Anja Neundorf
@anjaneundorf.bsky.social
Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow | DEMED project @ERC_Research | Fellow of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social | Main interest: Democracy and Autocracy, Public Opinion, Civic Education, Higher Ed. #FirstGen
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EPSS 2027 call for papers. I'm co-chairing the Historical Political Economy (HPE) section with Caterina Chiopris. Submit by November 13th.
📢 The Call for Papers for EPSS 2027 is open!
After a fantastic first conference in Belfast, we’re heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰, 24–26 June 2027.
⏰ Deadline: 13 Nov 2026
👉 Call for papers: epssnet.org/2027-copenha...
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After a fantastic first conference in Belfast, we’re heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰, 24–26 June 2027.
⏰ Deadline: 13 Nov 2026
👉 Call for papers: epssnet.org/2027-copenha...
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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
September 16, 2026 at 8:44 AM
EPSS 2027 call for papers. I'm co-chairing the Historical Political Economy (HPE) section with Caterina Chiopris. Submit by November 13th.
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Delighted to be co-chairing the Electoral and Voting Behaviour section @epssnet.bsky.social with the brilliant @carolinaplescia.bsky.social!
We welcome papers on the themes below. Have an idea for a Roundtable or Authors Meet Critics session? Contact us!
⏰ 13 Nov. 2026
👉 Call: shorturl.at/CB8Lr
We welcome papers on the themes below. Have an idea for a Roundtable or Authors Meet Critics session? Contact us!
⏰ 13 Nov. 2026
👉 Call: shorturl.at/CB8Lr
September 15, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Delighted to be co-chairing the Electoral and Voting Behaviour section @epssnet.bsky.social with the brilliant @carolinaplescia.bsky.social!
We welcome papers on the themes below. Have an idea for a Roundtable or Authors Meet Critics session? Contact us!
⏰ 13 Nov. 2026
👉 Call: shorturl.at/CB8Lr
We welcome papers on the themes below. Have an idea for a Roundtable or Authors Meet Critics session? Contact us!
⏰ 13 Nov. 2026
👉 Call: shorturl.at/CB8Lr
Come and join us in Copenhagen next June for @epssnet.bsky.social 2027!
📢 The Call for Papers for EPSS 2027 is open!
After a fantastic first conference in Belfast, we’re heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰, 24–26 June 2027.
⏰ Deadline: 13 Nov 2026
👉 Call for papers: epssnet.org/2027-copenha...
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After a fantastic first conference in Belfast, we’re heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰, 24–26 June 2027.
⏰ Deadline: 13 Nov 2026
👉 Call for papers: epssnet.org/2027-copenha...
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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
September 15, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Come and join us in Copenhagen next June for @epssnet.bsky.social 2027!
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On November 3, @ludwigschulze.bsky.social (@eui-eu.bsky.social) will present "From Peasants to Communists: How Ordinary Citizens Invest in Authoritarian Parties" followed by comments by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk) and Milan Svolik (Yale)
August 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
On November 3, @ludwigschulze.bsky.social (@eui-eu.bsky.social) will present "From Peasants to Communists: How Ordinary Citizens Invest in Authoritarian Parties" followed by comments by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk) and Milan Svolik (Yale)
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Our Fall 2026 season is ready to go!
Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below.
To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...
Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below.
To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...
August 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Our Fall 2026 season is ready to go!
Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below.
To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...
Look at the great lineup we have for you all in the image and thread below.
To join any or all, remember to join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/fe045331c9c7...
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New Cambridge Element, The Social Foundations of Constitutional Innovation by William D. Blake, Joseph Francesco Cozza and Dave A. Armstrong II, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
https://cup.org/4vLjLNN
https://cup.org/4vLjLNN
July 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
New Cambridge Element, The Social Foundations of Constitutional Innovation by William D. Blake, Joseph Francesco Cozza and Dave A. Armstrong II, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
https://cup.org/4vLjLNN
https://cup.org/4vLjLNN
Fascinating research presented in the #EPSS2026 panel “Countering Democratic Backsliding: Norms, Civil Society, and Resilience”.
Check out these papers: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/...
Check out these papers: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/...
June 18, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Fascinating research presented in the #EPSS2026 panel “Countering Democratic Backsliding: Norms, Civil Society, and Resilience”.
Check out these papers: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/...
Check out these papers: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75765/...
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A heartfelt thank you to our amazing outgoing #EPSS president @sarahobolt.bsky.social, who was not only instrumental to creating EPSS, but also sheparded it so successfully through its first year.
And equally huge thanks to incoming EPSS president @simonhix.bsky.social for his fabulous leadership!
And equally huge thanks to incoming EPSS president @simonhix.bsky.social for his fabulous leadership!
June 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
A heartfelt thank you to our amazing outgoing #EPSS president @sarahobolt.bsky.social, who was not only instrumental to creating EPSS, but also sheparded it so successfully through its first year.
And equally huge thanks to incoming EPSS president @simonhix.bsky.social for his fabulous leadership!
And equally huge thanks to incoming EPSS president @simonhix.bsky.social for his fabulous leadership!
I am delighted and honoured to have been elected to the @epssnet.bsky.social Council. I look forward to supporting the development of the association and helping to build a vibrant and inclusive home for political science across Europe and beyond.
Many thanks to our two outgoing #EPSS Council members - @sopro.bsky.social and @markkayser.bsky.social - and welcome to our two new elected Council members @argohdes.bsky.social and @anjaneundorf.bsky.social!
June 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I am delighted and honoured to have been elected to the @epssnet.bsky.social Council. I look forward to supporting the development of the association and helping to build a vibrant and inclusive home for political science across Europe and beyond.
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Welcome to Belfast!
🎉Tonight marks the informal start of #EPSS2026! Before the conference officially opens, there are two great ways to ease in.
🎉Tonight marks the informal start of #EPSS2026! Before the conference officially opens, there are two great ways to ease in.
June 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Welcome to Belfast!
🎉Tonight marks the informal start of #EPSS2026! Before the conference officially opens, there are two great ways to ease in.
🎉Tonight marks the informal start of #EPSS2026! Before the conference officially opens, there are two great ways to ease in.
We can’t wait to welcome @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social in our webinar next Tuesday, 19 May. Comt and join us!
🗓️ May 19, 3–4pm BST: I'm presenting at the DEMED webinar series on social media as a research tool, organized by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social & @aykutozturk.bsky.social
I'll speak about geographic targeting using social media ads and why it matters.
Sign up here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
I'll speak about geographic targeting using social media ads and why it matters.
Sign up here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
University of Glasgow - Research - Research units A-Z - Project DEMED - Data and Methods - Social Media as a Research Tool - Webinar Series
www.gla.ac.uk
May 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
We can’t wait to welcome @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social in our webinar next Tuesday, 19 May. Comt and join us!
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Keep positive and defend democracy 🛡️
@aykutozturk.bsky.social, Steven E. Finkel, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social & Ericka Rascón Ramírez conduct online experiments in Turkey to understand the effect democratic framing within educational interventions has on #PublicOpinion 📚️
Keep positive and defend democracy 🛡️
@aykutozturk.bsky.social, Steven E. Finkel, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social & Ericka Rascón Ramírez conduct online experiments in Turkey to understand the effect democratic framing within educational interventions has on #PublicOpinion 📚️
Keep positive and defend democracy: Framing democratic messages under authoritarianism | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Keep positive and defend democracy: Framing democratic messages under authoritarianism
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March 7, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Keep positive and defend democracy 🛡️
@aykutozturk.bsky.social, Steven E. Finkel, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social & Ericka Rascón Ramírez conduct online experiments in Turkey to understand the effect democratic framing within educational interventions has on #PublicOpinion 📚️
Keep positive and defend democracy 🛡️
@aykutozturk.bsky.social, Steven E. Finkel, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social & Ericka Rascón Ramírez conduct online experiments in Turkey to understand the effect democratic framing within educational interventions has on #PublicOpinion 📚️
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🚨 Over 50 leading academics have sounded the alarm on the UK's voting system
⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before
🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust
⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before
🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust
Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics
Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...
www.politicshome.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:46 AM
🚨 Over 50 leading academics have sounded the alarm on the UK's voting system
⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before
🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust
⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before
🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust
📊 New paper out in Democratization!
How do autocrats actually stay in power?
👉 Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Co-authored with Wooseok Kim, @eugenian.bsky.social , Ksenia Northmore-Ball, and @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social.
How do autocrats actually stay in power?
👉 Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Co-authored with Wooseok Kim, @eugenian.bsky.social , Ksenia Northmore-Ball, and @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social.
Strategies of political control and regime survival in autocracies
How do autocrats establish political control? Understanding the strategies autocrats use to generate mass compliance and elite loyalty remains a central question in comparative politics. Despite su...
www.tandfonline.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:50 PM
📊 New paper out in Democratization!
How do autocrats actually stay in power?
👉 Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Co-authored with Wooseok Kim, @eugenian.bsky.social , Ksenia Northmore-Ball, and @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social.
How do autocrats actually stay in power?
👉 Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Co-authored with Wooseok Kim, @eugenian.bsky.social , Ksenia Northmore-Ball, and @ktertytchnaya.bsky.social.
🔍 Can you help? Looking for everyday examples of misinformation
We’re working on an experimental project on media literacy and civic reasoning with @shoutoutuk.bsky.social and are looking for real-world examples of misinformation to use in a training intervention.
We’re working on an experimental project on media literacy and civic reasoning with @shoutoutuk.bsky.social and are looking for real-world examples of misinformation to use in a training intervention.
January 13, 2026 at 8:24 PM
🔍 Can you help? Looking for everyday examples of misinformation
We’re working on an experimental project on media literacy and civic reasoning with @shoutoutuk.bsky.social and are looking for real-world examples of misinformation to use in a training intervention.
We’re working on an experimental project on media literacy and civic reasoning with @shoutoutuk.bsky.social and are looking for real-world examples of misinformation to use in a training intervention.
I’m really looking forward to discussing our research in the upcoming PRD webinar, organised by the brilliant @jenny-oser.bsky.social.
Join us next Wed, 14 Jan, for a timely conversation on how democracy can be promoted online - and what research tells us about what actually works.
More details ⬇️
Join us next Wed, 14 Jan, for a timely conversation on how democracy can be promoted online - and what research tells us about what actually works.
More details ⬇️
📢 Very honored to host ✨Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social Jan 14 in our interactive webinar series! Topic: "Promoting Democracy Online", a new working paper: osf.io/preprints/os... Start: 9:30 ET, 14:30 London, 15:30 CET, 16:30 Israel. For zoom link & series info: www.prd-erc.eu/events
January 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I’m really looking forward to discussing our research in the upcoming PRD webinar, organised by the brilliant @jenny-oser.bsky.social.
Join us next Wed, 14 Jan, for a timely conversation on how democracy can be promoted online - and what research tells us about what actually works.
More details ⬇️
Join us next Wed, 14 Jan, for a timely conversation on how democracy can be promoted online - and what research tells us about what actually works.
More details ⬇️
Can democracy promotion still work where terrorism is pervasive?
A common assumption is that insecurity pushes citizens toward authoritarian “strongmen”. Our new research tests whether that is actually true.
A common assumption is that insecurity pushes citizens toward authoritarian “strongmen”. Our new research tests whether that is actually true.
🧑🎓Can democracy promotion strengthen support for democracy in terrorism-affected regions?
➡️ Using a randomized experiment in Burkina Faso, S Yameogo @anjaneundorf.bsky.social & @aykutozturk.bsky.social find that democracy promotion videos boost democratic support www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
➡️ Using a randomized experiment in Burkina Faso, S Yameogo @anjaneundorf.bsky.social & @aykutozturk.bsky.social find that democracy promotion videos boost democratic support www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Can democracy promotion still work where terrorism is pervasive?
A common assumption is that insecurity pushes citizens toward authoritarian “strongmen”. Our new research tests whether that is actually true.
A common assumption is that insecurity pushes citizens toward authoritarian “strongmen”. Our new research tests whether that is actually true.
New article out in @bjpols.bsky.social 🎉
Why do elections remain widely supported even as democratic checks and balances erode around the world?
Why do elections remain widely supported even as democratic checks and balances erode around the world?
NEW -
Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf
- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf
- @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
January 5, 2026 at 11:23 AM
New article out in @bjpols.bsky.social 🎉
Why do elections remain widely supported even as democratic checks and balances erode around the world?
Why do elections remain widely supported even as democratic checks and balances erode around the world?
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Discover our Comparative Political Behavior Elements series? Edited by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, Raymond Duch & Randolph Stevenson, this series explores how mass political behaviour varies across nations, regions, social groups and time periods.
https://cup.org/4oubhYq
#ComparativePolitics 🗺️
https://cup.org/4oubhYq
#ComparativePolitics 🗺️
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Discover our Comparative Political Behavior Elements series? Edited by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, Raymond Duch & Randolph Stevenson, this series explores how mass political behaviour varies across nations, regions, social groups and time periods.
https://cup.org/4oubhYq
#ComparativePolitics 🗺️
https://cup.org/4oubhYq
#ComparativePolitics 🗺️
This was a fun project to work on.
Check out our new paper, out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social now! ⬇️
Check out our new paper, out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social now! ⬇️
NOW OUT ON FV!!
Enhancing #Transparency & #Replicability in #Data #Collection: Lessons from the Construction of 3 #Education #Datasets
By @adridelrio.bsky.social, Woseeok Kim, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, Agustina S. Paglayan & @eugenian.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Enhancing #Transparency & #Replicability in #Data #Collection: Lessons from the Construction of 3 #Education #Datasets
By @adridelrio.bsky.social, Woseeok Kim, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, Agustina S. Paglayan & @eugenian.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This was a fun project to work on.
Check out our new paper, out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social now! ⬇️
Check out our new paper, out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social now! ⬇️
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The Spanish centre-right is taking a tumble and the far-right is on the rise.
I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX.
~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right
I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX.
~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right
October 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The Spanish centre-right is taking a tumble and the far-right is on the rise.
I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX.
~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right
I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX.
~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right
🎓 Join us for our Autumn 2025 Webinar Series: “Using Social Media as a Research Tool”, co-organised with @aykutozturk.bsky.social!
We explore how social media data can help study democracy, political communication & public engagement. 🧵👇
We explore how social media data can help study democracy, political communication & public engagement. 🧵👇
October 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🎓 Join us for our Autumn 2025 Webinar Series: “Using Social Media as a Research Tool”, co-organised with @aykutozturk.bsky.social!
We explore how social media data can help study democracy, political communication & public engagement. 🧵👇
We explore how social media data can help study democracy, political communication & public engagement. 🧵👇
Reposted by Anja Neundorf
#polisky #poliscisky @anjaneundorf.bsky.social @laiabalcells.bsky.social @eliasdinas.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social
Please forward to folks who might be interested!
Please forward to folks who might be interested!
Call for abstracts for interdisciplinary conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective," May 26-27 in Toulouse @tse-fr.eu
Deadline: Nov 15. Travel/accommodation will be covered.
Please apply!
Co-organized with Jan Stuckatz, Selina Hofstetter, and Mikkel Dack.
Deadline: Nov 15. Travel/accommodation will be covered.
Please apply!
Co-organized with Jan Stuckatz, Selina Hofstetter, and Mikkel Dack.
September 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
#polisky #poliscisky @anjaneundorf.bsky.social @laiabalcells.bsky.social @eliasdinas.bsky.social @giacomolem.bsky.social
Please forward to folks who might be interested!
Please forward to folks who might be interested!
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✨ This week I had the privilege to attend a thought-provoking workshop in beautiful Budapest, hosted at the CEU Democracy Institute, on countering the far right’s influence and safeguarding democracy.
✨ This week I had the privilege to attend a thought-provoking workshop in beautiful Budapest, hosted at the CEU Democracy Institute, on countering the far right’s influence and safeguarding democracy.
September 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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✨ This week I had the privilege to attend a thought-provoking workshop in beautiful Budapest, hosted at the CEU Democracy Institute, on countering the far right’s influence and safeguarding democracy.
✨ This week I had the privilege to attend a thought-provoking workshop in beautiful Budapest, hosted at the CEU Democracy Institute, on countering the far right’s influence and safeguarding democracy.