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Eri Bertsou

@eribertsou.bsky.social
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Ass. Professor of Political Science at the University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science (CH) Mom of three and one border collie

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Hugh Pemberton @hugh-pemberton.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The WSJ has finally reported on widespread concerns that Trump's circle is making money by front-running his market-moving pronouncements www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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The Well-Timed Trades Made Moments Before Trump’s Policy Surprises
The president’s critics have raised concerns about the action in oil futures, S&P 500 ETF options and prediction markets.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Europe* really needs to wake up Europe = the European continent, including UK, Switzerland and other non EU countries.
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Good news and an excellent study!
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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
#Science is not doing well, true or false?🔬Between 15 years of decline in #AcademicFreedom and strong but dented #confidence: introspection from within the world of research with @eribertsou.bsky.social @colognaviktoria.bsky.social @angelovpanaro.bsky.social.👇
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Measuring the temperature of science
Horizons - Issue 146
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Abby Sewell @sewella.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @apnews.com. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war. She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza. tinyurl.com/3cn5c9vb
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Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
A hospital strike in southern Gaza has killed at least eight people, including four journalists. The attack happened on Monday.
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Ala Alrababah @aalrababah.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🔥 Call for papers for EPSS 2026 in Belfast: migration, forced displacement, mobility, borders, asylum, diaspora, and other migration-related topics. Excited to co-chair the Migration Politics section with @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social. Submit proposals by Nov 7! #EPSS2026
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Synthetic sampling is gaining momentum in a lot of the social sciences and, while I have been ambiguous about it myself, this white paper provides more information to ground the debate
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 19/08/2025
In polling world, “synthetic sampling” (using LLMs to replace human respondents) has been getting a lot of attention recently. Last wk, Ipsos announced a synthetic panel! But does it actually work? Here’s a white paper I wrote: “Your Polls on ChatGPT” report.verasight.io/synthetic-sa...
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Synthetic Sampling Report | Verasight
A report on the challenges of "synthetic sampling" for public opinion polling.
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Sven-Oliver Proksch @sopro.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
📢 EPSS 2026 Call for Papers! @hannaeback.bsky.social and I are excited to invite submissions for the Political Representation section at EPSS 2026 in Belfast. EPSS has some exciting new panel formats this year - read on! 🧵
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Science for democracy. Much needed. Powerful @science.org editorial by @gretchentg.bsky.social & @chenoweth.bsky.social “The ability to tell the truth, especially when it does not suit any particularly partisan aims, is an essential prerequisite for a free society” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
What--and I say this with my chest--the hell are we doing here people
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
This week we had to say goodbye to our dearest Lana, very suddenly and way too soon. A dedicated polisci dog, she conducted elections fieldwork for LSE's EPOB, became an honorary member of IPZ Zurich and visited the EUI. My loudest cheerleader, patient proofreader & the bestest girl that ever was ❤️‍🩹
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵
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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Excited to kick off #EPSA2025 on Day 1, Panel 1! 🎉 I’ll present my co-authored research with @michaelimre.bsky.social on 50 years of gender representation in political science publications. We analyze nearly 100,000 articles across 72 journals to uncover long-term trends. 🔍 @epsanet.bsky.social
Proportion of Papers by Year and Team Type
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Five things to remember about war:
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Great thread and breadth of resources to learn more on this topic 👇🏼. Thank you @profsaunders.bsky.social
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 23/05/2025
This is a view from the surface of Comet 67P. The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice. The dots moving in the background are stars.
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Shout out to Lea Heyne and Luca Manucci @populismblog.bsky.social whose work on populist radical right electorate in Portugal was mentioned on my fav politics podcast @therestpolitics.bsky.social this morning!
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Canceling research on misinformation is not only an attack on science and academic freedom. It is also a democracy, safety, and security threat. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...
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Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation
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Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
In short, Starmer has taken a massive hit among Labour voters, for no gain elsewhere, while boosting Farage's popularity, including doubling his ceiling among Labour voters. I.e., the political scientists were right, Morgan McSweeney was horrendously wrong.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
if you teach, you are engaged in an inherently political--but not necessarily partisan--act the political vs partisan distinction stays kicking people's ass this old @asociologist.bsky.social is very helpful on this scatter.wordpress.com/2020/11/10/p...
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partisans, not scientists, decide if science is partisan
Last month, Audra Wolfe wrote a fantastic post about how science is and always has been political. In the post, she analyzes statements from Nature and Scientific American, both of which endorsed J…
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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Politicians share similar climate policy views with citizens, but are slightly less supportive. Crucially, they underestimate public support for climate policies, potentially limiting climate action www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Responsive nor responsible? Politicians’ climate change policy preferences and public opinion perceptions
This study addresses the lack of sufficient climate action by examining politicians’ opinions and their perceptions of public opinion about climate change mitigation policies. After all, scholarly ...
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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🧵 THREAD: Can a short online intervention help defend democracy against partisan polarization? In our new study - just published in the @bjpols.bsky.social - my colleagues and I tested this question across 33 countries 🌍 with over 41,000 participants 🧑‍🤝‍🧑. Here’s what we found 👇
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
She’s got guts. Chilling to watch, but necessary
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This final publication from the project on #technocratic attitudes among citizens, serves to boost confidence in the survey measure, to trace the stability of the construct following the #COVID19 pandemic and to provide evidence on technocratic attitudes in the #US (plus some bonus thoughts!) 🧵below
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Levitsky & @ryanenos.bsky.social in The Crimson hit the challenge that must be overcome: "Weaponized states create a difficult collective action problem for civil society. Individual leaders seek to protect their organizations against costly government reprisal." www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Harvard Must Take a Stand for Democracy | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
To silence ourselves in the name of neutrality would not only violate our own policy but also abdicate our broader civil responsibility.
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Many of the scientists that the Trump administration is defunding and persecuting will be working on strategically important technologies and research areas. The UK and other European countries should urgently establish programmes to bring those researchers here.
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Chapel Hill Expert Survey @chesdata.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
We are thrilled to anounce the release of the 2024 CHES-Europe at chesdata.eu/2024-chapel-.... As always, the data are freely available on the website. Thank you to the hundreds of experts who share their expertise to make these data possible!
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2024 Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES) — Chapel Hill Expert Survey
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The average American voter thinks that the government is too big but that it should spend more money on everything it does. This explains a decent share of the political chaos of this country.
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
European leaders met with 🇺🇦, 🇪🇺 & NATO officials to discuss 🇺🇦 support & defence cooperation. This is all very welcome & needed. But for peace & defence efforts to be future-proof & credible, public support is essential. Building it won’t be easy. 🧵with @eupinions.bsky.social data
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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Almost 20 European leaders, incl Emmanuel Marcon & Friedrich Merz, plus VDL, have posted in support of @ZelenskyyUa after White House showdown. Notably, Keir Starmer has not. No 10 is referring reporters to PM’s comments this week on a just & lasting peace, with Ukraine at heart of talks.
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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The parallels to the Swiss social democrats in 2023 are evident: 1) Appeals to young (female) voters with a credible progressive agenda and heavy emphasis on housing 2) Strong results in urban centers 3) Rather young co-leadership 4) Targeted campaigning with clear appeals
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The election proved the narrative wrong. For the Linke the election was a huge success while BSW failed to make it above the 5%-threshold. The Linke managed to win young progressives especially in cities. Ironically, this would probably not have been possbile had Wagenkencht stayed in the party
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Florian Foos @florianfoos.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
One winner last night were the pollsters (both pre-election polls and exit polls). They got the story right, picked up on the Linke surge and got the smaller parties approximately right as well. Not easy to do.
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
What happened in East Germany? A great thread on #germanelection results and the #AfD showing in #EastGermany by @anjaneundorf.bsky.social (a brilliant political scientist and extremely knowledgeable about the area!)
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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Even more distinct among young women:
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Check out @florianfoos.bsky.social thread on what to look for in today’s #germanelection 👇🏼
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 11/02/2025
Our latest voting intention poll (9-10 Feb) has Reform UK on their highest figure to date Reform: 26% (+1 from 2-3 Feb) Lab: 25% (+1) Con: 21% (=) Lib Dem: 14% (=) Green: 9% (=) SNP: 3% (=) yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The anti-climate backlash seems to be in full swing. The EU (and its member states) are poorly prepared because the EU ETS2, the linchpin of the Green Deal (in terms of emissions reduction potential), covers sectors (transport and buildings) with visible and www.politico.eu/article/lets...
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Let’s kill the Green Deal together, far-right leader urges EU’s conservatives
Jordan Bardella thinks he can convince the European People’s Party to suspend EU climate legislation.
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
“Symbols matter, especially when it comes to institutions. Once it becomes accepted that institutions are not functioning and cannot be trusted, their slide intensifies and people are further discouraged from defending them.” Excellent FT piece by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/4e3f...
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The real threat to American prosperity
Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral
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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Hats off to @spiegel.de for this piece. A very rigorous analysis of the response of center-right parties to far-right challengers, based on expert interviews (@saengler.bsky.social) and scholarly work. In times like these, this is what journalism should be doing. www.spiegel.de/geschichte/m...
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(S+) CDU: Studien und Experten über Erfahrungen mit dem Kopieren rechter Themen
Friedrich Merz setzt im Wettstreit mit der AfD auf eine strenge Migrationspolitik. Doch gräbt man den extremen Rechten Stimmen ab, indem man ihre Politik übernimmt? Wie Experten den Versuch sehen und ...
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 05/02/2025
*head desk* *endless screaming* *Gen X face*
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Today, Google announced that it is overhauling the principles governing how it uses artificial intelligence and other advanced technology. The company removed language promising not to pursue “technologies that cause or are likely to cause overall harm,” “weapons or other technologies whose principal purpose or implementation is to cause or directly facilitate injury to people,” “technologies that gather or use information for surveillance violating internationally accepted norms,” and “technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights.”
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 28/01/2025
Are you interested in age or cohort or period effects? I have just updated my primer on the topic! Now with a new framing, a handy flow chart to determine which approach may be suitable, and a new empirical example. What do people in Germany think about mothers who work? osf.io/preprints/ps...
Flow chart: Different ways to deal with the age-period-cohort identification problem.Figure with multiple panels showing mean scores over age or survey year, split by cohort, survey year or age.Figure with a canonical solution line and nonlinearities extracted by the bounding analysis approach by Fosse & Winship.Figure showing the resulting bounds on the age, period, and cohort effects.
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Eri Bertsou @eribertsou.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
A fantastic project and useful resource for anyone interested in public perceptions of science, trust in scientists & how citizens want scientists involved in politics & policy. ❗Spoiler alert: Pluralities, and in many cases majorities, support a more active role for scientists in public matters!
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Essential corrective/myth busting from @profjanegreen.bsky.social
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 11/01/2025
An excellent essay in the FT Weekend by @davidallengreen.bsky.social. One thing I'd add: yes, content moderation is expensive. But Meta's profit margin was nearly 40% last year; net profits were $14bn. Why shouldn't governments ask it to pay to reduce the harm it causes? www.ft.com/content/917c...
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The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
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Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen @alixabeth.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Absolutely a BFD, esp after you read her statement.
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