Currently in FirstView: in “Potential and Pitfalls of Audio as Data for Political Research: Alignment, Features, and Classification Models,” @r-mestre.bsky.social and Matt Ryan provide solutions to challenges encountered when analyzing audio data in political science.
📣 Yesterday, @publicpolicyuos.bsky.social had the privilege of accompanying @unisouthampton.bsky.social academics and colleagues from the University of Sussex to an invaluable parliamentary engagement masterclass hosted by Lord Rupert Redesdale and the Earl of Devon, John Russell.
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#OpenAccess from @polanalysis.bsky.social -
Potential and Pitfalls of Audio as Data for Political Research: Alignment, Features, and Classification Models - https://cup.org/4t9JG1r
- @r-mestre.bsky.social & Matt Ryan
#FirstView
📢 Reminder for Living Machines 2025 authors:
At least one author per paper must register & attend in person.
🕒 Early Bird deadline: 15 June 2025
🔗 livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/registr...
Don’t miss the reduced rate!
#LivingMachines2025 #Robotics #ConferenceReminder
Great news!
Living Machines 2025 is sponsored by Science Robotics and IOP Publishing – Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 🧠🤖
Want to sponsor the conference?
Details here: livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/
#LivingMachines2025 #Robotics #Sponsorship #BioInspired
🎉 Big congrats to all authors accepted to present their work at Living Machines 2025 Conference!
Looking forward to seeing your work in Sheffield, UK this summer — it's going to be a great one.
#LivingMachines2025 #Robotics #BioInspired
This week in @newscientist.com I wrote about how unused internet cables called "dark fibers" are increasingly being used to measure vibrations within the Earth.
From defending against #earthquakes to finding new #geothermal reservoirs, here are some fascinating recent findings from the field...🧵
The expansive network of fiber optic cables carrying the internet is increasingly being used to measure seismic waves constantly vibrating through Earth's interior. For @newscientist.com this week, I explored how 'distributed acoustic sensing' on these fibers is changing our view underground.🧪
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Rebooting Democracy welcomed international guests and collaborators to a project workshop last week in Southampton. Sessions focused on climate democracy, using AI in deliberation, political behaviour, co-production, and democratic oversight of emerging technologies.
www.rebootingdemocracy.ac.uk
The ERC have given me 5 years to figure out what Europeans really think about democracy. If you would like to come and join me in the endeavour, then I am currently hiring a postdoc @sotonpolitics.bsky.social.
Deadline: 30 April | Details here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #polisky
CfP: Reimagining Democratic Politics in the Contemporary.
Join us 3-5 July for a symposium to discuss:
- Fugitivity & the politics of refusal
- Anticolonial imaginaries
- Artistic practice & performance
- Democratic innovations
Deadline for abstracts: 4 April
www.southampton.ac.uk/cdf/news/eve...
Trick: do not ever ever buy an open-ended ticket in the UK! If you don't know when you're getting back just buy it on the app at the station when you arrive. It'll be ~slightly~ cheaper to get two one-ways.
Inspirational collaborative event 2day hosted by @cdfuos.bsky.social on AI and Democracy with Simon Wallace #suffrago Nick Almond #Londonvoice Huge congrats esp @unisouthampton.bsky.social anniversary fellow Dr Yu Shan Tseng for organising 😍👏🙏 🎉
@r-mestre.bsky.social @rikkidean.bsky.social
🧬🤖 Exploring Biohybrid Futures
On Feb 5th, Biohybrid Futures Project & Public Policy | Southampton hosted a workshop with experts from DSIT, POST, Nuffield Council, & more. The discussion centred on public perceptions and a framework of policy recommendations.
#BiohybridRobotics #PublicPolicy
Great work from our Co Director @r-mestre.bsky.social Huge congrats to all and @publicpolicyuos.bsky.social too 👏🎉👍
📣 Brilliant policy impact from our researchers!
Rafael Mestre & Stuart Middleton's RAI4MentalHealth project, cited in 2 UK Parliament POSTnotes, explores the role of AI in mental health 🧠 🤖
🔗 Visit here for the story of impact and more information on upcoming events: https://buff.ly/3D8CA8e
Want to conduct experimental social science but not sure how. The Centre for Behavioural, Experimental and Action Research (C-BEAR) has a summer school to show you how, led by the friendly bear, @pspada.bsky.social.
Find out more and register here: store.southampton.ac.uk/short-course... #polisky
We have two great speakers for our next Climate, Mobility and Migration Online Seminar on 4th March.
You can register at t.ly/gv5ng.
Advancing Inclusive Musculoskeletal Health : Clinical Commerical & Community Impact - Register for free #FortisNet meeting now! 🦴🎉 20th March Southampton UK 👇 Join us! @r-mestre.bsky.social @messagetgi.bsky.social @fraje.bsky.social @cmcgwhp.bsky.social
#dsxhe
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A close-up of exposed glowing blue fibre optic cables against a dark background, with tiny points of light scattered along the strands.
New technology is allowing us to ‘listen’ to the sound of a city through its network of optical fibre cables.
Our researchers will be testing this tech in Southampton and London to understand its opportunities and risks.
Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_Opt...
The project sits at the intersection of physical sciences, social sciences, arts & humanities with lots of knowledge exchange, policy and citizen impact.
Particularly suitable for those with interest working across disciplines, with non-academic stakeholders and the nicest colleagues ;)
Hiring! We're looking for a Research Fellow (postdoc) with expertise in data analysis, machine learning and/or signal processing to join our very exciting new project soundscale.ac.uk!
Particularly targetting researchers with an interdisciplinary mindset!
jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Join our mailing list to know more about the Centre for Democratic Futures! ⬇️
Out now in Nature Human Behaviour: Our 68-country #survey on public attitudes to #science 📣
It shows: People still #trust scientists and support an active role of scientists in society and policy-making. #OpenAccess available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social
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Great-looking event!!
