Roderik Rekker
@roderikrekker.bsky.social
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Political Scientist/Psychologist • Assistant Professor at Radboud University 🇳🇱 • Research Fellow at Leibniz University Hannover 🇩🇪 • Generational differences in vote choice (Veni) • Political polarization over facts and science (Vidi, Horizon Europe)
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(1/8) I’m very excited to share this new publication in Public Understanding of Science. Citizens’ trust in science increasingly depends on their political leaning. In a theoretical article published in 2021, I proposed a four-level model for this ‘science polarization.'

doi.org/10.1177/0963...
roderikrekker.bsky.social
De 'nieuwe breuklijn' is toch een beetje de waspoeder van de politicologie. Al decennia nieuw!
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fransvanheest.bsky.social
De helft van de Europeanen vindt dat medewerkers van uiteenlopende publieke instellingen politiek gekleurd zijn. Wetenschappers komen hier het minst slecht vanaf: zo’n 60% van de Europeanen vindt wetenschappers niet politiek vooringenomen, blijkt uit onderzoek in Nederland en vier andere landen.
Europese burgers zien wetenschappers nog vaakst als neutraal - ScienceGuide
Ongeveer de helft van de Europeanen vindt dat medewerkers van uiteenlopende publieke instellingen politiek gekleurd zijn. Wetenschappers komen hier nog het minst slecht vanaf: zo’n 60 procent van de E...
www.scienceguide.nl
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robfordmancs.bsky.social
ARE YOU LISTENING MAURICE DUVERGER?? YOUR BOYS TOOK A HELL OF A BEATING

TONY DOWNS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WHERE IS YOUR MEDIAN VOTER NOW???
electionmaps.uk
Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.
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joostvanspanje.bsky.social
What about the uncertainty surrounding these findings?

The German election results offer no proof, so it is based on very few studies -one of which is about elections, which are years away in the UK.

And, more importantly, on what basis is it concluded that "Labour is driving voters to Reform UK"?
roderikrekker.bsky.social
Met Els Rechts op de piano?
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katestarbird.bsky.social
Not surprising, but still very important to document.
jayvanbavel.bsky.social
Extreme views are heavily over-represented on social media

Social platforms’ tendency to reward hostile content creates incentives that systematically reward simplistic messages and extreme positions and this fuels populism www.ft.com/content/9251... via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
roderikrekker.bsky.social
Super important thread. Every word is spot on. 👇
brendannyhan.bsky.social
A 🧵 of clips from my interview with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social last week newrepublic.substack.com/p/democratic...

1. The problems with the terms democratic erosion/backsliding
roderikrekker.bsky.social
I will be in Vancouver, so I gratefully accept your offer!
roderikrekker.bsky.social
Xa(a as in marketing)vi(i as in see) Si(i as en see)mo(o as in Bond)ns.
roderikrekker.bsky.social
It really isn't that hard! 😀
roderikrekker.bsky.social
(3/3) @bojanaveckalov.bsky.social (PhD in Social Psychology) will use experiments to examine when and how different forms of policy advocacy by scientists can exacerbate or mitigate the politicization of trust in science. She will be co-supervised by Erika van Elsas and @christelvaneck.bsky.social.
roderikrekker.bsky.social
(2/3) Nora Theorin (PhD in Political Communication) will use measurement models and survey experiments to develop better survey measures for factual beliefs.
roderikrekker.bsky.social
(1/3) I’m very grateful and excited to officially start my Vidi project today on “Factual Belief Polarization and its Attitudinal Consequences” — and even happier to announce that two incredibly talented young scholars will join my team as postdocs.
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
Just unbelievably stupid. I had no idea how dumb fascism would be when it came to America.
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catherinedevries.bsky.social
📢 New Publication 📢

📄 Review article in Nature Climate Change

It examines how resistance to climate policy is reshaping politics & why populist right parties are the main beneficiaries?

(with Valentina Bosseti, Italo Colantone & Giorgio Musto)

Short 🧵

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Green backlash and right-wing populism - Nature Climate Change
This Review considers research on the politics of climate policies. Climate policies, through their economic and cultural repercussions, impact public climate attitudes and voting behaviour, which in ...
www.nature.com
roderikrekker.bsky.social
Ze lijkt zich nu definitief te voegen in het rijtje van Elco Brinkman en Ad Melkert.
roderikrekker.bsky.social
Aanrader! 👇
leoniedejonge.bsky.social
Ik mocht aanschuiven bij Haagse Zaken en sprak met @guusvalk.bsky.social over de normalisering van uiterst rechts gedachtegoed, hoe je onderzoek doet naar uiterst rechts, hoe dat verschilt in 🇩🇪 en 🇳🇱, en welke verantwoordelijkheid er ligt bij de wetenschap en journalistiek.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Haagse Zaken in de zomer III: de normalisering van uiterst rechts
Het is zomerreces in Den Haag. In deze periode tussen de val van het kabinet en de start van een nieuwe verkiezingscampagne nodigen we in Haagse Zaken schrijvers, wetenschappers en denkers uit om het ...
www.nrc.nl
roderikrekker.bsky.social
Wat een ontzettend interessant en relevant verhaal weer! Heel veel respect ook dat je dit blijft doen, ondanks alle bagger die je over je heen hebt gekregen!
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
People have no idea how valuable it is to have accurate statistics on the state of the economy and society. And yet, here we are as Trump turns to another page in the autocrat's playbook.
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eelcoharteveld.bsky.social
📢 Out now! The Handbook of Affective Polarization is officially published 🎉

📖 Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! 💙

Link below for the e-book 👇
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