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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. 😬😢
Pre-Analysis Plan: Rivalries and Celebrity Candidates: How Sport Shapes Voting Behaviour in Ireland Authors: Liam Kneafsey and Stefan Müller
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Reposted by: Stefan Müller

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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...
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Reposted by: Stefan Müller, Alexander Cooley

alexdukalskis.bsky.social
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...
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by Kevin Rafter — Reposted by: Stefan Müller, Ben Tonra

kevinrafter.bsky.social
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.
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by Simon Hix — Reposted by: Stefan Müller, Sara B. Hobolt, Stefanie Walter , and 5 more

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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...
Difference Between EPSS and EPSA: What to Know for 2026
Confused about the difference between EPSS and EPSA? Learn how they differ in governance, structure, and their 2026 conferences.
epssnet.org
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Reposted by: Stefan Müller

cdeane.bsky.social
For those profs teaching data literacy.... www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2025...
Understanding error bars in charts
Error bars illustrate the margin of error for a survey estimate by showing how precise that estimate is. Here are some answers to common questions that might help you better understand charts with err...
www.pewresearch.org
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Reposted by: Stefan Müller, Claudia Landwehr

gessler.bsky.social
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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Reposted by: Stefan Müller, Stephen P. Jenkins, Ruth Dassonneville , and 5 more

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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...
Screenshot of the call for applications for MZES Visiting Fellowships, 22 September 2025. For the full text, please follow the link.
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by Stefan Müller

stefanmueller.bsky.social
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...
Abstract: Social media have become a crucial tool for candidates seeking election, allowing them to build a public profile by posting curated content to appeal to potential voters. Focusing on the 2020 Irish General Election, this study investigates how candidates used Twitter to signal their campaign efforts and policy positions, and how their communicative priorities varied based on their gender, competitiveness, and political experience. To do so, we first demonstrate that a transformer-based machine-learning approach based on sentence embeddings can successfully identify social media posts that contain policy and electioneering content. Our findings show that experienced candidates are more likely to emphasise policy-related content than less experienced ones. This pattern also holds for electioneering content when we account for previous engagement with such posts. Contrary to our pre-registered expectations, we find no meaningful differences in the emphasis on electioneering or policy content based on candidates' gender or electoral competitiveness. Overall, our results demonstrate how candidates strategically use social media to shape their public personas during election campaigns in Ireland's candidate-centred electoral system, with multi-member constituencies and strict campaign spending limits.
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by Stefan Müller — Reposted by: Kevin Rafter

stefanmueller.bsky.social
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
Ireland's Presidency: More Than a Figurehead? UCD School of Politics and International Relations SPIRe alumni in conversation with Art O'Leary, Executive of An Coimisiún Toghcháin/The Electoral Commission Kevin Rafter, Full Professor of Political Communication at DCU Moderator: Sheila Naughton, RTÉ RSVP and join us Tuesday, September 30 6:30pm, Museum of Literature Ireland
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by Stefan Müller

stefanmueller.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 Academy Ireland appoints new Executive Committee Members - Royal Irish Academy
Announcing new Executive Committee members at Young Academy Ireland — new leadership for the dynamic network of early career researchers and innovators on the island of Ireland
www.ria.ie
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nature.com
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
Why we launched Denmark’s second Young Academy (and what’s different about it)
YATSI aims to represent scientists based in academia and in industry, and to build bridges between the two sectors.
go.nature.com
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Reposted by: Stefan Müller

newschambers.bsky.social
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.

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The Group Chat - Listen on Spotify - Linktree
View TheGroupChatPod’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like Spotify here. Your next favorite track is just a click away!
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Reposted by: Stefan Müller, Dave O’Brien, Mark J. Brandt , and 10 more

lsemethodology.bsky.social
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 🌎
we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025
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Reposted by: Stefan Müller

connorggbamford.bsky.social
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.
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Reposted by: Stefan Müller, Simon Hix, Sara B. Hobolt , and 4 more

epssnet.bsky.social
🚨 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 👇🏽
epssnet.bsky.social
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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by Sara B. Hobolt — Reposted by: Stefan Müller, Tom Louwerse

sarahobolt.bsky.social
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 👇
epssnet.bsky.social
EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 29d
📢 EPSS community updates!


We’re excited to share some milestones and announcements with you 👇

epssnet.org/news/
EPSS News & Updates | Political Science Announcements
Get the latest news, conference announcements, and organizational updates from the European Political Science Society (EPSS).
epssnet.org
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by Stefan Müller

stefanmueller.bsky.social
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...
Uni Köln spart: Droht das Aus für den Politikwissenschaft-Masterstudiengang?
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
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by Ben H. Ansell — Reposted by: Stefan Müller, Manuela Moschella

benansell.bsky.social
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.
stefanmueller.bsky.social
Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Sep 8
The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition unterschreiben
Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master
https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master
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by Stefan Müller

stefanmueller.bsky.social
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.“
„Drastische“ Einschnitte geplant: Politik-Studierende der Uni Köln befürchten Streichung von Master
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.
www.ksta.de
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by Carlo Masala — Reposted by: Stefan Müller

carlomasala1.bsky.social
As a former assistant at the IR Chair (1993-1998) and Managing Director of the Institute (1998-2002) I kindly ask you to sign
stefanmueller.bsky.social
Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · Sep 8
The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition unterschreiben
Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master
https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master
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by Stefan Müller — Reposted by: Stefan Müller, Ben H. Ansell, David M. Farrell , and 12 more

stefanmueller.bsky.social
The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social.
Petition (de/en) ⤵️
Petition unterschreiben
Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master
https://www.change.org/p/keine-wiso-ohne-powi-für-eine-starke-politikwissenschaft-im-bachelor-master
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by Christian Rauh — Reposted by: Stefan Müller

chrauh.bsky.social
Very interesting work on extracting 'scalar constructs' from #TextData with #LLMs by @haukelicht.bsky.social and colleagues: arxiv.org/abs/2509.03116
Measuring Scalar Constructs in Social Science with LLMs
Many constructs that characterize language, like its complexity or emotionality, have a naturally continuous semantic structure; a public speech is not just "simple" or "complex," but exists on a cont...
arxiv.org
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by Emiliano Grossman — Reposted by: Stefan Müller

egrossman.bsky.social
now with page numbers: Grossman & Guinaudeau (2025), "Tunnels of Attention: Reconsidering Issue Competition", Comparative Political Studies, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 2559-2593.
egrossman.bsky.social
Emiliano Grossman @egrossman.bsky.social · Nov 28
Some papers are a long time in the making. This one, written with the excellent @iguinaudeau.bsky.social, took long and I am incredibly grad to see it published. 1/8 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Reposted by: Stefan Müller

ucddublin.bsky.social
💙💛 Warmest congratulations to Assistant Professors Mary O’Keeffe, Lucía Tiscornia, Kevin Daly and Graham Benham, who have each been awarded prestigious European Research Council (@erc.europa.eu) Starting Grants worth over €1.5m.
www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
Four UCD early-career researchers receive coveted ERC Starting Grants
www.ucd.ie
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by Stefan Müller

stefanmueller.bsky.social
Some of the findings:
– Quality of training data is more important than quantity
– Separate binary classifiers performed best
– Grant peer review is much more positive than negative

We are now working on substantive applications (see thread below).

Classifiers: huggingface.co/snsf-data
Pipeline for identifying, classifying, and validating textual characteristics in grant peer review reports Keyness analysis revealing predictive terms for each category in the full sample of project funding review The predicted prevalence of each category on the level of reviews. Vertical dashed lines show the average prevalence across the 47,522 review reports. F1 scores (macro-average) depending on the size of the training set
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by Stefan Müller

stefanmueller.bsky.social
Our paper “A Supervised Machine Learning Approach for Assessing Grant Peer Review Reports” has been accepted at Quantitative Science Studies.

We present a workflow and fine-tuned transformer models to analyse grant peer review reports at scale.

Paper (open access): doi.org/10.1162/qss....
Abstract: Peer review is essential to the research lifecycle, yet the contents of grant peer review reports remain underexplored. Our study addresses this gap by developing a pipeline to systematically analyze these reports using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. We define twelve categories relevant to funding agencies, create an annotation codebook, fine-tune and validate transformer models, and apply these classifiers to a novel text corpus consisting of 1.6 million sentences from 47,522 grant peer review reports submitted to the Swiss National Science Foundation. This work has critical implications for the academic community. It provides novel insights into the content of grant peer review reports and openly available tools to enhance transparency, fairness, and consistency in grant evaluation. Our findings also highlight differences between journal and grant peer reviews, while the developed framework enables funding agencies and researchers to refine practices, fostering a more trustworthy and efficient evaluation process.
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Reposted by: Stefan Müller, Robert Huber

ejprjournal.bsky.social
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A new regime divide?

@gessler.bsky.social & N.Wunsch show partisan emotions among opposition supporters drive attitudes toward democratic norms.

What does this mean for #DemocraticResilience? 🤔

Read more 👇
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A new regime divide? Democratic backsliding, attitudes towards democracy and affective polarization
THERESA GESSLER, NATASHA WUNSCH
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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