Maria Thürk
@mariathurk.bsky.social
Assistant Professor (TT) Political Science @ Uppsala University | Minority govs and coalitions | Legislative institutions and behavior | Political parties and corruption perceptions |
mariathuerk.com
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A fun way to start the wknd:
We have received the reviews of ”Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout." […] I am delighted to conditionally accept your article for publication in The Journal of Politics.
@rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com
We have received the reviews of ”Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout." […] I am delighted to conditionally accept your article for publication in The Journal of Politics.
@rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A fun way to start the wknd:
We have received the reviews of ”Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout." […] I am delighted to conditionally accept your article for publication in The Journal of Politics.
@rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com
We have received the reviews of ”Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout." […] I am delighted to conditionally accept your article for publication in The Journal of Politics.
@rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @turnbulldugarte.com
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So happy to have received a new, generous grant (500k EUR) from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social to continue exploring the causes and consequences of voluntary segregation among lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Sweden. This time with a dream team of @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com
a cartoon of donald duck holding a stack of money
ALT: a cartoon of donald duck holding a stack of money
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November 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
So happy to have received a new, generous grant (500k EUR) from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social to continue exploring the causes and consequences of voluntary segregation among lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Sweden. This time with a dream team of @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com
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New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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Our project received funding from the Swedish Research Council! "How violent actors distort the path to political power: Evidence from Colombia" with Juan Diego Duque Salazar & @hannefjelde.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Our project received funding from the Swedish Research Council! "How violent actors distort the path to political power: Evidence from Colombia" with Juan Diego Duque Salazar & @hannefjelde.bsky.social
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New from @erc.europa.eu project #MINORITYRULE with @sopro.bsky.social: We study voters’ knowledge about and perceptions of minority governments in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪.
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
October 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New from @erc.europa.eu project #MINORITYRULE with @sopro.bsky.social: We study voters’ knowledge about and perceptions of minority governments in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪.
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️
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Tariffs might be the word of 2025.
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
A game of tariffs: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
In April 2025, the United States introduced sweeping tariffs on imports from the European Union and the United Kingdom, raising transatlantic tensions and prompting debate over Europe’s response. T...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Tariffs might be the word of 2025.
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Given the state of *looks around* we asked: is there demand for tariffs in Europe?
@grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @sophiemainz.bsky.social Maria Nordbrandt & I show the answer is a resolute no
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
September 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?
@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions
Thread 🧵1/10
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Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New ERC StG. Eternal thanks to my husband @samkschi.bsky.social, my academic friends and colleagues @comppollu.bsky.social and Gothenburg, & @lunduniversity.bsky.social research services - John Philips, Kerstin Gidlöf, and Carl Lagerqvist!
This would be impossible without supportive colleagues 👇
This would be impossible without supportive colleagues 👇
September 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
New ERC StG. Eternal thanks to my husband @samkschi.bsky.social, my academic friends and colleagues @comppollu.bsky.social and Gothenburg, & @lunduniversity.bsky.social research services - John Philips, Kerstin Gidlöf, and Carl Lagerqvist!
This would be impossible without supportive colleagues 👇
This would be impossible without supportive colleagues 👇
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I show the feminization strategy doesn’t always work to reduce voter punishment for corruption in LatAm. But in Guatemala where women’s rep is low & “fairer sex” stereotypes more prevalent amongst survey respondents, voters punish a party less post-scandal when new candidate is a woman. Read more👇🏻📑:
In “Can the Fairer Sex Save the Day? Voting for Women After Corruption Scandals in Latin America”, @emilyelia.bsky.social shows that voters’ perceptions about female candidates being less corrupt is context-dependent. Read here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Can the Fairer Sex Save the Day? Voting for Women After Corruption Scandals in Latin America - Political Behavior
Voters often perceive female politicians to be less corrupt than male politicians, and recent work posits that political parties use this perception to their advantage by running more female candidate...
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June 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I show the feminization strategy doesn’t always work to reduce voter punishment for corruption in LatAm. But in Guatemala where women’s rep is low & “fairer sex” stereotypes more prevalent amongst survey respondents, voters punish a party less post-scandal when new candidate is a woman. Read more👇🏻📑:
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I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
#ERCStG
#ERCStG
September 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I feel overwhelmed and incredibly honoured to announce that I have been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for my project “VisibleQueers”, fully titled as “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”.
#ERCStG
#ERCStG
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📢 New Publication Alert!
Our (@msaeltzer.bsky.social)
latest article, "Issue congruence between candidates' Twitter communication and constituencies in an MMES: Migration as an exemplary case", has just been published in Parliamentary Affairs.
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Our (@msaeltzer.bsky.social)
latest article, "Issue congruence between candidates' Twitter communication and constituencies in an MMES: Migration as an exemplary case", has just been published in Parliamentary Affairs.
academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...
August 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
📢 New Publication Alert!
Our (@msaeltzer.bsky.social)
latest article, "Issue congruence between candidates' Twitter communication and constituencies in an MMES: Migration as an exemplary case", has just been published in Parliamentary Affairs.
academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...
Our (@msaeltzer.bsky.social)
latest article, "Issue congruence between candidates' Twitter communication and constituencies in an MMES: Migration as an exemplary case", has just been published in Parliamentary Affairs.
academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...
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Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
August 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do men see gender parity in representation as detrimental to their interests? What about when women’s representation exceeds parity? And how do such shifts affect men’s fairness perceptions? I address these questions in my article, now published in PRQ. 1/9
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
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Idag skriver vi om sexuell korruption i Sverige på DN Debatt.
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
DN Debatt. ”Sexuell korruption är inte som andra mutbrott”
DN Debatt. Nya förslag kan få motsatt effekt och skapa fler risker för de utsatta, skriver fyra forskare.
www.dn.se
August 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Idag skriver vi om sexuell korruption i Sverige på DN Debatt.
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
@dagensnyheter.bsky.social @uu-polisci.bsky.social @uppgap.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
www.dn.se/debatt/sexue...
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Why do parties do what they do? Excited to share my 2nd dissertation paper, just published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
August 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Why do parties do what they do? Excited to share my 2nd dissertation paper, just published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
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New paper out @wepsocial.bsky.social!
🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result.
Read full 🧵 below:
🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result.
Read full 🧵 below:
August 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New paper out @wepsocial.bsky.social!
🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result.
Read full 🧵 below:
🥡 Key Take-Away: Opposition parties seek more conflict with the government when performing poorly in the polls – especially when falling below their previous election result.
Read full 🧵 below:
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📣 Call for Applications 📣
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
July 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📣 Call for Applications 📣
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀
Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!
🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025
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Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
www.cambridge.org
July 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Our Element is out! 🎉
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
It always feels like a great class reunion to attend the lovely ECPR Parliaments Conference @sgparliaments.bsky.social
This year in - super hot - Barcelona, I presented joint work with THE one and only @martigso.bsky.social on cross-partisan co-sponsorship in parliamentary systems
This year in - super hot - Barcelona, I presented joint work with THE one and only @martigso.bsky.social on cross-partisan co-sponsorship in parliamentary systems
July 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It always feels like a great class reunion to attend the lovely ECPR Parliaments Conference @sgparliaments.bsky.social
This year in - super hot - Barcelona, I presented joint work with THE one and only @martigso.bsky.social on cross-partisan co-sponsorship in parliamentary systems
This year in - super hot - Barcelona, I presented joint work with THE one and only @martigso.bsky.social on cross-partisan co-sponsorship in parliamentary systems
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Two trains and a bus cancelled, but no one can stop me from boarding a flight for @sgparliaments.bsky.social #sgop2025 💪
Barcelona here I come!
Barcelona here I come!
July 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Two trains and a bus cancelled, but no one can stop me from boarding a flight for @sgparliaments.bsky.social #sgop2025 💪
Barcelona here I come!
Barcelona here I come!
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Now out with volume number!
“Selecting and Ranking Female Candidates under PR” (with Michael Jankowski @cerpintaxt.bsky.social) in European Journal of Political Research (doi.org/10.1111/1475...)
“Selecting and Ranking Female Candidates under PR” (with Michael Jankowski @cerpintaxt.bsky.social) in European Journal of Political Research (doi.org/10.1111/1475...)
Selecting and ranking female candidates under PR: Evidence from a two‐stage conjoint experiment with party elites
Does gender affect candidate selection and list placement under proportional representation (PR)? Existing research argues that PR systems have a positive effect on women's representation due to a mo...
doi.org
July 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Now out with volume number!
“Selecting and Ranking Female Candidates under PR” (with Michael Jankowski @cerpintaxt.bsky.social) in European Journal of Political Research (doi.org/10.1111/1475...)
“Selecting and Ranking Female Candidates under PR” (with Michael Jankowski @cerpintaxt.bsky.social) in European Journal of Political Research (doi.org/10.1111/1475...)
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Another piece on candidate selection of mine is forthcoming in @thejop.bsky.social : Intra-party Competition, Geographic Responsiveness and Incumbent Deselection in Closed-List PR” (doi.org/10.1086/734244)
Intra-party Competition, Geographic Responsiveness and Incumbent Deselection in Closed-List PR | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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July 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Another piece on candidate selection of mine is forthcoming in @thejop.bsky.social : Intra-party Competition, Geographic Responsiveness and Incumbent Deselection in Closed-List PR” (doi.org/10.1086/734244)
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I took a closer look at the program #EPSA2024 and found some interesting trends – there seem to be more US based scholars than last year 🇺🇸
@epsanet.bsky.social
A thread on this year's authors and affiliations 🧵
@epsanet.bsky.social
A thread on this year's authors and affiliations 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I took a closer look at the program #EPSA2024 and found some interesting trends – there seem to be more US based scholars than last year 🇺🇸
@epsanet.bsky.social
A thread on this year's authors and affiliations 🧵
@epsanet.bsky.social
A thread on this year's authors and affiliations 🧵
Super happy to see this paper now in print! We show that parties which do not enter coalitions, but have formal (written) support agreements with minority cabinets- such as Tidö Agreement in Sweden - are likely to be punished at the next elections, similarly to junior coalition partners.
New article from our latest issue (Issue 8, 2025): "Hitting the Sweet Spot? The Electoral Consequences of Supporting Minority Governments" by Maria Thürk @mariathurk.bsky.social and Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social
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#polisky #socialscience #academicsky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#polisky #socialscience #academicsky
June 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Super happy to see this paper now in print! We show that parties which do not enter coalitions, but have formal (written) support agreements with minority cabinets- such as Tidö Agreement in Sweden - are likely to be punished at the next elections, similarly to junior coalition partners.