschumacher.bsky.social! Do our brains quickly encode partisan bias when simply viewing politicians’ faces?

The paper: doi.org/10.1080/1747...
Journalistic article by Psypost: www.psypost.org/early-brain-...

An ERP-study on the extent to which partisanship conditions the early processing of politicians’ faces

Partisanship has been associated with various cognitive biases. These findings are primarily based on self-reports and task performance and less on measures of neural activity. We reviewed the lite...

www.tandfonline.com

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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · Aug 25

🚨 PhD Position at the University of Amsterdam 🚨

Join my team as a computer scientist / computational social scientist working on LLMs, social media, and politics.

We offer freedom, impact, and an inspiring environment at one of Europe's leading universities.

🔗 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD Position on Improving Social Media Using Large Language Models

The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the NWO VIDI project "Improving Social Media Using L...

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Gizem Arikan @gizemarikan.bsky.social · Jul 2

Day 3 of the #ISPPAcademy! We had highly engaging discussions starting with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social's session on the emotions and democratic politics and the cutting-edge research done in the #HotPoliticsLab.

We then continued with ‪@iriszez.bsky.social discussing conspiracy theories.

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Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · Jul 1

Hot Politics Lab at #ispp2025 ... we have something for you basically every time slot, on a variety of different topics

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Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · Jul 1

Zie je graag op de oratie op 17 april

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Martin Rosema @rosema.bsky.social · Jul 1

Some big news for the field of political psychology in the Netherlands!

The first Chair in Political Psychology has been established through the appointment of Gijs Schumacher at the University of Amsterdam as full professor.

Gijs Schumacher @gijsschumacher.bsky.social · Jul 1

On my way to #ispp2025 in Prague with some excellent news. As of today I have been appointed as Professor of Political Psychology at the Department of Political Science @uva-fmg.bsky.social ... who wants to celebrate tonight in Prague?

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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · Jul 1

Zo leuk dat collegas’s @bnbakker.bsky.social @gijsschumacher.bsky.social en @jakobkas.bsky.social dit thema ook hebben omarmd. Stemmen met 16 kan! www.ad.nl/opinie/opini...

Opinie: ‘Vanaf 16 jaar stemmen? De jongere is er klaar voor’

Uit onderzoek blijkt dat jongeren van 16 en 17 jaar net zo verantwoordelijk en geïnformeerd stemmen als oudere kiezers. Geef ze stemrecht, betogen Bert Bakker, Jakob Kasper en Gijs Schumacher.

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