Alexander Wuttke

@kunkakom.bsky.social

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Digitalization & Pol Behavior LMU_Muenchen | Democracy and Populist Attitudes | Open Science | 🚵‍♂️🐶

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

In 1819 German States were bound by a censorship law affecting all publications shorter than about 320 pages. Longer books were exempt on the grounds that no one would read them.

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neele engelmann @neeleengelmann.bsky.social · 1d

Get that nice shiny "preregistered" badge while retaining full analytic flexibility with this one simple trick (preregistering your analysis plan as "we will analyze the effect of the IVs on the DVs") 🫠

Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 2d

Herzlichen Glückwunsch:-)

Reposted by Brian A. Nosek, Will Jennings, Alexander Wuttke , and 5 more Brian A. Nosek, Will Jennings, Alexander Wuttke, Scott Clifford, Patrick Präg, Johannes Breuer, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Aleksandra Urman

Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 3d

This is a belated post about our paper in @poqjournal.bsky.social.

We analyzed 100 survey experiments fielded by TESS (tessexperiments.org), using only information from the proposals to identify intended hypotheses.

Here are some of the things we learned:

An Audit of Social Science Survey Experiments

Abstract. Survey experiments have become a popular methodology for causal inference across the social sciences. We study the efficacy of survey experiment

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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 4d

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! :-)

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Lukas Rudolph @lukrudolph.bsky.social · 4d

Just out in Nature Communications: "Examining public support for Ukraine’s defense against autocratic aggression". With F. Haggerty and P. Thurner, we show that Western citizens back Ukraine’s fight, but moral and strategic concerns, as well as internal divisions, impose restraints. rdcu.be/eYKAr

Client Challenge

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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 5d

cool, thanks.

Also, bsky.app/profile/pape... may be interest for you @paper-feed.bsky.social

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 6d

“Follow the Science”? Only when there’s good gatekeeping!

Open Access: doi.org/10.1007/s112...

There is often an expectation that the public should exhibit strong, if not unconditional, deference to science, as exemplified by campaigns urging people to “follow the science”. This paper argues for a more nuanced stance toward such deference. It contends that non-scientists may, at times, have good reasons to withhold or qualify the extent of their deference to science, particularly when there is evidence of inadequate gatekeeping within scientific communities. Gatekeeping can fail in different ways: it can be excessively restrictive, excluding theories, methods, or other elements that deserve consideration; or unduly permissive, allowing elements into scientific discourse that do not merit serious attention. In both cases, these failures undermine the pluralistic exchange of ideas that is essential to scientific inquiry and progress, and can give rise to four degenerative patterns of consensus formation or revision: premature consensus, belated consensus, premature consensus revision, and belated consensus revision. When non-scientists have sufficient reason to believe that such dysfunctions are present, it may be rational for them to adjust their level of deference accordingly.

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 6d

If you’re not using the For you feed you’re missing out

dan @danabra.mov · 6d

i wonder how much of this is people using the For You feed which does a much better job at finding “your” cluster

Finfet @finfet.sh · 7d

The discussions about LLMs today have been fascinating. Genuinely healthy conversations (imo). I have no idea how public perception within the dev community here changed so much over the last 30 days.

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Colby Vorland @colbyvorland.bsky.social · 7d

I launched version 3.0 of my browser extension "Lazy Scholar", a free in-browser research assistant. It opens automatically when you load an academic article.

See: lazyscholar.org/2026/01/10/l...

Reposted by Alexander Wuttke, Dagmar Hoffmann, Patrick Präg

Marvin Stein @marvinstein.bsky.social · 9d

The datasets from our @protestinstitut.bsky.social project ‘20 years of protest survey data’ are finally online for scientific re-use. We processed 30+ datasets, covering protests on peace, climate, trade, migration, equality & more. Now available @gesis.org 👇

search.gesis.org?source=%7B%2...

GESIS-Suche

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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 9d

Interesting.

Reposted by Will Jennings, Ruth Dassonneville, Carl Henrik Knutsen , and 7 more Will Jennings, Ruth Dassonneville, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Alexander Wuttke, Kurt Vandaele, Henning Finseraas, Alessandro Nai, Jens Rydgren, Patrick Präg, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte

Peter Egge Langsæther @peterla.bsky.social · 9d

Very happy to see this out in CPS! We study class identities and their social and political relevance over several decades in Britain, Denmark, Norway, and the US. A small thread:

journals.sagepub.com/eprint/SIRW4...

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Alexander Wuttke, Rebecca Sear , and 3 more Dorothy Bishop, Alexander Wuttke, Rebecca Sear, Andrew K Przybylski, Scott Clifford, Paul Nightingale

Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 10d

A hope for 2026 is that this perspective piece with @wiringthebrain.bsky.social & @deevybee.bsky.social will serve as a template for others who are similarly frustrated with with exaggerated claims and double speak around so much of research. It's ok to point out that the emperor has no clothes!

Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · Nov 13

The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.

Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA

@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social

First page of Opinion piece: "Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism"

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Alexander Wuttke, Tom van der Meer

Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 10d

Populists and socialists are more likely than other politicians to come from lower-class families, and social democrats to have less educated parents. Yet both groups are just as likely to have highly educated and higher class friends and partners journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Are socialists and populists better connected to the working class? Comparing politicians’ intimate social ties in 13 countries - Nino Junius, Stefaan Walgrave, 2025

Populist and social democrat parties often claim to better represent lower socio-economic status (SES) citizens, yet existing research shows their elected polit...

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Political Analysis @polanalysis.bsky.social · 11d

Currently in FirstView: In “Political DEBATE: Efficient Zero-Shot and Few-Shot Classifiers for Political Text,” Michael Burnham, Kayla Kahn, Ryan Yang Wang, and Rachel Peng introduce DEBATE, a new open source foundation model for classifying political documents.

Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 11d

📨 Apply with CV, writing sample & cover letter to A.Wuttke@lmu.de

⏰ Deadline: apply as early as possible, rolling review, latest: Jan 31, 2026
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...

PhD Student:in (m/w/d)

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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 11d

Who should apply?
MA/MSc in political science, communication, psychology, or related fields.
Strong quantitative skills & interest in experiments, political psychlogy and democracy research

Ideally, command of German and English

Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 11d

What we offer
• Work on a high-profile consortium project
• Clear path to international publications
• Strong interdisciplinary collaboration (LMU + TUM)
• Supportive, collegial research culture
• Competitive salary TV-L E13 (75%)
• Based at LMU Munich, excellent research conditions &quality of life

Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 11d

You’ll work on a large-scale randomized field experiment (panel study, ~800 participants) evaluating how AI-supported political conversations affect empathy, reactance & openness over time.

Focus on:
• experimental design
• political psychology
• R (Python a plus)

Reposted by David Lazer, Ruth Dassonneville, Nils B. Weidmann , and 7 more David Lazer, Ruth Dassonneville, Nils B. Weidmann, Robert Huber, Ingo Rohlfing, Nazita Lajevardi, Matthijs Rooduijn, Damian Trilling, Werner Krause, Johannes Breuer

Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 11d

🧵 PhD position (75%) in Political Behavior / Political Communication / CSS
📍 LMU Munich | ⏳ 3 years | 🗓 start March–May 2026

We’re hiring for DemocraGPT, a @bidt.bsky.social-funded project developing an AI-based training for difficult conversations in times of growing polarization

Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 11d

Herzlichen Glückwunsch und viel Erfolg

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Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Digitale Transformation @bidt.bsky.social · 12d

Nicht Algorithmen oder Plattformen allein sind schuld an der zunehmenden Polarisierung – es ist komplexer. @ajungherr.bsky.social erforscht, u. a. am bidt, wie digitale Medien politische Kommunikation verändern.

Mehr zu seiner Person & Forschung im Porträt: www.bidt.digital/im-portraet-...

Reposted by Jim Kelly, Alexander Wuttke, John L. Cotter , and 1 more Jim Kelly, Alexander Wuttke, John L. Cotter, Krzysztof Krakowski

Tommaso Pavone @tommasopavone.bsky.social · 15d

Can reflecting on past democratic backsliding episodes “inoculate” citizens into vigilant liberal democrats? Drawing on the Slovak case, @movadek.bsky.social & I will find out: our registered report is in-principle accepted @thejop.bsky.social & survey results forthcoming! See tinyurl.com/uv5wybhs

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Serge Guimond, Alexander Wuttke

Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · 17d

🧑‍🎓Can democracy promotion strengthen support for democracy in terrorism-affected regions?

➡️ Using a randomized experiment in Burkina Faso, S Yameogo @anjaneundorf.bsky.social & @aykutozturk.bsky.social find that democracy promotion videos boost democratic support www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Robert Misik @misik.bsky.social · 19d

Sie haben auch schon ein paar Pläne für die Zeit nach „der Machtübernahme“, nämlich: „Volksfeindliche Medien verbieten.“ Denn: „Die Zeit, in der das deutsche Volk sich erhebt wird kommen. Es ist unsere Zeit!!!“

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„…dann stellen wir sie an die Wand.“

Ein Dokument wie ein Fiebertraum: Die „Akte AfD“ führt uns vor Augen, woran wir uns schon gewöhnt haben.

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Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Olivier Corneille, Alexander Wuttke , and 4 more Linda J. Skitka, Olivier Corneille, Alexander Wuttke, Gernot Wagner, Jill A. Jacobson, Aleksandra Urman, Dietmar Fehr

Magnus Johansson @pgmj.bsky.social · 20d

"40 percent of MRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity"; "Since tens of thousands of fMRI studies worldwide are based on this assumption, our results could lead to opposite interpretations in many of them.”
www.tum.de/en/news-and-...

40 percent of MRI signals misinterpreted

Interpretation of numerous MRI data may be incorrect: blood flow is not a reliable indicator of brain activity.

www.tum.de

Reposted by Alexander Wuttke, Peter Stegmaier, Cyrus Samimi

Bijan Moini @bijanmoini.de · 21d

Jede demokratische Partei müsse sich fragen, ob sie mit einer Partei kooperieren will, die die Demokratie abschaffen will - ob sie "mit dem Teufel ins Bett geht", sagt Voßkuhle. Die AfD wolle den "Parlamentarismus westlicher Prägung abschaffen" (…).

Erstaunlich deutliche Worte vom Ex- BVerfG-Präsi.