Anita Gohdes
@argohdes.bsky.social
Studying repression, the internet, and contentious politics. Professor @thehertieschool. Consultant @hrdag. she/her.
Wrote a book on repression in the digital age: https://www.anitagohdes.net/book.html
Wrote a book on repression in the digital age: https://www.anitagohdes.net/book.html
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Anita Gohdes
@argohdes.bsky.social
· Aug 29
Happy to share this paper with @zacharyst.bsky.social
that was just published in the AJPS.
We study how civilian behavior on social media shifts during war, focusing on one of the most horrific episodes of the Syrian conflict - the siege of Aleppo: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
that was just published in the AJPS.
We study how civilian behavior on social media shifts during war, focusing on one of the most horrific episodes of the Syrian conflict - the siege of Aleppo: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Ah yes I see Twitter/X is now a very normal place on the Internet.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Ah yes I see Twitter/X is now a very normal place on the Internet.
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Auf jeden Fall etwas ganz besonderes, wenn man in seinem Lieblingspodcast zu Gast sein darf. Mit @emcke.bsky.social habe ich über die radikale Rechte in Europa gesprochen. Darüber wie Sozialdemokraten und Konservative zu ihrem Aufstieg beigetragen haben.
open.spotify.com/episode/2MLZ...
open.spotify.com/episode/2MLZ...
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Auf jeden Fall etwas ganz besonderes, wenn man in seinem Lieblingspodcast zu Gast sein darf. Mit @emcke.bsky.social habe ich über die radikale Rechte in Europa gesprochen. Darüber wie Sozialdemokraten und Konservative zu ihrem Aufstieg beigetragen haben.
open.spotify.com/episode/2MLZ...
open.spotify.com/episode/2MLZ...
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The @ec.europa.eu 'Democracy Shield' plans have dropped.
The focus on free, independent media, fact-checking, literacy, election integrity etc make sense.
But: it needs to be acknowledged that many of these challenges are not from outside the EU only. Also from within.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
The focus on free, independent media, fact-checking, literacy, election integrity etc make sense.
But: it needs to be acknowledged that many of these challenges are not from outside the EU only. Also from within.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
European Democracy Shield and EU Strategy for Civil Society pave the way for stronger and more resilient democracies
The Commission has presented today the European Democracy Shield, setting out a series of concrete measures to empower, protect, and promote strong and resilient democracies across the EU. An open civ...
ec.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The @ec.europa.eu 'Democracy Shield' plans have dropped.
The focus on free, independent media, fact-checking, literacy, election integrity etc make sense.
But: it needs to be acknowledged that many of these challenges are not from outside the EU only. Also from within.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
The focus on free, independent media, fact-checking, literacy, election integrity etc make sense.
But: it needs to be acknowledged that many of these challenges are not from outside the EU only. Also from within.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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🔝 EPSS received 2,514 paper submissions, authored and co-authored by 3,572 researchers from across the community.
Selecting from such a wealth of work won’t be easy, but it promises an great conference ahead.
1/
Selecting from such a wealth of work won’t be easy, but it promises an great conference ahead.
1/
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🔝 EPSS received 2,514 paper submissions, authored and co-authored by 3,572 researchers from across the community.
Selecting from such a wealth of work won’t be easy, but it promises an great conference ahead.
1/
Selecting from such a wealth of work won’t be easy, but it promises an great conference ahead.
1/
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We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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🗓️🗓️🗓️
EPSS Deadline is this week:
Submit your proposal by November 7
EPSS Deadline is this week:
Submit your proposal by November 7
Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
EPSS 2026 submissions FAQ - EPSS
Submissions are coming in fast for Belfast 2026 and so are your questions about submissions. Here are answers to the most common questions: Where do I go to submit? For panel submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/75765/symposia/create For paper submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79266/submissions/new? How many papers can I submit? We put a constraint of max one presentation per person. This does …
epssnet.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
🗓️🗓️🗓️
EPSS Deadline is this week:
Submit your proposal by November 7
EPSS Deadline is this week:
Submit your proposal by November 7
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"Even as the hunger and fear of living under siege and bombardment made him desperate to leave, Douda remained inside El Fasher, constantly working to let the outside world know what was happening to the people there."
He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are ...
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Even as the hunger and fear of living under siege and bombardment made him desperate to leave, Douda remained inside El Fasher, constantly working to let the outside world know what was happening to the people there."
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This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Very good overview of what RSF's seizure of El Fasher and the horrific atrocities being committed in Sudan: shows.acast.com/60b001bcdb92...
Special Episode: What Does the RSF’s Seizure of El Fasher Mean for Sudan’s War? | Hold Your Fire!
shows.acast.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Very good overview of what RSF's seizure of El Fasher and the horrific atrocities being committed in Sudan: shows.acast.com/60b001bcdb92...
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Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
epssnet.org
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Better get your paper submissions in for the @epssnet.bsky.social conference in June 2026, as the deadline is 7 November, and we have no intention of extended that (given the submission numbers)!
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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Coming soon: our introduction to the politics of human rights 🥳📚
Preorder available here: www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
@sabinecarey.bsky.social
Preorder available here: www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
@sabinecarey.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Coming soon: our introduction to the politics of human rights 🥳📚
Preorder available here: www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
@sabinecarey.bsky.social
Preorder available here: www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
@sabinecarey.bsky.social
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We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!
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We've just published the most comprehensive study of news creators to date covering 24 countries. Authored by Nic Newman @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, it identifies the most mentioned in each country
📱Report buff.ly/bL6y8Hj
🧵6 findings in thread
📱Report buff.ly/bL6y8Hj
🧵6 findings in thread
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM
We've just published the most comprehensive study of news creators to date covering 24 countries. Authored by Nic Newman @amyrossarguedas.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social @richardfletcher.bsky.social, it identifies the most mentioned in each country
📱Report buff.ly/bL6y8Hj
🧵6 findings in thread
📱Report buff.ly/bL6y8Hj
🧵6 findings in thread
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The question isn’t "why does Signal use AWS?" It’s to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there’s no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers. 3/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The question isn’t "why does Signal use AWS?" It’s to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there’s no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers. 3/
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And here’s a startup offering influencing/propaganda services. Called it ;) www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
And here’s a startup offering influencing/propaganda services. Called it ;) www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
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What a time to be alive
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What a time to be alive
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Was Merz tut, wird seit vielen Jahren in den Gender-Wissenschaften als »Femonationalismus« beschrieben (Sara Farris).
„Versuche europäischer rechter Parteien feministische Ideale für Kampagnen gegen Migranten und Migrantinnen und gegen den Islam zu vereinnahmen.“
Es geht nicht um Sicherheit.
„Versuche europäischer rechter Parteien feministische Ideale für Kampagnen gegen Migranten und Migrantinnen und gegen den Islam zu vereinnahmen.“
Es geht nicht um Sicherheit.
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Was Merz tut, wird seit vielen Jahren in den Gender-Wissenschaften als »Femonationalismus« beschrieben (Sara Farris).
„Versuche europäischer rechter Parteien feministische Ideale für Kampagnen gegen Migranten und Migrantinnen und gegen den Islam zu vereinnahmen.“
Es geht nicht um Sicherheit.
„Versuche europäischer rechter Parteien feministische Ideale für Kampagnen gegen Migranten und Migrantinnen und gegen den Islam zu vereinnahmen.“
Es geht nicht um Sicherheit.
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🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
October 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms
hopeful findings👇🏽
👏🏻 ‼️ "We don’t train young scholars to fail well. [...] rarely do we discuss how to handle the inevitable: the harsh review, the desk rejection, the grant proposal that doesn’t get funded."
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
👏🏻 ‼️ "We don’t train young scholars to fail well. [...] rarely do we discuss how to handle the inevitable: the harsh review, the desk rejection, the grant proposal that doesn’t get funded."
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Defending privacy isn't easy. Those in power always want more access+more info. It's especially hard when emotionally charged args are used to advance surveillance
❤️ to those doing the work 2/
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❤️ to those doing the work 2/
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bsky.app/profile/d-64...
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bsky.app
October 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Defending privacy isn't easy. Those in power always want more access+more info. It's especially hard when emotionally charged args are used to advance surveillance
❤️ to those doing the work 2/
bsky.app/profile/ccc.de
bsky.app/profile/d-64...
bsky.app/profile/digi...
bsky.app/profile/figh...
❤️ to those doing the work 2/
bsky.app/profile/ccc.de
bsky.app/profile/d-64...
bsky.app/profile/digi...
bsky.app/profile/figh...
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It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
🧵 1/7
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October 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.
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NEW: Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It
Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It
The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.
www.wired.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It
Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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5/And much of Silicon Valley has become complicit. Cozying up to the US government. This might help the Valley at home but it further undermines its position globally. See Macron speech.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Brewing Transatlantic Tech War
How Silicon Valley got entangled in geopolitics—and lost.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
5/And much of Silicon Valley has become complicit. Cozying up to the US government. This might help the Valley at home but it further undermines its position globally. See Macron speech.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...