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Fabrizio Gilardi is a Swiss political scientist and professor of policy analysis at the University of Zurich. He is known for his works on delegation theory, research design and policy diffusion processes. He is a former editor of the Journal of Public Policy (2014–2019) and DeFacto (2015–2019). .. more

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 22h

📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

This week we’ll feature three sections to provide more information about the conference.

🔝 This time: Public Opinion, Political Communication & Political Methodology

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Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 7d

▶️ Public Policy & Administration

👉🏽 Section chairs: @fgilardi.bsky.social & @asmusletholsen.bsky.social

📢 Our section welcomes research that addresses today’s most pressing issues in public policy and public administration. >>>

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Asmus Leth Olsen @asmusletholsen.bsky.social · Sep 9

There has never been a more important time to study public policy and public administration. With @fgilardi.bsky.social
, I’m chairing the section on these topics for the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference, in Belfast, 18–20 June 2026. Send us your best work: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 1

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!

📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 
📍 ICC Belfast 
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · Nov 27

Stepping back from our own personal experiences with Twitter and BlueSky, the massive exodus from one platform to another in a matter of days is really remarkable.

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Damian Trilling 🟥 @damiantrilling.net · Dec 3

Periodic reminder for all thesis students - I just recommended again @fgilardi.bsky.social 's spot-on abstract template to a student to structure her thinking about her thesis topic: fabriziogilardi.org/resources/pa... It really helps specifying your thesis topic! #academicsky #commsky #polsky

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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · Dec 21

Now begins the magical time of the year where many academics retreat to have some time off, but also finish up a few articles, read a couple of books and have time for two or five side projects between seeing family and friends. My estimate is that I have ~3 months till I return to work on Jan 2nd 🤗

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Jan 6

I’m setting up a LinkedIn profile, and it definitely has a Microsoft vibe

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Apr 16

Call for Papers!

📢 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
🏫 University of Zurich
📅 13-14 November 2025
⏳ Deadline to submit paper abstracts: 31 May 2025

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Pessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · Jul 20

Nostalgia ignores pessimism, it forgets:

The moon mission was unpopular
Novel reading was frowned upon
The Walkman was anti-social
The Bicycle 'corrupted' women

After all, why would anyone have thought the good old days were bad? newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...

Most of America Opposed the Moon Landing

July 20th, 2025 marks the 56th anniversary of the moon landing.

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Meysam Alizadeh @malizadeh.bsky.social · Jul 18

🚨 New preprint alert:

We show that web-browsing GPT and LLaMA models can infer social media user demographics with reasonable accuracy—using only usernames.

This opens new possibilities for social media research in the post-API era but raises important privacy concerns.

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Jul 17

Me: do you know who this is?

15yo: isn’t he the actor who played Obelix?

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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · Jul 10

PhD position out at University of Amsterdam

We’re looking for a computer scientist interested in LLMs, social media, and politics

Offer a lot of freedom and an exciting environment!

Please share!

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD Position on Improving Social Media Using Large Language Models

The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the NWO VIDI project "Improving Social Media Using L...

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Gloria Gennaro @gloriagennaro.bsky.social · Jul 2

📢 In a new online field experiment, we find that #counterspeech with perspective-based messages can reduce online hate speech, and its 🌟amplification🌟

with a large research team across #ETHZurich @ipz.bsky.social @uclspp.bsky.social and beyond

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Jun 30

Just joined @epssnet.bsky.social, very happy to support with the membership fee. Looking forward to Belfast 2026! #epss2026

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 29

📣 Mark your calendars: The first-ever EPSS Conference will be held in Belfast, 18–20 June 2026

Organized under our new not-for-profit model.

➡️ epssnet.org/belfast-2026/

More details soon, so watch this space.

See you all in Belfast! 🇬🇧☘️

Belfast 2026 – EPSS

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 29

Belfast 2026 – EPSS

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 27

Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions.

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1. Who formed EPSS?

EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.

🔗 epssnet.org

Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · Jun 19

My "AI as Governance" piece is now out at @annualreviews.bsky.social of Political Science. It should be free access to everyone and I'm very happy with how it worked out (the second half is an extended spin of Applied Gopnikism to political science @alisongopnik.bsky.social @cshalizi.bsky.social

AI as Governance | Annual Reviews

Political scientists have had remarkably little to say about artificial intelligence (AI), perhaps because they are dissuaded by its technical complexity and by current debates about whether AI might ...

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Jun 11

Societal AI Research Has Become Less Interdisciplinary

CS-only teams account for a growing share of work on fairness, safety, and other societal concerns in AI. What does this mean for AI governance and the role of SSH?

New working paper, feedback welcome!

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Jun 6

I’ve been hoping that Google scholar would pick it up but no luck so far!

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Jun 5

📄 @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...

Everyone agrees that this issue is really important. But we do not know much about this specific question, although it matters a great deal, for these reasons. We approach the problem from this perspective. Our research design focuses on these cases and relies on these data, which we analyze using this method. Results show what we have learned about the question. They have these broader implications.

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Maël Kubli @maelkubli.bsky.social · Jun 5

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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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · May 26

A few days left to submit an abstract!

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Oliver Strijbis @ostrijbis.bsky.social · May 5

🎓 Want to do a PhD at an American university in a stable democracy?

📍 Join me at Franklin University Switzerland!
🧠 4-year fully-funded PhD position in my SNF project DIVIDE
🔬 At least 80% working time on research
💰 Salary: 47k–50k CHF annually

👉 More infos here:
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Franklin University Switzerland hiring PhD Student (2 positions) in Sorengo, Ticino, Switzerland | LinkedIn

Posted 7:08:23 AM. Franklin University Switzerland…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Apr 17

Just published in @pnas.org

@emmahoes.bsky.social and I find that people are far more concerned about AI’s immediate harms than about speculative existential risks. Doomsday talk raises concern about catastrophic outcomes but doesn’t reduce worry about today’s risks

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Emma Hoes @emmahoes.bsky.social · Apr 17

🚨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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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Apr 11

"the accelerating development and deployment of new digital technologies have outpaced the capacity of science—constrained by limited resourcing and restrictions on proprietary data—to effectively assess their impacts"

Fixing the science of digital technology harms

Technology development outpaces scientific assessment of impacts

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Fabrizio Gilardi @fgilardi.bsky.social · Apr 9

“But next time if you don’t eat your broccoli you REALLY won’t get dessert!”

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · Apr 7

Great podcast w/ @alanbeattie.bsky.social on the economics show. Focus on “manufacturing jobs” is a red herring. US tariffs and economic coercion are political tools being used to reorder domestic and international politics. Europe needs to stand up an alternative. www.ft.com/content/88eb...

Are US tariffs just the beginning? With Abraham Newman

There are other tools of economic coercion in the modern global economy

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