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Clint Claessen @clint0475.bsky.social · 12h

🚨 TADA Speaker Series Fall 2026 schedule is here! 🚨We've assembled a fantastic lineup of researchers discussing AI tools for social scientists. Oct 14 - Dec 9, online at 17:00 CEST. Join us! More info & signup on our updated website: tada.cool

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

NEW - Andy Burnham has written a long letter to all Labour MPs tonight - promising a major overhaul of whipping and engagement on legislation, as well as a “broad church” cabinet where ministers routinely engage MPs & select committees. Comes as nominations open for leadership. Letter here 👇

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/07/2026

The Trump administration will reverse a hastily applied export ban on AI company Anthropic’s latest technology, allowing the company to once again offer its top AI models to customers around the world.

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White House drops restrictions on Anthropic AI models after two-week ban

The company can once again provide its powerful Mythos and Fable AI models to customers after the Trump administration lifted export controls that were applied earlier in June.

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🤩One more day to apply! Come to beautiful Freiburg with the INCONEX team! #postdoc #hiring #academicjobs #polisci #EU #CSS

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Dr. Philip J. Howe @drphilipjhowe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

My latest with Christina Zuber and Edina Szöcsik, finally out in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social! We outline an emerging new paradigm in the study of parties and elections. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Group identities and party competition | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Group identities and party competition

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Come work with me! 12 days left to apply! 👇 And if you are at #EPSS, go see the presentations by @clint0475.bsky.social to get a taste of what we do.

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Hugo Ferrinho Lopes @hferrinholopes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Happy to be at #EPSS2026 in Belfast today. I'm chairing panel PP03 — four papers on youth wings as recruitment grounds and early arenas where patterns of political representation take shape. Drop by if you're around! 🕞 15:20–17:00 · Meeting Room 3a (ICC).

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/06/2026

Europeans need tech sovereignty now

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

📢 Postdoc position in #EU politics & governance (100%, 3 years initially) @uni-freiburg.de w/ competence in computational methods ⏰Deadline: 30 June 2026 ⭐Start: 1 October 2026 👉Full job ad & application portal: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005... #EUsky #academicposition #jobs #hiring #polisci #CSS

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Lena Maria Huber @lenamariahuber.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

📣 New paper out in BJPolS 📣

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Clint Claessen @clint0475.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Please join us for a very timely topic! 🚨

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Christopher Klamm 🏔️ @cklamm.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

🥁 Join us next Wednesday (May 13, 5pm Berlin time) for an exciting talk by Sean J. Westwood @seanjwestwood.bsky.social on "The potential existential threat of large language models to online survey research". Join our newsletter 🗞️ or send me a DM for more details: tada.cool

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Clint Claessen @clint0475.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Super cool paper today! Join us! 👇

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The COMPTEXT Association @comptext.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

That's a wrap on #COMPTEXT2026! Huge thanks to lead organiser @chrisguarnold.bsky.social and IDAI/@unibirmingham.bsky.social team, plus all tutors, chairs, discussants & sponsors. Conference dinner at a world-renowned cricket stadium—what a treat. Safe travels home; see you at COMPTEXT 2027!

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Verena Kunz @verenakunz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We're excited that @nschwitter.bsky.social will join us for the next session of the TADA Spring Speaker Series to present work on AI-generated images as experimental treatments. When? **Thursday**, April 30, 17:00 (Berlin time) Sign up for our newsletter at tada.cool for the Zoom link!

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Clint Claessen @clint0475.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

📢 We are very happy to have Jana Jung for our third session of the TADA Spring Speaker Series. Jana will present recently published work on whether psychometric tests work for LLMs. When? 15th of April, 5pm (Berlin time) Where? Online (Sign up for the newsletter at tada.cool) See you there!

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Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) @ya-oeaw.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Demokratische Repräsentationen auf nationalstaatlicher sowie europäischer Ebene – @lucykinski.bsky.social gibt Einblick in die vielschichtigen Aushandlungsprozesse von nationalen und transnationalen Interessen. 🌍 www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

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Zwischen Wien und Brüssel: Wer Europäer:innen wirklich repräsentiert

Von transnationalen Interessen und unsichtbaren Gruppen: Was uns die Forschung über demokratische Repräsentation in der EU verrät

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Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Second session of this term's TADA coming up! Christopher Klamm will explain the use of Multimodal Conversational AI for survey research to us! Tuesday, 1 April 2026 | 17:00 CEST | Online Signup for the newsletter & survey link at tada.cool

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Christopher Klamm 🏔️ @cklamm.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Join us next week for an exciting grand opening w/ Max in the TADA.cool spring 🌱 speaker series on LLMs in survey research ⬇️

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Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Very excited for the first session of our TADA spring speaker series on LLMs in survey research! **Telephone Surveys Meet Conversational AI** With Max Lang Tuesday, 18 March 2026 | 17:00 CEST | Online Sign up to our newsletter for more info or send me a DM: tada.cool

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Clint Claessen @clint0475.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Please join us this spring for this exciting series of talks!👇

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Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

🚨 TADA Speaker Series Spring 2026 schedule is here! 🚨 We've assembled a fantastic lineup of researchers exploring the future of survey research in the age of LLMs. Mar 18 - May 27, online at 17:00 CEST. Join us! More info & signup: tada.cool

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Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Now in print (and open access): What happens when voters learn their party disagrees with them? I ran a pre-registered experiment with a representative sample of ~3,000 German voters to find out. link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧵

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Attitude Manipulation and Voting Intentions - Political Behavior

A large body of research documents the substantial effects of persuasive communication on political attitudes. However, opinion manipulation often represents merely an intermediate goal in a greater e...

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Interesting: "Findings suggest that the left-right political orientation of journalists affects the use of subjectivity in reporting and political party composition, but in the opposite direction [from what was expected]: [Left-leaning] journalists seem to overcompensate for their individual views."

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Do Journalists’ Political Orientations Translate into Partisan News Reporting? The Limits of Bias and the Limits of Counter Mechanisms

Journalists are regularly accused of being strongly left leaning, which critics claim leads to biased reporting. Previous research suggests this assumption may be over-simplistic, but direct empiri...

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Do politicians consider the gender of leaders when selecting coalition partners? ➡️Using a conjoint on 979 Spanish mayors, @albahuidobro.bsky.social finds that mayors, especially those on the center and left, prefer coalitions with parties led by women www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Connected_Politics Lab Seminars, Spring Trimester ⤵️ - 28 Jan: @jessicadicocco.bsky.social – 11 Feb: Akitaka Matsuo – 25 Feb: @malojan.bsky.social, @luissattelmayer.bsky.social, and Noémie Piolat – 4 Mar: @vivifabrien.bsky.social – 1 Apr: @elisaadamico.bsky.social – 15 Apr: @miriamsorace.bsky.social

Overview of seminar series, details available at: https://www.ucd.ie/connected_politics/events/

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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

🍿 If you’re looking to understand what’s happening inside the Dutch far right, today is a great day to read this paper in @epsrjournal.bsky.social on the evolution of populist radical right party organization in the Netherlands. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Fortuyn versus Wilders versus Baudet: the evolution of populist radical right party organization in the Netherlands | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Fortuyn versus Wilders versus Baudet: the evolution of populist radical right party organization in the Netherlands - Volume 17 Issue 4

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Mike Cowburn @mikecowburn.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🚨🎉 New Publication! 🎉🚨

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Rich Roll @richroll.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

This week, I'm joined by Rutger Bregman, Dutch historian and the guy who went viral telling Davos billionaires to pay their taxes. We explore why so many of us feel stuck, unfulfilled, or disconnected from purpose, and how to redirect our talent toward what actually matters. Episode 955✌🏼🌱

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Clint Claessen @clint0475.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Can really recommend this! @fabianhabersack.bsky.social is a fantastic JS host!

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:

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Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.

Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.

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Nicolai Berk @nicolaiberk.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Our next #TADA session is just around the corner! 🚨 We are absolutely delighted to welcome Ju Yeon (Julia) Park, who will present her paper: "Toward a framework for creating trustworthy measures with supervised machine learning for text." 📅 Wed., Dec. 10, 17:00-18:00 (Berlin) More info: tada.cool

Clint Claessen @clint0475.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🚨📣Very excited to announce our Online INCONEX Kick-Off Workshop on December 12 from 13:45 to 17:45 (CET)! We have a great line-up of paper presentations and a fantastic roundtable. Everyone is welcome! 👉 Sign up here: bit.ly/inconex_workshop @erc.europa.eu #PoliticalScience #Representation

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Dylan Paltra @dpltr22.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🚨Publication Alert! My first first-author publication with @msaeltzer.bsky.social and @pluggedchris.bsky.social is out in @polbehavior.bsky.social, which began as my bachelor's thesis. We study how party polarization shapes affective polarization—with a particularly important role of the AfD. (1/7)🧵

Cover page of the article. "Affective States: Cultural and Affective Polarization in a Multilevel-Multiparty System" by Dylan Paltra, Marius Sältzer and Christian Stecker. "Affective Polarization—the growing mutual dislike among partisan groups—has been identified as a major concern in democracies. Although both economic and cultural ideological divides contribute to ideological polarization, their affective consequences can differ. This paper argues that cultural polarization becomes especially consequential when mobilized by far-right parties. Using data from 116 elections in Germany’s 16 states (1990-2023), we combine more than 550 state-level manifestos with more than 150,000 survey responses to examine how party polarization translates into voter affect. Our analyses show that both economic and cultural polarization increase affective divides, but cultural disagreements fuel hostility only in the presence of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). Acting as a cultural entrepreneur, the AfD amplifies the emotional impact of cultural divisions such as immigration, employing affective rhetoric and provoking strong rejection from other parties and voters. These findings highlight the catalytic role of far-right parties in transforming ideological competition into affective polarization."

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Lucy Kinski @lucykinski.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Happy to have been part of this episode with @clint0475.bsky.social talking all things INCONEX, but also about the EU, what it means to be a political scientist these days, how AI will shape how we teach, and much more. Take a listen! 👂👇

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Nathalie Giger @nathaliegiger.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🔔Job Alert 🔔 Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?” We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!

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Bernd Schlipphak @bschlipphak.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Beside listening to the podcast, you should really read the full paper - the environmental costs are only one of the paper's punchlines. Plus: it is written in a very accessible way. Kudos to the authors, @seanhp.bsky.social, @isaacbravo.bsky.social & @clint0475.bsky.social! osf.io/download/vwb5h

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Christopher Klamm 🏔️ @cklamm.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🚨 Join us next Wednesday (🗓️ Nov 26, 🕔 5pm Berlin time) for an exciting session 🥳. @khaoulache.bsky.social will present co-authored work on "Beyond the Safety Bundle: Auditing the Helpful and Harmless Dataset". If you'd like to join, please sign up for the mailing TADA.cool or send us a message.

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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

New article out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social with Tabea Palmtag and @dpzollinger.bsky.social 📝 We use open-ended survey questions (in Germany) to assess how and among whom social status shifts are perceived. This tests cultural backlash narratives in voters' perceptions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...

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It is widely accepted in political science – and remarkably established in public discourse – that status anxieties fuel a far right backlash against progressive politics. This narrative suggests that right-wing conservatives perceive the status of women, racial, or sexual minorities as threatening. Using open-ended survey questions fielded in Germany, we show that women and minorities indeed figure in people’s perceptions of status hierarchies, but in very specific ways: First, overall, people still perceive status as largely socioeconomically determined. Second, sociocultural groups figure in perceptions of who is gaining/losing status, less so in perceptions of the top/bottom of society. Third, more than conservative voters, it is social progressives who mention women and minorities as “winners”. While on race/ethnicity, we find evidence for a backlash, on gender and sexuality we find more evidence for a progressive momentum. This matters for progressive politics today and for how we empirically study status concerns.

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