Edoardo Viganò
@eavigano.bsky.social
He/him | Postdoc in political science at Witten/Herdecke University | Previously at Aarhus and Milan | Interested in representation, political parties, and electoral systems
http://eavigano.github.io/
http://eavigano.github.io/
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🚨 New article out!
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🚨 New article out!
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
📢 My last PhD paper is out in Legislative Studies Quarterly 📢
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 My last PhD paper is out in Legislative Studies Quarterly 📢
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📌 Main finding
➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus
➡️ Open access increases constituency representation
🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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@eavigano.bsky.social, Bruno Della Salla, Stefan Stojkovic, & Nils-Christian Bormann: In interwar Italy, violence boosted Fascist support at the polls but weakened the radical left. Suggests violence asymmetrically empowers nationalist, radical-right parties.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Political violence and anti-system voting in interwar Italy - Edoardo Alberto Viganò, Bruno Della Sala, Stefan Stojkovic, Nils-Christian Bormann, 2025
What is the effect of political violence on electoral support for anti-system parties? We argue that the effect of violence is asymmetric and predominantly bene...
journals.sagepub.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
@eavigano.bsky.social, Bruno Della Salla, Stefan Stojkovic, & Nils-Christian Bormann: In interwar Italy, violence boosted Fascist support at the polls but weakened the radical left. Suggests violence asymmetrically empowers nationalist, radical-right parties.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025
It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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⛏️ After a LOT of digging, here's what I found:
🚩 5 estimates outside their CI
🚩 46 estimate-CI duplicates
🚩 20+ cases of asymmetric CIs
🚩 17 values rounded to 4 decimal places (all others 3dp)
🚩 >50% of all estimates and confidence intervals are multiples of 0.008 (???)
(CI = confidence interval)
🚩 5 estimates outside their CI
🚩 46 estimate-CI duplicates
🚩 20+ cases of asymmetric CIs
🚩 17 values rounded to 4 decimal places (all others 3dp)
🚩 >50% of all estimates and confidence intervals are multiples of 0.008 (???)
(CI = confidence interval)
September 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
⛏️ After a LOT of digging, here's what I found:
🚩 5 estimates outside their CI
🚩 46 estimate-CI duplicates
🚩 20+ cases of asymmetric CIs
🚩 17 values rounded to 4 decimal places (all others 3dp)
🚩 >50% of all estimates and confidence intervals are multiples of 0.008 (???)
(CI = confidence interval)
🚩 5 estimates outside their CI
🚩 46 estimate-CI duplicates
🚩 20+ cases of asymmetric CIs
🚩 17 values rounded to 4 decimal places (all others 3dp)
🚩 >50% of all estimates and confidence intervals are multiples of 0.008 (???)
(CI = confidence interval)
🚨 Very happy to have a new paper out in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social with @bdellasala.bsky.social, Stefan Stojkovic & Nils-Christian Bormann
Using data from interwar Italy, we show that political violence has asymmetric effects: it benefits the radical right while weakening the radical left ⬇️
Using data from interwar Italy, we show that political violence has asymmetric effects: it benefits the radical right while weakening the radical left ⬇️
September 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🚨 Very happy to have a new paper out in @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social with @bdellasala.bsky.social, Stefan Stojkovic & Nils-Christian Bormann
Using data from interwar Italy, we show that political violence has asymmetric effects: it benefits the radical right while weakening the radical left ⬇️
Using data from interwar Italy, we show that political violence has asymmetric effects: it benefits the radical right while weakening the radical left ⬇️
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Together with @paugrau.bsky.social, we have just posted our first Substack, which is our quick take on the outcome of the labour rights and citizenship referendums in Italy on 8-9 June
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Divide and Lose
One Reason Why Italy’s Progressives Lost the June 2025 Referendums
open.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Together with @paugrau.bsky.social, we have just posted our first Substack, which is our quick take on the outcome of the labour rights and citizenship referendums in Italy on 8-9 June
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open.substack.com/pub/simonhix...
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open.substack.com/pub/simonhix...
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Our newest piece on BSW is now published. We show that when attitudes toward Wagenknecht come into the game, policies are no longer that meaningful in predicting behaviour. Personalisation in a personalised party! What a surprise! 😀
@sarahwagner.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
@sarahwagner.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
June 11, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Our newest piece on BSW is now published. We show that when attitudes toward Wagenknecht come into the game, policies are no longer that meaningful in predicting behaviour. Personalisation in a personalised party! What a surprise! 😀
@sarahwagner.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
@sarahwagner.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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I missed this last month, but the Golder/Bormann Democratic Electoral Systems dataset has an update to v5.0, and now includes democratic elections from 1919 to 1945 mattgolder.com/elections
Elections
DES Version 5.0 (1919-2020) Nils-Christian Bormann and I are releasing version 5.0 of the Democratic Electoral Systems (DES) dataset. The new dataset is the same as DES 4.2 but expands the time per…
mattgolder.com
June 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I missed this last month, but the Golder/Bormann Democratic Electoral Systems dataset has an update to v5.0, and now includes democratic elections from 1919 to 1945 mattgolder.com/elections
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🚨New article🚨
Why does the ethnic majority expect that ethnic minorities "free ride" and contribute less to the collective?
In a new article in @bjpols.bsky.social, I show that negative expectations are driven by the correlates of ethnicity rather than ethnicity itself 🧵👇
OA-link: cup.org/4lOX7jN
Why does the ethnic majority expect that ethnic minorities "free ride" and contribute less to the collective?
In a new article in @bjpols.bsky.social, I show that negative expectations are driven by the correlates of ethnicity rather than ethnicity itself 🧵👇
OA-link: cup.org/4lOX7jN
April 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🚨New article🚨
Why does the ethnic majority expect that ethnic minorities "free ride" and contribute less to the collective?
In a new article in @bjpols.bsky.social, I show that negative expectations are driven by the correlates of ethnicity rather than ethnicity itself 🧵👇
OA-link: cup.org/4lOX7jN
Why does the ethnic majority expect that ethnic minorities "free ride" and contribute less to the collective?
In a new article in @bjpols.bsky.social, I show that negative expectations are driven by the correlates of ethnicity rather than ethnicity itself 🧵👇
OA-link: cup.org/4lOX7jN
🚨 We’ve released the Archive of Interwar Europe Election Data and Assemblies (AIEEDA) 🗳️
25 European democracies, 1919–1939: party positions, cabinet formation, elections (and subnational geo-coded data for 6 countries) 1/2 ⬇️
25 European democracies, 1919–1939: party positions, cabinet formation, elections (and subnational geo-coded data for 6 countries) 1/2 ⬇️
We finally published the Archive of Interwar Europe Election Data and Assemblies (AIEEDA)! 🗳️💽🤓 Find out more about party positions, cabinet formation, and parliamentary elections in 25 European democracies between 1919 and 1939! We also collected geo-referenced data for 6 countries! 🗺️📍
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rdcu.be/ehRgD
Introducing the Archive of Interwar Europe Election Data & Assemblies (AIEEDA)
Scientific Data - Introducing the Archive of Interwar Europe Election Data & Assemblies (AIEEDA)
rdcu.be
April 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🚨 We’ve released the Archive of Interwar Europe Election Data and Assemblies (AIEEDA) 🗳️
25 European democracies, 1919–1939: party positions, cabinet formation, elections (and subnational geo-coded data for 6 countries) 1/2 ⬇️
25 European democracies, 1919–1939: party positions, cabinet formation, elections (and subnational geo-coded data for 6 countries) 1/2 ⬇️
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📚😅🎉
Yay!! I just submitted the complete manuscript of my upcoming book to the publisher!
Learn to easily and clearly interpret (almost) any stats model w/ R or Python. Simple ideas, consistent workflow, powerful tools, detailed case studies.
Read it for free @ marginaleffects.com
#RStats #PyData
Yay!! I just submitted the complete manuscript of my upcoming book to the publisher!
Learn to easily and clearly interpret (almost) any stats model w/ R or Python. Simple ideas, consistent workflow, powerful tools, detailed case studies.
Read it for free @ marginaleffects.com
#RStats #PyData
April 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
📚😅🎉
Yay!! I just submitted the complete manuscript of my upcoming book to the publisher!
Learn to easily and clearly interpret (almost) any stats model w/ R or Python. Simple ideas, consistent workflow, powerful tools, detailed case studies.
Read it for free @ marginaleffects.com
#RStats #PyData
Yay!! I just submitted the complete manuscript of my upcoming book to the publisher!
Learn to easily and clearly interpret (almost) any stats model w/ R or Python. Simple ideas, consistent workflow, powerful tools, detailed case studies.
Read it for free @ marginaleffects.com
#RStats #PyData
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Happy to announce that my first article is finally in print in Political Science and Research Methods (PSRM).
February 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Happy to announce that my first article is finally in print in Political Science and Research Methods (PSRM).
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Why would the CDU accommodate AfD policies, despite a plethora of research telling them not to?
My brilliant friend @philswatton.bsky.social wrote a fantastic, easy to understand piece on measurement: dysfunctionalprogramming.substack.com/p/measuremen...
My brilliant friend @philswatton.bsky.social wrote a fantastic, easy to understand piece on measurement: dysfunctionalprogramming.substack.com/p/measuremen...
Measurement Makes Communicating Political Science Hard
Imagine you are a political practitioner for a social democratic party.
dysfunctionalprogramming.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Why would the CDU accommodate AfD policies, despite a plethora of research telling them not to?
My brilliant friend @philswatton.bsky.social wrote a fantastic, easy to understand piece on measurement: dysfunctionalprogramming.substack.com/p/measuremen...
My brilliant friend @philswatton.bsky.social wrote a fantastic, easy to understand piece on measurement: dysfunctionalprogramming.substack.com/p/measuremen...
🚨 Happy to see one of my PhD papers out at JEPOP
📚 I examine whether MPs' attention to local issues in parliamentary activities affects their re-election chances in party-centred contexts
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/G2HVG...
Ungated version here: eavigano.github.io/papers/jepop...
📚 I examine whether MPs' attention to local issues in parliamentary activities affects their re-election chances in party-centred contexts
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/G2HVG...
Ungated version here: eavigano.github.io/papers/jepop...
February 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🚨 Happy to see one of my PhD papers out at JEPOP
📚 I examine whether MPs' attention to local issues in parliamentary activities affects their re-election chances in party-centred contexts
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/G2HVG...
Ungated version here: eavigano.github.io/papers/jepop...
📚 I examine whether MPs' attention to local issues in parliamentary activities affects their re-election chances in party-centred contexts
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/G2HVG...
Ungated version here: eavigano.github.io/papers/jepop...
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🚨 Out now in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
: "Citizens' Preferences for Multidimensional Representation". Jack Blumenau, Fabio Wolkenstein & I investigate citizens' preferences regarding 6 dimensions of representation using surveys conducted in 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇩🇪. Short 🧵(1/10) doi.org/10.1017/S15375
: "Citizens' Preferences for Multidimensional Representation". Jack Blumenau, Fabio Wolkenstein & I investigate citizens' preferences regarding 6 dimensions of representation using surveys conducted in 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇩🇪. Short 🧵(1/10) doi.org/10.1017/S15375
January 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🚨 Out now in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social
: "Citizens' Preferences for Multidimensional Representation". Jack Blumenau, Fabio Wolkenstein & I investigate citizens' preferences regarding 6 dimensions of representation using surveys conducted in 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇩🇪. Short 🧵(1/10) doi.org/10.1017/S15375
: "Citizens' Preferences for Multidimensional Representation". Jack Blumenau, Fabio Wolkenstein & I investigate citizens' preferences regarding 6 dimensions of representation using surveys conducted in 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇩🇪. Short 🧵(1/10) doi.org/10.1017/S15375
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A popular tool in political science for dealing with nonlinearities in invalidated by...
...nonlinearities.
datacolada.org/121
...nonlinearities.
datacolada.org/121
[121] Dear Political Scientists: Don't Bin, GAM Instead - Data Colada
There is a 2019 paper, in the journal Political Analysis (htm), with over 1000 Google cites, titled "How Much Should We Trust Estimates from Multiplicative Interaction Models? Simple Tools to Improve ...
datacolada.org
December 3, 2024 at 6:40 PM
A popular tool in political science for dealing with nonlinearities in invalidated by...
...nonlinearities.
datacolada.org/121
...nonlinearities.
datacolada.org/121
Really impressive paper, huge congrats @valentindaur.bsky.social
🚨 PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨
Excited to share that my article has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social!
It examines voter responses to mainstream party legitimization of (former) pariah parties.
A thread 👇1/n...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Excited to share that my article has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social!
It examines voter responses to mainstream party legitimization of (former) pariah parties.
A thread 👇1/n...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Legitimize or Delegitimize? Mainstream Party Strategy toward (Former) Pariah Parties and How Voters Respond | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Legitimize or Delegitimize? Mainstream Party Strategy toward (Former) Pariah Parties and How Voters Respond
doi.org
December 10, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Really impressive paper, huge congrats @valentindaur.bsky.social
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With #Trump soon in office, #science #skepticism is reaching new heights. 🤔But is science skepticism really about science?🔬🧪
In our new paper on Science and Public Policy, me and Simon Fuglsang investigate this question, focusing on 🌦️climate change and 🐒evolution.
academic.oup.com/spp/advance-...
In our new paper on Science and Public Policy, me and Simon Fuglsang investigate this question, focusing on 🌦️climate change and 🐒evolution.
academic.oup.com/spp/advance-...
November 18, 2024 at 1:48 PM
With #Trump soon in office, #science #skepticism is reaching new heights. 🤔But is science skepticism really about science?🔬🧪
In our new paper on Science and Public Policy, me and Simon Fuglsang investigate this question, focusing on 🌦️climate change and 🐒evolution.
academic.oup.com/spp/advance-...
In our new paper on Science and Public Policy, me and Simon Fuglsang investigate this question, focusing on 🌦️climate change and 🐒evolution.
academic.oup.com/spp/advance-...
🚨 PhD position in political science at
Witten/Herdecke University
📌 Possibility to work on the project 'Democracy, Anger, and Elite Responses' www.erc-danger.de
⏰ Deadline: 15 May. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. More info here: uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/44051262...
Witten/Herdecke University
📌 Possibility to work on the project 'Democracy, Anger, and Elite Responses' www.erc-danger.de
⏰ Deadline: 15 May. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. More info here: uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/44051262...
Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (Doktorand/innen) (Doctoral student) (w/m/d) am Lehrstuhl für International Political Studies
Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (Doktorand/innen) (Doctoral student) (w/m/d) am Lehrstuhl für International Political Studies
uni-wh.softgarden.io
April 11, 2024 at 12:47 PM
🚨 PhD position in political science at
Witten/Herdecke University
📌 Possibility to work on the project 'Democracy, Anger, and Elite Responses' www.erc-danger.de
⏰ Deadline: 15 May. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. More info here: uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/44051262...
Witten/Herdecke University
📌 Possibility to work on the project 'Democracy, Anger, and Elite Responses' www.erc-danger.de
⏰ Deadline: 15 May. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. More info here: uni-wh.softgarden.io/job/44051262...
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“The policy agenda effects of problem indicators: a comparative study in seven countries” by Thomas A. Kristensen, Peter B. Mortensen, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and @henrikseeberg.bsky.social has received the Peter John Prize for the best article in Volume 43.
Enjoy the paper here: t.ly/csf4e
Enjoy the paper here: t.ly/csf4e
March 22, 2024 at 5:32 PM
“The policy agenda effects of problem indicators: a comparative study in seven countries” by Thomas A. Kristensen, Peter B. Mortensen, Christoffer Green-Pedersen and @henrikseeberg.bsky.social has received the Peter John Prize for the best article in Volume 43.
Enjoy the paper here: t.ly/csf4e
Enjoy the paper here: t.ly/csf4e
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Online first: "Where do parties talk about what? Party issue salience across communication channels" by Christoph Ivanusch
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Polisky
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Polisky
March 17, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Online first: "Where do parties talk about what? Party issue salience across communication channels" by Christoph Ivanusch
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Polisky
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Polisky
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🚨JOB ALERT🚨 I'm hiring two postdocs (2-3 years) for a research project on political polarization hosted at @aarhusuni.bsky.social
Application deadline August 15, starting date October 1 or later.
Please help share widely!
polisky #AcademicSky #PhDChat
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Application deadline August 15, starting date October 1 or later.
Please help share widely!
polisky #AcademicSky #PhDChat
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Two postdoctoral positions in research project on political polarization at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
March 12, 2024 at 10:51 AM
🚨JOB ALERT🚨 I'm hiring two postdocs (2-3 years) for a research project on political polarization hosted at @aarhusuni.bsky.social
Application deadline August 15, starting date October 1 or later.
Please help share widely!
polisky #AcademicSky #PhDChat
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Application deadline August 15, starting date October 1 or later.
Please help share widely!
polisky #AcademicSky #PhDChat
international.au.dk/about/profil...