@makropoulos
Postdoc, Queen Mary University of London. Ph.D. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. Previously University of Essex. Political behaviour, comparative politics, political methodology 💻 https://iakovosm6.github.io/bio/
👏 Congrats to Dr Laura Sudulich on completing her Parliamentary Academic Fellowship with @ukparliament.parliament.uk!
Outcome: a global map of parliamentary public engagement 🗺️
📅 Launch Event: 25 Sept, Westminster
🎙️ Chaired by @shane-martin.bsky.social
#EssexGov #EssexImpact #UKParliament
👏 Congratulations to our PhD candidate, Winifred Michael, on publishing her first article in Contemporary Politics! 🎉
Read it here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1356...
#EssexGov
🚨New paper from our colleague @dianebolet.bsky.social and co-author @florianfoos.bsky.social: Media interviews with extreme-right activists normalise their ideas.
👉 Uncritical interviews ↑ agreement & perceived support
👉 Critical interviews ↓ persuasion but still raise perceptions of popularity
Excited to have signed an editor contract with Oxford University Press for a volume on Voting Behaviour planned to come out in December 2027! We really hope this book will spark social science student interest in the discipline, especially at a time when democracy faces major challenges.
Many thanks to @ejprjournal.bsky.social for making this possible!
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Looking at data from 28 elections in 16 countries @laurasud.bsky.social. S.Trumm & @makropoulos.bsky.social found that women often receive smaller campaign budgets than men regardless of party of system affiliation ↔️
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I presented a paper at the Political Studies Association #PSA - Early Career Network Annual #ECN Conference 2025 and was awarded a 'Best Paper Prize'', sponsored by Princeton University Press, for my presentation on emotional electoral mobilisation in hybrid regimes using Georgia as a case study.
Thank you, Madrid! See you at EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social in Belfast!
You are the best! Thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication in the class, and your feedback! Much grateful!
And a huge thank to Sofia Collignon and @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social for funding me 🙏🏼
Thank you so much @zacdgreene.bsky.social! One of the best experiences I had 🙏🏼
Today was the last day of the EITM Summer School in Mannheim. I am so more knowledgeable, wise and much grateful to Prof. Thomas König for this opportunity, and to Prof. Thomas Bräuninger, Prof. Richard Traunmüller, Prof. @dzobrien.bsky.social & Prof. @fortunato.bsky.social for teaching all of us 🙏🏼
Thank you very much Lamprini!
Thank you so much Billy! You are the best!
Thank you so much Stefanie!
Thank you so much Heinz for everything!
Also a big thank to the whole Greek community of political scientists I met during this journey: Chrysa Lamprinakou, Dimitris Skleparis, Dimitris Tsarouhas, @lamprinirori.bsky.social, @vtsagkr.bsky.social, Roula Nezi, and Dora Giannaki! And especially to Prof. Georgios Karyotis for all the support!
And a huge thank to my former supervisor @andreadis.bsky.social one of the very best in quantitative methods and political methodology! Thank you so much Prof. Ioannis Andreadis for setting me on this path!
I also want to thank the Department of Government at @universityofessex.bsky.social for the wonderful time I spent there. Special thanks to @shane-martin.bsky.social, @robjohns75.bsky.social and @laurasud.bsky.social for making me feel so welcome and supported!
A heartfelt thank to Dr. Sofia Collignon, my amazing supervisor at @qmul.ac.uk for all the kindness, support and advice! Thank you so much Sofia for everything!
I am indebted to @strathpolir.bsky.social and all my amazing friends there!
A big thank you as well @stefaniereher.bsky.social and @heinzbrandenburg.bsky.social for all the support and advice throughtout the years!
I passed my Ph.D. viva! Thank you so much for everything, Wolfgang Rüdig and @zacdgreene.bsky.social! And a big thank to my examination committee — Prof. Bob Mattes, Dr. Eftichia Teperoglou, and Dr. Gabriela Borz — for such a thoughtful, constructive, and genuinely enjoyable discussion!
My article with @robjohns75.bsky.social, "Hope, Optimism, and Expectations for the Political Future", is now out open access at @polbehavior.bsky.social.
It's about the psychology of expecting good things to happen in politics.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🎀💐 Happy #IWD2025! Celebrate with exclusive #FreeToRead articles from our 📚 journals and @ecprtheloop.bsky.social!
✨ Discover standout contributions of female authors and explore issues of gender and representation of women in politics
#Polisky #Gendersky #AccelerateAction #IWD2025
A collection of images of attendees smiling at ECPR events
🎉 Get ready to mark #InternationalWomensDay with us as we champion women's achievements in #PolSci and take stock of the progress towards #GenderParity
👀 Watch this space for exclusive insights, data, and special collections #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction
#AcademicSky #Polisky #IRSky
The work of our dear departed friend and colleague André Freire published in @sespjournal.bsky.social. A beautiful tribute. www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
🗳️ Women are not a demographic minority, but they are a minority in politics. Laura Sudulich, Siim Trumm & @makropoulos.bsky.social of @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @strathpolir.bsky.social show how a significant gender resource gap remains a feature of contemporary parliamentary campaigns
bit.ly/498OFWA
A lot of discussion about incumbency effects at the moment.
The plot below maps the trend since 1937. In Irish general elections, around 8 in 10 TDs who choose to stand again are re-elected. This re-election rate ranks among the highest in the world.
www.rte.ie/news/electio...
#GE24
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