Don't miss the opportunity! Deadline for #internship applications at DEMSCORE coming up this Sunday, April 12.
Application information: www.demscore.se/about/intern...
#Polisky #PolDataSky #SocialScience @qoginstitute.bsky.social @ucdp.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org @repdem-org.bsky.social
The DEMSCORE Best Master’s Thesis Award honors an outstanding master’s thesis in the field of Social Science. We invite all eligible candidates to submit their work for a chance to win and to have the opportunity to present it at the Demscore Conference in June.
www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
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Writing your #Master’sThesis using #DEMSCORE data? Or did you already finish it? Submit your paper for the DEMSCORE Best Master Thesis Award! 🏆
📆 Deadline: May 25
More information: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
#SocialScienceData #Polisky #PolDataSky #SocialScienceStudent #SocialScience
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DEMSCORE v7 also includes updates of:
🔹MIGPOL MIPEX dataset from #COMPLAB
🔹OECD and Standard datasets from @qoginstitute.bsky.social
🔹Basic, Party, and Potential Government datasets from @repdem-org.bsky.social
🔹V-Dem dataset v16, and the ERT Dataset from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social
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The Demscore logo and text on a dark blue background. Out now: Demscore version 7.0. New datasets from VIEWS. Updated datasets from COMPLAB, QoG, REPDEM and V-Dem.
DEMSCORE version 7 is out! What is new?
Explore the new data at www.demscore.se/data/
DEMSCORE v7 includes new datasets from #VIEWS:
🔹VIEWS PRIO-GRID-Month Conflict Predictions (Sept. 2025-Jan. 2026)
🔹VIEWS Country-Month Conflict Predictions (Sept. 2025-Jan. 2026)
DEMSCORE v7 also includes 👇
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Coming very soon: DEMSCORE Data version 7.0 released March 25th!
The DEMSCORE v. 7.0 release includes the most recent data updates from @viewsforecasting.org, @repdem-org.bsky.social, @qoginstitute.bsky.social, @vdeminstitute.bsky.social and #COMPLAB.
#PolDataSky #SocialScienceData #Polisky
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📢 We are hiring: Combined Postdoc position at V-Dem Institute and GLD!
Applications are open for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cross-National Survey Methodology in Political Science.
Application: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
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#Polisky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceJobs #PostDoc
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social @vdemamlat.bsky.social @ucdp.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org @repdem-org.bsky.social @digitalsocietyproject.org @uupeace.bsky.social
@uu-polisci.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @umeauniversitet.bsky.social @sofi.su.se
The text "Demscore Conference 2026: Call for papers and panels, deadline March 22", on a background image of a dark blue ocean shore.
#Deadline March 22 for paper abstracts and panel propsals for the DEMSCORE Conference 2026 🔜
Submit your paper abstract or panel proposal here: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
We invite submissions for presentations and panel discussions, preferably using at least two of DEMSCORE’s data sources.
#Internship at DEMSCORE Fall 2026
Are you a student with a strong interest in data-driven research within the field of social science? Apply now for an internship at DEMSCORE during the fall semester 2026.
👉 Application information: www.demscore.se/about/intern...
📆 Application deadline: April 12
🎉 New Data Release!
We’re excited to share a new release of the REPDEM dataset, with updated data on political parties, parliaments, and governments across 33 parliamentary democracies from 1945 (or democratic transition) to 31 December 2025.
📥 Access the dataset here: repdem.org/index.php/cu...
Did you already send in your paper abstract or panel proposal? If not, the deadline is March 22.
For more information, see the DEMSCORE website: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
@ucdp.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org
@repdem-org.bsky.social
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👉 Registation Open for DEMSCORE Conference 2026
Join us in Gothenburg for the 4th DEMSCORE Conference!
Registration is now open on the DEMSCORE website: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
📅 Registration deadline is May 22
#Polisky #PolDataSky #SocialScienceData #CompSocialScience #PoliSciSky
Not subscribed to the DEMSCORE Newletter yet? Subscribe here: demscore.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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@repdem-org.bsky.social
The December edition of the #DEMSCORE Newsletter is out.
In this issue, we look back at 2025 and offer a preview of what’s coming in 2026.
The newsletter:
mailchi.mp/demscore/new...
See you again in 2026! Until then, we wish you happy and peaceful holidays.🎄
#polisky #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky
The Historical Data Archive (H-DATA) is a hub of historical country-level data going as far back as the French Revolution. It enables researchers to answer questions about the past and understand the origins and find historical parallels to present-day problems.
www.demscore.se/partners/h-d...
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REPDEM (The Representative Democracy Data Archive)
presents comparative data from research & data infrastructure projects on for example governments, parliaments, political parties, length of government formation periods, government duration & termination.
@repdem-org.bsky.social
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The Comparative Policy Laboratory (COMPLAB) is a research infrastructure that provides vital policy data across 3 different policy strands: environmental-, social-, and migration policy. COMPLAB integrates 3 advanced data infrastructures: GRACE, MIGPOL, & SPIN.
www.demscore.se/partners/com...
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The Violence & Impacts Early-Warning System (VIEWS) offers an integration of isolated causal factors into a theoretically and methodologically consistent forecasting system that is further informed by conflict data spanning nearly 30 years in time.
@viewsforecasting.org
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The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) is the world’s main provider of data on organized violence and the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war, with a history of almost 40 years.
@ucdp.bsky.social
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QoG (Quality of Government) Institute
QoG’s datasets focus on the quality of government, transparency, and public administration, to adress the theoretical and empirical problem of how political institutions of high quality can be created and maintained.
@qoginstitute.bsky.social
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V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) is the world’s largest dataset on Democracy & a unique approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy. It provides a multidimensional and disaggregated dataset with more than 450 indicators across 202 countries, from 1900 to today.
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social
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Image of ocean shore with text about the Call for Papers and Panels for the Demscore conference 2026. The same information is available in the post.
📢 Call for Papers DEMSCORE Conference 2026
We invite submissions for presentations and panel discussions preferably using at least two of DEMSCORE’s data sources (see 🧵).
Abstract submission deadline March 22, 2026
Read more: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
#CompSocialScience #SocialScience
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The lunch-to-lunch event will feature panel discussions and workshops presenting research findings, methodological developments, version 7 of the DEMSCORE platform, and much more.
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The DEMSCORE Conference brings together researchers and scholars from diverse fields within the social sciences to explore the potential of data-driven research in understanding contemporary political, social, and economic challenges.
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Save the Date: #DEMSCORE Conference 2026
The fourth DEMSCORE Conference will take place in Gothenburg on June 8–9, 2026.
More information: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
@ucdp.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social @vdeminstitute.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org
@repdem-org.bsky.social
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To download your variable(s) of choice, use the Demscore download interface option "Generate Dataset by Individual Variables": www.demscore.se/data_analysi...
PS: You can find the full top 10 on the Demscore website.
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1️⃣Electoral Democracy Index/V-Dem Country-Year v15
2️⃣Number of leader transitions in the year - QoG OECD Dataset
3️⃣Party seats upper chamber: Party 1 - REPDEM Basic
4️⃣Patriotic education in the curriculum - V-Dem Coder-Level v15
5️⃣Number of years the leader in office continuously - QoG OECD Dataset
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A screenshot from the Demscore website showing the top five downloaded variables in the last 30 days. The list is included in the post text.
Did you know that you can generate your own personal dataset by downloading individual variables through Demscore?
Here are the top 5 downloaded variables in the last 30 days:
@qoginstitute.bsky.social @vdeminstitute.bsky.social @repdem-org.bsky.social @ucdp.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org
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⏱️Don’t forget to apply! Internship application deadline for spring 2026 is November 16.
Read more on the V-Dem website: v-dem.net/about/intern...
We especially welcome applicants with an interest in quantitative research and data collection, or social science research communication (or both).