Peter Egge Langsæther

Postdoctoral Fellow - Institutt for Statsvitenskap

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Email p.e.langsather@stv.uio.no

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Visiting address Moltke Moes vei 31 Eilert Sundts hus 7. etg. 0851 Oslo

Postal address Postboks 1097 Blindern 0317 Oslo

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Academic interests

I'm a postdoctoral fellow working on political and electoral behaviour, with a particular interest in how social background - especially social class - can impact political attitudes and behaviour. But I'm also interested in a range of other topics, including globalization, group identity, climate attitudes, media effects, and the effect of austerity policies on party popularity. My research has been published in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Sociology, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Political Science Review, iScience, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, and West European Politics.

I have also published a book on party families in Western Europe (2023). Scripts in R and Stata to re-create the party family schema of the book in different survey- and party databases such as the ESS or CHES are available here.

Currently, I'm working on projects that explore group appeals in politics, test the validity of class schemas, examine the extent to which voters defend democracy, and document the social backgrounds of ministers worldwide.

Courses taught

I teach or have been teaching different courses within comparative politics, political behaviour, and methodology & statistics both at the BA and MA level.

PECOS4022: Applied Statistics for Peace and Conflict Studies (MA)
STV4020A: Research methodology & statistics (MA)
STV3090: Political Analysis (BA)
STV2340: Attitudes, values, and political behaviour (BA)
STV2330: Public Opinion and Political Behaviour (course leader)
SFS20207: Introduction to Comparative Politics (at the University College of Østfold)
ISSV1850: Scandinavian Government & Politics (at the International Summer School; course leader)
STV1020: Methodology and Statistics

Background

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo (2021 - current)
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Sociology and Political Science, NTNU (2019-2020)
PhD, Political Science, University of Oslo, 2019
Guest Researcher, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Trinity Term 2018
Guest Researcher, Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus University, Spring 2016
M.Phil., Political Science, University of Oslo, 2014
Institut d'Etudes politiques de Lyon (Sciences Po), 2012
B.A., Political Science, University of Oslo, 2010

Professional activities

Reviewer for British Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Sociology, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Electoral Studies, European Union Politics, European Political Science Review, Political Psychology, Political Studies, Political Research Quarterly, Representation, Scandinavian Political Studies, Social Forces, Social Science Research, Sociological Perspectives and Problems of Post-Communism
Committee Member, Support for early career scientific employees at the Faculty of Social Sciences, 2021
Representative, Department Board at Department of Political Science, UiO, 2016-2017
Representative, PhD programme council, 2015-2016
Committee Member, STV1020, 2013-2014
Executive Editor, Samfunnsviter'n, 2011
Executive Editor, Zoon Politikon, 2008-2010

Tags: Comparative Politics, Political Behaviour, Elections, Cleavages, Methodology, Statistics

Hesstvedt, Stine & Langsæther, Peter Egge (2023). Klassekonfliktlinjen fra 1950-årene til i dag. In Bergh, Johannes & Haugsgjerd, Atle Hennum (Ed.), Politikk i urolige tider. En studie av stortingsvalget 2021. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-79370-8. p. 204–228.
de Wilde, Pieter; Langsæther, Peter Egge & Özdemir, Sina Furkan (2022). Critical junctures and the crystallization of cosmopolitanism and communitarianism. European Political Science Review. ISSN 1755-7739. p. 1–20. doi: 10.1017/S1755773922000534. Full text in Research Archive
Simmonds, Emily Grace; Adjei, Kwaku Peprah; Andersen, Christoffer Wold; Aspheim, Janne Cathrin Hetle; Battistin, Claudia & Bulso, Nicola [Show all 43 contributors for this article] (2022). Insights into the quantification and reporting of model-related uncertainty across different disciplines. iScience. ISSN 2589-0042. 25. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105512. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Quantifying uncertainty associated with our models is the only way we can express how much we know about any phenomenon. Incomplete consideration of model-based uncertainties can lead to overstated conclusions with real-world impacts in diverse spheres, including conservation, epidemiology, climate science, and policy. Despite these potentially damaging consequences, we still know little about how different fields quantify and report uncertainty. We introduce the “sources of uncertainty” framework, using it to conduct a systematic audit of model-related uncertainty quantification from seven scientific fields, spanning the biological, physical, and political sciences. Our interdisciplinary audit shows no field fully considers all possible sources of uncertainty, but each has its own best practices alongside shared outstanding challenges. We make ten easy-to-implement recommendations to improve the consistency, completeness, and clarity of reporting on model-related uncertainty. These recommendations serve as a guide to best practices across scientific fields and expand our toolbox for high-quality research.
Kenny, John & Langsæther, Peter Egge (2022). Environmentalism as an independent dimension of political preferences. European Journal of Political Research. ISSN 0304-4130. doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12549. Full text in Research Archive
Langsæther, Peter Egge; Goubin, Silke & Haugsgjerd, Atle (2022). Subverted expectations and social democratic austerity: How voters’ reactions to policies are conditional on the policy-implementing actor. Electoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy. ISSN 0261-3794. 80. doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2022.102529. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
It is well-established that voters care about policies when they go to the voting booth. However, we argue that voters' reaction to the policies are conditional on the actor implementing them. Voters have different expectations towards political parties regarding the policies they are expected to implement, and subverted expectations can have electoral consequences. This is particularly the case when they are related to issues central to the party's ideological agenda. We supply experimental evidence of this in the case of social-democratic austerity policies: Left-wing voters punish social democrats much more for implementing such policies than they punish a mainstream right party for the same actions. Our findings have important implications for several ongoing debates in the literature such as the demise of social democratic parties in the wake of the Great Recession, the interplay between parties and citizens, as well as the general effect of austerity on electoral outcomes.
Evans, Geoffrey; Stubager, Rune & Langsæther, Peter Egge (2022). The conditional politics of class identity: class origins, identity and political attitudes in comparative perspective. West European Politics. ISSN 0140-2382. 45(6), p. 1178–1205. doi: 10.1080/01402382.2022.2039980. Full text in Research Archive
Evans, Geoffrey & Langsæther, Peter Egge (2021). The Realignment of Class Politics and Class Voting. In Thompson, William R. (Eds.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780190228637. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1976.
Langsæther, Peter (2021). Politiske klasseforskjeller i Norge: Arbeiderklassens stemmegivning og politiske holdninger. In Ljunggren, Jørn & Hansen, Marianne Nordli (Ed.), Arbeiderklassen. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202646240. p. 371–390.
Langsæther, Peter Egge; Evans, Geoffrey & O'Grady, Tom (2021). Explaining the Relationship between Class Position and Political Preferences: A Long-Term Panel Analysis of Intra-Generational Class Mobility. British Journal of Political Science. ISSN 0007-1234. doi: 10.1017/S0007123420000599. Full text in Research Archive
Langsæther, Peter Egge & Evans, Geoffrey (2020). More than self‐interest: Why different classes have different attitudes to income inequality. British Journal of Sociology. ISSN 0007-1315. 71(4), p. 594–607. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12747. Full text in Research Archive
Langsæther, Peter Egge (2019). Religious voting and moral traditionalism: The moderating role of party characteristics. Electoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy. ISSN 0261-3794. 62. doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2019.102095. Full text in Research Archive
Langsæther, Peter Egge & Stubager, Rune (2019). Old wine in new bottles? Reassessing the effects of globalisation on political preferences in Western Europe. European Journal of Political Research. ISSN 0304-4130. doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12332. Full text in Research Archive
Langsæther, Peter; Gjerløw, Haakon & Søyland, Martin G. (2019). Is all PR good PR? How the content of media exposure affects candidate popularity. Electoral Studies: an international journal on voting and electoral systems and strategy. ISSN 0261-3794. 57, p. 143–152. doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2018.11.009. Full text in Research Archive
Langsæther, Peter (2019). Class voting and the differential role of political values: Evidence from 12 West-European countries. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. ISSN 1745-7289. 29(1), p. 125–142. doi: 10.1080/17457289.2018.1464015. Full text in Research Archive
Knutsen, Oddbjørn & Langsæther, Peter Egge (2018). Party Choice and Social Structure, Social Structure, Value Orientations and Party Choice in Western Europe . Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 978-3-319-52122-0. p. 111–194. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-52123-7_4.

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Langsæther, Peter Egge (2023). Party Families in Western Europe. Routledge. ISBN 1138336963. 274 p.

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Langsæther, Peter Egge (2019). Det syke sosialdemokratiet. Samtiden. Tidsskrift for politikk, litteratur og samfunnsspørsmål. 127(3), p. 32–39.
Langsæther, Peter (2018). Why does class affect voting? Democratic Audit.
Gjerløw, Haakon & Langsæther, Peter (2018). Framtida i deres hender. Intervju med lederne av fire norske politiske ungdomsorganisasjoner. [Journal]. Samtiden.
Langsæther, Peter Egge (2019). Cleavage Politics in the 21st Century: How and why social background affects political preferences. Universitetet i Oslo.

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Research groups

Comparative Institutions and Regimes (CIR)