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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 21/09/2026

#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - Positional Blurring in Context: How Dimensionality and Ideology Constrain Strategy - cup.org/4dNElqp - @ndelacerda.bsky.social & Jacob R. Gunderson #FirstView

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Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis @essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🎓 A big congratulations to Irine Kurtanidze and Zoe Schuck, recipients of the 2026 Vera E. Troeger Scholarship for Women in Political Methodology. We were delighted to recognise them yesterday during the Harold Clarke Speaker Series 🎉

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Sergio Ascencio @sascenciob.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Thrilled to be teaching Introduction to Game Theory at @essexsummerschool.bsky.social this summer! If you’ve been curious about formal modelling but haven’t had a good entry point, this is a great time to jump in. Happy to answer questions, just DM me.

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Sergio Ascencio @sascenciob.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Very excited to be teaching Introduction to Game Theory at the @essexsummerschool.bsky.social this summer! You can join the course online or in person. Happy to answer any questions from anyone that’s interested, just drop me a DM!

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Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis @essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Accessing and managing data is part of many research projects. But how can you do it efficiently? And what data can still be accessed on the web after the APIcalypse? Read more here > bit.ly/3N2r5nK

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Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis @essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Kickstart your quantitative skills with our Summer School class! No R experience needed — learn data management, visualisation, and statistics in R, and gain the tools to conduct your own social science analyses.

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Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis @essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Curious how you can use generative AI in your research without turning your workflow into a black box? Learn how to work with LLMs from prompting to fine-tuning—then apply them to real social science data like parliamentary speeches and open-ended survey responses. Apply now > bit.ly/4klFg3n

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Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis @essexsummerschool.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Heading into fieldwork for your dissertation or next project? This course helps you get fieldwork-ready! Build a practical toolkit for turning an idea into a workable field plan—methods, ethics, funding, and how to handle challenges on the ground. No prerequisites. Apply now > bit.ly/4kkxDue

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

🗳️Why does vote buying persist under the secret ballot?💰 ➡️Using a formal model, a survey and a lab experiment, @sascenciob.bsky.social & H.Chang show material goods erode voters' confidence in ballot secrecy, making vote buying effective cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView #OpenAccess

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