People have always asked me why I donβt vote. My answer has always been that I want to see a candidateβs psychological profile, a report on their mental health, not their political program. I think the behavior of todayβs political leaders says enough about why I will continue to say this.
#VotingConcerns #MentalHealthInPolitics #BeyondThePlatform #PoliticalBehavior #CandidateInsights #PsychologicalProfiles #ElectionThoughts #InformedVoting #LeadershipAccountability
#Introduction π
I am a political scientist #polisci at the #EUI where I work as a Research Fellow in the #SOLID project. My research focuses on EU #crisispolitics, #politicalbehavior, public opinion formation, social #movements, & #protest.
I am also interested in #researchmethods & #Rstats package development. I work with #textasdata for semi-automated protest event analysis, #surveyexperiments, and #QCA.
Find more info about my projects and publications here:
Our article on the association between local immigration & unemployment and voting for the far right in France is out in the latest issue of #PoliticalBehavior
(with Haley McAvay & Sylvain Brouard)
@politicalscience #politicalscience #socialscience
Main findings
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11109-021-09676-z
The assumption that increasing diversity and economic hardship boost support for the far right is widespread, yet extant research comes up with contradictory findings. This article investigates the link between context and the far right by investigating the impact of immigration and unemployment on voting for Marine Le Pen in the first round of the 2017 French Presidential election. We match a large individual-level survey with contextual variables constructed from the census describing votersβ residential environments. Unlike previous studies, we measure immigration and unemployment at the neighborhood level and the broader level of the department. Using a multilevel model, we find that voters in neighborhoods with high levels of immigration are less likely to vote for the far right. However, in departments, increased immigration and unemployment correlate with greater support for Le Pen. These findings suggest that contact theory and ethnic threat operate differently according to spatial scale.
Here is my #introduction too.
I am an early career #politicalscientist at the University of Zurich (#postdoc ). My main research interests are in #politicaleconomy & #politicalbehavior with a focus on #inequality. But I also study #eu #politics (particularly the #europeanparliament ), the formation of #politicalattitudes and #lgbtq politics.
Here to connect with researchers around the world and know more about their work. Happy #tooting to everyone!
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