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John Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had a UKRI funded grant proposal rejected at the "AI triage stage". "This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review." 🧪 #academicsky

I am writing to let you know that, unfortunately, your application was not successful.

Review process

As part of the initial triage of the 179 proposals submitted to this call, each was assessed using an AI-based review. Every proposal was read independently by several different AI models against the same seven criteria used to shape this call (including cyber security relevance, research quality and novelty, importance of the problem addressed, feasibility of the project plan, likely outputs and impact, value for money, and responsible research practice), with each model asked to give a score and a written justification with supporting quotations from the text. To guard against any one model's idiosyncrasies, we also ran a second, independent process in which different AI models debated the merits and weaknesses of each proposal before reaching a judgement, again against the same criteria. Scores from both processes were combined to produce an overall ranking.

This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review. Projects selected for funding were drawn from those that progressed to the full human review stage. We recognise that AI-assisted assessment is a new and evolving part of the review process, and we are continuing to evaluate how well it aligns with the judgements of human reviewers on this call. We will soon produce a document detailing our method, so that others can build upon it and improve it.

Feedback on your application

Your application was not selected to progress beyond the AI triage stage. To provide transparency on the outcome of this assessment, we are sharing below the scores (out of 5) from each of the two AI review processes described above, together with the mean score across the two processes.

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The lack of AI regulation is a political choice. Created by tremendous lobbying efforts. But there is no legitimacy for the lack of regulation. Research shows that citizens across the 🌎 🌍 🌏 want regulation, transparency and accountability. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/t...

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As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind

The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Vielleicht sollten wir anfangen, den Fokus bei der Bewertung wissenschaftlicher Leistungen stärker auf die Qualität der intellektuellen Beiträge zu legen, statt bloß die Anzahl der Publikationen zu zählen… www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

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Using AI, a professor wrote 200 papers this year. Researchers are alarmed.

An online platform removed 257 papers written or co-written by the University of Chicago’s Nicholas Polson after other academics raised questions.

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Let me fix that for you OpenAI ̶a̶g̶e̶n̶t̶s̶ ̶ hacked Australia government portal: PM Albanese The hack of Australian health data marks the world's first known AI-led breach of a government website. www.dw.com/en/openai-ag... #AIEthics

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OpenAI agent hacked Australia government portal: PM Albanese

The hack of Australian health data marks the world's first known AI-led breach of a government website.

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Upcoming Guest Talk! 🎤 We are happy to announce that Prof. Christian Welzel from Leuphana University will be holding a talk at our department on October 12th. Title: "Autocratic Modernity? Psychological Cracks in a Dystopian Vision of Civilization"

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Gina-Julia Westenberger @gjwestenberger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

3rd PhD baby is out in the world 🎉 Voting far right because your region is left-behind? Not necessarily. "Left-behind" regions — slower growth, higher unemployment, industrial decline — are said to drive votes for the radical right. My new paper in @actapolitica.bsky.social complicates this story.

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Paul Kindermann @paul-kindermann.net · 19/09/2026

Great postdoc opportunity at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social ! Speaking from experience

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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📣 We're hiring! Looking for a PhD position? Join our team in Berlin! Work with @heikekluever.bsky.social and @markuskollberg.bsky.social in #STATEWORK at Humboldt University and join our @dynamics.bsky.social PhD programme Great people, great project, great city! 🗓️ Deadline: 13 October 2026

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laserhedvig @laserhedvig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Interdisciplinary research is great and necessary, and also has consistently lower funding success www.nature.com/articles/nat... #academiclabourmarket #academia #research

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Wahlrecht.de @wahlrecht.de · 21/09/2026

Heute wurde im Bundesgesetzblatt die Zahl der von den Landtagen in die 18. #Bundesversammlung zu wählenden Mitglieder festgelegt: www.recht.bund.de/bgbl/1/2026/... Am 30.01.2027 wählt jene einen neuen Bundespräsidenten. Unsere Prognose zur Zusammensetzung: www.wahlrecht.de/lexikon/bund... #bpw27

Tortengrafik mit den Sitzzahlen wie in dieser Tabelle: https://www.wahlrecht.de/lexikon/bundesversammlung.html

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Liebe Forschungsförderorganisationen, bitte investiert in Einreichungsportale, die dem Ansturm vor Deadlines standhalten. Tausende gleichzeitige Zugriffe sind extrem vorhersehbar – und es werden jährlich mehr. Wertvolle Arbeitszeit sollte nicht durch quälend langsame Eingabemasken verloren gehen. 🙏

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A webinar being held from 2-3.30pm (CEST) tomorrow (Tuesday 22 September) will focus on our self-completion panel #survey (ESS-CRONOS-3). This will include an overview of the panel design and methodology, as well as explaining how to access and analyse the #data from 11 countries. buff.ly/nnBjZ95

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CRONOS-3 panel survey: from concept to results | Infra4NextGen

This webinar will present the development of the CRONOS-3 self-completion panel survey, implemented in 11 countries as part of the Infra4NextGen project.

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David Mimno @dmimno.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A university founded in the Middle Ages in a city that centers itself around a Medieval castle does not see a need to study Medieval History

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Fabian Sommavilla @sommavillafabian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🇷🇺 täuscht für seinen blutigen Krieg weltweit Männer in den Tod. Sie glauben Film- oder Baujobs anzunehmen und landen als Kanonenfutter an der Front. Das passiert in Afrika, aber auch in Lateinamerika und Asien. Bisher unbekannt war, dass Russen dafür auch Infrastruktur aus 🇦🇹 nutzten. 1/6

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"One 2025 study out of M.I.T. found that people who used chatbots as writing assistants struggled to remember what they had written only minutes after finishing their essay." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...

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Universities Sound Warnings About A.I. Even as They Embrace It

As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students.

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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Come and join us in Copenhagen next June for @epssnet.bsky.social 2027!

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For political scientists headed to Liverpool for EPOP this week (and anyone else interested!), @bjpols.bsky.social has made a collection of articles available on elections, public opinion and parties free to read...

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EPOP collection

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📣 Call for papers now open! The next Annual Conference of the European Political Science Society will take place in Copenhagen, 24–26 June 2027. Submission deadline: 13 November 2026 (23:59 CET) Looking forward to it! #EPSS2027 @epssnet.bsky.social

Screenshot of the European Political Science Society website announcing “Copenhagen 2027.” Under “Join us in Copenhagen!”, a photo shows colourful waterfront buildings and boats. Text announces the society’s next meeting on 24–26 June 2027, with panels and networking. An orange notice reads: “Call for papers is now open!”

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 13/09/2026

MIT wants to remake education around what AI can't do. They propose oral exams and to center social interactions. I cannot help but notice this is the *opposite* of the K-12 “school reform” edtech movement—which wants to put kids in front of computerized tests & collect data. Short 🧵

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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 12/09/2026

Ohne den Erfolg des BSW hätten die anderen Parteien im Landtag eine knappe Mehrheit gegen die AfD bekommen. Nach SPIEGEL-Recherchen erhielt Sahra Wagenknechts Partei im Wahlkampf Unterstützung von dubiosen Vereinen. Wer steckt dahinter?

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Sachsen-Anhalt: Dubiose Vereine stützen offenbar Wagenknecht-Partei BSW

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Presenting at #ECPRGC26 in Kraków tomorrow! Where do parties hang their campaign posters? @klingelt.bsky.social and I walked every street of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg during the 2025 Bundestag election and collected 6,800+ photos, 10,000+ posters. THU 9:00–10:45, Room 08 @ecpr.bsky.social

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Graph shows far right support higher where the number of foreign nationals is lowest

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Nach der Wahl beginnt der Kampf um die Deutungshoheit. Wer als Gewinner oder Verlierer zählt, hängt auch vom Vergleichsmaßstab ab. Hier mal ein Vergleich von Sachsen-Anhalts Landtagswahl 2026 im Vergleich zur Bundestagswahl 2025, in gruppierter Form. Die heimlichen Gewinner demnach: die Sonstigen.

Tabelle: Zweitstimmen in Sachsen-Anhalt, Bundestagswahl 2025 im Vergleich zur Landtagswahl 2026. Jeweils Anteil 2025 → 2026; Veränderung in Prozentpunkten.

AfD: 37,10 → 43,79 Prozent; +6,70.
BSW: 11,25 → 5,27 Prozent; −5,98.
Zusammen AfD und BSW: 48,34 → 49,06 Prozent; +0,72.

CDU: 19,18 → 17,23 Prozent; −1,95.
FDP: 3,08 → 2,58 Prozent; −0,50.
Zusammen CDU und FDP: 22,27 → 19,81 Prozent; −2,46.

SPD: 10,96 → 9,30 Prozent; −1,66.
Grüne: 4,42 → 8,93 Prozent; +4,52.
Die Linke: 10,75 → 8,56 Prozent; −2,20.
Zusammen SPD, Grüne und Linke: 26,13 → 26,79 Prozent; +0,66.

Sonstige: 3,26 → 4,34 Prozent; +1,08.
Wahlbeteiligung: 77,70 → 77,82 Prozent; +0,12.

Die Zwischensummen sind hervorgehoben. Unter den zusammengefassten Gruppen verzeichnen die Sonstigen den größten Zuwachs; unter den einzelnen ausgewiesenen Parteien die AfD.

Landtagswahl: vorläufiges amtliches Ergebnis vom 7. September, Stand 8. September 2026. Berechnungen vor Rundung; Rundungsabweichungen möglich. Quellen: Bundeswahlleiterin und Landeswahlleiterin Sachsen-Anhalt.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

⚠️ Good example of how AI manufactures & legitimizes BS The cycle: 1) AI hallucinates reference 2) Report placed on gov website 3) Report indexed 4) AI now thinks ref real ‘Scary’: how AI misinformation hallucinations are infiltrating www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... 🚨 Needed: ref vigilance!

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"Die Landtagswahlen waren gekennzeichnet durch massive inländische und ausländische Desinformationskampagnen, die die Glaubwürdigkeit des Wahlprozesses erschüttern sollten": www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...

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Sachsen-Anhalt-Wahl aktuell: Experten berichten von massiver russischer Desinformation

Die Wahl in Sachsen-Anhalt erschüttert die politische Landschaft in Deutschland. Es gibt Hinweise auf russische Einflussnahme. Alle Entwicklungen im Newsblog.

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Stefan Kappacher @kappachers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Gut so. Ganz wichtig. Und unglaublich dass Orbán es einfach darauf angelegt hatte dass sie ausgeschlossen werden. orf.at/stories/3441...

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Alle Hochschulen Ungarns kehren in Erasmus-Programm zurück

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

How do voters perceive the political ads they receive, and what effect does their perception have? 📱 Using data donations from Germany and the US, a recent study finds that microtargeting in online political ads works largely through perceived tailoring. Read the study recap:

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BLOG: Did you make this for me? A two-country study on individuals’ perceptions of tailoring in online political ads

Online targeted advertising has become an increasingly powerful tool with which political parties can engage their electorate. Utilizing data left by users throughout the web allows them to tailor the...

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Luis Paulitsch @luis-paulitsch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"Der Hauptgrund ist die Propaganda von sogenannten alternativen Medien und rechtsextremen Influencern. Die Menschen, die ich treffe, schauen und hören fast nur diese Sachen." YouTuber Marcant zur Frage, warum die Menschen AfD-Politikern fast bedingungslos glauben. www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

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(S+) YouTuber Marcant: Warum er trotz massiver Morddrohungen weiter mit AfD-Wählern spricht

Er geht auf Veranstaltungen der AfD, diskutiert mit Wählern – und wird massiv bedroht. Hier erzählt der YouTuber Marcant, warum er trotzdem weitermacht und den Osten warmherziger findet als den Westen...

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Uber drivers have launched a landmark legal action against the ride-hailing company claiming they live in “constant fear” of a “soulless” algorithm it uses to set pay and allocate jobs. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Uber drivers launch European class action over ‘soulless’ and ‘scary’ AI algorithm

Landmark lawsuit claims tech company’s pay-setting system has breached privacy laws and pushed down earnings

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Wolfgang Rössler @wolfiroessler.jetzt.at · 01/09/2026

Ist die liberale Demokratie am Ende? Von wegen, glaubt der Politikwissenschafter Carsten Q. Schneider. Das Beispiel Ungarn zeige, dass die beste aller schlechten Staatsformen auch weiterhin die attraktivste ist. @pia.jetzt.at hat für @jetzt.at mit ihm gesprochen www.jetzt.at/artikel/sVHW...

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Orbán hat gezeigt, wie Demokratie abgebaut werden kann. Wie lässt sie sich erhalten und wiederbeleben?

Wir leben in unsicheren Zeiten – auch für die Demokratie. Sie zu erhalten bedeutet, eine gemeinsame, positive Vision zu haben und an demokratische Prozesse zu glauben, sagt Politologe Carsten Q. Schne...

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Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) @poalab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"research using this approach has found that polling errors have remained relatively stable" New POAL methods brief from Mollie Ruler, @drjennings.bsky.social, and Christopher Wlezien 🚨 They recommend Mean Absolute Error (MAE) to measure polling error Read here: www.poal.co.uk/POAL_brief_p...

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Lars Wienand @larswienand.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Das Russische Haus wird dicht gemacht. (Und ich habe einen sehr langen Text in der Mache, den ich jetzt noch mal kräftig umschreiben kann.) www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...

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Reaktion auf Anschlag in Leipzig: Deutschland schließt Russisches Haus in Berlin

Anfang August gab es einen Anschlagsversuch am Flughafen Leipzig/Halle. Die Bundesregierung sieht die Verantwortung in Russland – und reagiert.

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Research Network Democracy and Human Rights @dem-hum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Meet our Co-Director: Sylvia Kritzinger 👋🗳️ Sylvia is Professor at @stawi-univie.bsky.social, part of @univie.ac.at, and a leading expert on elections, public opinion & political representation. As Co-Director, she brings her experience and political science perspective to our network. 💙

Portrait of Sylvia Kritzinger, Co-Director of the Research Network Democracy and Human Rights at the University of Vienna. The graphic identifies her as Professor of Methods in the Social Sciences at the Department of Government and includes the University of Vienna and Research Network logos.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We’re hiring! Poli Sci & IR department at IE University in Madrid is hiring three tenure-track Assistant Professors, starting 1st of September 2027, in: Comparative Politics: lnkd.in/ePDfwjJB International Relations: lnkd.in/eDu5vGTf Political Economy: lnkd.in/eciDukTA 1/3

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Falls ihr es im Sommer verpasst habt: Die deutsche Bundesregierung plant die sachgrundlose Befristung von 2 auf 4 Jahre auszuweiten, mit bis zu 6 Vertragsverlängerungen. Statt das Dauerbefristungsproblem an Unis zu lösen, bald also Kettenverträge für alle! 🫠 www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/schw...

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Standort Deutschland: Für mehr Wettbewerbsfähigkeit | Bundesregierung

Die Bundesregierung stärkt Deutschland mit niedrigeren Steuern und Energiekosten, flexiblerem Arbeitsmarkt, besserer Infrastruktur. Lesen Sie hier mehr.

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Have we all been gaslit into believing that regularly spaced, externally imposed deadlines improve our performance? 🧪 The influential study behind that claim – cited more than 2,200 times – failed to replicate and the original data now show strong signs of fabrication. datacolada.org/138

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[138] Artificial Deadlines (Part 1): Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination

A new paper in Psychological Science (.htm) reports a failure to replicate Study 2 of Ariely and Wertenbroch’s influential article entitled, “Procrastination, Deadlines, and Performance: Self-Contr…

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INTERPOL @interpol.int · 28/08/2026

The necklace stolen from an exhibit at Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts has been added to our Stolen Works of Art database by Austrian authorities. The piece, adorned with 673 diamonds, once belonged to Queen Nazli of Egypt. www.interpol.int/Crimes/Cultu...

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NPR @npr.org · 29/08/2026

The federal government recruits top experts to volunteer to advise on pressing research issues of the day. Since President Trump took office, hundreds of these experts have been dismissed. n.pr/3V1aYdD

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Trump cuts to science advisory boards have long-lasting consequences, researchers say

The federal government recruits top experts to volunteer to advise on pressing research issues of the day. Since President Trump took office, hundreds of these experts have been dismissed.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Is doomscrolling bad for you? A meta-analysis of 42 studies (N=46,912) finds that consuming short-form videos is linked to increases in inattention & impulsivity; reductions in working-memory span & self-regulation; elevations in anxiety, depression & stress; and a surge in addiction symptoms.

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