Welcome, Stefano!

Photo of Trinity College Dublin taken by Stefan Müller

Our neighbours at @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social are hiring 3 (!) tenure-track faculty members:

– Assistant Professor in Political Economy
– Assistant Professor in International Politics
– Assistant Professor in Political Science

Deadline: 15 Jan 2026
More details: jobs.tcd.ie
@tcddublin.bsky.social

Group picture of researchers at the WHAT-IF workshop in Vienna: Rupert Kiddle, David Garcia, Giordano de Marzo, Nikolaus Pöchhacker, Aytalina Kulichkina, Annie Waldherr, Taehee Kim, Jula Lühring, Max van Drunen, Wouter van Atteveldt, Sophie Reisinger, Max Pellert, Daisuke Nakamura, Constantine Boussalis

(How) can AI help build better online spaces? ✨

Last week, 16 researchers from 8 institutions gathered in Vienna to explore exactly that question. Between the Christmas markets, the WHAT-IF team discussed how LLMs can power agent-based simulations to tackle online hostility and harmful content 👇

And you are too humble to say it, but I can: passed with no corrections!

🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨

We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social

Any questions, please reach out to me

📣 Please share! 📣

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Elena Karagianni @elenakrg.bsky.social at PSAI 2025 presenting our work with @lamprinirori.bsky.social on the relationship between far-right local activities and electoral support. Preliminary findings: community engagement ceremonial activities (positive), social welfare (negative)

Congratulations Gijs!!

WHAT-IF team members met in Konstanz last week to design the WHAT-IF machine—an agent-based simulation with LLM-driven agents. It models media ecosystems to test 'what if' policy scenarios. Curious how? Read more: what-if-horizon.eu/2025/05/16/o...

Oh no Lambeaux…. He was such a sweet soul. Sorry Mirya :(

Congrats Mirya!!!!

1 and 2 clearly violate 22nd and 12th amendments but who knows with this court

My money is on ascension through line of succession via speaker position. He doesn’t even need to be elected to be speaker of the house

So what are the actual pathways for him? Here’s what I could come up with, obviously need to add yours to the list

1. Run straight up for President.
2. Run as VP, puppet president resign and he assumes office.
3. Appointed Speaker of the House, POTUS and VP resign.
4. Cabinet appt but run the show

I'm getting the feeling that my current research on difference-in-differences with non-binary treatments has no shot at NSF funding.

Curious about how media influences voting behaviour? 🤔🗳️ This month on PhD Perspectives we chat to Lucas Da Silva, who tells us about his research on how media affects cross-pressured voters- those with conflicting economic & cultural views.

Read about his research here 🔽
www.tcd.ie/Political_Sc...

Tense moments in Trump meeting with Zelenskyy as Vance blasts Ukraine's leader YouTube video by CBS News

For Zelenskyy to reach this point publicly means that the US offer is way outside the bargaining range. If Trump has burned all the bridges and Z realizes he has no influence, then, out of desperation, you negate Trump’s control of the narrative and mobilize public opinion
youtu.be/9td4L_p5WhE?...

Beyond disgraceful behavior. Respect to Zelenskyy for not groveling and standing up to them.

When cavemen learn how to run a corpus through a dictionary…

🔍PhD Perspectives🔎

This month, we spoke to 4th year PhD student @marinaschenkel.bsky.social about her research journey, from inspiration to real-world impact.

Read her story 👉 tinyurl.com/m92ya5r4

#politicalscience #phd #trinitycollegedublin #polscisky #socialsciences

Trump Tower Gaza via ethnic cleansing.

Picture of the WHAT-IF project consortium at the kick-off meeting in Amsterdam

Hello world! Meet our consortium—15 organizations, 10 countries—joining forces to rethink the digital political information space. 🚀

Last week, we kicked off our project WHAT-IF, setting the stage to build a digital twin that will help us test the impact of policy interventions.

More in the 🧵!

My school @ucdpolitics.bsky.social has 2 positions (deadline Feb 21) one in Global Governance, one in Environmental Politics.

They're called "Ad Astra Fellows" but between you & me they're basically tenure-track posts. It's a good deal. You get a PhD line & annual €5000 research budget for 5 years.

Phase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce "Pasta alla Cacio e pepe" is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce can ...

Yes. arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536

[closes book, slowly removes glasses, and thoughtfully cleans them with a small cloth] I honestly don't think Waldo is in there

Assistant Professor in Political Science at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor in Political Science. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

📢Join us! @tcdssp.bsky.social (Pol Scie) is hiring 2 assistant profs (1 comparative & 1 IR). I've only been at TCD since Sep but it's been a great place to work! Amazing colleagues, great students & vibrant research.

Comparative: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKX659/a...

IR: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKX664/a...

We’re excited to announce two Assistant Professor (5-year tenure track) openings in Political Science:

1️⃣ International Relations www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKX664/a...

2️⃣ Comparative Politics
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKX659/a...

🗓️ Applications close 12 Noon (IST), 8th January 2025.
Details: jobs.tcd.ie

📖 To celebrate the migration to Bluesky I will put everyone who reposts this before Dec 2nd into a random drawing & send the winner a free paperback copy of my 2021 book Making the World Safe for Dictatorship anywhere they happen to be in the world. 📖

The 12 types of Political Science paper.

What's missing #polsci?

Maybe we wait til the next episode? Don’t want to waste the vetoes yet

Hi Leah! Can I join? :)