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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺 @jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026

Excited to share our new programme of Social Research Methods at Leeds @srmleeds.bsky.social, @emrinke.bsky.social & Jade Parker. Speakers include: Peter King, @janselby.bsky.social, @rsolymosi.bsky.social, @rjbeecham.bsky.social, Martina Feilzer, Sam Langton, Ieva Skyte, and Ana Manzano.

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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A landmark week for LISF! We are welcoming the first students to our pioneering AI Ethics and Society MSc. Co-designed with experts, students and partners, the programme brings together disciplines from across the @universityofleeds.bsky.social to tackle one of the defining challenges of our time.

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Danny Kingsley @dannykay68.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

EXCELLENT: The Netherlands new OA policy seems to be well thought through obc.copim.pub/when-scaling... Policy explicitly recommends redirection & reallocation of funds from existing ‘big deal’ budgets towards community-driven alternatives, incl university-led diamond OA & Netherlands Uni Presses

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When 'scaling small' becomes national policy

The Netherlands' new open access strategy echoes the principles the Open Book Collective was built on - 'scaling small' and community-led publishing

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🎙️New podcast featuring Dr Eike Rinke! The latest episode of the Research Culture Uncovered podcast features @emrinke.bsky.social, discussing why open research, transparency and reproducibility matter across all disciplines. Eike also shares insights from his work on meta-research and open research.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 08/07/2026

One of the many tragedies of AI in higher education is that students think that they have to cheat and plagiarize because their peers are doing it already. In my (non-representative) sample of undergrads, 50% of them flat-out detest what AI has done to their education

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Lisa DeBruine @debruine.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The @ukrepro.bsky.social just published a new primer on computational reproducibility, authored by the CR special interest group, including yours truly! I hope it's useful for introducing people to the concept and convincing resource-holders to fund efforts to improve it. zenodo.org/records/1923...

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

*** 10 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY *** Reposting as local convenor of the 2026 ICA PolComm Summer School at @polisatleeds.bsky.social Opportunity for PhD students/ECRs working on any aspect of political communication to learn & get detailed feedback from an top international faculty DL: 30 Mar, 17:00 GMT

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 16/03/2026

My moderation shift. This was not sophisticated forgery but even with low effort it's child's play with LLMs to make something that looks like a real paper to a quick skim. And we don't go around accusing people without being sure. So I wasted a chunk of time on the first before I noticed the others

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Bruno Castanho Silva @bcastanho.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

People often ask how to get social media and online platforms' data these days after a lot of them shut down academic access This course by Noëlle Lebernegg at the @methodsnet.bsky.social summer school gets you covered 👇 Registrations open methodsnet.org/course/d04-c...

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D04: Collecting Data from Large Online Platforms with APIs, Webscraping and DSA applications – MethodsNET

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Indeed. There is a paper to be written on how journalists make deliberative politics less probable by routinely framing changes of party/politician policy positions as "climbdown", "flip-flopping", etc.

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 04/12/2025

Despite Prepublication Peer Review being a core part of science, training materials for it are sparse. This open source guide is very valuable for ECRs! ecr-reviewers.gitlab.io/guide/

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ECR Reviewers Platform

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Ze Freeman @zefreeman.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

reviewing preprints by writing down discussions we were already having! open review is nice, open review together is nicer (imo)

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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉 As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Transparent and comprehensive statistical reporting is critical for ensuring the credibility, reproducibility, and interpretability of psychological research. This paper offers a structured set of guidelines for reporting statistical analyses in quantitative psychology, emphasizing clarity at both the planning and results stages. Drawing on established recommendations and emerging best practices, we outline key decisions related to hypothesis formulation, sample size justification, preregistration, outlier and missing data handling, statistical model specification, and the interpretation of inferential outcomes. We address considerations across frequentist and Bayesian frameworks and fixed as well as sequential research designs, including guidance on effect size reporting, equivalence testing, and the appropriate treatment of null results. To facilitate implementation of these recommendations, we provide the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology (TSRP) Checklist that researchers can use to systematically evaluate and improve their statistical reporting practices (https://osf.io/t2zpq/). In addition, we provide a curated list of freely available tools, packages, and functions that researchers can use to implement transparent reporting practices in their own analyses to bridge the gap between theory and practice. To illustrate the practical application of these principles, we provide a side-by-side comparison of insufficient versus best-practice reporting using a hypothetical cognitive psychology study. By adopting transparent reporting standards, researchers can improve the robustness of individual studies and facilitate cumulative scientific progress through more reliable meta-analyses and research syntheses.

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UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

UK Reproducibility Network is having a conference, July 2026 in Manchester! Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/ Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.

UK Reproducibility Network Local Network Leads engaged in discussion around a table.

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

'The central goals of open science – transparency, social accessibility, robustness – apply across all disciplines.' In a recent interview, Dr Eike Rinke discussed the importance of open research in improving the quality of research in higher education: open-science-future.zbw.eu/en/shift-tow...

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"The shift towards more robust research is primarily a social change."

Open science is a social change and spreads primarily through communities and networks. Networks offer exchange, social recognition, ...

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

This looks like some good evidence-assessment stuff right here.

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Looking forward to this in Leeds tomorrow! @lida-leeds.bsky.social @srmleeds.bsky.social

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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This morning @helenblomfield.bsky.social and @nickshepp.bsky.social have teamed up with @emrinke.bsky.social to talk about Open Political Research (Described by @lauracon.bsky.social as an #OpenResearch / data management super group 🤣)

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Centre for Democratic Politics @cdpleeds.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The Centre for Democratic Politics is also on LinkedIn! Follow our page for information about upcoming events and research.

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Dr Eike Rinke and co-authors have had their article on 'The reliability of replications' published by The Royal Society 📃 In it, @emrinke.bsky.social explores the importance of including clear explanations alongside research results 🔍 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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The reliability of replications: a study in computational reproductions | Royal Society Open Science

This study investigates researcher variability in computational reproduction, an activity for which it is least expected. Eighty-five independent teams attempted numerical replication of results from ...

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Dr Kelly Lloyd @kellylloyd.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

📣 New Open Research event at University of Leeds Open Research for All: Bridging Disciplines 🌉 Join us at this in-person event (including lunch) on Wed 14 May (11am-2pm) for several exciting OR talks 🌟 Register: leeds.libcal.com/event/4369744 @openresleeds.bsky.social @nickshepp.bsky.social

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Open Research for All: Bridging Disciplines

Join us at this in-person event (including lunch) on Wednesday 14 May (11:00-14:00, Level 13 Research Meeting Rooms in Edward Boyle library) for several exciting open research...

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UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Open code and software encourages collaboration between code users, developers and researchers. What are your experiences with sharing your code and software? #OpenResearch #Research #OpenCode #OpenSoftware

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Open code and software

YouTube video by UK Reproducibility Network

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Your regular reminder that the position to only make "the data supporting the findings of this study ... available upon reasonable request" is not (usually) itself reasonable. (Ugh, when will this practice finally end?)

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Do you have recommendations for people who are interested in / have spoken about the problems (practical or ethical) of using AI in social science research? They need to be UK based. I am organising a panel for an event. Thank you so much!

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

An excellent investigation highlighting the value of sharing code, in addition to data, for establishing reproducibility.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/03/2025

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.  I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

🚀 The GESIS AppKit is live! 🚀 Three years ago we started the project of providing "an App" for Social Scientists @gesis.org . Today, it is much more than that. It is a management system for mobile, intensive-longitudinal studies. Interested? ✅ Register here: www.gesis.org/gesis-appkit...

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 10/03/2025

There are concerns that Bluesky's impact has faded since the initial hype. This is false. That impression results from reading headlines about social media instead of the hard data. The five HIGHEST points of Bluesky posts mentioning research all occur in the last 2 weeks.

Large increase in research sharing in 2025

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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We are trying to build the most ambitious infrastrucutre for democracy research - and we need your support !

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This event happening today with us at CDP from 3-4 pm UK time. This is a hybrid, open event, so join us from afar or at Leeds if you are interested to learn more about Cláudia's work on "Parliamentary Storytelling in Brazil and in the UK".

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Speaking of null results, have a look at this outstanding study by @nicolaiberk.bsky.social, just out with us at Political Communication, where he shows with exemplary rigor how BILD's sudden shift towards framing immigration as related to crime had zero effect on readers' attitudes on immigration.

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Our CDP 2024/25 Alice Bacon Lecture with broadcaster and journalist Naga Munchetty will happen tonight! Few tickets left, registration info below. If you're in Leeds, make sure to drop by.

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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 24/01/2025

This is an interesting study on the relationship between economic inequality and democratic erosion: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Overall, certainly something worth pondering.

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Title: Income inequality and the erosion of democracy in the twenty-first century
Authors: Eli G. Rau and Susan Stokes
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In the 21st century, democracy is more often threatened by elected presidents and prime ministers than by military coup-makers. What are the causes of this rise in democratic erosion? Cross-national statistical analysis points toward one robust finding: The more unequal income distribution is in a democracy, the more at risk it is of electing a power-aggrandizing and norm-shredding head of government. Even wealthy and longstanding democracies, like the United States, are vulnerable if they are highly unequal (though national wealth might provide some resiliency). Therefore, policies that improve income equality may have the political effect of strengthening democratic systems.

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Among the most pressing problems societies face today are economic inequality and the erosion of democratic norms and institutions. In fact the two problems—inequality and democratic erosion—are linked. In a large cross-national statistical study of risk factors for democratic erosion, we establish that economic inequality is one of the strongest predictors of where and when democracy erodes. Even wealthy and longstanding democracies are vulnerable if they are highly unequal (though national wealth might provide some resiliency). The association between inequality and risk of democratic backsliding is robust, and holds under different measures and structures of both income inequality and wealth inequality. The association is unlikely to be a case of reverse causation. For concerned citizens seeking to understand why so many democracies are eroding and how to stop this process, our study indicates that policies for ameliorating inequality are a promising path forward.

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Ryan Reads and Writes 📚✨ @ryanreadsandwrites.me · 21/01/2025

I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Suggestive evidence the editors at @naturehumbehav.bsky.social read my BSKY posts. (Also: Good move. Requiring research-design info like @aecoppock.bsky.social suggests would've been even better though.) bsky.app/profile/emri...

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Congratulations to the #ica25 reviewer who managed to write the most generic and unhelpful-in-the-most-words review I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Kids, don't write reviews like that.

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APSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

🏆2025 APSA PolComm Section Award Calls🏆 The calls for (self-) nominations for APSA's PolComm Section are now officially out. Please send these to the respective chairs. Deadline: March 1st. For more info, see our website and/or the thread below: politicalcommunication.org/awards/ 🧵⤵️

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

The Leipzig discussion session for my course is beginning this week. If you aren't lucky enough to live in Leipzig, you can still access all the lectures free of charge, work at your own pace. github.com/rmcelreath/s...

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Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Having settled here, I am 're-'posting important study we produced. 𝗔 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘆 • 73 teams tested same hypothesis w same data • Outcomes varied, each workflow unique • Attempt to explain outcomes from decisions, no easy answer www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧪

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I have long thought that "Career Advice" panels are a key catalyst of much that is wrong with the hyper-competitive academic system. Starry-eyed junior colleagues go in fascinated by substantive Qs & come out seeing science as a game in which the goal is to publish n=XYZ articles in journals ABC.

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ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Hi Bluesyk! 👋🦋✨We've made the move -- help us grow a follower base here! We are the @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on Political Communication. Follow us here and stay up-to-date for news, events, and activities! Tag us for sharing! For now it's follow2followback! #polcom #commsky #polisky

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a butterfly is emerging from a green pupa

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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

❗️Our next workshop will be on December 12th, 6 pm CET on Big data made small: Harness the power of #SQL via #Python (through DuckDB) by @alemartinello.com ! Register or sponsor a student by donating to support 🇺🇦! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky

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