Javier Sajuria

@sajuria.com

Professor of Comparative Politics @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social . I walk with @pepagonzal.bsky.social, E&C.
Host of www.bicameral.cl
Director @espublicocl.bsky.social
Editor @repjournal.bsky.social

www.sajuria.com
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@caprosser.com Oct 9, 2026, 1:20 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

🚨Job alert! 🚨

Come work with us on the British Election Study!

We are looking for a postdoc to join the new BES team: 5 year contract, starting in Jan 2027.

Happy to chat if you've got any questions.

Applications close 12 Nov, for details see: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

@benansell.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:21 AMReposted by @sajuria.com

‘Culturally British by my standards’ is one of the most chilling phrases uttered in British politics. Entirely unsurprising to me who it’s from.

@sajuria.com Oct 8, 2026, 7:47 PM

I now wonder what do political scientists do.

@sajuria.com Oct 8, 2026, 5:37 PM

I am so pleased to see this edited volume coming out. And also happy to be working with so many great colleagues. Many thanks to Lizzie and Patrick for the invitation to write a chapter on the fragmentation of London politics.

@mileendinstitute.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 12:36 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

Last night, @mileendinstitute.bsky.social co-hosted the first in a new series of lectures by @qmulsse.bsky.social's Professors of Practice.

In this special event hosted by @tomchidwick.bsky.social, Lord Clement-Jones explored how universities can shape, assess and showcase graduates for the future.

Peter Downs, Jaspreet Kaur and Lord Clement-Jones, SSE's first Professors of Practice, posing together for a photograph.

Lord Clement-Jones lecturing at Queen Mary University of London on Monday 5 October 2026.

Lord Clement-Jones in conversation with Tom Chidwick at Queen Mary University of London on Monday 5 October 2026.

@timbale.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 9:29 AMReposted by @sajuria.com

There's many a slip twixt cup and lip. Me on how once we move from the normative abstract to the nitty-gritty particular on electoral reform, there's plenty of opportunities for self-interest to take over. Fortunately, to borrow another maxim, The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley!

@repjournal.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 5:27 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

In our latest article, Johanna Jormfeldt and Erik Wångmar ask, does the populist radical right threaten female representation in Nordic parliaments? Find out now!

#FemaleRepresentation #PopulistRadicalRight

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@repjournal.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 7:31 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

What has led to the party system in Taiwan since democratic transition?

Find out in our latest paper, by John Fuh-sheng Hsieh!

#Representation #Taiwan

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@repjournal.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 7:40 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

How does municipal size shape local representation? In our latest paper, @thepeiru finds that as municipal size decreases, citizens perceive their interests to be more aligned with their councillors and view them as more intrinsically motivated

See more! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@ewong.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 5:10 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

NEW: Trump and his aides are building a rationale for more military strikes across Latin America and the Caribbean. They're getting 14 countries to designate crime groups "terrorist" organizations. That's expected to happen this week, during UNGA in NY. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/w...

nytimes.comMirroring Trump, Allies Are Expected to Label Latin American Cartels ‘Terrorists’ at U.N.G.A. (Gift Article)On the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, 14 countries are expected to follow Washington’s lead by designating 25 criminal groups as terrorist organizations.

@sajuria.com Sep 12, 2026, 11:39 AM

I'd like to think that the lack of pics and posts from me about #ecprgc26 means that I had a blast. And I did. My favourite conference, with lots of amazing colleagues and papers, and in an impressive city.

@sajuria.com Sep 11, 2026, 7:39 AM

Midnight, our sons and daughters Were cut down and taken from us Hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat 11/09/1973

@timbale.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 1:46 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

I'm sure there's a pattern here but I'm damned if I can make it out.

How misperceptions divide along party lines
Reform UK supporters think half of London’s population is Muslim. Their median guess of 50% is notably higher than the equivalent figure for Conservatives (40%), who guess next-highest, and more than three times the reality of 15%.
Different parties’ supporters misperceive London's ethnic make-up in different ways. Green and Labour supporters most overestimate the White British share, guessing 50% against a reality of 37%, while Reform supporters most overestimate the Black and Asian populations, estimating each at 30% against realities of 14% and 21%.
On the crimes that have genuinely risen, it is supporters on the left who are most often wrong. Violence and sexual offences have both increased in London, even if rates of both are still among the lowest in the country, yet fewer than half of Labour and Green supporters recognise that either has gone up – compared with majorities of Reform and Conservative supporters.
Reform supporters have the most inflated view of the risk of crime in London, guessing that 40% of Londoners were victims of crime in a single year – more than three times the reality (12.2%) – and are most likely to wrongly think total crime has risen since 2019, with nine in 10 (87%) holding this misperception.
Reform supporters also most overestimate how unsafe Londoners feel, guessing that 70% do not feel safe walking alone after dark – 10 points above Conservatives (60%), the next-highest, and almost double the reality of 37%.

@mileendinstitute.bsky.social Sep 4, 2026, 3:12 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

Most of the Mile End Institute and @qmulsse.bsky.social’s experts on British politics, political history and policymaking are now on Bluesky!

Follow our experts for their analysis of all the major developments in British politics, government and public life ⬇️

go.bsky.app/9tTXo9i

@repjournal.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 8:45 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

Our latest paper is a comparative study that analyzes two Italian constitutional reform attempts — Renzi-Boschi and Meloni-Casellati — using an original Institutional Populism Index to measure their impact on executive power and checks and balances
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@repjournal.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 8:48 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

In our new paper, Susanne Wallman Lundåsen examines whether the representation and governing status of local political parties influence citizen satisfaction with local democratic governance in Sweden.

#Representation #Sweden #Politics

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@repjournal.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 8:53 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

Local disability representation is important but understudied. In an experiment on German disability representatives, @MoritzRaykowski finds that representation can boost access, but may come with inflated policy claims
#DisabilityRights #Representation

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@repjournal.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 8:56 PMReposted by @sajuria.com

Does the populist radical right threaten female representation in Nordic parliaments? Not yet — parliaments remain gender-balanced despite radical right parties having few female MPs finds Joanna Jormfeldt and Erik Wångmar

#FemaleRepresentation #Populist

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@tevoelker.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 11:21 AMReposted by @sajuria.com

Wednesday, at 18:15: we’ll have the business meeting of the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social. Do join us — it’s a very supportive community of scholars, very valuable in such challenging times! @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @larboe.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @sajuria.com

@sajuria.com Sep 6, 2026, 10:28 AM

The 8.55am flight from London to Krakow was the ECPR express. And the immigration queue is a painful reminder of Brexit

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