Michael A. Hansen
@michaelhansenphd.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, University of Turku, Finland #FirstGen (Research: gender/politics; radical right; American politics; European politics) 🇺🇸 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇪🇺
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Excited to share our new book (w/@jrob0922.bsky.social): The European Union: Politics and Policies (8th ed.) 📘🇪🇺
It explores the EU’s institutions, actors, and dynamics that shape Europe’s political future, as well as the key challenges and threats the Union faces.
👉 www.routledge.com/The-European...
It explores the EU’s institutions, actors, and dynamics that shape Europe’s political future, as well as the key challenges and threats the Union faces.
👉 www.routledge.com/The-European...
Reposted by Michael A. Hansen
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
In "Wording Matters" @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social employs a survey experiment to test the effect of different frames on support for women's reproductive rights.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
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In "Wording Matters" @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social employs a survey experiment to test the effect of different frames on support for women's reproductive rights.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
polisky gendersky
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January 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
In "Wording Matters" @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social employs a survey experiment to test the effect of different frames on support for women's reproductive rights.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
polisky gendersky
buff.ly/8CmpDpK
In "Wording Matters" @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social employs a survey experiment to test the effect of different frames on support for women's reproductive rights.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
polisky gendersky
buff.ly/8CmpDpK
Reposted by Michael A. Hansen
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
Our December 2025 issue features research on women candidates, support for women's reproductive policies, the role of religion on transgender rights, femonationalism, solidarity politics, and more.
Our December 2025 issue features research on women candidates, support for women's reproductive policies, the role of religion on transgender rights, femonationalism, solidarity politics, and more.
Latest issue | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Politics & Gender
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December 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
Our December 2025 issue features research on women candidates, support for women's reproductive policies, the role of religion on transgender rights, femonationalism, solidarity politics, and more.
Our December 2025 issue features research on women candidates, support for women's reproductive policies, the role of religion on transgender rights, femonationalism, solidarity politics, and more.
So happy to announce that our project “Securing Democracy? How Security Narratives Shape Public Attitudes and Democratic Values” has received funding from @koneensaatio.fi. This support enables us to study how security narratives shape democratic judgment and resilience.
December 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
So happy to announce that our project “Securing Democracy? How Security Narratives Shape Public Attitudes and Democratic Values” has received funding from @koneensaatio.fi. This support enables us to study how security narratives shape democratic judgment and resilience.
Excited to share our new book (w/@jrob0922.bsky.social): The European Union: Politics and Policies (8th ed.) 📘🇪🇺
It explores the EU’s institutions, actors, and dynamics that shape Europe’s political future, as well as the key challenges and threats the Union faces.
👉 www.routledge.com/The-European...
It explores the EU’s institutions, actors, and dynamics that shape Europe’s political future, as well as the key challenges and threats the Union faces.
👉 www.routledge.com/The-European...
August 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Excited to share our new book (w/@jrob0922.bsky.social): The European Union: Politics and Policies (8th ed.) 📘🇪🇺
It explores the EU’s institutions, actors, and dynamics that shape Europe’s political future, as well as the key challenges and threats the Union faces.
👉 www.routledge.com/The-European...
It explores the EU’s institutions, actors, and dynamics that shape Europe’s political future, as well as the key challenges and threats the Union faces.
👉 www.routledge.com/The-European...
In Crime & Delinquency w/ @isabellejohansson.bsky.social & @johnnavarrophd.bsky.social: Experiment shows how sex workers’ gender, ethnicity, and immigration status shape public attitudes toward sex work, including acceptability, perceived agency, and support vs. punishment. doi.org/10.1177/0011...
August 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In Crime & Delinquency w/ @isabellejohansson.bsky.social & @johnnavarrophd.bsky.social: Experiment shows how sex workers’ gender, ethnicity, and immigration status shape public attitudes toward sex work, including acceptability, perceived agency, and support vs. punishment. doi.org/10.1177/0011...
New in SR&SP w/ @isabellejohansson.bsky.social: In Italy, general sexual attitudes, not religiosity, are the strongest predictor of public views on sex work. Mediation analysis shows religion’s role is largely indirect. doi.org/10.1007/s131...
August 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New in SR&SP w/ @isabellejohansson.bsky.social: In Italy, general sexual attitudes, not religiosity, are the strongest predictor of public views on sex work. Mediation analysis shows religion’s role is largely indirect. doi.org/10.1007/s131...
New study w/ @johnnavarrophd.bsky.social & @sierramalvitz.bsky.social on gendered perceptions of police conduct. Officer gender seldom changes views on conflict, but women officers are more often seen as needing backup, reflecting persistent gendered expectations. doi.org/10.1108/PIJP...
July 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New study w/ @johnnavarrophd.bsky.social & @sierramalvitz.bsky.social on gendered perceptions of police conduct. Officer gender seldom changes views on conflict, but women officers are more often seen as needing backup, reflecting persistent gendered expectations. doi.org/10.1108/PIJP...
New study w/ @isabellejohansson.bsky.social where we examine how gender shapes attitudes toward human trafficking. We find women more likely than men to see several types of trafficking as severe and rooted in systemic issues, despite knowledge levels being the same.
doi.org/10.1080/2332...
doi.org/10.1080/2332...
July 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New study w/ @isabellejohansson.bsky.social where we examine how gender shapes attitudes toward human trafficking. We find women more likely than men to see several types of trafficking as severe and rooted in systemic issues, despite knowledge levels being the same.
doi.org/10.1080/2332...
doi.org/10.1080/2332...
Our new study in Contemporary European Politics shows that far-right voters in the Nordic countries are not only Euroskeptic—they also exhibit lower confidence in the United Nations. We examine how partisanship shapes trust in transnational institutions across the region. doi.org/10.1002/cep4...
April 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Our new study in Contemporary European Politics shows that far-right voters in the Nordic countries are not only Euroskeptic—they also exhibit lower confidence in the United Nations. We examine how partisanship shapes trust in transnational institutions across the region. doi.org/10.1002/cep4...
Newest JoEC issue w/ @johnnavarrophd.bsky.social testing racial framing effects of public reactions to newspaper vignettes of fatal officer‐involved shootings. doi.org/10.1007/s112...
March 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Newest JoEC issue w/ @johnnavarrophd.bsky.social testing racial framing effects of public reactions to newspaper vignettes of fatal officer‐involved shootings. doi.org/10.1007/s112...
New study on measuring, comparing, and predicting knowledge related to politics and reproductive healthcare in the US. dx.doi.org/10.1080/1554...
March 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
New study on measuring, comparing, and predicting knowledge related to politics and reproductive healthcare in the US. dx.doi.org/10.1080/1554...
Reposted by Michael A. Hansen
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣
In "Wording Matters" @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social employs a survey experiment to test the effect of different frames on support for women's reproductive rights.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
polisky gendersky
buff.ly/gE7U83e
In "Wording Matters" @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social employs a survey experiment to test the effect of different frames on support for women's reproductive rights.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
polisky gendersky
buff.ly/gE7U83e
March 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣
In "Wording Matters" @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social employs a survey experiment to test the effect of different frames on support for women's reproductive rights.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
polisky gendersky
buff.ly/gE7U83e
In "Wording Matters" @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social employs a survey experiment to test the effect of different frames on support for women's reproductive rights.
🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟
polisky gendersky
buff.ly/gE7U83e
New study on question wording/framing and support for reproductive healthcare policies. doi.org/10.1017/S174...
March 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New study on question wording/framing and support for reproductive healthcare policies. doi.org/10.1017/S174...
EU, now is the time. Abandon the US.
February 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
EU, now is the time. Abandon the US.
New study w/ Kathy Dolan on the impact of gender and partisan cross-pressures on support for gun reform. doi.org/10.1177/1532...
February 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
New study w/ Kathy Dolan on the impact of gender and partisan cross-pressures on support for gun reform. doi.org/10.1177/1532...
Reposted by Michael A. Hansen
It's difficult to keep up with the #farright assaults on liberal democracy, but Germany is doing its bit. Useful primer on the #AfD's past, present, and possible futures by @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social
Surveying the Alternative for Germany and the 2025 German Election: Populism and Electoral Prospects illiberalism.org |
Michael A. Hansen on the Alternative for Germany's development and the prospects and challenges it faces at the 2025 elections and beyond.
www.illiberalism.org
February 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It's difficult to keep up with the #farright assaults on liberal democracy, but Germany is doing its bit. Useful primer on the #AfD's past, present, and possible futures by @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social
Reposted by Michael A. Hansen
New piece! With German elections two weeks away, read @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social on the Alternative for Germany's development and its prospects and challenges at the 2025 elections and beyond. Check it out!
Surveying the Alternative for Germany and the 2025 German Election: Populism and Electoral Prospects illiberalism.org |
Michael A. Hansen on the Alternative for Germany's development and the prospects and challenges it faces at the 2025 elections and beyond.
www.illiberalism.org
February 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New piece! With German elections two weeks away, read @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social on the Alternative for Germany's development and its prospects and challenges at the 2025 elections and beyond. Check it out!
New study w/ @johnnavarrophd.bsky.social on the impact of partisanship on driving the gender gap in rape myth acceptance. doi.org/10.1080/1556...
January 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New study w/ @johnnavarrophd.bsky.social on the impact of partisanship on driving the gender gap in rape myth acceptance. doi.org/10.1080/1556...
Reposted by Michael A. Hansen
Germany's far-right AfD nominated its co-leader Alice Weidel as chancellor candidate on Saturday. Delegates' placards read "Alice for Germany", which in German sounds similar to "All for Germany" (Alles fuer Deutschland) - an infamous Nazi slogan that German law prohibits to promote in public. (1/)
The Populist Radical Right as Memory Entrepreneur? The Prominence, Sentiment, and Interpretations of History in the German Parliament | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
The Populist Radical Right as Memory Entrepreneur? The Prominence, Sentiment, and Interpretations of History in the German Parliament
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January 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Germany's far-right AfD nominated its co-leader Alice Weidel as chancellor candidate on Saturday. Delegates' placards read "Alice for Germany", which in German sounds similar to "All for Germany" (Alles fuer Deutschland) - an infamous Nazi slogan that German law prohibits to promote in public. (1/)
Study w/ @johnnavarrophd.bsky.social on the impact of prosecutorial Brady violations on confidence in wrongful convictions, as well as the role of evidence type. doi.org/10.1007/s112...
January 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Study w/ @johnnavarrophd.bsky.social on the impact of prosecutorial Brady violations on confidence in wrongful convictions, as well as the role of evidence type. doi.org/10.1007/s112...
Reposted by Michael A. Hansen
Published in 2022: M. A. Hansen and J. Olsen. “A Tale of Two Electorates?” In: German Politics and Society 40.2 (2022), pp. 110-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/gps.2022.400206.
December 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Published in 2022: M. A. Hansen and J. Olsen. “A Tale of Two Electorates?” In: German Politics and Society 40.2 (2022), pp. 110-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/gps.2022.400206.
Study w/ @agustingoenaga.bsky.social on political resources and evaluations of democratic institutions.
doi.org/10.1080/0362...
doi.org/10.1080/0362...
December 7, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Study w/ @agustingoenaga.bsky.social on political resources and evaluations of democratic institutions.
doi.org/10.1080/0362...
doi.org/10.1080/0362...
Study on the impact of education & attitudinal predictors on Finns Party support (w/ Mikko Leino). doi.org/10.1016/j.el
November 21, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Study on the impact of education & attitudinal predictors on Finns Party support (w/ Mikko Leino). doi.org/10.1016/j.el
In the newest issue of German Politics w/ @jrob0922.bsky.social. A study on the AfD and issue entrepreneurship.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) as Populist Issue Entrepreneur: Explaining the Party and its Voters in the 2021 German Federal Election
This article analyses the vote for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the 2021 German Federal Election. Using the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES), we confirm some findings from previous...
doi.org
November 21, 2024 at 7:38 PM
In the newest issue of German Politics w/ @jrob0922.bsky.social. A study on the AfD and issue entrepreneurship.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Co-authore book (w/ @jrob0922.bsky.social) on the AfD! We utilize a novel theory to explain each stage of the party's development - emergence, breakthrough, & sustainmeent. doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Political Entrepreneurship in the Age of Dealignment
This book traces the rise of the radical right AfD from its inception in 2013 to its re-election to the Bundestag in 2021.
doi.org
November 21, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Co-authore book (w/ @jrob0922.bsky.social) on the AfD! We utilize a novel theory to explain each stage of the party's development - emergence, breakthrough, & sustainmeent. doi.org/10.1007/978-...