Jae-Jae Spoon
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 Welcome!

I am Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh. Previously, I was the Director of the European Studies Center (ESC), which is a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence and a National Resource Center for European Studies. I am also a past Co-Editor of JEPOP (the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties) and Research & Politics.

My research and teaching focus on European politics, political party behavior and party competition. I am particularly interested in the behavior of small parties and how parties respond to, and interact with, voters and other parties and how voters respond to parties.


Check out the websites of some of my recent PhD Students:
                                Melek Hilal Eroglu (Post Doc, Aarhus University)
                     Jeffrey Nonnemacher (Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder)
                                   Matt Avina (Post Doc, University of Copenhagen)
                                Alex Honeker (Lecturer, Clemson University)
                           Anthony Ocepek (Teaching Assistant Professor and Advisor,  University of Pittsburgh)

     

 Recent Publications

"Coalitions for Democracy: Electoral Coordination and Satisfaction with Democracy."  (with Ian Delabie and Jeffrey Nonnemacher). Forthcoming. French Politics.  

"This Land is Our Land: Radical Right Parties and the Environment Issue in Europe." (with Alex Honeker).  Forthcoming. Party Politics.

“A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Political Party Logos and Logo Change.” (with Matthias Avina).  Forthcoming. Party Politics.

“From Torches to Trees: Political Party Logo Changes and Voter Perception.” (with Matthias Avina). Party Politics. 31.4: 779-789.

"Looking Around the Neighborhood:  How Subnational Electoral Politics Affects Voters' Perceptions of Parties Positions."(with Jeffrey Nonnemacher).  2025. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties.  35.2: 29-39.

"Environmental Chauvinism? Explaining Issue Expansion among Non-Mainstream Parties." (with Christopher Williams). 2023. Party Politics. 29.6:  1077-1087.

News and Updates

Political Party Logos Database (PPLD) is now live! Check it out here.

Listen here to my commentary on BBC Analysis on challenges of green parties in Europe.

Recent Mischiefs of Faction post on why green parties are seeing more success in Europe. Read it here.

"Helping or Hurting? How Governing as a Junior Coalition Partner Influences Electoral Outcomes" (with Heike Kluever). 2020. Journal of Politics.  
82.4: 1231-1242. Read it here. Read a summary on The Monkey Cage here.

"Party Convergence and Vote Switching: Explaining Mainstream Party Decline across Europe" with Heike Kluever has just been published on the European Journal of Political Research's FirstView. Read it here.  Summary on LSE Democratic Audit blog is here.

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