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Jeyhun Alizade @jeyalizade.bsky.social · 8d

Glad to see this out at @ajpseditor.bsky.social! I show that the immigration-crime issue, when salient, can shift leftist cosmopolitans to the Right. This is due to leftist voters being more conservative on crime than leftist parties.

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American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

Concern that immigration worsens crime problems is prevalent across Western publics. How does it shape electoral politics? Prior research asserted a growing left–right divide in immigration attitudes...

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Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 9d

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Credibility and/or anxiety - The moderators of political information on migration

In the policy of migration information campaigns Western governments aim to influence perceptions on irregular migration in potential sending countrie…

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Jasper Tjaden @jaspertjaden.bsky.social · 15d

thanks for the invite @conradziller.bsky.social

Jasper Tjaden @jaspertjaden.bsky.social · 15d

that AFD has higher visibility among neutral, and apolitical new users on TikTok. AFD has even higher advantage among users who are interested in info about the election. We finds consistent results for regional and federal election

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Jasper Tjaden @jaspertjaden.bsky.social · 15d

Great time back at my alma mater @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social presenting our (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) research on exposure to political content on #tiktok at AK-Wahlen.

In a nutshell, we find....

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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 23d

Here’s the partisan lean of platform audiences, 2020 → 2024.

📊 Instagram, TikTok, Reddit stay solidly Dem.
📊 Facebook & YouTube: modestly rightward.
📊 Twitter/X: sharpest move right.
📊 “Other” (Threads, Bluesky, etc.): flipped hard from red to blue.

The sorting is unmistakable.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jasper Tjaden @jaspertjaden.bsky.social · Aug 15

The Potsdam Social Media Monitor (psmm.info) measured which parties new, unpolitical users are exposed to more often. Maybe unsurprisingly, #Afd dominates. We delve into the reasons why.

Potsdam Social Media Monitor

TikTok-Wahlmonitor für die im September 2024 stattfindenden Landtagswahlen in Sachsen, Thüringen und Brandenburg

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Jasper Tjaden @jaspertjaden.bsky.social · Aug 15

Excited to present our paper on exposure to right-wing political content on #TikTok at @wzb.bsky.social conference "The future of democracy on 8-10 October.

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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · Jul 17

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
Job Opening! We're seeking a Postdoc in Computational Social Science to join our team at GESIS! Apply now:

www.gesis.org/en/ins...

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Katrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · Jul 17

*JOB* join the amazing Computational Social Science group at GESIS. Postdoc position with tenure option in Köln / Cologne.

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · Jul 17

#jobs #stellenangebote #GESISjobs #jobfairy
Job Opening! We're seeking a Postdoc in Computational Social Science to join our team at GESIS! Apply now:

www.gesis.org/en/ins...

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Jasper Tjaden @jaspertjaden.bsky.social · Jul 18

Is there a working paper or slides available? Curious about the results.

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Tina Hinz @tinahinz.bsky.social · Jul 17

Call for Paper #migrationresearch

Das @bamf.de Forschungszentrum feiert 20-jähriges Jubiläum und veranstaltet dazu eine internationale Konferenz am 3. und 4. Februar 2026 in Nürnberg!

Einreichungen sind bis 31.8.2025 gern gesehen!

www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/M...

Fachkonferenz zu 20 Jahre BAMF-Forschungszentrum

Das BAMF-Forschungszentrum feiert sein 20-jähriges Jubiläum und lädt zu einer internationalen, wissenschaftlichen Fachkonferenz am 3. und 4. Februar 2026 in Nürnberg ein. Diskutiert werden aktuelle Fr...

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Heike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · Jul 9

📣 Call for Applications 📣

3-year Postdoc position in Berlin 🚀

Join our Comparative Political Behavior Group at @humboldtuni.bsky.social & the @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social

Great people, great projects, great city – come work with us!

🗓️ Deadline: 31 July 2025

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James Dennison @jamesrdennison.bsky.social · Jul 5

Important new paper for migration scholars:
Are Estimates of Irregular Migration Intentions Biased? Evidence from a Double List Experiment in Ethiopia
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Methods in Migration Research (Meth@Mig - IMISCOE) @methatmig.bsky.social · Jul 1

Day 1 of #IMISCOE2025 is here! Of course, the conference features many methods-oriented sessions, some organized directly by our SC, others proposed by fantastic colleagues. We are looking forward to all of them. Here is what we have in store for you today. Enjoy! #IMISCOE

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · Jun 12

The Graduate Center community deeply mourns the passing of Prof. Emeritus Richard Alba, a pathbreaking demographer who bucked conventional ideas about how immigrants assimilate into and impact mainstream U.S. culture www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Richard Alba

An eminent demographer and sociologist, he challenged conventional thinking on how immigrants integrate into U.S. society.

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Oliver Winkler @oliverwinkler.bsky.social · Nov 6

🚨CfA: “Embracing Diversity: Inclusion in Education and Society“. Until 15 November, you can submit an abstract to the international spring meeting of the research section sociology of education of the @dgsoziologie.bsky.social & Swiss Sociological Assoc. events.unifr.ch/embrace2025/...

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Alexander Kustov @akoustov.bsky.social · Jun 9

Our new IMR paper on the great replacement theory is now open-access. We find that about 20% (!) of German adults believe that white majorities are being deliberately replaced by non-white immigrants in a secretive attempt by malevolent elites to undermine their own country.

doi.org/10.1177/0197...

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Tina Hinz @tinahinz.bsky.social · Jun 11

📣 Kommt digital vorbei und schaut, welche Daten für die #Forschung bei uns auf euch warten!

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge @bamf.de · Jun 10

💻 Jetzt anmelden: Bei der nächsten Ausgabe unseres Online-Formats „BAMF-Forschung im Dialog“ dreht sich alles um neue Datenprodukte aus dem BAMF-FDZ!

📅 Donnerstag, 26.6.2025
🕚 11 bis 12 Uhr

Mehr dazu ▶️ www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/V...
#BAMFforscht

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Jasper Tjaden @jaspertjaden.bsky.social · Jun 11

Anyone going to the International Forum for Migration Statistiscs in malmö? #ifms25 @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @iom.int. Will Chair a panel on estimating irregular migration on Wednesday.

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Jun 10

What happened when the U.S. forcibly sent 400,000 Mexican workers back to Mexico in the 1930s?

The employment rate of native workers *went down* noticeably as a direct result. (You read that correctly)

Why?

Forced repatriation destroyed low-skill markets.

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Jakob Ohme @dscheykopp.bsky.social · Jun 5

Is the TikToK Algorithm biased in election contexts? A data donation study presented at #WIConf2025 by Felix Gaisbauer @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social shows no immediate biases in algorithmic supply and user demand in political For You page content around 2025 German Federal Election #workinprogress

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Jasper Tjaden @jaspertjaden.bsky.social · Jun 6

Glückwunsch!

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Universität Potsdam @unipotsdam.bsky.social · Jun 2

Das Land Brandenburg, die Uni Potsdam und die @plattnerfoundation.org haben heute einen #LetterOfIntent unterzeichnet. Die Uni bekommt einen weiteren Campus auf dem Gelände des ehemaligen Landtags am #Brauhausberg. Das @hpi.bsky.social in #Griebnitzsee wird erheblich erweitert. #WissenSchafftZukunft

Das Bild zeigt von links nach rechts: den Ministerpräsidenten des Landes Brandenburg, Dr. Dietmar Woidke, den HPI-Gründer Hasso Plattner, die Ministerin für Wissenschaft Forschung und Kultur des Landes Brandenburg, Dr. Manja Schüle, und den Präsidenten der Universität Potsdam, Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D. Das Foto machte Kevin Ryl.

Das Bild zeigt HPI-Gründer Hasso Plattner (links) und den Präsidenten der Universität Potsdam Prof. Oliver Günther, Ph.D. (rechts) mit einem Entwurf des neuen Uni-Campus auf dem Brauhausberg. Das Foto machte Kevin Ryl.

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