Bernd Schlipphak
@bschlipphak.bsky.social
Prof Research Methods | PolSci Uni Muenster | enjoys sound & transparent empirical research in #polpsych, #polcomm, #polsoc, & IR
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🚨📄 New paper (conditional accepted at @thejop.bsky.social):
We test whether social desirability bias actually distorts answers in online surveys.
Short version:
It mostly doesn’t.
w. @timallinger.bsky.social @kristianvsf.bsky.social @morganlcj.bsky.social
URL: osf.io/preprints/os...
We test whether social desirability bias actually distorts answers in online surveys.
Short version:
It mostly doesn’t.
w. @timallinger.bsky.social @kristianvsf.bsky.social @morganlcj.bsky.social
URL: osf.io/preprints/os...
February 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
🚨📄 New paper (conditional accepted at @thejop.bsky.social):
We test whether social desirability bias actually distorts answers in online surveys.
Short version:
It mostly doesn’t.
w. @timallinger.bsky.social @kristianvsf.bsky.social @morganlcj.bsky.social
URL: osf.io/preprints/os...
We test whether social desirability bias actually distorts answers in online surveys.
Short version:
It mostly doesn’t.
w. @timallinger.bsky.social @kristianvsf.bsky.social @morganlcj.bsky.social
URL: osf.io/preprints/os...
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The methodology evolution is coming.
On Feb 11th, #MethodsNET opens the Call for Proposals for our next conference. We’re looking for innovative takes on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.
Check out the conference details here: methodsnet.org/conference/3...
#AcademicSky #MethodsNET
On Feb 11th, #MethodsNET opens the Call for Proposals for our next conference. We’re looking for innovative takes on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.
Check out the conference details here: methodsnet.org/conference/3...
#AcademicSky #MethodsNET
3rd MethodsNET Conference 2026 – MethodsNET
3rd MethodsNET Conference 2026 The global hub for research methods innovations, excellence and smart use . 28-30 October 2026, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Th
methodsnet.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
The methodology evolution is coming.
On Feb 11th, #MethodsNET opens the Call for Proposals for our next conference. We’re looking for innovative takes on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.
Check out the conference details here: methodsnet.org/conference/3...
#AcademicSky #MethodsNET
On Feb 11th, #MethodsNET opens the Call for Proposals for our next conference. We’re looking for innovative takes on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.
Check out the conference details here: methodsnet.org/conference/3...
#AcademicSky #MethodsNET
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🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨
7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Free of charge (limited travel support).
Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org
#methodsky #polisky
7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Free of charge (limited travel support).
Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org
#methodsky #polisky
February 2, 2026 at 1:13 PM
🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨
7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Free of charge (limited travel support).
Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org
#methodsky #polisky
7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Free of charge (limited travel support).
Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org
#methodsky #polisky
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Starting a new thread to collect critical perspectives on AI, as they are articulated dozens of times every day and appear repeatedly on my timeline. I can't read everything right away, but if, like me, you want to stay up to date, then this might help a bit:
September 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Starting a new thread to collect critical perspectives on AI, as they are articulated dozens of times every day and appear repeatedly on my timeline. I can't read everything right away, but if, like me, you want to stay up to date, then this might help a bit:
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Seems like the companies pushing this tech are not being strictly v honest with anyone about how it works.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Researchers Just Found Something That Could Shake the AI Industry to Its Core
Researchers found compelling evidence that AI models are actually copying copyrighted data, not "learning" from it.
futurism.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Looking for speeches from all German state parliaments?
@cgnguyen.bsky.social , Eric Beltermann, Sabine Kropp & Antonios Souris have you covered.
Introducing the StateParl Corpus. Now open access with PVS:
doi.org/10.1007/s11615-025-00643-5
@cgnguyen.bsky.social , Eric Beltermann, Sabine Kropp & Antonios Souris have you covered.
Introducing the StateParl Corpus. Now open access with PVS:
doi.org/10.1007/s11615-025-00643-5
Decoding German Politics with StateParl—A Text Corpus of Plenary Protocols in the 16 German Länder Parliaments - Politische Vierteljahresschrift
The availability of large amounts of machine-readable text data has enabled political scientists to explore a variety of novel and innovative research questions. In this context, parliamentary documen...
doi.org
January 30, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Looking for speeches from all German state parliaments?
@cgnguyen.bsky.social , Eric Beltermann, Sabine Kropp & Antonios Souris have you covered.
Introducing the StateParl Corpus. Now open access with PVS:
doi.org/10.1007/s11615-025-00643-5
@cgnguyen.bsky.social , Eric Beltermann, Sabine Kropp & Antonios Souris have you covered.
Introducing the StateParl Corpus. Now open access with PVS:
doi.org/10.1007/s11615-025-00643-5
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Join us for the LOVE REPLICATIONS WEEK from March 2 - 6 with talks on reproductions, replications, how to find them, how to conduct them, how to have them conducted on your study, where to publish them, and much more!
January 30, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Join us for the LOVE REPLICATIONS WEEK from March 2 - 6 with talks on reproductions, replications, how to find them, how to conduct them, how to have them conducted on your study, where to publish them, and much more!
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Today in @theguardian.com, I argue that Donald Trump’s foreign-policy playbook is increasingly about attention capture, or what I call geopolitical clickbait.
Plus I outline why this matters for Europe & what to do about it.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Plus I outline why this matters for Europe & what to do about it.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump wants our attention. Let’s stop falling for his geopolitical clickbait | Catherine De Vries
Whether he’s targeting Greenland, tariffs or Iran, Trump’s agenda is to distract – because a Europe that is always reacting is never planning, says political scientist Catherine De Vries
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Today in @theguardian.com, I argue that Donald Trump’s foreign-policy playbook is increasingly about attention capture, or what I call geopolitical clickbait.
Plus I outline why this matters for Europe & what to do about it.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Plus I outline why this matters for Europe & what to do about it.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Geopolitics is now also a battle for attention. Europe should stop feeding the spectacle, and start playing the long game.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Geopolitics is now also a battle for attention. Europe should stop feeding the spectacle, and start playing the long game.
/end
/end
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🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨
We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.
4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026
Please share widely 🙏
The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...
We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.
4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026
Please share widely 🙏
The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...
Postdoctoral Position at the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”
Deadline: 20 February 2026, 12:00 pm CET
stellen.uni-konstanz.de
January 23, 2026 at 12:44 PM
🚨 Postdoctoral Position at the University of Konstanz 🚨
We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.
4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026
Please share widely 🙏
The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...
We’re hiring a post-doc for our @excinequality.bsky.social project on political elites and decision-making.
4-year position | Deadline: Feb. 20 | Start: Sept 2026
Please share widely 🙏
The ad is here stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/f...
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When two years of academic work [using ChatGPT] vanished with a single click
www.nature.com/articles/d41... "these tools were not developed with academic standards of reliability and accountability in mind". I don't to express Schadenfreude here bc I don't feel it, but this was clear from the 1/
www.nature.com/articles/d41... "these tools were not developed with academic standards of reliability and accountability in mind". I don't to express Schadenfreude here bc I don't feel it, but this was clear from the 1/
January 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
When two years of academic work [using ChatGPT] vanished with a single click
www.nature.com/articles/d41... "these tools were not developed with academic standards of reliability and accountability in mind". I don't to express Schadenfreude here bc I don't feel it, but this was clear from the 1/
www.nature.com/articles/d41... "these tools were not developed with academic standards of reliability and accountability in mind". I don't to express Schadenfreude here bc I don't feel it, but this was clear from the 1/
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⏳ 5 days left to apply!
4-year PhD position @stawi-univie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
in a collegial & supportive department.
Focus: representation, party competition, political behavior, political institutions, political economy, or related.
Deadline: 28 Jan 26
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
4-year PhD position @stawi-univie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
in a collegial & supportive department.
Focus: representation, party competition, political behavior, political institutions, political economy, or related.
Deadline: 28 Jan 26
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 AM
⏳ 5 days left to apply!
4-year PhD position @stawi-univie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
in a collegial & supportive department.
Focus: representation, party competition, political behavior, political institutions, political economy, or related.
Deadline: 28 Jan 26
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
4-year PhD position @stawi-univie.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
in a collegial & supportive department.
Focus: representation, party competition, political behavior, political institutions, political economy, or related.
Deadline: 28 Jan 26
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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Very happy that our review article (with the @annualreviews.bsky.social) on „Austerity and Populism“ is now available as preprint: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... - with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social
Austerity and Populism
A large literature explains the rise of populist parties with the economic insecurities stemming from globalization and technological change. But despite the long-standing focus of the comparative and...
www.annualreviews.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Very happy that our review article (with the @annualreviews.bsky.social) on „Austerity and Populism“ is now available as preprint: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... - with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social
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@posit.co this fundamentally undermines me using your products as a teaching tool. Will this be in posit cloud too? If so, instructors need to be able to switch this off in module workspaces.
January 16, 2026 at 11:03 AM
@posit.co this fundamentally undermines me using your products as a teaching tool. Will this be in posit cloud too? If so, instructors need to be able to switch this off in module workspaces.
This sounds like a fantastic project and workshop - congrats, @rsenninger.bsky.social!
Asking for a friend who has to teach on Mondays: Any chance that some parts may take place in a hybrid fomat?
Asking for a friend who has to teach on Mondays: Any chance that some parts may take place in a hybrid fomat?
We’re organizing a workshop at Aarhus University. Please share and consider submitting!
🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized
🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
🗓️ 13–14 April 2026 | 📝 Deadline: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 (extended abstract) — junior scholars prioritized
🎤 Keynotes: @stefwalter.bsky.social (Univ. of Zurich) & @hhuang.bsky.social (Ohio State)
January 16, 2026 at 9:59 AM
This sounds like a fantastic project and workshop - congrats, @rsenninger.bsky.social!
Asking for a friend who has to teach on Mondays: Any chance that some parts may take place in a hybrid fomat?
Asking for a friend who has to teach on Mondays: Any chance that some parts may take place in a hybrid fomat?
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🟡 At Incite-Dem, we believe that a data-driven approach is crucial for tackling the democratic crises of our times.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
🟡 At Incite-Dem, we believe that a data-driven approach is crucial for tackling the democratic crises of our times.
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We are happy to release the Paths to Power Dashboard. It is the perfect tool for politics nerds!
You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/
It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below.
The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/
It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below.
The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 AM
We are happy to release the Paths to Power Dashboard. It is the perfect tool for politics nerds!
You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/
It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below.
The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
You can find it here: ptp.isv.sv.uio.no/ptp/
It allows you to explore governments from 1966-2021 using the PtP and WhoGov datasets. See examples below.
The app has been programmed by Stuart Bramwell.
Reposted by Bernd Schlipphak
Check out our new paper in the European Journal of Political Research (@ejprjournal.bsky.social):
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
After secularisation? A comparative analysis of religious cleavages in Western Europe | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
After secularisation? A comparative analysis of religious cleavages in Western Europe
www.cambridge.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Check out our new paper in the European Journal of Political Research (@ejprjournal.bsky.social):
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
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📘 Presenting my new book project “How Democracies Can Survive” at the University of Hamburg
Come join us if you’re around! 👋
📅 Wednesday, 14 January 2026
⏰ 17:15–18:45
📍 VMP9, Room B130
👉 Many thanks to the HPS³ team for the invitation — looking forward to the discussion!
Come join us if you’re around! 👋
📅 Wednesday, 14 January 2026
⏰ 17:15–18:45
📍 VMP9, Room B130
👉 Many thanks to the HPS³ team for the invitation — looking forward to the discussion!
January 14, 2026 at 9:20 AM
📘 Presenting my new book project “How Democracies Can Survive” at the University of Hamburg
Come join us if you’re around! 👋
📅 Wednesday, 14 January 2026
⏰ 17:15–18:45
📍 VMP9, Room B130
👉 Many thanks to the HPS³ team for the invitation — looking forward to the discussion!
Come join us if you’re around! 👋
📅 Wednesday, 14 January 2026
⏰ 17:15–18:45
📍 VMP9, Room B130
👉 Many thanks to the HPS³ team for the invitation — looking forward to the discussion!
This is really interesting for (members of) a university discussing whether or not some publishers may be causing problematic developments in the science community.
@aufdroeseler.bsky.social - also relevant for the work of #MüCOS, I guess.
@aufdroeseler.bsky.social - also relevant for the work of #MüCOS, I guess.
We've got ISSUES. Literally.
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?
arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563
A 🧵 1/n
January 13, 2026 at 10:54 AM
This is really interesting for (members of) a university discussing whether or not some publishers may be causing problematic developments in the science community.
@aufdroeseler.bsky.social - also relevant for the work of #MüCOS, I guess.
@aufdroeseler.bsky.social - also relevant for the work of #MüCOS, I guess.
We are very looking forward to the excellent comments of @sofiemarien.bsky.social and bluesky-less Jean-Benoit Pilet, and of course to your questions & comments! Seats are limited in the EP, so make sure to register asap and join the other sessions as well. For further info, send me a DM.
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 AM
We are very looking forward to the excellent comments of @sofiemarien.bsky.social and bluesky-less Jean-Benoit Pilet, and of course to your questions & comments! Seats are limited in the EP, so make sure to register asap and join the other sessions as well. For further info, send me a DM.
In the final session of the final INCITE DEM event (12.30pm), @olivertreib.bsky.social, @canersimsek.bsky.social & I will present findings on dimensions of #inclusiveness that make people more/less willing to participate in & accepting the results of #democraticinnovations. 1/2
🟡 As INCITE-DEM draws to a close, we would like to invite everyone who followed us on this journey to its grand final: our closing event, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆.
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#incitedem #democracy #democraticinnovations
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#incitedem #democracy #democraticinnovations
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 AM
In the final session of the final INCITE DEM event (12.30pm), @olivertreib.bsky.social, @canersimsek.bsky.social & I will present findings on dimensions of #inclusiveness that make people more/less willing to participate in & accepting the results of #democraticinnovations. 1/2
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Do #governments use int' organizations to avoid #blame for policies that are unpopular domestically? 🌐😡
In our contribution to #RIO @the-peio.bsky.social, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social, @sujeongshim.bsky.social & I explore this question in the case of the #IMF: lnkd.in/d6kyAxKj
In our contribution to #RIO @the-peio.bsky.social, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social, @sujeongshim.bsky.social & I explore this question in the case of the #IMF: lnkd.in/d6kyAxKj
January 7, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Do #governments use int' organizations to avoid #blame for policies that are unpopular domestically? 🌐😡
In our contribution to #RIO @the-peio.bsky.social, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social, @sujeongshim.bsky.social & I explore this question in the case of the #IMF: lnkd.in/d6kyAxKj
In our contribution to #RIO @the-peio.bsky.social, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social, @sujeongshim.bsky.social & I explore this question in the case of the #IMF: lnkd.in/d6kyAxKj