Inflation happens again!
05.02.2026 16:00
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Inflation happens again!
Pausing to work on papers is really not a good idea.
All files have different naming schemes, the Rproj inflated itself and takes 200GB of my harddrive and I have to rephrase all my sentences to not sound like fresh-PhD me.
🚀 dashboardr is out!
An #rstats package for building interactive dashboards with tidyverse-style syntax.
Launched with a fun hackathon at @ascor.bsky.social (🍕 included).
📦: favstats.github.io/dashboardr/
Big thanks to the dashboardr team, Digicomlab, and @vivifabrien.bsky.social for the logo 🎨
Delighted that our project “Democracy and AI” has been selected for Una Europa Seed Funding.
Our project establishes a network of 25 researchers from six Una Europa institutions: University of Zurich, KU Leuven, University of Edinburgh, FU Berlin, Leiden, UCD.
➡️ www.una-europa.eu/stories/10-n...
Overview of seminar series, details available at: https://www.ucd.ie/connected_politics/events/
Connected_Politics Lab Seminars, Spring Trimester ⤵️
- 28 Jan: @jessicadicocco.bsky.social
– 11 Feb: Akitaka Matsuo
– 25 Feb: @malojan.bsky.social, @luissattelmayer.bsky.social, and Noémie Piolat
– 4 Mar: @vivifabrien.bsky.social
– 1 Apr: @elisaadamico.bsky.social
– 15 Apr: @miriamsorace.bsky.social
It was great to have you here!
Hope to see you again soon at future conferences and events! 😊
Sadly, my research stay at the @socfub.bsky.social, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social has come to an end
Very grateful to prof. @bcastanho.bsky.social for hosting me and to @vivifabrien.bsky.social and @francescafeo.bsky.social for making this such a special experience.
Hope to be back soon ✨
Today I wrote down slice_sample(n=76) and really had to hold myself back from switching the numbers.
The consequences of consuming memes.
#rstats teachers:
How do you teach reading in data to students?
What is your go to way?
I try to introduce projects as early as possible but a lot of students seem to struggle with the concept of folders and paths.
With the deadline extension you still have a few days left to send us your abstracts for the #ECPG26 Methods Section!
We are looking forward to reading your work :)
@ecpr.bsky.social @ecprgender.bsky.social
@nclpolitics.bsky.social
#polsci, #PoliticalScience, #Methodology, #Researchmethods
Crazy exit poll in the Netherlands. D66 almost certainly the biggest party. PVV the big loser but other far right wins bit back (FvD & JA21).
Terrible night for the Dutch left and particularly GL/PvdA and Frans Timmermans.
Netherlands, 9:00 PM Ipsos-I&O exit poll:
Seat projection national parliament
D66-RE: 27 (+18)
PVV-PfE: 25 (-12)
VVD-RE: 23 (-1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 19 (+14)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+3)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
Upcoming AMCIS Seminar: On 12 Nov. @tevoelker.bsky.social talks about "Mainstreaming the Far Right: How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates" - just 2 weeks after the Dutch elections!
Info & Registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...
@aissr.bsky.social @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social
The Facebook page behind these images was the most active spreader of political AI content, posting multiple times a day and becoming the most engaged-with pages on Facebook among all those we track. Even surpassing Geert Wilders in total engagement during October. The page has now been deleted.
There’s a growing & deeply problematic tendency to use #genAI for political and historical education Take this example from Germany, which translates as: «Hey AI, who should I vote for.» What’s typical here is that AI is not only addressed as pseudo-person but also as a kind of impartial judge
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A picture of the streets of Amster with a cobblestone street in the middle and buildings left and right. There are scenic lights in the background emitting a warm light. A person is walking through these streets, turning around when the picture was taken.
I have to admit that I have missed the streets of Amsterdam a little bit. 🥰
„Wir haben mal 1 KI gefragt“, heißt es dieser Tage beiläufig in allen möglichen Kontexten, häufig ohne jeden erkennbaren Mehrwert, einfach, weil man‘s kann. Das ist Normalisierung der Nutzung von Fake-Schleudern, die Kreativen die Jobs streitig machen & das Internet mit Slop zumüllen. Was soll das?
I thought with the rise of generative AI less social science students would be interested to actually learn programming but it feels like the complete opposite.
It does give me some hope.
✨ Delighted to begin my visiting research stay at the @socfub.bsky.social, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.
Deeply grateful to Prof. @bcastanho.bsky.social for hosting me.
Looking forward to advancing,and hopefully completing my thesis here. Also for discussions and collaborations.
👋🎉 We welcome our new BA & MA students in their first semester! 🎓 Join us for our Introduction Event on 📅 7 October! Find the 🕙 program here: www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/soziologi...
If any early bird is interested the panel moved to the Law Building, on floor 3, room 319!
Today starts #ecpr25! ✨
On Thursday, you can hear me talk about how MPs' experiences influence and shape the representation of disabled people in German politics.
The "I am your supervisor and need your assistance" scammers always give me a little jump scare before I see their silly Gmail email address.
I should remember to only run models in winter so I can get better use out of this space heater.
Zwei wichtige Einrichtungen der Disability Studies in DE sind akut in ihrer Existenz bedroht. ZeDiSplus (Hamburg) und iDiS an der unicologne.bsky.social. Forschende aus den DS fordern in einer Petition, beide Einrichtungen zu erhalten. Schließt euch an! weact.campact.de/petitions/di...
We (@matildecer.bsky.social @nzwiener-collins.bsky.social and I) pulled off our small but mighty workshop, bridging boundaries between gender x politics subfield and quantitative methods 👧🏻📊
So grateful to @lmumuenchen.bsky.social and Fritz Thyssen Stiftung for making it possible 🤓
📢 Out now! The Handbook of Affective Polarization is officially published 🎉
📖 Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! 💙
Link below for the e-book 👇
I'm adding to the Seoul novelty hats as political science concepts collection:
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Had a great time presenting today at final day of #IPSA2025. Thanks for everyone attending and the great questions!
(and thank you @vivifabrien.bsky.social for snapping pictures)
Had a blast presenting yesterday!
I received very insightful comments.
Thank you to everyone who was attending. ☺️
(and to @favstats.eu for taking pictures where I gesture wildly)