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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Every article I write in Overleaf ends up with 30+ warnings. But somehow I have written an entire book in Overleaf with only 5 warnings???

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

That’s a wrap! 🎉 It has been an honour to organize this year’s Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology. What stood out most was the sense of community & support throughout the week. A cheers on @korinlind.bsky.social @hannahrajski.bsky.social @snmorgenstern.bsky.social & Lisa-Marie Zikesch

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

On day 4, @fabiennelind.bsky.social had a full day for Introduction to Text-as-Data as well as Word Embeddings.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

On day 3, I walked the participants through effective information visualiztion, and @rebeccakittel.bsky.social taught about Web-Scraping and Automated Data Collection.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

On Day 2, @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social alumna @cosima.bsky.social returned to give us an introduction into programming functions and Github and Workflow

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

On Day 1, Asya Magazinnik honoured us with a keynote lecture to kick-off the summer school

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Day 5 of our Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology! It’s been inspiring to see participants from across countries exchange ideas, build collaborations, and strengthen a supportive research community. Huge thanks to our fantastic speakers, organizing team, and supporters! 🙌 #PolMeth #WPM

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Amazing how corruption, bribery, and policies that contributed to countless deaths somehow stayed within the acceptable range. But the thing that finally crosses the red line is… a red card.

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Korinna Lindemann @korinlind.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after! 📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim 💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July

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Max Schaub @maxschaub.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We are looking for a colleague to fill a part-time (50%) teaching position in IR. Ability to teach in German is required, though courses may also be offered in English. Deadline: 3 July Ad (in German): tinyurl.com/ysnjcwwn Please share - and PM in case of questions @politikuhh.bsky.social

uni-hamburg.de

Ausschreibung

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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We're hiring 2 postdocs at @uio.no on my ERC-Cog project on how authoritarian regimes shape scientific knowledge. 3–4 years, U. of Oslo. Deadline: 10 Sept 2026. Great dept., terms, well funded, bustling & green Scandi capital. Apply! 👉 jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/303060/postdoctoral-fello

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Postdoctoral Fellow  (303060) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow  (303060), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2026

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Kristin Eichhorn @drkeichhorn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

"Damit sendet das BMFTR eine klare Botschaft: Wissenschaft in Deutschland soll weiterhin prekär bleiben." #IchBinHanna #WissZeitVG

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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Was @drkeichhorn.bsky.social, @kubon.bsky.social & ich vom Referentenentwurf fürs #WissZeitVG halten. Spoiler: Überhaupt nichts. #IchBinHanna

"Für absolut niemanden bringt dieser Entwurf irgendeine Verbesserung", kommentierten Amrei Bahr, Kristin Eichhorn und Sebastian Kubon von der Initiative "#IchbinHanna". Die vorgesehenen Mindestvertragslaufzeiten seien als Soll-Bestimmung nicht verbindlich und lägen im Rahmen der bereits an vielen Standorten gängigen Praxis. "Für Promovierende wird sich also nichts grundlegend ändern. Die Postdoc-Befristung bleibt trotz aller Vorschläge unverändert und wird in einer Hinsicht sogar verschlimmert: Nicht genutzte Befristungszeit aus der Promotionszeit sollen Postdocs zukünftig nicht mehr nutzen können." Dies sei ein Fehlanreiz für Promovierende, die sechs Jahre auszureizen, um auf die vollen zwölf Jahre zu kommen -
"und eine Verschärfung für Postdocs, die so nicht einmal zusätzliche Zeit haben, um eine der wenigen unbefristeten Stellen zu finden".
. Damit stelle der
Gesetzesentwurf sogar noch einen Rückschritt gegenüber dem der Ampelregierung dar. "Nach fast fünf Jahren #IchBinHanna-Diskussion grenzt das an
Arbeitsverweigerung."

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

9/ As the world responds to the current outbreak, we should remember that epidemic response is not only biomedical, it is deeply social and political. Protecting healthcare workers and containing outbreaks requires legitimacy, transparency, and trust built through inclusion rather than coercion.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

8/ Community engagement must happen from the start, not after resistance emerges. Local leaders, local languages, and local healthcare actors matter. Consistency matters too. When governments apply restrictive measures selectively or inconsistently, conspiracy theories thrive.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

7/ Security-heavy responses can backfire. Armed escorts, coercive enforcement, and top-down messaging may increase fear rather than trust, especially in conflict-affected regions.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

6/ Neutrality is more complicated than it appears. Attempting to remain “apolitical” can unintentionally align humanitarian responses with political power if organizations fail to acknowledge abuses or discriminatory policies.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

5/ Some important lessons that remain highly relevant today: Public health responses cannot be separated from politics and local grievances. Even technically sound interventions can fail if communities perceive them as discriminatory or externally imposed.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

4/ Communities that already felt marginalized began to see Ebola not only as a health crisis, but as a political tool. Once that happened, healthcare workers themselves became targets.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

3/ The turning point came when Ebola-affected opposition regions were excluded from the 2018 presidential elections under the justification of disease containment. Health measures became entangled with political exclusion, insecurity, and perceptions of repression.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

2/ During the previous outbreak, many international actors framed the violence against Ebola responders primarily as a problem of “community distrust” or insufficient community engagement. But my research found that distrust alone did not explain the sharp resistance against healthcare measures.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

1/ With the DR Congo facing another Ebola outbreak, I’ve been reflecting on research I published on the 2018–2020 outbreak, one of the most violent public health emergencies for healthcare workers. Key lesson: Public health emergencies become far more dangerous when they are politicized.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

Examples of striking Dutch bike-lane and urban biking infrastructure via Modacity Life.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Ich wünsche allen Bahnreisenden viel Geduld heute 💔

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This chart by @SteveStuWill shows the most male-typical and female-typical reasons for hospital admissions in England (NHS data 2022–25). Women don't fall of scaffolding and men don't give birth.

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Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

"The challenge is not that AI will make societies poorer. Rather, it is that it will make them richer in ways that render many citizens economically dispensable for continued economic growth." My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on why our AI future could resemble the petrostate present.

foreignpolicy.com

For What AI Could Do to Democracies, Look to the Petrostates

Societies will become richer, but history suggests that wealth may not be equally distributed.

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Kathryn Corrick @kcorrick.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A reminder that there are already a lot of European alternatives in place. Always worth exploring european-alternatives.eu when looking to buy or switch.

european-alternatives.eu

European Alternatives

We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

One beautiful thing about Norwegian society: people don’t blast phone calls, facetimes, or speaker mode in public. The sound of silence 🇳🇴✨

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Or Tuttnauer @ortuttnauer.com · 01/05/2026

Meet Citation Compare: ortutt.github.io/citation-com... Enter an article's link or DOI and get not only its citation number but also see how it compares to all other articles published in the same year and journal. Information based on CrossRef API. Vibe coded by Claude. Hope people find it useful!

A screenshot from the Citation Compare webpage, showing the details for Louwerse et al. 2021

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Phone-free parties are trending and honestly? I want phone-free universities, phone-free cafés, phone-free bars. I want to make eye contact with a stranger and have a random conversation.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Somewhere Bismarck is looking down in confusion as Germany projects power by sending 4,000 pensioners, 12 buffet stations and a TUI loyalty program through the Strait of Hormuz

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Talking abundance: Just like some EU countries are failing at managing decreased supply of energy sources in a world with 🔥 demand, EU institutions (the ERC) are struggling to deal with similar dynamics in the research space. The outcome will be exiting and/or finding alternatives in both spaces.

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ERC President explains stricter application measures amid rising demand for funding

The text of an open letter sent by ERC President Maria Leptin to ERC panel members, grantees and other stakeholders on 16 April 2026.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Is anyone else genuinely scared about what might happen tonight? The kind of afraid where it feels like the world could cross a line you can’t uncross. I really hope that tomorrow, looking back, this will feel dramatic.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Just had this from Planet Labs, the US government have asked satellite imagery providers for "voluntarily" restrictions on access to satellite imagery. Given a lot of them provide satellite imagery to the USG we can probably guess the outcome of not acquiescing to that request.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

It was an honor to serve on the committee selecting the Article of the Year. Very happy to pass last year’s award on to such an outstanding article! 💫🥳

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Journal of Peace Research @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

We’re proud to share that JPR now leads its field in gender-inclusive authorship. Between 2000 and 2024, the share of all-male author teams dropped from nearly 75% to ~40%. This shows the value of inclusive publication policies and collaborative research practices in peace and conflict studies.

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Hannah Rajski @hannahrajski.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Applications are still open until the end of the week!

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 16/02/2026

Want to investigate something using open sources but not sure where to start? 🧵 We’ve gathered some of our go-to resources for learning, practicing, and collaborating on open source research - whether you’re brand new or sharpening your skills...

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Korinna Lindemann @korinlind.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Don't forget to apply until the end of the week! 🚨

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

It's only a matter of time before they come for political science next

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

When the first dinosaur bones were found, artists didn't really know how to render them realistically, so they do the artistic equivalent of stretching skin around them as tightly as possible, without considering where muscle and fat must have been.

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Breaking: another case of academic cheating driven by ego and power. Thought that was the whole story but according to Gideon’s Wikipedia, there are multiple lawsuits, retracted papers, and a revoked license. Overachiever!

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Theres Luethi @theresluethi.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

"Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...

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Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education

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