Timea Balogh
@tbalogh.bsky.social
PhD | Research Associate @ University of Strathclyde @parliview.bsky.social| 👩🏼💻📝 political behavior, parties, & representation, mostly in Europe | Hungarian-American 🇭🇺
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Timea Balogh
@tbalogh.bsky.social
· Mar 13
Does political sophistication moderate how citizens use information to infer left-right distances between parties?
Research identifies numerous factors associated with citizens’ perceptions of party ideologies, including the Left-Right orientations of parties’ election manifestos, governing coalition arrangemen...
www.tandfonline.com
🚨🎉Very excited to share our new paper with @rwillh11.bsky.social, James Adams, @simonweschle.bsky.social, and @cbwlezien.bsky.social!! Out today @JEPOP
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A short thread 🧵
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A short thread 🧵
1/n
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Undecided which section to submit your paper to for the 2026 EPSS conference?
Look here for short explainers by our stellar set of section chairs:
Look here for short explainers by our stellar set of section chairs:
📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference.
🔝 This week: Comparative Politics & International Relations
Starting today, we'll feature two sections each week to provide more information about the conference.
🔝 This week: Comparative Politics & International Relations
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
September 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Undecided which section to submit your paper to for the 2026 EPSS conference?
Look here for short explainers by our stellar set of section chairs:
Look here for short explainers by our stellar set of section chairs:
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EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
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Vicente Valentim, Elias Dinas, & I came together to do this paper because we have all long shared an intution: mainstream center-right rhetoric shapes democratic norms. The hard part? Showing it empirically. We make some headway in this new paper. Grateful to @bjpols.bsky.social for publishing.
NEW -
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
August 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Vicente Valentim, Elias Dinas, & I came together to do this paper because we have all long shared an intution: mainstream center-right rhetoric shapes democratic norms. The hard part? Showing it empirically. We make some headway in this new paper. Grateful to @bjpols.bsky.social for publishing.
Our paper (w/ wonderful co-authors @rwillh11.bsky.social, @simonweschle.bsky.social, @cbwlezien.bsky.social, and Jim Adams) is now out in print! 🎉 May be of interest to those studying electoral behavior, party strategy, or how citizens use information!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Does political sophistication moderate how citizens use information to infer left-right distances between parties?
Research identifies numerous factors associated with citizens’ perceptions of party ideologies, including the Left-Right orientations of parties’ election manifestos, governing coalition arrangemen...
www.tandfonline.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our paper (w/ wonderful co-authors @rwillh11.bsky.social, @simonweschle.bsky.social, @cbwlezien.bsky.social, and Jim Adams) is now out in print! 🎉 May be of interest to those studying electoral behavior, party strategy, or how citizens use information!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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💥Viktor Orbán’s demographic strategy is a disaster. Over the past decade, 37.8% of Hungary’s population decline was due to emigration to other EU countries. Hungary is losing the competition to retain its own citizens while birth rates tank. Read Direkt36's in-depth article on @vsquare.bsky.social👇
Inside Viktor Orbán’s Failure to Achieve His Demographic Goal - VSquare.org
The Prime Minister has long said that he would like to grow the population of Hungary without bringing in immigrants. Recently, births have fallen, but the number of people leaving the country has als...
vsquare.org
July 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
💥Viktor Orbán’s demographic strategy is a disaster. Over the past decade, 37.8% of Hungary’s population decline was due to emigration to other EU countries. Hungary is losing the competition to retain its own citizens while birth rates tank. Read Direkt36's in-depth article on @vsquare.bsky.social👇
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What do women’s parties want? And how do their platforms differ?
Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️
Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️
July 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
What do women’s parties want? And how do their platforms differ?
Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️
Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️
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🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
June 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
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Exciting times for research looking *inside* populist radical right parties 😎
"Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right", now under contract with Oxford University Press.
We've already got a full draft and the reviews were really positive, so this should be out in 2026!
@ammassarisofia.bsky.social; @casmudde.bsky.social; @arjupskas.bsky.social
We've already got a full draft and the reviews were really positive, so this should be out in 2026!
@ammassarisofia.bsky.social; @casmudde.bsky.social; @arjupskas.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Exciting times for research looking *inside* populist radical right parties 😎
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Once again, not only an assault on higher education, but also an unprecedented authoritarian attack on property rights, the sanctity of legal contracts, & the rule of law. Even if you hate everything about academia & professors, you should be terrified & furious about this.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
The Trump administration is moving to cancel all remaining federal contracts with Harvard University, worth an estimated $100 million, in the latest escalation of its battle against the Ivy League institution
Trump to End Federal Contracts With Harvard University
President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to cancel all remaining federal contracts with Harvard University, worth an estimated $100 million, in the latest escalation of its battle against the Ivy League institution.
bloom.bg
May 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Once again, not only an assault on higher education, but also an unprecedented authoritarian attack on property rights, the sanctity of legal contracts, & the rule of law. Even if you hate everything about academia & professors, you should be terrified & furious about this.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Have loved seeing the evolution of this project by the wonderful @rgpark.bsky.social! If you study trade +/or the environment, give it a read 📖
How does a sudden BIG increase in imports affect support for environment? Is trade really the enemy of environment?
In this article published in @intlinteractions.bsky.social, I leverage a sudden increase in Chinese imports to explore effects of trade on env. support in US.
In this article published in @intlinteractions.bsky.social, I leverage a sudden increase in Chinese imports to explore effects of trade on env. support in US.
Is trade the enemy of environment?: Congressional voting on environmental policies after the China shock
How does trade competition affect support for environmental protection? On the one hand, import shocks can dampen support for environmental protection, as international trade can lead to a race to ...
www.tandfonline.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Have loved seeing the evolution of this project by the wonderful @rgpark.bsky.social! If you study trade +/or the environment, give it a read 📖
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Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab.
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
May 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Americans favor labor unions over big business now more than ever, analysis of new data @epi.org from me & Adam Reich of Columbia Labor Lab.
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
In data back 60 years, Americans' sentiments are both warmer toward unions & cooler towards big business than ever before.
www.epi.org/blog/america...
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🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar.
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
May 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar.
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads.
What we find is disturbing:
osf.io/preprints/os...
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Thrilled that my paper is now published by @polbehavior.bsky.social! Using a natural experiment—the Sun boycott—I show how media may shape our voting mostly by changing our perceptions of party positions. Media matters! 🗳️
Read here: doi.org/10.1007/s111...
@tcddublin.bsky.social #mediabias #vote
Read here: doi.org/10.1007/s111...
@tcddublin.bsky.social #mediabias #vote
March 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Thrilled that my paper is now published by @polbehavior.bsky.social! Using a natural experiment—the Sun boycott—I show how media may shape our voting mostly by changing our perceptions of party positions. Media matters! 🗳️
Read here: doi.org/10.1007/s111...
@tcddublin.bsky.social #mediabias #vote
Read here: doi.org/10.1007/s111...
@tcddublin.bsky.social #mediabias #vote
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🚨Publication Alert🚨
New update to the ManifestoVault repository is available!
Included: cleaned, content-verified manifesto texts at the natural-sentence level of the 2025 German general election.
Full coverage: Ireland, UK, Germany 1970-2025
@rwillh11.bsky.social, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social
New update to the ManifestoVault repository is available!
Included: cleaned, content-verified manifesto texts at the natural-sentence level of the 2025 German general election.
Full coverage: Ireland, UK, Germany 1970-2025
@rwillh11.bsky.social, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🚨Publication Alert🚨
New update to the ManifestoVault repository is available!
Included: cleaned, content-verified manifesto texts at the natural-sentence level of the 2025 German general election.
Full coverage: Ireland, UK, Germany 1970-2025
@rwillh11.bsky.social, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social
New update to the ManifestoVault repository is available!
Included: cleaned, content-verified manifesto texts at the natural-sentence level of the 2025 German general election.
Full coverage: Ireland, UK, Germany 1970-2025
@rwillh11.bsky.social, @lenamariahuber.bsky.social
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May 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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🚨 My book "In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular" is finally out today with
@ColumbiaUP! 🚨
It tackles one of the biggest challenges today: How can we make freer human mobility between countries more politically sustainable? 🧵
@ColumbiaUP! 🚨
It tackles one of the biggest challenges today: How can we make freer human mobility between countries more politically sustainable? 🧵
April 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🚨 My book "In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular" is finally out today with
@ColumbiaUP! 🚨
It tackles one of the biggest challenges today: How can we make freer human mobility between countries more politically sustainable? 🧵
@ColumbiaUP! 🚨
It tackles one of the biggest challenges today: How can we make freer human mobility between countries more politically sustainable? 🧵
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New publication in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, and Michael Pinggera. We map the welfare preferences of voters at the poles of the second, GALTAN dimension of political conflict. 🧵
Online first & open access:
"The welfare preferences of socially liberal and socially conservative voters"
by @matthiasenggist.bsky.social @retobuergisser.bsky.social @siljahausermann.bsky.social & Michael Pinggera
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Polisky #Academicsky
"The welfare preferences of socially liberal and socially conservative voters"
by @matthiasenggist.bsky.social @retobuergisser.bsky.social @siljahausermann.bsky.social & Michael Pinggera
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Polisky #Academicsky
March 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
New publication in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @retobuergisser.bsky.social, @siljahausermann.bsky.social, and Michael Pinggera. We map the welfare preferences of voters at the poles of the second, GALTAN dimension of political conflict. 🧵
Reposted by Timea Balogh
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Topics that have grown in the top 20 political science journals 2003-2023: Civil war and intergroup conflict, gender & LGBT+, indigenous politics, political communication, political culture, public opinion & political psychology, race & immigration.
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
April 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Topics that have grown in the top 20 political science journals 2003-2023: Civil war and intergroup conflict, gender & LGBT+, indigenous politics, political communication, political culture, public opinion & political psychology, race & immigration.
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
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@hjghassell.bsky.social & @cbwlezien.bsky.social examine the effects of providing public opinion information to journalists on their perceptions of the newsworthiness of different topics. Public opinion has some effect on journalists' perceptions, especially for low salience issues.
Read more:
Read more:
Public opinion and the news: Polls and journalists’ perceptions of issue importance - Hans J.G. Hassell, Christopher Wlezien, 2025
Most work on the media and the public starts from the premise that coverage influences opinion and behavior. We report results of a field experiment attempting ...
doi.org
April 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
@hjghassell.bsky.social & @cbwlezien.bsky.social examine the effects of providing public opinion information to journalists on their perceptions of the newsworthiness of different topics. Public opinion has some effect on journalists' perceptions, especially for low salience issues.
Read more:
Read more:
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Everybody tweeting about the penguins... I have bad news, their tariff rate is still the same.
April 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Everybody tweeting about the penguins... I have bad news, their tariff rate is still the same.
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New preprint 📄
Voters navigating complex, multilevel systems are exposed to many kinds of political information. But what kind do they actually seek — and use?
We find voters prefer policy over principles and they update their vote intention accordingly.
osf.io/preprints/os...
Voters navigating complex, multilevel systems are exposed to many kinds of political information. But what kind do they actually seek — and use?
We find voters prefer policy over principles and they update their vote intention accordingly.
osf.io/preprints/os...
April 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New preprint 📄
Voters navigating complex, multilevel systems are exposed to many kinds of political information. But what kind do they actually seek — and use?
We find voters prefer policy over principles and they update their vote intention accordingly.
osf.io/preprints/os...
Voters navigating complex, multilevel systems are exposed to many kinds of political information. But what kind do they actually seek — and use?
We find voters prefer policy over principles and they update their vote intention accordingly.
osf.io/preprints/os...