Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
Prof in Political Behavior in Sciences Po Paris. Ex boom-bap rapper, I wear white kicks ALL THE TIME
www.damienbol.eu
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Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Over the moon 😍. My paper "Renewing Democracy:
How Exposure to Electoral Turnovers Reinforces Citizens’ Democratic Support" is accepted in World Politics. LINK: osf.io/preprints/os....
First paper fully conceived since my second child was born 4 years ago. For those who know, big milestone.
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How Exposure to Electoral Turnovers Reinforces Citizens’ Democratic Support" is accepted in World Politics. LINK: osf.io/preprints/os....
First paper fully conceived since my second child was born 4 years ago. For those who know, big milestone.
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Every academic in their 40s goes through this career/life stage where they decide that the journals are broken and stupid. It's mostly because they are bored of working on R+Rs given that the marginal benefit for their own career of another publication is close to zero.
"Academic publishing as it currently exists is dead."
This is probably overstated, but if you're an early-career academic, it's worth taking seriously that tenured Stanford professors who've been working with AI more than most are saying things like this out loud now.
This is probably overstated, but if you're an early-career academic, it's worth taking seriously that tenured Stanford professors who've been working with AI more than most are saying things like this out loud now.
This is spot on
Reposted by Ingo Rohlfing, Damien Bol
"Academic publishing as it currently exists is dead."
This is probably overstated, but if you're an early-career academic, it's worth taking seriously that tenured Stanford professors who've been working with AI more than most are saying things like this out loud now.
This is probably overstated, but if you're an early-career academic, it's worth taking seriously that tenured Stanford professors who've been working with AI more than most are saying things like this out loud now.
Every academic in their 40s goes through this career/life stage where they decide that the journals are broken and stupid. It's mostly because they are bored of working on R+Rs given that the marginal benefit for their own career of another publication is close to zero.
Reposted by Damien Bol
La défiance envers les politiques en France approche un point de non-retour, selon le baromètre Cevipof
ANALYSE. A l’issue d’un an et demi d’absence de majorité à l’Assemblée, le sentiment que la démocratie est devenue inefficace se répand, montre la 17ᵉ vague du baromètre de la confiance politique, réa...
www.lemonde.fr
#BaromètreConfiance
@luc-rouban.bsky.social @damienbol.bsky.social et Bruno Cautrès proposent leur synthèse des résultats de la vague 17 du Baromètre de la confiance politique CEVIPOF dans @lemonde.fr
Demande de protection et recherche d'une démocratie qui fonctionne.
www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
@luc-rouban.bsky.social @damienbol.bsky.social et Bruno Cautrès proposent leur synthèse des résultats de la vague 17 du Baromètre de la confiance politique CEVIPOF dans @lemonde.fr
Demande de protection et recherche d'une démocratie qui fonctionne.
www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
I wonder whether there is a study estimating the causal effect of grade scales on strategic choice made by students like extra curricular activities
Agree but this ceiling effect only occurs in the final stage of grade inflation. In UK (and other countries like France), there has been grade inflation, but we’re still far from the ceiling. Today, 20% of students get a First (70-80%) but they can still work harder to get a better grade
Yeah but the font is terrible ;)
Johanna Rickne
@johannarickne.bsky.social
· Dec 28
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NEW -
Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf
- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social
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Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf
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Not exactly a Xmas merrymaking post, but I wrote something on the changing environment for international academics in the Netherlands and how it has changed over the last 10 years: open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Damien Bol, Jens Rydgren
S. Erdem Aytaç
@seaytac.bsky.social
· Dec 19
Why do citizens who say they support democracy tolerate leaders who dismantle it? Delighted to share my paper “Framing Democracy: How Elite Discourse Shapes Citizens' Understandings of Democracy and Enables Backsliding” is forthcoming in World Politics...(1/5, link at the end)
Postdoctoral Research Associate - International Research Training Group 2560 “Baltic Peripeties" 25/E19
Stellenausschreibung Institut für Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
www.uni-greifswald.de
🚨 Postdoc in Comparative Politics/Public Opinion (2 years)
We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald.
✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group
We’re hiring a 100% Postdoc at the University of Greifswald.
✨ What makes this job special: Two full years to focus on research (no teaching, no admin overload) embedded into an International Research Training Group
📣📣📣 GREAT, time-sensitive opportunity for senior/mid-career scholars to join us in Madrid at UC3M´s social sciences department (UC3M-ATRAE Program 2026) on an attractive pay+research funds package 📣📣📣
This does NOT happen everyday.
THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n
This does NOT happen everyday.
THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n
Reposted by Jean‐François Daoust
Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Dec 16
Super thread. Pour ceux qui veulent une quantification du vote pour les élections de 2024, on a écrit un papier là dessus pour les RFSP avec @jfdaoust.bsky.social shs.cairn.info/revue-revue-...
Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Freeze Corleone 667 - Freeze Raël
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Oui La Rage, probablement dans le top. Dans les trucs récents, probablement ceci malgré tout youtu.be/oJ5PfRQB93o?...
Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Dec 13
X Men - Retour Aux Pyramides
YouTube video by FULL CLIP
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It has to be French. This is often considered as the best 90s’ rap song in France youtu.be/s8mGJbvfw24?...
Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Dec 10
This paper is personal. I wrote it on my own (no RA, no fund), and it grew out of my own experience as a teenager in Belgium in the 1990s. I also had the chance to cite my PhD supervisor, André-Paul Frognier, who isn’t in great health and was truly pivotal for me and my career.
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Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Implications:
- Elections do more than picking a winner, they make citizens.
- A reason why the youth is not be super on board with democracy is because they haven't had a chance to experience it fully yet.
- Some governmental instability can be good to renew democratic mood.
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- Elections do more than picking a winner, they make citizens.
- A reason why the youth is not be super on board with democracy is because they haven't had a chance to experience it fully yet.
- Some governmental instability can be good to renew democratic mood.
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Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Dec 10
The effect is as strong in presidential, parliamentary, proportional and non-proportional countries. But it's stronger in liberal democracies.
It's also stronger for those who have never experienced anything else than democracy, that is, those who might take democracy for granted.
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It's also stronger for those who have never experienced anything else than democracy, that is, those who might take democracy for granted.
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Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Finding: Cohort analysis shows that being exposed to an extra elections increases support for democracy, but being exposed to an election leading to a turnover even more so.
The effect doesn't fade away and is particularly strong after a long period of incumbency (like after 20 years)
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The effect doesn't fade away and is particularly strong after a long period of incumbency (like after 20 years)
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Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Data: I merged a range of international survey data (N=350,000) and trace the elections to which respondents have been exposed in their country since they were young. Descriptive statistics are interesting I guess
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Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Dec 10
The argument: I test whether elections experienced by people over their lifetime can boost their support for democracy in the long run. And crucially: elections leading to government turnovers, because they showcase what democracy is about.
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Florence So
@floriso.bsky.social
· Dec 10
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
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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!
Reposted by Tim Bale, Damien Bol
Sara Hobolt
@sarahobolt.bsky.social
· Nov 15
📻 Great new podcast on political behaviour - the last episode features my @lsegovernment.bsky.social colleague Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social on whether campaigns matter, Mamdani’s victory and the Dutch elections -
listen here ⬇️
linktr.ee/Politically....
listen here ⬇️
linktr.ee/Politically....
Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Nov 5
Take-aways: (i) support for violence against politicians is low (phew), (ii) largely unrelated to affective polarization, and (iii) we can reduce it with simple and scalable interventions.
A paper that gives us some hope
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A paper that gives us some hope
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Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Nov 5
We've also a vignette experiment where we test whether a simple intervention can decrease support for violence: encouraging people to consider politicians' perspective and reminding them about the importance of pluralism. It does for the most pervasive form of violence
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Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Nov 5
Conjoint shows that support is lower when the politician is a woman (fits stereotypical views), but partisanship don't. Negative correlation disappears when controlling for individual variables. The profile of violent citizens are low-educated young men who dislike all parties
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Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Nov 5
Similar to other studies using these types of survey questions, we find that people don't support the most extreme forms of violence (physical assault), but they do support "milder" forms like online insult. Though, overall support is rather low, no more than 10% support.
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Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Nov 5
We rely on latest recommendations (@seanjwestwood.bsky.social and colleagues) and survey citizen support for concrete violence forms against (hypothetical) politicians using a conjoint in France (very high polarization, think about US) and french-speaking Belgium (much much lower).
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Reposted by Scott Clifford, Johanna Rickne
Damien Bol
@damienbol.bsky.social
· Nov 5
New WP on political violence in democracies with the fantastic @dianebolet.bsky.social and @bjarneck.bsky.social. Sadly very topical, but with some positive results
osf.io/preprints/so...
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