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Political sociologist | University of Amsterdam | populism & radicalism | voting & public opinion | Stuk Rood Vlees

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3 years
Very excited to share that I received an @NWONieuws #Vidi grant! We are going to study the psychological roots of populist radical right support. Looking forward to doing this together with my fantastic colleagues at the #Hotpoliticslab & the @UvA_AISSR 🥳
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In an op-ed in today’s @guardian I examine where the success of the far right comes from. My main claim is that neither parties nor voters have fundamentally changed. Instead, they have been driven into each others’ arms. #thread 1/11
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Very happy to announce that I have now updated my bio! 😊 I would like to thank all my fantastic colleagues and co-authors for their support during the past 13 (😳) years. It has been a great journey that I hope will continue for a long time to come.
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Important message for all academics and journalists interested in populism, the far right, the far left, and/or Euroscepticism: Here’s The PopuList! It provides an overview of populist, far left/right and Eurosceptic parties in Europe. #thread
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Important news for academics and journalists interested in populism, the far right/left and Euroscepticism: The PopuList Version 2.0 is out! It provides an overview of populist, far left/right & Eurosceptic parties in Europe since 1989. #Thread (1/13)
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The PopuList 3.0 is LIVE! Explore our updated database of European populist, far-left, and far-right parties since 1989 here. It includes a thorough revision, an extension with the 2020-2022 period, and detailed country reports. A #thread . 1/9
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Excited to see that my state of the field article “How to study populism and adjacent topics: A plea for both more and less focus” is now First View in the European Journal of Political Research. Short summary: (1/17)
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Today @guardian launched a new project on populism. They asked me and about 35 colleagues to compile a list of contemporary populist parties in Europe and to help them with the analysis of the data. Here are the main results: #thread
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I'm looking for a PhD candidate! Interested in political psychology & the populist radical right? Would you like to work with me and a great team of colleagues in the #HotPoliticsLab and the @UvA_AISSR ? Apply now! Deadline is April 18th CET.
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4 years
Laten we dit ook niet vergeten als we het over de groei van radicaal rechts hebben.
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Will Covid-19 kill off the populist radical right? By means of data from @pollofpolls_EU and #ThePopuList I examined how 31 PRR parties have fared in the polls in the last 6 months. Today I published a blog post in Dutch. Here are the main takeaways: (1/7)
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There is a widespread idea that public support for democracy in Western societies is falling, especially among the young. Is that true? NO!
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Heel goed dat @nrc zich zo duidelijk uitspreekt over misschien wel de meest zorgwekkende ontwikkeling in de Nederlandse politiek.
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Levitsky and @dziblatt about the banality of authoritarianism. Does it sound familiar? It seems applicable to almost every (European) country. (From this great book: )
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#balkoningsdag : secretly pursuing that other career...
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Crushing critique of how the Dutch government handles the pandemic.
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While we’re all discussing how Putin is threatening our liberal democracies from the outside, we should not forget how in the EU the system of liberal democracy is being destroyed from within. The elections tomorrow in EU member state Hungary are by no means democratic.
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Elections! Today the Dutch elect provincial councils and water authorities. Yet these regional elections also have important national implications. Moreover, they might teach us some lessons about European politics in general. Why are these elections important? A thread. #PS2023
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Today my fellowship at NIAS has started. Great to be here with @tabouchadi , @macarena_ares , @stefanie_reher , @MarkusWagnerAT & many others. And it is so funny that I'm in the same building (and I think even the same office) as where I started my PhD project exactly 15 years ago!
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This looks like a very cool new paper by @hannah__werner and @KristofJacobs1 : populists are more likely than non-populists to accept the outcome of a referendum, even when this outcome is unfavourable.
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Matthijs Rooduijn
5 years
Although radical right parties have become more and more successful in the last 2 decades, and mainstream parties have (as a result) become increasingly restrictive on immigration, voters have NOT become more negative about immigration. See this graph. 1/6
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6 years
My article on what unites the voter bases of populist parties is now out in print @EPSRjournal :
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Matthijs Rooduijn
5 years
What a day: 2 paper rejects before lunchtime... 😩 Good reason to take the rest of the day off to enjoy some Italian beauty (and candy)!
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. @nrc , neem alsjeblieft niet de term nationaal-conservatisme over. Dat gebruiken partijen als FvD en bv de Italiaanse Lega van Salvini om een mainstream imago te creëren. Noem ze radicaal-rechts, want dat is wat ze zijn.
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Matthijs Rooduijn
4 years
Is Trump a fascist? This is what Robert O. Paxton, one of the foremost experts on fascism, has to say about this:
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4 years
Wie zijn Henk en Ingrid? In deel 9 van mijn serie op @StukRoodVlees ga ik in op de PVV-kiezer. Conclusies: 1. PVV-stemmers zijn GEEN oude mannen uit niet-stedelijke gebieden. 2. Sociaaleconomisch zijn PVV-stemmers behoorlijk links en ook steeds linkser.
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Super excited that our paper @GijsSchumacher @bnbakker - Hot Politics? Affective responses to political rhetoric - was published in @apsrjournal ! We spent 2 years collecting physiology data in the field. A thread [1/13]
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5 years
How did populists perform in the EP elections? I checked this together with my colleague @philipp_mendoza . Main findings can be found in this @guardian piece by @JenniferMerode (), and this graph. Short summary and some thoughts below.
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5 years
Very much looking forward to reading this one by @CasMudde : "The Far Right Today" (). But only after my vacation! Everything related to populism and the far right is strictly forbidden in the next couple of weeks. I'm sure Italy's beaches will be safe... 😎
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6 months
Interesting development: "The European Socialists, Greens, and Liberals have all shut the door to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s reelection if she decides to cooperate with the hard-right ECR party after June’s EU elections."
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Proud of @_d_peterson , who graduated today with a fantastic thesis on loneliness & far-right support. Very happy that Delaney will stay with us as a PhD candidate in @HotPoliticsLab , in a project led by @bnbakker . Also congrats @CVAlebeek , who took this Caravaggio-esque photo!
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Matthijs Rooduijn
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Populist? Radical right? Extreme right? Neofascist? For those of you who want to better understand the far right, @jonhenley of @guardian employs The PopuList and guides us through the complicated patchwork of concepts and categorizations:
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Matthijs Rooduijn
2 years
Look what I found! So much looking forward to reading this one! @POP_TweetsOnPop
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Matthijs Rooduijn
8 months
Re-reading this great paper by @akoustov and colleagues. This is exactly what happened in NL: those with anti-immigration attitudes voted for Wilders because this issue was (made) salient. Not their attitudes have changed, but the political circumstances.
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6 years
Centrists more hostile to democracy than radicals? Not when we look at actual voting behavior and beliefs about the most important issues for radical parties. Here's my new blog post for @monkeycageblog : . Also some additional graphs here:
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4 years
Supergoed en heel uitgebreid optreden van politicoloog @MarikenVelden bij @NOS -journaal. 👍👍👍 Iedereen heeft het over Kaag, maar de politicologie is toch zeker ook één van de winnaars van deze verkiezingen!
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Interesting piece about the gender divide among young Poles (regarding voting). For example: Young men - Support for populism/far-right: 62% - Biggest threat facing the country: "gender ideology & LGBT movement" Young women - 43% - "Climate crisis"
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Matthijs Rooduijn
3 years
Are you good at programming and designing visualizations in R? At building websites? And are you interested in populism or related topics and (close to) fluent in English? We are looking for a research assistant in the #PopuList project!
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4 years
Volgens @KustawBessems is de groei van radicaal rechts de gebeurtenis "die alle andere in de schaduw plaatst". Helemaal eens. De radicalisering v deze partijen, hoe ze rechtse middenpartijen daarin meetrekken, en dan ook nog eens groeien, dat is nogal wat.
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3 years
In six out of seven countries the mainstream political right enjoys higher algorithmic amplification on Twitter than the mainstream political left.
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Matthijs Rooduijn
6 years
In a thought-provoking op-ed @nytimes , @davidrkadler argues that centrists, not extremists, are most hostile to democracy: . Although the analyses on which the op-ed is based are interesting, I do not think that they warrant Adler’s main claim. #Thread
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3 years
We moeten onze democratie niet alleen naar buiten toe beschermen, maar juist ook nú intern vernieuwen. Anders is het niet ondenkbaar dat straks van binnenuit vernietigd wordt wat we naar buiten toe proberen te beschermen. Opiniestuk in @nrc van vandaag.
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3 years
This looks like a very cool new study. @simonovitsgabor , @jlynnmccoy and @littvay examine what they call "democratic hypocrisy": the difference in support for democratic norms when one’s own party is in or out of power.
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3 years
After @L_deJonge and many others, Vizier op Links has now also targeted @SLdeLange . Please support her and academic freedom in general!! #wesupportsarahandacademicfreedom !
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It was only a matter of time before Vizier op Links would also target me. Wont be intimidated and will continue my research, teaching and public activities.
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#ISPP2022 Athens here we come!
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1 year
Very much looking forward to collaborating with @tabouchadi , @macarena_ares , @MarkusWagnerAT and @stefanie_reher at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies!
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Tarik Abou-Chadi
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Very happy to share that I will be spending the fall term at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in Amsterdam researching the Future of Progressive Politics with the fabulous @macarena_ares @MarkusWagnerAT @stefanie_reher & @mrooduijn
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Educators, journalists, academics and artists must work to strengthen citizens’ democratic awareness and resilience. Only through such concerted efforts can we safeguard the increasingly fragile foundations of our liberal democracies. 11/11
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For a new project, the @guardian analyzed @YouGov data (representing more than 60% of the world's population) and asked @littvay and me to help them. 1 of the things we found: populist citizens are far more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. #Thread
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Matthijs Rooduijn
3 years
Call for submissions!! @PaulMaher10 , @Adrian_Lueders , Elif Erisen, Eva Jonas and I will edit a special issue on populism in Political Psychology ( @Journal_PoPs ). See here for more information:
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Waarom is links zo veel Kamerzetels kwijt? Voor @decorrespondent schreef ik een stuk over het verlies van links in tijden waarin linkse politiek urgenter lijkt dan ooit.
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Not only theatres... Today's lecture was in a cinema. A pity that my Game of Thrones video clips are scheduled for next class only (which will, unfortunately, be taught in a normal lecture hall).
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1 year
Backstage because we teach our lectures in theatres these days…
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Happy to see that our paper (with the great @bartbonikowski & Jante Parlevliet) is OA @EUP . We test the hypothesis that exposure to populist/nativist messages fuels nativism/populism among those susceptible to these messages. Warning: results are mixed!
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Ironically, far-right parties have also been bolstered by their main adversaries: right-wing mainstream parties. By adopting some of their ideas to win back votes, they have legitimized and boosted the far-right instead. 7/11
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This is a great piece (in English) by @KleinpasteThijs about the Dutch radical right-wing populist Thierry Baudet. "His ideas will not become less dangerous—just more mainstream."
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Interested in populism? Read this good, concise piece by @CasMudde about: (1) what populism is; (2) what the causes of its upsurge are; (3) what the (possible) consequences are.
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Important piece: how is it possible that Poland's PiS undermines liberal democracy & remains more popular than ever?
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New paper in @WEPsocial ! Brian Burgoon and I show that the extent to which someone's immigration attitude affects his/her support for welfare redistribution depends on national-level circumstances like the level of immigration and welfare state protection.
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Vanaf vandaag schrijf ik iedere week een blogje op @StukRoodVlees : “Plaatjes van de electoraatjes”. Aan de hand van een aantal grafieken ga ik in op de kiezers van de tien grootste partijen volgens de peilingen. Vandaag deel 1: FVD Korte samenvatting 👇
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New paper with the great @StijnTvanKessel about populism and Euroskepticism in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.
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Samen met @SimonOtjes werk ik weer aan de serie "Plaatjes van de electoraatjes" voor @StukRoodVlees . We hebben er erg veel zin in! Op dit moment zijn we bezig met het koppelen van de datasets en het uitvoeren van de analyses. Binnenkort staat de eerste aflevering online! #TK2023
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Our (with @PaulMaher10 , @Adrian_Lueders , @ElifErisen1 & Eva Jonas) special issue about populism in @Journal_PoPs is out!! Including great papers about science skepticism, identity threat, nostalgia, and much much more.
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The final (and crucial) element is habituation among voters. People get used to things that happen repeatedly. Hearing far-right rhetoric nonstop, seeing mainstream parties moving towards them, and observing the far right’s increasing vote shares has normalised the far right.8/11
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Sterk stuk van @Leolucassen : Deze passage vat volgens mij mooi samen wat één van de belangrijkste problemen is in het huidige debat:
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In the run-up to next week’s EU elections, @SimonOtjes and I launch ‘European Electorates Explored.’ In this series, we'll dive into the voter bases of the different groups in the European Parliament. What did we find? #thread
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Criticising these parties for their illiberalism remains crucial, but it is no longer sufficient. To protect our democracies, we must cultivate a strong consciousness of democratic liberalism. This means promoting what we value in addition to condemning what threatens it. 10/11
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Onderzoek samen met @HMazepus en @bnbakker laat zien dat de fundamenten van onze liberale democratie onderdeel zijn geworden van de sterk gepolitiseerde 'culturele' conflictlijn. (1/5)
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Ik heb Nederlands radicaal rechts in hoorcolleges weleens omschreven als "op ethisch vlak relatief progressief" (vergeleken met andere landen). Ik geloof dat ik mijn hoorcolleges maar eens moet gaan updaten...
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Never forget.
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Everyone interested in populism should check out this great new dataset: . Based on an expert survey conducted by @MauritsMeijers & @AndrejZaslove , including 250 parties in 28 European countries. Also see their cool new paper:
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Are you looking for a PhD position in the field of political psychology? Are you interested in the consequences of societal threats? Consider applying for these exciting projects with the great @bnbakker .
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This great new book, edited by @ProfTimBale and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser, shows how mainstream right parties in Europe are caught between liberal and progressive forces on the one hand and authoritarian and nativist ones on the other. Must-read!
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Getting ready for #APSA2023 ! (Yes, that’s a fountain in the hotel lobby ☺️)
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Is onze liberale democratie in gevaar? "In een land als Hongarije is hij al verdwenen, in Polen is hij in groot gevaar. We zitten niet in de jaren 30 van de vorige eeuw. Maar het gevaar is wel dat ook onze democratie erodeert." Mooi interview met @CasMudde
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For those interested in populism and/or emotions: tune in tomorrow at 3 pm (CET) @ the online #HotPoliticsLab . Agneta Fischer (UvA, Social Psychology) will give a talk about her recent work on the relationship between fear and populism. Join via Zoom:
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Great long read by @dewaremerijn about the underestimated impact of the Anglo-American (neo)conservative tradition on the Dutch populist radical right.
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Sterke tweede aflevering van Stemmen. Luister naar de wijze woorden van @hakhverdian , Valentijn de Hingh, @TomWGvdMeer en @SLdeLange . Maar kijk ook zeker even naar de kekke grafiekjes zoals bijvoorbeeld deze:
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Important piece by @L_deJonge on how media (should not) deal with the far right:
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Matthijs Rooduijn
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Alsjeblief, @volkskrant , deze titel kan echt niet. Hoe kan een serieuze kwaliteitskrant zo'n dubieuze voorspelling nu als feitelijke uitspraak presenteren? Dit is niets anders dan fake news.
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Berichtje van m'n schoonvader, waar dochterlief momenteel logeert ❤️
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Solved! The PopuList is online again!
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6 months
There is a problem with the PopuList website. I will try to solve it ASAP, apologies for the inconvenience!
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Bovenmatig veel aandacht voor Baudet / FVD / Forum in de media? Ik weet het niet hoor... 🤔
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Omtzigt snoeihard: "Het is onze kliek in Den Haag die neerkijkt op hardwerkende Nederlanders." Hoewel hij natuurlijk een punt heeft, is het ook goed hier even bij aan te tekenen dat deze populistische formulering vd #2 van de traditioneel grootste machtspartij van ons land komt
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"Langharig": was het maar zo'n feest!
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Do we need more or less democracy when it comes to climate change? Check out this report by @vdeminstitute : . (via )
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Ik krijg een Veni-beurs voor mijn onderzoek naar maatschappelijke polarisatie! Superblij!!
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I should not forget to mention that this also means that in the near future (probably 2022) the #hotpoliticslab @UvA_Amsterdam is going to hire a phd and a postdoc. Are you interested in the interface of political science and psychology and in one of these positions? Stay tuned!
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Matthijs Rooduijn
3 years
Very excited to share that I received an @NWONieuws #Vidi grant! We are going to study the psychological roots of populist radical right support. Looking forward to doing this together with my fantastic colleagues at the #Hotpoliticslab & the @UvA_AISSR 🥳
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