Giacomo Lemoli
@giacomolem.bsky.social
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new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
aeon.co
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I am excited to travel to Amsterdam this week for a great workshop on Political Identities in Europe @acesuva.bsky.social.
I will present my paper (in progress) on language reform and identity changes in Navarre (Spain).
aces.uva.nl/content/even...
I will present my paper (in progress) on language reform and identity changes in Navarre (Spain).
aces.uva.nl/content/even...
Political Identities in Europe - Amsterdam Centre for European Studies - ACES - University of Amsterdam
Call for papers: Interdisciplinary Workshop on Political Identities in Europe, 13-14 Nov 2025, Amsterdam. Submit by 26 Sept on belonging, boundaries & European identity.
aces.uva.nl
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I am excited to travel to Amsterdam this week for a great workshop on Political Identities in Europe @acesuva.bsky.social.
I will present my paper (in progress) on language reform and identity changes in Navarre (Spain).
aces.uva.nl/content/even...
I will present my paper (in progress) on language reform and identity changes in Navarre (Spain).
aces.uva.nl/content/even...
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I jump into the moderation debate. I agree with @adambonica.bsky.social and @gelliottmorris.com on the methodology, but I want to draw attention to a bigger issue. The collapse of candidate effects generally.
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
October 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I jump into the moderation debate. I agree with @adambonica.bsky.social and @gelliottmorris.com on the methodology, but I want to draw attention to a bigger issue. The collapse of candidate effects generally.
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
leedrutman.substack.com/p/the-modera...
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📢 Two weeks left to apply for a (2-year) research fellowship @iast.fr
A fantastic opportunity to work full-time on your own research, in an interdisciplinary environment, and in a lovely city in the South of France.
Deadline: November 15, 2025
How to apply: www.iast.fr/research-fel...
A fantastic opportunity to work full-time on your own research, in an interdisciplinary environment, and in a lovely city in the South of France.
Deadline: November 15, 2025
How to apply: www.iast.fr/research-fel...
Research Fellowships
Each year, IAST invites applications for post-doctoral Research Fellowships, which offer candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full-time to their research at the start of their careers. Fello...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
📢 Two weeks left to apply for a (2-year) research fellowship @iast.fr
A fantastic opportunity to work full-time on your own research, in an interdisciplinary environment, and in a lovely city in the South of France.
Deadline: November 15, 2025
How to apply: www.iast.fr/research-fel...
A fantastic opportunity to work full-time on your own research, in an interdisciplinary environment, and in a lovely city in the South of France.
Deadline: November 15, 2025
How to apply: www.iast.fr/research-fel...
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The question now is whether what happened in Madagascar will be repeated elsewhere on the continent.
Young people in Africa have been increasingly vocal, calling for major reforms amid growing unrest. The continent has the world's youngest population.
https://cnn.it/4nevWhP
Young people in Africa have been increasingly vocal, calling for major reforms amid growing unrest. The continent has the world's youngest population.
https://cnn.it/4nevWhP
October 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The question now is whether what happened in Madagascar will be repeated elsewhere on the continent.
Young people in Africa have been increasingly vocal, calling for major reforms amid growing unrest. The continent has the world's youngest population.
https://cnn.it/4nevWhP
Young people in Africa have been increasingly vocal, calling for major reforms amid growing unrest. The continent has the world's youngest population.
https://cnn.it/4nevWhP
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The U.S. military has destroyed five boats it has alleged were ferrying drugs into the U.S., killing 27 people. No authority has publicly released the names of any of the dead. One family is believed to be the first to publicly say they believe a relative is among those who were killed.
Trinidadian Family Says U.S. Military Killed Relative in Boat Attack
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The U.S. military has destroyed five boats it has alleged were ferrying drugs into the U.S., killing 27 people. No authority has publicly released the names of any of the dead. One family is believed to be the first to publicly say they believe a relative is among those who were killed.
Another important paper of a new generation of PEDev studies rethinking concepts of "precolonial" politics that the first generation of studies oversimplified
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Precolonial Paradox? Rethinking Political Centralization and Its Legacies | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
A Precolonial Paradox? Rethinking Political Centralization and Its Legacies
www.cambridge.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Another important paper of a new generation of PEDev studies rethinking concepts of "precolonial" politics that the first generation of studies oversimplified
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Scholars & pundits have focussed a lot on the electoral demise of center left, but in doing so we paid to little attention to the electoral problems of the center right.
Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.
Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Scholars & pundits have focussed a lot on the electoral demise of center left, but in doing so we paid to little attention to the electoral problems of the center right.
Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.
Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.
Fukuyama gets laughed at all the time because of "The End of History" (or at least because of the title choice), but honestly, "The Origins of Political Order" and "Political Order and Political Decay" are quite good.
October 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Fukuyama gets laughed at all the time because of "The End of History" (or at least because of the title choice), but honestly, "The Origins of Political Order" and "Political Order and Political Decay" are quite good.
It's 2025 and research institutes are still gating working papers/preprints written by academics. I don't know their business model, so they may have a reason, but for academics, posting *preprints* under a paywall without providing an ungated version is very unethical, sorry
October 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It's 2025 and research institutes are still gating working papers/preprints written by academics. I don't know their business model, so they may have a reason, but for academics, posting *preprints* under a paywall without providing an ungated version is very unethical, sorry
Riley's book is an important one.
October 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Riley's book is an important one.
Nice post by @kylefbutts.bsky.social. I have been puzzled too by papers using randomization inference in obs settings with no discussion of why/when the assignment should be seen as random.
www.kylebutts.com/blog/2025-09...
www.kylebutts.com/blog/2025-09...
Kyle Butts
Kyle Butts -- Urban Economics and Applied Econometrics
www.kylebutts.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Nice post by @kylefbutts.bsky.social. I have been puzzled too by papers using randomization inference in obs settings with no discussion of why/when the assignment should be seen as random.
www.kylebutts.com/blog/2025-09...
www.kylebutts.com/blog/2025-09...
Gabriel Zucman be like
September 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Gabriel Zucman be like
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Remember when the left was actively trying to get people fired for right wing tweets? A bunch of people back then said, "hey maybe ceding authority to companies to regulate private speech isn't exactly the leftist position you think it is." They all got called dirty centrists.
And here we are.
And here we are.
September 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Remember when the left was actively trying to get people fired for right wing tweets? A bunch of people back then said, "hey maybe ceding authority to companies to regulate private speech isn't exactly the leftist position you think it is." They all got called dirty centrists.
And here we are.
And here we are.
Great opportunity to work with my fantastic colleague Mateo and a team of top political economy scholars. Consider forwarding to your students.
🔍 #EconJob Research Assistant in Political Economy
You'll work w/ M. Montenegro @hlarreguy.bsky.social, J. Merilainen & N. Garviras
💡France-based—Toulouse ideal; remote OK; part/full-time
🧠 Advanced Stata skills + knowledge of Spanish preferred
Application: mateo.montenegro[at]tse-fr.eu
You'll work w/ M. Montenegro @hlarreguy.bsky.social, J. Merilainen & N. Garviras
💡France-based—Toulouse ideal; remote OK; part/full-time
🧠 Advanced Stata skills + knowledge of Spanish preferred
Application: mateo.montenegro[at]tse-fr.eu
September 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Great opportunity to work with my fantastic colleague Mateo and a team of top political economy scholars. Consider forwarding to your students.
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Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized?
In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇
In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇
September 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized?
In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇
In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇
All this thread.
Personally, my prior probability that a flashy headline finding is true, especially in the nutrition area, is close to 0.
Personally, my prior probability that a flashy headline finding is true, especially in the nutrition area, is close to 0.
"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds
Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
All this thread.
Personally, my prior probability that a flashy headline finding is true, especially in the nutrition area, is close to 0.
Personally, my prior probability that a flashy headline finding is true, especially in the nutrition area, is close to 0.
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Fyi statistical methods to detect ballot stuffing were often developed on Russian data because it was so easy to spot and validate
Trump: "Vladimir Putin said something- one of the most interesting things. He said 'your election was rigged because you have mail in voting. It's impossible to have mail in voting & have honest elections.' He said that to me because we talked about 2020. He said, 'you won that election by so much'"
August 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Fyi statistical methods to detect ballot stuffing were often developed on Russian data because it was so easy to spot and validate
Great paper that clarifies a long-standing doubt of mine on the connection between empirical measures of persuasion and its behavioral definition.
Identifying the Effect of Persuasion | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 131, No 8 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
Identifying the Effect of Persuasion | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 131, No 8 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
August 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Great paper that clarifies a long-standing doubt of mine on the connection between empirical measures of persuasion and its behavioral definition.
Identifying the Effect of Persuasion | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 131, No 8 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
Identifying the Effect of Persuasion | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 131, No 8 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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Are there any good reviews of how behavioral games have been used in political science? They are very popular in behavioral economics and psychology but seem underused in political science (for now).
August 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Are there any good reviews of how behavioral games have been used in political science? They are very popular in behavioral economics and psychology but seem underused in political science (for now).
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Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.
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 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.