Matthijs Rooduijn
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Matthijs Rooduijn
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Political scientist | Professor of Transdisciplinary Social Science | University of Amsterdam | Hot Politics Lab | The PopuList | Stuk Rood Vlees | Parties, voters, populism, far right, and liberal democracy

Political science 58%
Sociology 12%

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In the introduction to the #Encyclopedia (link below) we map some major trends

First, we identified all articles (2000–2020, JSTOR, 4M articles) that mention “political communication” in title, abstract, or text and plotted their evolution per sub-discipline

Huge jump for pol psych in recent years
It is almost 10 years since Hanspeter Kriesi published his seminal article on the politicization of European Integration @jcms-eu.bsky.social.

A short thread on how things stand as of 2024, with @chesdata.bsky.social, looking at salience, clarity, and unity of party positions towards the EU 🧵:

Supertof project! Gefeliciteerd, Thijs!

Thanks, Ben! 😊

Thanks!

Dank je, Simon!

Thanks, Tim!

Dank je, Martin!!

Thank you, Werner!

Thanks, Isabella! 😊

Dank je, Sanne!

Thank you, Tarik!

Dank je, Carmen!!

Thanks, Enrique!

Dank je, Tamar! 😊

Thanks! 😍

Thank you, Noam!

Thank you, Duncan!

Thanks, Cristian!

Thanks!

Dank je, Jelle!

Thanks, Pietro!

Grazie, Caterina! 😍

Thanks, Reto!
With my project IMMERSE I investigate whether immersive narrative interventions (storytelling, live theatre, video games and virtual reality) can strengthen support for liberal democracy by engaging people more deeply than conventional communication. See: www.uva.nl/en/content/n... 2/2
Nine UvA researchers receive ERC Consolidator Grants
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Consolidator Grants to nine UvA researchers. The laureates are: Thijs Bol, Jaron Harambam, Eirini Karyotaki, Patty Leijten, Dora Matzke, Matthijs Roodui...
www.uva.nl
I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant! I’m extremely grateful to my colleagues and collaborators for their support and help, and very excited to start this new adventure. Looking forward to all the collaborations ahead! #ERCCoG 1/2

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Er is geen vertrouwenscrisis, maar een betrouwbaarheidscrisis, zoals Tom van der Meer het altijd zo mooi zegt.

speld.nl/2025/12/04/j...
Jetten en Bontenbal blunderen met inhoudelijk akkoord: andere partijen willen verder op basis van politieke spelletjes
Deze week presenteerden Jetten en Bontenbal de voorlopige resultaten van de tussenformatie.
speld.nl

Cool! Congrats!

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Insightful reporting by @cwarzel.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com

The #maga movement on X turns out to be rather ‘global’ in nature 👀 … that is many accounts operating from non US places adding fuel to polarized US politics.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com