Will nobody think of the social scientists!

Solidarity with Stefan and Liam: this would’ve been really interesting.

There goes the paper on support for Jim Gavin among those interested in Gaelic games in Dublin versus rival counties.

Liam Kneafsey and I successfully applied for including these questions in the Irish Presidential Election Study, and we completed the pre-analysis plan and code last week. 😬😢

Wrote a Substack on this #aras25 poll:

Catherine Connolly is surviving her scrapes - yet Heather Humphreys is within the margin of error for winning

open.substack.com/pub/gavreill...

What's the difference between @epssnet.bsky.social and the "old" EPSA, and why you should come to our conference in Belfast in June 2026: epssnet.org/uncategorize...

If you're in Dublin next week come join me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social at the Institute of International & European Affairs (IIEA) on Thursday where we'll talk about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics

Details: www.iiea.com/images/uploa...

Enjoyed discussing presidential politics with Art O’Leary & moderated by RTE’s Sheila Naughten. The first in a series of talks organised by @ucdpolitics.bsky.social Thank you @stefanmueller.bsky.social & colleagues for the invite. And best of luck with the new alumni initiatives.

For those profs teaching data literacy.... www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2025...

Some professional news as I took my oath of office today:
On September 1st, I joined the University of Hamburg as a full professor of democratic political decision making👋

I'm very excited about this job & the chance to continue researching democracy, party competition and digitalization here
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📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!

❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊

💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November

Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

New paper in Computational Communication Research with James Cross, @derekgreene.bsky.social & Martijn Schoonvelde: “Mapping Digital Campaign Strategies: How Political Candidates Use Social Media to Communicate Constituency Connection and Policy Stance”

PDF (open access): doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...

Are you a @ucdpolitics.bsky.social graduate? Join our discussion event on the upcoming presidential election. 

🎙️ Panelists: @kevinrafter.bsky.social, Art O'Leary & Sheila Naughton
🗓️ 30 Sept, 18:30
📍 Museum of Literature Ireland

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@ucddublin.bsky.social

Very happy to have been appointed to the Young Academy Ireland Executive Committee.

Many thanks to the outgoing EC members for their outstanding work in establishing and developing @yai.ie over the past two years!

www.ria.ie/2025/09/12/y...
@ria.ie

Young Academies give a voice to and represent the interests of young scientists in academia, helping them to be heard by national governments and wider society

go.nature.com/4nr8SNh

New podcast out on your favourite/least-hated audio platforms now.

- Dissecting the 'powder keg' narrative of America.
- Threats against politicians here.
- The Áras race and whether Sinn Féin have bungled the whole thing.
- RTÉ's Eurovision move.

Fill your boots.

linktr.ee/TheGroupChat...

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎

Inspiring day at the @yai.ie ‘s “evidence for policy summit” with a big focus on how early career researchers fit into the system across the island, with a focus on sustainability and a fair and inclusive society. Big thanks to Johnathan Dalzell from DAERA coming down from NI.

🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨

If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be!

More here 👇🏽

We're excited to share some EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social updates with you - and we're so grateful to the political science community in Europe (and beyond!) for the amazing support 👇

Some of the very best and most internationally renowned political scientists in Germany are at Cologne. This is a very real threat to a globally strong group.

As someone who spent some time at the Cologne Center for Comparative Politics, I can just say that this used to be a great place educating many excellent scholars. It will be a great loss to see polsci in Cologne defunded. Sign 👇

Auch der EXPRESS berichtet: „Die Uni Köln steht vor einem massiven Sparprogramm. Ab 2026 müssen jährlich zehn Millionen Euro eingespart werden. Besonders die Studierenden der Politikwissenschaft zittern nun um ihre Zukunft.”

www.express.de/koeln/brutal...

Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger:
„Die Uni Köln muss ab 2026 jährlich 10 Millionen Euro einsparen. Derzeit diskutieren die Fakultäten intensiv. Das Politik-Institut an der Wiso-Fakultät soll überproportional betroffen sein.“

As a former assistant at the IR Chair (1993-1998) and Managing Director of the Institute (1998-2002) I kindly ask you to sign

Very interesting work on extracting 'scalar constructs' from #TextData with #LLMs by @haukelicht.bsky.social and colleagues: arxiv.org/abs/2509.03116