Allison Koh
@allisonwkoh.bsky.social
researcher, R nerd, city rat 🏳️🌈 (she/they)
research fellow in NLProc @ university of birmingham • 💭📝 geopolitics of emerging tech; genAI for human rights monitoring
https://allisonkoh.github.io
research fellow in NLProc @ university of birmingham • 💭📝 geopolitics of emerging tech; genAI for human rights monitoring
https://allisonkoh.github.io
I had the best time getting ✨multilingual✨ in R and Python at the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🤗
Couldn’t ask for a more supportive group; very important when several hours of live-coding is involved 🙈
Couldn’t ask for a more supportive group; very important when several hours of live-coding is involved 🙈
On Monday @allisonwkoh.bsky.social talked about Functions & Programming in R in the morning, continuing with an Intro to Python after lunch 🐍
July 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I had the best time getting ✨multilingual✨ in R and Python at the Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology 🤗
Couldn’t ask for a more supportive group; very important when several hours of live-coding is involved 🙈
Couldn’t ask for a more supportive group; very important when several hours of live-coding is involved 🙈
Our #EPSA2025 roundtable will be happening soon in the auditorium, see you there 🤩
w/ @griffinjd.bsky.social @allisonwkoh.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social + many more — join us at #EPSA2025 in Madrid (June 26–28)!
🧠 Diversity & Mental Health
🌍 Geopolitics & Europe
⚖️ War in Gaza
🎓 Postdoc Job Market
📚 Journal Editors Roundtable
🔗 epsanet.org
#PoliticalScience #SocialScience
🧠 Diversity & Mental Health
🌍 Geopolitics & Europe
⚖️ War in Gaza
🎓 Postdoc Job Market
📚 Journal Editors Roundtable
🔗 epsanet.org
#PoliticalScience #SocialScience
June 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Our #EPSA2025 roundtable will be happening soon in the auditorium, see you there 🤩
If you are attending #EPSA2025 and interested in uncovering the black box that is the postdoctoral job market, you're in luck! Marta Antonetti (LSE) and I will be hosting a roundtable on Thursday at 13:10 dedicated to the topic. 🧵👇
June 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If you are attending #EPSA2025 and interested in uncovering the black box that is the postdoctoral job market, you're in luck! Marta Antonetti (LSE) and I will be hosting a roundtable on Thursday at 13:10 dedicated to the topic. 🧵👇
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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
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
April 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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
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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Pleased to share the latest version of my paper with Arthur Spirling and @lexipalmer.bsky.social on replication using LMs
We show:
1. current applications of LMs in political science research *don't* meet basic standards of reproducibility...
We show:
1. current applications of LMs in political science research *don't* meet basic standards of reproducibility...
December 17, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Pleased to share the latest version of my paper with Arthur Spirling and @lexipalmer.bsky.social on replication using LMs
We show:
1. current applications of LMs in political science research *don't* meet basic standards of reproducibility...
We show:
1. current applications of LMs in political science research *don't* meet basic standards of reproducibility...
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I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know
Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...
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December 3, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
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heyyy there's a Connections: Strike Edition from the @nytguildtech.bsky.social (along with a bunch of others: nytimesguild.org/tech/guild-b...)
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A series of games made by NY Tech Guild members
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November 8, 2024 at 6:17 PM
heyyy there's a Connections: Strike Edition from the @nytguildtech.bsky.social (along with a bunch of others: nytimesguild.org/tech/guild-b...)
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It is a beautiful day in Taiwan for an election!
台灣加油!
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台灣加油!
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January 13, 2024 at 1:13 AM
It is a beautiful day in Taiwan for an election!
台灣加油!
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台灣加油!
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German academia, alongside the government and media outlets, is misusing legacies of the Holocaust "to silence dissent while fostering xenophobia and Islamophobia."
You can still sign this open letter here:
You can still sign this open letter here:
Germany's Departure from Reason: Global Scholars' Letter Condemning Germany's Role in Silencing and ...
We, as academics from various global regions, wish to voice our concerns:
The recent censorship, persecution, and threats faced by both German and non-German academics in Germany due to their critiqu...
docs.google.com
December 12, 2023 at 12:49 PM
German academia, alongside the government and media outlets, is misusing legacies of the Holocaust "to silence dissent while fostering xenophobia and Islamophobia."
You can still sign this open letter here:
You can still sign this open letter here:
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Are you researching TikTok? Or do you want to? Major update to #rstats `traktok`: search and download videos with just a regular account or use the full Research API: www.johannesbgruber.eu/post/2023-12...
Re-Release: `traktok` | Johannes B. Gruber
I’m happy to announce that traktok, my package to get content from TikTok, has returned from the dead. That’s slightly exaggerated, because it actually always worked in some shape or form, but up ...
www.johannesbgruber.eu
December 4, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Are you researching TikTok? Or do you want to? Major update to #rstats `traktok`: search and download videos with just a regular account or use the full Research API: www.johannesbgruber.eu/post/2023-12...
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It is not normal to absorb this much info about extreme violence. It is not normal to constantly think that only by pure chance, you could have been subjected to the same. I feel like something is eroding in our humanity, because we numb our feelings to deal with the terrible reality we live in
November 28, 2023 at 11:21 PM
It is not normal to absorb this much info about extreme violence. It is not normal to constantly think that only by pure chance, you could have been subjected to the same. I feel like something is eroding in our humanity, because we numb our feelings to deal with the terrible reality we live in
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📢 Interested in how online censorship influences offline protests? Join us for Dr. Lisa Garbe's talk at @hertiesecurity.bsky.social. Dive into the dynamics of digital policy and its real-world impact.
📆 Thursday, 30.11 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CET)
Register 👇
www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...
📆 Thursday, 30.11 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CET)
Register 👇
www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...
Deterrence or backlash: How online censorship affects offline protest
Lisa Garbe, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), presents her research on the consequences of sudden restrictions on internet access for mobilization.
www.hertie-school.org
November 28, 2023 at 8:46 AM
📢 Interested in how online censorship influences offline protests? Join us for Dr. Lisa Garbe's talk at @hertiesecurity.bsky.social. Dive into the dynamics of digital policy and its real-world impact.
📆 Thursday, 30.11 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CET)
Register 👇
www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...
📆 Thursday, 30.11 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CET)
Register 👇
www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...
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Just updated my #QuartoPub extension for generating accurate word counts (i.e. *including* references!) so that it can now count appendix content separately! #rstats github.com/andrewheiss/...
November 13, 2023 at 7:54 PM
Just updated my #QuartoPub extension for generating accurate word counts (i.e. *including* references!) so that it can now count appendix content separately! #rstats github.com/andrewheiss/...
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The utter stress of living in Germany these days I swear. On the bright side (other foreign) friends who were previously less outspoken on Palestine are becoming radicalized.
November 26, 2023 at 9:56 AM
The utter stress of living in Germany these days I swear. On the bright side (other foreign) friends who were previously less outspoken on Palestine are becoming radicalized.
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If you’re in Berlin or even just Germany can you sign this open letter supporting Oyoun which is having their funding pulled because they hosted a vigil led by a Jewish group docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open Letter | Oyoun must stay!
10. Nov., 2023
Um sich den mehr als 9000+ Unterzeichner*innen dieses offenen Briefes anzuschließen, tragt euch bitte unten ein. Die vollständige Unterzeichner*innenliste ist hier zu sehen.
To...
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November 22, 2023 at 9:38 AM
If you’re in Berlin or even just Germany can you sign this open letter supporting Oyoun which is having their funding pulled because they hosted a vigil led by a Jewish group docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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i am less convinced that AI is going to replace jobs than i am that companies are going to cut jobs on the premise of AI replacing them and then hire those people back as contractors for less money and fewer protections, because that’s what’s happened a *lot* in the last 20 years.
It might mean the end of a lot of jobs potentially and the fear is that it might become harder and harder to find new places to land.
November 20, 2023 at 8:25 PM
i am less convinced that AI is going to replace jobs than i am that companies are going to cut jobs on the premise of AI replacing them and then hire those people back as contractors for less money and fewer protections, because that’s what’s happened a *lot* in the last 20 years.
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Palestinian scholar @danaelkurd.bsky.social learned of the 10/7 attacks while visiting the Jewish Museum of Berlin. She reflects:
“A reconsideration of the nation-state as the sole source of safety, as well as the notion of a state-based sovereignty, is essential.”
newlinesmag.com/first-person...
“A reconsideration of the nation-state as the sole source of safety, as well as the notion of a state-based sovereignty, is essential.”
newlinesmag.com/first-person...
November 2, 2023 at 1:23 AM
Palestinian scholar @danaelkurd.bsky.social learned of the 10/7 attacks while visiting the Jewish Museum of Berlin. She reflects:
“A reconsideration of the nation-state as the sole source of safety, as well as the notion of a state-based sovereignty, is essential.”
newlinesmag.com/first-person...
“A reconsideration of the nation-state as the sole source of safety, as well as the notion of a state-based sovereignty, is essential.”
newlinesmag.com/first-person...
#AcWriMo November writing goal: Submit PhD dissertation 🫣
October 31, 2023 at 12:28 AM
#AcWriMo November writing goal: Submit PhD dissertation 🫣
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I've had a lot of convos w/ folks confused about the crackdown in Germany against the most basic support for Palestinians. This is deeply tied to Germany's Holocaust remembrance culture, which happens to be something I study. Here's a thread of resources in English for those who want to learn. 1/
October 30, 2023 at 12:50 PM
I've had a lot of convos w/ folks confused about the crackdown in Germany against the most basic support for Palestinians. This is deeply tied to Germany's Holocaust remembrance culture, which happens to be something I study. Here's a thread of resources in English for those who want to learn. 1/
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Horrific xenophobic language from the leader of a purportedly center-left party, mirroring the Tories in the UK and Trumpists in the US, and a reminder that racism and white supremacy benefit white liberals & leftists as much as the right.
(S+) Olaf Scholz: Neue Härte in der Flüchtlingspolitik: »Wir müssen endlich im großen Stil absc...
Die neue Härte des Kanzlers: Olaf Scholz macht die irreguläre Migration zur Chefsache und erklärt, wie er die Zahl der Flüchtlinge reduzieren will. Außerdem hat er eine Botschaft an die Jüdinnen...
www.spiegel.de
October 21, 2023 at 11:52 AM
Horrific xenophobic language from the leader of a purportedly center-left party, mirroring the Tories in the UK and Trumpists in the US, and a reminder that racism and white supremacy benefit white liberals & leftists as much as the right.
This sort of language legitimizes the racist policing of brown/queer bodies in Berlin that has escalated over the last few days. It’s always been complicated to be Jewish and racially ambiguous in this city. Things are getting worse.
Meanwhile, in Berlin, the gov has directed educational institutions to report students saying "free Palestine," displaying "free Palestine" stickers, or wearing a keffiyeh to the police. The gov's official letter positions these acts as supporting Hamas & "terrorism." (letter via a TAZ journalist)
October 17, 2023 at 12:52 PM
This sort of language legitimizes the racist policing of brown/queer bodies in Berlin that has escalated over the last few days. It’s always been complicated to be Jewish and racially ambiguous in this city. Things are getting worse.