Maurice P. Schumann
@realmps.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @ the Hertie School | Authoritarianism, the Internet, and Civil War | Sports and Cats
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🌍 Ax:son Johnson Scholarship in International Security – apply now!
Funded by the Axel & Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit and offered with the Centre for International Security, the scholarship fully funds up to 3 Swedish students pursuing our MIA.
📅 More info: lnkd.in/dp5fHCXr
Funded by the Axel & Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit and offered with the Centre for International Security, the scholarship fully funds up to 3 Swedish students pursuing our MIA.
📅 More info: lnkd.in/dp5fHCXr
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🌍 Ax:son Johnson Scholarship in International Security – apply now!
Funded by the Axel & Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit and offered with the Centre for International Security, the scholarship fully funds up to 3 Swedish students pursuing our MIA.
📅 More info: lnkd.in/dp5fHCXr
Funded by the Axel & Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit and offered with the Centre for International Security, the scholarship fully funds up to 3 Swedish students pursuing our MIA.
📅 More info: lnkd.in/dp5fHCXr
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The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
August 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
Sending this article along with the bills from several tapas bars to the finance department after #EPSA25
“The idea that taking walks, reading things unrelated to your research, and hanging out with strangers in a campus pub should be considered part of the serious process of thinking, but might well meet with skepticism in practice.”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The forgotten half of scientific thinking | PNAS
The forgotten half of scientific thinking
www.pnas.org
June 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Sending this article along with the bills from several tapas bars to the finance department after #EPSA25
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If you are attending #EPSA2025 and interested in uncovering the black box that is the postdoctoral job market, you're in luck! Marta Antonetti (LSE) and I will be hosting a roundtable on Thursday at 13:10 dedicated to the topic. 🧵👇
June 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If you are attending #EPSA2025 and interested in uncovering the black box that is the postdoctoral job market, you're in luck! Marta Antonetti (LSE) and I will be hosting a roundtable on Thursday at 13:10 dedicated to the topic. 🧵👇
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New Publication! 📣
When do governments limit digital rights through law? Read "Legalizing Control: The Rise of Restrictive Internet Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa" by @realmps.bsky.social in @democratization.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
For a quick overview, read the 1-pager below.
When do governments limit digital rights through law? Read "Legalizing Control: The Rise of Restrictive Internet Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa" by @realmps.bsky.social in @democratization.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
For a quick overview, read the 1-pager below.
June 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New Publication! 📣
When do governments limit digital rights through law? Read "Legalizing Control: The Rise of Restrictive Internet Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa" by @realmps.bsky.social in @democratization.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
For a quick overview, read the 1-pager below.
When do governments limit digital rights through law? Read "Legalizing Control: The Rise of Restrictive Internet Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa" by @realmps.bsky.social in @democratization.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
For a quick overview, read the 1-pager below.
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Exciting news! 🎉 SCRIPTS – the Cluster of Excellence examining liberal democracy's challenges – is getting renewed @dfg.de. 🎓
Congratulations!
👨🏫 @mhallerberg.bsky.social (Co-Deputy Dir.)
👩🏫 Arianna Ornaghi & @argohdes.bsky.social (PIs)
@scripts-berlin.eu
#SCRIPTS #Research #PoliticalScience
Congratulations!
👨🏫 @mhallerberg.bsky.social (Co-Deputy Dir.)
👩🏫 Arianna Ornaghi & @argohdes.bsky.social (PIs)
@scripts-berlin.eu
#SCRIPTS #Research #PoliticalScience
May 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Exciting news! 🎉 SCRIPTS – the Cluster of Excellence examining liberal democracy's challenges – is getting renewed @dfg.de. 🎓
Congratulations!
👨🏫 @mhallerberg.bsky.social (Co-Deputy Dir.)
👩🏫 Arianna Ornaghi & @argohdes.bsky.social (PIs)
@scripts-berlin.eu
#SCRIPTS #Research #PoliticalScience
Congratulations!
👨🏫 @mhallerberg.bsky.social (Co-Deputy Dir.)
👩🏫 Arianna Ornaghi & @argohdes.bsky.social (PIs)
@scripts-berlin.eu
#SCRIPTS #Research #PoliticalScience
🚨 New publication alert! 🚨
Very excited to share my first solo-authored article (and the first from my dissertation) is published in Democratization! 🎉
📄 "Legalizing Control: The Rise of Restrictive Internet Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa"
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1351...
Very excited to share my first solo-authored article (and the first from my dissertation) is published in Democratization! 🎉
📄 "Legalizing Control: The Rise of Restrictive Internet Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa"
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1351...
Legalizing control: the rise of restrictive internet regulation in sub-Saharan Africa
Today, internet freedom is increasingly contingent upon government discretion. Previous research has uncovered how governments use digital strategies to establish control over online communication....
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🚨 New publication alert! 🚨
Very excited to share my first solo-authored article (and the first from my dissertation) is published in Democratization! 🎉
📄 "Legalizing Control: The Rise of Restrictive Internet Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa"
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1351...
Very excited to share my first solo-authored article (and the first from my dissertation) is published in Democratization! 🎉
📄 "Legalizing Control: The Rise of Restrictive Internet Regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa"
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1351...
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There are - to be fair - plenty of better ways to spend your day than reading our article. But since most of you are just doomscrolling Bluesky anyway, you might as well give it a read ⬇️
Name a better way to spend today than reading "Fighting for their country: How proximate conflict shapes citizens’ attitudes" from @alexsorg.bsky.social, @wolfgangwagner.bsky.social, and @profonderco.bsky.social.
Freshly published and open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Freshly published and open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
May 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There are - to be fair - plenty of better ways to spend your day than reading our article. But since most of you are just doomscrolling Bluesky anyway, you might as well give it a read ⬇️
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Nachdem meine Freundin beim Schauen von Andor Staffel 2 Dedra Meero als "Space Weidel" bezeichnete, kann ich es nicht mehr nicht sehen.
May 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Nachdem meine Freundin beim Schauen von Andor Staffel 2 Dedra Meero als "Space Weidel" bezeichnete, kann ich es nicht mehr nicht sehen.
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
In our new paper (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...), @corinnebara.bsky.social and I discuss the challenges of attributing data on different forms of violence to specific civil wars.
In our new paper (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...), @corinnebara.bsky.social and I discuss the challenges of attributing data on different forms of violence to specific civil wars.
March 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🚨 Publication Alert 🚨
In our new paper (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...), @corinnebara.bsky.social and I discuss the challenges of attributing data on different forms of violence to specific civil wars.
In our new paper (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...), @corinnebara.bsky.social and I discuss the challenges of attributing data on different forms of violence to specific civil wars.
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We're hiring a Professor of Military Strategy and Technology @hertieschool.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social!
More details here: apply.interfolio.com/163523
More details here: apply.interfolio.com/163523
Apply - Interfolio
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February 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We're hiring a Professor of Military Strategy and Technology @hertieschool.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social!
More details here: apply.interfolio.com/163523
More details here: apply.interfolio.com/163523
Are you interested in gaining your first insights into academia through a Research Assistant role?
Apply now to join my colleague Christian in his exciting project on "The Anatomy of the Authoritarian Security Apparatus" (AASAP).
hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...
Apply now to join my colleague Christian in his exciting project on "The Anatomy of the Authoritarian Security Apparatus" (AASAP).
hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...
Student Research Assistants – AASAP Project (gn) part-time (10 hours/week)
hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Are you interested in gaining your first insights into academia through a Research Assistant role?
Apply now to join my colleague Christian in his exciting project on "The Anatomy of the Authoritarian Security Apparatus" (AASAP).
hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...
Apply now to join my colleague Christian in his exciting project on "The Anatomy of the Authoritarian Security Apparatus" (AASAP).
hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs...
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We have a couple of open #PhD positions at the @hertieschool.bsky.social, including one in the field of international security (@hertiesecurity.bsky.social): www.hertie-school.org/en/phd/apply... Deadline: January 31, 2025
PhD programmes
www.hertie-school.org
December 16, 2024 at 7:55 AM
We have a couple of open #PhD positions at the @hertieschool.bsky.social, including one in the field of international security (@hertiesecurity.bsky.social): www.hertie-school.org/en/phd/apply... Deadline: January 31, 2025
For all the German speakers: @corinnebara.bsky.social and I are thrilled that our research on the effectiveness of partnerships between UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions is featured in Horizonte: Das Schweizer Forschungsmagazin! www.horizonte-magazin.ch/2024/12/05/h...
Sechs Variationen von Harmoniesuche
Horizonte - Forschung für den Frieden
www.horizonte-magazin.ch
December 12, 2024 at 10:04 AM
For all the German speakers: @corinnebara.bsky.social and I are thrilled that our research on the effectiveness of partnerships between UN and non-UN peacekeeping missions is featured in Horizonte: Das Schweizer Forschungsmagazin! www.horizonte-magazin.ch/2024/12/05/h...
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I must not be the only one who feels this way
December 2, 2024 at 1:21 AM
I must not be the only one who feels this way
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🌟 Are ypu a PhD candidate or early career scholar? Look here for an excellent new initiative by the Conflict Research Society to mentor emerging scholars ⤵️
conflictresearchsociety.org/emerging-sch...
conflictresearchsociety.org/emerging-sch...
CRS Emerging Scholars Initiative - CRS
CRS Emerging Scholars Initiative CRS
conflictresearchsociety.org
December 9, 2024 at 9:46 PM
🌟 Are ypu a PhD candidate or early career scholar? Look here for an excellent new initiative by the Conflict Research Society to mentor emerging scholars ⤵️
conflictresearchsociety.org/emerging-sch...
conflictresearchsociety.org/emerging-sch...
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Polisky Dictatorsky 📣
Our November 2024 newsletter is out full of news and updates from the APSG community!
To get it every month subscribe at: eepurl.com/iJc9FY
To let us know about anything you would like to share: forms.gle/3KBQ6o31H3bf...
Our November 2024 newsletter is out full of news and updates from the APSG community!
To get it every month subscribe at: eepurl.com/iJc9FY
To let us know about anything you would like to share: forms.gle/3KBQ6o31H3bf...
November 27, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Polisky Dictatorsky 📣
Our November 2024 newsletter is out full of news and updates from the APSG community!
To get it every month subscribe at: eepurl.com/iJc9FY
To let us know about anything you would like to share: forms.gle/3KBQ6o31H3bf...
Our November 2024 newsletter is out full of news and updates from the APSG community!
To get it every month subscribe at: eepurl.com/iJc9FY
To let us know about anything you would like to share: forms.gle/3KBQ6o31H3bf...
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Proud of being assigned the #BestPaperAward together with @realmps.bsky.social for our work in progress "How International Economic Cooperation Shapes Digital Authoritarianism” at the 2024 Conference on International Cybersecurity – #Democracy and #Cyberspace by @thehagueprogram.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Proud of being assigned the #BestPaperAward together with @realmps.bsky.social for our work in progress "How International Economic Cooperation Shapes Digital Authoritarianism” at the 2024 Conference on International Cybersecurity – #Democracy and #Cyberspace by @thehagueprogram.bsky.social
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We are hiring: shorturl.at/bptuG
Please share widely.
- 3-year quant postdoc.
- 100% research and data collection.
- On violent conflict and humanitarian law.
- Grade 7 salary (more than most UK postdocs).
- Works with me in a large team across politics and law.
Please share widely.
- 3-year quant postdoc.
- 100% research and data collection.
- On violent conflict and humanitarian law.
- Grade 7 salary (more than most UK postdocs).
- Works with me in a large team across politics and law.
Jobs - The University of York
shorturl.at
March 28, 2024 at 1:07 PM
We are hiring: shorturl.at/bptuG
Please share widely.
- 3-year quant postdoc.
- 100% research and data collection.
- On violent conflict and humanitarian law.
- Grade 7 salary (more than most UK postdocs).
- Works with me in a large team across politics and law.
Please share widely.
- 3-year quant postdoc.
- 100% research and data collection.
- On violent conflict and humanitarian law.
- Grade 7 salary (more than most UK postdocs).
- Works with me in a large team across politics and law.
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📢 Next Tuesday (9am PST/12pm EST/5pm CET)
Christian Oswald (Bundeswehr) will present his work that uses Wikipedia page changes to measure and predict contentious politics.
Zac Steinert-Threlkeld (UCLA) and Theresa Gessler (Viadrina) will discuss.
Christian Oswald (Bundeswehr) will present his work that uses Wikipedia page changes to measure and predict contentious politics.
Zac Steinert-Threlkeld (UCLA) and Theresa Gessler (Viadrina) will discuss.
March 5, 2024 at 4:23 PM
📢 Next Tuesday (9am PST/12pm EST/5pm CET)
Christian Oswald (Bundeswehr) will present his work that uses Wikipedia page changes to measure and predict contentious politics.
Zac Steinert-Threlkeld (UCLA) and Theresa Gessler (Viadrina) will discuss.
Christian Oswald (Bundeswehr) will present his work that uses Wikipedia page changes to measure and predict contentious politics.
Zac Steinert-Threlkeld (UCLA) and Theresa Gessler (Viadrina) will discuss.
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Very happy to share the full-fledged and #OpenAccess version of our paper "The Search for Solid Ground in Text as Data: A Systematic Review of Validation Practices and Practical Recommendations for Validation", published with C. Lechner and Claudia Wagner in CMM✨
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Search for Solid Ground in Text as Data: A Systematic Review of Validation Practices and Practic...
Communication research frequently applies computational text analysis methods (CTAM) to detect and measure social science constructs. However, the validity of these measures can be difficult to ass...
www.tandfonline.com
November 28, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Very happy to share the full-fledged and #OpenAccess version of our paper "The Search for Solid Ground in Text as Data: A Systematic Review of Validation Practices and Practical Recommendations for Validation", published with C. Lechner and Claudia Wagner in CMM✨
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Polisky Dictatorsky !!
SPRING 2024 SERIES SCHEDULE IS OUT
We are thrilled to announce a new season featuring fantastic promising work and discussants!
Make sure to participate by subscribing at tinyurl.com/bddy4bta (for Zoom links and updates)
A 🧵with details on each meeting:
SPRING 2024 SERIES SCHEDULE IS OUT
We are thrilled to announce a new season featuring fantastic promising work and discussants!
Make sure to participate by subscribing at tinyurl.com/bddy4bta (for Zoom links and updates)
A 🧵with details on each meeting:
December 18, 2023 at 3:14 PM
Polisky Dictatorsky !!
SPRING 2024 SERIES SCHEDULE IS OUT
We are thrilled to announce a new season featuring fantastic promising work and discussants!
Make sure to participate by subscribing at tinyurl.com/bddy4bta (for Zoom links and updates)
A 🧵with details on each meeting:
SPRING 2024 SERIES SCHEDULE IS OUT
We are thrilled to announce a new season featuring fantastic promising work and discussants!
Make sure to participate by subscribing at tinyurl.com/bddy4bta (for Zoom links and updates)
A 🧵with details on each meeting:
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A vast, covert Russian influence operation on TikTok involving 12,800 fake accounts spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine to millions of users in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Israel and Ukraine, has been uncovered by BBC Verify and @dfrlab.bsky.social.
Ukraine war: How TikTok fakes pushed Russian lies to millions
The BBC uncovers a vast Russia-based network of fake TikTok accounts pushing disinformation about Ukraine.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2023 at 1:08 AM
A vast, covert Russian influence operation on TikTok involving 12,800 fake accounts spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine to millions of users in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Israel and Ukraine, has been uncovered by BBC Verify and @dfrlab.bsky.social.