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Mathias Poertner
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Associate Professor @LSEGovernment | Studying representation, politics of identity, parties, development | #FirstGen | he/him | www.mathiaspoertner.com
Excited to welcome @dbroockman.bsky.social at the @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour seminar today! He will present a paper on “How Constituent Contact Reinforces the Status Quo: Evidence from Administrative Records on Contact to Congress” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)
April 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Exciting news to share — I have been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor @lsegovernment.bsky.social!

I’m immensely grateful for the support and guidance from colleagues, mentors, and students, and I’m looking forward to the journey ahead!
March 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour seminar is hosting @seonghuilee.bsky.social for a talk on “Gender and the ‘misinformed’ type: Are men more ‘confidently wrong’ about political facts?” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)
February 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Excited to welcome Nan Zhang at the @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour seminar today! He will present a paper on “The Upside of Prejudice: Do Muslims in Europe Enjoy a Religious Trust Premium?” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)
January 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Excited to welcome Swen Hutter at the @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour seminar today! He will present a paper on “What’s in a Name? Party Branding in Europe” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)
January 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It's finally here! 🤗 So happy to hold an *actual copy* of the book in my hands!
December 2, 2024 at 4:02 PM
🎉 Thrilled that my new book, *Creating Partisans: The Organizational Roots of New Parties in Latin America*, is finally out! 🎉 @cambridgeup.bsky.social

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November 29, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Excited to welcome @antvalentim.bsky.social
at the @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour seminar today! He will present his paper "Climate Change and Political Entry: Evidence from Brazilian Municipal Elections" today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)
November 28, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Excited to welcome Andreas E. Felmann & Juan Pablo Luna at the LSE Latin American Politics Seminar series today *12:00 - 1:30 pm UK time* (in-person and online). They will present their new book “Criminal Politics and Botched Development in Contemporary Latin America” @lsegovernment.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 10:59 AM
The LSE Latin American Politics Seminar series is back this year with an exciting lineup of speakers...

Talks will be on-campus (open to anyone interested) but you can also join us remotely: lse.ac.uk/government/r...
September 24, 2024 at 2:40 PM
I can’t believe this is actually happening… I recently received the final cover for my book Creating Partisans that is coming out in August!

More on the book soon!

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May 28, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Excited to welcome @fortunato.bsky.social at the LSE Political Behaviour seminar today! He will present a paper on “How Voters Predict Coalition Bargaining Outcomes” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)
May 2, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Excited to welcome Jazmin Sierra at the LSE Latin American Politics Seminar series today *12:00 - 1:30 pm UK time* (in-person and online). She will present her paper “Globalized State-led Development: Industrial Policy and Outward Foreign Direct Investments in Brazil”
March 26, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Excited to welcome @adelineylo.bsky.social to the LSE Political Behaviour seminar today! She will present her paper “How increasing refugee visibility on TV news causes viewers to support refugees more, but like them less” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)
March 21, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Excited to welcome @yamilrvelez.bsky.social at the LSE Political Behaviour seminar today! He will present “Do Personal Issue Priorities Trump Group Policies? Exploring the Impact of Deeply-Held Issues among Latinos using Personalized Conjoint Experiments” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)
March 7, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Excited to welcome @zeynsom.bsky.social at the LSE Political Behaviour seminar today! She will present her paper “Personal Issue Importance Effects on Voters' Perceptual Accuracy of Party Issue Positions” (with Patrick Fournier & Ruth Dassonneville) *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online).
February 29, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Excited to welcome Maria Victoria Murillo at the LSE Latin American Politics Seminar series today *12:00 - 1:30 pm UK time* (in-person and online). She will present her paper (with Jorge Mangonnet) “Rural Unrest and Economic Prosperity”
February 15, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Join us for a talk by Simón Escoffier in our LSE Latin American Politics Seminar series today *1:00 - 2:00 pm UK time* (in-person and online). He will present his new book “Mobilizing at the Urban Margins: Citizenship and Patronage Politics in Post-Dictatorial Chile”
February 14, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Excited to welcome @dianebolet.bsky.social at the LSE Political Behaviour seminar today! She will present “Does Financial Assistance Mitigate Rural Backlash? The Case of the Common Agricultural Policy in France” (with @giorgiomalet.bsky.social) today *4-5 pm UK time*
February 8, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Join us for an exciting talk by Timothy Power in our LSE Latin American Politics Seminar series on “The Brazilian Political Right: Ideological and Factional Change” today *12:00 - 1:30 pm UK time* (in-person and online)
February 8, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Join us for an exciting talk by @valentimvicente.bsky.social at the LSE Political Behaviour seminar today! He will present his book project on “The Normalization of the Radical Right” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)
February 1, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Looking forward to today's LSE Political Behaviour seminar with Nick Lewis! Join us for his talk "Testing the Spiral of Silence Theory on Facebook" today *4-5 pm UK time*
January 25, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Excited to welcome Lauren Young at the LSE Political Behaviour seminar today! She will present a paper on “The limits of deliberation: Experimental evidence on punitive justice attitudes in Mexico” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online)
December 7, 2023 at 9:46 AM
Join us for an exciting talk by
@msands.bsky.social at the LSE Political Behaviour seminar today! She will present a paper on “The Policy Adjacent: How Affordable Housing Generates Policy Feedback Among Neighboring Residents” today *4-5 pm UK time* (in-person or online).
October 19, 2023 at 8:29 AM
Looking forward to today’s LSE Latin American Politics Seminar with @hochstet.bsky.social ! Join us for her talk “Populists in South America: Promoting or Blocking Energy Transition?” today *12:00-1:30 pm UK time*
October 12, 2023 at 7:23 AM