Pavlos Vasilopoulos
@pavlosvas1.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the University of York working on political psychology & political behavior.
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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
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....
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....
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New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social with @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @grahn.bsky.social
Your neighbours shape your politics — but can living near people like *cause* higher turnout?
We studied 20,000+ queer individuals across the entire Swedish population to find out
doi.org/10.1086/740816
Your neighbours shape your politics — but can living near people like *cause* higher turnout?
We studied 20,000+ queer individuals across the entire Swedish population to find out
doi.org/10.1086/740816
Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
doi.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 AM
New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social with @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @grahn.bsky.social
Your neighbours shape your politics — but can living near people like *cause* higher turnout?
We studied 20,000+ queer individuals across the entire Swedish population to find out
doi.org/10.1086/740816
Your neighbours shape your politics — but can living near people like *cause* higher turnout?
We studied 20,000+ queer individuals across the entire Swedish population to find out
doi.org/10.1086/740816
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2025 #ThrowBackPaper (open access)
Authoritarianism in 🇬🇧 is positively associated with anti-immigration attitudes yet within-person changes in immigration attitudes precede changes in authoritarianism
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authoritarianism in 🇬🇧 is positively associated with anti-immigration attitudes yet within-person changes in immigration attitudes precede changes in authoritarianism
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authoritarianism, Political Attitudes, and Vote Choice: A Longitudinal Analysis of the British Electorate - Political Behavior
The nature, measurement, and correlates of the psychological trait of authoritarianism have spurred an intense and long-lasting debate in political psychology, dating back to the 1950s. This article a...
link.springer.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:48 AM
2025 #ThrowBackPaper (open access)
Authoritarianism in 🇬🇧 is positively associated with anti-immigration attitudes yet within-person changes in immigration attitudes precede changes in authoritarianism
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authoritarianism in 🇬🇧 is positively associated with anti-immigration attitudes yet within-person changes in immigration attitudes precede changes in authoritarianism
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
2025 #ThrowBackPaper (open access)
Authoritarianism in 🇬🇧 is positively associated with anti-immigration attitudes yet within-person changes in immigration attitudes precede changes in authoritarianism
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authoritarianism in 🇬🇧 is positively associated with anti-immigration attitudes yet within-person changes in immigration attitudes precede changes in authoritarianism
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authoritarianism, Political Attitudes, and Vote Choice: A Longitudinal Analysis of the British Electorate - Political Behavior
The nature, measurement, and correlates of the psychological trait of authoritarianism have spurred an intense and long-lasting debate in political psychology, dating back to the 1950s. This article a...
link.springer.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:48 AM
2025 #ThrowBackPaper (open access)
Authoritarianism in 🇬🇧 is positively associated with anti-immigration attitudes yet within-person changes in immigration attitudes precede changes in authoritarianism
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Authoritarianism in 🇬🇧 is positively associated with anti-immigration attitudes yet within-person changes in immigration attitudes precede changes in authoritarianism
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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If Starmer wants a reset - and not yet another U-turn when the parliamentary party balks at a policy - here is his chance.
300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
The consultation closes on Thursday. What is being proposed is dreadful. Can I encourage you to engage with the consultation and put your dissent on record?
February 10, 2026 at 7:23 AM
If Starmer wants a reset - and not yet another U-turn when the parliamentary party balks at a policy - here is his chance.
Congratulations!! This looks fantastic!!
PS. I cannot even fathom how one even starts organising such as a mega project
PS. I cannot even fathom how one even starts organising such as a mega project
February 9, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Congratulations!! This looks fantastic!!
PS. I cannot even fathom how one even starts organising such as a mega project
PS. I cannot even fathom how one even starts organising such as a mega project
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After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world
A very short 🧵
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Solo-authored article accepted for publication in the European Political Science Review (EPSR)
Affinity voting in Europe:
The impact of religion, migration background and gender on preferences for in-group politicians
Pre-print of accepted version available here:
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
Solo-authored article accepted for publication in the European Political Science Review (EPSR)
Affinity voting in Europe:
The impact of religion, migration background and gender on preferences for in-group politicians
Pre-print of accepted version available here:
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
OSF
doi.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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Solo-authored article accepted for publication in the European Political Science Review (EPSR)
Affinity voting in Europe:
The impact of religion, migration background and gender on preferences for in-group politicians
Pre-print of accepted version available here:
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
Solo-authored article accepted for publication in the European Political Science Review (EPSR)
Affinity voting in Europe:
The impact of religion, migration background and gender on preferences for in-group politicians
Pre-print of accepted version available here:
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Interesting new paper in Political Psychology from @benmtappin.bsky.social and Ryan McKay investigating party cues
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Interesting new paper in Political Psychology from @benmtappin.bsky.social and Ryan McKay investigating party cues
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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 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
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 www.timeshighereducation.com/news/silent-...
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⏰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! ✨
Submit your paper: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p
Looking forward to some great papers! ✨
📣 Call for Papers:
🗓️ 23-24 April 2026 at LSE
Submit full papers: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p
Please share with colleagues & early-career researchers!
🗓️ 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
⏰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! ✨
Submit your paper: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p
Looking forward to some great papers! ✨
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🎉 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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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...
link.springer.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 AM
🎉 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...
🧵
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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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. 🗳️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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. 🗳️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 5, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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. 🗳️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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. 🗳️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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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...
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
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...
We only get to this conversation when tragedies like this happen, but it is not enough.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/4RXS9...
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...
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
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...
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...
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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
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February 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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
Congratulations Tobias- this seems like a very interesting project!
February 4, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Congratulations Tobias- this seems like a very interesting project!
In return, to be fair, they will be shown a graph indicating that national net migration is down 👍
"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/...
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...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:24 AM
In return, to be fair, they will be shown a graph indicating that national net migration is down 👍
"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/...
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...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 AM
"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/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A correction for the ages (from The Guardian's review of 'Melania'):
February 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
A correction for the ages (from The Guardian's review of 'Melania'):
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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
Join Dr Haley McAvay at the next @lseinequalities.bsky.social Seminar ➡️ buff.ly/cjsy4sZ
January 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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
Join Dr Haley McAvay at the next @lseinequalities.bsky.social Seminar ➡️ buff.ly/cjsy4sZ
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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!
exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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
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!
exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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!
exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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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
www.all-about-psychology.com/social-psych...
#SocialPsychology
January 29, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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
www.all-about-psychology.com/social-psych...
#SocialPsychology
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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
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"
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New Swingometer! The Gorton and Denton By-election: A tale of Two Manchesters
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
The Gorton and Denton by-election: a tale of two Manchesters?
Unpopular incumbent + fragmented opposition + unusual seat = unpredictable contest
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
New Swingometer! The Gorton and Denton By-election: A tale of Two Manchesters
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
open.substack.com/pub/swingome...
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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.
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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.