giuseppe cannata
@giuseppec98.bsky.social
PhD (sort of) researcher at Scuola Normale Superiore | EU energy and climate governance, epistemic politics, policy learning and Euro-Med relations. Also less boring stuff.
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“If people were asked to leave their moral and political convictions outside when they entered the public square, then, in effect, the fundamental questions are decided by markets and by technocrats, rather than by democratic citizens deliberating.”
www.ft.com/content/7804...
www.ft.com/content/7804...
The pessimist who became a prophet
Michael Sandel was ignored by a generation of political optimists. Now he is searching for a way out of the mess he saw coming
www.ft.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“If people were asked to leave their moral and political convictions outside when they entered the public square, then, in effect, the fundamental questions are decided by markets and by technocrats, rather than by democratic citizens deliberating.”
www.ft.com/content/7804...
www.ft.com/content/7804...
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Look, if you are genuinely surprised, you haven’t really interacted deeply and widely within academia, you dont know its strengths and weaknesses, you dont understand its political economy, and you have not paid attention to claims and investigations when ten years ago MeToo made the academy shake.
Newly released files from the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reveal that his ties to the scientific community were deeper than previously known.
go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2
go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2
Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known
Latest batch of documents show researchers consulting the financier and sex offender on publications, visas and more.
go.nature.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Look, if you are genuinely surprised, you haven’t really interacted deeply and widely within academia, you dont know its strengths and weaknesses, you dont understand its political economy, and you have not paid attention to claims and investigations when ten years ago MeToo made the academy shake.
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To have a voice means not just the animal capacity to utter sounds but the ability to participate fully in the conversations that shape your society, your relations to others, and your own life. There are three key things that matter in having a voice: audibility, credibility, and consequence.
Breaking the Silencing Machine
In many ways this society has moved toward a democracy of voices, as people who for their race or gender were shut out of systems of power and possibility – out of jury duty, professions, institutions...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
To have a voice means not just the animal capacity to utter sounds but the ability to participate fully in the conversations that shape your society, your relations to others, and your own life. There are three key things that matter in having a voice: audibility, credibility, and consequence.
A staggering number of articles of this type 'reviewer x finds AI-generated fake citations' and yet most fail to see the problem AI exposes. One can also think that researchers are getting lazy, and there's clearly an issue of research ethics here.
Yet, the problem, is once again systemic.
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Yet, the problem, is once again systemic.
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I wrote about the deluge of AI slop that is gushing into scientific discourse
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
Peer review has met its match.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:20 AM
A staggering number of articles of this type 'reviewer x finds AI-generated fake citations' and yet most fail to see the problem AI exposes. One can also think that researchers are getting lazy, and there's clearly an issue of research ethics here.
Yet, the problem, is once again systemic.
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Yet, the problem, is once again systemic.
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That's a legit take, given that we have rebranded ethics as an optimisation problem.
We Demand More Ethical Pogroms
January 28, 2026 at 8:39 PM
That's a legit take, given that we have rebranded ethics as an optimisation problem.
One thing often overlooked, so well put here.
'Cause and effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries of tension.'
'Cause and effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries of tension.'
Oops, wrote a thing. Didn't mean to. "One habit I see all too often is the assumption that the future will be an extension of some obvious force in the present: that force will continue to enlarge in power and impact or just stay steady."
"Past Performance Is Not Indicative of Future Results": On Immigration and Assumptions
This morning the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial warning about the consequences of the persecution and deportation of immigrants and its impact on the overall labor force: "The Census Bureau repo...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:34 PM
One thing often overlooked, so well put here.
'Cause and effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries of tension.'
'Cause and effect assumes history marches forward, but history is not an army. It is a crab scuttling sideways, a drip of soft water wearing away stone, an earthquake breaking centuries of tension.'
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Oops, wrote a thing. Didn't mean to. "One habit I see all too often is the assumption that the future will be an extension of some obvious force in the present: that force will continue to enlarge in power and impact or just stay steady."
"Past Performance Is Not Indicative of Future Results": On Immigration and Assumptions
This morning the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial warning about the consequences of the persecution and deportation of immigrants and its impact on the overall labor force: "The Census Bureau repo...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Oops, wrote a thing. Didn't mean to. "One habit I see all too often is the assumption that the future will be an extension of some obvious force in the present: that force will continue to enlarge in power and impact or just stay steady."
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it is incredible how everyone just moved on from the fact the US kidnapped another country’s president and is now effectively the puppet master of the government it left in power
January 28, 2026 at 6:10 PM
it is incredible how everyone just moved on from the fact the US kidnapped another country’s president and is now effectively the puppet master of the government it left in power
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If you want to learn about the viciously racist history of Border Patrol, I recommend Kelly Lytle Hernandez's "Migra!" It's really fascinating because Hernandez looks at the class and race implications of border patrol and who joined.
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
Migra! by Kelly Hernandez - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 PM
If you want to learn about the viciously racist history of Border Patrol, I recommend Kelly Lytle Hernandez's "Migra!" It's really fascinating because Hernandez looks at the class and race implications of border patrol and who joined.
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
There's been an official correction, this is the right spelling.
January 25, 2026 at 11:27 AM
There's been an official correction, this is the right spelling.
State-sponsored murder on an almost daily basis.
Our initial analysis is up.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 25, 2026 at 11:14 AM
State-sponsored murder on an almost daily basis.
As a kid I used to find Guinness World Records absurd. Why would you want to be the world's best at juggling avocados while solving a Rubik cube on a bike?
Of course you are, no one else would come up with such a dumb niche hobby - let alone try to perfect it.
Now, wrapping up my PhD, I get it.
Of course you are, no one else would come up with such a dumb niche hobby - let alone try to perfect it.
Now, wrapping up my PhD, I get it.
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 PM
As a kid I used to find Guinness World Records absurd. Why would you want to be the world's best at juggling avocados while solving a Rubik cube on a bike?
Of course you are, no one else would come up with such a dumb niche hobby - let alone try to perfect it.
Now, wrapping up my PhD, I get it.
Of course you are, no one else would come up with such a dumb niche hobby - let alone try to perfect it.
Now, wrapping up my PhD, I get it.
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Fascinating substack post by @laurenleek.eu on the problem of declining humans and increasing AI agents in survey responses. This is going to become a huge issue in survey research!
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
The quiet collapse of surveys: fewer humans (and more AI agents) are answering survey questions
I show data on two trends undermining surveys: the collapse of human response rates and the increase of AI agents. I'll also discuss downstream implications and propose some possible solutions.
open.substack.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Fascinating substack post by @laurenleek.eu on the problem of declining humans and increasing AI agents in survey responses. This is going to become a huge issue in survey research!
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
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May 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Exciting Milestone: Our Report Featured in Nature! ✨
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy to announce that our report on the science-for-policy interface through the eyes of professionals has been spotlighted in a correspondence published by Nature.
With Krieger, @drlmelchor.bsky.social, Almeida
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy to announce that our report on the science-for-policy interface through the eyes of professionals has been spotlighted in a correspondence published by Nature.
With Krieger, @drlmelchor.bsky.social, Almeida
In science-for-policy design, one size doesn’t fit all
Letter to the Editor
www.nature.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Exciting Milestone: Our Report Featured in Nature! ✨
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy to announce that our report on the science-for-policy interface through the eyes of professionals has been spotlighted in a correspondence published by Nature.
With Krieger, @drlmelchor.bsky.social, Almeida
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy to announce that our report on the science-for-policy interface through the eyes of professionals has been spotlighted in a correspondence published by Nature.
With Krieger, @drlmelchor.bsky.social, Almeida
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Proud of my students for their amazing work writing three blog posts as part of my Gender & Politics class last year. Check them out! ✨📖 #Gendersky
🔹 Overview of our seminar: rb.gy/yeopf4
🔹 Feminist research & transforming academia: rb.gy/yeopf4
🔹 Cyber harassment & democracy: rb.gy/kaw8wx
🔹 Overview of our seminar: rb.gy/yeopf4
🔹 Feminist research & transforming academia: rb.gy/yeopf4
🔹 Cyber harassment & democracy: rb.gy/kaw8wx
Exploring Gender and Politics: Insights from an Innovative Seminar on Feminist Research – Genderblog
genderblog.hu-berlin.de
February 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Proud of my students for their amazing work writing three blog posts as part of my Gender & Politics class last year. Check them out! ✨📖 #Gendersky
🔹 Overview of our seminar: rb.gy/yeopf4
🔹 Feminist research & transforming academia: rb.gy/yeopf4
🔹 Cyber harassment & democracy: rb.gy/kaw8wx
🔹 Overview of our seminar: rb.gy/yeopf4
🔹 Feminist research & transforming academia: rb.gy/yeopf4
🔹 Cyber harassment & democracy: rb.gy/kaw8wx
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Amidst persisting challenges to the EU enlargement process, Richard Youngs proposes a differentiated democratic enlargement framework for navigating the complex realities of candidate countries.
Read his piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social⬇️
Read his piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social⬇️
🧭 Differentiated democratic enlargement to sharpen EU accession process
EU enlargement is often hailed as a tool for spurring political reform and countering Russian influence. But Richard Youngs argues that its democratic dimensions are more complex than conventional wis...
theloop.ecpr.eu
February 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Amidst persisting challenges to the EU enlargement process, Richard Youngs proposes a differentiated democratic enlargement framework for navigating the complex realities of candidate countries.
Read his piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social⬇️
Read his piece for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social⬇️
I jot down here some reflections on challenges in EIPM/science-for-policy.
I draw largely on my research stay at JRC in Brussels and on a really cool report on S4P ecosystems I had the chance to contribute to (check it out here if you missed it!)
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
I draw largely on my research stay at JRC in Brussels and on a really cool report on S4P ecosystems I had the chance to contribute to (check it out here if you missed it!)
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
🔬 Evidence-informed policy-making promises to deliver better policies, but faces many challenges.
♻️ @giuseppec98.bsky.social discusses these challenges and their normative implications for European science-for-policy ecosystems.
➡️ bit.ly/40XtByI
@ecprsgeu.bsky.social
♻️ @giuseppec98.bsky.social discusses these challenges and their normative implications for European science-for-policy ecosystems.
➡️ bit.ly/40XtByI
@ecprsgeu.bsky.social
Does good evidence make good policies?
Evidence-informed policy-making promises to deliver better policies. Yet, people working at the science-policy interface in Europe face multiple challenges in making the most of it – from political co...
bit.ly
February 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I jot down here some reflections on challenges in EIPM/science-for-policy.
I draw largely on my research stay at JRC in Brussels and on a really cool report on S4P ecosystems I had the chance to contribute to (check it out here if you missed it!)
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
I draw largely on my research stay at JRC in Brussels and on a really cool report on S4P ecosystems I had the chance to contribute to (check it out here if you missed it!)
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...
'Because the manosphere is not just a fringe that has become mainstream, it’s a mainstream that many liberals continue to treat as a fringe'
Great take. It's not about extremists getting out of online niches, but a reactionary backlash of a patriarchal society. And we need to deal with it as such.
Great take. It's not about extremists getting out of online niches, but a reactionary backlash of a patriarchal society. And we need to deal with it as such.
For the weekend, I considered what we’re really talking about when we talk about the “manosphere”: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/s...
The ‘Manosphere’ Is the Mainstream (Gift Article)
A “boys will be-boys” sensibility has jumped off the internet and into the halls of power. Are you surprised?
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
'Because the manosphere is not just a fringe that has become mainstream, it’s a mainstream that many liberals continue to treat as a fringe'
Great take. It's not about extremists getting out of online niches, but a reactionary backlash of a patriarchal society. And we need to deal with it as such.
Great take. It's not about extremists getting out of online niches, but a reactionary backlash of a patriarchal society. And we need to deal with it as such.
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Per chi si trova a Firenze
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🔔 Save the date for the first screening of 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝒅’𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒂!
🎬 We kick off with "Democracy Under Siege" by Oscar-nominated director Laura Nix.
🗓️ 29 January 2025 | 18:30
📍 Palazzo Buontalenti, Via Cavour 65, Florence
🎟️ Free admission—registration required!
🔗 loom.ly/UHce9wo
@eui-eu.bsky.social
🎬 We kick off with "Democracy Under Siege" by Oscar-nominated director Laura Nix.
🗓️ 29 January 2025 | 18:30
📍 Palazzo Buontalenti, Via Cavour 65, Florence
🎟️ Free admission—registration required!
🔗 loom.ly/UHce9wo
@eui-eu.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Per chi si trova a Firenze
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Incredibile 'sta nuova serie su M.
January 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Incredibile 'sta nuova serie su M.
This.
But now we’re in a phase shift. The recent past won’t be particularly useful for understanding the near future. I’m not sure “policy” is even particularly useful to think about in the face of bigger political shifts – democratic erosion, corrupt and reactionary courts, rising influence of oligarchs.
January 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This.
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Researcher: "We let the data speak for itself."
Earlier that day:
Earlier that day:
January 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Researcher: "We let the data speak for itself."
Earlier that day:
Earlier that day:
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I like to say I respect despair as an emotion but not an analysis. As an analysis it assumes we know what can and can't happen, and the future is both uncertain and at least to some extent what we make of it. Plus why would I give them what they want, as premature surrender? Thanks Senator Schatz.
Be furious be angry but despondency is what they want from us. And be very suspicious of people on the left who say “we are cooked” or whatever. Imagine the civil rights movement, or suffrage, or any movement for change, hitting a roadblock and just “saying well we are well and truly fucked now.”
December 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM
I like to say I respect despair as an emotion but not an analysis. As an analysis it assumes we know what can and can't happen, and the future is both uncertain and at least to some extent what we make of it. Plus why would I give them what they want, as premature surrender? Thanks Senator Schatz.
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“Where are the findings? You only provide quotes.”
New article considers qualitative researchers’ experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback
Open Access: dx.doi.org/10.1037/qup0...
Few quotes follow 🧵
New article considers qualitative researchers’ experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback
Open Access: dx.doi.org/10.1037/qup0...
Few quotes follow 🧵
December 18, 2024 at 11:19 PM
“Where are the findings? You only provide quotes.”
New article considers qualitative researchers’ experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback
Open Access: dx.doi.org/10.1037/qup0...
Few quotes follow 🧵
New article considers qualitative researchers’ experiences of methodologically incongruent peer review feedback
Open Access: dx.doi.org/10.1037/qup0...
Few quotes follow 🧵