Dr. Sanne van Oosten
@sbvanoosten.bsky.social
Political scientist at University of Oxford. Voting, elections, discrimination, conjoint/field experiments, in-group voting, immigration attitudes, politics, representation. https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/people/sanne-van-oosten/
There she is again, so cute 😀
December 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
There she is again, so cute 😀
My Alma Mater, so exciting!
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
My Alma Mater, so exciting!
This is so exciting! Congrats ✨ And I feel some common research methods coming up, list experiments anyone?
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is so exciting! Congrats ✨ And I feel some common research methods coming up, list experiments anyone?
After seemingly endless meetings online, meeting in-person is so unbelievably valuable 🤩
Get ready for lots of research from Team Science coming your way 🤝
@distasioval.bsky.social already gave a keynote summarising the state of the art... and there is still so much more to come 👏
Get ready for lots of research from Team Science coming your way 🤝
@distasioval.bsky.social already gave a keynote summarising the state of the art... and there is still so much more to come 👏
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
After seemingly endless meetings online, meeting in-person is so unbelievably valuable 🤩
Get ready for lots of research from Team Science coming your way 🤝
@distasioval.bsky.social already gave a keynote summarising the state of the art... and there is still so much more to come 👏
Get ready for lots of research from Team Science coming your way 🤝
@distasioval.bsky.social already gave a keynote summarising the state of the art... and there is still so much more to come 👏
Ja maar het is zo leuk om de jeugd van tegenwoordig te bashen 😊
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Ja maar het is zo leuk om de jeugd van tegenwoordig te bashen 😊
And of course I needed to, again, debunk the persistent myth that Muslims would vote for Geert Wilders' PVV.
Read the full study here: doi.org/10.55271/pp0...
Read the full study here: doi.org/10.55271/pp0...
The Importance of In-group Favouritism in Explaining Voting for PRRPs: A Study of Minority and Majority Groups in France, Germany and the Netherlands - ECPS
van Oosten, Sanne. (2025). “The Importance of In-group Favouritism in Explaining Voting for PRRPs: A Study of Minority and Majority Groups in France, Germany
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
And of course I needed to, again, debunk the persistent myth that Muslims would vote for Geert Wilders' PVV.
Read the full study here: doi.org/10.55271/pp0...
Read the full study here: doi.org/10.55271/pp0...
I have published a paper on voting for DENK and find that the biggest predictor of Muslims voting for DENK is the wish to put the interests of Muslims first. Written with @lizamugge.bsky.social, @hakhverdian.bsky.social and Daphne van der Pas.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
What Explains Voting for DENK: Issues, Discrimination or In-group Favouritism?
Why do ethnic and religious minorities vote for DENK? DENK is the first pro-Turkey and pro-Islam party represented in Dutch parliament, led by Turkish- and Moroccan-origin politicians who openly pr...
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I have published a paper on voting for DENK and find that the biggest predictor of Muslims voting for DENK is the wish to put the interests of Muslims first. Written with @lizamugge.bsky.social, @hakhverdian.bsky.social and Daphne van der Pas.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
The research I discuss about turnout amongst Muslims is from work in progress lead by @gefjonoff.bsky.social. Find the pre-print here:
Off, G., & van Oosten, S. (2025). Do gender patterns differ between the ethnic majority and Muslim minorities? doi.org/10.31219/osf...
Off, G., & van Oosten, S. (2025). Do gender patterns differ between the ethnic majority and Muslim minorities? doi.org/10.31219/osf...
OSF
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The research I discuss about turnout amongst Muslims is from work in progress lead by @gefjonoff.bsky.social. Find the pre-print here:
Off, G., & van Oosten, S. (2025). Do gender patterns differ between the ethnic majority and Muslim minorities? doi.org/10.31219/osf...
Off, G., & van Oosten, S. (2025). Do gender patterns differ between the ethnic majority and Muslim minorities? doi.org/10.31219/osf...
But voters with a migration background in the Netherlands, France, and Germany, on the other hand, do not show a preference for politicians from their own group. This is what I show in this paper:
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
OSF
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
But voters with a migration background in the Netherlands, France, and Germany, on the other hand, do not show a preference for politicians from their own group. This is what I show in this paper:
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
I also mentioned that in the U.S., Black/Asian/Latinx voters prefer politicians from their own group; this comes from the meta-analysis I published on the topic together with Liza Mügge and Daphne van der Pas:
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
Race/Ethnicity in Candidate Experiments: a Meta-Analysis and the Case for Shared Identification - Acta Politica
Does race/ethnicity affect how voters assess political candidates? To address this question, we pooled data from 43 published candidate experiments from the last 10 years with a combined N of 305,632....
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I also mentioned that in the U.S., Black/Asian/Latinx voters prefer politicians from their own group; this comes from the meta-analysis I published on the topic together with Liza Mügge and Daphne van der Pas:
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
Hughes, M.M. (2016) Electoral Systems and the Legislative Representation of Muslim Ethnic Minority Women in the West, 2000-2010. Parliamentary Affairs 69: 548–568. DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsv062.
October 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Hughes, M.M. (2016) Electoral Systems and the Legislative Representation of Muslim Ethnic Minority Women in the West, 2000-2010. Parliamentary Affairs 69: 548–568. DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsv062.