Alessandro Nai
@alessandronai.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social
Dark politics, Political communication & psychology, Negative campaigns, Leader personality
Editor-in-Chief at EJPR @ejprjournal.bsky.social
http://www.alessandro-nai.com
Dark politics, Political communication & psychology, Negative campaigns, Leader personality
Editor-in-Chief at EJPR @ejprjournal.bsky.social
http://www.alessandro-nai.com
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Alessandro Nai
@alessandronai.bsky.social
· Dec 26
🚨Dark Politics is now out at OUP in paperback, hardcover, ebook
Feeling that politics is getting dark? We have a book for ya
We investigate dark personality traits in politicians worldwide, and why they matter - for voters, elections, and democracy
mini🧵(& voucher!)
Feeling that politics is getting dark? We have a book for ya
We investigate dark personality traits in politicians worldwide, and why they matter - for voters, elections, and democracy
mini🧵(& voucher!)
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Get to know the team.
Dr Yuan Zeng is Associate Professor in Political Communication and Journalism at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds. She is the founder and co-convenor of the Media and Civil Resistance group at the University of Leeds.
Dr Yuan Zeng is Associate Professor in Political Communication and Journalism at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds. She is the founder and co-convenor of the Media and Civil Resistance group at the University of Leeds.
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Get to know the team.
Dr Yuan Zeng is Associate Professor in Political Communication and Journalism at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds. She is the founder and co-convenor of the Media and Civil Resistance group at the University of Leeds.
Dr Yuan Zeng is Associate Professor in Political Communication and Journalism at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds. She is the founder and co-convenor of the Media and Civil Resistance group at the University of Leeds.
Not too shabby the view from the office tonight
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Not too shabby the view from the office tonight
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This is a fantastic opportunity for a junior computational political scientist
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This is a fantastic opportunity for a junior computational political scientist
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PolCom early view: Forestal on "How Should We Study Multiple Platforms? Lessons from Deliberative Systems Theory." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
How Should We Study Multiple Platforms? Lessons from Deliberative Systems Theory
Despite agreement that political communication research should move beyond single-platform studies, there is no existing consensus on precisely how to do so. What does it mean to study social media...
www.tandfonline.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
PolCom early view: Forestal on "How Should We Study Multiple Platforms? Lessons from Deliberative Systems Theory." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Your daily dose of zen
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Your daily dose of zen
Tokyo doing its thing
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Tokyo doing its thing
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🎉 The PolComm Database Dashboard is live!
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🎉 The PolComm Database Dashboard is live!
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
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#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -
Support for liberal democracy in times of crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic - https://cup.org/3X0aJ0i
- @vinarceneaux.bsky.social, Bert N. Bakker, Sara B. Hobolt & @catherinedevries.bsky.social
#FirstView #COVID19
Support for liberal democracy in times of crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic - https://cup.org/3X0aJ0i
- @vinarceneaux.bsky.social, Bert N. Bakker, Sara B. Hobolt & @catherinedevries.bsky.social
#FirstView #COVID19
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social -
Support for liberal democracy in times of crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic - https://cup.org/3X0aJ0i
- @vinarceneaux.bsky.social, Bert N. Bakker, Sara B. Hobolt & @catherinedevries.bsky.social
#FirstView #COVID19
Support for liberal democracy in times of crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic - https://cup.org/3X0aJ0i
- @vinarceneaux.bsky.social, Bert N. Bakker, Sara B. Hobolt & @catherinedevries.bsky.social
#FirstView #COVID19
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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🚨🚨Breaking and welcome news: Rob Jetten’s centrist-liberal D66 party has won the #Dutchelection according according to the national press agency ANP, toppling #GeertWilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV). 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/rob-...
www.politico.eu/article/rob-...
Centrist D66 beats the far right to win Dutch election, national press agency announces
Rob Jetten is in pole position to become the new prime minister.
www.politico.eu
October 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚨🚨Breaking and welcome news: Rob Jetten’s centrist-liberal D66 party has won the #Dutchelection according according to the national press agency ANP, toppling #GeertWilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV). 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/rob-...
www.politico.eu/article/rob-...
How do you say “wag the dog” in Spanish?
miami herald apparent scoop: venezuela strikes are imminent www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
How do you say “wag the dog” in Spanish?
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🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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New Paper Alert 🧵📣
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New Paper Alert 🧵📣
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
There is a growing concern that the negative valence in climate stories paralyses consumers & perhaps even prevents them from taking pro-environmental actions.
However, we found that climate anxiety is a robust and universal driver of pro-climate behavioral intentions.👇
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Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
One of the boldest way I have seen in a while to defend the position that jelly is, actually, food
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
One of the boldest way I have seen in a while to defend the position that jelly is, actually, food
Hey blue hive (?) does anyone around here have a subscription to the Times - and, if so, would this awesome human being perhaps be willing to share with me the pdf of the article below?
Thanks much, beautiful people
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Thanks much, beautiful people
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
We’ve underestimated the power of humour in political revolutions
If Keir Starmer could make us laugh like Donald Trump or Nigel Farage, he’d be doing far better in the opinion polls
www.thetimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Hey blue hive (?) does anyone around here have a subscription to the Times - and, if so, would this awesome human being perhaps be willing to share with me the pdf of the article below?
Thanks much, beautiful people
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Thanks much, beautiful people
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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We are finally out!! Thanks to my fantastic co-authors, the anonymous reviewers, and @thejop.bsky.social editorial team. Publishing my first registered report has been an incredibly instructive and rewarding experience 🤓
Much has been said about political incivility, but does it actually exist? 🤷♀️
Much has been said about political incivility, but does it actually exist? 🤷♀️
🚨 New piece out at @thejop.bsky.social w awesome @cvargiu.bsky.social & D Garzia
If incivility means breaking norms, & norms are person- and context-dependent, *does incivility even exist*?
In the stage-2 registered report we investigate what drives perceptions of incivility
tinyurl.com/4h5u4y8y
If incivility means breaking norms, & norms are person- and context-dependent, *does incivility even exist*?
In the stage-2 registered report we investigate what drives perceptions of incivility
tinyurl.com/4h5u4y8y
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We are finally out!! Thanks to my fantastic co-authors, the anonymous reviewers, and @thejop.bsky.social editorial team. Publishing my first registered report has been an incredibly instructive and rewarding experience 🤓
Much has been said about political incivility, but does it actually exist? 🤷♀️
Much has been said about political incivility, but does it actually exist? 🤷♀️
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Happy to share that my new book with Jeff Berry and Jim Glaser is now available from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! (preorder elsewhere til 12/2, but available now through Chicago)
🧵
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Everyday Democracy
How the everyday habits and attitudes of ordinary liberals and conservatives shape the health of American democracy. In Everyday Democracy, Jeffrey M. Berry, James M. Glaser, and Deborah J. Schildkrau...
press.uchicago.edu
October 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Happy to share that my new book with Jeff Berry and Jim Glaser is now available from @uchicagopress.bsky.social! (preorder elsewhere til 12/2, but available now through Chicago)
🧵
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
🧵
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Absolutely brutal McSweeney's
“I guess they can still count on credible journalism, once they get past the paywall for Palantir Presents: The Washington Post, so they read the Pulitzer-Bezos Prize–winning work of coeditors-in-chief Bari Weiss and Grok."
“I guess they can still count on credible journalism, once they get past the paywall for Palantir Presents: The Washington Post, so they read the Pulitzer-Bezos Prize–winning work of coeditors-in-chief Bari Weiss and Grok."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Absolutely brutal McSweeney's
“I guess they can still count on credible journalism, once they get past the paywall for Palantir Presents: The Washington Post, so they read the Pulitzer-Bezos Prize–winning work of coeditors-in-chief Bari Weiss and Grok."
“I guess they can still count on credible journalism, once they get past the paywall for Palantir Presents: The Washington Post, so they read the Pulitzer-Bezos Prize–winning work of coeditors-in-chief Bari Weiss and Grok."
🚨 New piece out at @thejop.bsky.social w awesome @cvargiu.bsky.social & D Garzia
If incivility means breaking norms, & norms are person- and context-dependent, *does incivility even exist*?
In the stage-2 registered report we investigate what drives perceptions of incivility
tinyurl.com/4h5u4y8y
If incivility means breaking norms, & norms are person- and context-dependent, *does incivility even exist*?
In the stage-2 registered report we investigate what drives perceptions of incivility
tinyurl.com/4h5u4y8y
October 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚨 New piece out at @thejop.bsky.social w awesome @cvargiu.bsky.social & D Garzia
If incivility means breaking norms, & norms are person- and context-dependent, *does incivility even exist*?
In the stage-2 registered report we investigate what drives perceptions of incivility
tinyurl.com/4h5u4y8y
If incivility means breaking norms, & norms are person- and context-dependent, *does incivility even exist*?
In the stage-2 registered report we investigate what drives perceptions of incivility
tinyurl.com/4h5u4y8y
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"You encounter a strange, cult-like group that lives in almost total isolation from the outside world. They jealously guard their arcane knowledge and practice some exceedingly cruel rituals."
Critically Acclaimed Horror Film of the 2010s or Your PhD Program?
1. You encounter a strange, cult-like group that lives in almost total isolation from the outside world. They jealously guard their arcane knowledg...
buff.ly
October 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"You encounter a strange, cult-like group that lives in almost total isolation from the outside world. They jealously guard their arcane knowledge and practice some exceedingly cruel rituals."
sort of like a reverse high jump
- can the bar really be lowered another notch?
- yes, yes it can
- can the bar really be lowered another notch?
- yes, yes it can
Scroll down to the "Major Events Timeline." Then read through it. Make sure you get all the way to the end. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
www.whitehouse.gov
October 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
sort of like a reverse high jump
- can the bar really be lowered another notch?
- yes, yes it can
- can the bar really be lowered another notch?
- yes, yes it can
Hear me out: AI NFT
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Hear me out: AI NFT
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Now out in Party Politics 🎉
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Now out in Party Politics 🎉
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
A haunted house for academics whose walls are covered with “next year I will” stuff you said. The darkest room is covered with “next year I won't” quotes
October 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
A haunted house for academics whose walls are covered with “next year I will” stuff you said. The darkest room is covered with “next year I won't” quotes