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Dear editors, your publication delays are damaging our careers www.nature.com/articles/d41... A summary of the well-known problems from the perspective of an #ECR who needs peer-reviewed publications for career advancement. I think the title is a bit misleading because it is not only the editors 1/

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How much code now comes from AI? With @simonedaniotti.bsky.social, @xfeng.bsky.social & Frank Neffke we estimate that by end-2024 30% of Python functions pushed by US devs on GitHub are AI-generated. Adoption is rapid but diffusion lags globally. How did we do it? arxiv.org/abs/2506.08945

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New from The Strain Team: 🎊 Springer Nature Discovers MDPI 🎊 Springer Nature has spawned a copycat journal series called "Discover" mimicking #MDPI journal titles and citation behaviours. We even made a browser game to prove it (see 🔗). Gross! 😀 1/n #ResearchIntegrity #SciPub #AcademicSky

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This time with a flyer! Join us at Sciencebatter to hear about how we learn about the world from your local researchers. At the Stoneybatter Pride of Place festival, Sat 14th at 12-2pm #Dublin #dublin7

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What exactly are Stoneybatter’s researchers working on? You can find it out on Saturday, 12–2pm, at the Stoneybatter Festival. ➡️ stoneybatterfestival.ie Fair play to @gingerhowley.bsky.social for the idea and organising the event. #Dublin7

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Amazing to see what those students pulled together! And I'm delighted that our @hertiedatascience.bsky.social‬ Data4Good festival got the ball rolling... stay tuned for the next edition in 2026! www.hertie-school.org/en/data4good...

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📄 @fgilardi.bsky.social created this template for writing abstracts several years ago, and I’ve tried to follow Fabrizio‘s suggestions ever since. PDF: fabriziogilardi.org/resources/pa...

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Heading to the UCD Festival on Saturday? Our 2nd-year BSc CSS students present a tool that uses LLMs to summarise trends in large datasets on the fly. The team will discuss the potential and limitations. Project started at @hertieschool.bsky.social’s Data4Good event. festival.ucd.ie/events/under...

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After 4½ years, I’m thrilled to announce that I have successfully defended my PhD dissertation titled “Framing Artificial Intelligence: Understanding How AI Is Framed in EU Political and Media Discourse Using Large Language Models.” PhDone! 🎓

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I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices! Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

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📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs! Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring: 🔹 Assistant Professor 🗓 Deadline: 25 August 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil... 🔹 Associate Professor 🗓 Deadline: 8 September 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

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📄 www.rte.ie/news/2025/06... @news.rte.ie

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Two weeks left to apply! Sorry for tagging @fgilardi.bsky.social @heikekluever.bsky.social @indubioproreto.bsky.social @bertous.bsky.social @lucasleemann.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social @gessler.bsky.social @reidingerve.bsky.social @dpzollinger.bsky.social

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This is good news here, indeed. But the university sector is struggling through lack of funding, very poor staff/student ratios & road blocks preventing us from growing our staff. We're not quite at the crisis point like in the UK, but it wouldn't take much for us to tip over too.

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Join us for Sciencebatter on Saturday 14th June 12-2pm, at the Stoneybatter Pride of Place festival! Hear about the exciting science that gets done by your local scientists. #dublin7 #ireland #dublin

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America draws more international students than any other. But Donald Trump’s policies are now pushing foreign talent away. These charts show what effect that could have on the country https://econ.trib.al/xe123OG

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Just over half a year ago, the Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics was published. This means that authors working at Dutch universities, can now share a copy of their chapters online for free access, according to Dutch copyright law. My own chapters are linked below 👇

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A few days left to submit an abstract!

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The GE 2024 Election Study Data are released this morning. Rory Costello shows that only one-third of respondents feel close to a party, and over 30% reported having voted for a different party in 2020. Confirms that volatility and party affiliation differ from the typical European country.

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Fresh off the press: looking forward to reading this one! @gavreilly.com 📘 www.easons.com/the-secret-l...

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I switched to ecosia.org as my default search engine a long time ago: – a not-for-profit business devoted to sustainability – same functionality as Google without tracking and annoying AI features Other European alternatives: european-alternatives.eu/category/sea...

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We're hiring! Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations. Sharing = 🙏❤️ www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

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Delighted that my paper with @kevincunning.bsky.social on "Still second-order national elections? Evaluating the classic model after the 2024 European elections" has just been published by @wepsocial.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/

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Dystopian, shameless, nihilistic.

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We are hoping that How Ireland 2024 will hit the shelves in late Summer with a launch in late September. Lots of great contributions on the campaign, manifestos and results from @janesuit.bsky.social @harrymcgee.bsky.social @gailmcelroy.bsky.social @stefanmueller.bsky.social and many more

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Gail and I wrote a chapter on issue salience and party positions. The most streamlined project I’ve worked on – thanks to the editors’ clear instructions and tight deadlines. 1️⃣ Election: 29 Nov 2024 2️⃣ First drafts due just two months (!) after election day 3️⃣ Final version due 5 March 2025

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🚨The updated companion site for the 2nd edition of our textbook #foundationsofeuropeanpolitics is now live! Discover all data exercise updates and additions at www.foundationsofeuropeanpolitics.com @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social 🚀🧵1/4

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Do you work on issues related to digital public administration? We are hiring! We are a department that prizes both excellence in research and teaching and a collegial and supportive work environment and would love to hear from you. (Zurich is also a great place to live)

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📢 🇪🇺📘 Exciting news! The second edition of our textbook "Foundations of European Politics: A Comparative Approach" - with @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @jbslapin.bsky.social - is out at Oxford UP! 🧵👇 1/5

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You can now see a preview on Google Books of my new book w/ Alex Cooley Dictating the Agenda: the Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics Out next month in USA, available for pre-order everywhere.

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🇮🇪🇺🇸 UCD 🤝 UC Davis: “Enduring and fruitful” - University College Dublin and the University of California, Davis have signed an agreement of cooperation to address some of the world's most pressing challenges. @ucdavis.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

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Join me in Frankfurt @goetheuni.bsky.social! Deadline next thursday (May 15)!

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🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy." Interested in making scholarly & societal impact? We’re looking for: 🔹 1 Postdoc (100%) 🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%) Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8 More info ⬇️ (1/7)

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Ongoing research by Lakshmi Menon, @linusze.bsky.social (both PhD researchers at @ucdpolitics.bsky.social) and @aidanregan.bsky.social discussed extensively in today’s Business Post. @businesspost.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social www.businesspost.ie/news/ireland...

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🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

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Looking forward to speaking at this climate lecture on the future of European climate policy from an Irish perspective. @yai.ie @esri.ie

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The latest Irish Polling Indicator estimates, five months after the General Election: SF: 24% [22.5–25.5] FF: 22% [21–23] FG: 18.5% [17.5–20] Ind/Oth: 11.5% [10–13] SD: 7% [6.5–8] LAB: 4% [3.5–4.5] II: 3.5% [3–4.5] AÚ: 3.5% [2.5–4.5] SPBP: 3% [2.5–3.5] GP: 2.5% [2.5–3] ➡️ pollingindicator.com

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🧑‍🎓✨ Warmest congratulations to UCD Professor David Farrell on his election as a member of the prestigious Academia Europaea. 👏👏 @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social 👏👏

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#COMPTEXT2025

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Baileys is soaking up the sun 📍 Malahide Castle

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Nature asked computer scientists and bioinformaticians what advice they would give to researchers who recognize the need to pick up some coding skills but don’t know where to start. Here are four key questions to help you decide. #Academicsky #Compsky 🧪

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Competitive authoritarianism 🇺🇸 Strongly recommend listening to or reading this @npr.org interview with Steven Levitsky. Sharp analysis (in part based on the @foreignaffairs.com piece) on why they define the current US situation as ‘competitive authoritarianism’ www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

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Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆 He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."

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Our paper one LLM's ability to answer opinion polls was just published; gatekeeped version here journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... and open preprint here: osf.io/preprints/so...

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We're organizing another round of the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🎉 summerschoolwpm.org Our super-cool speakers include msands.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @melinscribe.bsky.social @rebeccakittel.bsky.social @fabiennelind.bsky.social & @indiiigo.bsky.social 📆01/05

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Clash on hotel tax between Fine Gael Ministers and Dublin TDs and councillors

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🚨New paper out in @pnas.org with @fgilardi.bsky.social ! Existential AI risks do not distract from immediate harms. In our study (n = 10,800), people consistently prioritize current threats - bias, misinformation, job loss - over sci-fi doom! 💥👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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