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Vibeke Wøien Hansen
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Researcher, Institute for Social Research, Norway
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silje-hermansen.bsky.social
Methods don’t make meaning. Theory does.

Better methods won’t eradicate the slot machine.

Put the tools to the use of theory.

Thanks to @lseimpactblog.bsky.social for featuring my post.
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Quantitative political science shouldn’t favour tools over meaning - Impact of Social Sciences
Has the fetishization of quantitative tools obscured the wider context and meaning of in political science?
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November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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jeppjournal.bsky.social
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@vibekewoien.bsky.social & @liserodland.bsky.social : Explaining interest group position-taking across partisan policy dimensions 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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tommasopavone.bsky.social
Friends, my article w/ @silje-hermansen.bsky.social and @louisabo.bsky.social on how/why the "have nots" come out ahead in litigation @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! We propose a theory of judicial leveling & spotlighting to explain these contrarian results: take a look!
bjpols.bsky.social British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 24d
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Leveling and Spotlighting: How the European Court of Justice Favors the Weak to Promote Its Legitimacy - https://cup.org/4oWD6ZT

- @silje-hermansen.bsky.social, @tommasopavone.bsky.social & @louisabo.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of international courts like the European Court of Justice on individual rights and civil society, highlighting their role in promoting legal claims and supporting networks.
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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inalkristiansen.bsky.social
Very proud to have been a part of this project and to see my first co-authored article out in the world! Read @jacobnyrup.bsky.social excellent thread for more info on the data! 🥳
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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sampol.bsky.social
📣 New chapter 🌟
👥 Adriana Bunea @adrianabuneauib.bsky.social & Idunn Nørbech @norbidunn.bsky.social
📘 Public Policymaking and Stakeholder Consultations in Norway
📚 The Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics, eds Kolltveit, Allern, Braut-Hegghammer & Rasch
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September 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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adrianabuneauib.bsky.social
Our article on how government invitations impact the levels and diversity of participation in online public consultations is now out with an issue number! Data from our favourite country: awesome Norway! 😇
ejprjournal.bsky.social European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · Sep 11
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@adrianabuneauib.bsky.social & @norbidunn.bsky.social use 🇳🇴 datasets 📊 to make claim that government invitations boost participation in online public consultations, increasing both the number and diversity of stakeholders.

#Governance #PublicPolicy

Read more:
Do government invitations to consultations shape stakeholder participation in public policymaking?
ADRIANA BUNEA, IDUNN NØRBECH
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September 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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jacobnyrup.bsky.social
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...
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
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October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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peterla.bsky.social
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.
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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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 🙏

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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
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October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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annerasmussen.bsky.social
🚨 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

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September 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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michelecrepaz.bsky.social
Does lobbying access actually mean lobbying influence?

In our new @jeppjournal.bsky.social paper we try to answer this key question in interest group politics and lobbying by exploring models of access = influence translation.

Check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... is #OA
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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fgenovese.bsky.social
❇️ Check out our new OA article in the BJPS!

You'll find everything you love (hate?) like public perceptions of climate policy risk, IO backlash, devolution concerns, and trust politics in the UK.

Tldr: climate blacklash should be read through regional lenses.

Past thread: bsky.app/profile/fgen...
bjpols.bsky.social British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Oct 23
NEW -

Climate Policy Costs, Regional Politics, and Backlash against International Co-operation - https://cup.org/47BYSeS

- @patrickbayer.bsky.social & @fgenovese.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the influence of international climate concerns on public sentiments and policy in regions with costly adjustments, highlighting the need for regional cooperation and sympathetic reactions based on geographical contexts.
October 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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allernelin.bsky.social
I am thrilled to announce the publication of the Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics! Over 70 scholars from various institutions in Norway and abroad have contributed their expertise and insights to 48 chapters on different aspects of Norwegian politics.

A short🧵

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October 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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allernelin.bsky.social
I am happy to see that Maiken Røed's, Vibeke Wøien Hansen's (@vibekewoien.bsky.social), and my paper on the relationship between party-interest group ties and political influence is one of the highly viewed articles in @polstudies.bsky.social

Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/h7NaH4Y
polstudies.bsky.social Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Oct 19
What are the political effects of organizational ties between parties & interest groups? Maiken Røed, @allernelin.bsky.social & @vibekewoien.bsky.social examine the relationship between party-interest group ties & political influence. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/h7NaH4Y

#PSHighlyViewed 6/10

#polsci
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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polstudies.bsky.social
What are the political effects of organizational ties between parties & interest groups? Maiken Røed, @allernelin.bsky.social & @vibekewoien.bsky.social examine the relationship between party-interest group ties & political influence. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/h7NaH4Y

#PSHighlyViewed 6/10

#polsci
October 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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annerasmussen.bsky.social
🚨 New paper in Science Advances @science.org

Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get?

T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments

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July 28, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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bjornhoyland.bsky.social
Our letter @philippbroniecki.bsky.social on what unites the right in the European Parliament is out in @eupthejournal.bsky.social , journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
What unites the right in the European Parliament? - Philipp Broniecki, Bjørn Høyland, 2025
This letter analyzes coalition patterns among right-wing groups in the European Parliament, exploring the conditions that lead these groups to unite on policy. ...
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June 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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tommasopavone.bsky.social
𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 in @bjpols.bsky.social! We show the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social neither favors the "haves" nor has a pro-business bias: it consistently levels the odds for disempowered individuals & spotlights support for their rights. Why 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 the haves come out ahead? Read on: tinyurl.com/28662tae
June 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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tommasopavone.bsky.social
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 w/ @chrishillion.bsky.social & @ascherz.bsky.social! How can governments restore liberal democracy after a period of democratic erosion? We theorize "democratic frontsliding" & how obstructions to frontsliding can be overcome, using Poland/the EU as a case: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
June 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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wmjunk.bsky.social
Thrilled that our article is published open access @annualreviews.bsky.social!

We review recent strides in the study of lobbying & flesh out 1) transaction, 2) persuasion and 3) mobilisation mechanisms with @garlicksauce.bsky.social & @heathbrown.bsky.social

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How Lobbying Matters | Annual Reviews
For decades, political scientists have struggled to provide empirical evidence that lobbying influences policymaking. A considerable gap arose between widespread public suspicions of lobbying and the ...
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June 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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mariannedahl.bsky.social
New paper alert 😄 ! Mauricio Rivera Celestino, Scott Gates and I have a paper out in the Journal of Conflict Resolution: lnkd.in/gzqYuTmN! The work began in 2017 as part of the Street-Level Autocrat project. Since then, children have been born, data collected, and now, the article is finally out:
June 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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martingross.bsky.social
@vibekewoien.bsky.social Mjelde, Saglie & Segaard study the relationship between local party branches & councillors in Norway

💡Key findings:
1️⃣Work in local party branches & in the council is integrated
2️⃣Left-leaning parties ➡️ more likely to be involved in council work

doi.org/10.1111/spsr...
The Local Party Branch and the Council Party Group: Who Governs?
The relationship between the local party branch organisation and local councillors has been left largely unexplored in the party literature. We explore how this relationship varies within the case of...
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June 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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simonotjes.bsky.social
Out now! The introduction to our Special Issue on Party Politics at the Local Level with @rafreuse.bsky.social @christinajuen.bsky.social @martingross.bsky.social and Michael Jankowski
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Party Politics at the Local Level: Introduction to the Special Issue
This Special Issue explores the evolving role of local party politics in Europe and beyond, emphasizing the increasing autonomy of local governments and their growing influence in public life. Despit...
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June 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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martingross.bsky.social
💥Very happy & proud that the Special Issue "Party Politics at the Local Level" has found such an excellent home @spsr.bsky.social

Huge thanks to my co-editors @christinajuen.bsky.social @rafreuse.bsky.social @simonotjes.bsky.social & @cerpintaxt.bsky.social

A 🧵on the SI contributions:
June 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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adrianabuneauib.bsky.social
Delighted to see our paper on how government invitations shape stakeholder participation in public consultations published in EJPR! Part of my @erc.europa.eu project CONSULTATIONEFFECTS. Co-authored with @norbidunn.bsky.social . 🙌 Open access!😇
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Do government invitations to consultations shape stakeholder participation in public policymaking?
Online public consultations are an instrument frequently used by governments to invite citizens and interest organisations to participate in the formulation of public policies. A key feature of the c....
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May 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM