Simon Hix
@simonhix.bsky.social
Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics, EUI. President-Elect, @epssnet.bsky.social. FBA, FRSA. Democracy, parties, elections, electoral systems etc. Live music. COYI
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Gender-based violence has no place in a free and equal society.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Gender-based violence has no place in a free and equal society.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
No woman or girl should have to live in fear.
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we call for an end to all forms of violence and affirm the right for every women to live in safety and dignity.
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V happy to see this paper out with @chrisclaassen.bsky.social at @bjpols.bsky.social .
We argue that nostalgia for Britain's past is an important, distinct opinion dimension which has meaningful consequences for party evaluations and vote choice.
We argue that nostalgia for Britain's past is an important, distinct opinion dimension which has meaningful consequences for party evaluations and vote choice.
NEWS -
The Politics of Imperial Nostalgia - https://cup.org/4p1QbRA
"right-wing opposition to criticism of the imperial past is stronger than left-wing support"
- Christopher Claassen & @danjdevine.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
The Politics of Imperial Nostalgia - https://cup.org/4p1QbRA
"right-wing opposition to criticism of the imperial past is stronger than left-wing support"
- Christopher Claassen & @danjdevine.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
V happy to see this paper out with @chrisclaassen.bsky.social at @bjpols.bsky.social .
We argue that nostalgia for Britain's past is an important, distinct opinion dimension which has meaningful consequences for party evaluations and vote choice.
We argue that nostalgia for Britain's past is an important, distinct opinion dimension which has meaningful consequences for party evaluations and vote choice.
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Are you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
Shaping a Brighter Future
The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy
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November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Are you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
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Happy that our paper with @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, and @lstoetze.bsky.social found a home at @thejop.bsky.social. You can read it here 👇
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Thanks to all the fantastic people giving feedback and supporting us
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Thanks to all the fantastic people giving feedback and supporting us
November 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Happy that our paper with @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, and @lstoetze.bsky.social found a home at @thejop.bsky.social. You can read it here 👇
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Thanks to all the fantastic people giving feedback and supporting us
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Thanks to all the fantastic people giving feedback and supporting us
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@casmudde.bsky.social makes the case (again!) to social democratic leaders that aping the far right is not a good electoral strategy!
… it’s almost like they a deliberately ignoring political science research in their dash to oblivion 🤦♂️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
… it’s almost like they a deliberately ignoring political science research in their dash to oblivion 🤦♂️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
@casmudde.bsky.social makes the case (again!) to social democratic leaders that aping the far right is not a good electoral strategy!
… it’s almost like they a deliberately ignoring political science research in their dash to oblivion 🤦♂️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
… it’s almost like they a deliberately ignoring political science research in their dash to oblivion 🤦♂️
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Very sad today. Thank you for being such an incredible bassist and person Mani! We will miss you. 😢
#GreatestBandEver
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
#GreatestBandEver
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Mani’s writhing, relentless bass was the Stone Roses’ secret sauce – it taught indie kids how to dance | Alexis Petridis
His love of ‘good northern soul and funk’ was always in evidence and had a lasting impact on alternative music
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Very sad today. Thank you for being such an incredible bassist and person Mani! We will miss you. 😢
#GreatestBandEver
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
#GreatestBandEver
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Very sad today. Thank you for being such an incredible bassist and person Mani! We will miss you. 😢
#GreatestBandEver
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
#GreatestBandEver
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Mani’s writhing, relentless bass was the Stone Roses’ secret sauce – it taught indie kids how to dance | Alexis Petridis
His love of ‘good northern soul and funk’ was always in evidence and had a lasting impact on alternative music
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Very sad today. Thank you for being such an incredible bassist and person Mani! We will miss you. 😢
#GreatestBandEver
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
#GreatestBandEver
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
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My latest - handily timed as I'm in Brussels - the EU is not a trade superpower. It might just be the only middle power of trade. Badly missing is any sense of prioritisation, and the institutions are not well set up for a new mix of security and trade. borderlex.net/2025/11/19/p...
Perspectives: The EU is not a trade superpower – how to make the best of it - Borderlex - European trade policy
Brussels is institutionally under-powered and over-fragmented to take on the existential trade and related security challenges it is facing. Reshuffling the same old approaches is not working. Continu...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
My latest - handily timed as I'm in Brussels - the EU is not a trade superpower. It might just be the only middle power of trade. Badly missing is any sense of prioritisation, and the institutions are not well set up for a new mix of security and trade. borderlex.net/2025/11/19/p...
Take note Starmer and co
The Danish Social Democrats who have pursued far right policies on immigration and governs with the centre-right are set to lose in Copenhagen for the first time in a 100 years, while the left looks set to win a major victory today.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Take note Starmer and co
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The Danish Social Democrats who have pursued far right policies on immigration and governs with the centre-right are set to lose in Copenhagen for the first time in a 100 years, while the left looks set to win a major victory today.
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Danish Social Democrats who have pursued far right policies on immigration and governs with the centre-right are set to lose in Copenhagen for the first time in a 100 years, while the left looks set to win a major victory today.
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👀ICYMI: "Increasing support for climate action does not require sophisticated, ethically questionable or costly communication systems"
@miriamsorace.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @fresejoris.bsky.social
#CilmateAction #SciComm #COP30
@miriamsorace.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @fresejoris.bsky.social
#CilmateAction #SciComm #COP30
Nano-targeting or mass appeal, what makes persuasive climate communications? - Impact of Social Sciences
Are nano-targeting tools capable of creating more persuasive climate communications, or broad appeal messages still the best way to move audiences on climate?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
👀ICYMI: "Increasing support for climate action does not require sophisticated, ethically questionable or costly communication systems"
@miriamsorace.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @fresejoris.bsky.social
#CilmateAction #SciComm #COP30
@miriamsorace.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @fresejoris.bsky.social
#CilmateAction #SciComm #COP30
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Fascinating research findings!
New publication!📢
@jvanslageren.bsky.social and I study political socialization during adolescence in urban and rural areas, using data from @adkspanel.bsky.social
Discussing politics with parents and peers is positively related to multiculturalist attitudes in cities, but not in rural places (1/3)
@jvanslageren.bsky.social and I study political socialization during adolescence in urban and rural areas, using data from @adkspanel.bsky.social
Discussing politics with parents and peers is positively related to multiculturalist attitudes in cities, but not in rural places (1/3)
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Fascinating research findings!
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Including the symposium on the EP elections 2024, guest edited by @simonhix.bsky.social 👇
💥 OUT NOW: Volume 49, Issue 1 (2026)
Lots of exciting research on:
👉 Polarisation: climate change, immigration, democratic deficit
👉 EU politics & voters/citizens
👉 Working class politicians
👉 Political protest
👉 Housing policy
👉 Symposium 2024 EP Elections
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/c...
Lots of exciting research on:
👉 Polarisation: climate change, immigration, democratic deficit
👉 EU politics & voters/citizens
👉 Working class politicians
👉 Political protest
👉 Housing policy
👉 Symposium 2024 EP Elections
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/c...
West European Politics
Volume 49, Issue 1 of West European Politics
www.tandfonline.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Including the symposium on the EP elections 2024, guest edited by @simonhix.bsky.social 👇
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Surprised everybody buys the centre-left's story that yesterday's vote in the EP was a decisive departure from the cordon sanitaire vis-à-vis the far right. Analyses of voting patterns by people like @simonhix.bsky.social indicated that there were already common votes with the far right 2019-2024 🤔
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Surprised everybody buys the centre-left's story that yesterday's vote in the EP was a decisive departure from the cordon sanitaire vis-à-vis the far right. Analyses of voting patterns by people like @simonhix.bsky.social indicated that there were already common votes with the far right 2019-2024 🤔
British political scientists: "I knew him when ..." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK accused of embracing racism over its pick for head of student organisation
Matthew Goodwin argued people from minority ethnic backgrounds born and raised in UK were not always British
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
British political scientists: "I knew him when ..." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🚨 New article out!
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🚨 New article out!
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social
👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.
Short summary thread below 👇
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Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
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Nano-targeting or mass appeal, what makes persuasive climate communications?
@miriamsorace.bsky.social @lsedatascience.bsky.social, Thomas Robinson @lsemethodology.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social @epssnet.bsky.social and @fresejoris.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
@miriamsorace.bsky.social @lsedatascience.bsky.social, Thomas Robinson @lsemethodology.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social @epssnet.bsky.social and @fresejoris.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
Nano-targeting or mass appeal, what makes persuasive climate communications? - Impact of Social Sciences
Are nano-targeting tools capable of creating more persuasive climate communications, or broad appeal messages still the best way to move audiences on climate?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Nano-targeting or mass appeal, what makes persuasive climate communications?
@miriamsorace.bsky.social @lsedatascience.bsky.social, Thomas Robinson @lsemethodology.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social @epssnet.bsky.social and @fresejoris.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
@miriamsorace.bsky.social @lsedatascience.bsky.social, Thomas Robinson @lsemethodology.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social @epssnet.bsky.social and @fresejoris.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
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🌍 Together, we’re building a truly special political science community in Europe. See you in Belfast next year!
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November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🌍 Together, we’re building a truly special political science community in Europe. See you in Belfast next year!
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🙏 A huge thank you to the conference organisers and section chairs, whose dedication and hard work make this possible.
Thank you to everyone in the political science community for this tremendous show of support. ✨
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Thank you to everyone in the political science community for this tremendous show of support. ✨
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November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🙏 A huge thank you to the conference organisers and section chairs, whose dedication and hard work make this possible.
Thank you to everyone in the political science community for this tremendous show of support. ✨
2/
Thank you to everyone in the political science community for this tremendous show of support. ✨
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🔝 EPSS received 2,514 paper submissions, authored and co-authored by 3,572 researchers from across the community.
Selecting from such a wealth of work won’t be easy, but it promises an great conference ahead.
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Selecting from such a wealth of work won’t be easy, but it promises an great conference ahead.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🔝 EPSS received 2,514 paper submissions, authored and co-authored by 3,572 researchers from across the community.
Selecting from such a wealth of work won’t be easy, but it promises an great conference ahead.
1/
Selecting from such a wealth of work won’t be easy, but it promises an great conference ahead.
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📢 Since launching EPSS in June 2025, we’ve been thrilled by the positive feedback from across the political science community.
Now that Call for Papers for EPSS Conference in Belfast has closed, we want to share the response has been extraordinary!
🧵
Now that Call for Papers for EPSS Conference in Belfast has closed, we want to share the response has been extraordinary!
🧵
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📢 Since launching EPSS in June 2025, we’ve been thrilled by the positive feedback from across the political science community.
Now that Call for Papers for EPSS Conference in Belfast has closed, we want to share the response has been extraordinary!
🧵
Now that Call for Papers for EPSS Conference in Belfast has closed, we want to share the response has been extraordinary!
🧵
A fascinating paper, e.g. estimating the effect of Brexit on UK GDP using a synthetic control. Would like to see a robustness test with a synthetic UK economy without the US. In the current model, the US counts for 61% of the control estimate. The US has outperformed everyone since 2016.
The Economic Impact of Brexit on GDP seems to be - 6% to - 8% till 2025. Impact on investment is even larger. share.google/30UFNyXkw2M5...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A fascinating paper, e.g. estimating the effect of Brexit on UK GDP using a synthetic control. Would like to see a robustness test with a synthetic UK economy without the US. In the current model, the US counts for 61% of the control estimate. The US has outperformed everyone since 2016.