PhD candidate in Political Science at Uppsala University. Gender & Politics • Political Psychology • Group Identities • Experiments • Computational Methods • Digital Communicationhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3mdiewnkr6k2xHappy that my article just published in PSRM! In "Inclusion to Exclude“, I show that when politicians invoke women's rights to justify anti-immigration positions, it shifts citizens' policy preferences - but differently so depending on their prior views. doi.org/10.1017/psrm... [Thread below]28 Jan 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdiewnkr6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lyqrusgt322hThis honor means so much to me. I'm immensely grateful to @epovb.bsky.social, the award committee, @debraleiter.bsky.social, @joshuadarr.bsky.social and last year's recipient @mikecowburn.bsky.social. And thank you, Stuart @turnbulldugarte.com for the nomination and for seeing me and my work. :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2025 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyqrusgt322hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lvkybn34vs2xBig thanks to @matildecer.bsky.social, @mtplk.bsky.social, and @nzwiener-collins.bsky.social for the invite and for bringing together such lovely people! Really loved my time in Munich, grateful to have been part of it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2025 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvkybn34vs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3ltjrfenb4s2k:) [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2025 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjrfenb4s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3loqerbvu3k2q𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭? 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞? Before yesterday's election and amid rising interest in the Church's ideological stance, Michal Grahn @grahn.bsky.social and l surveyed 1,500 US adults asking them to evaluate different hypothetical papal profiles. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2025 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqerbvu3k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lkt4ep7zyc2wCongratulations to my talented colleague @grahn.bsky.social! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2025 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkt4ep7zyc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lhtlp25f4h26What a month - I presented my paper at APSA and at my mid-term seminar and received such encouraging feedback especially from @sergipardos and @GrahnMichal. This phd journey just keeps getting better :01 Oct 2024 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtlp25f4h26https://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lhtlou4jah26Humbled to present my work on elite femonationalism and selective (il)liberal preferences tomorrow morning at #ECPG2024. With me will be a fantastic panel consisting of @Jess_Smith1534 @bertous @LenkaHrbkov and Juliette Corbi. @ECPR09 Jul 2024 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtlou4jah26https://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lhtloqed742bSecond half incoming : t.co/bJgIgNcjb005 Jul 2024 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtloqed742bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lhtloeofvi22The second podcast is out now, this time presenting the research project PolarVis in an interview with our collegue @Luca_Rossi_LR : x.com/polarvisprojec…27 May 2024 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtloeofvi22https://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lhtlo7mjzj2uSo proud of this gang 🥰 x.com/UU_PoliSci/sta…22 May 2024 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtlo7mjzj2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lhtlo4zirp25My supervisor Alexandra Segerberg and our collegues @matmagnani @dvladek are hiring a new PhD candidate on desinformation and security. I can wholeheartedly recommend joining this team : x.com/uuinfolab/stat…20 May 2024 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtlo4zirp25https://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lhtlnz3re72aOne of the research projects I am affiliated with just launched its first podcast on climate communication and visuals. The episode hosts Andreas Szeles head of communication of @greenpeaceHU (16 min on Spotify) 🎙️📻 x.com/polarvisprojec… open.spotify.com/episode/5Ro86I… https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Ro86IdaHfaFylzCJQFKqQ?si=2448684150cf424e06 May 2024 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtlnz3re72ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lhtlnteff22iRounding off our first Swedish CSS conference #sc2s2 by brainstorming the future. Thanks for a great week @uucsslab and everyone who participated! x.com/uucsslab/statu…03 May 2024 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtlnteff22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lhtlnpzcxy2aCame across a great thread today! I, too, learned R by teaching myself with online material for my master thesis. Later, I added summer school courses and am now teaching R at @UU_University. I can only stress that it is such a versatile and empowering tool to know. x.com/ErinnDuprey/st…01 Mar 2023 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtlnpzcxy2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sophiemainz.bsky.social/post/3lhtlnnl7ly22Returning home after three beautiful days in Gothenburg at the annual @wasp_hs conference with a bunch of creative and impressive minds. Tack till alla inblandade! x.com/wasp_hs/status…17 Feb 2023 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:2c47a7txilwojac5cjxtj7c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtlnnl7ly22