Call for Abstracts Deadline: Friday 25 April 2025
PSA RMI Political Studies Review Symposium: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Blackness and Black Politics
Hosted by the Political Studies...
The first of the Diverse Voices workshop series for the 2024 cohort took place in November 2024. The half-day...
2 – 3 October 2025
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece
Keynote Speakers...
The role that education plays in shaping an individual’s political attitudes and behaviour is increasingly well-observed across established democracies, including in Great Britain (Apfeld et al., 2024). Graduate status divides British voters on issues (such as immigration) and has led to the...
Affective polarization, or dislike and distrust between partisans, is thought to stimulate engagement but harm political trust and commitment to democratic norms. However, recent experimental work has cast doubt on these findings. In this paper, we use longitudinal...
“Where's my parade?” Adulthood, excitement and the anti-climax of the first-time vote across six countries
Sandra Obradovic (Open University)
Political psychology Research Seminar
Most of the literature on mental health and political behaviour focuses on how people with mental health problems engage in politics. In this paper we want to understand how politics can act as a stress factor for mental...
In the digital age, political engagement is increasingly expressed through images on social media. Citizens use visuals to convey attitudes, i.e. emotions (affect) and opinions (judgement), often blending the two in ways that shape public discourse. Affect and judgement are deeply interwoven,...
EPOP’s 2025 annual conference will be hosted by the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of Exeter on 4-6 September. The call for papers is now live and accessible through ...
The conflict between the PKK and the Turkish state, one of the longest-running insurgencies in the Middle East. Last week, Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the PKK, has called for the group's dissolution, asserting that its mission is now obsolete. Is a new door to peace being...