Hannah M. Ridge
@hmridge.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. @ Chapman Uni. Postdoc @ UChicago. PhD @ Duke Polisci.
Public opinion, democracy, religion, & MENA politics
http://hannahmridge.com
"Defining Democracy" https://tinyurl.com/mry5ahsc
"Contours of Israeli Politics" https://tinyurl.com/2ererfhm
Public opinion, democracy, religion, & MENA politics
http://hannahmridge.com
"Defining Democracy" https://tinyurl.com/mry5ahsc
"Contours of Israeli Politics" https://tinyurl.com/2ererfhm
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New Publication Alert!
Check "Holidays, Religiosity, and Democratic Attitudes" by @hmridge.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1163/1876...
Check "Holidays, Religiosity, and Democratic Attitudes" by @hmridge.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1163/1876...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New Publication Alert!
Check "Holidays, Religiosity, and Democratic Attitudes" by @hmridge.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1163/1876...
Check "Holidays, Religiosity, and Democratic Attitudes" by @hmridge.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1163/1876...
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ChapmanU Professor Hannah Ridge (Political Science) published a journal article, "Holy day surveys and political attitudes in Israel," using European Social Survey data in Politics and Religion.
@hmridge.bsky.social
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Holy day surveys and political attitudes in Israel | Politics and Religion | Cambridge Core
Holy day surveys and political attitudes in Israel - Volume 18 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
ChapmanU Professor Hannah Ridge (Political Science) published a journal article, "Holy day surveys and political attitudes in Israel," using European Social Survey data in Politics and Religion.
@hmridge.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journa...
@hmridge.bsky.social
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📓 New paper examining the effect of religious cues on (non)democratic attitudes.
Jewish Israelis who answer questions on the Sabbath expressed more openness to non-democratic governance
The effect was strongest among the 'secular' respondents (@ESS_Survey @ElectionStudyIL)
doi.org/10.1163/1876...
Jewish Israelis who answer questions on the Sabbath expressed more openness to non-democratic governance
The effect was strongest among the 'secular' respondents (@ESS_Survey @ElectionStudyIL)
doi.org/10.1163/1876...
September 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📓 New paper examining the effect of religious cues on (non)democratic attitudes.
Jewish Israelis who answer questions on the Sabbath expressed more openness to non-democratic governance
The effect was strongest among the 'secular' respondents (@ESS_Survey @ElectionStudyIL)
doi.org/10.1163/1876...
Jewish Israelis who answer questions on the Sabbath expressed more openness to non-democratic governance
The effect was strongest among the 'secular' respondents (@ESS_Survey @ElectionStudyIL)
doi.org/10.1163/1876...
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Tried to explain this to a senior colleague recently, who suggested I was overreacting - thanks to @abuaardvark.bsky.social for saying it more clearly and eloquently
August 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Tried to explain this to a senior colleague recently, who suggested I was overreacting - thanks to @abuaardvark.bsky.social for saying it more clearly and eloquently
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"Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Dear universities,
I am begging you to stop requiring letters of recommendation for master's programmes. You and I both know you don't read them, so stop asking for them.
Instead, have applicants list a name and get in touch if it's a borderline case.
Signed,
Everyone.
I am begging you to stop requiring letters of recommendation for master's programmes. You and I both know you don't read them, so stop asking for them.
Instead, have applicants list a name and get in touch if it's a borderline case.
Signed,
Everyone.
July 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Dear universities,
I am begging you to stop requiring letters of recommendation for master's programmes. You and I both know you don't read them, so stop asking for them.
Instead, have applicants list a name and get in touch if it's a borderline case.
Signed,
Everyone.
I am begging you to stop requiring letters of recommendation for master's programmes. You and I both know you don't read them, so stop asking for them.
Instead, have applicants list a name and get in touch if it's a borderline case.
Signed,
Everyone.
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The trick to getting a PhD is to be the first person ever to find fascination in a deeply, insanely boring thing.
July 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The trick to getting a PhD is to be the first person ever to find fascination in a deeply, insanely boring thing.
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"The WHO said that both its staff residence & its main warehouse in Deir al-Balah had been attacked by Israeli forces, with soldiers detaining two staff & two of their family members before releasing three of them...which it said was “part of a pattern of systematic destruction of health facilities"
WHO says Israel attacked its Gaza premises
UN agency warns war is pushing health system towards collapse as local officials report raft of deaths from starvation
on.ft.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"The WHO said that both its staff residence & its main warehouse in Deir al-Balah had been attacked by Israeli forces, with soldiers detaining two staff & two of their family members before releasing three of them...which it said was “part of a pattern of systematic destruction of health facilities"
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“But they didn’t do that. They lied. Repeatedly. They claimed that they didn’t see evidence of systemic abuses. They resorted to strange formulations such as “too many Palestinians have been killed,” as if there was some acceptable number that had been exceeded.” Excellent by @mattduss.bsky.social
An absolutely #mustread piece from @mattduss.bsky.social this morning.
"If we are serious about rebuilding U.S. democracy, unrigging the system and ending that impunity is imperative. The fight for accountability for Gaza is inseparable from the fight against Trumpism."
"If we are serious about rebuilding U.S. democracy, unrigging the system and ending that impunity is imperative. The fight for accountability for Gaza is inseparable from the fight against Trumpism."
Biden’s Team Lied About Gaza. It’s Time to Hold Them Accountable
Impunity for abetting war crimes weakens U.S. democracy.
foreignpolicy.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“But they didn’t do that. They lied. Repeatedly. They claimed that they didn’t see evidence of systemic abuses. They resorted to strange formulations such as “too many Palestinians have been killed,” as if there was some acceptable number that had been exceeded.” Excellent by @mattduss.bsky.social
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Feeling really grateful and thankful to the Polarization Research Lab at Stanford for agreeing to fund my study with Hannah Ridge on democratic backsliding! More details to come soon.
July 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Feeling really grateful and thankful to the Polarization Research Lab at Stanford for agreeing to fund my study with Hannah Ridge on democratic backsliding! More details to come soon.
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Asymmetric Polarization: The Perception that Republicans Pose Harm to Disadvantaged Groups Drives Democrats' Greater Dislike of Republicans in Social Contexts
eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/22...
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June 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Asymmetric Polarization: The Perception that Republicans Pose Harm to Disadvantaged Groups Drives Democrats' Greater Dislike of Republicans in Social Contexts
eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/22...
eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/22...
When a journal reviewer says political science articles should not talk about politics, what should you talk about?
Comparativesky
MenaSky
Comparativesky
MenaSky
June 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
When a journal reviewer says political science articles should not talk about politics, what should you talk about?
Comparativesky
MenaSky
Comparativesky
MenaSky
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Medical journals like the Lancet have been publishing articles a/b the Gaza Ministry of Health numbers’ reliability since fall 23. Given scale of destruction & recording methods, they were always undercounts. Outside numbers underestimate civilian death b/c they treat all adult men as combatants.
The Economist says that the Gaza health ministry's death toll, criticized by some as inflated and as Hamas propaganda, might actually undercount the death toll (it could be as much as double).
May 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Medical journals like the Lancet have been publishing articles a/b the Gaza Ministry of Health numbers’ reliability since fall 23. Given scale of destruction & recording methods, they were always undercounts. Outside numbers underestimate civilian death b/c they treat all adult men as combatants.
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“Massive #s of students are going to emerge... who are essentially illiterate. Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate + having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
This isn't the only reason AI is bad, but it's why it is bad for students.
This isn't the only reason AI is bad, but it's why it is bad for students.
May 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Massive #s of students are going to emerge... who are essentially illiterate. Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate + having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
This isn't the only reason AI is bad, but it's why it is bad for students.
This isn't the only reason AI is bad, but it's why it is bad for students.
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Excellent new paper on the psychological trait of authoritarianism on political attitudes and voting 🚨
Our article w/Justin Robinson on authoritarianism in 🇬🇧 is published in the new issue of @polbehavior.bsky.social
We employ a longitudinal analysis using the @britishelectionstudy.com to investigate the causal effect of the psychological trait of authoritarianism on political attitudes and voting 🧵
We employ a longitudinal analysis using the @britishelectionstudy.com to investigate the causal effect of the psychological trait of authoritarianism on political attitudes and voting 🧵
May 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Excellent new paper on the psychological trait of authoritarianism on political attitudes and voting 🚨
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Every day the question, “If he was intentionally trying to kill people and destroy the economy, what would he being doing differently?” goes unanswered.
April 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Every day the question, “If he was intentionally trying to kill people and destroy the economy, what would he being doing differently?” goes unanswered.
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An important takeaway from our research is that people are more likely to discount (or downplay) extreme messages (such as: we are going to install a dictatorship) when the party is normalized.
Let's not normalize radical parties; stigmatization works.
Let's not normalize radical parties; stigmatization works.
🗳️When is the far right punished for extremism?
➡️ @laiabalcells.bsky.social @sergisme.bsky.social & E. vanderWilden show that normalization lowers the cost of extreme positions—moderates see them as less genuine www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️ @laiabalcells.bsky.social @sergisme.bsky.social & E. vanderWilden show that normalization lowers the cost of extreme positions—moderates see them as less genuine www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
April 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
An important takeaway from our research is that people are more likely to discount (or downplay) extreme messages (such as: we are going to install a dictatorship) when the party is normalized.
Let's not normalize radical parties; stigmatization works.
Let's not normalize radical parties; stigmatization works.
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Politics and Religion - Volume 18 - Issue 1 - cup.org/4lCxO4s
#OpenAccess
w/ papers by @joribreslawski.bsky.social, @jpsteinmann.bsky.social, @hmridge.bsky.social, @lordrichie.bsky.social, @gertpickel.bsky.social & more
#OpenAccess
w/ papers by @joribreslawski.bsky.social, @jpsteinmann.bsky.social, @hmridge.bsky.social, @lordrichie.bsky.social, @gertpickel.bsky.social & more
April 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Politics and Religion - Volume 18 - Issue 1 - cup.org/4lCxO4s
#OpenAccess
w/ papers by @joribreslawski.bsky.social, @jpsteinmann.bsky.social, @hmridge.bsky.social, @lordrichie.bsky.social, @gertpickel.bsky.social & more
#OpenAccess
w/ papers by @joribreslawski.bsky.social, @jpsteinmann.bsky.social, @hmridge.bsky.social, @lordrichie.bsky.social, @gertpickel.bsky.social & more
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King: listen, if I have to, you know, *prove* stuff against each person I want to deprive of liberty, then I won’t be able to deprive as many people of liberty!
American Founders: Exactly. And, just to be clear, we’re going to write this part down.
American Founders: Exactly. And, just to be clear, we’re going to write this part down.
"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
April 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
King: listen, if I have to, you know, *prove* stuff against each person I want to deprive of liberty, then I won’t be able to deprive as many people of liberty!
American Founders: Exactly. And, just to be clear, we’re going to write this part down.
American Founders: Exactly. And, just to be clear, we’re going to write this part down.
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Websites tracking the student visa revocations and ICE abductions on college campuses
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
Campus Abductions — We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Websites tracking the student visa revocations and ICE abductions on college campuses
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
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“The tariffs, like the shuttering of USAID before it, are going to disproportionately hurt not only American allies — but precisely the sectors and companies (like Tunisian olive oil) which American development aid has spent years supporting and promoting” writes @abuaardvark.bsky.social
Here’s how Trump’s stupid tariffs impact the Middle East - mostly hurting friends and helping rivals, as usual.
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Tariffing the Middle East
Why does Trump hate Tunisian olive oil and American allies?
abuaardvark.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“The tariffs, like the shuttering of USAID before it, are going to disproportionately hurt not only American allies — but precisely the sectors and companies (like Tunisian olive oil) which American development aid has spent years supporting and promoting” writes @abuaardvark.bsky.social
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Muslim ≠ Arab and vice versa...but for many, ethnicity and religion become conjoined in what's termed "ethnodoxy." Do people who share this view more strongly have different attitudes about immigration? @hmridge.bsky.social explains her findings in this video:
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When ethnic group becomes religious orthodoxy
YouTube video by JSSR—Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
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March 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Muslim ≠ Arab and vice versa...but for many, ethnicity and religion become conjoined in what's termed "ethnodoxy." Do people who share this view more strongly have different attitudes about immigration? @hmridge.bsky.social explains her findings in this video:
youtu.be/Sz6417k0nGE?...
youtu.be/Sz6417k0nGE?...