@rdassonneville.bsky.social
Research Prof at KU Leuven
Voting & Democracy Research Group
https://ruthdassonneville.netlify.app/
@rdassonneville.bsky.socialHad a blast presenting initial findings from the SOCIOVOTE project (with @wannesdemeyer.bsky.social & @vojtechpohanka.bsky.social) at the @institute-juanlinz.bsky.social !
Thanks for the invite, warm welcome, and super helpful feedback!
@danjdevine.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.social❗ There's a permanent, research and teaching lectureship over at the University of Surrey in the broad area of behaviour, attitudes, parties, etc.
@seaytac.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.social🚨🚨 New working paper! What happens to citizens’ democratic priorities when power changes hands? We (w/ Natasha Wunsch) explore this by drawing on a three-wave panel survey and a repeated conjoint experiment fielded around Hungary’s April 2026 elections (1/4, link at the end)...
@rdassonneville.bsky.socialEn voor wie geen toegang heeft 👇
@rdassonneville.bsky.socialOok deze maand schreef ik een column voor @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social
Ik maak het argument dat goede vertegenwoordiging meer is dan de kiezer napraten. Goede politici volgen de meerderheid niet, ze creëren die!
@nicolaiberk.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.socialWe're excited that Leah von der Heyde will join us for the next session of the TaDa Fall Speaker Series:
“How (Not) to Use LLMs in Survey Research”
When? Wednesday, October 14, 17:00 (Berlin time)
Sign up for our newsletter at tada.cool for the zoom link!
@ojrj.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.socialMy thoughts on the Latvian elections for LSE blogs. Latvia steers right, as radical right parties massively increase the number of their seats and major centre parties lose support. However, the radical right in Latvia differs from that in many other European countries.
@ejprjournal.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.socialShaping the left wing 🪽
@ecprpovb.bsky.social's D.Angelucci & @ecpr-migration.bsky.social's E.Flumeri analyse 19 Western European countries to suggest that the gender gap is stronger when left-wing parties have progressive policies on both economic and social/cultural issues
@institute-juanlinz.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.socialThis Friday at the IJL: @rdassonneville.bsky.social
Not to be missed - open to all as always :)
@frederikthieme.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.socialWhy do green parties struggle electorally despite widespread support for climate action? My new (first 😱) paper explores why green parties remain uniquely challenged in economic crisis & that the mechanism is not only about sociotropic concerns, but also voters’ pocketbooks 🧵
doi.org/10.1017/S147...
@rdassonneville.bsky.socialThis looks great, congrats Frederik!
@noelbsalazar.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.social📢 JOB ALERT | Anthropology@KU Leuven
We are hiring a tenure-track Social & Cultural Anthropologist with expertise in Latin America
🌱 Political & environmental anthro
🔎 Political economy, extractivism, indigeneity, decolonization
🎓 80% tenure track
📅 Deadline: 1/12/26
@danbischof.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.socialPostdoc position within my group 3 years (100% TVl-13):
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/2...
⏱️ 06.11.2026
If you have questions: get in touch!
@tabouchadi.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.socialFor my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions.
2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%)
1 doc: 2 years (75%)
Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable)
Application deadline: 1 November
@wepsocial.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.social🧩 Do voters dislike parties that mix left and right positions?
In ten countries, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, Patrick Fournier & @zeynsom.bsky.social find voters know less about such parties and like them less, in part because of the inconsistency itself.
@scilove.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.social🔥 Trending on SciLove today 🔥
🔬 Voters’ perceptions of ideologically inconsistent parties
👤 Dassonneville et al., 2026
📖 West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social
🔗 https://www.scilove.app/article/10.1080/01402382.2026.2725847
#PoliSci #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
@vincenzoemanuele.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.social📢 New data update!
I have just updated my two datasets with the elections held in 2026:
📊 Dataset of Electoral Volatility and its Internal Components in Western Europe (1945–2026) lnkd.in/d43Kz9Wt
📊 Dataset of New Parties and Party System Innovation in Western Europe since 1945 lnkd.in/d6PXmK_w
@rdassonneville.bsky.social🤓 Cool to be cited in this The Economist article that is trying to think through the political consequences of limited economic growth.
@indubioproreto.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.socialNot suprising that the Linke got the most votes among younger voters in Berlin. Yet, the size of their vote share among under-35 year-olds is stunning.
@rikkidean.bsky.socialReposted by @rdassonneville.bsky.social🚨 Job alert 🚨
Come and join me and @paul-kindermann.net researching European process preferences.
3-year postdoc @sotonpolitics.bsky.social with travel and training budget.
Potentially of interest to those attending #EPOP2026.
Details at: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #polisky
