Can Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) extract features of urban neighborhoods from street-view images? New with Paige Bollen (OSU) and @joehigton.bsky.social (NYU): Sometimes, but the models better recover national assessments that local ones, even w/additional prompting (which can make things worse!)

It’s a wrap for PEEP 2025! Thank you to all the presenters, discussants and attendees! @awiedemann.bsky.social @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social @miguelpereira.bsky.social and I are already looking forward to another full day of Political Economy in 2026!

🚨Last week to submit to PEEP- Political Economy of Europe APSA Pre-Conference (Vancouver Sep 10). Submit by April 30 tinyurl.com/4j65s2ye @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social @miguelpereira.bsky.social @awiedemann.bsky.social and I look forward to reading & organizing! Last year’s program below

Out now! "GERDA: The German Election Database." GERDA provides comprehensive municipal, state, and federal election results at the municipality level between 1990 and 2021. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🗣️ PEEP - Political Economy of Europe APSA Pre-Conference - is back this year in Vancouver (Sep 10). Submit your work by April 30: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Last year's program below (co-orgs: Maria Carreri, @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social, @awiedemann.bsky.social)

Spain's housing market has financialized really quickly. More on this fascinating article by @awiedemann.bsky.social and @awiedemann.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Yep www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-o...

The GC Wealth Project has launched an updated version of its data warehouse! Key improvements: new data concepts, new sources, and expanded coverage of regions, countries, and time periods. Discover all the updates: wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/news/article...