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Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social · 9d

Why do some want government spending without supporting the necessary taxation? Such a "something for nothing" mindset is often seen as an information or even sophistication problem. But we find it is equally due to rational interests among the economically vulnerable.

Dr. Silke Goubin @silkegoubin.bsky.social · 9d

Starting the new year with a new #openaccess #publication!

In our article, we explore why citizens oppose taxes while simultaneously demanding more redistributive social policies, aka want "something for nothing".

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Why Some Want Something for Nothing: Three Explanations for Unfunded Spending Demand

Several studies have documented ‘something for nothing’ (SFN) attitudes among citizens: preferences for increased government spending and lower taxes. Such a demand for unfunded public spending may g...

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Dr. Silke Goubin @silkegoubin.bsky.social · 9d

Starting the new year with a new #openaccess #publication!

In our article, we explore why citizens oppose taxes while simultaneously demanding more redistributive social policies, aka want "something for nothing".

@olivierjacques.bsky.social @staffankumlin.bsky.social @dweisstanner.bsky.social

Why Some Want Something for Nothing: Three Explanations for Unfunded Spending Demand

Several studies have documented ‘something for nothing’ (SFN) attitudes among citizens: preferences for increased government spending and lower taxes. Such a demand for unfunded public spending may g...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Department of Comparative Politics UiB @sampol.bsky.social · 23d

📣 New article 🌟
👥 Atle Haugsgjerd, Jonas Linde @jonaslinde.bsky.social &Ruben B. Mathisen @rubenmathisen.bsky.social
👉 Populist radical right party representation and satisfaction with democracy in Europe
📗 Open Access in Journal of European Public Policy
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Carmen van Alebeek @cvalebeek.bsky.social · 28d

New paper out w/ @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social in @epsrjournal.bsky.social. We show that political trust dynamics matter for electoral behavior. While stable and variable distrusters behave similarly, declining trust boosts both abstention and anti-establishment voting. 🧵

Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social · Nov 29

Gratulerer med dagen der ute

Leiv Marsteintredet @leivm.bsky.social · Nov 29

I dag er statstviterens dag i Argentina (Día nacional del politólogo), til minne om den argentinske statsviteren Guillermo O’Donnell. Det er bare å gratulere hverandre med dagen! www.25digital.com.ar/index.php/20...

29 de Noviembre: hoy es el Día Nacional del Politólogo - 25 Digital

Hoy se celebra en Argentina el día del Politólogo, en memoria del Dr. Mariano Moreno...

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Leiv Marsteintredet @leivm.bsky.social · Nov 29

I dag er statstviterens dag i Argentina (Día nacional del politólogo), til minne om den argentinske statsviteren Guillermo O’Donnell. Det er bare å gratulere hverandre med dagen! www.25digital.com.ar/index.php/20...

29 de Noviembre: hoy es el Día Nacional del Politólogo - 25 Digital

Hoy se celebra en Argentina el día del Politólogo, en memoria del Dr. Mariano Moreno...

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UiO - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social · Nov 26

On December 10th Master in Political Science and Cand. Psychol. Tor Syrstad will be defending his dissertation at the Department of Political Science:

"Trouble in Paradise? - Studies on Fear and Anger in the Norwegian Electorate"

@statsvitenskap.bsky.social

Disputation Tor Syrstad - Department of Political Science

Master in Political Science and Cand. Psychol. Tor Syrstad will be defending his dissertation at the Department of Political Science:Trouble in Paradise? - Studies on Fear and Anger in the Norwegian E...

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UiO - Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social · Nov 25

On December 11th Sofi Granö will be defending her dissertation at @statsvitenskap.bsky.social.

"Economic inequality and electoral participation: A register-based study on the effects of contextual factors and economic disparities in Norwegian neighbourhoods."

Disputation Sofi Granö - Department of Political Science

Master of Social Sciences in Political Science Sofi Granö will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science:Economic inequality and electoral participation: A register-based st...

https://www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2025/disputation-Sofi-Granö.html

Miroslav Nemčok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social · Oct 21

Our introduction to to the special issue on the formation of public opinion in the welfare state is now out in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social!

📖 Freely available: doi.org/10.1080/1350...

A big thanks to Zhen Jie Im, Maria Grasso, and Franco Bonomi Bezzo for outstanding co-editorship.

Elin Haugsgjerd Allern @allernelin.bsky.social · Oct 21

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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Dr. Silke Goubin @silkegoubin.bsky.social · Oct 15

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!

Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · Oct 6

ISV’s Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social receives 12 million NOK from the RCN program 'Welfare and Education' for the research project 'Struggling Women and Men: Political-Democratic Gender Gaps in a High-Trust Welfare State.'🌟👏Congratulations!
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Staffan Kumlin får Forskingsrådsmidler for å se på politiske og demokratiske kjønnsforskjeller - Institutt for statsvitenskap (ISV)

Med 12 millioner kroner fra Forskningsrådet vil Staffan Kumlin på Institutt for statsvitenskap forske på politiske og demokratiske kjønnsforskjeller. Han vil blant annet ta for seg hvordan utdanning, ...

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Jonas Linde @jonaslinde.bsky.social · Sep 29

New chapter on political trust in Norway, co-authored with @staffankumlin.bsky.social.

Department of Comparative Politics UiB @sampol.bsky.social · Sep 29

📣 New chapter 🌟
👥 Staffan Kumlin & Jonas Linde @jonaslinde.bsky.social
📘 Political Trust in Norway: A Large but Lopsided Research Field
📚 The Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics, eds Kolltveit, Allern, Braut-Hegghammer & Rasch
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Department of Comparative Politics UiB @sampol.bsky.social · Sep 29

📣 New chapter 🌟
👥 Staffan Kumlin & Jonas Linde @jonaslinde.bsky.social
📘 Political Trust in Norway: A Large but Lopsided Research Field
📚 The Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics, eds Kolltveit, Allern, Braut-Hegghammer & Rasch
🔗 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Lisanne de Blok @ldeblok.bsky.social · Sep 8

Finding: political trust can influence how people experience socio-economic risks 💡

In our article in @joftrustres.bsky.social, Atle Haugsgjerd & I show that political trust works as a psychological coping-mechanism - especially for those who believe the welfare state should manage economic risks.

Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · Aug 14

📢 New article 🌟
👥 Miroslav Kreos-Nemcok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social (ISV), Hanna Wass @hannawass.bsky.social & Juho Vesa
🔎 Partisan Influence on Policy Preferences in Retrenching the Welfare State
📖 Open access in Public Opinion Quarterly
doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

Miroslav Nemčok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social · Aug 12

As global population growth starts to hit the brakes, Rein Taagepera and I consider what this means for our future and look for lessons from the past.
🔽👇⬇️

The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · Aug 12

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 As #PopulationGrowth slows, @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social & Rein Taagepera draw on a striking demographic stall 2,000 years ago that preceded political fragmentation and imperial collapse.
🌍 Can modern states withstand the pressures of a post-growth world?
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · Aug 12

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 As #PopulationGrowth slows, @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social & Rein Taagepera draw on a striking demographic stall 2,000 years ago that preceded political fragmentation and imperial collapse.
🌍 Can modern states withstand the pressures of a post-growth world?
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Johanna Söderström @jsoderstrom.bsky.social · Jan 24

Finally out! Together with @liserakner.bsky.social we discuss notions around taxation and solidarity! “Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries”
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Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries | The Journal of Modern African Studies | Cambridge Core

Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries - Volume 62 Issue 2

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · Jul 16

Do generous welfare policies foster political trust? Matthijs Gillissen, @silkegoubin.bsky.social & Anna Ruelens examine the long-term effects of welfare generosity on trust in political institutions. Read more:
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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · Jul 23

📣1 PhD fellow position open at Department of Political Science, University of Oslo.
👉We invite applications from excellent candidates in all sub-fields of political science.
📅Deadline: September 1st, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD Research Fellowship in Political Science (4 years) (282479) | University of Oslo

Job title: PhD Research Fellowship in Political Science (4 years) (282479), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, September 1, 2025

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Empirical Political Science #Duisburg @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social · Jul 16

Later that day, he will present “The Causal Effects of Poor and Corrupt Welfare State Service Delivery on Political Solidarity and Political Trust: Experimental Evidence from a Novel Virtual-State Approach” (co-authored with Achim Goerres, Philipp Chapkovski and @jeicheler.bsky.social )!

Anna Helgøy @annanhelgoy.bsky.social · Jun 11

Really honored to be awarded the King’s Gold Medal for my dissertation!

You can read more about it below, and then I want to add that I was incredibly lucky with my workplace, colleagues, co-authors and supervisors during my PhD<3 feeling grateful!!

Anna Nordnes Helgøy awarded the King's Gold Medal for dissertation on gender division in private and public spheres - Department of Political Science

– It is a great honour to receive recognition for a doctoral dissertation on gender equality at a time when the American president is actively working against research in this field, says Anna Nordnes...

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Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social · May 21

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Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social · May 21

And more :) doi.org/10.1080/1471...

Welfare state evaluations, normative expectations, and political trust: longitudinal evidence from Germany and Norway

The expectancy-disconfirmation model (EDM) explains satisfaction with public services as a combination of service expectations and perceived performance. We study how satisfaction in turn affects p...

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Department of Political Science, University of Oslo @statsvitenskap.bsky.social · May 15

📢 New article
👥 Tor Gaute Syrstad, Atle Hennum Haugsgjerd & Staffan Kumlin, staffankumlin.bsky.social.
🔎 Iceberg of discontent? Emotional responses to welfare state development and political trust.
📖 Open access in Journal of European Social Policy
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0958...

The Politics of Inequality @excinequality.bsky.social · May 7

First Wednesday of the month – time for a new In_equality podcast! This time, our hosts @mbusemeyer.bsky.social and Gabriele Spilker @uni-konstanz.de talk with @juandiego48cr.bsky.social about how people (mis-)perceive inequality – and why it matters for politics. ➡️ inequality.uni.kn/podcast

Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social · May 5

Interested in how public services affect political distrust, populist support, and similar? Longitudinal evidence from Germany and Norway.
doi.org/10.1080/1471...

Welfare state evaluations, normative expectations, and political trust: longitudinal evidence from Germany and Norway

The expectancy-disconfirmation model (EDM) explains satisfaction with public services as a combination of service expectations and perceived performance. We study how satisfaction in turn affects p...

doi.org