Anne Rasmussen
Prof of Pol Science @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
University of Copenhagen. Lobbying | Political Representation | Public Opinion & Policy | Gender | Social Media | EIC @igajournal.bsky.social | PI ADVODID ERC Grant |ECPR ExecComm
https://annerasmussen.eu
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen🌐 📲 With international collaborators, the Observatory’s director @andreucasas.bsky.social revisited recent “TikTok censorship” claims after the TikTok USDS takeover ➡️ Detailed information about the analysis available: goodauthority.org/news/was-the... 🧵[1/5]
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen🧵 New version of our paper (@bcegerod.bsky.social) is finally online: "How Many is Enough? Sample Size in Staggered Difference-in-Differences Designs" We show that even well-identified DiD studies are often underpowered; sample sizes needed are surprisingly large Paper: osf.io/preprints/os... 1/6
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen65.1 🦋 Who runs for political office and who doesn’t? 🤷 These authors 🧵👇️ show how personality traits, especially honesty and humility, shape citizens’ political ambition, answering why recruitment matters in cross-national study ✍️ 🔗 buff.ly/Sc9yPf1
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen⏱️ @frederikstevens.bsky.social examines when interest groups mobilise to keep “nightmare” issues off the EU agenda. ⏳ Survey data on 485 EU-level groups shows negative agenda-setting is about timing, not just mobilisation 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenMy colleague Kevin Munger asked me and a bunch of editors to sit and think through AI and peer review. Our take: osf.io/9sxnc/files/... We envision an increased (!) involvement of humans in the evaluation of social science.
- 🚨We have a set of very nice PhD scholarships available at King’s College London’s Department of Political Economy 👨🎓 👩🏫 Candidates free to develop their own proposal within political science, communication, Econ etc. ⁉️Questions welcome Happy if you have the option to share the call 🙏
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen🌟 PHD FELLOWSHIP ALERT! 🌟 I’m hiring 1 PhD fellow for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting 09/26! Great PhD community + int'l & supportive environment + FUN city. 💰for conferences + workshops! Lots of mentoring & career development opportunities! Deadline Jan 29th. Please apply!
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenNew article: "Legislative Control and Partisan Disparities in Dyadic Representation" in @lsqjournal.bsky.social w/ Dan Butler and @steverogersinfo.bsky.social. GOP leadership doesn't shy away from policies where GOP constituencies disagree with the party platform, impairing dyadic representation!
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenAre we trapped in a vicious cycle of political incivility on social media? 🤳 Our new study suggests that we are, but primarily as elections approach. The more we like, comment or share uncivil political content, the more politicians use such rhetoric close to elections. ➡️ doi.org/10.1177/1532...
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenAfter 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social 📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵
- Some good news finally ;-) 🍫💝 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/key-che...
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenPolitical communication research overwhelmingly relies on text. But parliamentary speech is multimodal! In our new @psrm.bsky.social article, Mathias Rask and I show that legislators also signal partisan conflict nonverbally— through changes in vocal pitch during floor speeches. 🧵 1/11 #polisky
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenKV2025: 16 ud af 91 optalte borgmestre er kvinder. Ved KV2021 var 21 ud af 98 borgmestre kvinder. Lad os se hvad der sker med de sidste poster... #dkpol #KV2025 www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenMethods don’t make meaning. Theory does. Better methods won’t eradicate the slot machine. Put the tools to the use of theory. Thanks to @lseimpactblog.bsky.social for featuring my post. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen🆕 What kind of personalities are drawn to politics? 🗳️ This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2 buff.ly/xk4qMa3
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment - cup.org/4ncO4c0 - Marc van de Wardt, P.Bundi, P.J.Loewen, @annerasmussen.bsky.social, @liorsheffer.bsky.social & F.Varone #FirstView
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenPoliticians don’t just care how many people hold an opinion — they care how good that opinion is. In our new (open-access) article in West European Politics, based on survey data from 900+ politicians across 11 countries, we show: quality > quantity. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0140...
- 🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are? @simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions Thread 🧵1/10
- We compare what citizens actually think on 5 salient policy issues (immigration, safety, healthcare, culture, environment) with politicians’ estimates On average, politicians misestimate support by 22 percentage points (!). BUT biases vary a lot (!) by issue & country. 2/10
- We then test two main factors which could be linked to these misperceptions: (1) Self-projection – politicians assume the public thinks like they do. (2) Interest groups – ties to business or citizen groups correlate with perceptions. 3/10
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How do governments mobilise public opinion in times of uncertainty? Do they gauche public opinion systematically across policy domains or unevenly depending on the issue ?🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... - Reposted by Anne Rasmussen[This post could not be retrieved]
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenYesterday at #ecprgc25 👇 💡 Keynote speech by Margaritis Schinas, Vice President of the European Commission 📚 Publishing session @annerasmussen.bsky.social, @irobo.bsky.social, @mlorimer.bsky.social, @alessandronai.bsky.social, @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social ⭐ Thanks to everyone who participated!
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenIn January 2026, Cambridge University Press joins forces with ECPR to publish the European Journal of Political Research, European Political Science, the European Political Science Review and the Political Data Yearbook. Find out more - cup.org/3UG4RIB #ecprgc25
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenDid you ever wonder why governments don’t do more to counteract wealth inequality? In our new @worldpolitics.bsky.social article, we seek to answer this question, studying the electoral politics of inheritance taxation muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 1/n
- Headed to #ecprgc25? 🇬🇷☀️📝💻 Please join us for this roundtable on open science featuring editors from @prxjournal.bsky.social @mlorimer.bsky.social @stevenhauwert & from @ejprjournal.bsky.social @alessandronai.bsky.social @isabelleborucki The roundtable doesn’t overlap with any research panels 👏
- 📢 One week to go #ecprgc25 📊 Open Science in Political Research with @prxjournal.bsky.social & EJPR 📆 Thursday 28th August ⏰ 13:30 – 15:15 EEST 📌 Law Building, Floor: Ground Floor, Room: Amphitheatre B ➡️ buff.ly/xSvXWbU
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen🧡 And don't forget you can meet this wonderful bunch at the Meet The Editors session 📆 Thursday 28 August ⏰ 15:45 - 16:45 🫶 Come and say hello! 👉 buff.ly/wUlT2Ys
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social. We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenWahlkampf in den sozialen Medien: Lokale Posts wirken nicht - @ohuwyler.bsky.social, @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @stefaniebailer.bsky.social Parlamentsmitglieder sprechen ihren Wahlkreis mittels lokalen Posts direkt an, obwohl diese Strategie nicht belohnt wird. www.defacto.expert/2025/08/19/w...
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenPoliticians are more susceptible to personal stories and experiences while ignoring statistical information when assessing a policy, demonstrating that episodic information is more influential than statistical information link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- 🚨 New paper in Science Advances @science.org Can changing how we argue about politics online improve the quality of replies we get? T HeideJorgensen, @gregoryeady.bsky.social & I use an LLM to manipulate counter-arguments to see how people respond to different approaches to arguments Thread 🧵1/n
- We focus on four core features of political debate: (1) whether arguments are backed by evidence (or emotion) (2) whether they signal openness to compromise (3) whether they come from a partisan (in-/out-/non-partisan) (4) whether they are respectful or disrespectful 2/n
- Survey respondents write their opinion on a political issue they care about. An LLM then generates a counter-argument, randomizing the four features, 2×2×3×2 = 24 possibilities: evidence/emotion x open/closed to compromise x in-/out-/non-partisan x respectful/disrespectful 3/n
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- Reposted by Anne RasmussenCongrats to Julia Schulte-Cloos and @robert-a-huber.bsky.social and especially to @ejprjournal.bsky.social for finding excellent #openscience editors - this is really great news!
- 🎉📘 Big news from @ejprjournal.bsky.social Welcome Julia Schulte-cloos & @robert-a-huber.bsky.social as our new Editors of Open Science! The team will lead EJPR’s transition to #OpenAccess in 2026 with @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 🔍 Read more buff.ly/VxsHV8z #PoliSky #AcademicSky #Publishing
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenWelcome to the team! 🎉 We excited to introduce our 🆕 Open Science Editors, who will be leading an inspiring new initiative throughout the summer & autumn term! 📊 Stay tuned for exciting changes coming to EJPR in 2026! 📅 🧵1/3
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenHeading to @ipsa.org in SKorea? I’ll be there representing the @ejprjournal.bsky.social editorial team. Join the Meet the Editors session on July 13th, 12:45 PM. Whether you’re curious about publishing in EJPR, about the review process, or just want to say hello, you are welcome! Info www.ipsa.org
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen🆕 EJPR NEWS 📰 Find us here on Bluesky 🦋 @ejprjournal.bsky.social for original, peer-reviewed research on comparative European politics. Stay informed, stay connected. #PoliticalScience #EJPR #PoliSky
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenThis is a fantastic development for European political science led by some very brilliant people focused on excellent research A sea change. Bravo. Help however you can * join the mailing list by sending a message to epss-info-join@list.epssnet.org * join *now* to show support * spread the word
- 🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenKCL's Department of Political Economy is advertising two permanent Academic Education Pathway (AEP) lectureships (grade 6/7) in politics - one in Research Methods, and one in Comparative Politics. Hopefully, more AEP posts will follow in the next two years. Links & further details are below. 1/5
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenWe’re hiring 3 permanent (tenured) lecturers in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. These are ‘education pathway’ posts (in Economics, Research Methods, & Comparative Politics) 1/4 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-... www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-... www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen🚨 Come work with us at King's College London! 🚨 We're hiring two assistant professors (Education Pathway): - Lecturer in Economics tinyurl.com/aepecon - Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods tinyurl.com/aepmethod Amazing department, great colleagues, central London, what's not to like?
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenWe are looking for a PhD student! Check out the cfa below, please repost for N and diversity 👇👇🔥🔥🔥
- PhD opportunity! ASCoR is looking for a motivated PhD candidate for the project “Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics.” This four-year PhD track will be supervised by @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social, @lindabos.bsky.social, and @alessandronai.bsky.social DL: June 4 shorturl.at/YeXpf
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenWe are pleased to announce the program of the 5th Early Career workshop in Quantitative Political Economy from 19 to 21 May 2025 at King's Collge London. Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/kingsqp... Non-presenting PhDs or Postdocs are very welcome to attend, just let me know!
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenSo proud of this article "Between class conflict and culture war How left-right self-positioning reflects elite conflict and social-economic context" Slaven Zivkovic, @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social & I study when left & right have an economic or cultural meaning 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenRead Anthony Nownes new review of Joanna Wuest's book "Born this Way" cc @timlapira.bsky.social @annerasmussen.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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- I've had the privilege of reviewing Maraam Dwidar's excellent new book @uchicagopress.bsky.social It provides answers to several long-standing questions on lobbying. And, most importantly, it can provide HOPE in times where many might need it the most ... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenWe are inviting applications for a 4-year PhD position in International Relations at the @unisalzburg.bsky.social. Requirement: MA in Political Science or a closely related social science Application deadline: 2 June 2025 For more details, see tinyurl.com/5ew3auby #Polisky #poliscijobs
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenHow do populists typically deal with their bureaucrats, and what are the consequences? Our academic, Matia Vannoni discussed what happens when we expel the experts as a guest on the podcast VoxTalks Economics 🎧 Listen here ⬇️ cepr.org/multimedia/e...
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenResearch on voter ID and election turnout authored by our academic, @tombarton.bsky.social, has been featured in a new article by @noahvickers.bsky.social in @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy 🗳️🗂️ Read it here ⬇️ www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
- Really nice piece by @garlicksauce.bsky.social @wmjunk.bsky.social @heathbrown.bsky.social offering a great overview of recent interest group scholarship 👏 This’ll be a nice resource for the community
- Are lobbyists influential? The public sure thinks so, but applied political science since lobbying registration data emerged (late 90s) struggled to produce evidence that it does. In new review @wmjunk.bsky.social @heathbrown.bsky.social and I chart a wave of research showing that lobbying matters.
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen🚨📚🧪 Less than a week to apply for the open position of Editor of Open Science at the EJPR @ecpr.bsky.social ! Join a great & diverse team of editors, and help us develop new open science initiatives for the journal 🔥 Check out all info below 👇 Apply!
- @stefaniereher.bsky.social and my recent article on 'Public Opinion towards Interest Groups' now appears in print in the European Journal of Political Research More on its contents in the 🧵 below @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social
- Do citizens use interest groups aligned with their political views as shortcuts to assess if their views are well represented, similar to political parties? In new @ecpr.bsky.social Eur Jour Pol Research paper, @stefaniereher.bsky.social & I explore this ❓ using survey exp's in the US, UK, & D 🧵
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenKing's College London is hiring 20 scholars doing AI-related research across *all disciplines*, including social sciences (5-year research fellowship leading to permanent faculty position). Applications due May 19, 2025. @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kcl-spe.bsky.social
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen🚨 Deadline extended! 📣 Want to learn how #InterestGroups and #Advocacy work in a rapidly changing political climate? 👉 Join @ecprinterestgroups.bsky.social intensive course this July at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social! ✅ Expert-led lectures ✅ Tailored feedback ✅ Real-world insights 🗓️ Apply by 16 Apr
- We look forward to welcoming @dbroockman.bsky.social for an extra Departmental seminar today at 3.30 pm Bush House NE 9.03 @kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for his talk: 'How Constituent Contact to Congress Reinforces the Status Quo' Afterwards all welcome www.dalyswinebar.co.uk
- Delighted to share the fantastic lineup of upcoming speakers for our @kcl-spe.bsky.social Comparative Politics Speaker Series @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social! Thanks to Raluca Pahontu for co-organizing many of the speakers Feel free to reach out to @ninaobermeier.com or me if you'd like to attend
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen👋 Europe@LSE Seminar today: Anne Rasmussen (KCL) @annerasmussen.bsky.social is presenting "The (Un)heavenly Virtual Chorus: How Interest Groups in the European Union Utilise Twitter” Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm If you're around: MAR.1.08 at LSE If you're not around: lse.zoom.us/j/83213122489
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen@nuffic.bsky.social report shows that almost 26% of international students who studied in the Netherlands still live there 5 years after graduating. Most w paid jobs. Dutch higher ed crucial for dynamic economy & an amazing pull factor for human capital. www.nuffic.nl/en/subjects/...
- Reposted by Anne Rasmussen🆕 research co-authored by @bkleinteeselink.bsky.social provides the first causal evidence that the Black Lives Matter protests following George Floyd's death had a significant impact on the 2020 US presidential election 🗳️ Read more below ⬇️ (@polbehavior.bsky.social) www.kcl.ac.uk/news/black-l...
- 🔥🔈Vacancy announcement We invite applications for the co-editorship of the @ecpr.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book series We’d appreciate your help in sharing the announcement to ensure our publications committee receives as many strong applications as possible 🤞
- ✨ NEW opportunity ✨ ✒️ Co-edit our renowned Comparative Politics book series which has published some of the most influential works in #PolSci 📚 Source & evaluate manuscripts 📚 Select referees 📚 Support authors & junior scholars 📚 Develop & grow the series ⏳ Apply by 14 May #AcademicSky #Polisky
- Reposted by Anne RasmussenCome work with us! Assistant prof. Clara Vandeweerdt is hiring a three-year post-doc on a project using machine learning and survey experiments to understand who advocates for climate action in the media, and why it matters. 👩💼 Job call here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
- Many congrats to Tom for publishing this important article! Look forward to celebrating with you here @kcl-spe.bsky.social soon! 🙏👏
