Peter Egge Langsæther
@peterla.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Oslo. Political/electoral behaviour & party politics, cleavages and social class. https://sites.google.com/view/peterla/start
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Party Families in Western Europe
This comprehensive and comparative book makes clear what party families are and, in doing so, helps categorise and make sense of parties in different countries. It describes the ideology of the famili...
www.routledge.com
My book on party families in Western Europe has been out for a year now so why not do an anniversary thread? 🧵 #polisky
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www.routledge.com/Party-Famili...
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Last day to submit a paper or panel for the EPSS conference in Belfast 2026. It's where you will meet the best and nicest people in European political science next year.
Deadline for application to @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026 conference is this Friday 7th of November.
There's been an amazing response to the call for papers so far, we hope for even more great proposals this week.
Here is the call for papers: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
There's been an amazing response to the call for papers so far, we hope for even more great proposals this week.
Here is the call for papers: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Last day to submit a paper or panel for the EPSS conference in Belfast 2026. It's where you will meet the best and nicest people in European political science next year.
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Svingdøra spinner som en karusell i norsk politikk for tida. Dette er ikke tegn på et sunt demokrati.
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Svingdøra spinner som en karusell i norsk politikk for tida. Dette er ikke tegn på et sunt demokrati.
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Look at the distribution of z-values from medical research!
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Look at the distribution of z-values from medical research!
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The rich are responsible for an outsized share of carbon emissions — the top 10% account for 48%.
And the gap is growing.
Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.
And the gap is growing.
Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.
October 29, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The rich are responsible for an outsized share of carbon emissions — the top 10% account for 48%.
And the gap is growing.
Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.
And the gap is growing.
Since 1990, the richest 1% have increased their share of emissions by 13%, while the poorest 50% have seen theirs fall by 3%.
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Super excited to finally see this project out in the wild! What a journey it's been! Looking forward to see how people will use this awesome data. See thread below for more details from @jacobnyrup.bsky.social.
Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Super excited to finally see this project out in the wild! What a journey it's been! Looking forward to see how people will use this awesome data. See thread below for more details from @jacobnyrup.bsky.social.
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We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!
Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Super excited to finally see this project out in the wild! What a journey it's been! Looking forward to see how people will use this awesome data. See thread below for more details from @jacobnyrup.bsky.social.
Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Super excited to finally see this project out in the wild! What a journey it's been! Looking forward to see how people will use this awesome data. See thread below for more details from @jacobnyrup.bsky.social.
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Excited to share a glimpse of my book on party families via LSE European Politics and Policy! The book delves into the heart of what constitutes a party family, offer updated categorisations, contemporary descriptions, and an insight into their supporters. #polisky
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Why we should rethink how we categorise party families in western Europe
It is common to refer to party families such as “social democrats” and the “radical right” when discussing European politics. Drawing on a new book, Peter Egge Langsæther writes that while th...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 3, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Excited to share a glimpse of my book on party families via LSE European Politics and Policy! The book delves into the heart of what constitutes a party family, offer updated categorisations, contemporary descriptions, and an insight into their supporters. #polisky
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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Hvis vi mener alvor med at vi trenger å trygge landet, er investering i kunnskap grunnplanken. Nå er planken for tynn til å bære ambisjonene.
Forskning er beredskap, så hvorfor trygger ikke regjeringen landet?
KOMMENTAR: Nok en gang må alle andre fortelle politikerne at forskning er viktig. Hvorfor kan de ikke forstå det selv?
www.forskning.no
October 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hvis vi mener alvor med at vi trenger å trygge landet, er investering i kunnskap grunnplanken. Nå er planken for tynn til å bære ambisjonene.
Mye klokt her, både om underfinansiering og ny pensjonsalder i akademia.
www.khrono.no/takk-for-meg...
www.khrono.no/takk-for-meg...
Takk for meg!
Om underfinansieringen av universitetene og om det å holde fanen høyt for grunnforskning.
www.khrono.no
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Mye klokt her, både om underfinansiering og ny pensjonsalder i akademia.
www.khrono.no/takk-for-meg...
www.khrono.no/takk-for-meg...
Her er min tidlige analyse av stortingsvalget (del av Kristianias Valganalyse-prosjekt). Mye var avgjort lenge før valgkampen begynte denne gangen.
www.kristiania.no/forskning/fo...
www.kristiania.no/forskning/fo...
Valganalyse 2025: Valget – avgjort lenge før valgkampen?
De viktigste trendene ved valget i 2025 ble på mange måter avgjort lenge før valgdagen. Les mer.
www.kristiania.no
October 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Her er min tidlige analyse av stortingsvalget (del av Kristianias Valganalyse-prosjekt). Mye var avgjort lenge før valgkampen begynte denne gangen.
www.kristiania.no/forskning/fo...
www.kristiania.no/forskning/fo...
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Super easy way you can send a message, right now, from whatever device you're viewing this post on. #boycottdisneyabc
September 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Super easy way you can send a message, right now, from whatever device you're viewing this post on. #boycottdisneyabc
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forskjellsbehandlingen Eirik Jensen nyter godt av i møte med fengselsvesenet er altså helt sinnsykt og dyp fornærmelse mot alle de folka som er alvorlig psykisk syke og ikke får slippe fri eller behandle fotlenke som om det er valgfritt
dette er pill råttent
www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Jbja...
dette er pill råttent
www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Jbja...
Slapp fengsel og skulle sone med fotlenke hjemme
Den har aldri vært i bruk.
www.aftenposten.no
September 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
forskjellsbehandlingen Eirik Jensen nyter godt av i møte med fengselsvesenet er altså helt sinnsykt og dyp fornærmelse mot alle de folka som er alvorlig psykisk syke og ikke får slippe fri eller behandle fotlenke som om det er valgfritt
dette er pill råttent
www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Jbja...
dette er pill råttent
www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Jbja...
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The world is on fire and the future in question but, small ray of sunshine:
Solar-powered cars are coming next year. Yeah, you read that right.
Imagine getting 10-40 miles a day of range from just parking your car someplace sunny. It's coming.
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Solar-powered cars are coming next year. Yeah, you read that right.
Imagine getting 10-40 miles a day of range from just parking your car someplace sunny. It's coming.
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Solar-Powered Cars and Trucks Are Almost Here
New, power-sipping EVs due next year are efficient enough to gain 10 to 40 miles of daily charge from the sun alone.
www.wsj.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The world is on fire and the future in question but, small ray of sunshine:
Solar-powered cars are coming next year. Yeah, you read that right.
Imagine getting 10-40 miles a day of range from just parking your car someplace sunny. It's coming.
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Solar-powered cars are coming next year. Yeah, you read that right.
Imagine getting 10-40 miles a day of range from just parking your car someplace sunny. It's coming.
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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📘 64.4
Our authors find automation risk lowers political turnout for men but not women, while strong populist right mobilization can offset the decline. Job impacts but not awareness, drive these effects.
#Automation #GenderGap #PoliticalBehavior #Populism
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Our authors find automation risk lowers political turnout for men but not women, while strong populist right mobilization can offset the decline. Job impacts but not awareness, drive these effects.
#Automation #GenderGap #PoliticalBehavior #Populism
Read more:
The gendered long-term consequences of automation risk on electoral behaviour: Evidence from Norway
BERNT BRATSBERG, HENNING FINSERAAS, PETER EGGE LANGSÆTHER, OLE ROGEBERG
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
📘 64.4
Our authors find automation risk lowers political turnout for men but not women, while strong populist right mobilization can offset the decline. Job impacts but not awareness, drive these effects.
#Automation #GenderGap #PoliticalBehavior #Populism
Read more:
Our authors find automation risk lowers political turnout for men but not women, while strong populist right mobilization can offset the decline. Job impacts but not awareness, drive these effects.
#Automation #GenderGap #PoliticalBehavior #Populism
Read more:
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Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The three most damning paras in the UN Report alleging that Israel is perpetrating genocide in Gaza: Siege starvation, attacks on health care, direct targeting of children as patterns that cannot be explained except if group destruction is one animating purpose.
September 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The three most damning paras in the UN Report alleging that Israel is perpetrating genocide in Gaza: Siege starvation, attacks on health care, direct targeting of children as patterns that cannot be explained except if group destruction is one animating purpose.
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The involvement of the Downing Street press operation in this is genuinely shameful. Someone present should use their question to grill the PM on this, on camera.
Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The involvement of the Downing Street press operation in this is genuinely shameful. Someone present should use their question to grill the PM on this, on camera.
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Annual Norwegian NORM/NORM-VET report released.
Norway’s strict antibiotic policies pay off. Record-low use in humans & animals, and some of Europe’s lowest #AMR rates. But ESBL & VRE are on the rise, so vigilance is vital.
www.unn.no/4a675d/sitea...
Norway’s strict antibiotic policies pay off. Record-low use in humans & animals, and some of Europe’s lowest #AMR rates. But ESBL & VRE are on the rise, so vigilance is vital.
www.unn.no/4a675d/sitea...
www.unn.no
September 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Annual Norwegian NORM/NORM-VET report released.
Norway’s strict antibiotic policies pay off. Record-low use in humans & animals, and some of Europe’s lowest #AMR rates. But ESBL & VRE are on the rise, so vigilance is vital.
www.unn.no/4a675d/sitea...
Norway’s strict antibiotic policies pay off. Record-low use in humans & animals, and some of Europe’s lowest #AMR rates. But ESBL & VRE are on the rise, so vigilance is vital.
www.unn.no/4a675d/sitea...
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Self-care is overrated—helping others has the biggest benefits for everyone involved
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Self-care is overrated—helping others has the biggest benefits for everyone involved
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
The fact that our governments allowed an ally to massacre the people in Gaza will haunt us forever.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000
Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The fact that our governments allowed an ally to massacre the people in Gaza will haunt us forever.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Long ago, in a study of the democratic attitudes in Germany, Dalton raised the possibility of “Fragebogendemokraten” (questionnaire democrats): people who hesitate to express their sincere dislike for “democracy” in surveys, providing instead the “socially desirable” response (1)
September 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Long ago, in a study of the democratic attitudes in Germany, Dalton raised the possibility of “Fragebogendemokraten” (questionnaire democrats): people who hesitate to express their sincere dislike for “democracy” in surveys, providing instead the “socially desirable” response (1)
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🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨
If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!
More here 👇🏽
If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!
More here 👇🏽
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.
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😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨
If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!
More here 👇🏽
If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!
More here 👇🏽