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Katharina Lawall
@katharinalawall.bsky.social
Quantitative social scientist. AP/Lecturer at University of Reading. PhD LSE Government. I work on polarization and emotions, the radical right and gender.
www.katharinalawall.com
🚨New paper out at Journal of European Public Policy: Do Europeans want tariffs? No!

Our conjoint experiments show that the mass public does not support tariffs, no matter how they are framed. Full paper below ⬇️

It was great to work on such a timely piece with a stellar team of co-authors ✨
October 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Could you help us out? We're looking for German post election surveys including state elections - any pointers very welcome! See full details below - thank you
Hey everyone, I am looking for homogenized data on *post-electoral* surveys in Germany. We would need them for federal, EU, and ideally also state elections—but anything you can help with is very much welcome!

Anyone know of a single dataset including them for several elections? Thanks so much!
September 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
✨Join our friendly network for early career women in TT positions in politics! Community, chats and weekly writing sessions - more info below and sign up at: Https://forms.office.com/e/UK09a5bfCw
Are you a woman who has recently started a TT position in politics or a politics related field? Then @katharinalawall.bsky.social and me would like to warmly invite you to join a new network for early career women: WIPS: Women in Political Science.
September 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Does copying the radical right's "tough" anti-immigration rhetoric pay off? No! Our new pre print provides evidence that Starmer's anti-immigration speech did not benefit Labour - with important implications for mainstream parties across Europe. Thread below ⬇️
September 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🚨New pre-print with @versteegenluca.bsky.social and @mtsakiris.bsky.social on emotions and polarization ⬇️ We often intuitively think that affective polarization (AP) is about strong negative emotions, e.g. fear & loathing. But how do citizens actually feel? Spoiler: not as negative as assumed!
🚨Pre-print alert🚨

Research shows citizens in many Western democracies are increasingly affectively polarized––they feel warm toward their own party but quite cold toward opposing parties.

But how does it feel to “feel warmly”?
@katharinalawall.bsky.social, @mtsakiris.bsky.social & I asked.
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August 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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‼️ There are a few more days left to apply for the PhD positions in my group at KU Leuven. Make sure to send in applications by July 4! 👇
I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!

Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior
2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices
www.kuleuven.be
June 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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If you’re a political scientist please consider joining @epssnet.bsky.social as a member to help support this new (not for profit!) organization and the next European Political Science Conference in 2026 in Belfast 👇

If that’s not in the budget: spreading the word is just as important 😊
1.3K followers & counting. Thank you all for your incredible support!

The EPSS journey is just getting started & we couldn’t do it without you.

Thank you for so many of you who already joined EPSS! If you haven't already, please join: epssnet.org/sign-up/#join

Let’s do this together.
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June 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Recs for #EPSA2025 schedule:

THU, 1.10-2.50, in 0A.05: I’ll chair a panel on conceptual issues in affective polarization, feat. @luismremiro.bsky.social, @mascakir.bsky.social, Mickael Temporão, @fghjorth.bsky.social, plus present work w @katharinalawall.bsky.social + @mtsakiris.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It was great to speak at the launch of POAL - I shared some insights about negative partisanship, and how hostility in politics relates to women disproportionately dropping out of elected office. Thank you @miriamsorace.bsky.social for creating this space, excited for what's next!
Some snapshots from our event on Friday, where we discussed the future of polling, the challenges ahead, and how AI is shaping survey research. Massive THANK YOU to all panelists for sharing their wisdom with us! Here’s a thread with some key take-aways:
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Opportunity here for someone interested in campaign experiments within the progressive ecosystem in the UK. Some training in experiments/causal inference a big plus/stats background required. Also ideal for a recent graduate interested in PhD research afterwards: apply.workable.com/campaign-lab...
Research Officer - Campaign Lab
OverviewLocation: London/Remote and home working options (expected to work in London at least 8 days per month)Contract: Until 1st January 2026Hours: Full time with some evening and weekend workSalary...
apply.workable.com
December 30, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Had a great time in Boston giving a talk at Harvard Business School on gender and the radical right. Thank you to Laura Jakli for inviting me & for all the excellent conversations and questions! @vinpons.bsky.social @giovannifacchini.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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With Trump's victory, the need for a fresh UK-EU strategy has never been more urgent. Check out my latest piece in the Conversation on "Bresignation" and how the UK can re-configure the UK-EU relationship: shorturl.at/VyDYw #polisky #UKEUReset
Bresignation: British people are ready to turn a page on the EU referendum vote
The British public has moved beyond wanting to relitigate the Brexit referendum, making now a good time to reset relations with Brussels.
shorturl.at
November 19, 2024 at 5:32 PM
🚨Do echo chambers polarize? Yes! 🚨Very excited that our paper “The Polarizing Effect of Partisan Echo Chambers” w @sarahobolt.bsky.social and James Tilley has been published FirstView at APSR! Link: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Thread 👇1/n
December 1, 2023 at 6:05 PM
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🌈🎉 Queer Politics Webinar Fall '23 🌟

📅 Nov 2: Calla Hummel dives into Remittances and LGBTQ+ Rights! 🔥 @callahummel.bsky.social

📅 Dec 7: Zein Murib unpacks LGBTQ+ Political Identities! 🚀 @zeinmurib.bsky.social

Hop on ZOOM at 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm GMT!
Scan QR & join amazing queer research! 🥳
October 24, 2023 at 5:15 PM
My amazing colleague @benmtappin.bsky.social is giving a talk today about how to use cutting edge quantitative methods for political campaigns - you can join online or in person if you're in Edinburgh! Sign up below👇polisky #campaigns #polcomm
📣This is *today*. You can attend online by registering here: sds-hub.ed.ac.uk/events/sds-s....

For Edinburghers, please also consider coming in person! 🙏

cssky polisky
October 23, 2023 at 11:46 AM
Very excited that one of my first-authored PhD papers is now conditionally accepted at the JOP! 🥳Through a digital field experiment in collab. with a political party, we test what identity primes mobilise supporters. 👉Going negative is mobilising but has drawbacks! #identity #campaigns #experiment
If you like pre-registered field experiments that manipulate identity primes & rely on validated behavioural outcome measures (💰), then you will likely enjoy this new (conditionally accepted at JOP) paper with the fantastic @katharinalawall.bsky.social & @florianfoos.bsky.social

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October 16, 2023 at 5:53 PM