Last week I had the pleasure of teaching a short intro to text classification with LLMs to the faculty at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social. Interested? Materials: github.com/laurencleek/.... I've also made public a repo for an intro to GitHub course github.com/laurencleek/... I taught some time back!

If you’re interested in a far more advanced and more high-quality data-driven exploration of local inequalities and deprivation patterns in the UK, check out this excellent work by @laurenleek.eu. laurenleek.substack.com/p/we-all-end... laurenleek.substack.com/p/the-uks-lo...

Great thread from @juliusk.bsky.social revealing interesting patterns using the new English Indices of Deprivation (including how they relate to voting behaviour)!

I have just written a Substack piece with some scenarios of what would have happened in the recent Dutch election if there had been 4% electoral threshold (with apologies to my Dutch friends for banging on about this!) substack.com/home/post/p-...

Fascinating Substack by @laurenleek.eu, on new forms of social segregation, and new ways to measure that. open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

It's Monday morning, so time to share my new Substack: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle... (caution: I'm very far from being a sociologist so pls do provide feedback)

TO DO: write a Bluesky version of a slightly cringe LinkedIn post, change PhDing to PhDone in my bio, update my personal website and tell my local coffeeshop that I can’t get student discounts anymore… because Tuesday I completed the official part of my education and defended at @eui-eu.bsky.social

Today I did a mock defense at the @eui-eco.bsky.social economics department (and even passed the SUTVA assumption question!). Curious? See my slides at laurenleek.eu/thesis-slides or sign-up for the actual defense at @eui-sps.bsky.social tomorrow at 11am via www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Found at the LSE Data Science Institute. More accurate would have been: var coffee = newCoffee();if(coffee.empty){panic()} Since I had the great idea to write my thesis defense slides in JavaScript…

Fascinating and insightful new substack by @laurenleek.eu: The UK’s Local Inequality Problem: Big Debates, Bad Data open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

I got stuck measuring local UK inequality, so I wrote a Substack about it: "The UK's Local Inequality Problem: Big Debates, Bad Data" Do share your data and thoughts! open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Just wrote a new Substack in which I take a deep dive into the world of football analytics: What the Final Score Didn't Tell You: The 2025 Women's final in Football Analytics open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Just wrote a new Substack, do check it out and provide feedback!: Provisional Findings: a Lower Voting Age Would Hand Labour a Quiet Edge open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

A new 'public opinion analytics lab' has been launched: publicopinionanalyticslab.github.io/people/ Led by @miriamsorace.bsky.social, @sarahobolt.bsky.social , @drjennings.bsky.social and a thematic leadership team, POAL advances research & teaching of public opinion measurement and analysis.

If you're into cycling and 1890s politics (I fit this intersection 😉), then you'll love @laurenleek.eu's latest Substack: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

I wrote another cycling Substack... This time about the Tour de France and it's political origins plus some data predictions regarding who is going to win this years edition. open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Just came across this interesting paper: ‘The opportunity cost of a phd: spending your twenties’. *Take-away*: in terms of earnings it’s not a good idea to do a PhD for men but it is for women! www.borianamiloucheva.com/uploads/1/3/...

Another great Substack from @laurenleek.eu, which this time is a fabulously clearly summary of her excellent PhD thesis (on central bankers' speeches). Great job Lauren! open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Can't wait for central bankers to read this and introduce «Narrative Discipline» as their new policy tool!

Long overdue: I finally wrote a blog on the topic of my PhD thesis (and links to all papers) on central bank independence and communication. Check it out if only to see my data visuals! open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

"Yes, there is ‘enshittification’ of surveys. But let me be the typical academic and point out that there are also many nuances and solutions" @laurenleek.eu followed up her previous substack with more insights and ideas on survey quality! laurenleek.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...

Okay this is getting ridiculous. In addition to the ongoing problems with the UK’s Labour Force Survey, the Wealth and Assets Survey (key source for measuring wealth inequality) has now also had its accreditation revoked due to falling response rates. osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/osr-sus...

Together with @paugrau.bsky.social, we have just posted our first Substack, which is our quick take on the outcome of the labour rights and citizenship referendums in Italy on 8-9 June 1/ open.substack.com/pub/simonhix...

This is another fabulous Substack by @laurenleek.eu, on the challenges of survey sampling. A must-read for survey industry specialists and academic users of surveys. Eg. I’m sure you’ll love this @kevincunning.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

A follow-up to my survey Substack has just dropped👀 laurenleek.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...

👀 www.ft.com/content/6bd1...

🇪🇺🇦🇫 Published Today in CPS 🇪🇺🇦🇫 “Stand by those who share our values” – how refugees fleeing the Taliban improved European attitudes toward immigration Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os... Thread: 1/8

Some sharp insights from our very own @laurenleek.eu on the challenges AI poses to survey quality!

Some snapshots from our event on Friday, where we discussed the future of polling, the challenges ahead, and how AI is shaping survey research. Massive THANK YOU to all panelists for sharing their wisdom with us! Here’s a thread with some key take-aways:

Fascinating substack post by @laurenleek.eu on the problem of declining humans and increasing AI agents in survey responses. This is going to become a huge issue in survey research! open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

I wrote a new Substack! "The quiet collapse of surveys: fewer humans (and more AI agents) are answering survey questions" laurenleek.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...

New estimates of income mobility at a local level, using the records of 10 million young people across England over two decades: www.suttontrust.com/opportunity-...

Overleaf down - a valid reason to take a day off instead of being motivated to finally set up and customise VS code LaTex workshop extension, right?

New blog: "Happy Europe day! - and why it should be a celebrated public holiday" open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

But did the new Pope have any top 5 publication?

New pope Prevost (Leon XIV) seems to be more on the progressive side open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...

Glad that the Economist agrees with my Substack;) www.economist.com/interactive/...

Just wrote another blog:) open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

New publication (co-authored with @simeonbischl.de)! Excited to see Chapter 2 of my PhD published in EJPE: How Central Bank Independence Shapes Monetary Policy Communication: A Large Language Model Application. A thread below: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It's been a while, but a new blog: 'inside the Conclave: who will the next pope be? open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Sometimes I accidentally check X - or rather @simeonbischl.de apps me the highlights

Google searches for "filing for unemployment": 1/ This thread is inspired by the great @aaronsojourner.org , who is a pioneer (along with @paulgp.com and Elizabeth Pancotti) in nowcasting unemployment insurance claims using Google Trends data.

A Latte Trouble: how new tariffs impact your morning coffee price open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

New blog! "Vibe coding for social scientists part 1 + a sample size calculator application" open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Interesting how the Italians placed this in the smart thinking section…

Fish and chips and the Brexit vote. Brilliant work by @stevepickering.bsky.social and Seiki Tanaka in Geoforum. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Besides #brokenBritain, I must admit that their tax code system works pretty well and efficient online. Way better and quicker than the Dutch and German system for sure

New blog: Your (and especially my) cycling data fix open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

DeepSeek defies America’s AI supremacy https://www.ft.com/content/cd1a6482-37e4-475b-8ef6-59d0340fcc41

It's good that there's a 25% tarriff on imported coffee now. This will incentivize people to purchase American coffee, grown in the New Jersey coffee forests