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Konstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social · 14d

For postdocs around, I can't recommend this enough! In just four weeks in Mannheim, I connected to lots of amazing young scholars, presented my research, finished writing up my dissertation and applied for my current job at LSE. MZES organized my stay so smoothly that I couldn't wish for more.

MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 16d

📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

Screenshot of the call for applications for MZES Visiting Fellowships, 22 September 2025. For the full text, please follow the link.

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 New working paper alert! 🚨

I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · 22d

As this is a working paper, comments and any feedback are always welcome.

Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · 22d

Wishing to maintain hierarchies through law as well as violently is significantly increased by the ruling. Additionally, anti-immigrant parties (Conservatives UKIP and Reform) indirectly receive an increase of voting intentions by around 6 percentage points.

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · 22d

I find that Britons surveyed after the ruling become significantly more socially dominant compared to the ones surveyed before the ruling. The effect is primarily driven by White Britons.

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · 22d

It is the Supreme Court decision on the Rwanda scheme that I use as my quasi-experimental treatment. I use an unexpected event during survey design to test how the ruling influenced people's hierarchical values measured as social dominance orientation (SDO).

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · 22d

I argue in the paper that the Supreme Court ruling should threaten the British public due to the Supreme Court defending the rights of a group that is perceived to be threatening.

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · 22d

The Rwanda Scheme was the controversial treaty between Rwanda and the UK that allowed Britain to send its asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their asylum request processed there. The UK Supreme Court decided on November 15, 2023 that this scheme is unconstitutional due to human rights concerns.

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · 22d

🚨 New working paper alert! 🚨

I analyse how the UK Supreme Court declaring the Rwanda Scheme unconstitutional changed individuals' political values. I find that Britons become more supportive of racial and ethnic hierarchies after the ruling.

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · Jul 20

New research finds that people “with both high psychopathy and low cognitive ability are the most actively involved in online political engagement”

This is something I’ve observed in many political arguments online and it’s why I try to avoid online debates.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Dark personalities in the digital arena: how psychopathy and narcissism shape online political participation

www.nature.com

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Jul 7

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · Jul 1

The main takeaway from our article is: a rally 'round the European flag occured after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is best explained by Europeans seeing the security benefits of a united Europe rather than emotional attachment to the European project.

Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · Jul 1

As with many UESD applications, the effect is short-lived, lasting for around 3 weeks after the start of the full-scale invasion. However, we find that the support for a united EU jumps up again after the Ukrainian victory in the battle of Kyiv, reflecting EU reliability as an ally to Ukraine.

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · Jul 1

In academic terms: this provides support for a functionalist understanding of EU integration as opposed to a post-functionalist understanding. That is to say, considerations about the benefits of Europe, rather than emotional attachment, drive this rally 'round the flag effect.

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · Jul 1

Additionally, we find that the effect of the Russian invasion on EU integration attitudes is stronger for those who have higher political interest, but not for those who are emotionally attached to Europe.

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · Jul 1

Using @ess-survey.bsky.social data and an unexpected event during survey design we find causal evidence that the Russian invasion increased European support for EU integration. The effect is present for individuals from EU and non-EU countries alike.

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · Jul 1

In our new publication to @nature.com Humanities & Social Sciences Communications @muhx2.bsky.social and I explore if the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine increased support for European integration among Europeans. The answer is yes!

A short 🧵:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Entangled fates—the rally effect around Europe due to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Entangled fates—the rally effect around Europe due to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine

www.nature.com

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Klara Müller @klaramueller.bsky.social · Jun 23

🚨 Excited to see my first solo-authored paper now published in IJPOR! 🚨

Do election outcomes affect participation in post-election surveys? And specifically, do election winners respond more than losers? The short answer: not really.

The slightly longer answer: 🧵👇

academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...

Survey Nonresponse After Elections: Investigating the Role of Winner-Loser Effects in Panel Attrition

Abstract. When and for whom do election outcomes drive survey nonresponse? This paper investigates whether belonging to the winners or losers of an electio

academic.oup.com

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · May 28

New preprint w/ @grahn.bsky.social & @joenoonan.se

What happens when the world's most powerful democracy rolls back core liberal values? 🇺🇸

In this paper, we show how US liberal retrenchment, especially on women’s rights & LGBTQ+ equality, damages US global standing.

📄 doi.org/10.31219/osf...

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · May 19

A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋

New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social

We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · May 16

We miss you too, Naman. Best of luck in Stockholm with your dissertation!

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · May 15

#RDDers: check it out.

rd2d: Causal Inference in Boundary Discontinuity Designs

"This article introduces the R package rd2d, which implements and extends the...results developed in Cattaneo et al. (2025) for boundary discontinuity designs [like geographic RDDs]"

arxiv.org/abs/2505.07989

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Lukas Warode @lwarode.bsky.social · May 8

The first paper of my dissertation has been published in West European Politics!
@wepsocial.bsky.social

See the thread below:

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MZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · Apr 15

❗ Reminder:
Apply now for a fellowship at the MZES, University of Mannheim!
📅 Deadline: 26 April
❗ Please note the updated link 😊👇🏻
www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

Image of the job ad. Please see link for full information.

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Domantas Undzėnas @unddom.bsky.social · Apr 3

It was really great to have you, Konstantin! Best of luck and have fun at the MPSA!

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