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#Internship at DEMSCORE Fall 2026
Are you a student with a strong interest in data-driven research within the field of social science? Apply now for an internship at DEMSCORE during the fall semester 2026.

👉 Application information: www.demscore.se/about/intern...

📆 Application deadline: April 12

🎉 New Data Release!

We’re excited to share a new release of the REPDEM dataset, with updated data on political parties, parliaments, and governments across 33 parliamentary democracies from 1945 (or democratic transition) to 31 December 2025.

📥 Access the dataset here: repdem.org/index.php/cu...

Did you already send in your paper abstract or panel proposal? If not, the deadline is March 22.
For more information, see the DEMSCORE website: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

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@vdeminstitute.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org
@repdem-org.bsky.social ‬

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👉 Registation Open for DEMSCORE Conference 2026
Join us in Gothenburg for the 4th DEMSCORE Conference!

Registration is now open on the DEMSCORE website: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

📅 Registration deadline is May 22

#Polisky #PolDataSky #SocialScienceData #CompSocialScience #PoliSciSky

Not subscribed to the DEMSCORE Newletter yet? Subscribe here: demscore.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

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@repdem-org.bsky.social‬

The December edition of the #DEMSCORE Newsletter is out.
In this issue, we look back at 2025 and offer a preview of what’s coming in 2026.
The newsletter:
mailchi.mp/demscore/new...

See you again in 2026! Until then, we wish you happy and peaceful holidays.🎄

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The Historical Data Archive (H-DATA) is a hub of historical country-level data going as far back as the French Revolution. It enables researchers to answer questions about the past and understand the origins and find historical parallels to present-day problems.
www.demscore.se/partners/h-d...
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REPDEM (The Representative Democracy Data Archive)
presents comparative data from research & data infrastructure projects on for example governments, parliaments, political parties, length of government formation periods, government duration & termination.
@repdem-org.bsky.social
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The Comparative Policy Laboratory (COMPLAB) is a research infrastructure that provides vital policy data across 3 different policy strands: environmental-, social-, and migration policy. COMPLAB integrates 3 advanced data infrastructures: GRACE, MIGPOL, & SPIN.
www.demscore.se/partners/com...
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The Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System (VIEWS) offers an integration of isolated causal factors into a theoretically and methodologically consistent forecasting system that is further informed by conflict data spanning nearly 30 years in time.
@viewsforecasting.org
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The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) is the world’s main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war, with a history of almost 40 years.
@ucdp.bsky.social
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QoG (Quality of Government) Institute
QoG’s datasets focus on the quality of government, transparency, and public administration, to adress the theoretical and empirical problem of how political institutions of high quality can be created and maintained.
@qoginstitute.bsky.social
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V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) is the world’s largest dataset on Democracy & a unique approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy. It provides a multidimensional and disaggregated dataset with more than 450 indicators across 202 countries, from 1900 to today.
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social
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Image of ocean shore with text about the Call for Papers and Panels for the Demscore conference 2026. The same information is available in the post.

📢 Call for Papers DEMSCORE Conference 2026
We invite submissions for presentations and panel discussions preferably using at least two of DEMSCORE’s data sources (see 🧵).

Abstract submission deadline March 22, 2026
Read more: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

#CompSocialScience #SocialScience
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The lunch-to-lunch event will feature panel discussions and workshops presenting research findings, methodological developments, version 7 of the DEMSCORE platform, and much more.
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The DEMSCORE Conference brings together researchers and scholars from diverse fields within the social sciences to explore the potential of data-driven research in understanding contemporary political, social, and economic challenges.
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Save the Date: #DEMSCORE Conference 2026
The fourth DEMSCORE Conference will take place in Gothenburg on June 8–9, 2026.
More information: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

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@repdem-org.bsky.social
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To download your variable(s) of choice, use the Demscore download interface option "Generate Dataset by Individual Variables": www.demscore.se/data_analysi...
PS: You can find the full top 10 on the Demscore website.
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1️⃣Electoral Democracy Index/V-Dem Country-Year v15
2️⃣Number of leader transitions in the year - QoG OECD Dataset
3️⃣Party seats upper chamber: Party 1 - REPDEM Basic
4️⃣Patriotic education in the curriculum - V-Dem Coder-Level v15
5️⃣Number of years the leader in office continuously - QoG OECD Dataset
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A screenshot from the Demscore website showing the top five downloaded variables in the last 30 days. The list is included in the post text.

Did you know that you can generate your own personal dataset by downloading individual variables through Demscore?
Here are the top 5 downloaded variables in the last 30 days:
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⏱️Don’t forget to apply! Internship application deadline for spring 2026 is November 16.
Read more on the V-Dem website: v-dem.net/about/intern...

We especially welcome applicants with an interest in quantitative research and data collection, or social science research communication (or both).

@vdeminstitute.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social @ucdp.bsky.social @sofi.su.se ‬@viewsforecasting.org
@repdem-org.bsky.social @vdemamlat.bsky.social
@medem.bsky.social

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Combining data from across the Demscore modules, the dataset includes variables related to the rule of law and civil liberties, for example access to #justice, access to #information, protection from government #overreach, political influence on the #judiciary, and #equality before the #law.
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The new thematic dataset provides researchers and policymakers with comprehensive, high-quality data on political and personal rights of citizens, the independence of the judiciary, and indicators on the impartial provision of justice.
#RuleOfLaw #CivilLiberties #Judiciary #AccessToJustice
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📢 New Thematic dataset: 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
The #Demscore v6 update comes with a new thematic dataset on Laws and Liberties.
Available for free at the Demscore website: www.demscore.se/data/themati...

More info in 🧵1(3)

#SocialScienceData #Polisky #PolDataSky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceData

We invite you to make good use of the updated data, available for download at the Demscore website: www.demscore.se/data/

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The updated Representative Democracy Data Archive ( #REPDEM) Basic dataset expands the data to September 2025, including new government terminations and formations. It adds 2 new variables, cabinet seat share for each party in a cabinet, and the share of ministers for each party in a cabinet.
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The new v6 data from the Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System ( #VIEWS) includes predictions for the number of fatalities in impending conflict for September 2025 to August 2028, updated in August 2025.
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The Conflict Onsets datasets from Uppsala Conflict Data Program ( #UCDP) are back in Demscore with the v6 update. They contain variables recording onsets of new armed conflict and re-starts of previously active armed conflict after periods of inactivity.
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Image of ocean shore with text with information about what is new in the Demscore version 6 update.

📢 Out Now! DEMSCORE v6
Demscore v6 update includes the new @ucdp.bsky.social annual release, updated @repdem-org.bsky.social Basic datasets, @viewsforecasting.org monthly updates until August 2025, + a new thematic dataset on Laws and Liberties.
#SocialScienceData #PoliticalScienceData #Polisky
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