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Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn.bsky.social · Jul 19

Samen met @marikenvelden.bsky.social mocht ik aanschuiven bij @guusvalk.bsky.social van @nrc.nl Haagse Zaken.
We spraken onder andere over emoties in de politiek en de liberale democratie die onder druk staat.
Hier te luisteren:
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Haagse Zaken in de zomer I: boze kiezers en emoties in de politiek

NRC Haagse Zaken · Episode

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Guus Valk @guusvalk.bsky.social · Jul 19

🎧 Haagse Zaken gaat doorrr deze zomer!

We praten deze zomer met denkers, schrijvers en wetenschappers. Vandaag: @marikenvelden.bsky.social en @mrooduijn.bsky.social over boze kiezers en emoties in de politiek.

Redactie en productie @irisverhulsdonk.bsky.social

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Haagse Zaken in de zomer I: boze kiezers en emoties in de politiek

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Mariken van der Velden @marikenvelden.bsky.social · Jun 12

Feel you need some in-depth feedback from peers, join us!

ecpr - SG Political Communication @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social · Jun 11

🚨 New #PolComm ECR Club Session coming up! 🙌

🕺 Join us tomorrow (12 June) at 🕰️ 1pm for a discussion of 🎇 Memes during the Czech Elections 🗳️

w/ ✨ Martina Paulenova, Ofra Klein & Ana Langer. ✨

🖥️ Check events.ecpr.eu/Events/Event... for more details and registration/zoom link! 🔗

@ecpr.bsky.social

Memeing the Candidates: Exploring Polarization and Incivility in Commenters’ Responses to Anti-Populist Memes during the 2023 Czech Presidential Elections

European Consortium for Political Research

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silviamajo.bsky.social @silviamajo.bsky.social · May 2

🎥 Video / Photo Credits Nisanur Ari, Amani Maniran Video link: diversitynewsdiets.blog
cc/ @knaw-nl.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @marikenvelden.bsky.social @nickmattis.bsky.social @feloe.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · Apr 10

🎉 Big step for #MEDem! We’ve officially applied for the #ESFRIroadmap2026— backed by 15 governments, 1,000+ researchers & 100+ institutions/associations.
One more milestone toward building Europe’s infrastructure for comparative #DemocracyResearch ✅
Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉

MEDem has applied for ESFRI Roadmap 2026: Shaping the Future of European Democracy Research - Monitoring Electoral Democracy

MEDem has applied for inclusion on the ESFRI Roadmap 2026: Shaping the Future of European Democracy Research On April 8, 2025, MEDem (Monitoring Electoral Democracy) took a major next step toward shap...

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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · Mar 3

In about a month, we submit our application for the ESFRI Roadmap 🇪🇺
Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b...
⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊

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Societal Analytics Lab @societal-analytics.nl · Feb 25

Hello 🦋!

We are the Societal Analytics Lab.

We are a group of #ComputationalSocialScientists aiming to help researchers use and master computational methods.

If you are based at the #FSW, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, then consider becoming a member:
www.societal-analytics.nl/contact

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WHAT-IF @what-if-horizon.bsky.social · Feb 3

Hello world! Meet our consortium—15 organizations, 10 countries—joining forces to rethink the digital political information space. 🚀

Last week, we kicked off our project WHAT-IF, setting the stage to build a digital twin that will help us test the impact of policy interventions.

More in the 🧵!

Picture of the WHAT-IF project consortium at the kick-off meeting in Amsterdam

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MEDem @medem.bsky.social · Jan 22

🌍 This week, the #MEDem Steering Committee gathered in Vienna for a highly productive 2-day workshop—the final meeting before the #ESFRI roadmap submission! 🚀
Huge thanks to everyone who participated and contributed to this inspiring final push. Onwards to the finish line! 💪✨ #DemocracyResearch

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Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social · Jan 4

A bit more time to apply for one of these amazing PhD positions! Position #5 is co- supervised by myself, Hoster by @polcomvienna.bsky.social together with great colleagues at @compcommlab.bsky.social and @tuwieninformatics.bsky.social ! ☺️

Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social · Dec 11

⭐ CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 5 open PhD Positions at the newly founded Vienna Doctoral College for Digital Humanism, funded by the WWTF, @univie.ac.at , Technische Universität Wien and WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business).

All information here:
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Friderike Spang @friderikespang.bsky.social · Dec 18

We have an amazing line of speakers, including some here on bluesky! ✨

@rbellamy.bsky.social
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social
@eliseroumeas.bsky.social
@marikenvelden.bsky.social
@danielweinstock.bsky.social

Friderike Spang @friderikespang.bsky.social · Dec 18

📣Workshop Alert📣

"Role-Sensitive Approaches to Political Compromise"
March 2025, Münster, Germany

All info here:
philevents.org/event/show/1...

Please share widely!! 🙏

#AcademicSky #PolTheory #PhilSky #Polsky #Compromise

Workshop: Role-Sensitive Approaches to Political Compromise

*Call for attendance* Workshop: Role-Sensitive Approaches to Political Compromise Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to the workshop “Role-Sensitive Approaches to Political Compromise...

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Tom Louwerse @tomlouwerse.nl · Dec 11

Gisteren was de boekpresentatie van het Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics. Auteurs, collega's, en politieke en ambtelijke professionals zagen @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social, @marikenvelden.bsky.social & Carla Hoetink o.l.v. @alytdamstra.bsky.social spreken over het boek. Een fijne bijeenkomst!

Aanbieding van exemplaren aan de voorzitters van politieke jongerenorganisaties, Mauk Bresser (JOVD) en Jasmijn Hofman (JS).
Vlnr: Paul 't Hart, Tom Louwerse, Jasmijn Hofman, Mauk Bresser, Sarah de Lange, Carolien van Ham

Paneldiscussie tijdens de boekpresentatie onder leiding van Alyt Damstra. Met Carla Hoetink, Rens Vliegenthart & Mariken van der Velden.

Inleiding tot het Handbook (Tom Louwerse)

Overzicht boekpresentatie Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics

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Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social · Dec 10

✨Time for meta reflection✨

In this forum, @jmcquarterly.bsky.social @docmattweber.bsky.social and I invited colleagues to discuss the pros & cons of standardization in Computational Communication Science, and the tension between innovation, rigor & inclusion. 🧵

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WOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social · Dec 6

Dus er wordt minder bezuinigd op onderwijs en dat wordt gedekt door bezuinigingen op…je verwacht het niet…tromgeroffel….

Onderwijs????

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦

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Afzwakken bezuinigingen onderwijs deels betaald door onderwijs zelf

Over het deels terugdraaien van de eerdere bezuinigingen op onderwijs zijn de partijen het in grote lijnen eens.

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Laura Jacobs @lcjacobs89.bsky.social · Dec 2

📣 For all political communication scholars & members of the @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on Political Communication, we made a new BlueSky account for our SG that you can follow to stay-up-to date about news, events, activities 👇 @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social

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Mariken van der Velden @marikenvelden.bsky.social · Nov 25

#CommSky

Damian Trilling 🟥 @damiantrilling.net · Nov 19

Interested in Computational Social Science? Follow the starter pack created by @sof14g1l.bsky.social of all CSS people at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social ! : go.bsky.app/Q4mDEda

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Richard Fletcher @richardfletcher.bsky.social · Nov 23

New article in Journal of Communication looking at changes to trust in news across 46 countries in the last 10 years.

Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.

It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.

A thread:

The link between changing news use and trust: longitudinal analysis of 46 countries

Abstract . Changing levels of public trust in the news are of deep concern to both researchers and practitioners. We use data from 2015 to 2023 in 46 count

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Laura Jacobs @lcjacobs89.bsky.social · Nov 19

📢 Final days to apply for @ECPR @ECPR_PolCom endorsed (reserved) workshop: how uncivil, intolerant & violent communication styles threaten our democracies.
Conveners Jérémy Dodeigne & Chiara Vargiu at Joint Session '25 in Prague!
ecpr.eu/Events/Event/W…… ⏰DL: 21 Nov

https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/W……

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Mariken van der Velden @marikenvelden.bsky.social · Nov 21

Can you add our group? Thanks! @vanatteveldt.com @kasperwelbers.bsky.social @silviamajo.bsky.social @trillingual.bsky.social @grootkorm.bsky.social @jbgruber.bsky.social @rupertkiddle.com @bertous.bsky.social

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Mariken van der Velden @marikenvelden.bsky.social · Nov 19

Congrats and welcome to Amsterdam Ulrike from “the other part of town” too!

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Stefanie Walter @stefaniewalter.bsky.social · Nov 18

We (@marikenvelden.bsky.social) are looking forward to receiving proposals for summer holidays / papers & panels for the @ecpr.bsky.social section on "Bridging Gaps: Political Communication’s Role in Reducing Democratic Erosion" #ecprgc25 More here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

This is a screenshot of an ECRP Section on Bridging Gaps: Political Communication’s Role in Reducing Democratic Erosion

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Chris Aalberts @chrisaalberts.bsky.social · Nov 15

Uit de Volkskrant. 'Dus voor mij gelden andere wetten.' [het antwoord is dus ja]

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Mariken van der Velden @marikenvelden.bsky.social · Sep 12

🚨📣 🚨We are hiring! One great fully-funded PhD position at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on Simulation & Virtual Field Experiments for Democratic Citizenship. 🚨📣 🚨

Reach out to me for more information! #Commsky #CSS #polcomm

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Vacancy — PhD Position: Simulation & Virtual Field Experiments for Democratic Citizenship

Are you eager to push the boundaries of virtual field experiments? Interested in joining an international team exploring how (social) media impacts democracy? If you want to tackle these challenges, p...

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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · May 2

Ready for #comptext24 at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social! Kicking off with some 🔥🔥🔥 workshops today (and one that I'm teaching 😉).

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Johannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · Feb 16

We just sent out acceptance mails for #COMPTEXT24 in Amsterdam!

This year, we sent out a record of 204 invitations 🥳 and we are looking forward to seeing all the amazing research presented in May!

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