Simone Cremaschi
@simonecremaschi.bsky.social
Political scientist researching immigration, inequality, and culture.
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Check out The Qualitative Metamorphosis in @comppol.bsky.social! Great review by @ajayverghese.bsky.social of books by @saragoodman.bsky.social, Jen Cyr, @marioluissmall.bsky.social, Jessica Calarco, @alanjacobs.bsky.social, and @macartan.bsky.social. 👇
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Review Article: The Qualitative Metamorphosis: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
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November 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Check out The Qualitative Metamorphosis in @comppol.bsky.social! Great review by @ajayverghese.bsky.social of books by @saragoodman.bsky.social, Jen Cyr, @marioluissmall.bsky.social, Jessica Calarco, @alanjacobs.bsky.social, and @macartan.bsky.social. 👇
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
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NEW -
Exposure to Confederate Monuments: The Political Effect of Non-Intervention - https://cup.org/42ZHRc0
"results highlight the potential negative consequences of maintaining controversial commemorations"
- Ana Ruipérez Núñez
#OpenAccess
Exposure to Confederate Monuments: The Political Effect of Non-Intervention - https://cup.org/42ZHRc0
"results highlight the potential negative consequences of maintaining controversial commemorations"
- Ana Ruipérez Núñez
#OpenAccess
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
NEW -
Exposure to Confederate Monuments: The Political Effect of Non-Intervention - https://cup.org/42ZHRc0
"results highlight the potential negative consequences of maintaining controversial commemorations"
- Ana Ruipérez Núñez
#OpenAccess
Exposure to Confederate Monuments: The Political Effect of Non-Intervention - https://cup.org/42ZHRc0
"results highlight the potential negative consequences of maintaining controversial commemorations"
- Ana Ruipérez Núñez
#OpenAccess
Public service decline → more far-right support: I summarize evidence from several coauthored studies in a new post for the @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social series on Fascism and Liberalism.
October 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Public service decline → more far-right support: I summarize evidence from several coauthored studies in a new post for the @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social series on Fascism and Liberalism.
New UN report warns that welfare cuts can fuel far-right support. It features my work on public service deprivation with @paularettl.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social and on climate-related disasters and far-right incumbents with @pstanig.bsky.social
My message at the United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80: "Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise"
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise, warns UN expert
NEW YORK – The rolling back of protections for people living in poverty has created fertile ground for far-right movements across the world, warned the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human ...
www.ohchr.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New UN report warns that welfare cuts can fuel far-right support. It features my work on public service deprivation with @paularettl.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social and on climate-related disasters and far-right incumbents with @pstanig.bsky.social
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This new report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and
human rights docs.un.org/en/A/80/138 cites my work on trade shocks and economic nationalism with Italo Colantone, but also a paper of mine on extreme weather events with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social.
human rights docs.un.org/en/A/80/138 cites my work on trade shocks and economic nationalism with Italo Colantone, but also a paper of mine on extreme weather events with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social.
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This new report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and
human rights docs.un.org/en/A/80/138 cites my work on trade shocks and economic nationalism with Italo Colantone, but also a paper of mine on extreme weather events with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social.
human rights docs.un.org/en/A/80/138 cites my work on trade shocks and economic nationalism with Italo Colantone, but also a paper of mine on extreme weather events with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social.
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Cool paper by @eddieyang.bsky.social, confirming our LLM hacking findings (arxiv.org/abs/2509.08825):
✓ LLMs are brittle data annotators
✓ Downstream conclusions flip frequently: LLM hacking risk is real!
✓ Bias correction methods can help but have trade-offs
✓ Use human expert whenever possible
✓ LLMs are brittle data annotators
✓ Downstream conclusions flip frequently: LLM hacking risk is real!
✓ Bias correction methods can help but have trade-offs
✓ Use human expert whenever possible
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Cool paper by @eddieyang.bsky.social, confirming our LLM hacking findings (arxiv.org/abs/2509.08825):
✓ LLMs are brittle data annotators
✓ Downstream conclusions flip frequently: LLM hacking risk is real!
✓ Bias correction methods can help but have trade-offs
✓ Use human expert whenever possible
✓ LLMs are brittle data annotators
✓ Downstream conclusions flip frequently: LLM hacking risk is real!
✓ Bias correction methods can help but have trade-offs
✓ Use human expert whenever possible
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Why do rustbelts vote radical right? Studying the German Ruhr area, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social and I show: it’s not just about deindustrialization, but also about the original industrialization. Where coal is buried deeper and mining started later, the AfD is stronger today 1/12
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Why do rustbelts vote radical right? Studying the German Ruhr area, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social and I show: it’s not just about deindustrialization, but also about the original industrialization. Where coal is buried deeper and mining started later, the AfD is stronger today 1/12
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1st article from my dissertation is out in Perspectives today!!
two takeaways: a) knowledge economy 'winners' may not be subject to status loss but they sure care about status preservation & b) this is consequential for their attitudes re: immigration & diversity.
Thnx 2 all along this journey!!
two takeaways: a) knowledge economy 'winners' may not be subject to status loss but they sure care about status preservation & b) this is consequential for their attitudes re: immigration & diversity.
Thnx 2 all along this journey!!
#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -
The Politics of Status Preservation: Immigration and the Knowledge Economy Class - https://cup.org/3VYHxGx
- @briittavs.bsky.social
#FirstView
The Politics of Status Preservation: Immigration and the Knowledge Economy Class - https://cup.org/3VYHxGx
- @briittavs.bsky.social
#FirstView
October 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
1st article from my dissertation is out in Perspectives today!!
two takeaways: a) knowledge economy 'winners' may not be subject to status loss but they sure care about status preservation & b) this is consequential for their attitudes re: immigration & diversity.
Thnx 2 all along this journey!!
two takeaways: a) knowledge economy 'winners' may not be subject to status loss but they sure care about status preservation & b) this is consequential for their attitudes re: immigration & diversity.
Thnx 2 all along this journey!!
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A great scholar and a very good friend coming to Milan: Ursula Daxecker. Thursday 16 October, 3 pm.
October 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
A great scholar and a very good friend coming to Milan: Ursula Daxecker. Thursday 16 October, 3 pm.
Muchas gracias @ipp-csic.bsky.social for the warm welcome and the insightful questions. Hasta pronto!
La ponencia de Simone Cremaschi (@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) de la Bocconi University ya ha empezado! 📽️
Aún estás a tiempo de unirte: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWSu...
Aún estás a tiempo de unirte: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWSu...
October 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Muchas gracias @ipp-csic.bsky.social for the warm welcome and the insightful questions. Hasta pronto!
Looking forward to visiting @ipp-csic.bsky.social and presenting joint work with @siennanordquist.bsky.social @mattiacecchi2000.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social!
El próximo miércoles recibimos a Simone Cremaschi (@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) de la Bocconi University.
👉 Acceso libre hasta completar aforo.
Vente al @cchscsic.bsky.social, tómate un café ☕ y escucha, comparte e intercambia ideas con otros investigadores y estudiantes.
¡Te esperamos!
👉 Acceso libre hasta completar aforo.
Vente al @cchscsic.bsky.social, tómate un café ☕ y escucha, comparte e intercambia ideas con otros investigadores y estudiantes.
¡Te esperamos!
October 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Looking forward to visiting @ipp-csic.bsky.social and presenting joint work with @siennanordquist.bsky.social @mattiacecchi2000.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social!
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Just out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨
Together with @dschraff.bsky.social, I ask: Is the urban–rural divide in Europe affectively polarised?
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
1/7 🧵
Together with @dschraff.bsky.social, I ask: Is the urban–rural divide in Europe affectively polarised?
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
1/7 🧵
Is the Urban-Rural Divide Affectively Polarised? Comparative Evidence from Nine European Countries - Sven Hegewald, Dominik Schraff, 2025
Recent studies in the United States and Europe have documented a growing divergence in voting behaviour and political attitudes between cities and the countrysi...
journals.sagepub.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Just out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨
Together with @dschraff.bsky.social, I ask: Is the urban–rural divide in Europe affectively polarised?
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
1/7 🧵
Together with @dschraff.bsky.social, I ask: Is the urban–rural divide in Europe affectively polarised?
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
1/7 🧵
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Good report by @thinktankeuropa.bsky.social on the state of climate and energy policies in Italy.
Il Bel Paese is powered by dirty fuels, despite all the EU state aid meant to foster the energy transition (plus another hundred reasons to do the transition)
thinkeuropa.dk/files/media/...
Il Bel Paese is powered by dirty fuels, despite all the EU state aid meant to foster the energy transition (plus another hundred reasons to do the transition)
thinkeuropa.dk/files/media/...
September 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Good report by @thinktankeuropa.bsky.social on the state of climate and energy policies in Italy.
Il Bel Paese is powered by dirty fuels, despite all the EU state aid meant to foster the energy transition (plus another hundred reasons to do the transition)
thinkeuropa.dk/files/media/...
Il Bel Paese is powered by dirty fuels, despite all the EU state aid meant to foster the energy transition (plus another hundred reasons to do the transition)
thinkeuropa.dk/files/media/...
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"Do Integration Courses Influence Refugees’ Integration Trajectories? Evidence from Norway" by Jeremy Ferwerda and Henning Finseraas.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
September 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
"Do Integration Courses Influence Refugees’ Integration Trajectories? Evidence from Norway" by Jeremy Ferwerda and Henning Finseraas.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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It is the time of the year when I tell you about my favorite post-doc ever 👇 Unless you are allergic to the French, this one sits up there with the Nuffield postdoc (life style, productivity, interdisciplinary stimulation). Share widely! Apply! #poliscky
www.iast.fr/research-fel...
www.iast.fr/research-fel...
Research Fellowships
Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...
www.iast.fr
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It is the time of the year when I tell you about my favorite post-doc ever 👇 Unless you are allergic to the French, this one sits up there with the Nuffield postdoc (life style, productivity, interdisciplinary stimulation). Share widely! Apply! #poliscky
www.iast.fr/research-fel...
www.iast.fr/research-fel...
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Proper thread after the summer break– but if you were looking for a beach read about political reasoning in today's working class, look no further: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Proper thread after the summer break– but if you were looking for a beach read about political reasoning in today's working class, look no further: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
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I wrote a longer essay on how social status matters for far-right support. Many still wrongly associate the far right with the economically left behind. Taking social status seriously also cautions against the idea that deliverism will win back far-right voters.
equitablegrowth.org/threats-to-s...
equitablegrowth.org/threats-to-s...
Threats to social status and support for far-right political parties
How economic threats to social status in the form of unemployment risk and rental market risk affects support for the far right in Europe.
equitablegrowth.org
September 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wrote a longer essay on how social status matters for far-right support. Many still wrongly associate the far right with the economically left behind. Taking social status seriously also cautions against the idea that deliverism will win back far-right voters.
equitablegrowth.org/threats-to-s...
equitablegrowth.org/threats-to-s...
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🚨 New pre-print with @sergioloiacono.bsky.social
We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🚨 New pre-print with @sergioloiacono.bsky.social
We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
We ran 3 large-scale experiments in 🇬🇧to investigate how perceived asylum-seeking legality, public preferences for refugee relocation, and inclusionary attitudes are shaped by symbolic and strategic boundaries
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
ggplot2 4.0.0
A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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📘 64.4
How do welfare systems shape views on immigration?
A 🇪🇺 study from @alinavranceanu.bsky.social
& @bpetrova.bsky.social finds:
Generous welfare → more positive attitudes toward immigrants
Welfare cuts → increased hostility (evidence from 🇩🇰)
Read more:
How do welfare systems shape views on immigration?
A 🇪🇺 study from @alinavranceanu.bsky.social
& @bpetrova.bsky.social finds:
Generous welfare → more positive attitudes toward immigrants
Welfare cuts → increased hostility (evidence from 🇩🇰)
Read more:
Welfare policy and immigration attitudes in Western Europe
ALINA VRÂNCEANU, BILYANA PETROVA
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📘 64.4
How do welfare systems shape views on immigration?
A 🇪🇺 study from @alinavranceanu.bsky.social
& @bpetrova.bsky.social finds:
Generous welfare → more positive attitudes toward immigrants
Welfare cuts → increased hostility (evidence from 🇩🇰)
Read more:
How do welfare systems shape views on immigration?
A 🇪🇺 study from @alinavranceanu.bsky.social
& @bpetrova.bsky.social finds:
Generous welfare → more positive attitudes toward immigrants
Welfare cuts → increased hostility (evidence from 🇩🇰)
Read more:
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Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized?
In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇
In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇
September 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized?
In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇
In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇
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We show that social democratic parties receive more support when they don't move right here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
And here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And a whole book where this is a main point:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
Here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
And here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And a whole book where this is a main point:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
Project MUSE - Trade-Offs of Social Democratic Party Strategies in a Pluralized Issue Space: A Conjoint Analysis
muse.jhu.edu
September 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We show that social democratic parties receive more support when they don't move right here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
And here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And a whole book where this is a main point:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
Here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
And here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And a whole book where this is a main point:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...