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Diane Bolet
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Lecturer in Political Behaviour https://www.essex.ac.uk/departments/government. Political Science | Comparative Politics | Political Behaviour & Public Opinion
https://www.dianebolet.com/
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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

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November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Very happy to see "The Green Transition and Political Polarization Along Occupational Lines" out in the
@apsrjournal.bsky.social. w/ @erikvoeten.bsky.social and @hannohilbig.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1017/S000...
The Green Transition and Political Polarization Along Occupational Lines | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
The Green Transition and Political Polarization Along Occupational Lines
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October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Here's something that's not talked about enough

The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year

1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Delighted to share that I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for my project “Lost in the Green Transition: Local Collective Greenloss Identity, Anti-Climate Attitudes and Radical Right Support.” #ERCStG
More soon on #GREENLOSS.
A huge thank you to friends and colleagues who made this possible!
September 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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NEW -

Media Platforming and the Normalisation of Extreme Right Views - cup.org/4mmVIAL

"exposure to uncritical interviews increases agreement with extreme statements and perceptions of broader support in the population"

- @dianebolet.bsky.social & @florianfoos.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
August 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Can government policies moderate political backlash to structural change?

Yes, the effect operates through material benefits and social recognition.

🚨New WP by @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @thmskrr.bsky.social and @susanadptavares.bsky.social 🚨

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June 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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We're hiring a short-term postdoc (think "summer project"), or PhD-student RA, with advanced expertise in quantitative text analysis to support myself and Dr Marion Dumas (LSE) in a European Horizon-funded grant project. Details here adjust-project.eu/job-call/
JOB CALL: Research Fellow / Research Assistant with co-authorship—quantitative text analysis for social science (UCL) – AdJUSTFacebookLinkedInTwitter
Towards a just energy transition
adjust-project.eu
May 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I really look forward to meeting everyone in Münster and discussing farmers' attitudes and behaviors in light of growing environmental regulations. Thanks again for the invitation!
So excited to welcome our first guest at "Understanding Democracies" in Münster! @dianebolet.bsky.social will present some rigorous work on the political effects of agricultural subsidies.

Let us know if you want to join via Zoom.
Co-organized w @danbischof.bsky.social & @mwegemann.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Very excited to present my latest work tmr with @giorgiomalet.bsky.social on the political behaviour of farmers in times of growing environmental regulations
📣 Excited to welcome the fabulous @dianebolet.bsky.social at the Politics Lecture Series @humboldtuni.bsky.social and @dynamics.bsky.social tomorrow! Come & join us!
January 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thrilled to contribute to this policy brief on making climate policies electorally popular. @fergusgreen.bsky.social and I stress the need to provide redistribution to affected groups, involve trusted stakeholders (unions) in the process, and use strategic communication to counter misinformation.
🚨 How are more ambitious climate policies feasible politically? We have published 4 new research briefs on the political viability of climate policies. You can find all the briefs on our website.
Here is a 🧵summarizing the briefs.
Please share.
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
December 6, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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New article accepted at CPS. @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I analyze how rental market risk affects radical right support. Combining data on local rent increases with the SOEP, we find that individuals facing increasing local rents become more likely to support the AfD. 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 8:21 AM
See our WP on the effect of women's labor market participation on gender conservative attitudes among men. We don't find a direct link between the two, but the influence of political elites and influencers (e.g., Trump, Tate, Musk)—who can mobilise male grievances—could change this dynamic.
New paper on gender backlash: shorturl.at/8eiZw

Findings: ⬆️ female labor market participation ⬆️ private grievances among men, but does NOT automatically translate into support for conservative gender policy or for far-right parties.

For this, you need activation by political elites.

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November 11, 2024 at 6:25 PM
In light of the UK extreme right riots & Tommy Robinson's role in them, our conditionally accepted @bjpols.bsky.social paper w/@florianfoos.bsky.social shows a causal effect of media exposure to ER actors, incl. Robinson, on support for ER views https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/urhxy (1/12) Polisky
August 19, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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⚠️Polisky WP: What are the political consequences of plant disease epidemics 🌱🦠? @catherinedevries.bsky.social, Nico Bariletto and I answer this question studying the outbreak of Xylella that exterminated olive groves in Puglia starting in 2013. What we find? See thread ⬇️ or: osf.io/preprints/os...
December 6, 2023 at 2:17 PM
Is it possible to phase out coal and still win an election? Yes! Excited that my paper w @fergusgreen.bsky.social
& Mikel González-Eguino on the electoral success of JustTransition policies in coalmining communities is now available OpenAccess at the APSR doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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How to Get Coal Country to Vote for Climate Policy: The Effect of a “Just Transition Agreement” ...
How to Get Coal Country to Vote for Climate Policy: The Effect of a “Just Transition Agreement” on Spanish Election Results
doi.org
December 4, 2023 at 4:56 PM