Lise Rødland
liserodland.bsky.social
Lise Rødland
@liserodland.bsky.social
Postdoc at Department of Political Economy, King's College London | Research on interest groups, representation and political parties. She/her.
Thank you, @jamiewithorne.bsky.social! And no worries of course. Wishing you the best too and keeping my fingers crossed that our paths will cross again soon!
January 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Based on the amount of typos in the previous posts, I'll call it a day now by once again thanking everyone for making my public defence more enjoyable than I ever imagined it could be (10/10) ✨️
January 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In the second paper, I show that parties tend to grant access to more groups representing a more diverse set of interests on policy areas that are important to them. (9/n)
Some policies matter more: party salience and interest group access to political parties in Western democracies
Political parties and interest groups play important roles in incorporating societal interests into democratic decision-making. Recent studies have analysed the causes of interactions between indiv...
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January 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The first paper looks at interest group position-taking on partisan policy dimensions and is beautifully summed uo by @vibekewoien.bsky.social here: (8/n)
January 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Two of the papers are published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social and the thesis is now available here: (7/n)
Interest Groups and Political Representation in Long-established European Democracies
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January 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
In my thesis, I focus on two things: 1) the extent to which interest groups supplement political parties as intermediaries between citizens and policymakers, and 2) the role of party salience for party decisions about what interest groups they grant access to and accept suggestiongs from (6/n)
January 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I feel extremely privileged to have collagues and friends like @annanhelgoy.bsky.social, @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social, @elibaltz.bsky.social and the rest of the PhDs at ISV. Your speech(es) put the cherry on top of this day and made it one to remember 🥹 (5/n)
January 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Many thanks also to family, friends and collagues who came to my trial lecture and viva, and who have suppported me along the way.
January 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I am also very grateful to my supervisors @allernelin.bsky.social and @boelstad.bsky.social for their advice and encouragement along the way, and to @vibekewoien.bsky.social and @allernelin.bsky.social for great paper collaborations. 3/n
January 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
First, I am very thankful to my committe, @annebind.bsky.social, @ibenskasr.bsky.social and @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, for a constructive report and for insightful, fun and inspiring conversations about interest groups, political parties and representation during the viva part of my defence. 2/n
January 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM