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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 4h

I feel like there's a lesson here about grind culture and creativity.

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 12h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to co-chair the Migration Politics section with @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social at the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast. Submit your abstracts by Nov 7!

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 1d

This is your heads up that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast is a month from now (Nov 7)! I'm chairing the Migration Politics section w/ @aalrababah.bsky.social and we're excited to receive contributions from across the discipline🕺🏻

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 6d

▶️ Migration Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social

📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>>

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 1d

This is your heads up that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast is a month from now (Nov 7)! I'm chairing the Migration Politics section w/ @aalrababah.bsky.social and we're excited to receive contributions from across the discipline🕺🏻

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 6d

▶️ Migration Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social

📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>>

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 6d

▶️ Migration Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social

📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>>

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 5d

Submit your most exciting work on migration to our section at the EPSS conference in Belfast (June 18-20, 2026). Deadline for submitting your abstract is November 7 📩 @epssnet.bsky.social

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 6d

▶️ Migration Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social

📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>>

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Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 5d

If you work on the politics of migration, integration, or citizenship, consider submitting it to @epssnet.bsky.social and the more-than-capable hands of co-chairs @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social @aalrababah.bsky.social. Deadline is 7 November! #migcitsky #polisky

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 6d

▶️ Migration Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social

📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>>

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 6d

>>> It also covers work on receiving societies, such as citizenship, immigrant integration, political representation, and public attitudes toward migrants and minorities.

Submissions: papers, panels, topical roundtables, or author-meets-critics.

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 11d

"However, research from the country suggests that drawing lessons from the Danish migration policy should be done with caution and involves pitfalls for British politicians."

@kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social examines the much vaunted Danish immigration system

Denmark’s migration policy – an example to follow? - UK in a changing Europe

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen explains why countries feel they have something to learn from Denmark's strict migration policy, but argues that there are many key pitfalls.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 12d

How can we understand the forces that keep political conflict alive in social life, even when its political salience has waned? In my and Anna van Vree's new working paper, we analyse 27 focus groups on immigration to show how moral boundaries make division sticky & potent: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Peter Luca Versteegen @versteegenluca.bsky.social · 12d

“We argue that previous moralization explains focus groups’ perception of division as persistent and insuperable”

Sounds like a great paper ⬇️ Important to move beyond elite and media causes to collective sense-making. How ppl see “the other side” is sticky- it stays and spreads

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 12d

How can we understand the forces that keep political conflict alive in social life, even when its political salience has waned? In my and Anna van Vree's new working paper, we analyse 27 focus groups on immigration to show how moral boundaries make division sticky & potent: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks, Luca 🙏🏼

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 12d

How can we understand the forces that keep political conflict alive in social life, even when its political salience has waned? In my and Anna van Vree's new working paper, we analyse 27 focus groups on immigration to show how moral boundaries make division sticky & potent: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks, Sara, kind of you to say!

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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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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 13d

Important read (2) 👇

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 13d

In light of Keir Starmer's turn on immigration & debates in the UK about Denmark as an example to follow, I was invited by @ukandeu.bsky.social to reflect on what the research tells us about lessons to draw from Danish migration policy. Here's my take on the pitfalls: ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...

Denmark’s migration policy – an example to follow? - UK in a changing Europe

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen explains why countries feel they have something to learn from Denmark's strict migration policy, but argues that there are many key pitfalls.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 13d

In light of Keir Starmer's turn on immigration & debates in the UK about Denmark as an example to follow, I was invited by @ukandeu.bsky.social to reflect on what the research tells us about lessons to draw from Danish migration policy. Here's my take on the pitfalls: ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...

Denmark’s migration policy – an example to follow? - UK in a changing Europe

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen explains why countries feel they have something to learn from Denmark's strict migration policy, but argues that there are many key pitfalls.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 13d

"The applicability of the Danish Social Democratic strategy to the political situation in the UK is not self-evident. Rather, it serves as a warning that you cannot win over anti-immigration voters without simultaneously losing those who are pro-immigration."

ukandeu.ac.uk/denmarks-mig...

Denmark’s migration policy – an example to follow? - UK in a changing Europe

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen explains why countries feel they have something to learn from Denmark's strict migration policy, but argues that there are many key pitfalls.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 15d

Huge congratulations, Theresa! Amazing news!

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Cecilie Bjerre @cbjerre.bsky.social · 20d

Sammen med Thomas, @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social og @panktroels.bsky.social fra Det Unge Akademi har jeg skrevet et debatindlæg i @politiken.dk om regeringens “åndelige oprustning” og de samtidige nedskæringer i den kulturelle infrastruktur.

Læs med her:
politiken.dk/debat/debati...

Lektorer og adjunkt: Der er lang vej til åndelig oprustning, når regeringen undergraver landets kulturelle infrastruktur

Kulturarvsinstitutioner som Den Danske Ordbog, Rigsarkivet og Det Kongelige Bibliotek er ikke luksus – de er fundamentet for vores fælles hukommelse og evne til at tænke kritisk.

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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 21d

The well-studied gender gap in nascent ambition was there—but there is not a corresponding social class gap in the same data. Something else keeps workers out of office. (We have ideas—more on that soon.) Paper here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 23d

📣 MORAL APPEALS IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION 📣
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
osf.io/preprints/os...

OSF

osf.io

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 22d

Yes, very good point, which we also highlight in the paper: moral appeals seem to have plateaued in some countries, nuancing uniform stories about ever-increasing levels of moralization.

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks, Linda 💚

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Linda Bos 🟥 @lindabos.bsky.social · 23d

Must read ⬇️

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 23d

📣 MORAL APPEALS IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION 📣
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
osf.io/preprints/os...

OSF

osf.io

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Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 23d

What to make of this: The findings show that morality is a dynamic rhetorical tool rather than a fixed and stable property of political communication. With our longterm perspective, we can substantiate the extent to which contemporary politics has been moralized 🔥More details in the working paper!

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