@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:

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❗Among their electoral potential, social democratic parties face very few strategic dilemmas. Left-progressive appeals resonate most strongly.

New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social
with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social

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Another packed #EPSA2025 panel with impressive papers by @hilmal.bsky.social, @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social, Dave Hope, @gaetanoinglese.bsky.social & @matteonebbiai.bsky.social. Great to see so much interest in questions around AI and the knowledge economy! One more to go tomorrow (3pm, room -1.A.03)!

Preprint (open):
gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/...

Published version:
doi.org/10.4337/9781...

📘 The Socializing Effect of Education on Authoritarian–Libertarian Values

Education is the key predictor for cultural liberalism. In this chapter, we review the growing literature on how education shapes Authoritarian–Libertarian values, with special attention to the social dimension of education.

Preprint (open):
gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/...

Published version:
doi.org/10.4337/9781...

📘 Education and Political Participation revisited

Ten years after Mikael’s publication, this chapter revisits how education influences political participation through three theoretical models: the absolute, pre-adult socialization, and relative model—and reviews recent findings in the field.

🧵 How does education shape political behavior?
@professormpersson.bsky.social and I contribute with two chapters to the new Research Handbook on Education and Democracy👇

Congrats Reto! ⭐️ Sounds like a great postdoc position!

Agree! Reminds me of Kurer and Van Staalduinen’s paper:

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

Grattis Oskar!! 🥳

Do we systematically prefer educated candidates? Or do educational groups select in ways that reward their own?

This article by @turnbulldugarte.com and I suggests the answers are yes, and yes - but only for the graduate group.

Huge thanks to all who shared their data with us!

Big congratulations Reto!!! 🥳

IN LATEST ISSUE: The Voter Next Door: @hilmal.bsky.social , Stefan Dahlberg, @richardohrvall.bsky.social & @polhosc.bsky.social examine stigma effects on advance voting for radical right parties: https://buff.ly/3BBKhTC (OPEN ACCESS)

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #ECRs

Big congrats!! 🎉🎈

Does educational expansion promote social mobility? In my latest study on 40 countries, that just came out in the American Sociological Review, it looks like it does. Integrating decomposition techniques with a comparative framework, 1/n

To complete the X migration, I am happy to share my recent article, now open access in @jeppjournal.bsky.social.
The argument: Intra-party divisions are one important reason why mainstream parties take on the issues and positions of Eurosceptic and anti-immigration parties.
doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Thank you! Please add me too ☺️

New publication out! This one took years of data collection, but it clearly illustrates how Sweden's high-quality state bureaucracy is the result of centuries of gradual power struggles and strategic investments in education—a process I term administrative democratization.