Publications

[70] Vlandas, T. (2026) The new electoral politics of economic stagnation in ageing advanced capitalist democracies. World Politics 78(1), 48-90. Research cited by: The Atlantic · EBRD · Comment is Freed · The Guardian · The Economist (2025) · The Economist (2024) · The Sunday Times · Financial Times · Bloomberg · National Observer · The Constitution Society · Reason · Le Devoir · Kathimerini · Le Grand Continent · Labour Together · Europinion · Wonkhe · L’Opinion · L’AGEFI · Citadelles · Green European Journal · Élection-présidentielle.fr · Sina Finance · De Volkskrant · Vox · Wikipedia.

[69] Vlandas, T. and Halikiopoulou, D. (2026) The (forgotten) atomistic fallacy in Political Science and its implications for how we interpret elections. European Journal of Political Research.

[68] Ganslmeier, M., Klymak, M. and Vlandas, T. (2026) When Habit Prevails: A Causal Test of Policy Feedback Theory Using a Pension Reform. Political Science Research and Methods.

[67] Vlandas, T. (2026) Ageing European Electorates: The new progressive dilemma for the Left and Trade Unions. Policy Brief, European Trade Union Institute.

[66] McManus, A. and Vlandas, T. (2026) A Partisan Pandemic: Reviewing the findings in over 600 studies across 44 countries. Journal of European Public Policy.

[65] Regan, A., Schwander, H., Benoit, C. and Vlandas, T. (2026) The New Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism: Democracy, Growth and Effective Climate Action. Edinburgh University Press.

[64] Vlandas, T. (2026) Book review of: “Human Capital for the Knowledge Economy: Upskill Journeys in Advanced Capitalist Democracies” by Niccolò Durazzi. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2026. 198 pp. ISBN: 978-0-19-896133-8.

[63] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2026) Five Far Right Voter Groups Progressives Can Sway: a core-periphery strategy for winning back voters. FES Policy Brief.

[62] Ganslmeier, M. and Vlandas, T. (2025) On the Limits of “Justified” Model Spaces. Letter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

[61] Hancke, B. and Vlandas, T. (2025) The Great Moderation Revisited: On the Political Economic Origins of Inflation and Disinflation in the Advanced Capitalist World. Palgrave Macmillan.

[60] Ganslmeier, M. and Vlandas, T. (2025) Estimating the Extent and Sources of Model Uncertainty in Political Science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

[59] Klymak, M. and Vlandas, T. (2025) Conflict Abroad and Political Trust at Home: Evidence from a Natural Experiment. British Journal of Political Science.

[58] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2025) The Atomistic Fallacy in political science and its implications for how we study the far right: Lessons for the left and trade unions. Technical Brief, European Trade Union Institute.

[57] Gugushvili, A., Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2025) Losing ground: How actual class decline fuels far right party support in Europe. Policy Brief, European Trade Union Institute.

[56] Halikiopoulou, D., Gugushvili, A. and Vlandas, T. (2025) Downward Class Mobility and Far-Right Party Support in Western Europe. Political Behavior.

[55] Benoit, C. and Vlandas, T. (2025) Qui Regit: Electorates, Producer Groups, and Change in Advanced Capitalism. Political Studies Review. [PDF]

[54] Klymak, M. and Vlandas, T. (2024) Governance in times of war: Public procurement in Ukraine. PLoS ONE 19(6): e0305344.

[53] Schwander, H. and Vlandas, T. (2024) An Introduction to Regression Analyses of Survey Data on Support for Universal Basic Income, in: J. De Wispelaere, J. Chrisp, M.-L. Mulayi and F. Roosma (eds.) Basic Income Public Opinion Research: a plea for methodological pluralism. Palgrave Macmillan.

[52] Vlandas, T. and Halikiopoulou, D. (2024) Jihadist terrorist attacks and far right party preferences: an ‘unexpected event during survey design’ in four European countries. Perspectives on Politics.

[51] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2024) Democracy and empowerment, in: P. Diamond and A. Skrzypek (eds.) The Politics of Polycrisis. Foundation for European Progressive Studies.

[50] Klymak, M. and Vlandas, T. (2024) Do wars abroad affect attitudes at home? PNAS Nexus, Volume 3, Issue 8, pgae292.

[49] Vlandas, T. (2023) From Gerontocracy to Gerontonomia: The Politics of Economic Stagnation in Ageing Democracies. The Political Quarterly. Cited in The Economist, The Guardian and the Financial Times, among others.

[48] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2023) How to counter exclusionary far right politics with a progressive inclusionary agenda on equality. Policy Brief, European Trade Union Institute. Cited in the New York Times.

[47] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2023) Fighting for equality rather than copying far-right populist positions on immigration. The Progressive Post, Foundation for European Progressive Studies.

[46] Vlandas, T. and Klymak, M. (2023) Partisan Pandemic in the UK: Individual views and mobility during Covid-19. European Journal of Political Research.

[45] Rincon, L. and Vlandas, T. (2023) Universal Basic Income: The new political economy of an old idea, in: N. Durazzi and D. Clegg (eds.) Handbook of Labour Market Policy in Rich Democracies, Edward Elgar. [PDF]

[44] Klymak, M. and Vlandas, T. (2022) The Impact of Russia’s Invasion on European Attitudes. LSE ‘Europe in Question’ Discussion Paper 180/2023. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.18551.91042. Cited in the Financial Times.

[43] Klymak, M. and Vlandas, T. (2022) Does Russian Invasion Affect Trust Abroad? Nuffield Working Paper 2023-01. Media coverage: Financial Times.

[42] Klymak, M. and Vlandas, T. (2022) Partisanship and Covid-19 vaccination in the UK. Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio). Media coverage: The Telegraph.

[41] Vlandas, T. (2022) Grey Power and Economic Performance. Nuffield Working Paper Series 2022-02, University of Oxford, October 2022.

[40] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2022) What to do about right-wing populism? IPPR Progressive Review, Institute for Public Policy Research.

[39] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2022) Understanding right-wing populism and what to do about it. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. [PDF] Cited in El País, SENjournal, New Statesman World Review, Die Zeit and the Daily Mail, among others.

[38] Parth, A. and Vlandas, T. (2022) The welfare state and support for environmental action in Europe. Journal of European Social Policy. [PDF]

[37] Ganslmeier, M., Vlandas, T. and Van Parys, J. (2022) Compliance with the first UK Covid-19 lockdown and the compounding effects of weather. Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio). [PDF]

[36] Rincon, L., Vlandas, T. and Hiilamo, H. (2022) What’s not to like? Benefit design, funding structure and support for a universal basic income. Journal of European Social Policy. [PDF]

[35] Benassi, C. and Vlandas, T. (2022) Trade unions, bargaining coverage and low pay: a multilevel test of institutional effects on low-pay risk in Germany. Work, Employment and Society. [PDF] Nominated for the SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence, British Sociological Association, 2023.

[34] Vlandas, T. and Halikiopoulou, D. (2022) Moderating the ‘insecurity effect’? Social risks, welfare state policies and far right party support in Western Europe. West European Politics. [PDF] Cited by the ILO 2023 World Employment Report and the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.

[33] Thatcher, M. and Vlandas, T. (2021) Foreign States in Domestic Markets: Sovereign Wealth Funds and the West. Oxford University Press. [PDF] Cited by the ILO 2023 World Employment Report and the House of Commons Committee on Inward Foreign Direct Investment. Reviewed in Regulation & Governance (Quaglia 2022), Foreign Affairs (Moravcsik 2022), Perspectives on Politics (Dixon 2022) and International Affairs (Mott 2023).

[32] Klymak, M. and Vlandas, T. (2021) Covid-19 Partisanship in the UK: Findings from Survey and Mobility Data. Nuffield Politics Working Paper 2021-01, University of Oxford, 29 October 2021. [PDF]

[31] Vlandas, T., McArthur, D. and Ganslmeier, M. (2021) Ageing and the Economy: a Literature Review of Political and Policy Mechanisms. Political Research Exchange. [PDF] Funded by the John Fell Fund.

[30] Vlandas, T. and Klymak, M. (2021) Pandemic and Partisan Polarisation: Voter evaluation of UK government handling during Covid-19. Swiss Political Science Review. [PDF]

[29] Bojar, A. and Vlandas, T. (2021) Group-specific responses to retrospective economic performance: a multi-level analysis of parliamentary elections. Politics & Society. [PDF]

[28] Simoni, M. and Vlandas, T. (2021) Labour market liberalisation and the rise of dualism in Europe as the interplay between government, trade unions and the economy. Social Policy & Administration. [PDF]

[27] Halikiopoulou, D., Stockemer, D. and Vlandas, T. (2021) ‘Birds of a feather’? Assessing the prevalence of anti-immigration attitudes among the far-right electorate. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. [PDF]

[26] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2021) When economic and cultural interests align: the anti-immigration voter coalitions driving far right party success in Europe. European Political Science Review. [PDF]

[25] Vlandas, T. (2021) The political economy of individual-level support for the basic income in Europe. Journal of European Social Policy. [PDF] Cited by the World Bank, CNN Business and El País.

[24] Schwander, H. and Vlandas, T. (2020) The Left and universal basic income: the role of ideology in individual support. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy. [PDF]

[23] Vlandas, T. (2020) The political consequences of labour market dualisation: labour market status, occupational unemployment and policy preferences. Political Science Research and Methods. [PDF]

[22] Vlandas, T. (2019) The politics of the basic income guarantee: analysing individual support in Europe. Basic Income Studies. [PDF]

[21] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2018) What is new and what is nationalist about Europe’s new nationalism? Explaining the rise of the far right in Europe. Nations and Nationalism. [PDF]

[20] Vlandas, T. and Halikiopoulou, D. (2018) Does unemployment matter? Economic insecurity, labour market policies and the far right vote in Europe. European Political Science. [PDF]

[19] Vlandas, T. (2018) Grey power and the economy: ageing and inflation across advanced economies. Comparative Political Studies. [PDF] Best Research Output, Prosperity and Resilience theme, University of Reading. Cited by the Polish Central Bank Monetary Policy Council.

[18] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2018) Voting to leave: economic insecurity and the Brexit vote, in: B. Leruth, N. Startin and S. Usherwood (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Euroscepticism. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9781138784741. [PDF]

[17] Hancke, B. and Vlandas, T. (2017) The politics of disinflation. LSE ‘Europe in Question’ Discussion Paper Series. [PDF]

[16] Thatcher, M. and Vlandas, T. (2016) Overseas state outsiders as new sources of patient capital: government policies to welcome Sovereign Wealth Fund investment in France and Germany. Socio-Economic Review. [PDF] Cited by the Tony Blair Institute and the House of Commons Committee on Inward Foreign Direct Investment.

[15] Vlandas, T. (2016) Labour market performance and deregulation in France during and after the crisis, in: A. Piasna and M. Myant (eds.) Myths of employment deregulation: how it neither creates jobs nor reduces labour market segmentation. European Trade Union Institute, Brussels. [PDF]

[14] Vlandas, T. (2016) Coordination, inclusiveness and wage inequality between median and bottom income workers. Comparative European Politics. [PDF]

[13] Benassi, C. and Vlandas, T. (2016) Union inclusiveness and temporary agency workers: the role of power resources and union ideology. European Journal of Industrial Relations. [PDF] Cited by the OECD and ILO.

[12] Vlandas, T. (2016) The impact of the elderly on inflation rates in developed countries. LSE ‘Europe in Question’ Discussion Paper Series. [PDF]

[11] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2016) Risks, costs and labour markets: explaining far right-wing party success in European Parliament elections. Journal of Common Market Studies. [PDF] Best Paper Award, APSA European Politics & Society, American Political Science Association, 2016. Cited by Chatham House.

[10] Vlandas, T. (2016) Labour market developments and policy responses during and after the crisis in France. French Politics. [PDF]

[9] Vlandas, T. (2016) The political effects of ageing on inflation. Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy. [PDF]

[8] Vlandas, T. and Halikiopoulou, D. (2016) Why far right parties do well at times of crisis: bringing labour market institutions back into the debate. European Trade Union Institute Working Paper. [PDF]

[7] Vlandas, T. (2016) Explaining perceptions of the unemployed in Europe. Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies. [PDF]

[6] Halikiopoulou, D. and Vlandas, T. (2015) The rise of the far right in debtor and creditor European countries: the case of European Parliament elections. The Political Quarterly. [PDF]

[5] Vlandas, T. (2013) The politics of temporary work deregulation in Europe: solving the French puzzle. Politics & Society. [PDF]

[4] Vlandas, T. (2013) Mixing apples with oranges? Partisanship and active labour market policies in Europe. Journal of European Social Policy. [PDF] Research Prize, Network for European Social Policy Analysis, 2013.

[3] Vlandas, T. (2013) Book review of ‘The Political Economy of Collective Skill Formation’, edited by Marius R. Busemeyer and Christine Trampusch. Oxford University Press, 2011. British Journal of Industrial Relations.

[2] Vlandas, T. (2013) The politics of in-work benefits: the case of the ‘Active Income of Solidarity’ in France. French Politics. [PDF]

[1] Vlandas, T. (2011) The dependent variable problem in quantitative studies of active labour market programmes: uncovering hidden dynamics? RECWOWE Working Papers. [PDF]