🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna! ⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025 wratil.eu/files/MULTIR... 1/4 🧵

#EPSS2026 currently at over 1,100 submissions and climbing, report the conference committee chairs. Submissions close tomorrow. Don't forget to submit! app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79266... All your questions answered here: epssnet.org/conferences/... @epssnet.bsky.social

Advanced UCD Research in Artificial Intelligence (AURA), our single biggest investment in #AI #supercomputing! @ucddublin.bsky.social also invested €1.45m to upgrade existing campus-wide HPC stack, supporting Ireland's largest concentration of AI researchers www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/u...

Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026. Closing Date: 30 January 2026 ✔️Covers full fees (EU and Non-EU) ✔️Provides a living stipend of €25,000 per year for up to four years ✔️Is open to EU and non-EU applicants 👇 www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...

🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨 Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

Really important and insightful analysis of the voters who spoiled their ballots in the presidential election. @kevcunningham.bsky.social also classifies open-ended survey responses to better understand the underlying reasons and motivations. ➡️ open.substack.com/pub/kevcunni...

I've completed an analysis of the spoiled voter in the link below. This is a voter who will invariably come into play in the future. kevcunningham.substack.com/p/who-are-th...

The Peilingwijzer poll of polls for the Netherlands has been updated to include the latest polls of Verian/EenVandaag and Ipsos I&O. 📊 📈 All graphs & figures: https://peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl/

Updated aggregated estimates: Sinn Féin: 24% (22.5–25.5) Fine Gael: 19.5% (18–20.5) Fianna Fáil: 19% (18–20) Ind/Oth: 13.5% (12–15) Soc Dems: 7.5% (6.5–8.5) Lab: 4.5% (4–5.5) Aontú: 4% (3–5) II: 3.5% (3–4.5) SPBP: 2.5% (2–3) GP: 2.5% (2–2.5) ➡️ pollingindicator.com

If you’re in New York join me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as we talk w/ @adamtooze.bsky.social about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics Register here: harriman.columbia.edu/event/book-l...

Writing about what the presidential vote means in Irish Examiner today. Green shoots for the left, bad news for the government and warning signs from a potentially undemocratic far-right. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Politics lecturer at TU Dublin, @kevcunningham.bsky.social , reflects on the 'three major events' in the presidential campaign that culminated in @catherinegalway's eventual victory. #RTETWIP will repeat at 23:10 tonight on @rteone.rte.ie

Also on today's #RTETWIP at noon, post #PresidentialElection analysis will also be provided by TU Dublin Politics Lecturer, @kevcunningham.bsky.social and RTE Political Correspondent @fertha.bsky.social. Tune in on @rteone.rte.ie and catch the repeat at 23:10

Irland: Catherine Connolly gewinnt Präsidentschaftswahl deutlich: Die von einem Linksbündnis unterstützte Kandidatin Catherine Connolly hat die Präsidentschaftswahl in Irland gewonnen. Die einzige Mitbewerberin gratulierte schon am Nachmittag. Und doch gibt es für Connolly nicht nur Grund zum…

🚨 Aggregate of national #aras25 tallies (albeit only partial in some constituencies): Catherine Connolly 63% Heather Humphreys 30% Jim Gavin 7% Roughly 13% of votes nationwide are spoiled/invalid @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Reasons for vote choice according to the Ireland Thinks polling day poll ⤵️ #Aras25 analysis.irelandthinks.ie/polling-day-... @kevcunningham.bsky.social

📊 @kevcunningham.bsky.social is publishing findings from the Ireland Thinks polling day poll at analysis.irelandthinks.ie

Called it at 9:13, which is a new record I think. Connolly by 60%+. Spoiled votes may outpoll Heather Humphreys.

It’s all long over and done with in the first 25 minutes of counting. A very comprehensive win for Catherine Connolly on the cards. Questions now are quite how big the margin, the time of the count and how high the number of spoiled votes turns out to be. #Aras25

🗳️ #aras25 Count Results live, from as soon as each of the 43 constituencies start to report their results: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Really well done explainer of the election system for the Irish Presidential elections using... smarties. Bonus points for showing why Irish election counting takes so long:

We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

💫💫💫 Great News: We are over the moon that our paper "Election Pledges in Multiparty Governments: When do Voters Accept Non-Fulfillment?" is now published in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social 🍾 🤗 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1017/S000... w/ Juha Ylisalo, Katrin Praprotnik & @laurenzennser.bsky.social 🧵1/5

Fascinating social class and voting data from Prof Gail McElroy from the 2024 general election National Election and Democracy Study. #PSAI25

Enjoying the panels of the Specialist Group on Parties, Voters and Elections of the Political Studies Association of Ireland annual conference in Galway - great papers on Irish voting and electoral system!

New from @erc.europa.eu project #MINORITYRULE with @sopro.bsky.social: We study voters’ knowledge about and perceptions of minority governments in 🇩🇰, 🇩🇪 and 🇸🇪. Link: doi.org/10.1017/S147... When survey researchers or politicians talk about minority governments, what do voters understand? ⬇️

▶️ Political Methodology 👉🏽 Section chairs: Andy Eggers & @stefanmueller.bsky.social 📢 Our section welcomes submissions for lightning rounds, author-meets-critics panels, and topical roundtables on political methodology. /end

Will nobody think of the social scientists! Solidarity with Stefan and Liam: this would’ve been really interesting.

There goes the paper on support for Jim Gavin among those interested in Gaelic games in Dublin versus rival counties. Liam Kneafsey and I successfully applied for including these questions in the Irish Presidential Election Study, and we completed the pre-analysis plan and code last week. 😬😢

Wrote a Substack on this #aras25 poll: Catherine Connolly is surviving her scrapes - yet Heather Humphreys is within the margin of error for winning open.substack.com/pub/gavreill...

What's the difference between @epssnet.bsky.social and the "old" EPSA, and why you should come to our conference in Belfast in June 2026: epssnet.org/uncategorize...

If you're in Dublin next week come join me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social at the Institute of International & European Affairs (IIEA) on Thursday where we'll talk about our new book Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics Details: www.iiea.com/images/uploa...

Enjoyed discussing presidential politics with Art O’Leary & moderated by RTE’s Sheila Naughten. The first in a series of talks organised by @ucdpolitics.bsky.social Thank you @stefanmueller.bsky.social & colleagues for the invite. And best of luck with the new alumni initiatives.

For those profs teaching data literacy.... www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2025...

Some professional news as I took my oath of office today: On September 1st, I joined the University of Hamburg as a full professor of democratic political decision making👋 I'm very excited about this job & the chance to continue researching democracy, party competition and digitalization here 1/2

📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers! ❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊 💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas 💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance 📆 Deadline: 28 November Full information: 👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...

New paper in Computational Communication Research with James Cross, @derekgreene.bsky.social & Martijn Schoonvelde: “Mapping Digital Campaign Strategies: How Political Candidates Use Social Media to Communicate Constituency Connection and Policy Stance” PDF (open access): doi.org/10.5117/CCR2...

Are you a @ucdpolitics.bsky.social graduate? Join our discussion event on the upcoming presidential election.  🎙️ Panelists: @kevinrafter.bsky.social, Art O'Leary & Sheila Naughton 🗓️ 30 Sept, 18:30 📍 Museum of Literature Ireland Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @ucddublin.bsky.social

Very happy to have been appointed to the Young Academy Ireland Executive Committee. Many thanks to the outgoing EC members for their outstanding work in establishing and developing @yai.ie over the past two years! www.ria.ie/2025/09/12/y... @ria.ie

Young Academies give a voice to and represent the interests of young scientists in academia, helping them to be heard by national governments and wider society go.nature.com/4nr8SNh

New podcast out on your favourite/least-hated audio platforms now. - Dissecting the 'powder keg' narrative of America. - Threats against politicians here. - The Áras race and whether Sinn Féin have bungled the whole thing. - RTÉ's Eurovision move. Fill your boots. linktr.ee/TheGroupChat...

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗ 📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎

Inspiring day at the @yai.ie ‘s “evidence for policy summit” with a big focus on how early career researchers fit into the system across the island, with a focus on sustainability and a fair and inclusive society. Big thanks to Johnathan Dalzell from DAERA coming down from NI.

🚨 Reposting to avoid any confusion between EPSS & EPSA 🚨 If you want to support non-for-profit, member-led political science association, EPSS is the place to be! More here 👇🏽

We're excited to share some EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social updates with you - and we're so grateful to the political science community in Europe (and beyond!) for the amazing support 👇

Some of the very best and most internationally renowned political scientists in Germany are at Cologne. This is a very real threat to a globally strong group.

As someone who spent some time at the Cologne Center for Comparative Politics, I can just say that this used to be a great place educating many excellent scholars. It will be a great loss to see polsci in Cologne defunded. Sign 👇

As a former assistant at the IR Chair (1993-1998) and Managing Director of the Institute (1998-2002) I kindly ask you to sign

Very interesting work on extracting 'scalar constructs' from #TextData with #LLMs by @haukelicht.bsky.social and colleagues: arxiv.org/abs/2509.03116