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Lucas Kins
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🇧🇪 Postdoctoral researcher & lecturer in Political Science at Université libre de Bruxelles | Political parties | Digital campaigning
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🟦 Mis/disinformation exposure is the highest on TikTok (20%), followed by Facebook (13%) and X (11%).
🟦 Sources that repeat misinformation outperform credible sources, with up to 8X more engagement per follower on YouTube.
🟦 Many 'misinformers' still profit from ads, especially on YouTube.

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November 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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We are finally out!! Thanks to my fantastic co-authors, the anonymous reviewers, and @thejop.bsky.social editorial team. Publishing my first registered report has been an incredibly instructive and rewarding experience 🤓

Much has been said about political incivility, but does it actually exist? 🤷‍♀️
🚨 New piece out at @thejop.bsky.social w awesome @cvargiu.bsky.social & D Garzia

If incivility means breaking norms, & norms are person- and context-dependent, *does incivility even exist*?

In the stage-2 registered report we investigate what drives perceptions of incivility

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October 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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1️⃣ Les président·es de partis génèrent systématiquement plus d’engagement que les comptes officiels de leur formation, quel que soit le parti (3X plus en moyenne). Ce constat tend à confirmer la personnalisation (et surtout la « présidentialisation ») de la communication politique belge.

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October 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Now out in Party Politics 🎉

Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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After 2 intense with academics & practioners, here are my takeaway messages:
1. People do not care about technology but purpose.
2. Digital tools must feel natural.
3. Barriers might be simpler than you think.
#Relink2 @lucaskins.bsky.social @hendriknahr.bsky.social @giuliasandri.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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📢 New Blog Post! 🚨 Just a month before the Dutch elections, Iris Beau Segers and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social highlight the troubling normalization of far-right ideologies, the democratic erosion, and the recent violence at an anti-immigration demo in The Hague. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
Far-Right Normalization and Democratic Erosion: A Pre-Election Update from the Netherlands - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism
Just a month ahead of the Dutch elections, Léonie de Jonge and Iris B. Segers raise concerns about the growing normalization of extreme-right ideologies and actions, highlighted by the unprecedented v...
www.sv.uio.no
September 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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One of our findings is that out of the 8,500+ posts that contain at least one type of attack, policy-focused attacks remain relatively civil (47% of such posts are uncivil), whereas personal-based attacks tend to be particularly uncivil (67%).

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September 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Re-upping this for the 🧪 crowd - our new investigation into the psychological mechanisms associated with attack politics (negativity, incivility, intolerance)
This bad boy is finally out - and it is a beaut!

Fantastic collab with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social

Quick thread about some key findings in the book. Link to buy the book with 20% discount at the end of the thread
August 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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[Job] SciencePo ULB is recruiting a postdoc (full time, 1 year) for the FNRS-FWO project NotLikeUs (ULB PIs: @emilievh.bsky.social, @jbpilet.bsky.social, Caroline Close)
Focus: experiment, survey research, data management, election studies
Deadline: 30/09/2025
#job #academicjob #research #postdoc
July 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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📣 Plusieurs politologues de @sciencepoulb.bsky.social ont été sollicité·es dans les médias ces derniers jours pour commenter la décision de Meta d’interdire les publicités politiques à partir d’octobre, en réaction aux nouvelles règles 🇪🇺 en matière de transparence.

💬 Quelques éléments clés 🧵1/6
July 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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New paper in Political Psychology with Rosa Sanchez Salgado!

Following up on rb.gy/q9hdkf we study how moral political climate frames elicit emotions and change opinions. Our findings show that the mainstream and PRR appeal unlikely cause climate action, while the green left one can.

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June 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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🗓️ One year ago, the 2024 election campaign was entering its final phase.

Our analysis of political communication on X reveals key strategies behind the victories of N-VA in Flanders and MR (with @lesengages-be.bsky.social) in French-speaking Belgium.

Discover our analysis 👇

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June 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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[Media] L’Enquête Nationale RTBF : "On a des blocs de plus en plus étanches qui sont en train de se constituer", une interview de @jbpilet.bsky.social, professeur à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol) sur La Première RTBF
www.rtbf.be/article/l-en...
L’Enquête Nationale RTBF : 'On a des blocs de plus en plus étanches qui sont en train de se constituer', analyse le politologue Jean-Benoit Pilet - RTBF Actus
'Cette idée de deux démocraties avec des opinions politiques complètement divergentes, elle ne tient pas vraiment lorsque...
www.rtbf.be
May 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Come join us in Amsterdam for a fully funded 4-year PhD position on the topic of "Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics", with @alessandronai.bsky.social and @lindabos.bsky.social! All info here, deadline is June 4 👇👇👇 (Please share!) #polcom #commsky

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May 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Kiezers verlangen naar authentieke politici, maar krijgen strategische performers bij wie de echtheid juist daardoor in twijfel wordt getrokken.

Dat dreigt het wantrouwen in de politiek verder aan te wakkeren, stelt politicoloog @lcjacobs89.bsky.social. (www.sampol.be/2025/05/poli...)
Politiek als theater met slechte acteurs
Kiezers verlangen naar authentieke politici, maar krijgen strategische performers bij wie de echtheid juist daardoor in twijfel wordt getrokken. Dat dreigt het wantrouwen in de politiek verder aan te ...
www.sampol.be
May 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Wat gebeurt er als de maskers afvallen? 🎭
“Theater is politiek met slechte acteurs,” zei een Belgisch premier ooit. Als het publiek het script doorziet, valt het doek. 💨
Mijn nieuwste column voor @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social over authenticiteit & politieke communicatie👉 www.sampol.be/2025/05/poli...
Politiek als theater met slechte acteurs
Kiezers verlangen naar authentieke politici, maar krijgen strategische performers bij wie de echtheid juist daardoor in twijfel wordt getrokken. Dat dreigt het wantrouwen in de politiek verder aan te ...
www.sampol.be
May 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Are you a junior scholar attending #ecprjs25? Check out this call for applications for MSCA at Cevipol @sciencepoulb.bsky.social and get in touch with me for any question you may have!

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Call for Applications: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action at CEVIPOL - CEVIPOL - Centre d’Etude de la Vie Politique
https://cevipol.phisoc.ulb.be/fr/call-for-applications-marie-skłodowska-curie-action-at-cevipol
May 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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[Rayonnement]
This week, Nathalie Brack, Kostas Papaioannou & Piotr Marczyński, Professor and resarchers at SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol), will present the paper titled '‘Tweets, Posts, and Plots’: Political Parties & Conspiracy...
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‘Tweets, Posts, and Plots’: Political Parties & Conspiracy Theories on Twitter and Facebook Across Four Countries
European Consortium for Political Research
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May 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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In the context of Pride Month, I had the pleasure of collaborating with the @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social to analyze how LGBTQIA+ issues were addressed in the communication of Belgian political parties and their leaders on X, between January 2022 and June 2024.

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🏳️‍🌈 As part of Pride Month, we teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social and looked at the prevalence of LGBTQIA+ issues and people in the communication of Belgian parties and their leaders on X between January 2022 and June 2024.

In this thread, we break down the results for you📎 🧵1/5
May 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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[PhD]
Le Cevipol vous invite à la soutenance de la thèse de Natsuko D’Aprile intitulée:

'How does national identity influence public diplomacy? France and Japan in comparison (1990-2022)'

Mercredi 4 juin à 10h00

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May 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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From Bluesky to the Guardian!

In my new op-Ed, I argue that the “male glaze” of media and politics is empirically, normative, and politically wrong and that progressives should focus more on the left turn of young women.
The real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to | Cas Mudde
There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face – if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics, says political scientist Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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For Pride 🏳️‍🌈 month, the Social media lab ULB teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social :

How do Belgian parties communicate on LGBTQIA+ issues? Do they, in the first place?

Answer by from Social media lab @ULB 👇
🏳️‍🌈 As part of Pride Month, we teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social and looked at the prevalence of LGBTQIA+ issues and people in the communication of Belgian parties and their leaders on X between January 2022 and June 2024.

In this thread, we break down the results for you📎 🧵1/5
May 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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[Rayonnement] SciencePo ULB brille aux Joint Sessions @ecpr.bsky.social!
7 chercheurs participent à cet événement en organisant des workshops & présentant leur recherche 👏
🔹 Nathalie Brack
🔹 Alice Dechamps
🔹 Bjarn Eck
🔹 Piotr Marczyński
🔹 Kostas Papaioannou
🔹 Luca Tomini
🔹 Emilie van Haute
#ecprjs25
May 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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💬 @romainbiesemans.bsky.social, teaching assistant and PhD candidate @sciencepoulb.bsky.social highlights the low visibility of LGBTQIA+ topics in overall partisan communication on X, which reflects a tacit agreement across the political spectrum on these issues.
May 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM