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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 13d

Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.

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Rosa Navarrete @rosanavarrete.bsky.social · 7d

Pues me da penita... 🥺

EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 7d

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Muere la etóloga y primatóloga británica Jane Goodall a los 91 años social.elpais.com/wmfcr4

Muere la etóloga británica Jane Goodall a los 91 años

Revolucionó la ciencia desde los sesenta con sus métodos innovadores y fascinantes descubrimientos sobre los chimpancés salvajes

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · 22d

On the 6th day of SICSS Saarbrücken, Daniela Braun (@uni-saarland.de) and @rosanavarrete.bsky.social (@uam.es) presented on “𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦: 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦? 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 (𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ)?” @politicsunisaar.bsky.social @o3pol.bsky.social

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Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨 New in Journal of Politics! 🚨
Do radical right parties need to cut ties with old dictatorships to succeed?
👉 @sergipardos.bsky.social and my study of Spain’s VOX says: ❌ Not necessarily.

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Aug 7

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

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Rosa Navarrete @rosanavarrete.bsky.social · Jul 27

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Es un genocidio. Y llegamos tarde

Si el perpetrador es un adversario, actuamos con velocidad admirable. Pero cuando es un aliado estratégico, los mismos criterios legales se vuelven súbitamente “complejos” y requieren “más investigaci...

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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 24

Jianlong presented "Learn, Explore and Reflect by Chatting: Understanding the Value of an LLM-Based Voting Advice Application Chatbot" (dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...)
Joint work w/ Manon, Vikram, @alexhartland.bsky.social, @rosanavarrete.bsky.social, @giucarny.bsky.social & @politicsunisaar.bsky.social

Is there anything Left?: A Global Analysis on Changes in Engagement with Political Content on Twitter in the Musk Era | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media

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Ingmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · Jul 24

Brahmani is presenting "Is there anything Left?: A Global Analysis on Changes in Engagement with Political Content on Twitter in the Musk Era" (journalqd.org/article/view...).
Joint work with @rosanavarrete.bsky.social and @giucarny.bsky.social

Is there anything Left?: A Global Analysis on Changes in Engagement with Political Content on Twitter in the Musk Era | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media

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Observatory of Online Politics @o3pol.bsky.social · Jul 7

🤖💬 Can AI tell the difference between toxic speech and emotionally charged political debate?

Liliia Mairova and Ariq Suryo Hadi P. provide some interesting insights in the next blogpost of the Observatory:

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Observatory of Online Politics - Toxicity_1

01.07.2025 In times of political tension, the way people speak online, especially on social media, can become a reflection of deeper divides in society. Just like elections reveal what people really ...

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Observatory of Online Politics @o3pol.bsky.social · Jun 23

💡 Our analysis of TikTok posts during the campaign reveals a clear pattern—intensified activity leading up to the vote, followed by a steep decline afterward. Campaign season mattered. So did TikTok.

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Observatory of Online Politics @o3pol.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢 New on the Observatory of Online Politics blog!

🎯 TikTok and its role in the 2025 German Elections
By @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & Ariq Suryo Hadi P.

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Observatory of Online Politics - TikTok_2025

20.06.2025 While TikTok is becoming increasingly relevant among social media users, its role in elections remains understudied. The successful social media campaign targeting youth by the party Die L...

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Jun 3

I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!

Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior

2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices

www.kuleuven.be

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South European Society & Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social · May 28

💡NEW STUDY FINDS…💡
‘a negative link between EU polarisation and membership support’ in #Greece, #Portugal and #Spain

Read the article by Lea Heyne, @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & @alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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WEP Journal @wepsocial.bsky.social · May 26

@alexhartland.bsky.social Daniela Braun @giucarny.bsky.social @rosanavarrete.bsky.social & @annreinl.bsky.social observe a gap between the concerns of citizens & the issues political parties emphasise.

doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Part of the Symposium "European Parliament Elections 2024"

Abstract of the article "The role of key European issues in the 2024 election campaign" by Alex Hartland, Daniela Braun, Giuseppe Carteny, Rosa M. Navarrete and Ann-Kathrin Reinl.

Published online first in West European Politics.

Figure 3, displaying the effects of EU polity (left panel), environment (middle panel), and migration (right panel).

Figure 4, displaying the PTVs by most important issue, manifesto salience and individual variables for nine countries.

Figure 5, displaying pooled model interactions. Salience EU policy (left panel), Salience Environment (middle panel), and Salience migration (right panel).

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Alex Hartland @alexhartland.bsky.social · May 26

🛎️ New Publication 🛎️

How did public and party priorities interact during the 2024 European Parliament elections?

In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social article, Daniela Braun, @giucarny.bsky.social @rosanavarrete.bsky.social @annreinl.bsky.social and I find some connections

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The role of key European issues in the 2024 election campaign

International crises and Euroscepticism have made European issues prominent in citizens’ lives. This article studies the role of three key European issues – migration, the environment, and EU integ...

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Ärzte ohne Grenzen (Österreich) @aerzte-ohne-grenzen.at · May 14

Hilfe in #Gaza ist bald nicht mehr möglich! Gemeinsam mit der Caritas und dem Roten Kreuz rufen wir zu einem dringenden Ende der Blockade von Hilfsgütern auf. Personen mit schweren Verletzungen – viele davon Kinder – müssen ohne Schmerzmittel behandelt werden.

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Argelia Queralt Jiménez @argeliaqueralt.bsky.social · May 17

FEED PALESTINA NOW!

a slice of watermelon with black seeds on it

ALT: a slice of watermelon with black seeds on it

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Pedro Magalhães @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social · May 15

Gaza: "The entire population is facing high levels of acute food insecurity, with half a million people (one in five) facing starvation." www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us...

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · May 10

Started to add Skillpower Sessions — a short set of focused notes with practical strategies for writing — to my Respect the Marble posts.

Thank you to my students @dirckdekleer.bsky.social & @bogatyrev.bsky.social for suggesting this!

Here is the first one: substack.com/@catherineeu...

Catherine E. De Vries on Substack

🪨 Skillpower Session #1: Writing as Practice, Not Performance Going forward, every Respect The Marble essay will be paired with a Skillpower Session: a short set of focused notes with practical strat...

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · May 8

80 years after Liberation Day, far-right parties are the strongest parties in the polls in the UK, France, and Germany. For every politician the most pressing question should be how to save liberal democracy. Yet, small minded partisan tactics prevail. The far right gets normalized and empowered.

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · Apr 22

Only 3 more days until the deadline!!! Apply now to SICSS Saarbrücken: sicss.io/2025/saarbru...

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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · May 2

This is pretty big news. Not unexpected.
But it now sets the stage for testing how resilient the German Judiciary and Legislature can be in the face of extremist threats to its constitutional order...

Joost van Spanje @joostvanspanje.bsky.social · May 2

Just now, in German newspaper @faznet.bsky.social:

"The Federal Office for Constitution Protection classifies #AfD as definitely right-wing extremist.

The suspicion that it is pursuing efforts directed against the free democratic basic order is confirmed, the Office reports."

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News, Nachrichten und aktuelle Meldungen aus allen Ressorts. Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Feuilleton und Finanzen im Überblick.

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Alex Hartland @alexhartland.bsky.social · Apr 26

Another fascinating morning at #comptext25

I was happy to join a panel on data and themes from the Horizon project #ActEU with @matildecer.bsky.social on gender and polarisation, @giucarny.bsky.social on gender and climate change.

Looking forward to more from ActEU and more panels this afternoon!

Alex Hartland presenting work on sentiment and stance detection in political text

Matilde Ceron presenting work on the relationship between gender and polarisation in political texts

Giuseppe Carteny presenting work on automated classification of gender topics in political manifestos

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · Apr 16

Checkout the complete schedule at: sicss.io/2025/saarbru...

Schedule

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Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing @i2sc.net · Apr 16

Only 10 days until the deadline!

Apply now to the Saarbrücken Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science here: sicss.io/2025/saarbru...

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