Anthony Kevins
@avkevins.bsky.social
Political scientist studying how public opinion and policy interact.
• Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University
• UK Young Academy Member
• Loughborough UCU Branch Secretary
• Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University
• UK Young Academy Member
• Loughborough UCU Branch Secretary
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"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"
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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong
People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts
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October 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"
on.ft.com/43eYeRZ
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
on.ft.com/43eYeRZ
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
🚨New Open-Access Research Alert 🚨
Why do we assume that certain people we meet are more or less similar to us politically?
Using data from the UK, Canada, and Germany, @seonghuilee.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article in @wepsocial.bsky.social.
Check it out online now below.
Why do we assume that certain people we meet are more or less similar to us politically?
Using data from the UK, Canada, and Germany, @seonghuilee.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article in @wepsocial.bsky.social.
Check it out online now below.
How we think about the political stances of others: evidence on projection from Canada, Germany, and the UK
What leads people to assume that others are more or less similar to them ideologically? To answer this question, this article uses original data from three multi-party democracies to analyse respon...
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September 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🚨New Open-Access Research Alert 🚨
Why do we assume that certain people we meet are more or less similar to us politically?
Using data from the UK, Canada, and Germany, @seonghuilee.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article in @wepsocial.bsky.social.
Check it out online now below.
Why do we assume that certain people we meet are more or less similar to us politically?
Using data from the UK, Canada, and Germany, @seonghuilee.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article in @wepsocial.bsky.social.
Check it out online now below.
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🌅📙 64.3
Governments implement public input with deliberative #MiniPublics
@avkevins.bsky.social & J.Robison investigate whether people see these groups as legitimate using surveys in 🇬🇧 to understand public support for #ClimareAssemblies
🔗https://buff.ly/iggUFJM
Governments implement public input with deliberative #MiniPublics
@avkevins.bsky.social & J.Robison investigate whether people see these groups as legitimate using surveys in 🇬🇧 to understand public support for #ClimareAssemblies
🔗https://buff.ly/iggUFJM
Do the origins of climate assemblies shape public reactions? Examining the impact of partisanship
ANTHONY KEVINS, JOSHUA ROBISON
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌅📙 64.3
Governments implement public input with deliberative #MiniPublics
@avkevins.bsky.social & J.Robison investigate whether people see these groups as legitimate using surveys in 🇬🇧 to understand public support for #ClimareAssemblies
🔗https://buff.ly/iggUFJM
Governments implement public input with deliberative #MiniPublics
@avkevins.bsky.social & J.Robison investigate whether people see these groups as legitimate using surveys in 🇬🇧 to understand public support for #ClimareAssemblies
🔗https://buff.ly/iggUFJM
🚨New Open-Access Publication!🚨
In "When Caring Comes at a Cost", @naomilightman.bsky.social and I explore the effects of paid and unpaid caring on wellbeing and examine whether social expenditure plays a role in shaping those effects.
Check it out paywall-free in JESP: tinyurl.com/2yptx6kj
In "When Caring Comes at a Cost", @naomilightman.bsky.social and I explore the effects of paid and unpaid caring on wellbeing and examine whether social expenditure plays a role in shaping those effects.
Check it out paywall-free in JESP: tinyurl.com/2yptx6kj
When caring comes at a cost: Psychological wellbeing of unpaid and paid carers and the role of social expenditure - Naomi Lightman, Anthony Kevins, 2025
This study examines whether, and under what conditions, unpaid and paid care work are associated with reduced psychological wellbeing. The article begins by lay...
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July 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🚨New Open-Access Publication!🚨
In "When Caring Comes at a Cost", @naomilightman.bsky.social and I explore the effects of paid and unpaid caring on wellbeing and examine whether social expenditure plays a role in shaping those effects.
Check it out paywall-free in JESP: tinyurl.com/2yptx6kj
In "When Caring Comes at a Cost", @naomilightman.bsky.social and I explore the effects of paid and unpaid caring on wellbeing and examine whether social expenditure plays a role in shaping those effects.
Check it out paywall-free in JESP: tinyurl.com/2yptx6kj
🚨Now officially in print!🚨
Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies?
Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article.
Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies?
Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article.
Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
July 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🚨Now officially in print!🚨
Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies?
Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article.
Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies?
Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article.
Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
On Friday, I had the pleasure of hosting an event on “Life in Politics,” sponsored by the @lborocrcc.bsky.social and the @lborouniversity.bsky.social Department of International Relations, Politics and History.
May 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
On Friday, I had the pleasure of hosting an event on “Life in Politics,” sponsored by the @lborocrcc.bsky.social and the @lborouniversity.bsky.social Department of International Relations, Politics and History.
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New paper out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social! With Ian McAllister, we examine how party competition and party positions condition the presence and size of an age gap in voting for the left. A short 🧵 below!
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Is there a ‘Youthquake’? The Structure of Party Competition and Age Differences in Voting - Ruth Dassonneville, Ian McAllister, 2025
Why do age differences matter for voting in some countries and not in others? Despite the prevailing narrative that a ‘youthquake’ in voting is occurring across...
journals.sagepub.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
New paper out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social! With Ian McAllister, we examine how party competition and party positions condition the presence and size of an age gap in voting for the left. A short 🧵 below!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
🚨New #OpenAccess study 🚨
What types of people are more or less satisfied with social care in the UK - and how might age and ideology interact to shape satisfaction levels?
Naomi Lightman and I explore these questions in a new, open-access IJSW article: doi.org/10.1111/ijsw...
What types of people are more or less satisfied with social care in the UK - and how might age and ideology interact to shape satisfaction levels?
Naomi Lightman and I explore these questions in a new, open-access IJSW article: doi.org/10.1111/ijsw...
December 17, 2024 at 12:08 PM
🚨New #OpenAccess study 🚨
What types of people are more or less satisfied with social care in the UK - and how might age and ideology interact to shape satisfaction levels?
Naomi Lightman and I explore these questions in a new, open-access IJSW article: doi.org/10.1111/ijsw...
What types of people are more or less satisfied with social care in the UK - and how might age and ideology interact to shape satisfaction levels?
Naomi Lightman and I explore these questions in a new, open-access IJSW article: doi.org/10.1111/ijsw...
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Whenever there is a significant preference gap between lower-and higher-income groups–politicians’ perceptions of what citizens want are skewed towards the preferences of higher-income voters on socio-economic issues ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Are poor people poorly heard?
A growing body of literature shows that the preferences of poorer groups in society are less well represented than the preferences of the rich. This paper scrutinises one possible explanation of ineq...
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 17, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Whenever there is a significant preference gap between lower-and higher-income groups–politicians’ perceptions of what citizens want are skewed towards the preferences of higher-income voters on socio-economic issues ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The super election year is ending, with many winners and losers.
Our new @thejop.bsky.social paper, (@henrikseeberg.bsky.social, @martinbaekgaard.bsky.social ) asks: How do winning and losing candidates see elections?
Spoiler: Losers are more concerned about fairness.
Link: doi.org/10.1086/734240
Our new @thejop.bsky.social paper, (@henrikseeberg.bsky.social, @martinbaekgaard.bsky.social ) asks: How do winning and losing candidates see elections?
Spoiler: Losers are more concerned about fairness.
Link: doi.org/10.1086/734240
December 11, 2024 at 12:10 PM
The super election year is ending, with many winners and losers.
Our new @thejop.bsky.social paper, (@henrikseeberg.bsky.social, @martinbaekgaard.bsky.social ) asks: How do winning and losing candidates see elections?
Spoiler: Losers are more concerned about fairness.
Link: doi.org/10.1086/734240
Our new @thejop.bsky.social paper, (@henrikseeberg.bsky.social, @martinbaekgaard.bsky.social ) asks: How do winning and losing candidates see elections?
Spoiler: Losers are more concerned about fairness.
Link: doi.org/10.1086/734240
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🚨New Tool: paper-picnic.com The latest published political science research (and research in adjacent fields) every Friday. No alert chaos, no registration, no clutter. Powered by @crossref.bsky.social
August 30, 2024 at 1:11 PM
🚨New Tool: paper-picnic.com The latest published political science research (and research in adjacent fields) every Friday. No alert chaos, no registration, no clutter. Powered by @crossref.bsky.social
🚨New #OpenAccess study🚨
Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies?
Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article.
Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies?
Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article.
Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
November 26, 2024 at 1:04 PM
🚨New #OpenAccess study🚨
Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies?
Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article.
Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Do the (partisan) origins of climate assemblies affect public support for these assemblies?
Using original UK survey data, Joshua Robison and I explore this question in a new EJPR article.
Check it out open access here: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Our latest #OpenAccess workfare study now has full citation details in Comparative Political Studies!
Click below to see @alexanderhorn.bsky.social, Kees van Kersbergen, and I examine how the shift from "welfare" to "workfare" may have shaped related policy attitudes.
tinyurl.com/579zzz67
Click below to see @alexanderhorn.bsky.social, Kees van Kersbergen, and I examine how the shift from "welfare" to "workfare" may have shaped related policy attitudes.
tinyurl.com/579zzz67
Workfare and Attitudes toward the Unemployed: New Evidence on Policy Feedback from 1990 to 2018 - Alexander Horn, Anthony Kevins, Kees Van Kersbergen, 2024
To what extent, and under what conditions, have workfare reforms shaped public opinion towards the unemployed? This article unpacks the punitive and enabling di...
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February 26, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Our latest #OpenAccess workfare study now has full citation details in Comparative Political Studies!
Click below to see @alexanderhorn.bsky.social, Kees van Kersbergen, and I examine how the shift from "welfare" to "workfare" may have shaped related policy attitudes.
tinyurl.com/579zzz67
Click below to see @alexanderhorn.bsky.social, Kees van Kersbergen, and I examine how the shift from "welfare" to "workfare" may have shaped related policy attitudes.
tinyurl.com/579zzz67
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free book in honor of Kees van Kersbergen! For the Festschrift (eds. Green Pedersen/Jensen/Vis) @avkevins.bsky.social & I wrote "Ever the committed egalitarians – or the end of Scandinavian exceptionalism? Equality and welfare state preferences among voters and parties" @ politica.dk/boeger/no-no...
October 2, 2023 at 2:22 PM
free book in honor of Kees van Kersbergen! For the Festschrift (eds. Green Pedersen/Jensen/Vis) @avkevins.bsky.social & I wrote "Ever the committed egalitarians – or the end of Scandinavian exceptionalism? Equality and welfare state preferences among voters and parties" @ politica.dk/boeger/no-no...