And to my amazing supervisor @simonhix.bsky.social. Your enthusiasm and dedication kept my confidence high throughout all of this. Thank you for the feedback, the advice, and for teaching me how to do good research.

I am especially grateful for the wonderful jury; Amanda Clayton, @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and @filipkostelka.bsky.social. Thank you for engaging with the research, giving thorough feedback, and advising me on the next step.

A week has passed since I successfully defended my dissertation at @eui-sps.bsky.social, and I still feel extremely proud of the skills I have learned and the research I have produced.

NYU Abu Dhabi is looking for a Post-Doctoral Associate. I’m happy to see that non-discrimination based on sexual orientation is mentioned in their Equal Employment Opportunity Statement. There’s only one problem…

Want to see something cool? We live in a gendered world where certain things and activities are seen as more feminine or masculine. But we don’t often consider that political parties can also be gender-coded. I asked ~1,300 students to rank the Norwegian parties from most masculine to most feminine.