People have always asked me why I don’t vote. My answer has always been that I want to see a candidate’s psychological profile, a report on their mental health, not their political program. I think the behavior of today’s political leaders says enough about why I will continue to say this.

@consciousliving

#VotingConcerns #MentalHealthInPolitics #BeyondThePlatform #PoliticalBehavior #CandidateInsights #PsychologicalProfiles #ElectionThoughts #InformedVoting #LeadershipAccountability

I'm slowly getting used to the fediverse, so it's time for an #introduction: I am a professor at #ucla, formerly at #umich and #mcgill. My research is focused on #communication and #politicalscience, particularly #politicalcommunication #politicalbehavior and #politicalpsych I'm especially interested in #mediaeffects, accuracy in #media coverage #negativity and the #negativitybias, and #representation.
This methodologically rigorous piece on parental vs. own education and attitudes towards the EU/immigration is worth a read by anyone with an interest in #politicalbehavior: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14651165221140230
If anyone is interested in the differentiated integration of the #EU, and what makes people support it, you can read my latest work (looking at the feedback loop between changes to the EU's institutional structure and popular support for further changes) here: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/5juyg #politicalbehavior #comparativepolitics

#Introduction πŸ‘‹

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:

https://nenaoana.github.io

Ioana-Elena Oana

Research Fellow

Ioana-Elena Oana

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

Residential Context and Voting for the Far Right: The Impact of Immigration and Unemployment on the 2017 French Presidential Election - Political Behavior

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 voters’ 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.

SpringerLink
Alright I have migrated over here so let's see how it goes. By way of #introduction- I am a @politicalscience associate professor who studies #environmentalpolicy and #politicalbehavior with an emphasis on state-level #climatepolicy including #sciencecommunication #socialscience. I have 2 kids, a husband and pets. I tend to post about environmental stuff, random scenic photos from my hiking adventures, pets, and political polling/elections stuff.

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!