Kévin Saudé
@kevinsaude.bsky.social
Politics at the University of Limerick (Ireland) - Interested in political identities, electoral politics, deliberative democracy. Gently kicking MS in the butt and vice versa. Spinning instructor, avgeek, Fallout fan
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We are hoping that How Ireland 2024 will hit the shelves in late Summer with a launch in late September. Lots of great contributions on the campaign, manifestos and results from @janesuit.bsky.social @harrymcgee.bsky.social @gailmcelroy.bsky.social @stefanmueller.bsky.social and many more
May 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We are hoping that How Ireland 2024 will hit the shelves in late Summer with a launch in late September. Lots of great contributions on the campaign, manifestos and results from @janesuit.bsky.social @harrymcgee.bsky.social @gailmcelroy.bsky.social @stefanmueller.bsky.social and many more
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A few thoughts on Le Pen's verdict
It may be her downfall but it is unlikely it will be the far right's until we do not address the central role the mainstream elite has played in its rise
Unfortunately, expect more of the same
theconversation.com/marine-le-pe...
It may be her downfall but it is unlikely it will be the far right's until we do not address the central role the mainstream elite has played in its rise
Unfortunately, expect more of the same
theconversation.com/marine-le-pe...
Marine Le Pen’s victim narrative is already being constructed – but there are ways to stop her criminal conviction benefitting her
Le Pen has been barred from politics for four years after being found guilty of embezzlement.
theconversation.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A few thoughts on Le Pen's verdict
It may be her downfall but it is unlikely it will be the far right's until we do not address the central role the mainstream elite has played in its rise
Unfortunately, expect more of the same
theconversation.com/marine-le-pe...
It may be her downfall but it is unlikely it will be the far right's until we do not address the central role the mainstream elite has played in its rise
Unfortunately, expect more of the same
theconversation.com/marine-le-pe...
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What will decide the future of far-right politics in France will not be the court at Le Pen's trial
It will be the way the mainstream media and politicians choose to handle it and whether they allow the far right to use it to its advantage
The choice is theirs, not Le Pen's or her allies
It will be the way the mainstream media and politicians choose to handle it and whether they allow the far right to use it to its advantage
The choice is theirs, not Le Pen's or her allies
March 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What will decide the future of far-right politics in France will not be the court at Le Pen's trial
It will be the way the mainstream media and politicians choose to handle it and whether they allow the far right to use it to its advantage
The choice is theirs, not Le Pen's or her allies
It will be the way the mainstream media and politicians choose to handle it and whether they allow the far right to use it to its advantage
The choice is theirs, not Le Pen's or her allies
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18. French scholar coming for conference 🇫🇷
Denied entry and deported for anti-Trump views expressed on social media. 🚨
HT @profpech.bsky.social
Denied entry and deported for anti-Trump views expressed on social media. 🚨
HT @profpech.bsky.social
Etats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »
Le ministre de la recherche français a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant q...
www.lemonde.fr
March 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
18. French scholar coming for conference 🇫🇷
Denied entry and deported for anti-Trump views expressed on social media. 🚨
HT @profpech.bsky.social
Denied entry and deported for anti-Trump views expressed on social media. 🚨
HT @profpech.bsky.social
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Great piece, worth your read!
Out of Putin’s war and Trump’s treachery, a new Europe is being born. My latest @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Out of Putin’s war and Trump’s treachery, a new Europe is being born
The EU has its Trojan horses and Nato’s cornerstone has crumbled. But European allies, including the UK, are bound by an urgent shared purpose, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Great piece, worth your read!
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Blown away by this erudite book by @valentimvicente.bsky.social 🤯 An exceptional combination of theoretical sophistication and empirical breadth and depth.
His theory of normalization not just helps explain recent rise of far right but also warns for overestimating strength of democracy.
His theory of normalization not just helps explain recent rise of far right but also warns for overestimating strength of democracy.
March 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Blown away by this erudite book by @valentimvicente.bsky.social 🤯 An exceptional combination of theoretical sophistication and empirical breadth and depth.
His theory of normalization not just helps explain recent rise of far right but also warns for overestimating strength of democracy.
His theory of normalization not just helps explain recent rise of far right but also warns for overestimating strength of democracy.
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Some thoughts on the European response to the chaos now emanating from the White House - on Ukraine and more broadly, based on chats with senior European policymakers directly or indirectly involved in formulating the bloc's response 1/
March 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Some thoughts on the European response to the chaos now emanating from the White House - on Ukraine and more broadly, based on chats with senior European policymakers directly or indirectly involved in formulating the bloc's response 1/
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Russian imperialism didn’t start in 2022, nor is it confined to Ukraine.
My new book analyses the Kremlin’s long shadow—past and present.
Out on 24 April.
My new book analyses the Kremlin’s long shadow—past and present.
Out on 24 April.
March 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Russian imperialism didn’t start in 2022, nor is it confined to Ukraine.
My new book analyses the Kremlin’s long shadow—past and present.
Out on 24 April.
My new book analyses the Kremlin’s long shadow—past and present.
Out on 24 April.
The whole 8 minutes speech must be shared far and wide. Senator Malhuret always had a way with words 👏
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The whole 8 minutes speech must be shared far and wide. Senator Malhuret always had a way with words 👏
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Very happy that our paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social & E Dinas) has been accepted @bjpols.bsky.social .
We've seen the center right increasingly adopt far-right rhetoric.
Our experiment in 🇩🇪 finds that this erodes anti-prejudice norms *more* than when the far-right employs similar rhetoric.
1/3
We've seen the center right increasingly adopt far-right rhetoric.
Our experiment in 🇩🇪 finds that this erodes anti-prejudice norms *more* than when the far-right employs similar rhetoric.
1/3
February 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Very happy that our paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social & E Dinas) has been accepted @bjpols.bsky.social .
We've seen the center right increasingly adopt far-right rhetoric.
Our experiment in 🇩🇪 finds that this erodes anti-prejudice norms *more* than when the far-right employs similar rhetoric.
1/3
We've seen the center right increasingly adopt far-right rhetoric.
Our experiment in 🇩🇪 finds that this erodes anti-prejudice norms *more* than when the far-right employs similar rhetoric.
1/3
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Agree. At this point, you disrespect Ukraine, you disrespect Europe.
This would’ve been unacceptable towards any European leader but the fact that Zelenskyy leads a country at war makes it the greatest possible insult.
This would’ve been unacceptable towards any European leader but the fact that Zelenskyy leads a country at war makes it the greatest possible insult.
Can't see how Europe and the US can reconcile frankly. The reception to Zelensky among EU leaders vs this doesn't seem bridgeable. This is going to play awfully in every chancellery across Europe. A big split is coming
BREAKING: There has just been a huge argument between Zelenskyy, Trump & Vance in the Oval Office.
Trump calls Zelenskyy disrespectful and says he “is no position to dictate” to the US.
Trump raises his voice to Zelenskyy. He can’t stand someone standing up to him.
This is unbelievable.
Trump calls Zelenskyy disrespectful and says he “is no position to dictate” to the US.
Trump raises his voice to Zelenskyy. He can’t stand someone standing up to him.
This is unbelievable.
February 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Agree. At this point, you disrespect Ukraine, you disrespect Europe.
This would’ve been unacceptable towards any European leader but the fact that Zelenskyy leads a country at war makes it the greatest possible insult.
This would’ve been unacceptable towards any European leader but the fact that Zelenskyy leads a country at war makes it the greatest possible insult.
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We are delighted to announce a CFP for our next conference in October, entitled "Cultural Memory – Memory Culture(s). Europe’s Past, Present and Future." Please visit our website for more details.
www.ul.ie/ceuros/news/...
www.ul.ie/ceuros/news/...
Call for Papers: Cultural Memory – Memory Culture(s) Europe’s Past, Present and Future.
CFP for this year's Centre for European Studies conference.
www.ul.ie
February 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We are delighted to announce a CFP for our next conference in October, entitled "Cultural Memory – Memory Culture(s). Europe’s Past, Present and Future." Please visit our website for more details.
www.ul.ie/ceuros/news/...
www.ul.ie/ceuros/news/...
And that, is a masterclass on how to deal with con artists like Trump. The body language, carefully worded and structured answer. On point!
Macron corrects Trump after he claims "Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back."
February 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
And that, is a masterclass on how to deal with con artists like Trump. The body language, carefully worded and structured answer. On point!
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Trump’s numbers on US & European aid to Ukraine are completely fabricated — Europe has given more to Ukraine and the US hasn’t reached anywhere near $350 billion.
February 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trump’s numbers on US & European aid to Ukraine are completely fabricated — Europe has given more to Ukraine and the US hasn’t reached anywhere near $350 billion.
I have only realised that my LaTeX to PDF documents can be opened from MS Word. And its conversion from PDF to a word document is reasonably good. Tables are messy, but the rest good.
Useful when collaborating with non-LaTeX folks.
Useful when collaborating with non-LaTeX folks.
February 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I have only realised that my LaTeX to PDF documents can be opened from MS Word. And its conversion from PDF to a word document is reasonably good. Tables are messy, but the rest good.
Useful when collaborating with non-LaTeX folks.
Useful when collaborating with non-LaTeX folks.
Yes the storm was an outlier (for now!), kudos to ESB + emergency staff, but serious questions must be asked about under-investments in infrastructure in Ireland. Im just coming out of near 3-day power & phone blackout, and now water issues. Hundred of thousands affected in Ireland. Not good enough
January 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yes the storm was an outlier (for now!), kudos to ESB + emergency staff, but serious questions must be asked about under-investments in infrastructure in Ireland. Im just coming out of near 3-day power & phone blackout, and now water issues. Hundred of thousands affected in Ireland. Not good enough
Ryanair dispatch smell a rat. Wait and see, just in case
A photo from Dublin Airport showing a lot of cancellations for early Friday
January 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Ryanair dispatch smell a rat. Wait and see, just in case
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Dr Thomas Daubler from UCD has published some fascinating work on turnout at the Irish general election. You can read the full blog at www.ucd.ie/connected_po...
Alternative estimates of turnout for the Irish General Election 2024 - The Connected_Politics Lab
www.ucd.ie
January 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Dr Thomas Daubler from UCD has published some fascinating work on turnout at the Irish general election. You can read the full blog at www.ucd.ie/connected_po...
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The gender divide in young Irish people’s political attitudes
#Irishpolitics
#Irishpolitics
The gender divide in young people’s political opinions in Ireland
Dr. Rory Costello is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics & Public Administration at the University of Limerick. He is Director of WhichCandidate.ie and is a member of the …
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January 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The gender divide in young Irish people’s political attitudes
#Irishpolitics
#Irishpolitics
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I have revised my syllabus for the module Quantitative Text Analysis at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
I have added various papers on transformers, LLMs, and other new resources. Feel free to reuse and build on the syllabus, and let me know if you have any suggestions.
📄 muellerstefan.net/teaching/202...
I have added various papers on transformers, LLMs, and other new resources. Feel free to reuse and build on the syllabus, and let me know if you have any suggestions.
📄 muellerstefan.net/teaching/202...
January 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I have revised my syllabus for the module Quantitative Text Analysis at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
I have added various papers on transformers, LLMs, and other new resources. Feel free to reuse and build on the syllabus, and let me know if you have any suggestions.
📄 muellerstefan.net/teaching/202...
I have added various papers on transformers, LLMs, and other new resources. Feel free to reuse and build on the syllabus, and let me know if you have any suggestions.
📄 muellerstefan.net/teaching/202...
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🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Just published on APSR First View: "Legitimize or Delegitimize? Mainstream Party Strategy toward (Former) Pariah Parties and How Voters Respond" by Valentin Daur @valentindaur.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 12, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Just published on APSR First View: "Legitimize or Delegitimize? Mainstream Party Strategy toward (Former) Pariah Parties and How Voters Respond" by Valentin Daur @valentindaur.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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One of these people of the year is a convicted rapist who has spent his whole life assaulting women.
The other person of the year is a hugely courageous woman whose unbelievably moving testimony about how she was serially raped and abused by scores of men shocked Europe.
Brava, Gisèle Pélicot. 👏
The other person of the year is a hugely courageous woman whose unbelievably moving testimony about how she was serially raped and abused by scores of men shocked Europe.
Brava, Gisèle Pélicot. 👏
December 12, 2024 at 5:27 PM
One of these people of the year is a convicted rapist who has spent his whole life assaulting women.
The other person of the year is a hugely courageous woman whose unbelievably moving testimony about how she was serially raped and abused by scores of men shocked Europe.
Brava, Gisèle Pélicot. 👏
The other person of the year is a hugely courageous woman whose unbelievably moving testimony about how she was serially raped and abused by scores of men shocked Europe.
Brava, Gisèle Pélicot. 👏
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Group Project:
Let’s all (re-)read Seymour Martin Lipset’s groundbreaking “Political Man” (1960) over the break!
Let’s all (re-)read Seymour Martin Lipset’s groundbreaking “Political Man” (1960) over the break!
Political man: the social bases of politics : Lipset, Seymour Martin : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
http://uf.catalog.fcla.edu/uf.jsp?st=UF000054562&ix=nu&I=0&V=D
archive.org
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Group Project:
Let’s all (re-)read Seymour Martin Lipset’s groundbreaking “Political Man” (1960) over the break!
Let’s all (re-)read Seymour Martin Lipset’s groundbreaking “Political Man” (1960) over the break!
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I discuss turnout and postal voting in @irishtimes.bsky.social today. And @janesuit.bsky.social looks at the huge potential of early voting.
What should be done to boost voter turnout?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
What should be done to boost voter turnout?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
The Debate: What should be done to boost voter turnout?
Official figures suggest national turnout fell to 59.71 per cent in the recent general election, 3.19 per cent down on the 2020 election
www.irishtimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:38 AM
I discuss turnout and postal voting in @irishtimes.bsky.social today. And @janesuit.bsky.social looks at the huge potential of early voting.
What should be done to boost voter turnout?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
What should be done to boost voter turnout?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...