Reposted by Joe NoonanJoe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 23/09/2026Pros and cons of doing a PhD with this level of AI capability existing in the world: Pros: Beautiful code in seconds. No more writing hacky, frustrating and bad code. Cons: Existential dread about the role and importance of human knowledge in the near future. 2122
Reposted by Joe Noonanmark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 6hHow do people make decisions in complex conjoint experiments of policy choices? When decomposing individual responses into different strategies, most people use a heuristic strategy. Personally, I was surprised how many people are using the rational strategy! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 02411
Reposted by Joe NoonanSocArXiv @socarxiv.bsky.social · 17hSocArXiv now has a limit of two papers per week. If authors submit more than that we assume they are LLM-generated and reject them all. Normal humans who need to upload a batch of papers, which sometimes happens, must make arrangements. Also today, ArXiv set a two papers per month limit.blog.arxiv.orgFair Moderation, Equitable Access, and AI: arXiv’s Updated Rate Limit PolicyarXiv, and the scientific community at large, are facing a watershed moment. Scholarly publishing is currently changing at a rapid pace, and we are seeing a… 16425
Reposted by Joe NoonanJoe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 01/10/2026There are some really beautiful public swimming halls in Sweden. 2213
Reposted by Joe NoonanKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 19hI keep seeing this Semafor graph that seems to show the Trump administration’s effect on international visits is comparable to the pandemic. My first thought was “that can’t be true” and indeed it is not. This is monthly data. We only have to Jun/Aug 2026. The lines are over-fitted to the months. 12431127
Reposted by Joe NoonanBritish Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW - The Threshold Effect: Preference Falsification Versus Weak Preferences in Russian War Support - cup.org/4hGfoyp - @isadesisto.bsky.social, @grigopop.bsky.social & Jacob R. Tucker #OpenAccess 054
Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 01/10/2026There are some really beautiful public swimming halls in Sweden. 2213
Reposted by Joe NoonanGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 30/09/2026don't bother addressing a congregation unless you're in the baroque creature pulpit 132423577
Reposted by Joe NoonanRobert (Bob) Kubinec @rmkubinec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wow.🤯 I just used @yamilrvelez.bsky.social Github repo for enabling Claude Code as an agent for Qualtrics surveys: github.com/yrvelez/qual... Claude Code took a disorganized Word doc survey draft and turned it into a stellar Qualtrics survey--better-formatted than any survey I've ever written 😅github.comGitHub - yrvelez/qualtrics-mcp-serverContribute to yrvelez/qualtrics-mcp-server development by creating an account on GitHub. 55013
Reposted by Joe NoonanJoe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 22/05/2025It should have been a bigger story that J.D. Vance would have gone along with Trump's coup attempt in 2020. The peaceful transfer of power is fundamental in all concepts of democracy. His rejection of it should be disqualifying. www.politico.com/news/2024/09...politico.comVance would have asked for new electors instead of certifying 2020 election resultsTrump’s current running mate said Pence “could have done more.” 14112
Reposted by Joe NoonanWilliam Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There are old articles in the APSR with titles like "Some Thoughts on the Elections of 1944" or "Voting in the United States" 7635
Reposted by Joe NoonanJoe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 30/09/2026Social science should be more open with the fact that novelty is smaller and smaller and more constructed. In like 1950, you could be like "we don't know how congressional committees work here is my book on congressional committees". Not the case now. 3697
Reposted by Joe NoonanGabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.com · 30/09/2026Excited to share our new working paper with @benyoel.bsky.social: we analyse public opinion dynamics around the consequential election in Hungary last April and specifically look at (anti-)democratic attitudes in the aftermath of Orbán's defeat. Available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comDemocratic Attitudes When Backsliding Reverses: Evidence from HungaryIncreasingly, opposition actors in settings undergoing democratic backsliding have been able to unseat anti-democratic incumbents. But unseating an anti-democra 12311
Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 30/09/2026Social science should be more open with the fact that novelty is smaller and smaller and more constructed. In like 1950, you could be like "we don't know how congressional committees work here is my book on congressional committees". Not the case now. 3697
Reposted by Joe NoonanStephen Vaisey 🇺🇦 @stephenvaisey.com · 29/09/2026So happy to see (finally) this truly excellent paper in print! 2135
Reposted by Joe NoonanErin C. @erincikanek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Since January 6, 2021 is back in the news today, I want to share some substantive points from my paper on measuring the emotional environment of news. 1124
Reposted by Joe NoonanJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026People who trust and cooperate with ingroup members are very likely to trust and cooperate with outgroup members This general prosocial trust exists in every country, but it is strongest in the Netherlands and weakest in Pakistan. It was also very high in the US www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 0194
Reposted by Joe NoonanKonstantin Bogatyrev @bogatyrev.bsky.social · 31/08/2026As August ends and and we’re slowly getting back into things, I wanted to share a Russian election data paper we published in Scientific Data with @tarasenkogeorgy.bsky.social and @nikitasavin.bsky.social earlier this summer: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 1135
Reposted by Joe NoonanAlessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You know those (rare) papers that really make you proud? In new piece out at APR, we show that #AffectivePolarization likely spills onto other types of non-political polarization - notably, PREFERENCES FOR CATS VS. DOGS (aka “affective PAWlarization”) paper: tinyurl.com/jn48bypp data: osf.io/4p2zu 24918
Reposted by Joe NoonanAndreas Goldberg @acgoldberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The deadline to apply for this PhD position in our new project is fast approaching⏰ 036
Reposted by Joe NoonanVicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Apply and come join us in Madrid next academic year! 092
Reposted by Joe NoonanZeth Isaksson @zethis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Interested in political legacies and political behavior in post-communist Europe? My review is now out in PRX. It draws on 200+ articles and discusses many conceptual and empirical problems in legacy research, along with ideas for addressing them and where the field could go next.tandfonline.comPolitical behavior and historical legacies in post-communist EuropeThirty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, political behaviour in post-communist Europe continues to diverge from patterns in Western Europe, contributing to a research paradigm centred on ex... 1225
Reposted by Joe NoonanMondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sorajiro, a monster who resembles a chicken, is the mascot for Nippon TV’s weather news. 230043
Reposted by Joe NoonanWill Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 28/09/20263-year postdoc w/ @rikkidean.bsky.social's ERC team on democratic attitudes. It's a great time to join @sotonpolitics.bsky.social: we have multiple projects ongoing or starting in 2027 that will eventually bring at least 7(!) postdocs. #psjobs #psjminfo #poliscijobs www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTB393/r...jobs.ac.ukResearch Fellow - Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE) project at University of SouthamptonSearching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow - Political Process Preferences in Europe (PoPPiE) project opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs. 194
Reposted by Joe NoonanJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Intergroup contact is recognized for its positive effects on intergroup relations. A new paper finds that one of the best predictors of intergroup contact is when people perceive that their community values intergroup contact (ie pro-contact community norms) journals.sagepub.com/eprint/7V473... 0174
Reposted by Joe NoonanJoe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 27/09/2026My friend: "I don't know what to get my family for Christmas!" Me: 0113
Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 27/09/2026They'll have to send their kids to Sweden to enroll them in our circus high school. www.cirkor.se/cirkusgymnas...cirkor.seCirkusgymnasiet - Cirkus Cirkör - Estetiska programmet i nycirkusFördjupa dig i akrobatik, luftakrobatik, jonglering, lindans och parakrobatik samtidigt som du skaffar dig högskolebehörighet. 020
Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 27/09/2026My friend: "I don't know what to get my family for Christmas!" Me: 0113
Reposted by Joe NoonanJoe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 26/09/2026In Sweden, you are allowed to hand out party ballots outside polling stations but are not allowed to campaign ourside them. This is totally unenforceable and baffling that this is legal. 051
Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 26/09/2026In Sweden, you are allowed to hand out party ballots outside polling stations but are not allowed to campaign ourside them. This is totally unenforceable and baffling that this is legal. 051
Reposted by Joe NoonanJoe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 25/09/2026One tip to new PhDs. You probably are worried that an audience member will "catch" some fatal flaw in your research. You should be more worried that five minutes in everyone is answering emails on their laptop. If people are engaging (even critically), it is better than not paying attention. 1619
Reposted by Joe NoonanKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026New in APSR: Program cuts from DOGE were larger in more heavily Democratic areas www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 24822
Reposted by Joe NoonanBen Yoel @benyoel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Question to survey methods folks: is there a paper that shows/examines whether putting items in a matrix makes them more correlated as opposed to including them as separate individual items? Thanks in advance! 014
Reposted by Joe NoonanHilma Lindskog @hilmal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Do educational networks at workplaces shape political attitudes? 👬 Happy to share that the latest paper in my dissertation is now published in @bjpols.bsky.social. 1168
Reposted by Joe NoonanLisa Dellmuth @lisadellmuth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Vi söker en universitetslektor i internationella relationer vid Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer @stockholm-uni.bsky.social! Livlig forskningsmiljö inom internationell politisk ekonomi, institutioner & säkerhet. Sök senast 26 okt: su.varbi.com/se/what:job/... #jobs 065
Reposted by Joe NoonanKristoffer Magnusson @rpsychologist.com · 25/06/2026New interactive blog! "Why Adjusted Regression Coefficients Are Less Descriptive Than They Look" rpsychologist.com/descriptive-... 1520769
Reposted by Joe NoonanToni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Having a job in a workplace with a considerable proportion of university-educated coworkers is associated with an increase in culturally liberal attitudes www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgIdeas at Work: Educated Colleagues Shape Political Attitudes | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge CoreIdeas at Work: Educated Colleagues Shape Political Attitudes - Volume 56 14115
Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 25/09/2026One tip to new PhDs. You probably are worried that an audience member will "catch" some fatal flaw in your research. You should be more worried that five minutes in everyone is answering emails on their laptop. If people are engaging (even critically), it is better than not paying attention. 1619
Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 25/09/2026This post by @kjhealy.co is filled with great tips on how to do an academic presentation. Filled with clear gems like: "The paper is not the talk. The paper is what the talk is about." kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...kieranhealy.orgMaking SlidesI was asked to give a short talk in my Departmental Proseminar yesterday on the topic of giving presentations, and specifically about making slides effective. There is more than one way to give a good... 2365
Reposted by Joe NoonanJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026People are more pro-social than we think An experiment in which 5,980 lost letters were dispersed in communities found that return rates for ingroup (Italian) & outgroup (foreign) recipients were the same Places that returned more letters to ingroup members also returned more to outgroup members 33613
Reposted by Joe NoonanAlexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science. Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20. Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7 25881
Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 24/09/2026The tone of fundraising emails has gotten so horrible the last decade. This is indistinguishable from scam emails. 060
Reposted by Joe NoonanJoe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 23/09/2026Pro writing tip: include lots of statements like "as should be obvious to the reader now" and before complex equations be sure to add "this is specified simply as:". 1122
Reposted by Joe NoonanHugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A selection of Very Good Dogs from the National Gallery 062
Reposted by Joe NoonanNoah Zucker @noahzucker.com · 23/09/2026🚨 Workforces exposed to globalization and decarbonization are often overwhelmingly male. New article at @ajpseditor.bsky.social with @rickyclark.bsky.social and @rkhoban.bsky.social asks how layoffs of these men shape voting: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 13716