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Pavlos Vasilopoulos
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Senior Lecturer at the University of York working on political psychology & political behavior.


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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · Oct 24
New publication on immigrant attitudes toward immigration in 🇫🇷

We find that European origin immigrants attitudes converge with natives over time, while African and other non-European minorities -who are more discriminated against- stay pro-immigration.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Immigrants’ attitudes towards immigration: convergence towards majority views or ethnoracial polarization?
After decades of research on attitudes towards immigration among the ethnic majority, scholarly interest has recently shifted to investigate these attitudes among immigrants themselves. Drawing on ...
www.tandfonline.com
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kwcollins.bsky.social
Interesting new paper in Political Psychology from @benmtappin.bsky.social and Ryan McKay investigating party cues

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
pavlosvas1.bsky.social
Good 👇

‘Silent decoupling’ under way as Elsevier talks near crunch point www.timeshighereducation.com/news/silent-...
‘Silent decoupling’ under way as Elsevier talks near crunch point
York and Swansea latest to decline publisher’s offer, with latter also walking away from Springer Nature deal
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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celiaestruch.bsky.social
⏰One week left! Deadline approaching for our Early-Career Conference on Political Dimensions of Urban and Rural Life (April 23-24 at LSE).

Submit your paper: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p

Looking forward to some great papers! ✨
celiaestruch.bsky.social Cèlia Estruch @celiaestruch.bsky.social · 19d
📣 Call for Papers:
🗓️ 23-24 April 2026 at LSE

Submit full papers: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p

Please share with colleagues & early-career researchers!
February 6, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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isabellareb.bsky.social
🎉 New paper out in Political Behavior (with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social)

Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others?
💡Not political knowledge, but interest and confidence-in-knowledge drive emotional engagement.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Disentangling the Sophistication-Emotion Link: Political Interest and Confidence-in-Knowledge, but not Knowledge, Drive Emotional Responses - Political Behavior
Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others? Past work suggests that political sophistication, consisting of knowledge and interest, is related to feeling strong emotions abou...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:19 AM
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leonardocarella.bsky.social
New paper out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social.

I show that - contrary to claims that personalised electoral systems are good for participation - Open Lists have no effect on turnout relative to Closed Lists; in fact, they increase rates of voter error. 🗳️
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Do open lists increase turnout? Probably not, but they increase rates of voter error: New evidence from Spain Leonardo Carella Abstract This article challenges the claim that open-list systems are beneficial for electoral participation, by reassessing and extending the analysis in a notable empirical paper that advances this argument. The paper (Carlos Sanz, “The effect of electoral systems on voter turnout: Evidence from a natural experiment”, PSRM, 2017) leverages a population-based discontinuity in Spanish municipal elections (1979–2011), where towns with fewer than 250 residents employ open lists whereas larger towns employ closed lists. Through a series of statistical tests and the inspection of alternative data sources, I show that the positive effect of open lists on turnout estimated in the paper is dubious, for two reasons: (1) non-random missing data, due to inconsistencies in how non-valid votes were recorded above and below the threshold, and (2) compound treatment issues, due to changes in list-length requirements at the threshold. I then proceed to show that, rather than improving turnout, the more complex open-list ballot actually hinders voters’ ability to express their preferences, by increasing the incidence of voter errors relative to closed lists (reflected in higher rates of ‘null’ voting). To support a causal interpretation of this relationship, I present evidence from the analysis of heterogeneous treatment effects, and show that a similar pattern obtains in Spanish general elections, where open and closed lists are used concurrently for the election of the country’s bicameral parliament. I conclude by discussing the implications of the analysis for implementing population-based regression discontinuities and evaluating electoral system effects.
February 5, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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fgenovese.bsky.social
We have untrained ourselves of interrogating the core problems of border migration because we have allowed the media di divest from good reporting from the front.

We only get to this conversation when tragedies like this happen, but it is not enough.

journals.sagepub.com/eprint/4RXS9...
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 AM
pavlosvas1.bsky.social
Yet another 15 migrants died in the Aegean yesterday after collision with a Greek coastguard boat.

Yet again the coastguard vessel camera was deactivated in violation of Frontex rules

And yet again experts doubt the explanations of the coastguard and gov officials
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fifteen migrants dead after collision with Greek coastguard boat
The coastguard said a pursuit was under way at the time of the collision, near the island of Chios.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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malloryjfeldman.bsky.social
Hey everyone! I’m leading a student mentoring table at SPSP on Family Planning and Pregnancy during graduate school. I'm trying to collect some useful data: If you had kids in academia (any career stage)-- I would be grateful if you filled out this 10-question survey: forms.office.com/r/JeLL5cBk3w
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
pavlosvas1.bsky.social
In return, to be fair, they will be shown a graph indicating that national net migration is down 👍
February 4, 2026 at 8:24 AM
pavlosvas1.bsky.social
"In Southend today, alongside the job losses (which will hit catering staff and cleaners as well as academics) and the threat to local businesses,many people are also depressed about the symbolism of what it will mean to be a city that used to have a university"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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chriso-wiki.bsky.social
A correction for the ages (from The Guardian's review of 'Melania'):
February 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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lsesociology.bsky.social
Does living in ethnically diverse areas in adolescence give us an increased tolerance toward immigration later in life?

Join Dr Haley McAvay at the next @lseinequalities.bsky.social Seminar ➡️ buff.ly/cjsy4sZ
January 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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metesefauysal.bsky.social
UK Culture and Psychology Meeting 2026: Indigenous Knowledges from the Majority World

The meeting will be held on 18-19 June 2026 at the University of Exeter. There is no participation fee. Submission deadline is March 15. More information in the submission link!

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February 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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allaboutpsychology.bsky.social
Today in Psychology (29th Jan 1954), Gordon Allport's classic book 'The Nature of Prejudice' was published. It remains one of the most influential and critically acclaimed publications on intergroup relations ever written.

www.all-about-psychology.com/social-psych...

#SocialPsychology
January 29, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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tabouchadi.bsky.social
Manchester capitalism rebranded as a lifestyle choice. It's what happens when the left withdraws from shaping identities around work, life, and politics. Individualism, conservatism ("marry early"), puritanism. They all shape how he will act politically. "Care for the sick? No, it's their own fault"
January 29, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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robfordmancs.bsky.social
New Swingometer! The Gorton and Denton By-election: A tale of Two Manchesters

open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
The Gorton and Denton by-election: a tale of two Manchesters?
Unpopular incumbent + fragmented opposition + unusual seat = unpredictable contest
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January 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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erinwestgate.bsky.social
Did Trump’s 2024 re-election make it okay to be openly prejudiced? New work from @chriscrandall.bsky.social suggests it did. The more negatively Trump spoke about a group, the more okay it became to express prejudice (and the more prejudiced people were) towards that group after the election.
Changing Norms Following the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: The Trump Effect on Prejudice Redux Samuel E. Arnold, Jenniffer Wong Chavez, Kelly S. Swanson, and Christian S. Crandall Abstract Following the 2016 U.S. Presidential election of Donald Trump, prejudice toward groups targeted during his campaign (e.g., Asian Americans, Mexicans) become more acceptable. By contrast, both Trump and Clinton voters reported less prejudice of their own. We conducted a 2024 conceptual replication, measuring perceived norms of prejudice and own-prejudice toward 128 groups, both before (N = 362) and after (N = 261) the U.S. election. We separately measured the negativity of Trump's campaign rhetoric toward these groups (N = 188). Levels of prejudice and perceived norms of prejudice acceptability were mostly stable pre-/post-election, but Trump's negative rhetoric predicted an increase in perceived acceptability of prejudice among targeted groups (replicating the 2016 results), and a rise in selt-reported prejudice in the same groups post-election (reversing the 2016 results). Despite changes in the sociopolitical context between elections, the election of a leading politician who campaigned on prejudice was again associated with increases in the acceptability of prejudice.
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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pavlosvas1.bsky.social
Because it's my paper, and my papers, with their merits & flaws, are products of my intellectual efforts, not AI's

Also, the lit review allows us to closely engage with theory, think carefully,and grow as academics.

At the end of the day, why write a paper at all if AI can do it for you anyway?
January 28, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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broxton8r.bsky.social
For me (as a VERY early career academic) aside from identifying the gaps in the research, it allows me to fall for the rabbit hole of research. Discovering academics I may not have otherwise read, deepens my understanding of the subject, and challenges my own assumptions. AI removes that joy
January 28, 2026 at 10:07 AM
pavlosvas1.bsky.social
Because it's my paper, and my papers, with their merits & flaws, are products of my intellectual efforts, not AI's

Also, the lit review allows us to closely engage with theory, think carefully,and grow as academics.

At the end of the day, why write a paper at all if AI can do it for you anyway?
January 28, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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miriamsorace.bsky.social
📢 JOB ALERT! Postdoc opportunity in Political Behaviour & Political Economy (UKRI‑funded) - Please do share with anyone who might be a great fit. If you’re interested or would like to know more, please feel free to get in touch!! jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Quantitative Political Behaviour and Political Economy:Whiteknights Reading UK
The closing date for applications is 23.59 on 22nd February 2026
jobs.reading.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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alasianuti.bsky.social
It is such an honour to have our book shortlisted for this amazing prize:

www.psa.ac.uk/news/mackenz...
Mackenzie Book Prize 2025-26 Shortlist Announced - Political Studies Association
Thank you to all who nominated a book for this esteemed prize which celebrates the distinctive contribution these works have made to advancing Political Studies. From an impressive number of entries, ...
www.psa.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:07 AM
pavlosvas1.bsky.social
The strange radicalisation of Matthew Goodwin or how -as the author puts it- "a sad desperation for recognition can make some people do and say anything"

hopenothate.org.uk/state-of-hat...
State of HATE 2025: The Opportunist Extremist: The Strange Radicalisation of Matthew Goodwin
Once a respected academic studying the far right, Matthew Goodwin has become one of its most influential figures. Now a GB News pundit and Reform UK fanboy, he’s traded scholarship for reactionary gri...
hopenothate.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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pengzell.bsky.social
UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies Conference invites submissions from all researchers using @clscohorts.bsky.social data.

Conference: 22–23 September. Submissions by: 8 April. cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/cls-c...
CLS Conference 2026: call for papers now open | CLS
The CLS Conference 2026 will bring together researchers from across disciplines, sectors and career stages to showcase outstanding life course research using cohort data.
cls.ucl.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 12:58 PM