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Silke Goubin @silkegoubin.bsky.social · 4h

Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast

@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 1d

Happy ERC submission date for all those that celebrate. May your reviewers be fair and scores generous!

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 6d

💰 @danjdevine.bsky.social: "Political trust and redistribution preferences" 🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 1d

Happy ERC submission date for all those that celebrate. May your reviewers be fair and scores generous!

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 2d

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...

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...

doi.org

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 6d

Related at all to this type of story, you think?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The battle for Scotland's flag: Why the right has adopted the saltire

The saltire has long been embraced by supporters of Scottish independence – but now it is being unfurled for a different cause.

www.bbc.co.uk

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 6d

📰 Our October issue is out and in your inbox

👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 6d

Fair enough - have done so out of an abundance of precaution (phrase seared into my brain post-COVID)

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 6d

I have no doubt he'll be along to fight for the regeneration of the overwhelming whiter, poorer places in Blackpool, Middlesborough, Liverpool, and Essex any day now...

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 6d

If nothing else it's a strange place to choose to be a racist about, if it's the same place that I looked at! Wealthier and whiter than the England average.

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 6d

Not really the point, but this ward is apparently 85% white (let alone non-white British), 5% were not from the UK, and is one of the 'least deprived areas in England' (p16).

Maybe I'm looking at the wrong place 🤷‍♂️

www.solihull.gov.uk/sites/defaul...

www.solihull.gov.uk

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 7d

Not to mention, be required to explain how the Very Serious And Important Degrees will be funded without the cheap-to-run ones.

Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 7d

Any politician who talks about "rip-off degrees" but not the existential crisis facing maths departments at low tariff unis should not be taken seriously.

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 16d

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Applications are open for full funding (scholarship + maintenance) @sotonpolitics.bsky.social through the @scdtp.bsky.social

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 8d

Seems that 'the research found the correlation between enjoying international food and a positive attitude towards immigrants was not simply because diners were more open in the first place' is based on several mediation analyses, which is... bold!

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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 We have a cool new ESRC PhD studentship opportunity on the topic of political persuasion for someone interested in campaigning, field experiments and/or computational methods @lsegovernment.bsky.social, in collaboration with
@campaign-lab.bsky.social. All info 👇
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LSE Collaborative Studentship with Campaign Lab

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 12d

Congrats, good to see it out.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 14d

Happy to publish today in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social

Pop culture (think Netflix's Sex Education) make us think that emerging cohorts are happy to socially incorporate partners with sexually modern backgrounds and experiences 🏳️‍🌈

But is this really the case?

doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Allies on the streets but illiberal in the sheets? Gender and the public vs. private inclusion of sexual minorities | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Allies on the streets but illiberal in the sheets? Gender and the public vs. private inclusion of sexual minorities

doi.org

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 12d

Always happy to receive and publish great papers especially from ECRs 👇

Jochem Vanagt @jochemvanagt.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 New publication out @jeppjournal.bsky.social w/ Katrin Praprotnik @luanarusso.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social

We show that coalition signals from the mainstream right to the radical right shift, rather than reduce, existing political divisions.

Open-access article: doi.org/10.1080/1350...

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 14d

🤝 @jochemvanagt.bsky.social, Katrin Praprotnik, @luanarusso.bsky.social, and @markuswagner.bsky.social show that when the mainstream right signals openness to govern with the far right, it eases tensions on the right but amplifies antipathy on the left 👇

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Partisan affect and political tolerance in the context of shifting norms: the effect of coalition signals towards the radical right

Mainstream political actors in many countries face the challenging decision of how to engage with radical-right parties. While some systematically exclude them from power, others accept them as coa...

www.tandfonline.com

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 16d

We have great people in public opinion and behaviour that can make a superb supervision team whatever you're interested in 👇

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 16d

Are you, or do you know, someone who wants to do a PhD?

Applications are open for full funding (scholarship + maintenance) @sotonpolitics.bsky.social through the @scdtp.bsky.social

Get in touch if you're interested

southcoastdtp.ac.uk/apply/

Apply - South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership

Our call for applications for studentships commencing in 2026/27 is now open (from 26th January 2025, 12:00am) The deadline for application is 17:00 GMT 16th Jan 2026. Below are our current applicatio...

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 22d

Some sun would have been nice, if I'm being picky...

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 22d

It was a pleasure to visit the University of Amsterdam last week, a final trip before term starts...

Thanks for having me @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social @cvalebeek.bsky.social @hannesbey.bsky.social @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social and others without Bluesky!

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · Sep 11

Really interesting paper.

One issue that complicates interpretation is that they their treatment is exposure to a human-centric AI assistant (ChatGPT) not an autonomous AI agent.

Creates a false sense of security rather than a more accurate subjective risk perception?

@mhaslberger.bsky.social ‬

JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · Sep 11

📊 @mhaslberger.bsky.social, Jane Gingrich, and Jasmine Bhatia explore how exposure to AI shapes social policy preferences in a UK survey experiment.

💡 Their key finding: when faced with AI, people want support, not just protection

🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 28d

Happy to see another great paper out at @jeppjournal.bsky.social .

JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · Sep 11

📊 @mhaslberger.bsky.social, Jane Gingrich, and Jasmine Bhatia explore how exposure to AI shapes social policy preferences in a UK survey experiment.

💡 Their key finding: when faced with AI, people want support, not just protection

🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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