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Vicente Valentim

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Assistant prof at IE University. Previously EUI and Oxford. Researching what we think is ok to do in a democracy & how that changes. Book on the normalization of the radical right: https://academic.oup.com/book/57946 More at www.vicentevalentim.com

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Nov 12

My book “The Normalization of the Radical Right” has recently come out in the US.

If you're interested, in this thread I’ll link different ways of learning about the book and its argument (I’ll keep adding if more come out).

First, here is the link to the book: academic.oup.com/book/57946

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 15h

#OpenAccess from August 2025 -

How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD

"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"

- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social

BJPolS abstract discussing the dynamics of mainstream and radical political rhetoric regarding anti-immigrant policies, highlighting differences in societal responses and enforcement norms based on the source of the rhetoric.

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 21h

Eu também. Acho que muita gente estava. Mas que não a tenha havido não significa que o partido não esteja a crescer ou a implantar-se.

Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 21h

Sim, estou de acordo. Mas tenho visto muito acerca de como o bipartidarismo não acabou, o PS ainda está bem etc. E é a esse tipo de análise que me refiro

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 22h

Isto não é para dizer que não se devem analisar ou que não têm efeito *nenhum*. Na minha opinião, devem analisar-se, mas tendo em conta o caráter único destas eleições e os efeitos modestos para a política a nível nacional.

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 22h

Para além disso, como muitos dos candidatos são muitas vezes pessoas notáveis a nível local, a mudança demora mais tempo a acontecer.

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 22h

Os meus 5 cêntimos acerca de ontem: tiram-se demasiadas ilações dos resultados das autárquicas.

São umas eleições sui generis e o que nelas acontece não representa, nem influencia, muito do que acontece em legislativas (com a exceção das câmaras mais importantes).

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Jae Yeon Kim @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 3d

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It's or going to be a flyout season for academic job market candidates. Here are my reflections on how to give a job talk or have a good conversation around your research agenda.

Academic Job Talks as Storytelling: Why Character Matters as Much as Plot – Hello, I’m Jae.

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 3d

Gigantic news for European academia:

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 3d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 4d

Just published at PNAS (@pnas.org): “Electing amateur politicians reduces cross-party collaboration”

We show that districts electing first-time members of the U.S. House experience substantial declines in bipartisan representation in the subsequent Congress.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 4d

A recent article in @theguardian.com references an article from @bjpols.bsky.social -

cup.org/46HrmUe

You can read 'How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms' by @valentimvicente.bsky.social, @eliasdinas.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social here - cup.org/4mANXXT

#OpenAccess

Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot

By caving to the hard right and corporate greed, Labour has left a gaping hole the new Green party leader is best placed to fill, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to co-chair the Migration Politics section with @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social at the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast. Submit your abstracts by Nov 7!

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · 6d

This is your heads up that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast is a month from now (Nov 7)! I'm chairing the Migration Politics section w/ @aalrababah.bsky.social and we're excited to receive contributions from across the discipline🕺🏻

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 11d

▶️ Migration Politics

👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social

📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>>

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 6d

Despite the grim topic, this is a very good paper: monuments that signal white supremacy can substitute performative violence and thus reduce it.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Political Symbols and Social Order: Confederate Monuments and Performative Violence in the Post-Reconstruction U.S. South | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Political Symbols and Social Order: Confederate Monuments and Performative Violence in the Post-Reconstruction U.S. South

www.cambridge.org

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 6d

Veja-se, por exemplo: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 6d

Não quero ser um disco estragado, mas continua a acontecer...

Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 6d

O que os estudos acerca disto sugerem é que uma aproximação à direita radical não reduz o seu sucesso eleitoral.

E o nosso trabalho sugere também que fazê-lo contribui ainda mais para a normalização da retórica de ultra direita.

expresso.pt/politica/ele...

Passos aconselha fim das "linhas vermelhas" com o Chega; Ventura e Carneiro atiram a Montenegro

Luís Montenegro e José Luís Carneiro vão andar a sul do Tejo, já André Ventura vai fazer campanha no centro do país. Os dois líderes dos maiores partidos da oposição começaram o dia a atacar o Governo...

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EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences @eui-sps.bsky.social · 7d

🎉 Congratulations to our alumna @nerealidad.bsky.social, PhD supervised by Prof @eliasdinas.bsky.social, who has received the Juan Linz Award for the Best PhD Thesis in Political Science from cepcgob.bsky.social !👏

Read more 👉 www.cepc.gob.es/noticias/res...

Resolución de concesión del Premio Juan Linz 2024 | CEPC

www.cepc.gob.es

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Tarek Jaziri-Arjona @tarekjaziri.bsky.social · 7d

🆕💼 Today marks a new chapter: I'm starting as a Researcher at @moreincommonuk.bsky.social in Spain!

After 4 years working on my PhD, it was time for the next step. Grateful to my supervisors and colleagues, I learned so much and will miss working alongside them.

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Maximilian Pichl @maxpichl.bsky.social · 10d

Im Februar hat @tabouchadi.bsky.social die Forschungsergebnisse dazu mal gut zusammengefasst. Auch @valentimvicente.bsky.social und @gabrielagreilinger.bsky.social haben tolle Beiträge geliefert.

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Aus dem Abseits in die Mitte der Demokratie

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 11d

Fair, but I also think this is compatible with not being to confident one "knows the truth" :) But having a strong intuition (eg based on background) about the way something works is often a very good way of coming up with good theories.

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 11d

I think the idea is that one should (a) cultivate an inner understanding of how the world works and (b) apply it to questions where that understanding clashes with established knowledge the most. I think that is compatible with the motivation being to understand the world.

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 11d

Loyalty oaths for universities. The thing of the Third Reich. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

www.nytimes.com

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 11d

I loved this post (like all in this substack).

Reminded me of the argument by Geddes (2003) that most good research ideas come from annoyance with established wisdom that clashes with one's inner sense of how the world works.

Really recommend reading this one:

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 11d

New Etched in Marble post: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...

Timothy Garton Ash has for decades chronicled Europe’s upheavals with a historian’s depth & a journalist’s eye.

In my conversation with Garton Ash, one theme stood out: writing as a defense of democracy.

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Etched in Marble: Timothy Garton Ash on Writing, Freedom, and the Lost Art of Disagreement

Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · 11d

York has seen a steep rise in racist assaults -both verbal and physical- in recent weeks. This should not be tolerated. If you are around on Saturday, join.

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations Tom!

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13d

Work with great people. Live in Madrid. Eat like this all the time.

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