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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Call for Proposals: EPSS Copenhagen 2027 Pre-Conference Workshops! We're seeking proposals for workshops on 23 June 2027, at the University of Copenhagen. Whether you are a senior scholar or an ECR, we want your expertise! ⏳Deadline: 13 Nov 2026 🔗Apply here: epssnet.org/2027-copenha... #EPSS2027

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Pre-Conference Workshops EPSS 2027

Submit your proposal for a pre-conference workshop at the EPSS 2027 Conference in Copenhagen to lead focused discussions and skill-building sessions for political science scholars.

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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📣 We're hiring! Looking for a PhD position? Join our team in Berlin! Work with @heikekluever.bsky.social and @markuskollberg.bsky.social in #STATEWORK at Humboldt University and join our @dynamics.bsky.social PhD programme Great people, great project, great city! 🗓️ Deadline: 13 October 2026

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

To mark the start of the semester, I asked Claude to build a macOS widget that counts down how many weeks until the last class, and how many of those are actual teaching weeks

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📢 The Call for Papers for EPSS 2027 is open! After a fantastic first conference in Belfast, we’re heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰, 24–26 June 2027. ⏰ Deadline: 13 Nov 2026 👉 Call for papers: epssnet.org/2027-copenha... 1/2

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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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Emma Hoes @emmahoes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thrilled to share that I have received an ERC Starting Grant for my project HIDDENPOL: The Hidden Politics of Everyday Media. 🎈 @erc.europa.eu

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm hiring! Three-year postdoc (80%) in my research group at @ipz.bsky.social, starting January 2027. Digital technology and politics, some teaching. Deadline: 30 September 2026. Questions welcome, and please share! www.ipz.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:bbee... (pdf)

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The next #EPSS conference will be in Copenhagen from 24-26 June 2027. The call for papers will be out in early fall and you can find all information here: epssnet.org/2027-copenha...

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EPSS 2026 Conference | June 18–20 | ICC Belfast, UK

Join top political scientists for the EPSS 2026 Annual Conference in Belfast. Submit papers, attend panels, and network with fellow researchers.

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Can readers tell AI news from human news? In our new study (599 people, Switzerland), they couldn't. AI and human articles were rated equally credible and expert. Disclosing AI sparked curiosity but didn't shift broader attitudes. Open access in Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Quality perceptions and intended engagement in response to AI-generated and AI-assisted news - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Quality perceptions and intended engagement in response to AI-generated and AI-assisted news

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Sacha Altay @sachaltay.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Thanks to Claude I have a brand new website where you can scroll through my papers, talks, and podcasts, etc. Give it a look: sachaaltay.github.io :)

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Karsten Donnay @karstendonnay.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

📎 Full call for papers here: digitalpublics.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/... The conference is a continuation and expansion of the very successful Digital Democracy Workshop series that ran for six years from 2020 to 2025.

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Karsten Donnay @karstendonnay.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

📢 Call for Papers: first Annual Digital Publics Conference 📅 21–23 October 2026 | Digital Society Initiative, University of Zurich 👉 To submit: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/BxVnAMyxNh ❗Deadline for abstract submissions is 31 May 2026❗Acceptance notifications will be sent by early july.

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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

3-year contract for a Phd position in Sociology on the discourse of/about AI, at l'Institut polytechnique de Paris.

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Pessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

"Wireless waves are making men more feminine and women more masculine, according to Miss Mary Strachan, a reputable psychologist, who thinks wireless induced etheric disturbances are responsible for some of the vagaries of modern youth" - El Paso Herald, September 15, 1925

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Laura Bronner @laurabronner.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Who produces hate speech? And how does that matter for content moderation? We show that across different countries and platforms, a relatively small share of users are responsible for a very large share of hate - overall, 5% write 83-100% of hateful content. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Delighted that our project “Democracy and AI” has been selected for Una Europa Seed Funding. Our project establishes a network of 25 researchers from six Una Europa institutions: University of Zurich, KU Leuven, University of Edinburgh, FU Berlin, Leiden, UCD. ➡️ www.una-europa.eu/stories/10-n...

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10 new projects receive Una Europa Seed Funding to shape Europe’s future | Una Europa

Eleven European research universities have come together to create a unique alliance – Una Europa. Our universities have been educating Europe for almost 1,000 years. Together, we teach more than 400,...

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

✖️Who produces most online hate speech and how effective is counterspeech? ➡️ @gloriagennaro.bsky.social et al. find that hate speech is concentrated among a few users and that counterspeech on X mostly fails to curb prolific offenders www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 22/12/2025

#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - The distribution of hate speech and its implications for content moderation - cup.org/4sgFqNl - Gennaro, Bronner, Derksen, @maelkubli.bsky.social, Kotarcic, Kurer, Grech, @karstendonnay.bsky.social, @fgilardi.bsky.social & Hangartner #FirstView

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Soziologisches Institut SUZ - Universität Zürich @sociology-uzh.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The Department of Sociology at the University of Zurich is offering a fixed-term 80% position for a PhD in Societal Digitalization at the chair of Prof. Dr. Gemma Newlands. The starting date is flexible in early 2026.

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PhD Candidate in Societal Digitalization 80 %

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Just found out about this free and straightforward QR code generator in R: library(qrcode) qr_code("add_your_url_here") |> plot() That's all! No registration or subscription required. thierryo.github.io/qrcode/

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Generate QRcodes with R

Create static QR codes in R. The content of the QR code is exactly what the user defines. We don't add a redirect URL, making it impossible for us to track the usage of the QR code. This allows to gen...

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Incredibly, the "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" cartoon is 32 years old, originally published in 1993 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_...

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Asmus Leth Olsen @asmusletholsen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Final call for this one 📝 bsky.app/profile/fgil...

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

You know how people wait until the last minute to submit paper proposals? Well, it’s almost the last minute. Get those abstracts ready and send them in!

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Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) @snsf.ch · 03/11/2025

#Call for Postdoc.Mobility. Expand your #research experience with a stay abroad. If you would like to find out more about this call, take part in our online information event on 17. November 2025. ➡️ sohub.io/51a4 🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Looking forward to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social meeting in Belfast, 18–20 June 2026! All political scientists encouraged to submit a paper. For work on public policy & administration, consider section I’m co-chairing w/ @asmusletholsen.bsky.social ⏳ 7 Nov 2025 🔗 epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Very proud of our @ipz.bsky.social students who celebrated their graduation tonight. Congratulations to all, especially our prize winners! The prizes for best dissertation go to @reidingerve.bsky.social and @indubioproreto.bsky.social - Congrats! 🎉🥂🍾

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... This week we’ll feature three sections to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This time: Public Opinion, Political Communication & Political Methodology 🧵

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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

▶️ Public Policy & Administration 👉🏽 Section chairs: @fgilardi.bsky.social & @asmusletholsen.bsky.social 📢 Our section welcomes research that addresses today’s most pressing issues in public policy and public administration. >>> 4/

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Asmus Leth Olsen @asmusletholsen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

There has never been a more important time to study public policy and public administration. With @fgilardi.bsky.social , I’m chairing the section on these topics for the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference, in Belfast, 18–20 June 2026. Send us your best work: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast  🗓️ June 18–20, 2026  📍 ICC Belfast  📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

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Pessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Nostalgia ignores pessimism, it forgets: The moon mission was unpopular Novel reading was frowned upon The Walkman was anti-social The Bicycle 'corrupted' women After all, why would anyone have thought the good old days were bad? newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...

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Most of America Opposed the Moon Landing

July 20th, 2025 marks the 56th anniversary of the moon landing.

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Meysam Alizadeh @malizadeh.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🚨 New preprint alert: We show that web-browsing GPT and LLaMA models can infer social media user demographics with reasonable accuracy—using only usernames. This opens new possibilities for social media research in the post-API era but raises important privacy concerns.

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Me: do you know who this is? 15yo: isn’t he the actor who played Obelix?

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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 10/07/2025

PhD position out at University of Amsterdam We’re looking for a computer scientist interested in LLMs, social media, and politics Offer a lot of freedom and an exciting environment! Please share! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

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Vacancy — PhD Position on Improving Social Media Using Large Language Models

The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the NWO VIDI project "Improving Social Media Using L...

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Just joined @epssnet.bsky.social, very happy to support with the membership fee. Looking forward to Belfast 2026! #epss2026

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions. A 🧵 1. Who formed EPSS? EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members. 1/

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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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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

My "AI as Governance" piece is now out at @annualreviews.bsky.social of Political Science. It should be free access to everyone and I'm very happy with how it worked out (the second half is an extended spin of Applied Gopnikism to political science @alisongopnik.bsky.social @cshalizi.bsky.social

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AI as Governance | Annual Reviews

Political scientists have had remarkably little to say about artificial intelligence (AI), perhaps because they are dissuaded by its technical complexity and by current debates about whether AI might ...

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Societal AI Research Has Become Less Interdisciplinary CS-only teams account for a growing share of work on fairness, safety, and other societal concerns in AI. What does this mean for AI governance and the role of SSH? New working paper, feedback welcome! arxiv.org/abs/2506.08738

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

📄 @fgilardi.bsky.social created this template for writing abstracts several years ago, and I’ve tried to follow Fabrizio‘s suggestions ever since. PDF: fabriziogilardi.org/resources/pa...

Everyone agrees that this issue is really important. But we do not know much about this specific question, although it matters a great deal, for these reasons. We approach the problem from this perspective. Our research design focuses on these cases and relies on these data, which we analyze using this method. Results show what we have learned about the question. They have these broader implications.

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Maël Kubli @maelkubli.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

After 4½ years, I’m thrilled to announce that I have successfully defended my PhD dissertation titled “Framing Artificial Intelligence: Understanding How AI Is Framed in EU Political and Media Discourse Using Large Language Models.” PhDone! 🎓

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

A few days left to submit an abstract!

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Oliver Strijbis @ostrijbis.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

🎓 Want to do a PhD at an American university in a stable democracy? 📍 Join me at Franklin University Switzerland! 🧠 4-year fully-funded PhD position in my SNF project DIVIDE 🔬 At least 80% working time on research 💰 Salary: 47k–50k CHF annually 👉 More infos here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

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Franklin University Switzerland hiring PhD Student (2 positions) in Sorengo, Ticino, Switzerland | LinkedIn

Posted 7:08:23 AM. Franklin University Switzerland…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Emma Hoes @emmahoes.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

🚨New paper out in @pnas.org with @fgilardi.bsky.social ! Existential AI risks do **not** distract from immediate harms. In our study (n = 10,800), people consistently prioritize current threats - bias, misinformation, job loss - over sci-fi doom! 💥👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Just published in @pnas.org @emmahoes.bsky.social and I find that people are far more concerned about AI’s immediate harms than about speculative existential risks. Doomsday talk raises concern about catastrophic outcomes but doesn’t reduce worry about today’s risks www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Call for Papers! 📢 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop 🏫 University of Zurich 📅 13-14 November 2025 ⏳ Deadline to submit paper abstracts: 31 May 2025 democracy.dsi.uzh.ch/app/uploads/...

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