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Martin Søyland @martigso.bsky.social · 27d

I dag er eg så heldig at eg skal vera med på ein samtale mellom Ingrid Fiskaa og meg sjølv. Me vil ta for oss kva aspekt av norsk demokrati som er mest sårbare. Teori møter praksis! timebibliotek.no/nn/arrangeme...

Demokrati under press | 11. sep. 19:30 | Time bibliotek

Statsvitar Martin G. Søyland og stortingsrepresentant Ingrid Fiskaa diskuterar demokrati.

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UiO - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social · 27d

On October 13th Master of Science in Political Science Palina Kolvani will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science:

"The State of Numbers: Political Economy of Official Statistics"

Disputation Palina Kolvani - Institutt for statsvitenskap (ISV)

Master of Science in Political Science Palina Kolvani will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science: The State of Numbers: Political Economy of Official Statistics

www.sv.uio.no

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Bent Sofus Tranøy @bentsofus.bsky.social · 27d

Jeg skrev en sak om rikinger som vil flytte i KK på valgdagen. Om hvor stort problemet er, om vi trenger et "utvandringsregnskap" Kanskje timingen gjorde at noen her som ville lest den overså den på mandag? Ubeskjedent nok forsøker jeg å gi den en ny sjanse😁

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Amalie Nilsen @amalienilsen.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’m very happy to share that the first paper of my PhD, «From the streets to the ballots: Protests, polls and Polarization in Hong Kong» has been published online in @democratization.bsky.social

It is open access, and you can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong

Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...

www.tandfonline.com

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Sep 7

New article by @amalienilsen.bsky.social in Democratization on the effect of HK protests on pro-democracy voting

And there is more to come from Amalie on how protests shape pro- and anti-democratic behavior

Amalie Nilsen @amalienilsen.bsky.social · Sep 7

I’m very happy to share that the first paper of my PhD, «From the streets to the ballots: Protests, polls and Polarization in Hong Kong» has been published online in @democratization.bsky.social

It is open access, and you can read it here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong

Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...

www.tandfonline.com

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Marianne Dahl @mariannedahl.bsky.social · Aug 29

📊 New dataset and paper alert!
We’re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789–2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Below follows a 🧵

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Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · Aug 20

Are regimes with higher nr's of core supporters more durable? Are regimes with more diverse coalitions of supporters more durable?

In this (published today) @cpsjournal.bsky.social article, @sirianned.bsky.social , @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social , and @torewig.bsky.social I answer "Yes" to both Qs.

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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · Aug 17

📢 New article
👥 @philippbroniecki.bsky.social & @bjornhoyland.bsky.social land
🔎 What Unites the Right in the European Parliament?
📖 Open access In European Union Politics.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1465...

What unites the right in the European Parliament? - Philipp Broniecki, Bjørn Høyland, 2025

This letter analyzes coalition patterns among right-wing groups in the European Parliament, exploring the conditions that lead these groups to unite on policy. ...

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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · Aug 17

📢 New article
👥 @oyvindstiansen.bsky.social, @haakongjerlw.bsky.social & @liserakner.bsky.social
🔎 The politics of litigating and adjudicating electoral disputes: Evidence from Zambia.
📖 Open access In Electoral Studies
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 9

"The super rich and the rest: Campaign finance pressures and the wealth of politicians"

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · Aug 8

The best explanation for the Democratic Peace according to GPT5: A norms explanation. Because you can apparently vary democracy while keeping institutions constant…

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Martin Søyland @martigso.bsky.social · Aug 8

Må ha trigger warning når du poster om Høle.

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Anton Kronborg @antonkronborg.bsky.social · Aug 4

Zambian politics have been quite dramatic in the last 20 years (timeline below). With that kind of competition, you’d expect MPs to fight to gain an edge in every arena, especially MPs elected on a thin margin. However, I find the opposite in Zambia’s parliament: doi.org/10.1080/1357...

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Haakon Gjerløw @haakongjerlw.bsky.social · Aug 4

New paper by @antonkronborg.bsky.social, based on our project with the archive of parliamentary debates in Zambia. Patterns in speechmaking in the national assembly suggest that the parliamentary floor is used by established politicians to seek ministerial office: doi.org/10.1080/1357...

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Martin Søyland @martigso.bsky.social · Jul 31

Dette er en av de dummeste idéene jeg har sett. Jeg blir overrasket om det finnes alternativer å flytte jorda til nært nok, som også svarer godt på spørsmålet: hvorfor ikke bare bygge der heller da? Også stort rødt flagg at PM Borgli står i spissen.
www.nrk.no/rogaland/vil...

Vil grave opp og flytte dyrket mark for å bygge boliger: – Dette er hellig jord

Utbyggere foreslår å flytte 175.000 lastebillass med matjord. Frp mener det er et klimavennlig prosjekt. – Virker helt urealistisk, sier jordekspert.

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Martin Søyland @martigso.bsky.social · Jul 30

som igjen ville gitt politikere med dårlige hensikter mer grunn til å oppføre seg. Men like viktig, kunne det gitt partiene gode grunner til å "screene" sine kandidater bedre. Gir det mer mening? (2/2)

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Martin Søyland @martigso.bsky.social · Jul 30

I en hypotetisk situasjon der Stortingsrepresentanter bryter en eller annen regel (pendlerbolig?), kunne man feks gitt bøter (reduksjon av statlig finansiering?) til partiorganisasjonene. Det vil gi partiene større ansvar for sine medlemmer, (1/2)

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Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · Jul 30

"Autocrats can't always get what they want" by Nathan J Brown, Steven D Schaaf, Samer Anabtawi & Julian G Waller is a very insightful book about autocratic politics that I enjoyed reading this summer.

I've written a book note about it to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social : www.prio.org/journals/jpr...

Autocrats Can’t Always Get What They Want: State Institutions and Autonomy under Authoritarianism – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

www.prio.org

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