⬇️Thrilled to join as an Inaugural Member of the Israel National Consortium MEDem @medem.bsky.social : Liron Lavi (BIU), @noamgidron.bsky.social (HUJI), Osnat Akirav (ISPSA), @yaelrkaplan.bsky.social (OU), @acavari.bsky.social & Asif Efrat (RU), @ayakter.bsky.social & @liranharsgor.bsky.social ✨

🌐 Our colleagues @liranharsgor.bsky.social ky.social, @jenny-oser.bsky.social & @ayakter.bsky.social have formed a National Consortium in Israel 🇮🇱. An important step toward consolidating national efforts! Thank you for your trust & investing in the infrastructural foundations our field depends on 🤝

📅Thursday, reading tip day! 🌱Staying on theme with Clean Energy Day, today’s reading tip is: “Right-wing ideology reduces the effects of education on climate change beliefs in more developed countries.” 📄 Explore the full article 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #EVS #Climate #Europe #EVS2026

EVS 2026 is underway 🌍🚀 The 6th wave of the EVS combines its historic values ​​time series with a new framework on European Values, addressing democracy, rule of law, sustainability, and Europe in a changing world. Fieldwork started in Dec 2025 and continues across Europe in 2026. bit.ly/45T969x

As part of the PUSHBACKLASH project, @gesis.org 🇩🇪 have released the #European #Gender Attitudes Harmonized Database. This database includes our #data harmonised with three other major #surveys: Eurobarometer 🇪🇺, @evs-values.bsky.social and @isspsurvey.bsky.social.

The datasets from our @protestinstitut.bsky.social project ‘20 years of protest survey data’ are finally online for scientific re-use. We processed 30+ datasets, covering protests on peace, climate, trade, migration, equality & more. Now available @gesis.org 👇 search.gesis.org?source=%7B%2...

Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...

I realised I follow several journals and now I learn about new publications and interesting papers often here first - so I made a Starter Pack with journal accounts in case you wanted to as well. Let me know if I missed an important journal and I'll add it. go.bsky.app/L57tAru

Call for Co-Editor of @pdyearbook.bsky.social (PDY) - deadline 31st of January 2026. ✅ Are you passionate about data and analysis? ✅ Do you have a strong research background in political parties and governments in Europe and beyond? Find out how to apply - https://cup.org/4soRGLQ

The #EuropeanDemocracyShield is an important step toward coordinated, evidence-driven democratic resilience in the EU. Its focus on a protected information space, free and fair elections, and evidence-based policymaking aligns closely with MEDem’s mission. We fully support this initiative.

📢 New Thematic dataset: 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 The #Demscore v6 update comes with a new thematic dataset on Laws and Liberties. Available for free at the Demscore website: www.demscore.se/data/themati... More info in 🧵1(3) #SocialScienceData #Polisky #PolDataSky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceData

📢 Don’t miss the next #CNES Seminar, a deep dive into #migrant #electionstudies!

📣 Our Methods School winter programme is now LIVE #ecprms 📆 16 – 27 Feb 2026 💻 Online 🔓 Join the priority booking list by Wed 29 Oct buff.ly/gMBSzZ8 ✅ First pick of courses 🎓 Expert-led training on #quantitative, #qualitative, creative & mixed research methods

Just 2 weeks to go until our ODISSEI Annual Conference 2025! 🗓️ 4 November 2025 | 📍 Jaarbeurs, Utrecht | 🆓 FREE REGISTRATION Register 👉 odissei-data.nl/event/odisse...

🎓 Interested in #PoliticalBehavior, #SurveyData & #ComparativeResearch? @forsresearch.bsky.social & the University of Lausanne 🇨🇭 are hiring a PhD researcher in comparative political behavior — join a great team and contribute to #MEDem’s Service Center for Survey Data! 🗓️ Apply by 9 Nov! 👉

✨ From Data to Impact: The #MEDemConference recap is now online! Two days of exchange, reflection, and collaboration with inspiring voices from media, policy, and academia, innovative tools, & plenty of photo highlights showing the #MEDemCommunity in action 📸 👉 Read the full #MEDemBlog post here:

Do you have a degree in social sciences or a related field? And are you interested in becoming part of Europe's largest social science panel study? Then apply for the position of Survey Specialist as part of the German country team: share-eric.eu/news-events/...

✨ Two inspiring days at the #MEDemConference wrapped up with our #MEDemBoD meeting! A big thank you to @gesis.org for hosting us in Cologne — and for the chance to meet one of the city’s most famous residents: Die Maus, star of the legendary German TV show "Die Sendung mit der Maus". 🐭🎉

Twelve years ago, I used AmCAT for the first time. Today it’s exciting to see it finding its place in @medem.bsky.social 🗳️📊 – and wow, so much hard work has gone into it since then… 😱

Day 2 of the #MEDemConference at @gesis.org starts with powerful tool demos: 🔍 AmCAT @sof14g1l.bsky.social on enabling large-scale text analysis of media & political debates. 🌐 HarDIS @sziaja.bsky.social on harmonizing and sustaining cross-national democracy data (surveys, parties, experts).

Somewhat ironically, we have come together to #MakeDemocracyResearchGreatAgain. Always a pleasure – and quite humbling – to see the #MEDemCommunity gather to discuss where @medem.bsky.social should be headed in the coming years. #ResearchInfrastructures ⚙️

I really enjoyed the inspiring keynote speeches by @sldelange.bsky.social and @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social at the 3rd #MEDemConference at @gesis.org in Cologne! ⭐

@simonsaysnothin.bsky.social at #MEDem Conf: we need to integrate our efforts instead of researchers all building their own datasets and infrastructure. Couldn't agree more!

Next at the #MEDemConference – @LorenzoDeSio presents his vision for the #MEDemServiceGatewayHub 🌐 – featuring #ATLAS, our living encyclopedia designed to make democracy data findable, comparable, reusable, and linkable. Discover more about our #MEDemTools 👉 link in bio!

🚀 Kicking off day 1 of the 3rd #MEDemConference at @gesis.org! From @sldelange.bsky.social discussing radical-right normalization 🗳️ to calls to consolidate democracy data by @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social 📊 — keynotes spotlight why #MEDem matters for democracy.

They say: once there’s a paper 📝, it’s real… 🎉 #MEDem in #EPS @ecpr.bsky.social The paper outlines how MEDem will strengthen #OpenScience by making data #FAIR in #DemocracyResearch – and how scholars across Europe are joining forces to build a truly open #ResearchInfrastructure ⚙️

Coming up on Monday the @medem.bsky.social conference at @gesis.org in Cologne. Stay tuned for the future of democracy research infrastructures www.medem.eu/coming-up-th... Keynotes from @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social and @sldelange.bsky.social

This week, I joined the #PolishCommunicationAssociation in #Katowice 🇵🇱. I presented @medem.bsky.social – where we stand as #EuropeanResearchInfrastructure ⚙️ & what lies ahead. Many thanks to the MEDem teams at #UniversityOfSilesia, #JagiellonianUniversity, & #UniwersytetSWPS for the warm welcome.

#MEDem’s added value for the #EuropeanResearchCommunity was front and center in #Katowice 🇵🇱: connecting dispersed datasets, advancing shared standards, and improving access to high-quality, comparable data for democracy researchers all across Europe. Thank you @jamoeberl.bsky.social for presenting!

I might have had a hand in this 💪 After a long journey, my lobbying for democracy research has made its way to the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology & Space — and the timing couldn’t be more perfect.🚀

We are delighted that the new “Hightech Agenda Deutschland” by the #BMFTR recognizes the importance of strengthening data infrastructures in the social sciences and humanities – and explicitly mentions #MEDem. ⚙️📊 Full source here: www.bmftr.bund.de/SharedDocs/P...

Sunny & productive days in Amsterdam! ☀️ The MEDem Infrastructure’s Service Center for Text & Multimedia Data 📚📺📱gathered for a 2-day workshop to discuss services & put plans into action. Important steps forward - one step at a time! ⚙️📊 #MEDem #DemocracyResearch #EuropeanInfrastructure #DataScience

The MEDem Service Center for Interoperability at University of Gothenburg #UGOT is hiring a #DataBaseManager! ✴️ Apply now 👇🏻 w/ @polhosc.bsky.social

Super excited to be speaking at the #MEDemConference2025

🎉 We are excited to announce the #MEDemConference2025 keynote speakers: @sldelange.bsky.social & @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social — leading experts in European #DemocracyResearch! Looking forward to their insights & fruitful discussions! 📅 29–30 Sept 2025 📍 GESIS, Cologne

🔗⚙️ Excited to announce a new #MoU between #MEDem & @icpsr.bsky.social! Partnering to tackle #ICT -related challenges & support data-driven #DemocracyResearch worldwide. 🌐📊 Read more on the MEDemBlog: www.medem.eu/mou-icpsr/

📚 The first #MEDem workshop hosted by #UniSilesia marked the launch of MEDem's Service Center for Training and Capacity Building. It offered a first look at how MEDem will support the research community through shared resources, methods, and collaborative exchange. 📖 Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉

#MEDem is thrilled to join forces with @ess-survey.bsky.social — further strengthening our shared commitment to high-quality data and collaborative research across Europe. 🤝 🌍 #MEDem #ESS #EuropeanResearchInfrastructure

We're proud to see #MEDem mentioned in the latest @jcms-eu.bsky.social article by Richard Whitaker, @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social & @kgattermann.bsky.social! The authors call for coordinated survey design—ideally within the MEDem framework—to better link data across studies and time. 📊🔗🇪🇺

🤝Joining forces for #DemocracyResearch! #MEDem has started collaborations with leading European SSH research infrastructures: @ess-survey.bsky.social , @cessda.bsky.social, @ggp.bsky.social, #SHARE-ERIC, and #CLARIN-ERIC! 👉 Read more about this on our blog: www.medem.eu/joining-forc...

Huge step! Congratulations and THANK YOU. Invaluable contribution to the common good!!

Incredibly proud to be part of this! 🌍 On 10 April 2025, MEDem – Monitoring Electoral Democracy in Europe – officially submitted its ESFRI Roadmap application, backed by 15 countries. A huge step for democracy research across Europe! 🇪🇺 #MEDem #DemocracyResearch #ESFRI era.gv.at/news-items/d...

We did it! 🙌 #MEDem is now formally established and funded for the coming years. ✅ Application to the #ESFRI #Roadmap is ongoing. ✅ Huge thanks to everyone who supported us—over the years, months, weeks, and in the final moments too! 🤝 A major step forward for #DemocracyResearch. 🗳️

Exciting news for #MEDem! 🙌🍾

Universität Wien übernimmt führende Rolle bei MEDem. Österreich soll künftig das Hauptquartier der neuen Forschungsinfrastruktur @medem.bsky.social stellen. Die europäische Forschungsinfrastruktur verfolgt das Ziel, umfassende und innovative Demokratieforschung zu ermöglichen. 🏛️

A shout out also to @medem.bsky.social: we provide a couple recommendations on how to link survey questions using different data sources in research on EU representation in the future. 🔗🔢🔗

🎉 Big step for #MEDem! We’ve officially applied for the #ESFRIroadmap2026— backed by 15 governments, 1,000+ researchers & 100+ institutions/associations. One more milestone toward building Europe’s infrastructure for comparative #DemocracyResearch ✅ Read more on our #MEDemBlog 👉

Congratulations to MEDem!

Any events in 2025 will only affect the following version of the dataset, v16, to be released in 2026. Moreover, since the data is updated once per year and for the past year, a country’s ranking or score on the V-Dem indices cannot change within a year (or version). 4(7) @medem.bsky.social

The Deadly Electoral Conflict dataset (DECO) is a global, geo-referenced event dataset, based on UCDP data, identifying electoral violence with lethal outcomes from 1989 to 2017. www.demscore.se/data/static-... 3(4) @prioresearch.bsky.social @medem.bsky.social