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Florence So
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Political scientist @Gothenburg | ERC ECONENGAGE 2026-31 | Coalitions | Democratic Attitudes | Gender Bias | Parties/Elections | Pol Econ/Behavior | San Franciscan | Mom of 2 😇/😈 | She/her

Innovative research is impossible w/o inclusive academic villages
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🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟

I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science PAR 2025/838
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Tariffs might be the word of 2025.

Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?

@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/1350...
A game of tariffs: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
In April 2025, the United States introduced sweeping tariffs on imports from the European Union and the United Kingdom, raising transatlantic tensions and prompting debate over Europe’s response. T...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟

I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science PAR 2025/838
The Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers and
web103.reachmee.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
New ERC StG. Eternal thanks to my husband @samkschi.bsky.social, my academic friends and colleagues @comppollu.bsky.social and Gothenburg, & @lunduniversity.bsky.social research services - John Philips, Kerstin Gidlöf, and Carl Lagerqvist!

This would be impossible without supportive colleagues 👇
September 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It's sometimes hard for researcher to "read to just read." Well, read this fantastic soon-to-be piece on @thejop.bsky.social by @turnbulldugarte.com and @bertous.bsky.social! Super creative research design, fun read, and cool results! Imagine Love Is Blind meets serious research.
A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋

New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social

We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
May 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Been lazy about catching up on latest research on Bluesky and missed this gem of a survey by @grahn.bsky.social and @sophiemainz.bsky.social! Not surprised that Michal does innovative research, but a bit surprised at the "liberal" result (in a good way)!
🧵 What kind of POPE do AMERICANS want?📸

Before the Conclave, @sophiemainz.bsky.social and I asked 1,500 U.S. adults to choose among hypothetical papal candidates.

Results: Americans prefer a liberal and *non-political* Pope. The latter might be challenging for Leo XIV.

Results ⬇️

Polisky Datasky
May 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The Methods Centre @lund-university.bsky.social and @comppollu.bsky.social are honored to have @profjanegreen.bsky.social present her new paper on the national-personal economy connection and host a workshop on survey design! (Un-lumping concepts makes for useful surveys - all know but few follow)
May 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Want a postdoc? 👀 Want a good social safe net? 👀 👀 Want to work with a successful and supportive scholar? 👀 👀 👀 Well, the amazing @jonathanpolk.bsky.social @comppollu.bsky.social is hiring a 2-year postdoc for his party competition project! Deadline in 6 days! Apply!!
Postdoctoral fellow in political science: party competition in Europe
Are you our next postdoc with a focus on using expert surveys to examine political party competition around cleavage politics? The Department of Political Science invites applications for a 2-year pos
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April 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The impressive, innovative, and genuinely great person @grahn.bsky.social is gracing @comppollu.bsky.social today and presenting his very important research (with @turnbulldugarte.com) on why/how some people become intolerant in tolerant societies! Come by!!
Wanna know how some people become intolerant? Look no further! Today, the brilliant @grahn.bsky.social will present his and @turnbulldugarte.com timely paper, "When AlliesWaver: How Negative Messaging Undermines Support for Trans Rights in Tolerant Societies!" Stop by! @agustingoenaga.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Wanna be a postdoc? 👀 Wanna work with a smart and supportive scholar? 👀 👀 Want to live close to Copenhagen? 👀 👀 👀 Look no further! The amazing @jonathanpolk.bsky.social @comppollu.bsky.social is hiring a *3-year* postdoc for his party competition project! Check out the details 👇🏼. Deadline 14/4!
Postdoctoral fellow in political science: party competition in Europe
Are you our next postdoc with a focus on using expert surveys to examine political party competition around cleavage politics? The Department of Political Science invites applications for a 2-year pos
lu.varbi.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Check out our Spring 2025 CP Seminar Series @pollu.bsky.social and the fantastic list of presenters put together by the brilliant @agustingoenaga.bsky.social and Kajsa Hansson! Bonus: our speakers are warm and inviting in case you ever miss that cozy holiday feeling. So come by if you can!
We're sharing an early Christmas present - a lovely list of incredibly talented and accomplished speakers for our spring edition of the CP Seminar Series @pollu.bsky.social. Thanks to @agustingoenaga.bsky.social and Kajsa Hansson for putting it all together and to the fantastic presenters! 👇🏼
December 17, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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My and @johannarickne.bsky.social 's paper on the ”Class Ceiling in Politics” is now out in the APSR with open access! We describe the key findings below. 1/9
November 12, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Interested in inequality and historical political economy? Need a distraction from a certain mindf**k of an election today? Then come by @comppollu.bsky.social @pollu.bsky.social today for a fun and insightful presentation by the impressive @bengtssonz.bsky.social !
November 5, 2024 at 7:24 AM
August is ending. That means the Comparative Politics Group @comppollu.bsky.social is gearing up for an exciting seminar series, organized by the brilliant @jonathanpolk.bsky.social and Alex Ryan. Come join us! @hannaeback.bsky.social @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social
August 26, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Dear experts of survey experiments: some co-authors and I (based in Sweden) will field a survey experiment in the US. What are the channels for ethics approval in the US? (Swedish board likely won't give decision because experiment not in SE). TIA!
March 4, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Yet another fantastic comparative politics seminar @comppollu.bsky.social, organized by @jonathanpolk.bsky.social and Alex Ryan, happening today at noon! Open to everyone! 👇🏼
The Comparative Politics group @comppollu.bsky.social is excited to welcome Liv Bjerre from Aarhus today. Liv’s talk on the impact of immigration policy on asylum takes place at 12:00 today. Come on out if you’re in the area! Full spring schedule in Flori’s post below.
Big shoutout to Jonathan Polk and Alex Ryan, who, as new convenors of our Comparative Politics Group @comppollu.bsky.social at Lund, have organized a fantastic spring 2024 schedule of our CP Seminar Series! @hannaeback.bsky.social @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social
February 13, 2024 at 8:56 AM
After a nice holiday, the Comparative Politics Seminar Series @comppollu.bsky.social is back in full swing starting today. All presentations are open to public. Feel free to drop by if you find one that interests you. 😃
The first guest of the Comparative Politics Seminar Series this year is @pollu.bsky.social own Niklas Altermark, who will present his new work on welfare retrenchment. Thanks Jon Polk and Alex Ryan for organizing! @hannaeback.bsky.social @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social
January 16, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Big shoutout to Jonathan Polk and Alex Ryan, who, as new convenors of our Comparative Politics Group @comppollu.bsky.social at Lund, have organized a fantastic spring 2024 schedule of our CP Seminar Series! @hannaeback.bsky.social @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social
January 10, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Thanks, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social, for inviting me to the MZES AB-B colloquium! And thanks to all the seminar participants for your insightful and constructive comments! Super grateful for the opportunity to improve my paper via this fantastic venue! 🙏🏼
November 28, 2023 at 5:36 PM
The comparative politics group (@comppollu.bsky.social) at Lund (@pollu.bsky.social) is stoked to have @mpovitkina.bsky.social present her fascinating paper on environmental NGOs in emerging democracies today at noon! @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @hannaeback.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social
November 21, 2023 at 6:06 AM
So excited to work with the super smart and super fun @hannaeback.bsky.social @robertklemmensen.bsky.social for the next three years! Stay tuned to find out how elite affective polarization leads to legislative gridlock and slower response time to national crises. 👀🧐🤓
November 14, 2023 at 6:56 PM
The next theme of Lund's CP Seminar Series is gender. @comppollu.bsky.social is super excited to have @elinbja.bsky.social present her exciting research on autocratic genderwashing at noon tomorrow! Open to public! @robertklemmensen.bsky.social @hannaeback.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social
November 13, 2023 at 9:24 AM
This month, the @comppollu.bsky.social at Lund is stacked with fantastic presenters. Last week we were amazed with Fredrik Mohammadi Norén and his SWERIK project - a research corpus with open data of the Swedish Riksdag, from 1867 to now! @hannaeback.bsky.social @agustingoenaga.bsky.social
November 13, 2023 at 9:21 AM
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🚨 PEER REVIEW STUDY ALERT 🚨

We are about to launch a (very) large-scale survey on peer review in social sciences

150,000+ scholars worldwide will receive an invitation to participate via email. You might be one of them!

Wanna know more? peerreviewstudy.com

Plz repost!
November 8, 2023 at 12:58 PM
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📢The Journal of Politics (JOP) has joined Bluesky! The JOP features theoretically innovative and methodologically diverse research from scholars around the world in all subfields of political science! Follow us to stay updated on the latest news, exciting information, and the JOP Blog!
November 1, 2023 at 9:28 AM
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🚨 call for papers 🚨

If you are working on parenthood and politics, please consider submitting to our ECPR joint sessions!

We are interested in participation, ambition, legislative behavior, policy outcomes, institutional reforms & more 👇
Delighted to be co-directing an @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions on 'Gender, Parenthood and Political Representation'.

Get your papers in by 23rd Nov. More info: ecpr.eu/JointSessions

gendersky polisky
October 30, 2023 at 11:03 AM