Lucas Couto
@lucascoutoz.bsky.social
PhD Student in Political Science at Aarhus University.
Fond of Data Viz and Sports.
https://lucascoutoz.netlify.app/
Fond of Data Viz and Sports.
https://lucascoutoz.netlify.app/
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💫💫💫 Great News: We are over the moon that our paper "Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?" is now published in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🍾 🤗
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
🧵1/5
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
🧵1/5
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment? - Volume 55
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
💫💫💫 Great News: We are over the moon that our paper "Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?" is now published in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🍾 🤗
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
🧵1/5
👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social
🧵1/5
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New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
⬇️
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
⬇️
GESIS-Suche
doi.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New data for legislative scholars! Committee Membership Dataset with @bcastanho.bsky.social, @dmpullan.bsky.social and Firuze Taner:
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
⬇️
Committee assignments for all MPs (Wikidata IDs!) in 14 countries
Harmonized roles/policy areas
Data: doi.org/10.7802/2940
Working paper: tinyurl.com/vf54r78p
⬇️
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Yesterday, I did my second DHL relay race with an amazing team: @henrikseeberg.bsky.social, @lindekilde.bsky.social, C. Green-Pedersen, & @lucascoutoz.bsky.social.
I had the goal of running the 5k below 21 minutes & came in at 20:34, my new personal record. Now looking forward to the 2026 race! 😊
I had the goal of running the 5k below 21 minutes & came in at 20:34, my new personal record. Now looking forward to the 2026 race! 😊
August 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Yesterday, I did my second DHL relay race with an amazing team: @henrikseeberg.bsky.social, @lindekilde.bsky.social, C. Green-Pedersen, & @lucascoutoz.bsky.social.
I had the goal of running the 5k below 21 minutes & came in at 20:34, my new personal record. Now looking forward to the 2026 race! 😊
I had the goal of running the 5k below 21 minutes & came in at 20:34, my new personal record. Now looking forward to the 2026 race! 😊
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Today is my first teaching day of Fall 2025. I'm teaching a grad course on Qualitative Methods, for the first time in almost 10 years.
As several people have asked me to post my syllabus, here it is. Note that it can be, and often is, changed a bit during the semester.
As several people have asked me to post my syllabus, here it is. Note that it can be, and often is, changed a bit during the semester.
spia.uga.edu
August 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Today is my first teaching day of Fall 2025. I'm teaching a grad course on Qualitative Methods, for the first time in almost 10 years.
As several people have asked me to post my syllabus, here it is. Note that it can be, and often is, changed a bit during the semester.
As several people have asked me to post my syllabus, here it is. Note that it can be, and often is, changed a bit during the semester.
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#OpenAccess from @govandopp.bsky.social -
Crafting Policies Together: Citizen Preferences After Crisis - cup.org/4mm8b7m
- @paduis.bsky.social, Jennifer Cyr, Julieta Suárez-Cao & Matías Bianchi
#FirstView
Crafting Policies Together: Citizen Preferences After Crisis - cup.org/4mm8b7m
- @paduis.bsky.social, Jennifer Cyr, Julieta Suárez-Cao & Matías Bianchi
#FirstView
August 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
#OpenAccess from @govandopp.bsky.social -
Crafting Policies Together: Citizen Preferences After Crisis - cup.org/4mm8b7m
- @paduis.bsky.social, Jennifer Cyr, Julieta Suárez-Cao & Matías Bianchi
#FirstView
Crafting Policies Together: Citizen Preferences After Crisis - cup.org/4mm8b7m
- @paduis.bsky.social, Jennifer Cyr, Julieta Suárez-Cao & Matías Bianchi
#FirstView
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Our paper (w/ wonderful co-authors @rwillh11.bsky.social, @simonweschle.bsky.social, @cbwlezien.bsky.social, and Jim Adams) is now out in print! 🎉 May be of interest to those studying electoral behavior, party strategy, or how citizens use information!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Does political sophistication moderate how citizens use information to infer left-right distances between parties?
Research identifies numerous factors associated with citizens’ perceptions of party ideologies, including the Left-Right orientations of parties’ election manifestos, governing coalition arrangemen...
www.tandfonline.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our paper (w/ wonderful co-authors @rwillh11.bsky.social, @simonweschle.bsky.social, @cbwlezien.bsky.social, and Jim Adams) is now out in print! 🎉 May be of interest to those studying electoral behavior, party strategy, or how citizens use information!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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To be published this autumn 👇
June 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
To be published this autumn 👇
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Normalise writing a nice quick note to scholars literally every time you read and like their work. Our world is small and getting smaller. We need encouragement.
May 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Normalise writing a nice quick note to scholars literally every time you read and like their work. Our world is small and getting smaller. We need encouragement.
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🚨 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 ⬇️
February 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Hello dataviz and design people!
We're looking for a freelancer to help us with data visualization and/or diagrams at Works in Progress.
We cover topics like housing, technology, health, energy, and much more, and experience in these areas is a plus!
If this is you, get in touch! (details below)
We're looking for a freelancer to help us with data visualization and/or diagrams at Works in Progress.
We cover topics like housing, technology, health, energy, and much more, and experience in these areas is a plus!
If this is you, get in touch! (details below)
February 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Hello dataviz and design people!
We're looking for a freelancer to help us with data visualization and/or diagrams at Works in Progress.
We cover topics like housing, technology, health, energy, and much more, and experience in these areas is a plus!
If this is you, get in touch! (details below)
We're looking for a freelancer to help us with data visualization and/or diagrams at Works in Progress.
We cover topics like housing, technology, health, energy, and much more, and experience in these areas is a plus!
If this is you, get in touch! (details below)
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February 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Thrilled to share my new publication w/ @morganwack.bsky.social & Kevin Aslett in Social Science Quarterly: “Silence in the Stands: Assessing the Impact of Russian State-Linked Sportswashing on Online Fan Behavior Following the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine.” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Thrilled to share my new publication w/ @morganwack.bsky.social & Kevin Aslett in Social Science Quarterly: “Silence in the Stands: Assessing the Impact of Russian State-Linked Sportswashing on Online Fan Behavior Following the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine.” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Most Francoist elites remained in relevant positions after the Spanish transition to democracy. Neither 1982 nor 1978 fit as marking the end of the transition, at least from the perspective of elite replacement. Economic elites maintained their positions of power www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Things will have to change? Analysing the Spanish transition to democracy from an elite perspective
Authoritarian elites may play an essential role in transitioning democracies, but little is known about the fate of these elites beyond that of the top leaders. This article offers the first panel-...
www.tandfonline.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Most Francoist elites remained in relevant positions after the Spanish transition to democracy. Neither 1982 nor 1978 fit as marking the end of the transition, at least from the perspective of elite replacement. Economic elites maintained their positions of power www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Ever wonder which Starter Pack you are in?
Check out my new tools at whichpack.com
Here is quick video demo.
Check out my new tools at whichpack.com
Here is quick video demo.
December 2, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Ever wonder which Starter Pack you are in?
Check out my new tools at whichpack.com
Here is quick video demo.
Check out my new tools at whichpack.com
Here is quick video demo.
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🇬🇧🇪🇺 Published Today in EJPR 🇬🇧🇪🇺
@simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social and I find that 1/3 of the anti-Brexit shift in the UK can be attributed to the impact of cohort replacement (old voters dying, young people becoming eligible to vote)! 1/12
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social and I find that 1/3 of the anti-Brexit shift in the UK can be attributed to the impact of cohort replacement (old voters dying, young people becoming eligible to vote)! 1/12
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 30, 2024 at 8:10 AM
🇬🇧🇪🇺 Published Today in EJPR 🇬🇧🇪🇺
@simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social and I find that 1/3 of the anti-Brexit shift in the UK can be attributed to the impact of cohort replacement (old voters dying, young people becoming eligible to vote)! 1/12
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social and I find that 1/3 of the anti-Brexit shift in the UK can be attributed to the impact of cohort replacement (old voters dying, young people becoming eligible to vote)! 1/12
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Thrilled to announce that my chapter, which helps students navigate and choose among different off-the-shelf data sets, is now published open access!
Please check it out—I hope it’s helpful for many students and colleagues teaching comparative politics www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o... polisky
Please check it out—I hope it’s helpful for many students and colleagues teaching comparative politics www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o... polisky
October 21, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Thrilled to announce that my chapter, which helps students navigate and choose among different off-the-shelf data sets, is now published open access!
Please check it out—I hope it’s helpful for many students and colleagues teaching comparative politics www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o... polisky
Please check it out—I hope it’s helpful for many students and colleagues teaching comparative politics www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-o... polisky
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New paper alert! @chknutsen.bsky.social and I use comparable, multi-item measures of five key political issue areas covering 14 West European countries. We find that women tend to be more progressive than men, across countries and issue areas. A 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Are women more progressive than men? Attitudinal gender gaps in West European democracies - Peter Egge Langsæther, Carl Henrik Knutsen, 2024
We assess gender gaps in attitudes to several important and distinct policy areas, including economic left–right issues, gender equality, immigration, environme...
journals.sagepub.com
October 8, 2024 at 11:59 AM
New paper alert! @chknutsen.bsky.social and I use comparable, multi-item measures of five key political issue areas covering 14 West European countries. We find that women tend to be more progressive than men, across countries and issue areas. A 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🚨My first solo-authored paper is out 🥳: I find that the effect of pre-electoral coalitions on government formation processes in presidential democracies increases as legislative polarisation grows stronger.
doi.org/10.1017/lap....
doi.org/10.1017/lap....
September 23, 2024 at 11:18 AM
🚨My first solo-authored paper is out 🥳: I find that the effect of pre-electoral coalitions on government formation processes in presidential democracies increases as legislative polarisation grows stronger.
doi.org/10.1017/lap....
doi.org/10.1017/lap....
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,187,692!
September 17, 2024 at 5:46 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,187,692!
Hello everyone! I'm proud to announce that I'll begin as a PhD Student at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University next week! Very excited about this next chapter in my academic career 🙂 Thank you to all who have helped me get this far 😊
August 30, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Hello everyone! I'm proud to announce that I'll begin as a PhD Student at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University next week! Very excited about this next chapter in my academic career 🙂 Thank you to all who have helped me get this far 😊
The authority of regional governments in East Asia based on RAI scores 📊!
P.S.: missingness for North Korea 😣
Blogpost: lucascoutoz.netlify.app/posts/g2024_...
P.S.: missingness for North Korea 😣
Blogpost: lucascoutoz.netlify.app/posts/g2024_...
July 24, 2024 at 1:39 PM
The authority of regional governments in East Asia based on RAI scores 📊!
P.S.: missingness for North Korea 😣
Blogpost: lucascoutoz.netlify.app/posts/g2024_...
P.S.: missingness for North Korea 😣
Blogpost: lucascoutoz.netlify.app/posts/g2024_...
How are left-of-centre parties spread out in Brazil's ideological space over the years?
This should be a GIF, but, unfortunately, BlueSky still do not support it =(
The animated version can be found here: lucascoutoz.netlify.app/posts/f2024_...
This should be a GIF, but, unfortunately, BlueSky still do not support it =(
The animated version can be found here: lucascoutoz.netlify.app/posts/f2024_...
June 20, 2024 at 6:52 PM
How are left-of-centre parties spread out in Brazil's ideological space over the years?
This should be a GIF, but, unfortunately, BlueSky still do not support it =(
The animated version can be found here: lucascoutoz.netlify.app/posts/f2024_...
This should be a GIF, but, unfortunately, BlueSky still do not support it =(
The animated version can be found here: lucascoutoz.netlify.app/posts/f2024_...
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🥳Online first: Regional coalition membership influences the perceived ideological positions of parties even on the national level. Evidence from Germany 2009-2021 by Ida B. Hjermitslev @svenjakrauss.bsky.social & @mariathurk.bsky.social
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Polisky
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Polisky
June 11, 2024 at 2:53 PM
🥳Online first: Regional coalition membership influences the perceived ideological positions of parties even on the national level. Evidence from Germany 2009-2021 by Ida B. Hjermitslev @svenjakrauss.bsky.social & @mariathurk.bsky.social
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Polisky
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Polisky