Staffan Kumlin
Political Science Professor, Univ of Oslo.
Democracy and discontent in European welfare states.
- Reposted by Staffan Kumlin📢 New book chapter 👥 Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social (ISV) & Jonas Linde @jonaslinde.bsky.social 🔎 Political Trust in Norway; A Large But Lopsided Research Field 📖 Published in Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
- Why do some want government spending without supporting the necessary taxation? Such a "something for nothing" mindset is often seen as an information or even sophistication problem. But we find it is equally due to rational interests among the economically vulnerable.
- Starting the new year with a new #openaccess #publication! In our article, we explore why citizens oppose taxes while simultaneously demanding more redistributive social policies, aka want "something for nothing". @olivierjacques.bsky.social @staffankumlin.bsky.social @dweisstanner.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Staffan KumlinNew paper out w/ @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social in @epsrjournal.bsky.social. We show that political trust dynamics matter for electoral behavior. While stable and variable distrusters behave similarly, declining trust boosts both abstention and anti-establishment voting. 🧵
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- I dag er statstviterens dag i Argentina (Día nacional del politólogo), til minne om den argentinske statsviteren Guillermo O’Donnell. Det er bare å gratulere hverandre med dagen! www.25digital.com.ar/index.php/20...
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinOn December 10th Master in Political Science and Cand. Psychol. Tor Syrstad will be defending his dissertation at the Department of Political Science: "Trouble in Paradise? - Studies on Fear and Anger in the Norwegian Electorate" @statsvitenskap.bsky.social
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinOn December 11th Sofi Granö will be defending her dissertation at @statsvitenskap.bsky.social. "Economic inequality and electoral participation: A register-based study on the effects of contextual factors and economic disparities in Norwegian neighbourhoods."
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinI am thrilled to announce the publication of the Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics! Over 70 scholars from various institutions in Norway and abroad have contributed their expertise and insights to 48 chapters on different aspects of Norwegian politics. A short🧵 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinOur introduction to to the special issue on the formation of public opinion in the welfare state is now out in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social! 📖 Freely available: doi.org/10.1080/1350... A big thanks to Zhen Jie Im, Maria Grasso, and Franco Bonomi Bezzo for outstanding co-editorship.
- 📚 In their intro to the Special Issue “Public Opinion and the Welfare State: Sources, Processes, and Consequences”, @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social, Zhen Jie Im, Maria Grasso, and Franco Bonomi Bezzo review how attitudes toward the welfare state form and evolve 👇 🖇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Excited to share a glimpse of my book on party families via LSE European Politics and Policy! The book delves into the heart of what constitutes a party family, offer updated categorisations, contemporary descriptions, and an insight into their supporters. #polisky blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2... - Reposted by Staffan KumlinShout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast @annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinISV’s Staffan Kumlin @staffankumlin.bsky.social receives 12 million NOK from the RCN program 'Welfare and Education' for the research project 'Struggling Women and Men: Political-Democratic Gender Gaps in a High-Trust Welfare State.'🌟👏Congratulations! www.sv.uio.no/isv/om/aktue...
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinNew chapter on political trust in Norway, co-authored with @staffankumlin.bsky.social.
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinFinding: political trust can influence how people experience socio-economic risks 💡 In our article in @joftrustres.bsky.social, Atle Haugsgjerd & I show that political trust works as a psychological coping-mechanism - especially for those who believe the welfare state should manage economic risks.
- Reposted by Staffan Kumlin📢 New article 🌟 👥 Miroslav Kreos-Nemcok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social (ISV), Hanna Wass @hannawass.bsky.social & Juho Vesa 🔎 Partisan Influence on Policy Preferences in Retrenching the Welfare State 📖 Open access in Public Opinion Quarterly doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinAs global population growth starts to hit the brakes, Rein Taagepera and I consider what this means for our future and look for lessons from the past. 🔽👇⬇️
- Reposted by Staffan Kumlin📣1 PhD fellow position open at Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. 👉We invite applications from excellent candidates in all sub-fields of political science. 📅Deadline: September 1st, 2025 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinDo generous welfare policies foster political trust? Matthijs Gillissen, @silkegoubin.bsky.social & Anna Ruelens examine the long-term effects of welfare generosity on trust in political institutions. Read more: buff.ly/tBe6gLG @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinLater that day, he will present “The Causal Effects of Poor and Corrupt Welfare State Service Delivery on Political Solidarity and Political Trust: Experimental Evidence from a Novel Virtual-State Approach” (co-authored with Achim Goerres, Philipp Chapkovski and @jeicheler.bsky.social )!
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinReally honored to be awarded the King’s Gold Medal for my dissertation! You can read more about it below, and then I want to add that I was incredibly lucky with my workplace, colleagues, co-authors and supervisors during my PhD<3 feeling grateful!!
- Reposted by Staffan Kumlin📢 New article 👥 Tor Gaute Syrstad, Atle Hennum Haugsgjerd & Staffan Kumlin, staffankumlin.bsky.social. 🔎 Iceberg of discontent? Emotional responses to welfare state development and political trust. 📖 Open access in Journal of European Social Policy 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0958...
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinFirst Wednesday of the month – time for a new In_equality podcast! This time, our hosts @mbusemeyer.bsky.social and Gabriele Spilker @uni-konstanz.de talk with @juandiego48cr.bsky.social about how people (mis-)perceive inequality – and why it matters for politics. ➡️ inequality.uni.kn/podcast
- Interested in how public services affect political distrust, populist support, and similar? Longitudinal evidence from Germany and Norway. doi.org/10.1080/1471...
- Sunny Saarland days. Very enjoyable!
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinTechnological change has had important consequences for labour markets in recent decades. What about its electoral consequences? In this new article in EJPR, we use administrative data to follow nearly a million workers over 16 years to study this. 🧵 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinVery happy to share our new article in JoP @thejop.bsky.social, where we explore how parties forge links with social groups (here: social classes) through different appeals and how citizens respond to such appeals. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinNew article w brilliant @anacweeks.bsky.social on the mental load and effects on public participation out in @bjpols.bsky.social! Ana summarizes the article nicely in the thread below 👇
- How does the “mental load” of taking care of family and household influence decisions about participating in public life? In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out. doi.org/10.1017/S000... 🧵 1/9
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinHappy to see my new paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social!
- Does politicizing redistribution increase support for equality? 🤔 @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social investigates—and finds no direct link. But greater party polarization? That deepens ideological divides over equality. Food for thought to start the new week 👇
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinOne week left to apply for this postdoctoral fellow position!👇
- Political trust is likely in global decline. What are the consequences? Our experiment suggests low-trusters more often accept info saying immigration threatens the welfare state. Trust matters more than most economic, cultural, and contextual factors - with @finseraas.bsky.social & Atle Haugsgjerd
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinFollow this pack to connect with interesting people and learn about social policy. go.bsky.app/AvJWyV4at://did:plc:zkgcnmhpf5zwgmzweowggm43/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb2nyomqlw2r
- Stoler vi på velferdsstaten? Ikke nødvendigvis. Uttaler meg i @mentaltperspektiv.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @statsvitenskap.bsky.social mentaltperspektiv.no/aktuelt/velf...
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinSix days left to apply!👇
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinFinally out! Together with @liserakner.bsky.social we discuss notions around taxation and solidarity! “Imagined solidarity around tax practices: a two-dimensional framework based on motivating logic and group boundaries” www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Staffan Kumlin📢 New article 🌟 👥 Jean-François Daoust @jfdaoust.bsky.social, Miroslav Nemcok @miroslavnemcok.bsky.social, Philipp Christian Broniecki & Peter J. Loewen 🔎 Reassessing the winner-loser gap in satisfaction with democracy 📖 Open access in PLOS ONE journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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- Reposted by Staffan KumlinExcited to share a new publication with Sharon Baute! In our latest paper @bjpols.bsky.social , we explore how the growing educational divide in EU support is partly shaped by European institutional integration itself. Check it out here, it's open access:
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinUniversity of Oslo is hiring 2-4(!) Associate Professors in Political Science. The call is open to candidates from all subfields. Deadline is February 3rd. It comes with amazing colleagues, great work conditions, and lots of snow. Brown cheese, salmon, and cross-country skis can be supplementary.
- Come work with us! @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @statsvitenskap.bsky.social
- We are hiring at the PolSci department at @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social. Tenure, open to all subfields, can apply for professor promotion immediately (on merits). Top international department, green and buzzing capital city of Oslo, high quality of life, great for families! www.finn.no/job/fulltime...
- Welcome!
- On my way to #Oslo to visit @staffankumlin.bsky.social. Much looking forward to being back at @statsvitenskap.bsky.social for a week! ☃️
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinNew article in Journal of Social Policy with the amazing @annanhelgoy.bsky.social. We ask: What explains preferences for different types of family policy? We find: Justice perceptions on the division of physical, but not mental, household labour do!
- Reposted by Staffan KumlinSuper happy to my paper on feminized part-time work in Norway published! Below is a thread of what I find — it’s a complex issue with some complex, yet very interesting results, so buckle up. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... (1/10)
- "Election Campaigns and Welfare State Change: Democratic Linkage and Leadership Under Pressure" academic.oup.com/book/44051, co-authored with Achim Goerres @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social
- Trust in Thessaloniki. Section by @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social and Ben Seyd with a whopping 8 panels on political trust. Will chair 1. Hope to see you there!
- Great news for scholars working on political trust. The next @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference in Thessaloniki (August 26-29, 2025) will host a section with 8 (!) panels on political trust. ecpr.eu/Events/Event... Please share and sign up with a paper proposal before January 6th 2025.
