Substance Matters: How News Content can Reduce Political Cynicism

Reconsidering Political Cynicism and Political Involvement: A Test of Antecedents

This study investigates the relationship between political cynicism and political involvement by connecting them with antecedent variables: need for cognition, elaboration and perceived media importance. The findings show that elaboration and political involvement are exogenous, casting influence on political cynicism, need for cognition, and perceived importance of media. This finding confirms...

How (the Meaning of) Gender Matters in Political Economy

What is the state of debate regarding gendered political economy? Answering this question depends on the existence of a debate, who is presumed to be participating and, especially, how we understand ‘gender’. Among self-proclaimed feminist scholars we can readily identify a range of positions on ‘gender and political economy’. While disciplinary locations prompt some of the variation, the most ...

Why and How Political Science Can Contribute to Public Health? Proposals for Collaborative Research Avenues

Written by a group of political science researchers, this commentary focuses on the contributions of political science to public health and proposes research avenues to increase those contributions. Despite progress, the links between researchers from these two fields develop only slowly. Divergences between the approach of political science to public policy and the expectations that public hea...

How Political Science Can Contribute to Public Health: A Response to Gagnon and Colleagues

How scientists can reduce their carbon footprint

Cutting down on long-distance air travel is the best way to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by the scientific community.