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Alessandro Nai
@alessandronai.bsky.social

Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social

Dark politics, Political communication & psychology, Negative campaigns, Leader personality

Editor-in-Chief at EJPR @ejprjournal.bsky.social

http://www.alessandro-nai.com .. more

Political science 51%
Sociology 18%
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🚨Dark Politics is now out at OUP in paperback, hardcover, ebook

Feeling that politics is getting dark? We have a book for ya

We investigate dark personality traits in politicians worldwide, and why they matter - for voters, elections, and democracy

mini🧵(& voucher!)

Not too shabby the view from the office tonight

#48
Hunchback (Saou Ichikawa, 2023)

Introspective peek into the life of a woman suffering from a severe congenital muscle disorder (like Ichikawa herself). She studies online, writes erotica, and muses about her body. An unflinching, explicit, and important book. Akutagawa prize 2023

#booksky 📚🖋️

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Get to know the team.

Dr Yuan Zeng is Associate Professor in Political Communication and Journalism at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds. She is the founder and co-convenor of the Media and Civil Resistance group at the University of Leeds.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a junior computational political scientist
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project

You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!

⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025

wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...

1/4 🧵

Of course, my pleasure! Looking forward to the newsletter :)

update: I was able to, after tweaking a bit the link

(perhaps it is me, but the link seems to lead to a sign in, not a sign up page - I was unable to reach the latter.. apologies if this is a silly comment, will try again)

#47
The Innocent (Ian McEwan, 1990)

A spy-cum-political thriller that also doubles a psychological exploration into love and arrogance (and youth), set in post-war Berlin. As always with McEwan the characters are nuanced and emotions run deep under their skin. Recommended

#booksky 📚🖋️ #litfic

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PolCom early view: Forestal on "How Should We Study Multiple Platforms? Lessons from Deliberative Systems Theory." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How Should We Study Multiple Platforms? Lessons from Deliberative Systems Theory
Despite agreement that political communication research should move beyond single-platform studies, there is no existing consensus on precisely how to do so. What does it mean to study social media...
www.tandfonline.com

Your daily dose of zen

Pizza in slices per person (vs its whole, round awesomeness) is, and remains, one of the reasons why things are so messed up in the world

actually the ALT text is wrong, this is looking north-east. But it’s ok, cardinal directions are a social construct anyway

Tokyo doing its thing
🎉 The PolComm Database Dashboard is live!

The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.

Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/

Yeah, and here’s scary indeed
#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -

Support for liberal democracy in times of crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic - https://cup.org/3X0aJ0i

- @vinarceneaux.bsky.social, Bert N. Bakker, Sara B. Hobolt & @catherinedevries.bsky.social

#FirstView #COVID19
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

you were right - second one was also great!

🙂🙂🙂
(Your post made my day)

Glad to hear that!! :)

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🚨🚨Breaking and welcome news: Rob Jetten’s centrist-liberal D66 party has won the #Dutchelection according according to the national press agency ANP, toppling #GeertWilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV). 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/rob-...
Centrist D66 beats the far right to win Dutch election, national press agency announces
Rob Jetten is in pole position to become the new prime minister.
www.politico.eu
🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨

Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
New Paper Alert 🧵📣

There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.

However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇

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[chef’s kiss]

Love it

Fantastic piece!
(incidentally, I still owe you my comments on your other piece.. apologies, I have not forgotten)

One of the boldest way I have seen in a while to defend the position that jelly is, actually, food

Thanks - brilliant! I owe you one