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David Attewell @davidattewell6.bsky.social · 21h

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:

🧵⬇️

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d

Nice chart from @ourworldindata.org showing the contrast between what Americans die of (heart disease and cancer) v what the US media reports on (homicide and terrorism). This naturally leads to it being trickier to build a fact based world view
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

What Americans die from
and the causes of death the US media reports on
Causes of death in the US in 2023
Heart disease (29%)
Cancer (26%)
Accidents (9.5%)
Stroke (6.9%)
Lower respiratory diseases
(6.2%)
Alzheimer's disease (4.8%)
Diabetes (4.0%)
Kidney failure (2.4%)
Liver disease (2.2%)
Homicide (<1%)
Terrorism (<0.001%)|
COVID-19 (2.1%)
Influenza/Pneu
monia (19%6)

Media coverage of these causes of death in 2023 in...
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Fox News
Heart disease (2.8%)
Heart disease (2.9%)
Cancer (4.1%)
Cancer (4.7%)
Accidents (5.9%)
Cancer (3.8%)
Accidents (6.1%)
Accidents (9.7%)
Suicide (4.1%)
Suicide (3.3%)
COVID-19 (6.0%)
COVID-19 (7.9%)
Suicide (3.8%)
COVID-19 (5.3%)
Drug overdose (7.5%)
Drug overdose (9.8%)
Drug overdose (9.5%)
Cancer (26%)
Accidents (9.5%)
Stroke (6.9%)
Lower respiratory diseases
(6.2%)
Alzheimer's disease (4.8%)
Diabetes (4.0%)
Kidney failure (24%)
Suicide (2.1%0)
COVID-19 (2.1%0
Homicide (42%)
Homicide (52%)
Homicide (46%)
Terrorism (18%)
Terrorism (12%)
Terrorism (11%)
Homicide (<1%)
Terrorism (<0.001%)
Note: Based on the share of causes of death in the US and the share of mentions for each of the causes in the New York Times, the Washington Post and Fox News. All values are normalized to 100%, so the shares are relative to all deaths caused by the 12 most common causes + drug overdoses, homicides and terrorism. These causes account for more than 75% of deaths in the US.
A "media mention" is a published article in one of the outlets which mentions the cause (e,g. "influenza) or related keywords (e.g. "fu") least twice.
Data sources: Media mentions from Media Cloud (2025): deaths data from the US CDC (2025) and Global Terrorism Index.|
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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 22h

Great paper on the state of political science osf.io/preprints/os... by @guygrossman.bsky.social et. al. We have become more diverse, more quantitative, and more collaborative.

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 1d

I am preparing for my second year class on the German election 2025. What elements of the literature would you include? Any cool new literature that I might have missed on voting behaviour in Germany?

Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 1d

Soon will AI accuse us for academic Alzheimer's (you wrote it but you forgot) or laziness (you wanted to write it, but you never got round to it).

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 1d

Discover how the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) is partnering with #C3S to address climate uncertainty in European energy systems. By integrating #C3S data into its grid planning, ENTSO-E is helping ensure a secure, resilient energy future for Europe.

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 1d

Now now, how to hack the article review, if Reviewer 2 is lazy and using AI to draft the review text.... asia.nikkei.com/business/tec...

'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers

Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review

asia.nikkei.com

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 2d

The relationship between income and vote has reversed in the USA.

Thomas J Wood @thomasjwood.bsky.social · 5d

The last time I posted the income relationship to presidential vote among White respondents to the @electionstudies.bsky.social ANES, people asked for additional estimates among all voters.

Updated estimates here:

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Sebastian Stier @sebstier.bsky.social · 6d

📢 We're hiring a Doctoral Student in Research Software Engineering for Digital Behavioral Data!
Work at the intersection of computer science and social science, develop innovative tools, and pursue your doctoral degree with us.

👉 Apply here: www.gesis.org/en/institute...

Details

GESIS Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften

www.gesis.org

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 7d

CSS is still a young field and has a great potential and enthusiasm!

Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · 7d

@sebstier.bsky.social at #MEDem Conf: computational research of democracy stands in the shoulders of the few enthusiasts who create datasets, software and infrastructure for it. How can we move forward? Short answer: more collaboration & sharing!

How to move forward

Collaborate on improving data coverage
Filling gaps in poliitical text orpora
Collecting online platform data via APls, webscraping and the Digital Services Act
Share open-source software, R packages and infrastructure components
Improve conditions for data sharing
Critically evaluate and improve the application of Al
Requires collaboration and funding at the European level

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 7d

MEDem conference day 1: @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social gave an amazing keynote on data and their impact on the future steps of democracy research @gesis.org in Cologne @medem.bsky.social

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 7d

MEDem conference day 1: fantastic keynote speech by @sldelange.bsky.social on the future of democracy research. @gesis.org @medem.bsky.social

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 8d

Day 2 of the @medem.bsky.social conference, @sziaja.bsky.social presenting our HarDIS/PartyFacts project to make linking on the basis of Party IDs future proof.

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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · 11d

They say: once there’s a paper 📝, it’s real…
🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social

The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️

Screenshot of the article “Open science in democracy research: the research infrastructure ‘Monitoring Electoral Democracy’ (MEDem)” published in European Political Science. The header shows the journal name, DOI link, and the label “DEBATE.” Below, the title is followed by the author list: Hajo Boomgaarden, Alexia Katsanidou, Sylvia Kritzinger, Georg Lutz, Johanna Willmann, and Jakob-Moritz Eberl. The abstract explains the aims of MEDem as a European research infrastructure to make democracy research data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable). Keywords listed include open science, FAIR data, ESFRI roadmap, research infrastructure, democracy research, data harmonization, data linking, and data set search. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-025-00534-8

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · Sep 8

This new study shows: in Germany, it has become much harder for children to earn more than their parents, now about as hard as in the US: "parental income has become much more important for educational outcomes of children"

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 12d

The nordic paradox has puzzled sociologists when looking at gender equality. Well, it was a methodological artefact due to low data quality and bad modelling. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

www.pnas.org

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 12d

Our final discussion for today

Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 12d

Let's add some nuance: age and gender differences by country on anti-feminist attitudes. Men: dark purple, Women: light purple

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 13d

The word feminist has failed in the marketing campaign and has a lot of bad connections, even though it simply means believing that men and women are equal.

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 13d

Today in Salzburg we are presenting our results from the EU funded Push*Back*Lash on gender equality and democracy. Results will be included in the upcoming recommendations of the EU on gender equality and the European Democracy Shield.

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 14d

Are you linking different data types to test your hypotheses? Thus is your ecpr network. Join us!

Bernd Schlipphak @bschlipphak.bsky.social · 14d

We - @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social, @kgattermann.bsky.social @sebstier.bsky.social, @sziaja.bsky.social & I - are very excited to start the work of the RN on #DataLinkage!

If you are interested in why, when & how to link data formats in PolSci research, do not hesitate to join our Network!

European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 14d

🎉 Our brand-new Research Network on Data Linkage in Political Science (@ecpr-datalinkage.bsky.social) has joined us on Bluesky!

📲 Follow them to stay updated on the latest research, job opportunities and forthcoming events

Join their network for FREE 👉 buff.ly/P98ZDx1

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Alexia Katsanidou @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social · 14d

This government is demonising women for their choices during pregnancy. It is telling them they should toughen up, otherwise they would cause autism to their children. And they do this without ANY SCIENTIFIC BACKING. Because they are just women. Who cares.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Trump: "If you can't tough it out, if you can't do it, that's what you're gonna have to do. You'll take a Tylenol, but it'll be very sparingly ... I think you shouldn't take it."

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