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Michael T. Heaney

@michaeltheaney.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods, University of Glasgow. Interests include social movements, protest, social networks, political parties, interest groups, the United States, Scotland, and Ireland.

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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Materials for my Introduction to Network Analysis in R workshop are accessible using the following link: 1drv.ms/f/c/1836dd8b...
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I was very happy to be quoted today in The Atlantic in this excellent article by @galbeckerman.bsky.social: "Why It’s So Hard to Protest Trump 2.0." #50501Protest #protest www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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Why It’s So Hard to Protest Trump 2.0
Demonstrations have gotten smaller and more dispersed in Trump’s second term. Is that a bad thing?
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Ted Chen @tedhchen.com · 21/03/2025
Reminder! CFP and workshop registration for the Political Networks and Computational Social Science Conference. We have a great lineup of network analysis workshop instructors: @michaeltheaney.bsky.social, @ognyanova.bsky.social, Shahryar Minhas, & Cassie McMillan. sites.google.com/view/confpol...
Poster for the 2025 Political Networks and Computational Social Science Conference.Workshop information for the PolNet-PaCSS conference.

The workshops will be August 11 and August 12, 2025. There are four sessions: Introduction to Network Analysis in R taught by Michael Heaney; Network Visualization with R taught by Katya Ognyanova; Introduction to Latent Variable Models for Networks taught by Shahryar Minhas; and Introduction to Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) taught by Cassie McMillan.

More information: https://sites.google.com/view/confpolinetworks/political-networks-conference/2025-polnet-workshops
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Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🎶 I had a dream my life would be So different from this hell I'm living So different now from what it seemed Now life has killed the dream I dreamed 🎶
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Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A Project 2025 tracker by agency shows 100/300 objectives achieved & 46 more in progress: www.project2025.observer
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Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I am very happy that the journal American Behavioral Scientist has accepted my article for publication, which is titled "Nuclear Weapons, Protest, and American Political Parties,1944-2020." Key takeaways in comments. #nuclearweapons #protest #parties michaeltheaney.com/wp-content/u...
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Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Sarah Lockwood & @evlieb.bsky.social consider whether financial incentives increase participation in surveys. They find that, if anything, material incentives depress response rates, but there is some heterogeneity in estimated effects by political party. Read more here: doi.org/10.1177/2053...
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Science Magazine reported on the results of my surveys at Friday's Stand up for Science rally in Washington, DC. #StandUpForScience #StandUpforScience2025 #marchforscience www.science.org/content/arti...
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Stand Up for Science rally drew a more anxious throng than 2017 counterpart
Surveys find attendees of Washington, D.C., protest are discouraged and angry after the Trump administration’s firings and spending cuts
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
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Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention
On the evening of March 8, 2025, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil was detained by the Department of Homeland Security. The arrest comes on the heels of the Department of State’s ann...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/03/2025
Our work is far from done—science is still under attack. We’ve got ideas, but we want to hear from you. What’s worrying you most? What should we do next? How can we grow this movement together? Fill out this quick form to share your thoughts & stay connected: forms.gle/7EEQMZUveXN9...
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How do we keep Standing Up for Science?
A heartfelt thank you for everyone that Stood Up for Science with us on March 7th—whether it be volunteering, donating, sharing, or attending in event, we're forever indebted to people like you who ca...
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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
In Alwan’s case, investigators said the unsigned op-ed in the Columbia Spectator, which also urged the school to curtail academic ties to Israel, may have subjected other students to “unwelcome conduct” based on their religion, national origin or military service. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Columbia University investigates students critical of Israel amid Trump’s threats
Investigation is part of a flurry of recent cases brought by new disciplinary committee against students who have expressed criticism of Israel
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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Deeply disturbing www.dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detain...
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BREAKING: DHS Detains Lead Negotiator of Columbia Gaza Solidarity Encampment After Online Campaign by Pro-Israel Groups
Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained on Saturday, is being held at an ICE detention facility.
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I now have emotional comparisons for anger, anxiety, & enthusiasm between #StandUpForScience2025 & the #MarchforScience (2017), based on surveys of participants at Washington, DC events. Anger and anxiety have increased, while enthusiasm has declined. #StandUpForScience
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
"Thousands gather across U.S. and world in Stand Up for Science events" #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Thousands gather across U.S. and world in Stand Up for Science events
Scientists and their supporters rallied across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Surveys by my research teams at yesterday's #StandUpForScience rally and the 2017 #MarchforScience (both in Washington, DC) show that rally participants in 2025 reported significantly higher anxiety about politics and significantly lower enthusiasm about politics than they did in 2017.
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
These photos are from today's Stand Up for Science rally today at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Photos are courtesy of Amy Kasper, who took them while she was conducting surveys for my research. #StandUpforScience2025 #StandUpForScience
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
With Stand Up for Science taking place across the USA today, it is a great day to re-read the article that my collaborators and I wrote on "The science of contemporary street protest: New efforts in the United States." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience2025
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The science of contemporary street protest: New efforts in the United States
We review how the science of studying street protest has changed, identifying opportunities for innovation and collaboration.
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Recently retired NIH Director Francis Collins played the guitar and a led a sing along at today's Stand Up for Science rally at the Lincoln Memorial. Photo extracted from PBS live stream. #StandUpforScience2025 #StandUpForScience #FrancisCollins #nationalinstitutesofhealth #PBS
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A sizeable crowd is presently gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to Stand Up for Science. #StandUpforScience2025 #StandUpForScience
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 07/03/2025
LIVE STREAM UP! m.twitch.tv/standupforsc...
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
These photos are from yesterday's Refuse Fascism rally in Upper Senate Park in Washington, DC. They were taken by Amy Kasper as she was leading a team of surveyors helping with my research. Thanks, Amy!
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Political Networks @politicalnetworks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Join us for the 2025 Political Networks & Computational Social Science Conference (sites.google.com/view/confpol...), Aug 11-14 at Harvard & Northeastern, with Duncan Watts delivering the keynote. Workshops: Aug 11-12; panels: Aug 13-14. Submit by March 28:
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
"Academics can no longer resort to only publishing papers... there is a need to consider how to make best use of academic knowledge & creativity to support diverse activism: in board rooms, with corporate leaders, with politicians, youth organisations, universities, & in the streets"
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An active academia for peace and sustainability
With discontent rising in response to insufficient action to address climate, biodiversity, equity, democracy, and peace challenges, activism is preva…
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
These excellent photos were taken yesterday by Amy Kasper at the Trans Unity Rally in Washington, DC where she was conducting surveys for my research. Thank you, Amy!
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This thread now a piece for @goodauth.bsky.social on why Trump was not going to back Ukraine, why leaders’ beliefs are so hard to change, and how leaders really can change the course of international politics. goodauthority.org/news/trump-a...
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Trump’s verbal attack on Zelenskyy was shocking – and predictable
In bullying Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, Trump showed his core beliefs.
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Vanessa Williamson @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I wrote about the role of the media in the burgeoning protest movement against the Trump/Musk.
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How will the media cover protests against President Trump and Elon Musk?
In order for the anti-Trump/Musk protests to have an impact, consistent and sustained media coverage will be needed.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The DOGE Purge Isn’t About Efficiency—It’s an authoritarian tactic. I wrote a more in depth piece on the empirical evidence showing how liberal-leaning agencies are being disproportionately targeted and how this mirrors authoritarian strategies seen in Hungary and Turkey.
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The DOGE Purge: Empirical Evidence of Politically Motivated Firings
And what it means for American Democracy
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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"Recent antidemocratic trends in Serbia have been met with waves of protest, beginning in 2017, when Vučić was first elected president in a contest the opposition and protesters decried as fraudulent." www.journalofdemocra...
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How Tragedy Sparked a Protest Movement | Journal of Democracy
Serbs from all walks of life have had enough with their corrupt, inept, and increasingly authoritarian government. Will Serbia’s president be able to withstand the crisis?
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"[It is] likely enough that we are going to our doom . . . But if we stayed at home and did nothing, doom would find us anyway, sooner or later. . . . Aye, we may help the other peoples before we pass away." J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (1954), Page 486 (HarperCollinsPublishers 2011).
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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · 26/02/2025
An estimated 500,000 people attended the 2017 Women’s March in Washington, but only thousands showed up in 2025. What changed? In this brief, @michaeltheaney.bsky.social analyzes his survey on how emotions shaped activists’ responses to Trump’s victories. scholars.org/contribution...
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Philip Klinkner argues that while Donald Trump cannot be elected PRESIDENT again, he could possibly be elected VICE President in 2028. This possibility could involve the Supreme Court ruling on the 19th Amendment in a way that subverts the 22nd Amendment. theconversation.com/how-trump-co...
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How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends
Though the 22nd Amendment prohibits Trump from being elected president again, it does not prohibit him from serving as president beyond Jan. 20, 2029. A scholar of politics and history explains.
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Michael T. Heaney @michaeltheaney.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Last week I published a short article at the Scholars Strategy Network (@scholars.org) on my protest surveys in Washington, DC last month. It is titled "Emotions Made the Difference for Women’s Marches against Two Inaugurations." Read it here: scholars.org/contribution...
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Emotions Made the Difference for Women’s Marches against Two Inaugurations
When Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in 2016 by defeating Hillary Clinton, the first women to be nominated for president by a major political party, many women across the count...
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