Alberto López Ortega
@bertous.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Previously, Harvard, Zurich, UC3M, UPO. European politics, public opinion, ethnic and LGBTQ+ politics, far right. 🏳️🌈
The means justify the end.
https://aloport.github.io/
The means justify the end.
https://aloport.github.io/
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🤷Does tribal thinking toward ethnic out-groups shape policy support?
➡️Using visual conjoints in Germany and the Netherlands, @bertous.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com show that nativists support policies selectively based on group cues www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️Using visual conjoints in Germany and the Netherlands, @bertous.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com show that nativists support policies selectively based on group cues www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🤷Does tribal thinking toward ethnic out-groups shape policy support?
➡️Using visual conjoints in Germany and the Netherlands, @bertous.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com show that nativists support policies selectively based on group cues www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️Using visual conjoints in Germany and the Netherlands, @bertous.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com show that nativists support policies selectively based on group cues www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
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New publication with @turnbulldugarte.com in @psrm.bsky.social! 🧵
We study whether citizens’ liberal values are selective: do people support policies based on who promotes them?
Short answer: Yes, and it's driven by ethnic out-group disidentification. (1/11) 👇
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
We study whether citizens’ liberal values are selective: do people support policies based on who promotes them?
Short answer: Yes, and it's driven by ethnic out-group disidentification. (1/11) 👇
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
December 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New publication with @turnbulldugarte.com in @psrm.bsky.social! 🧵
We study whether citizens’ liberal values are selective: do people support policies based on who promotes them?
Short answer: Yes, and it's driven by ethnic out-group disidentification. (1/11) 👇
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
We study whether citizens’ liberal values are selective: do people support policies based on who promotes them?
Short answer: Yes, and it's driven by ethnic out-group disidentification. (1/11) 👇
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
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Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
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The trap Trump now faces - the Epstein redactions will only fuel conspiracy theories even when they are innocuous. Our 2016 JEPS article: "Classified or Coverup? The Effect of Redactions on Conspiracy Theory Beliefs" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The trap Trump now faces - the Epstein redactions will only fuel conspiracy theories even when they are innocuous. Our 2016 JEPS article: "Classified or Coverup? The Effect of Redactions on Conspiracy Theory Beliefs" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
New publication with @turnbulldugarte.com in @psrm.bsky.social! 🧵
We study whether citizens’ liberal values are selective: do people support policies based on who promotes them?
Short answer: Yes, and it's driven by ethnic out-group disidentification. (1/11) 👇
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
We study whether citizens’ liberal values are selective: do people support policies based on who promotes them?
Short answer: Yes, and it's driven by ethnic out-group disidentification. (1/11) 👇
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
December 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New publication with @turnbulldugarte.com in @psrm.bsky.social! 🧵
We study whether citizens’ liberal values are selective: do people support policies based on who promotes them?
Short answer: Yes, and it's driven by ethnic out-group disidentification. (1/11) 👇
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
We study whether citizens’ liberal values are selective: do people support policies based on who promotes them?
Short answer: Yes, and it's driven by ethnic out-group disidentification. (1/11) 👇
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
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🚨Excited to share our new paper published in PNAS (joint with @yamilrvelez.bsky.social and Don Green)! AI can enhance political knowledge and provide balanced information about politics with proper guardrails and vetted sources (e.g., party platforms).
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨Excited to share our new paper published in PNAS (joint with @yamilrvelez.bsky.social and Don Green)! AI can enhance political knowledge and provide balanced information about politics with proper guardrails and vetted sources (e.g., party platforms).
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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A global study of 913k Zoe users shows lesbian (48%) and bisexual (40%) identities dominate worldwide, while younger generations show rising diversity, with 6.6% pansexual, 3.4% queer, and 0.7% asexual. Sexuality is evolving globally.
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A global study of 913k Zoe users shows lesbian (48%) and bisexual (40%) identities dominate worldwide, while younger generations show rising diversity, with 6.6% pansexual, 3.4% queer, and 0.7% asexual. Sexuality is evolving globally.
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
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Out now with @adamsharris.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social : We test “rooted” activist frames for LGBTQI tolerance—grounded in local history & national narratives—in Zimbabwe. Biggest thanks to the many people who helped get this off the ground. (1/3) Read here:
NEW -
Rooting Equality: Testing the Effectiveness of Activist Frames Combating Homophobia in Zimbabwe - https://cup.org/3XSzLPn
- @payoub.bsky.social & Adam S. Harris
#OpenAccess
Rooting Equality: Testing the Effectiveness of Activist Frames Combating Homophobia in Zimbabwe - https://cup.org/3XSzLPn
- @payoub.bsky.social & Adam S. Harris
#OpenAccess
December 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Out now with @adamsharris.bsky.social in @bjpols.bsky.social : We test “rooted” activist frames for LGBTQI tolerance—grounded in local history & national narratives—in Zimbabwe. Biggest thanks to the many people who helped get this off the ground. (1/3) Read here:
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🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟
I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
Doctoral student in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior
Doctoral position in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior
The Department of Political Science
web103.reachmee.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟
I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
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New paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵
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Friday brought good news and bad news. Today I am now allowed to share the good.
Via the generous donation of the Wallenberg Foundation and the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, I now have a few million euros to help understand more about the selective inclusion of LGBTQ+ citizens
Via the generous donation of the Wallenberg Foundation and the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, I now have a few million euros to help understand more about the selective inclusion of LGBTQ+ citizens
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Friday brought good news and bad news. Today I am now allowed to share the good.
Via the generous donation of the Wallenberg Foundation and the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, I now have a few million euros to help understand more about the selective inclusion of LGBTQ+ citizens
Via the generous donation of the Wallenberg Foundation and the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, I now have a few million euros to help understand more about the selective inclusion of LGBTQ+ citizens
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📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database!
The data now covers
- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets
across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).
All info: ppeg.wzb.eu
We hope that data is helpful to the community!
The data now covers
- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets
across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).
All info: ppeg.wzb.eu
We hope that data is helpful to the community!
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database!
The data now covers
- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets
across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).
All info: ppeg.wzb.eu
We hope that data is helpful to the community!
The data now covers
- > 3.000 parties
- 1.100 parliamentary elections
- 402 presidential elections
- 2.044 cabinets
across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31).
All info: ppeg.wzb.eu
We hope that data is helpful to the community!
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December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Great to see the record corrected, but I don't think Laura and David need to say "sorry."
The culture change I wish we could have: Understanding that we all make errors, and incrementally improving the processes of social science to make them rarer.
This doesn't happen through "blame and shame."
The culture change I wish we could have: Understanding that we all make errors, and incrementally improving the processes of social science to make them rarer.
This doesn't happen through "blame and shame."
A thread about being wrong:
5 years ago, we wrote a paper about how how newly enfranchised 16-year-olds vote in Austria. But we were wrong.
This year, @elisabethgraf.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger and I are setting the record straight: authors.elsevier.com/c/1juT5xRaZk...
5 years ago, we wrote a paper about how how newly enfranchised 16-year-olds vote in Austria. But we were wrong.
This year, @elisabethgraf.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger and I are setting the record straight: authors.elsevier.com/c/1juT5xRaZk...
November 24, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Great to see the record corrected, but I don't think Laura and David need to say "sorry."
The culture change I wish we could have: Understanding that we all make errors, and incrementally improving the processes of social science to make them rarer.
This doesn't happen through "blame and shame."
The culture change I wish we could have: Understanding that we all make errors, and incrementally improving the processes of social science to make them rarer.
This doesn't happen through "blame and shame."
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Europe’s housing crisis is worsening while progressives stay silent. DPIR's @tabouchadi.bsky.social argues in @theguardian.com that we need bold policies that make homes affordable, fair and a social right again:
Europe’s housing crisis is fuelling the rise of the far right. Our research shows how to address it | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann
The mantra of ‘build, build, build’ misses something crucial: that few can afford these new homes, say Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Häusermann and Björn Bremer
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Europe’s housing crisis is worsening while progressives stay silent. DPIR's @tabouchadi.bsky.social argues in @theguardian.com that we need bold policies that make homes affordable, fair and a social right again:
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🌈 Join us next Thursday December 4 for our last webinar of the year!
👉 @payoub.bsky.social and Samuel Whitt will present their amazing work on the Budapest Pride and how it impacted Hungary.
📆 Mark your calendars!
👉 @payoub.bsky.social and Samuel Whitt will present their amazing work on the Budapest Pride and how it impacted Hungary.
📆 Mark your calendars!
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🌈 Join us next Thursday December 4 for our last webinar of the year!
👉 @payoub.bsky.social and Samuel Whitt will present their amazing work on the Budapest Pride and how it impacted Hungary.
📆 Mark your calendars!
👉 @payoub.bsky.social and Samuel Whitt will present their amazing work on the Budapest Pride and how it impacted Hungary.
📆 Mark your calendars!
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A critique of our (w/ @bertous.bsky.social) paper “Instrumentally inclusive” has just been published.
Our response is under review (see below on process) but we feel obliged to share our draft for balance since the comment has been released without the response.
osf.io/rn6h3/files/...
Our response is under review (see below on process) but we feel obliged to share our draft for balance since the comment has been released without the response.
osf.io/rn6h3/files/...
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A critique of our (w/ @bertous.bsky.social) paper “Instrumentally inclusive” has just been published.
Our response is under review (see below on process) but we feel obliged to share our draft for balance since the comment has been released without the response.
osf.io/rn6h3/files/...
Our response is under review (see below on process) but we feel obliged to share our draft for balance since the comment has been released without the response.
osf.io/rn6h3/files/...
Friday’s workshop was a joy to host. ☺️
We brought together researchers and activists to talk about LGBTQ+ criminalization, discrimination at work and in parenting, dating bias, and how the far right weaponizes LGBTQ issues.
Grateful to everyone involved and to VU's VICES for the support. 🏳️🌈
We brought together researchers and activists to talk about LGBTQ+ criminalization, discrimination at work and in parenting, dating bias, and how the far right weaponizes LGBTQ issues.
Grateful to everyone involved and to VU's VICES for the support. 🏳️🌈
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Friday’s workshop was a joy to host. ☺️
We brought together researchers and activists to talk about LGBTQ+ criminalization, discrimination at work and in parenting, dating bias, and how the far right weaponizes LGBTQ issues.
Grateful to everyone involved and to VU's VICES for the support. 🏳️🌈
We brought together researchers and activists to talk about LGBTQ+ criminalization, discrimination at work and in parenting, dating bias, and how the far right weaponizes LGBTQ issues.
Grateful to everyone involved and to VU's VICES for the support. 🏳️🌈
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Postdoc call‼️
I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT.
Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community.
Application deadline: December 10th.
Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT.
Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community.
Application deadline: December 10th.
Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
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November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Postdoc call‼️
I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT.
Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community.
Application deadline: December 10th.
Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT.
Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community.
Application deadline: December 10th.
Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
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What a wonderful experience to present our book project on political talk, dating and gender w/ @bertous.bsky.social at @ipp-csic.bsky.social. Thanks to @martafraile.bsky.social & @ipp-csic.bsky.social for such a warm welcome & organization, despite an eventful fire drill in the building😀.
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What a wonderful experience to present our book project on political talk, dating and gender w/ @bertous.bsky.social at @ipp-csic.bsky.social. Thanks to @martafraile.bsky.social & @ipp-csic.bsky.social for such a warm welcome & organization, despite an eventful fire drill in the building😀.
Don't miss my stellar coauthor presenting our book!
¿Hablar de política en una cita romántica? ¿Algo incómodo… o una oportunidad para saber quién tienes delante?
Mañana nos visita @lalamur.bsky.social de la @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Acércate hasta el @cchscsic.bsky.social o sigue su charla en directo por aquí:
www.youtube.com/live/QactHQc...
Mañana nos visita @lalamur.bsky.social de la @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Acércate hasta el @cchscsic.bsky.social o sigue su charla en directo por aquí:
www.youtube.com/live/QactHQc...
Seminario del IPP con Lala Muradova
El Instituto de Bienes y Políticas Públicas (IPP) da la bienvenida a Lala Muradova, investigadora de la Universidad de Southampton, quien presentará su última charla:
"Political Talk on Romantic Date...
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Don't miss my stellar coauthor presenting our book!
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¿Hablar de política en una cita romántica? ¿Algo incómodo… o una oportunidad para saber quién tienes delante?
Mañana nos visita @lalamur.bsky.social de la @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Acércate hasta el @cchscsic.bsky.social o sigue su charla en directo por aquí:
www.youtube.com/live/QactHQc...
Mañana nos visita @lalamur.bsky.social de la @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Acércate hasta el @cchscsic.bsky.social o sigue su charla en directo por aquí:
www.youtube.com/live/QactHQc...
Seminario del IPP con Lala Muradova
El Instituto de Bienes y Políticas Públicas (IPP) da la bienvenida a Lala Muradova, investigadora de la Universidad de Southampton, quien presentará su última charla:
"Political Talk on Romantic Date...
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
¿Hablar de política en una cita romántica? ¿Algo incómodo… o una oportunidad para saber quién tienes delante?
Mañana nos visita @lalamur.bsky.social de la @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Acércate hasta el @cchscsic.bsky.social o sigue su charla en directo por aquí:
www.youtube.com/live/QactHQc...
Mañana nos visita @lalamur.bsky.social de la @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Acércate hasta el @cchscsic.bsky.social o sigue su charla en directo por aquí:
www.youtube.com/live/QactHQc...
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I’m amazed by the quality of the feedback we’ve received from the reviewers of our book with @bertous.bsky.social. I don’t think we talk about this enough in academia, but we should recognize and celebrate those who genuinely engage with the work (it takes time, energy and ability). 💜
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I’m amazed by the quality of the feedback we’ve received from the reviewers of our book with @bertous.bsky.social. I don’t think we talk about this enough in academia, but we should recognize and celebrate those who genuinely engage with the work (it takes time, energy and ability). 💜
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(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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🆕 Latest article out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Left parties' higher salience on cultural issues associated w/ higher support from working-class voters. Social democrats much more sensitive to different strategies, should pursue more left/salient economics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Left parties’ strategies and working-class vote in contemporary Western Europe (2002–2020)
What should the left do strategically to retain workers' vote? This paper provides extensive empirical evidence on the relationship between left parti…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🆕 Latest article out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Left parties' higher salience on cultural issues associated w/ higher support from working-class voters. Social democrats much more sensitive to different strategies, should pursue more left/salient economics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...