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Department of Comparative Politics UiB
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Sampol • Institutt for sammenliknende politikk • UiB
Comparative Politics • Political Science • University of Bergen, Norway
https://www.uib.no/sampol
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When making asylum decisions, is it worse to deny protection to someone who needs it or to grant it to someone who does not?

✍ Cornelius Cappelen, Hakan G. Sicakkan & Pierre Georges Van Wolleghem @sampol.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
What do citizens think about mistakes in asylum decisions?
New research from 26 countries explores whether citizens find it worse to wrongly grant or wrongly deny asylum protection to those in need.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Stemningen er satt. Klar for Aarebrotforelesningen 2026.
January 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
USA vil ikke få noen militære, økonomiske eller politiske gevinster av å overta Grønland, sier Sampols Aaron Spitzer @aaronjohnspitzer.bsky.social. Les hans analyser på UiB Aktuelt 👇
– Ingen hadde snakket om Grønland om det ikke hadde vært for Trump
– Interessen for Grønland er en besettelse for Trump, sier Aaron John Spitzer, førsteamanuensis i arktisk politikk ved UiB.
www.uib.no
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
📣 New article
👥 @allansikk.bsky.social @sonagolder.bsky.social @ibenskasr.bsky.social @paulinasl.bsky.social
👉 Does switching pay off? The impact of parliamentary party instability on individual electoral performance
📗 Open access in Electoral Studies
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
January 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Does party switching pay off for MPs? Not really, but... For details see our #instaparty paper w @sonagolder.bsky.social, @ibenskasr.bsky.social & @paulinasl.bsky.social just out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
January 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM
📣 New article 🌟
👥 Atle Haugsgjerd, Jonas Linde @jonaslinde.bsky.social &Ruben B. Mathisen @rubenmathisen.bsky.social
👉 Populist radical right party representation and satisfaction with democracy in Europe
📗 Open Access in Journal of European Public Policy
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1350...
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
📣 New article 🌟
👥 Fernando Casal Bértoa, William Horncastle & Sergiu Lipcean @sergiulipcean.bsky.social
👉 Blessing or curse? A critical review of the paradoxical consequences of direct public funding for political parties
📗 Open Access in @epsrjournal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S175...
December 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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For those interested in the effects of direct public funding of political parties on various dimensions of political activity, a brief review.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Blessing or curse? A critical review of the paradoxical consequences of direct public funding for political parties | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Blessing or curse? A critical review of the paradoxical consequences of direct public funding for political parties
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December 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Jana Belschner @janabelschner.bsky.social & Linn Sandberg analysed every public Twitter conversation between citizens and candidates in Germany's 2021 federal election campaign => blog post in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social on Online toxicity and political equality 👇
🌈 Online toxicity and political equality
Jana Belschner analysed 875,000 Twitter exchanges during Germany's 2021 election. Here, she reveals complex patterns in online toxicity between citizens and elites. Politicians’ behaviour matters, but...
theloop.ecpr.eu
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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How do #citizens weigh #fairness in #asylum decisions?

Some elements of answer in our latest article, together with Cornelius Cappelen and @hakangs.bsky.social, in International Migration Review.
December 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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[For those that understand Scandinavian]:
Interview about the #Nobel Peace Laureate María Corina #Machado, #Maduro, #Trump and #Venezuela, with @leivm.bsky.social, Professor and Head of @sampol.bsky.social, the University of Bergen; at #NRK #Nyhetsmorgen (min. 51:47).
tv.nrk.no/serie/nyhets...
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🌟 New article
👥 Cornelius Wright Cappelen, Hakan G. Sicakkan & Pierre Georges Van Wolleghem
👉 Decision-Making Mistakes in Asylum Policy: A Comparative Study of Public Opinion
📗 Open Access in: International Migration Review
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0197...
Decision-Making Mistakes in Asylum Policy: A Comparative Study of Public Opinion - Cornelius Wright Cappelen, Hakan G. Sicakkan, Pierre Georges Van Wolleghem, 2025
Asylum policies present decision-makers with a difficult trade-off between falsely rejecting deserving applicants (false negatives) and falsely accepting undese...
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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I dag er statstviterens dag i Argentina (Día nacional del politólogo), til minne om den argentinske statsviteren Guillermo O’Donnell. Det er bare å gratulere hverandre med dagen! www.25digital.com.ar/index.php/20...
29 de Noviembre: hoy es el Día Nacional del Politólogo - 25 Digital
Hoy se celebra en Argentina el día del Politólogo, en memoria del Dr. Mariano Moreno...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
📣 New chapter 🌟
👥 Raimondas Ibenskas @ibenskasr.bsky.social & José Zurita-Tapia @josezuritat.bsky.social
👉 Pre-electoral Coalitions
📘 Thomas Bräuninger & Marc Debus (eds): Handbook on Coalition Politics, Elgar
🔗 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...
Handbook on Coalition Politics
‘This volume brilliantly synthesizes the entire coalition lifecycle, integrates cutting-edge computational methods with game theory, and explores intra-party dynamics with unprecedented depth. A must-...
www.e-elgar.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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New publication 🚨 Happy to have a chapter in the new Handbook of Comparative Political Economy, which offers a great overview of the state of the field, edited by Marino Regini.

doi.org/10.4337/9781...

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November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📣 New chapter 🌟
👥 Torvald Falch & Per Selle
👉 Indigene Politik in Finland, Norwegen und Schweden: Gleich und doch anders
📘 Henningsen & Jochem (eds): Die politischen Systeme Nordeuropas, Nomos
🔗 www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/die-pol...
Die politischen Systeme Nordeuropas
www.nomos-shop.de
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🌟 Ny artikkel
👤 Gunnar Grendstad
👉 «For mange er kalt, men få er utvalgt.» En analyse av innstillingen av dommere til Norges Høyesterett 2004–2025
📘 Lov og Rett
🔗 doi.org/10.18261/lor...
«For mange er kalt, men få er utvalgt.» En analyse av innstillingen av dommere til Norges Høyesterett 2004–2025
Norges Høyesterett ønsker Norges beste jurister. Etter utlysning av ett eller flere dommerembeter blir søkerne vurdert av Innstillingsrådet for dommere i en lukket prosess der offentligheten til slutt...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Who is María Machado 🇻🇪, why will she receive the Nobel peace prize 🕊️🏅 and why is she so controversial? Join us for a conversation with @benedictebull.bsky.social Ramón Dønvold Barreto-Pirela @leivm.bsky.social and Eirik Holmøyvik ➡️ Thur 27 Nov 🕦 10:00-11:00 📍 here / online 🥐☕ Welcome!
Nobel Peace Prize: Who is María Machado? - Bergen Global
bergenglobal.no
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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🎉 Many congratulations to @saradybesland.bsky.social for winning Best Paper Prize at the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference 2025! Her paper is entitled "Misrepresented or Miss Represented?" focusing on gender and policy responsiveness, praised for its contribution and creativity! Well done! 🥳
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇪🇸 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 and 𝗩𝗼𝘅 in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation
🔓Read the new #openaccess article by @javiermcanto.bsky.social & @julitudo.bsky.social here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Radicalright #Catalonia #Vox #AliançaCatalana #nationalism
Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation
Radical right nativist parties have gained ground across Europe in recent decades. However, a key unanswered question is how these parties adapt in contexts marked by the centre–periphery cleavage ...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📣 New article 🌟
👥 Javier Martínez-Cantó @javiermcanto.bsky.social & Julià Tudó-Cisquella @julitudo.bsky.social
👉 Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation
📗 Open Access in: Regional & Federal Studies
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
CORE Lecture today with Jonathan Slapin, University of Zurich: How Descriptive Over- and Under-Representation Impacts Citizens Evaluations of Decision-making across Policy Domains.
 
Thanks for sharing your research!
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📣 New chapter 🌟
👥 Fay Farstad, Erlend A. T. Hermansen & Bård Lahn
👉 For Better or for Worse. A Break with Norway’s Consensual Climate Tradition?
📗 OA in: Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance, eds Paul Tobin, Matthew Paterson & Stacy D. VanDeveer
🔗 www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance
Cambridge Core - Environmental Policy, Economics and Law - Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance
www.cambridge.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Institutions, Policies, and Actors (IPA) research group meeting today: Silvana Târlea, ZHAW, presenting the paper “From presence to participation – What explains parties’ active participation in UN climate negotiations?”
October 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Klart for Sampolkonferansen 2025 og geopolitisk spenning i en usikker tid. Organisert av våre dyktige masterstudenter 🙌

Konferansen fyller 40 år i år! Slik bygges akademiske tradisjoner og positivt omdømme 👏👏👏
October 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM