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Samforsk, The Social Science Research Institute, is an independent department within the Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Economics, and Law at Åbo Akademi University in Finland. #PoliSci Learn more about us at: https://www.abo.fi/fi/samforsk

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Program - Eurooppa-foorumi | Europe Forum | Europa-forum Temat för 2025 är "Världen förändras – hur svarar Europa?

Samforsk deltar i #Europaforum i Åbo.

28.8. kl. 10 arrangerar RESLIDE-projektet paneldiskussionen ”Europe in the New World Order”.

29.8. kl 14 ordnar STRONG-konsortiet diskussionen ”Om USA sviker – vem försvarar Norden och demokratin?”

Kom och följ diskussionerna!

europeforum.fi/sv/program/

07.08.2025 07:08 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Search | Aila Data Service The Data Archive provides research data to researchers, teachers and students. All services are free of charge.

Several data sets from surveys conducted in Politician panel, Gen2 and Citizens’ opinion have been published through The Finnish Social Science Data Archive. If you're a researcher seeking access to fresh, high-quality data on public opinion, look no further: services.fsd.tuni.fi/catalogue/se...

08.08.2025 10:25 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Program - Eurooppa-foorumi | Europe Forum | Europa-forum Temat för 2025 är "Världen förändras – hur svarar Europa?

Samforsk deltar i #Europaforum i Åbo.

28.8. kl. 10 arrangerar RESLIDE-projektet paneldiskussionen ”Europe in the New World Order”.

29.8. kl 14 ordnar STRONG-konsortiet diskussionen ”Om USA sviker – vem försvarar Norden och demokratin?”

Kom och följ diskussionerna!

europeforum.fi/sv/program/

07.08.2025 07:08 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Do the rich ditch politics? Evidence from Sweden The world has seen a massive increase in wealth and wealth inequality over the last decades. Given the skew in policy making towards the preferences o…

Do the rich ditch politics? In their newest article, Anton Brännlund and Rafael Ahlskog examine how individual wealth affects political participation using evidence from Sweden:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

05.08.2025 12:26 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Impact of Increased Learning Opportunities on Political Knowledge: Evidence From Repeated Cross-Sectional Surveys in Finland in 2008 and 2020 Abstract. In the last 15 years, opportunities for political learning have increased in a way that lacks comparison in recent history. Technological advance

In his new article, Lauri Rapeli studies whether people have become more politically knowledgeable since 2008, when the growth of social media and online news outlets started. Short answer: almost not at all but some low-sophistication groups have benefited. Read the article: doi.org/10.1093/ijpo...

02.06.2025 11:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Professor James S. Fishkin Awarded Friendship Medal of Mongolia The award, decreed by President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, is Mongolia’s highest state honor and recognizes Fishkin for his pioneering contributions to deliberative democracy

🎉 Prof. James S. Fishkin receives recognition for his groundbreaking work in #DeliberativeDemocracy

Prof. Fishkin's Deliberative Polling® method was also used in Finland's first national-level mini-public, the Citizens' Parliament, and he has collaborated with us on several projects.

30.05.2025 07:44 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Rachel Gibson from the University of Manchester was promoted as an honorary doctor last week at Åbo Akademi. Rachel has worked closely with political scientists at ÅAU since 2006 and, for instance, acted as an international advisory member for FIRIPO and FutuDem.

27.05.2025 07:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Deliberative Type? How Different Personalities Prefer and Experience Public Deliberation Personality significantly affects political attitudes and behaviours, yet its role in deliberative participation remains underexplored. This study examines how the Big Five personality traits shape i....

How do different personalities prefer and experience public deliberation?

Read the newest article by @kistrand77.bsky.social and Marina Lindell in Scandinavian Political Studies and find out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

15.05.2025 08:30 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Measurement error when surveying issue positions: a MultiTrait MultiError approach | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core Measurement error when surveying issue positions: a MultiTrait MultiError approach

📊 How reliable are voters’ responses in political surveys?

In their new article, Kim Backström, Alexandru Cernat, Rasmus Sirén and Peter Söderlund dives into the quality of issue questions in voter surveys using a MultiTrait MultiError approach. Read the article 👇
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

02.05.2025 12:06 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Nuclear Weapons in the Post-Material Age: A Study on Resistance Against Nuclear Proliferation Using Data from Sweden This study examines possible drivers of public opinion towards nuclear proliferation, which is an often-overlooked aspect in the security literature. It leverages a 2022 survey from Sweden to explo...

A new article by Albert Weckman and Anton Brännlund from Samforsk and Paul Lundberg from Uppsala University published in the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament. The article can be openly accessed through the link below 👇

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

30.04.2025 12:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Mycket som är intressant i denna rapport från @samforsk.bsky.social! Generellt tyder väl det mesta på att de fyra regeringspartierna kan få det svettigt, men ändå lite uppseendeväckande att SFP:s stöd bland finlandssvenskar i Helsingfors och Egentliga Finland är såpass lågt. bsky.app/profile/hbl....

09.04.2025 10:40 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

En ny rapport från den finlandssvenska medborgarpanelen Barometern visar att SFP är klart populärast bland finlandssvenska väljare inför kommunal- och välfärdsområdesvalet 2025. SFP får ett stöd på hela 51 procent, medan SDP är näst störst med 11 procent.

www.barometern.fi/wp-content/u...

09.04.2025 06:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Marina Lindell är årets docent: ”Vi ska aldrig ta demokratin för given” | Åbo Akademi Docentföreningen vid universiteten i Åbo har utnämnt akademiforskare, PD Marina Lindell vid Åbo Akademi till Årets docent 2025 för hennes framgångsrika forskning…

Ett stort grattis till akademiforskare Marina Lindell som blivit utnämnd till Årets docent 2025 för hennes framgångsrika forskning, aktiva nätverksbyggande och betydelsefulla internationella publikationer!

#democraticinnovations #polisci #barometern

www.abo.fi/nyheter/mari...

28.03.2025 12:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hello Bluesky! We are Samforsk, the Social Science Research Institute at #aboakademi University, and we aim for excellence in #PoliSci research. Learn more about us and our latest endeavours at www.abo.fi/wp-content/u...

07.03.2025 08:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0