Dear Hot Politics Lab Followers,

The next Hot Politics Lab meeting will be June 2nd (see program herehttps://www.hotpolitics.eu/events/). Until that time, there are two other interesting events happening this week. There is a talk by Chris Wlezien on Thursday (May 11th) and the Dutch Political Psychology Meeting is on Friday (May 12th), see the details below.

Talk by Chris Wlezien Thursday May 11th

Dear colleagues,

Next week Thursday (May 11) Chris Wlezien will give a talk titled "Media Reflect! The Public, Policy, and the News" (16:00-17:00 REC B2.01). He will assess the relationships between public opinion, public policy, and news production. Christopher Wlezien is currently Hogg Professor of Government at the University of Texas, and one of the leading lights in the field of representation and the analysis of media, public opinion and public policy data. For more info see his website: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/government/faculty/cw26629

There will be drinks and a dinner afterwards. Please let Gijs Schumacher (g.schumacher@uva.nlmailto:g.schumacher@uva.nl) know if you want to join the dinner.

Dutch Political Psychology Meeting

The next Dutch Political Psychology Meeting will take this Friday May 12th from 10:30 - 16:00. Everyone is welcome to join in person at the University of Amsterdam (Roeterseiland campus). See the program and all the details below. Note that the meeting is only in person and cannot be attended online.

Location: We will host the event at the University of Amsterdam, in room C10.20. This room is in the C building at the Roeterseiland campus. Here is a map with all the buildings of the campus. If you have any trouble finding the room you can email m.d.homan@uva.nl.

Lunch: Lunch is unfortunately not included. You can bring your own lunch or go to the cafeteria or other places around the campus.

Program: 10:30 - 10:45: Introduction round 10:45 - 11:25 Daan Scheepers: Social change as challenge and threat: A social psychophysiological approach

11:25 - 12:05 Chantal D'Amore: Perceived polarization amplifies attitude moralization in response to partisan news: A four-wave longitudinal study around the 2020 US election campaign 12:05 - 13:05: Lunch

13:05 - 13:45 Leticia Micheli: In pursuit of racial equality: identifying the determinants of support for the Black Lives Matter movement

13:45 - 14:25 Frank Gootjes: Societal discontent as a catalyst for action: how a negative sentiment about society at large fuels political action

14:25 - 14:40: Coffee break

14:40 - 15:20 Flavio Azevedo: Measuring Ideology: Current practices, its consequences, and recommendations

15:20 - 16:00 Kevin Koonings: An era of conspiracies and the great reset of democracy

We are looking forward this Friday! Best,

Maaike Homan Chantal D'Amore Bert Bakker Ruthie Pliskin

Maaike Homan PhD Candidate at the Political Science Department Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research University of Amsterdam Room B10.01 [logo hot politics]