Dr. Sanne van Oosten
@sbvanoosten.bsky.social
Political scientist at University of Oxford. Voting, elections, discrimination, conjoint/field experiments, in-group voting, immigration attitudes, politics, representation. https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/people/sanne-van-oosten/
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Academic life goal achieved: interviewed about my research for Al Jazeera! @aljazeera.com
I discuss research on turnout amongst Muslims, voting for DENK and I bust the myth that Muslims vote for the PVV
Watch the full item here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnqF... links to research in below 👇🧵
Academic life goal achieved: interviewed about my research for Al Jazeera! @aljazeera.com
I discuss research on turnout amongst Muslims, voting for DENK and I bust the myth that Muslims vote for the PVV
Watch the full item here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnqF... links to research in below 👇🧵
Reposted by Dr. Sanne van Oosten
This week in Lausanne for workshops with the @equalstrength.bsky.social and the LIVES centre. Weather does not disappoint.
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This week in Lausanne for workshops with the @equalstrength.bsky.social and the LIVES centre. Weather does not disappoint.
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This project has been an incredible experience for all of us. The data collection is almost finished, so hopefully you’ll start seeing results from this amazing team effort in 2026.
Big thanks to the organising team @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social, Stephanie Steinmetz and Vasilena Lachkovska!
Big thanks to the organising team @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social, Stephanie Steinmetz and Vasilena Lachkovska!
After so many months of fieldwork, it was great to present findings from our @equalstrength.bsky.social's project at the LIVES centre in beautiful Lausanne! Stay tuned for more in the coming months!
After seemingly endless meetings online, meeting in-person is so unbelievably valuable 🤩
Get ready for lots of research from Team Science coming your way 🤝
@distasioval.bsky.social already gave a keynote summarising the state of the art... and there is still so much more to come 👏
Get ready for lots of research from Team Science coming your way 🤝
@distasioval.bsky.social already gave a keynote summarising the state of the art... and there is still so much more to come 👏
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This project has been an incredible experience for all of us. The data collection is almost finished, so hopefully you’ll start seeing results from this amazing team effort in 2026.
Big thanks to the organising team @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social, Stephanie Steinmetz and Vasilena Lachkovska!
Big thanks to the organising team @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social, Stephanie Steinmetz and Vasilena Lachkovska!
Reposted by Dr. Sanne van Oosten
After so many months of fieldwork, it was great to present findings from our @equalstrength.bsky.social's project at the LIVES centre in beautiful Lausanne! Stay tuned for more in the coming months!
After seemingly endless meetings online, meeting in-person is so unbelievably valuable 🤩
Get ready for lots of research from Team Science coming your way 🤝
@distasioval.bsky.social already gave a keynote summarising the state of the art... and there is still so much more to come 👏
Get ready for lots of research from Team Science coming your way 🤝
@distasioval.bsky.social already gave a keynote summarising the state of the art... and there is still so much more to come 👏
November 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After so many months of fieldwork, it was great to present findings from our @equalstrength.bsky.social's project at the LIVES centre in beautiful Lausanne! Stay tuned for more in the coming months!
Reposted by Dr. Sanne van Oosten
🆕 Latest article out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Left parties' higher salience on cultural issues associated w/ higher support from working-class voters. Social democrats much more sensitive to different strategies, should pursue more left/salient economics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Left parties’ strategies and working-class vote in contemporary Western Europe (2002–2020)
What should the left do strategically to retain workers' vote? This paper provides extensive empirical evidence on the relationship between left parti…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🆕 Latest article out @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Left parties' higher salience on cultural issues associated w/ higher support from working-class voters. Social democrats much more sensitive to different strategies, should pursue more left/salient economics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It was so good to meet with @equalstrength.bsky.social -researchers to discuss structural discrimination against Black, Muslim, and Roma people, funded by Horizon Europe.
Thank you @stephsteinmetz.bsky.social, @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social and Vasilena Lachkovska for hosting us at UNIL in Lausanne.
Thank you @stephsteinmetz.bsky.social, @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social and Vasilena Lachkovska for hosting us at UNIL in Lausanne.
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It was so good to meet with @equalstrength.bsky.social -researchers to discuss structural discrimination against Black, Muslim, and Roma people, funded by Horizon Europe.
Thank you @stephsteinmetz.bsky.social, @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social and Vasilena Lachkovska for hosting us at UNIL in Lausanne.
Thank you @stephsteinmetz.bsky.social, @jeremykuhnle.bsky.social and Vasilena Lachkovska for hosting us at UNIL in Lausanne.
The saga continues...
After two years of journalists asking me whether whether Muslims vote for PVV. Now the new question is:
💥do Muslim vote for D66? 💥
With comments from yours truly, Fred van Lieburg, Martijn de Koning and Judith de Jong. www.trouw.nl/religie-filo...
After two years of journalists asking me whether whether Muslims vote for PVV. Now the new question is:
💥do Muslim vote for D66? 💥
With comments from yours truly, Fred van Lieburg, Martijn de Koning and Judith de Jong. www.trouw.nl/religie-filo...
Waar komt de orthodoxe argwaan richting D66 vandaan? ‘Het verbaast me dat er zo op de man wordt gespeeld’
De zetelwinst van Rob Jettens D66 baart sommige conservatieve gelovigen zorgen. Deze gevoelens gaan deels terug naar de paarse kabinetten.
www.trouw.nl
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The saga continues...
After two years of journalists asking me whether whether Muslims vote for PVV. Now the new question is:
💥do Muslim vote for D66? 💥
With comments from yours truly, Fred van Lieburg, Martijn de Koning and Judith de Jong. www.trouw.nl/religie-filo...
After two years of journalists asking me whether whether Muslims vote for PVV. Now the new question is:
💥do Muslim vote for D66? 💥
With comments from yours truly, Fred van Lieburg, Martijn de Koning and Judith de Jong. www.trouw.nl/religie-filo...
Reposted by Dr. Sanne van Oosten
There are three things everyone should know about youth and far-right voting:
1: There is (averaged all European countries) no correlation between being young and voting for the far right.
1: There is (averaged all European countries) no correlation between being young and voting for the far right.
@ipsosnl.bsky.social published an age breakdown of the results of the election polls regarding tomorrow's Dutch elections.
Young Dutch voters are leaning more towards the centre-left (D66, PvdA-GL, PvdD, Volt), and are less likely to vote for both the far-right and the center-right.
Young Dutch voters are leaning more towards the centre-left (D66, PvdA-GL, PvdD, Volt), and are less likely to vote for both the far-right and the center-right.
October 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
There are three things everyone should know about youth and far-right voting:
1: There is (averaged all European countries) no correlation between being young and voting for the far right.
1: There is (averaged all European countries) no correlation between being young and voting for the far right.
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Mijn hemel, wat een pertinente onzin weer! Al het onderzoek laat zien dat jongeren veel progressiever zijn dan ouderen nu en dan jongeren vroeger. Ze stemmen ook niet vaker radicaal rechts.
www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...
www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...
Waarom veel jongeren op rechtse partijen stemmen: ‘The left can’t meme’
Veel jongeren stemmen niet progressief, zoals vroeger. Sterker: in hun opvattingen staan ze zelfs dichtbij de oudste generatie. Hoe bepalen jongeren, van links tot rechts, hun politieke keuze?
www.volkskrant.nl
November 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Mijn hemel, wat een pertinente onzin weer! Al het onderzoek laat zien dat jongeren veel progressiever zijn dan ouderen nu en dan jongeren vroeger. Ze stemmen ook niet vaker radicaal rechts.
www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...
www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...
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Academic life goal achieved: interviewed about my research for Al Jazeera! @aljazeera.com
I discuss research on turnout amongst Muslims, voting for DENK and I bust the myth that Muslims vote for the PVV
Watch the full item here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnqF... links to research in below 👇🧵
Academic life goal achieved: interviewed about my research for Al Jazeera! @aljazeera.com
I discuss research on turnout amongst Muslims, voting for DENK and I bust the myth that Muslims vote for the PVV
Watch the full item here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnqF... links to research in below 👇🧵
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Academic life goal achieved: interviewed about my research for Al Jazeera! @aljazeera.com
I discuss research on turnout amongst Muslims, voting for DENK and I bust the myth that Muslims vote for the PVV
Watch the full item here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnqF... links to research in below 👇🧵
Academic life goal achieved: interviewed about my research for Al Jazeera! @aljazeera.com
I discuss research on turnout amongst Muslims, voting for DENK and I bust the myth that Muslims vote for the PVV
Watch the full item here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnqF... links to research in below 👇🧵
I was also interviewed about the Muslim vote and the voting potential for DENK in NRC👇
What does DENK mean for the representation of Muslims?
Here is the paper we published on DENK: doi.org/10.1080/0034...
And the paper about voting and attitudes of Muslims: doi.org/10.55271/rp0...
What does DENK mean for the representation of Muslims?
Here is the paper we published on DENK: doi.org/10.1080/0034...
And the paper about voting and attitudes of Muslims: doi.org/10.55271/rp0...
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I was also interviewed about the Muslim vote and the voting potential for DENK in NRC👇
What does DENK mean for the representation of Muslims?
Here is the paper we published on DENK: doi.org/10.1080/0034...
And the paper about voting and attitudes of Muslims: doi.org/10.55271/rp0...
What does DENK mean for the representation of Muslims?
Here is the paper we published on DENK: doi.org/10.1080/0034...
And the paper about voting and attitudes of Muslims: doi.org/10.55271/rp0...
Talking about my favourite topic on the Dutch radio.
✨The immense importance of political representation of Muslims ✨
I even got into the classics and discussed the difference between descriptive and substantive representation!
My segment is from 28:20 👇
www.nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen...
✨The immense importance of political representation of Muslims ✨
I even got into the classics and discussed the difference between descriptive and substantive representation!
My segment is from 28:20 👇
www.nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen...
Met Mandy! - 26 oktober 2025 - NPO Radio 1 Gemist | NPO Radio 1
Beluister gemiste uitzendingen van Met Mandy! op NPO Radio .
www.nporadio1.nl
October 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Talking about my favourite topic on the Dutch radio.
✨The immense importance of political representation of Muslims ✨
I even got into the classics and discussed the difference between descriptive and substantive representation!
My segment is from 28:20 👇
www.nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen...
✨The immense importance of political representation of Muslims ✨
I even got into the classics and discussed the difference between descriptive and substantive representation!
My segment is from 28:20 👇
www.nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen...
I was interviewed by @winfriedbaijens.bsky.social on @nieuws.nos.nl @nporadio1.bsky.social Met het Oog op Morgen, to talk about my research on voting behaviour of Muslims. It was such a pleasure to be there again!
Onderzoek naar stemgedrag van moslims
In Den Haag was er een debat vanavond over de Stem van Moslims. Een bevolkingsgroep waarvan bekend is dat ze moeilijker naar de stembus te krijgen zijn dan andere Nederlanders. En op WELKE partij ze d...
www.nporadio1.nl
October 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I was interviewed by @winfriedbaijens.bsky.social on @nieuws.nos.nl @nporadio1.bsky.social Met het Oog op Morgen, to talk about my research on voting behaviour of Muslims. It was such a pleasure to be there again!
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Very excited to present work with @sbvanoosten.bsky.social in Münster next week! Thank you so much for the invite 🤗
In one week, we will have the privilege to welcome @gefjonoff.bsky.social in Münster for the 2nd semester of our speaker series! 🤩 If you are not in Münster, you can join via Zoom as well! : uni-ms.zoom-x.de/j/62265873291
co-organized w @danbischof.bsky.social and @mwegemann.bsky.social
co-organized w @danbischof.bsky.social and @mwegemann.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Very excited to present work with @sbvanoosten.bsky.social in Münster next week! Thank you so much for the invite 🤗
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Thrilled to see our article on immigrant attitudes toward immigration (w @haleymcavay.bsky.social & Justin Robinson) published @ersjournal.com !
Drawing on 🇫🇷 we investigate the role of migration & ethnoracial variables in attitudes towards immigration
(1/5)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Drawing on 🇫🇷 we investigate the role of migration & ethnoracial variables in attitudes towards immigration
(1/5)
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
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Thrilled to see our article on immigrant attitudes toward immigration (w @haleymcavay.bsky.social & Justin Robinson) published @ersjournal.com !
Drawing on 🇫🇷 we investigate the role of migration & ethnoracial variables in attitudes towards immigration
(1/5)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Drawing on 🇫🇷 we investigate the role of migration & ethnoracial variables in attitudes towards immigration
(1/5)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The same politician who claims to care so deeply about fighting antisemitism, is also blaming his political opposition on the wealthy Jewish puppet master.
October 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The same politician who claims to care so deeply about fighting antisemitism, is also blaming his political opposition on the wealthy Jewish puppet master.
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How is ‘antisemitism’ invoked in The Jewish Chronicle? @gordonneve.bsky.social shows how the paper has exaggerated & instrumentalised the term, fueling moral panic & legitimising racial governance especially around Oct 7, 2023. #OnlineFirst
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01634437251380153
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September 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
How is ‘antisemitism’ invoked in The Jewish Chronicle? @gordonneve.bsky.social shows how the paper has exaggerated & instrumentalised the term, fueling moral panic & legitimising racial governance especially around Oct 7, 2023. #OnlineFirst
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01634437251380153
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/01634437251380153
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My article on the Jewish Chronicle and the weaponisation of antisemitism is out and is open access.
doi.org/10.1177/0163...
doi.org/10.1177/0163...
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October 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My article on the Jewish Chronicle and the weaponisation of antisemitism is out and is open access.
doi.org/10.1177/0163...
doi.org/10.1177/0163...
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Mayor Michelle Wu at the protest today: “What scares them about Boston is that we are the America they say is impossible.”
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Mayor Michelle Wu at the protest today: “What scares them about Boston is that we are the America they say is impossible.”
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My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Hammam, & Chris Shay) has a new piece, whose title speaks for itself. A 🧵 with some key descriptive takeaways:
The resistance reaches into Trump country
As organizers for No Kings 2 seek historic turnout on Oct. 18, the broader pro-democracy movement has already broken new ground.
wagingnonviolence.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My team at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman.bsky.social, Hammam, & Chris Shay) has a new piece, whose title speaks for itself. A 🧵 with some key descriptive takeaways:
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Dutch Politics for Americans.
Updated for the 2025 Dutch elections
Updated for the 2025 Dutch elections
October 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Dutch Politics for Americans.
Updated for the 2025 Dutch elections
Updated for the 2025 Dutch elections
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🇪🇺 Europeans say no to tariffs!
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
European voters say no to tariffs
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
October 16, 2025 at 5:51 AM
🇪🇺 Europeans say no to tariffs!
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Check out the @uu.se press release on our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social study exploring what Europeans really think about trade barriers in an era of rising global tensions.
www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Reposted by Dr. Sanne van Oosten
Mamdani isn’t doing simple economic populism…there is no such thing as simple economic populism, it only exists on paper…political discourse is always aimed at stitching together a coalition by appealing to a mix of interests, shared morality, and fantasies about what the world might be.
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Mamdani isn’t doing simple economic populism…there is no such thing as simple economic populism, it only exists on paper…political discourse is always aimed at stitching together a coalition by appealing to a mix of interests, shared morality, and fantasies about what the world might be.
"They love death as we love life" - this was not just an offhand comment that Wilders made today. There is a dark and disturbing history behind it. Best explained by @antigonesdream.bsky.social here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
“They love death as we love life”: The “Muslim Question” and the biopolitics of replacement
This article approaches the analytic of the “Muslim Question” through the prism of the discursive and conspiratorial use of demographics as an alleged threat to Europe. It argues that concerns about ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"They love death as we love life" - this was not just an offhand comment that Wilders made today. There is a dark and disturbing history behind it. Best explained by @antigonesdream.bsky.social here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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So happy to see this out! We caution against excessive optimism that the opposition will restore countries back to their democratic trajectories after electoral victory. Weakened institutions and the memory of repression makes it tempting to continue rather than buck the trend of autocratization.
Conventional wisdom says that, once in power, opposition parties will return backsliding countries to the democratic path. In reality, not only is this not true, but it is not uncommon for the opposition to adopt the autocratic habits of the regime they replaced.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
So happy to see this out! We caution against excessive optimism that the opposition will restore countries back to their democratic trajectories after electoral victory. Weakened institutions and the memory of repression makes it tempting to continue rather than buck the trend of autocratization.
Reposted by Dr. Sanne van Oosten
New paper on educational inequalities in declining destination attachment among immigrants in @sfjournal.bsky.social (with Ruedin): doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
(1/3): Tertiary educated immigrants react particularly strong to unmet migration expectations, showing stronger declines emotional attachment
(1/3): Tertiary educated immigrants react particularly strong to unmet migration expectations, showing stronger declines emotional attachment
When expectations backfire: educational differences in declining destination attachment among recent immigrants
Abstract. Immigrants with higher levels of education tend to report more discrimination and a weaker attachment to their destination country than immigrant
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
New paper on educational inequalities in declining destination attachment among immigrants in @sfjournal.bsky.social (with Ruedin): doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
(1/3): Tertiary educated immigrants react particularly strong to unmet migration expectations, showing stronger declines emotional attachment
(1/3): Tertiary educated immigrants react particularly strong to unmet migration expectations, showing stronger declines emotional attachment