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Fabian Pawelczyk @fpawel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Our research group under the supervision of Kevin Munger is starting a presentation series at EUI called PING (Politics and the INternet Group). We’re accepting applications for the fall term. Come present and hang out in Florence! I will link the website and call in the comments. Pls share widely

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Marcos Echevarria-Eirea @marcoseche.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The goal is to continue expanding this dataset to include other countries and future elections, thereby providing valuable data for researchers interested in politics and social media. Round 2 is scheduled for early 2027! 3/3

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Marcos Echevarria-Eirea @marcoseche.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

With coverage of 17 Western democracies, 5,319 MPs, and 171 parties, it is the largest dataset of elected politicians on TikTok, with 2,191 usernames. The preprint motivates the project, explains the data collection in detail, and analyzes some interesting patterns across party families. 2/3

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Marcos Echevarria-Eirea @marcoseche.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Announcing Round 1 of the 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐤𝐓𝐨𝐤 (𝐌𝐏𝐏𝐓𝐢𝐤𝐓𝐨𝐤) dataset! It provides manually collected TikTok handles for MPs and parties in 17 Western democracies (elected as of December 2025). Dataset: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/mp... Preprint: doi.org/10.31235/osf... 1/3

dataverse.harvard.edu

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