In the June issue of Electoral Studies, you will find an article I’ve written together with Mattia Zulianello. In the article, we introduce a comparative dataset on left, right and valence populist parties in European Parliament elections from 1979 to 2019. Here is the abstract: Despite the increasing interest in populism, there is a lack […]
Category: science
Facial recognition technology and political orientation
A new paper argues that political orientation can be correctly classified with 72% accuracy using facial recognition technology. The paper begins with considerations about how “facial recognition can be used without subjects’ consent or knowledge”, which is true, but I am confident we do not need to be concerned about being able to predict people’s […]
25 interesting facts #7
151. Families’ wealth in Florence in 1427 predicts their wealth in 2011 (Barone and Mocetti 2020) 152. People pay as much attention to the sample size as the rated quality in online reviews when choosing products (Hayes et al. 2021) 153. Chimpanzees are rational maximizers and are not sensitive to fairness (Jensen et al. 2007) […]
How effective is nudging?
Since the publication of Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, thousands of studies have examined how different nudges can change attitudes and behaviour. The core proposition of the book was that nudging is an effective way to change behaviour, and for that reason, the book is packed with examples of how nudges can […]
Koster skolelukninger stemmer?
I forbindelse med udgivelsen af bogen KV17: Analyser af kommunalvalget 2017, har Kommunen.dk lavet en podcast med Ulrik Kjær. Afsnittet tager udgangspunkt i kapitlet omkring de elektorale konsekvenser af skolelukninger. Her er en kort introduktion: I valgperioden 2010-2013 blev der lukket 147 skoler fordelt på 55 kommuner, og i perioden 2014-2017 blev der lukket 56 […]