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Catarina Leão

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Fellow in Advanced Quantitative Methods, Department of Methodology (LSE) ◦ DPhil in Politics (Oxford) ◦ Political Economy of Autocratic Legacies + Democratic Erosion catarinaleao.com

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Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · Jan 16

It is a great honor to receive the prestigious 2025 Portuguese Political Science Association Prize for Best Doctoral Dissertation, especially given the excellence of this year’s jury.

I deeply appreciate the trust placed in my work!

Pedro Magalhães @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social · Jan 15

Já há Prémio da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política 2025 para a melhor tese de doutoramento: foi para a @catarinaleao.bsky.social, com o trabalho "Autocratic Legacies and Immunisation Against Extremism: A Rational Choice Approach.” Muitos parabéns!

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Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · 22d

Plotting heterogeneous treatment effects in RDDs

Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · Aug 31

I also have to deeply thank the @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social for their support (and in particular @ffaucher.bsky.social and @jrovny.bsky.social). Everything I have learned these two years wouldn’t have been possible without my affiliation to the CEE.

Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · Aug 31

Today marks the end of my fellowship at AxPo @sciencespo.bsky.social. Grateful for the freedom to pursue my research and for the brilliant colleagues who made this journey so rewarding. In particular @oliviergodechot.bsky.social, Allison Rovny, Noam Titelman, Ulysse Lojkine, Meryem Bezzaz.

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Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks Felix! That’s good to know :)

Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks again :) that’s helpful

Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · Aug 20

Andreas, thank you very much. That is very useful advice. I was exactly thinking about getting the Air with M4 and investing on the memory capacity.

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Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · Aug 20

Was it too slow ?

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Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks so much for sharing, that’s really reassuring! Yes… the Pro is so heavy I was wondering if it was really worth it. Glad to know it’s not :)

Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is so helpful, thank you lots Sascha :) ! Might go for the lighter Air

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Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · Aug 20

Fellow academics, I need to replace my old Mac laptop. Do you think a MacBook Air can handle R, Stata, QGIS, etc., or do I need a MacBook Pro?
Many thanks for the tips!

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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · Jul 3

3rd IAST-OXPO Conference in Political Economy

Tomorrow, @catarinaleao.bsky.social will present her work "Past Benefits Today Keep Extremism Away. Authoritarian Privileges Withdrawal and the Emergence of Contemporary Extremism: Evidence from Post-WWII Italy". ⤵️

www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

Excerpt of the programme
Friday 4 July 2025
9:00-11:00 - Session 4: Political Economy History I
9:00-10:00 Catarina Leão (Sciences Po), "Past Benefits Today Keep Extremism Away. Authoritarian Privileges Withdrawal and the Emergence of Contemporary Extremism: Evidence from Post-WWII Italy"
Discussant: Karine Van Der Straeten (IAST)

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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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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · Jun 25

#EPSA2025 starts tomorrow!

A dozen of our scholars have papers on political lotteries, challenges to democracy, autocratic legacies, the fate of mainstream parties, group-targeting in politics and media, climate politics, culture wars / backfire...

👉Details here: www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

EPSA 2025 - Madrid
26 - 28 June
espanet.org

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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · Jun 23

I look forward to meeting many of you soon in Madrid for EPSA 2025.

In case that’s helpful to anyone, here are some of my personal Madrid favorites:

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Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · Jun 23

Looking for a last-minute #EPSA2025 Reception ticket. Happy to buy if anyone can’t make it.

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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · Jun 13

According to «objective» democracy measures, we have learned nothing about the trajectory and state of democracy in the US since January. That strikes me as pretty damn absurd..

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Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · May 24

Many many congratulations Damien!! 🎉🎉

Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · May 23

If you read just one opinion piece about the latest Portuguese election, make it this one.

Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · May 23

Para o Expresso, escrevo acerca de como as eleições de domingo colocam PT numa conjuntura crítica.

Estas eleições representam uma mudança de panorama. As ações dos líderes partidários neste momento vão ditar as regras informais do jogo político daqui em diante.

expresso.pt/opiniao/2025...

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Grigore Pop-Eleches @grigopop.bsky.social · May 13

I've been running online surveys in #Romania about the presidential elections. Lots of crazy stuff but the graph below took me by surprise (and I'm someone who studies communist legacies). This is the share of the second-round vote for Simion as a function of what respondents think of Ceaușescu.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · May 13

You've (probably) got mail! ✉️

Heading to #EPSA2025 in Madrid?

Consider signing up to our buddy/mentor scheme that the diversity committee has set up to help first-time attendees navigate Europe's biggest political science conference

Questions? Send them over to @alonadolinsky.com or me 🙂

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Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · May 14

Overleaf is down. Use Word, or preserve your dignity by doing nothing.

Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · May 9

Reads like pink pony club

Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · May 9

Boa escolha de nome.

Público @publico.pt · May 8

Robert Francis Prevost é norte-americano e escolheu o nome Leão XIV. Foi nomeado cardeal pelo Papa Francisco em Setembro de 2023.

🔴 Leia aqui: tinyurl.com/4a8vxrvp

Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · May 9

Making it a cult, not really based on religion

Catarina Leão @catarinaleao.bsky.social · May 9

It’s so funny how MAGA thinks the Pope is ‘woke’ for his views on migration and helping the poor—when that’s literally one of the most basic tenets of Christianity. The level of dissociation is off the charts.

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