Tadeas Cely
Postdoc in political science (Aarhus University)
Working on ideology, polarization, and how to save democracy from ourselves
tadeascely.github.io
- Reposted by Tadeas Cely🎉 New paper out in Political Behavior (with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social) Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others? 💡Not political knowledge, but interest and confidence-in-knowledge drive emotional engagement. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧵
- Reposted by Tadeas CelyDo ordinary Republicans and Democrats really avoid each other in everyday life? In a new working paper with Delia Baldassarri, we present descriptive and experimental evidence to challenge the view that partisanship drives the formation of social relationships. osf.io/preprints/so... 1/15
- Reposted by Tadeas CelyMy 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.
- 📰While I read all sorts of bizarre depictions of the Davos speech in American media, I’ve got to love the simplicity of Czech public radio. The headline reads: Ungrateful Canada, Denmark, and Europe on the wrong path. In Davos, Trump scolded the world, praising only himself.
- Reposted by Tadeas CelyNew article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝 We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
- Reposted by Tadeas CelyNEW ARTICLE: @palesl.bsky.social, Vesa Koskimaa and I have an letter out in JOP, "Politicians talk less about the future as they age" doi.org/10.1086/739406 (1/10)
- Reposted by Tadeas CelyI ran a simulated social media experiment with 1450 Republicans to test different fact-checking interventions. AI produced the largest decrease in engagement with Trump misinformation, outperforming independent fact-checkers and doing so far more consistently than Community Notes.
- AI fact-checks may be the best way to reduce Republicans’ engagement with online political misinformation finds Isolde Hegemann of @lsegovernment.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
- ⚠️New paper fothcoming in POQ! ⚠️ With @marcjacob.bsky.social and @seanjwestwood.bsky.social, we worried about norm-violating local politicians rising to higher office. We tested when voters defect from such politicians in local, state and federal races. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵...
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- 🇨🇿 Today’s Czech vote went little differently than polls suggested — centrist populism dominates, extremists underperformed. The next coalition is uncertain, but a minority ANO government backed by the radical right looks likely. Now all depends on coalition talks and what they can secure in return.
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- Reposted by Tadeas CelyNew in PNAS with @seanjwestwood.bsky.social and @ylelkes.bsky.social: Why depolarization is hard: Evaluating attempts to decrease partisan animosity in America @prl.bsky.social @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Now it has also been published in an issue! But I’m curious—and increasingly worried—about how this will look in a year or two.
- 👉Check out our new publication in @electoralstudies.bsky.social (with Toth & Chytilek)! Using eye-tracking and surveys, we test whether framing political issues in moral terms attracts more attention than presenting them with facts. Surprisingly, facts hold a slight advantage doi.org/10.1016/j.el...
- In real time, we can observe very different approaches to the Kirk assassination. Cox (R) places the blame on the attacker, while Trump does not hesitate to politicize it. We have a parallel in 🇸🇰, continuing for months. Politicization can easily succeed. A paper on this topic is in progress.
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- 📊We collected data from the public and from political scientists in 🇨🇿 to assess the state of the field. We now provide a dashboard of results. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞? With traditional centers strained, CEE could expand the academic labor market, attract foreign talent, and integrate into the global community.
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- Slovensko je případ, který světová politologie málokdy reflektuje, i když by to leckdy stálo za to. Tak jsme se na to vrhli my :)
- Slovak society has become even more divided after the assassination attempt on PM Fico. In this @denikn.cz interview [in Czech], I discuss findings from a study co-authored with @celytadeas.bsky.social (@au.dk), Peter Spáč, and Michal Tóth (@masarykuniversity.bsky.social). denikn.cz/1783201/nesn...
- 𝟒𝟑% 𝐨𝐟 🇨🇿 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 in our recent survey (N = 118, RR = 46%). IMO, this reflects gaps in methodological training and academic writing rather than systemic bias—but this can isolate CEE scholars from the global community. 1/3
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- Reposted by Tadeas CelyIf people think American scientists are somehow going to land in Europe, I've got news for you about the difference between millions and billions. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Reposted by Tadeas Cely🆕 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 Tadeas Cely1.3K followers & counting. Thank you all for your incredible support! The EPSS journey is just getting started & we couldn’t do it without you. Thank you for so many of you who already joined EPSS! If you haven't already, please join: epssnet.org/sign-up/#join Let’s do this together.
- Congrats to Matěj! Follow @matejjung.bsky.social for deep insights on Central and Eastern Europe and more.
- The SPS Department is pleased to announce that @matejjung.bsky.social - @polisciatnu.bsky.social has been awarded the Jacques Rupnik Prize 2025 for his paper: “Thinking About Going Back Home in War”, presented at the EUI Workshop on Political Behaviour in CEE. Congratulations! #EUI #RupnikPrize
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- Big moments lately: became a dad and defended my PhD. Huge thanks to @andrewroberts.bsky.social and committee members @noamgidron.bsky.social, @filipkostelka.bsky.social, and @ylelkes.bsky.social for their thoughtful feedback. Looking forward to the next chapter at Aarhus with @suthank.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Tadeas Cely“The gender-equality paradox entails that countries with more equality have larger gender differences in behavior. Positive associations between equality & gender differences disappear or reverse when accounting for cultural clusters of countries. The paradox appears to be a methodological artifact”
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- Reposted by Tadeas CelyNEW - Beyond Observational Relationships: Evidence from a Ten-Country Experiment that Policy Disputes Cause Affective Polarization - cup.org/3Zvgchx - @noamgidron.bsky.social, James Adams, @rwillh11.bsky.social & @ttichelbaecker.bsky.social #OpenAccess
- Reposted by Tadeas Cely🚨NEW PAPER: Why are Members of Congress so extreme? We conducted a 4-wave panel of thousands of voters in 27 districts during last year’s primary AND general elections to trace polarization’s roots The results challenge conventional wisdom… and suggest lessons for parties🧵👇
- Reposted by Tadeas Cely📢 The APSR is opening a new Research Notes track! Authors may now submit directly as Notes—or, with editor agreement, have papers reclassified during review. Notes should be ≤7,000 words (excl. refs/appendices).
- 📢 The final piece of my dissertation is out in @polbehavior.bsky.social! Does being an ideologue matter for political disagreement—beyond how many issues are involved? It does, shaping both animosity and how people engage. 🧵https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-025-10049-z
