Aysenur Deger
@degeraysenur.bsky.social
Social Scientist. Authoritarianism, Populism, Inequality, Polarization, Persuasion. Political Science PhD Candidate @MaxwellSU
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Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
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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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Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
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@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social wrote a nice piece how to make the polarization research better by adding context info and power difference considerations: doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
Bringing critical social psychology to the study of political polarization
The study of political polarization, in both its ideological and its affective expressions, has garnered significantly more interest over the last years. But despite recent research on the conceptual....
doi.org
September 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social wrote a nice piece how to make the polarization research better by adding context info and power difference considerations: doi.org/10.1111/spc3...
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"... shows how a different form of public policy-subsidized home ownership-can transform poor people's lives by bolstering not just wealth but also agency and civic participation."
'Building Social Mobility' by @tanukumar.com.
Coming Soon - 📚 cup.org/3Hu4o9k 📚
'Building Social Mobility' by @tanukumar.com.
Coming Soon - 📚 cup.org/3Hu4o9k 📚
August 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"... shows how a different form of public policy-subsidized home ownership-can transform poor people's lives by bolstering not just wealth but also agency and civic participation."
'Building Social Mobility' by @tanukumar.com.
Coming Soon - 📚 cup.org/3Hu4o9k 📚
'Building Social Mobility' by @tanukumar.com.
Coming Soon - 📚 cup.org/3Hu4o9k 📚
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The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
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📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
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August 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
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📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
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What could go wrong?
August 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
What could go wrong?
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Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.
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 4:48 PM
Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.
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Social mobility, self-selection, and the persistence of class inequality in electoral participation
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social by Giacomo Melli and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellows Nan Dirk de Graaf & Geoffrey Evans
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social by Giacomo Melli and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellows Nan Dirk de Graaf & Geoffrey Evans
August 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Social mobility, self-selection, and the persistence of class inequality in electoral participation
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social by Giacomo Melli and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellows Nan Dirk de Graaf & Geoffrey Evans
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social by Giacomo Melli and @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellows Nan Dirk de Graaf & Geoffrey Evans
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Helsinki (pop 657,000) has not had a single traffic death during the last twelve months.
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July 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Helsinki (pop 657,000) has not had a single traffic death during the last twelve months.
poliisi.fi/-/helsingin-...
poliisi.fi/-/helsingin-...
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A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
July 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything
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Is authoritarianism linked to religiosity? Here’s my bite-sized answer in an 80-second video! ⏱️📽️👇
Is authoritarianism linked to religiosity? 🧐
Prof @gizemarikan.bsky.social (@tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social) delves into the answer in our latest Meet the Expert video!
@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social @tcdeconomics.bsky.social @trinityresearch.bsky.social @trisstcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
Prof @gizemarikan.bsky.social (@tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social) delves into the answer in our latest Meet the Expert video!
@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social @tcdeconomics.bsky.social @trinityresearch.bsky.social @trisstcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Is authoritarianism linked to religiosity? Here’s my bite-sized answer in an 80-second video! ⏱️📽️👇
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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.
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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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Don’t miss the deadline to apply for the @epovb.bsky.social Early Career Fellowship. Coming up next week! ⬇️📆
Call for proposals!
EPOVB Early-Career Fellowship
deadline: July 1, 2025
Submit to Melissa R. Michelson, at melissa.michelson@menlo.edu
dropbox.com/scl/fi/rcmsv...
EPOVB Early-Career Fellowship
deadline: July 1, 2025
Submit to Melissa R. Michelson, at melissa.michelson@menlo.edu
dropbox.com/scl/fi/rcmsv...
June 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Don’t miss the deadline to apply for the @epovb.bsky.social Early Career Fellowship. Coming up next week! ⬇️📆
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Are you using online surveys in your research? Recruiting participants through paid ads? Then @anjaneundorf.bsky.social and I have an article you’ll want to read:
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
June 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Are you using online surveys in your research? Recruiting participants through paid ads? Then @anjaneundorf.bsky.social and I have an article you’ll want to read:
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
Mike Johnson brazenly lies: "We are not cutting Medicaid. The president has said that and I have said that. We're all said that. We're strengthening the program."
June 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
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Out now🎉 - Evidence (from distribution analyses and machine learning models on EES 2014-2024 data) of strong similarities and growing convergence in EU public opinion, particularly on economic issues. Common right-ward shifts on immigration, yes - but underlying drivers still vary. shorturl.at/KCx0S
June 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Out now🎉 - Evidence (from distribution analyses and machine learning models on EES 2014-2024 data) of strong similarities and growing convergence in EU public opinion, particularly on economic issues. Common right-ward shifts on immigration, yes - but underlying drivers still vary. shorturl.at/KCx0S
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Kinda done with “hot takes”, but into writing slow reflections.
I know, I’m clearly on the wrong platform.
Tired of takes? Same.
Respect the Marble is my Substack about writing & thinking with clarity when we're surrounded by speed & noise.
🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
I know, I’m clearly on the wrong platform.
Tired of takes? Same.
Respect the Marble is my Substack about writing & thinking with clarity when we're surrounded by speed & noise.
🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
Respect the Marble | Catherine E. De Vries | Substack
Catherine E. De Vries' Substack on writing and communication by harnessing skill power. Click to read Respect the Marble, by Catherine E. De Vries, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Kinda done with “hot takes”, but into writing slow reflections.
I know, I’m clearly on the wrong platform.
Tired of takes? Same.
Respect the Marble is my Substack about writing & thinking with clarity when we're surrounded by speed & noise.
🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
I know, I’m clearly on the wrong platform.
Tired of takes? Same.
Respect the Marble is my Substack about writing & thinking with clarity when we're surrounded by speed & noise.
🔗 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
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With much thanks to @ndelacerda.bsky.social & a great @chesdata.bsky.social team, we have a new JOP article (early access) comparing expert evaluations of party positions from Europe to Israel to North America to Australia. doi.org/10.1086/736578
A global scale of economic left-right party positions: cross-national and cross-expert perceptions of party placements | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
With much thanks to @ndelacerda.bsky.social & a great @chesdata.bsky.social team, we have a new JOP article (early access) comparing expert evaluations of party positions from Europe to Israel to North America to Australia. doi.org/10.1086/736578
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1/ Happy to report an unfortunately timely new (open access!) pub in EPSR. A short 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S175...
Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes
doi.org
June 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ Happy to report an unfortunately timely new (open access!) pub in EPSR. A short 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S175...
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It's happening! 😍 Our first @ecpr.bsky.social standalone conference, from 9-10 June at @qmul.ac.uk!
👉 Registration for papers & panels is open! 🍿
👉 Kindly brought to you by @profannikawerner.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @sajuria.com @stijntvankessel.bsky.social 🙌
👉 Registration for papers & panels is open! 🍿
👉 Kindly brought to you by @profannikawerner.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @sajuria.com @stijntvankessel.bsky.social 🙌
📯 Introducing a ✨ NEW conference ✨ for researchers specialising in extremism, democracy, and populism
🥇 Inaugural Conference of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
🕰️ New and Old Challenges of #Populism and #Radicalism
💂♂️ Hosted by @qmul.ac.uk
📅 9–10 June 2025
✍️ Submit your Panel or Paper by 3 March
🥇 Inaugural Conference of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social
🕰️ New and Old Challenges of #Populism and #Radicalism
💂♂️ Hosted by @qmul.ac.uk
📅 9–10 June 2025
✍️ Submit your Panel or Paper by 3 March
Inaugural Conference of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, Queen Mary University of London, 9 – 10 June 2025
New and Old Challenges of Populism and Radicalism
buff.ly
January 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It's happening! 😍 Our first @ecpr.bsky.social standalone conference, from 9-10 June at @qmul.ac.uk!
👉 Registration for papers & panels is open! 🍿
👉 Kindly brought to you by @profannikawerner.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @sajuria.com @stijntvankessel.bsky.social 🙌
👉 Registration for papers & panels is open! 🍿
👉 Kindly brought to you by @profannikawerner.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @sajuria.com @stijntvankessel.bsky.social 🙌
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“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”
June 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“A 2010 study that analyzed 40 years of protest coverage in five major newspapers, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, found that the papers depicted protests — even peaceful ones — as nuisances rather than as necessary functions of democracy.”