Berenike Firestone
@blfirestone.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral research fellow at WZB Berlin Social Science Center; researching how history shapes our politics and how change can nevertheless happen. https://sites.google.com/view/berenikefirestone/home
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blfirestone.bsky.social
This is an excellent essay.
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alondra.bsky.social
I was honored to have the opportunity to address the Amherst College community with an address titled "Questioning Code: Courage in the Age of Artificial Intelligence." albert.ias.edu/server/api/c...
Questioning Code:
Courage in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Alondra Nelson
Amherst College Commencement
Amherst, MA
May 24, 2025
As Prepared for Delivery
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boesevanessa.bsky.social
Need a measure of #democraticstock for your analyses?

@acrowinghen.bsky.social Matthew Wilson & I just published the demstock R package & @vdeminstitute.bsky.social working paper
It lets you create stock measures of most of the variables included in the V-Dem dataset 😃 🥳

Try it out!🙃
vdeminstitute.bsky.social
Want to explore how history shapes democracy, test big-picture theories, or pick case studies based on historical experience?
Introducing 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸 - a new R package and #VDemInstitute #WorkingPaper.
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#Polisky #ResearchData #StockData #PoliticalScience
#PoliSciSky #demstock #DemocracyResearch
blfirestone.bsky.social
Great summary of our study with @arolsenarchives.bsky.social and its message: “For ordinary citizens, the takeaway is clear: Don’t just read about history—help preserve it. Your contribution creates ripples […] potentially helping to build stronger, more inclusive societies.” shorturl.at/Urozd
The Memory Project That's Reshaping How We Combat Hate
While history books and classroom lessons about historical atrocities are common, a new study reveals that actively participating in remembrance projects might be far more effective at motivating peop...
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blfirestone.bsky.social
And here's the link to the paper, out in Psychological Science: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
blfirestone.bsky.social
The @wzb.bsky.social in Berlin is hosting an interdisciplinary conference on the future of democracy this October. The deadline for paper submissions is a week from now (April 30, 12pm EST). More info here: www.wzb.eu/en/events/1s...
1st Annual Interdisciplinary WZB Conference
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payoub.bsky.social
🚨 New article in Comparative Political Studies (@cpsjournal.bsky.social)!
After many years of rewarding work, Sam, Vera, and I can finally share findings from Mosul, Iraq on how shared suffering under ISIS shaped support for LGBT+ rights.
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blfirestone.bsky.social
So great having you here!
blfirestone.bsky.social
Pleased to see that our PNAS paper on commemoration and far-right support is part of it and excited to check out more of the other papers! (It also includes a very handy downloadable version of the bibliography in bibtex format by the way.)
kai-arzheimer.com
The 2024 update of my bibliography on the #radicalright / #farright is here. With 222 (!) new titles (and thanks to the support of @sldelange.bsky.social), it is the biggest update yet: bit.ly/rr-update-2024 🌐
222 new pieces of research on the radical right - kai arzheimer
The subfield of radical right studies is exploding. Click here for the latest on the latest research.
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nickhwilson.bsky.social
w00t! @mayrl.bsky.social As before (with my monograph), thanks a million to the inimitable @eischwartz.bsky.social! #history #methods

Check it out! tinyurl.com/3ewhapt4
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macartan.bsky.social
Please share: MoPED call for papers 🛵

We host a workshop on the political economy of development in Berlin each summer

Great group, good papers, no presentations, intense and constructive discussions: details here wzb.eu/de/node/81172

apply by 11 March
MoPED Workshop
Berlin Meeting on the Political Economy of Development (MoPED) -- The MoPED workshop offers an opportunity for scholars who focus on the political economy of development, broadly defined, to build...
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