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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

One of the most exciting things about doing social science in Madrid is how much the city is becoming a hub for top notch work. MESS brings together people doing so at different departments. It's such an amazing resource.

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Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#MESS2026 is almost here and will feature talks on climate, social norms, EU integration, discrimination and more. Very proud that we managed to go for the 3rd edition!

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Women's Forum @ INAS @womensforuminas.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The event will conclude with drinks and informal networking before the start of the conference’s two days of parallel sessions. If you plan to attend, please remember to sign up for the Forum when registering for the conference. www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...

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INAS Conference 2026 - Nuffield College Oxford University

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Women's Forum @ INAS @womensforuminas.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We hope many colleagues will join us—not only to support emerging researchers, but also to contribute to building a more inclusive academic community for all its members, especially those from groups that remain underrepresented in academia.

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Women's Forum @ INAS @womensforuminas.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The Women’s Forum at INAS once again will take place on the first day of the INAS Conference 2026 and is open to all conference participants. This half-day event will feature flash talks by junior scholars, followed by a panel discussion on inclusion, representation, and academic life.

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Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Join us at MESS2026 in Madrid ☀️ 📆 Abstract submissions open until July 10.

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Madrid Empirical Social Sciences @madridempiricalsoc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We welcome submissions of full papers, works-in-progress, and poster presentations. Researchers based outside Madrid are warmly encouraged to participate. Acceptance decisions will be communicated in early September. We look forward to seeing you in October!

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MESS2026 Abstract Submission

Building on the momentum of our previous meetings, we aim to once again unite researchers from political science, sociology, and the wider social sciences in and around Madrid, fostering scholarly dia...

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Madrid Empirical Social Sciences @madridempiricalsoc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

📢 The MESS 2026 Conference is coming! Join researchers across the social sciences in Madrid on October 22–23 at CSIC. Guest speaker: Aina Gallego (U. Barcelona). Abstract submissions open until July 10. A new Best PhD Student Paper Prize will be awarded this year! 🔗Submit: forms.gle/K1p8mQXvh27J...

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MESS2026 Abstract Submission

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Marta Fraile @martafraile.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

If you happen to be in Madrid this week, don’t miss our flagship seminar of the season. The great @evaanduiza.bsky.social is visiting us!

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Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

El juego de adivinar comportamientos sociales para ganar una taza ha sido todo un éxito @ipp-csic.bsky.social @csic.es #MadridEsCiencia #CienciasSociales

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Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

¿Cómo estudia la ciencia lo que pensamos y decidimos? Hoy, de 15 a 19h, en la XV Feria Madrid es Ciencia, nuestros compañeros @luismmiller.bsky.social y @amaliaab.bsky.social te invitan a descubrirlo a través de experimentos y dinámicas participativas. #MadridEsCiencia

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Boulevard of Broken Memes @olizardo.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

In memoriam, here's an old meme I made a while back

left: a picture of habermas looking side, right: a picture of habermas looking happy

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Luis Miller @luismmiller.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Se ha publicado la convocatoria #JAEIntro en el @csic.es para estudiantes de último año de carrera y máster. En el @ipp-csic.bsky.social ofrecemos varios planes de formación. El mío va sobre: - Religión, identidad y polarización política en la España secular sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...

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Convocatoria JAE INTRO 2026

Tipo: Ayudas a la formación. Subtipo: JAE INTRO Categoría: Becas de Introducción a la Investigación. Número de ayudas: 240: 200 de la modalidad JAE INTRO ORGC y 40 de la modalidad JAE INTRO Momentum. Publicación: BDNS (892036) - BOE (11/03/2026)

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Simon Chauchard @simonchauchard.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

☀️☀️Academic friends wondering what to do with their sabbatical next year (FYI Jan 31 NOT a hard deadline) or the one after: Consider visiting us in Madrid for a term or 2! We have a great community in polisci/political economy/HPE/pol.behavior + offices and can help with settling you here. Link👇

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Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

i think some level of worry is appropriate in this situation, but I believe we are far from "stopping online experiments altogether".

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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

With all due respect to the authors (the study raises a “potential” concern), but its framing overstates that concern imo. A few things worth flagging before everyone panics 1/

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Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Finaliza el Workshop Internacional del proyecto #NORPOL en la Residencia de Estudiantes. Dos jornadas de debate interdisciplinar con investigadores de Europa y Estados Unidos, organizadas por @luismmiller.bsky.social y @amaliaab.bsky.social Compartimos algunas imágenes de esta última jornada.

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Luis Miller @luismmiller.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

El proyecto #NORPOL que he tenido la suerte de liderar junto a @amaliaab.bsky.social está llegando a su fin. Pero nos quedan muchos datos e ideas para tratar de segui entendiendo el cambio de las normas sociales que hoy regulan la política.

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Women's Forum @ INAS @womensforuminas.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The Women’s Forum will meet on July 1st in the afternoon and will host flash talks for junior scholars as well as a panel on women in academia. We hope to see you there!

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Catherine Molho @cmolho.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

📣 One week left to apply to our Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences! We have an exciting program for this year: www.tse-fr.eu/sites/defaul... 🗓️ May 26 to June 19, 2026 📍 Toulouse Application deadline: December 15 Apply here: www.tse-fr.eu/toulouse-sum... @tse-fr.eu @iast.fr

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Nicole Schwitter @nschwitter.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Can AI-generated images work as visual vignettes in survey experiments? I argue yes - and discuss how . in my new @sscratsage.bsky.social paper: doi.org/10.1177/0894...

Two AI generated images showing 1) a boy walking through a disorderly neighbourhood with graffiti and trash and 2) a boy walking through a very similar but cleaned up neighbourhood without trash ad graffiti.

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Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga @amuitz.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

So proud and happy of our #MESS2025 — growing in size, diversity, quality, and good vibes every year! See you all tomorrow! 😎 #SocialScience #Conference #Madrid @amaliaab.bsky.social @emmylindstam.bsky.social @sergio-galazgarcia.bsky.social

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.  CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.  But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do. 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette... 🧵

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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications

The Art of Learning from Rejection

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Marga Torre @mtorre.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

💼 Oferta de trabajo! Buscamos un Técnico de Investigación para el proyecto GENDERSEG: - 20h/semana | 1.400€/mes - Deadline: 18/09 (inclusive) 👉 Más info sobre requisitos y tareas a desarrollar: aplicaciones.uc3m.es/atenea/fiche... ¡Se agradece difusión!

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Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Estaba 99% segura de que era ¡Enhorabuena!, pero nunca se sabe porqué puede uno preguntar esas cosas. Yo la hice online y fui en pijama. Ya imagino con quién ha sido el café ❤️

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Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

¿enhorabuena? (a las clases da igual, pero al parto diría que deportiva mejor)

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

If he plots in excel he's the one whose bio says "entrepreneur mindset, gym life, blessed and grateful"

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Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I have never felt as wanted as I did this past August, when I received 14 review requests.

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Tarek Jaziri-Arjona @tarekjaziri.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized? In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

🎓📢 We’re hiring! Come join us @uni-muenster.de 🇩🇪 as a W3 Professor in Political Science (🌍 IR & ♻️ Sustainability) 💼 Permanent position 📍 Münster, Germany 🕒 Deadline: Sept 26, 2025 jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...

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W3 Professorship in "Political Science with a Focus on International Sustainability" - Universität Münster

Universität Münster bietet Stelle als W3 Professorship in "Political Science with a Focus on International Sustainability" in Münster - jetzt bewerben!

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Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Thanks for sharing @valentimvicente.bsky.social 😊 I think we need a more nuanced analysis of the link between 2nd-order beliefs and climate action. It’s often assumed that underestimating support for policies leads to inaction, but our findings suggest it can also be a volunteer’s dilemma.

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Mariña Fernández Reino @mfreino.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

📢 *Call for Applications* / 📢 *Convocatoria abierta* Join our project on Prejudice & Discrimination at the Spanish National Research Council (Madrid 🇪🇸) Open to junior scholars at different stages (postdocs, predocs, or MSc grads considering a PhD) 🔗 ⬇️ www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zrur0...

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Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Last day to apply to the MESS!! MESS is an initiative that brings together empirical social scientists in Madrid. Our first event was last year and it was fantastic. Join us!

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Angelo Romano @aromano.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Do you study cooperation and how it varies across societies, including those that are under-represented? Are you interested in how AI is fundamentally reshaping human cooperation? If so, don’t miss our special issue on Current Directions in Social Dilemmas Research

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Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

If you’re into analytical sociology, there’s no better place!

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Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos @ipp-csic.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

¿Quieres hacer una estancia de investigación en el @ipp-csic.bsky.social? Nuestro programa de visitantes te ofrece dos modalidades: 1️⃣ Estancias sin financiación, inscripción abierta todo el año. 2️⃣ Becas “Luis Moreno”, con ayudas de hasta 2.000€. Más info en este enlace: tinyurl.com/25ex2ayf

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Amalia Alvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Applications for the 2nd annual conference of the MESS are now open. Hope to see many of you there!

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Marius Sältzer @msaeltzer.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Hey y'all I am hiring a PhD student. Minimal teaching load and many opportunities for more ;) uol.de/job566en

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Research Associate in the field of "Digital Social Science" // University of Oldenburg

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Prof Laura Morales @lauramdu.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Nuestra compañera del @ipp-csic.bsky.social @martafraile.bsky.social es demasiado modesta para contaros que (¡por fin!) el @csic.es ha reconocido su excelencia científica y ha sido promovida al puesto de Profesora de Investigación, algo que deberían haber hecho hace años. ¡Enhorabuena Marta!

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Usually at the end of the summer, I offer to read someone’s job market materials if they are looking for like an R2 or teaching oriented job (I’m best at reading American pol). Maybe people are doing this work earlier though? Happy to help 2 people. PoliSky

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Yusaku Horiuchi @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

The Experimental Research section of the American Political Science Association (@experimentsapsa.bsky.social) invites research proposals from post-prospectus PhD students for its Experimental Research Early-Career Fellowship program. Share this post! @apsa.bsky.social, @poscresearch.bsky.social

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🚨We’re hiring postdocs in Computational Social Science! 📍The Swedish Excellence Centre for Computational Social Science (SweCSS) 📅 Apply by June 3 🔗 liu.se/en/work-at-l...

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Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢 Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply! Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ! sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...

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Thilo N. H. Albers - Job ads

2 years postdoc with a thematic focus on Migration, Diaspora, Citizenship

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