Kristina Bakkær Simonsen
@kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Political Science at Aarhus University studying political marginalization, immigrant integration, and moralization. https://sites.google.com/view/kristinabsimonsen/
@skynewsrss.bsky.social also wants to talk Danish immigration policy 🗣️
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@skynewsrss.bsky.social also wants to talk Danish immigration policy 🗣️
How can we understand the forces that keep political conflict alive in social life, even when its political salience has waned? In my and Anna van Vree's new working paper, we analyse 27 focus groups on immigration to show how moral boundaries make division sticky & potent: osf.io/preprints/so...
September 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
How can we understand the forces that keep political conflict alive in social life, even when its political salience has waned? In my and Anna van Vree's new working paper, we analyse 27 focus groups on immigration to show how moral boundaries make division sticky & potent: osf.io/preprints/so...
Findings #3: While research suggests that such topics exist which are per definition moral (think: gender/sexuality or war) and others which are non-moral (think: public admin or taxation), we show that the moralization of topics is highly variable 📊
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Findings #3: While research suggests that such topics exist which are per definition moral (think: gender/sexuality or war) and others which are non-moral (think: public admin or taxation), we show that the moralization of topics is highly variable 📊
Findings #2: The tendency to moralize is *not* ideologically patterned. Left and right, extreme and mainstream moralize to the same extent. Occasionally, extreme parties start out with higher levels of moralization, but over time, they adjust to mainstream parties' moralization levels 📈
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Findings #2: The tendency to moralize is *not* ideologically patterned. Left and right, extreme and mainstream moralize to the same extent. Occasionally, extreme parties start out with higher levels of moralization, but over time, they adjust to mainstream parties' moralization levels 📈
Findings #1: Political communication has become more moralized over time! This trend is pretty consistent across the 10 countries in focus of our study, with an estimated av. increase of 15%-points over 60 y 😮:
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Findings #1: Political communication has become more moralized over time! This trend is pretty consistent across the 10 countries in focus of our study, with an estimated av. increase of 15%-points over 60 y 😮:
We're kicking off a new season of your favourite show next Tuesday: The Migration & Ethnicity Workshop @aarhusuniint.bsky.social 🔥With an exciting line-up of stars, it promises to deliver world-class entertainment every second week. Please join if you're around (no online presentations).
August 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
We're kicking off a new season of your favourite show next Tuesday: The Migration & Ethnicity Workshop @aarhusuniint.bsky.social 🔥With an exciting line-up of stars, it promises to deliver world-class entertainment every second week. Please join if you're around (no online presentations).
Ticking off the best task on my to-do list before the summer break: composing this year's autoreply 👓
July 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ticking off the best task on my to-do list before the summer break: composing this year's autoreply 👓
Sad to be leaving Zurich and the @ethz.ch Immigration Policy Lab - you’ve really spoiled me 🫶🏼 Luckily, the fairytale isn’t quite over yet: I’ll be visiting @stawi-univie.bsky.social until mid-July 🔥🔥🔥 Do get in touch if you want to hang out 👯♂️
May 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Sad to be leaving Zurich and the @ethz.ch Immigration Policy Lab - you’ve really spoiled me 🫶🏼 Luckily, the fairytale isn’t quite over yet: I’ll be visiting @stawi-univie.bsky.social until mid-July 🔥🔥🔥 Do get in touch if you want to hang out 👯♂️
💥Postdoc call 💥
Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University
🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension)
❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth
🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data)
Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University
🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension)
❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth
🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data)
Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
March 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
💥Postdoc call 💥
Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University
🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension)
❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth
🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data)
Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University
🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension)
❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth
🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data)
Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
#3 I also hope our study can inspire to combine computational text analysis of large corpora & targeted, in-depth qualitative work to add transparency and deeper understanding of pol communication. With the qual part, we identified the overwhelming use of moral rhetoric to attack opponents 🥊👺
March 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#3 I also hope our study can inspire to combine computational text analysis of large corpora & targeted, in-depth qualitative work to add transparency and deeper understanding of pol communication. With the qual part, we identified the overwhelming use of moral rhetoric to attack opponents 🥊👺
Abstract for the talk:
March 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Abstract for the talk:
Tomorrow, in the CIS Colloquium @ethzurich.bsky.social and @ipz.bsky.social I'll be presenting new work on the electoral potentials (and pitfalls) of using moral rhetoric for individual politicians 📣🗳️ Joint work with @twidmann.bsky.social Come if you're around!
March 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Tomorrow, in the CIS Colloquium @ethzurich.bsky.social and @ipz.bsky.social I'll be presenting new work on the electoral potentials (and pitfalls) of using moral rhetoric for individual politicians 📣🗳️ Joint work with @twidmann.bsky.social Come if you're around!
What is happening in German political discourse on immigration right now? It is being intensely moralized: Merz is accused of a “Tabubruch” and for having opened “das Tor zur Hölle” – but according to him “es wird nicht falsch, nur weil es die Falschen für richtig halten”.
February 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
What is happening in German political discourse on immigration right now? It is being intensely moralized: Merz is accused of a “Tabubruch” and for having opened “das Tor zur Hölle” – but according to him “es wird nicht falsch, nur weil es die Falschen für richtig halten”.
‼️New semester, new round of the @au.dk Migration & Ethnicity Workshop‼️Stuffed w cool research from @mvinaes.bsky.social, Samuel Serup, Liv Bjerre, Karen Breidahl, @timallinger.bsky.social, @muzhou-zhang.bsky.social @matkruse.bsky.social, Signe Carlsen, @riazsascha.bsky.social Join if you're around 👯
January 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
‼️New semester, new round of the @au.dk Migration & Ethnicity Workshop‼️Stuffed w cool research from @mvinaes.bsky.social, Samuel Serup, Liv Bjerre, Karen Breidahl, @timallinger.bsky.social, @muzhou-zhang.bsky.social @matkruse.bsky.social, Signe Carlsen, @riazsascha.bsky.social Join if you're around 👯
Grüezi Zürich 🙋🏻♀️ can’t get over how beautiful it is here, which is one more reason to be incredibly excited to be a guest prof @ethzurich.bsky.social until the end of May. Would love to meet up if you’re also here, so do get in touch 🩵
January 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Grüezi Zürich 🙋🏻♀️ can’t get over how beautiful it is here, which is one more reason to be incredibly excited to be a guest prof @ethzurich.bsky.social until the end of May. Would love to meet up if you’re also here, so do get in touch 🩵
This platform still alive? If so, I have some advertising to do 🤗 A fresh & exciting round of the Aarhus Uni Migration & Ethnicity Workshop is just around the corner 😎 Come hear from smart people abt cool research. All welcome! @wnmerrell.bsky.social @flokeppeler.bsky.social @danielauer.bsky.social
August 21, 2024 at 10:58 AM
This platform still alive? If so, I have some advertising to do 🤗 A fresh & exciting round of the Aarhus Uni Migration & Ethnicity Workshop is just around the corner 😎 Come hear from smart people abt cool research. All welcome! @wnmerrell.bsky.social @flokeppeler.bsky.social @danielauer.bsky.social
Kicking off the spring programme of the Aarhus University Migration & Ethnicity Workshop tomorrow (Feb 13) with a presentation by Suat Alper Orhan, Europa-Universität Flensburg! Full programme below 👇 Please join if you're aorund 🤗 polisky migcitsky
February 12, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Kicking off the spring programme of the Aarhus University Migration & Ethnicity Workshop tomorrow (Feb 13) with a presentation by Suat Alper Orhan, Europa-Universität Flensburg! Full programme below 👇 Please join if you're aorund 🤗 polisky migcitsky
Fedt, Sara! Har lige indsat abstractet for præsentationen her, så du har lidt mere baggrund:
January 29, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Fedt, Sara! Har lige indsat abstractet for præsentationen her, så du har lidt mere baggrund:
Cross-posting allowed when you’re especially proud, right? 🤭 Thankful to be named 'Teacher of the Year' 🏆by the polisci students @aarhusuni.bsky.social w this motivation: "... her approach to learning and communication can be compared to an ankle kick from Cristiano Ronaldo - there is no better!"🫶🏻
December 4, 2023 at 12:42 PM
Cross-posting allowed when you’re especially proud, right? 🤭 Thankful to be named 'Teacher of the Year' 🏆by the polisci students @aarhusuni.bsky.social w this motivation: "... her approach to learning and communication can be compared to an ankle kick from Cristiano Ronaldo - there is no better!"🫶🏻
Just in time ❄️ @aarhusuni.bsky.social
December 1, 2023 at 9:11 AM
Just in time ❄️ @aarhusuni.bsky.social
I had the shittiest of days yesterday and felt really lousy, and then I received this e-mail 👇 If you like someone else's work, let them know; it makes a difference 🫶
September 28, 2023 at 9:58 AM
I had the shittiest of days yesterday and felt really lousy, and then I received this e-mail 👇 If you like someone else's work, let them know; it makes a difference 🫶
Excited to welcome Laura Gilliam (Danish School of Education, Aarhus University) in the Migration & Ethnicity Workshop today. Full programme below 👇 polisky migcitsky
September 26, 2023 at 6:47 AM
Excited to welcome Laura Gilliam (Danish School of Education, Aarhus University) in the Migration & Ethnicity Workshop today. Full programme below 👇 polisky migcitsky
We also find that left- and right-wing parties tend to moralize in equal measure, indicating that neither of the two ideological camps structuring modern Western political systems is innately more geared to see the world in a moral light than the other. 7/11
September 25, 2023 at 9:05 AM
We also find that left- and right-wing parties tend to moralize in equal measure, indicating that neither of the two ideological camps structuring modern Western political systems is innately more geared to see the world in a moral light than the other. 7/11
What did we find? In all countries but Spain political communication today is more heavily morally loaded than it was six decades ago. The increase is substantial: On average, the estimated increase amounts to 15 percentage points! 5/11
September 25, 2023 at 9:04 AM
What did we find? In all countries but Spain political communication today is more heavily morally loaded than it was six decades ago. The increase is substantial: On average, the estimated increase amounts to 15 percentage points! 5/11