PUBLICATIONS

• Pascu-Lindner, Andra and Kaitlin Senk. “Competent and Influential: How do voters evaluate women Prime Ministers?”Accepted at the European Journal of Politics and Gender

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• Senk, Kaitlin, Jessica Edry, and Nicholas Coulombe. “Women’s Legislative Representation and State Ratification Behavior.” Politics & Gender 20(4):
  903-935.

 

• Senk, Kaitlin. 2022. “When Do Women Represent Women's Rights: Exploring Seniority and Political Security.” Politics, Groups, and Identities 11(5): 1077-97.

 

• Adams, James, David Bracken, Noam Gidron, Will Horne, Diana Z. O’Brien and Kaitlin Senk. 2022 “Can’t We All Just Get Along? How Women MPs Can Ameliorate Affective Polarization in Western Publics.” American Political Science Review 117(1): 318-324.
  • Selected by APSA’s Public Scholarship Program and featured in Political Science Now
  • Winner of the 2023 CSES GESIS Klingemann Prize

 

• Senk, Kaitlin. 2021. “​Are Women Less Effective at Passing Bills? Exploring the Direct and Indirect Effects of Gender.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 46(3): 791-816.​

WORKS IN PROGRESS

• ​Adams, James, David Bracken, Noam Gidron, Will Horne, Seonghui Lee, Diana Z. O’Brien, Philip Santoso, Kaitlin Senk and Randolph T. Stevenson. “Gender Inclusivity Shifts Parties’ Images Leftward: Observational and Experimental Evidence.” Under Review ​
  

 

• Tirado Castro, Alejandro and Kaitlin Senk. “Polarized Hearts and Minds: Gender Differences in Affective Polarization.”

 

• Senk, Kaitlin, Julia van Zijl, Susan Banducci, and Sofia Collignon. "Is it more costly to be visible or to be viable? Violence Against Women Candidates in Subnational Elections."

OTHER WRITING

• Senk, Kaitlin. “Promises vs practice: How do Trump’s first 100 days in office match voter expectations?” Transforming Society, Bristol University Press. April 2025.

• Senk, Kaitlin. “Could Trump’s Election Bolster Reform UK’s Momentum?” University of Bath Institute for Policy Research. January 2025.

 

• Senk, Kaitlin and Hilde Coffé. “Unraveling (Financial) Barriers Faced by Women in Politics.” Centenary Action. November 2024.

 

• Senk, Kaitlin and Hilde Coffé. “Unraveling (Financial) Barriers Faced by Women in Politics.” 50:50 Parliament. October 2024.

 

• Senk, Kaitlin and Hilde Coffé. “Unraveling (Financial) Barriers Faced by Women in Politics.” Report prepared for roundtable event. October 2024.

 

• Collignon, Sofia, Kaitlin Senk, and Susan Banducci. “Do Voters Want More Women MPs?” Centenary Action. September 2023.
  

All drafts available upon request.