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Nils Weidmann

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Professor of Political Science, University of Konstanz, Germany. https://www.polver.uni-konstanz.de/cnc/people/weidmann/

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Jun 21

After 26 days, 2424 kilometers, 16 talks and only two flat tires, #BikeAndTalk2024 from Konstanz to Oslo is over! It was a fantastic trip, and I’m so grateful for meeting so many great colleagues along the way. Hope to do another iteration of this format next year.

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Lars Lott @larslott.bsky.social · 8d

Auf der Suche nach einer Postdoc-Stelle im Bereich der empirischen Menschenrechtsforschung? An der @fau.de suchen wir eine*n Postdoc für 3+3 Jahre für unser Team. tinyurl.com/4d3w3th6

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 14d

#OpenAccess from the new issue of @psrm.bsky.social -

Intra-ethnic divisions and disagreement over self-determination demands in ethnic movements - https://cup.org/481UkPS

- @frederikgremler.bsky.social, Manuel Vogt & @nilsweidmann.bsky.social

PSRM abstract of a scholarly article discussing the challenges ethnic movements pose to state governments, analyzing variables like group income sources and internal divisions, and introducing the Ethnic Power Relations-Organizations dataset.

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · 15d

Great news, Fabien! Congratulations.

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Friederike Quint @friederikeq.bsky.social · 22d

📄 Does the Community Understand the Community Guidelines?
with @yannistheocharis.bsky.social , @mianahrgang.bsky.social , @nilsweidmann.bsky.social & Molly Roberts

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Sep 9

This is an excellent special issue! Highly recommended.

Andrea Ruggeri @andrearuggeri.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks to @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social for giving us the possibility to guest edit a special issue on "Political violence in democracies". Ursula Daxecker, @neerajprsd.bsky.social and I wrote an open access introduction: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Thanks to all authors of 14 articles!

Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025

It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...

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Andrea Ruggeri @andrearuggeri.bsky.social · Sep 9

Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025

It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thanks for the endorsement, @kailmarkvart.bsky.social! This work was only possible because there's a large coding project with full transparency in its procedures and data, and with unrestricted access. Kudos (again) to the @vdeminstitute.bsky.social for providing this huge public good.

Kyle Marquardt @kailmarkvart.bsky.social · Aug 13

Now with page numbers! Really happy to already see excellent work applying these findings to similar projects regarding LLMs. For example: doi.org/10.1017/S104...

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Kyle Marquardt @kailmarkvart.bsky.social · Aug 13

Now with page numbers! Really happy to already see excellent work applying these findings to similar projects regarding LLMs. For example: doi.org/10.1017/S104...

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Daniel Naujoks @danielnaujoks.bsky.social · Aug 9

Please share: by Sept 1, we solicit nominations for @isanet.bsky.social Karl Deutsch Award to recognize 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟰𝟱, 𝗼𝗿 ≤𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 who have made significant contribution to the study of #𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & #𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵
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Karl Deutsch Award

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

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PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social · Aug 4

Now online ft. @nilsweidmann.bsky.social & coauthors!

Large language models can help us assess the state of democracy for comparative research, but they do so with their own attitudes.

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Jul 30

This article should have been published alongside the one it responds to. The original article finds that the authors' own (commercial) data outperforms the free UCDP data. Conflict of interest? Nah. But at least we know now that this conclusion is based on "a series of unfounded claims." 👇

Magnus Öberg @magnusoberg.bsky.social · Jul 30

My new article with Mert Can Yilmaz out in Research & Politics! An investigation into what does drive differences between UCDP and ACLED data and a response to a series of unfounded claims made by Clionadh Raleigh et al in a 2023 article. (1/4) Read it here doi.org/10.1177/2053...

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Melanie Sauter @melinscribe.bsky.social · Jul 30

ACLED locking researchers out feels less like data protection, more like damage control. Especially when the numbers already… don’t add up because they're sourced from people doing the fighting. 📉

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Magnus Öberg @magnusoberg.bsky.social · Jul 30

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Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · Jul 30

Very interesting on LLMs and democracy coding: Quite good at «easy» cases, but very problematic for tough ones:

«Some LLMs are too pessimistic and others [too optimistic] … it is difficult to replace human coders with LLMs because the extent and direction of these attitudes is not known a priori.»

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Jul 30

#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social -

Large Language Models Are Democracy Coders with Attitudes - cup.org/3H8EebY

- @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, Mats Faulborn & @dgarcia.eu

#FirstView #LLM

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Jul 30

#OpenAccess from @pspolisci.bsky.social -

Large Language Models Are Democracy Coders with Attitudes - cup.org/3H8EebY

- @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, Mats Faulborn & @dgarcia.eu

#FirstView #LLM

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Gerlinde Theunissen @gerlinde.bsky.social · Dec 17

🎓 Last Thursday, I successfully defended my doctoral dissertation. I am grateful for all the support during these last four years! A huge thank you to my advisors, @nilsweidmann.bsky.social @claireadida.bsky.social and Anke Hoeffler, co-authors, @keremoglu.bsky.social , and amazing colleagues.

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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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Karsten Donnay @karstendonnay.bsky.social · Oct 4

🚨 I have an opening for a PhD position (4-year) in my team in the Department of Political Science, University of Zurich, starting Jan 1, 2024. Join our vibrant research environment and come to beautiful Zurich, Switzerland! Focus of the position is on studying the #digitaltransformation of politics.

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Jul 21

... and here's a short press release about the article: www.uni-konstanz.de/en/universit...

Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Jul 18

Very happy that the joint paper with Ore Koren on infectious diseases and trust in politics has now been published: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... A nice result of his fellowship at @uni-konstanz.de, funded by the @humboldt-foundation.de!

Infectious disease outbreaks drive political mistrust | PNAS

The COVID-19 pandemic has renewed attention to the far-reaching social implications of emerging infectious diseases, an issue with historical paral...

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Eva Wegner @evawegner.bsky.social · Jul 11

This fall, we’re launching two new Master’s programs focused on applied methods in the social sciences at Uni Marburg. More info + details 👉

Graphic from Universität Marburg promoting two new Master's programs in social sciences.

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Jul 1

I still don’t understand why we’re not adjusting the semester dates such that the teaching ends before the summer heat kicks in? If the University of Mannheim (and many other institutions worldwide) can do it, we can too. What we’re currently going through is completely avoidable.

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Jun 27

I know. The description in the report is telling, and shows that a fresh start was unavoidable.

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · Jun 26

Introducing #EPSS - the European Political Science Society and non-Profit alternative to #EPSA!

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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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Jun 26

Terrific news! Count me in for Belfast 2026.

Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · Jun 26

Introducing #EPSS - the European Political Science Society and non-Profit alternative to #EPSA!

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Jun 26

This is fantastic news, and I'm grateful to the members of the EPSA Reform Working Group for managing this transition. "Reform" would have been the preferred outcome, since this also would have resolved the ownership question of @psrm.bsky.social, but let's take one step at a time. Belfast 2026!!

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Jun 26

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Mia Nahrgang @mianahrgang.bsky.social · Jun 25

🔗📃 Link to he paper now published in the ICWSM conference proceedings (ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...) co-authored with @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, @friederikeq.bsky.social, @sebnagel.bsky.social, @yannistheocharis.bsky.social & Molly Roberts

Written for Lawyers or Users? Mapping the Complexity of Community Guidelines | Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media

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Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social · Jun 22

@nilsweidmann.bsky.social and Mina Rulis study the link between university disciplines and political protest in autocracies. They focus on how the composition of academic institutions shapes the likelihood of activism in university cities.

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