Paride Carrara
@paridecarrara.bsky.social
PostDoc at WICE ERC, University of Latvia | Adjunct Prof. UniMi | PhD UniBo | Interested in party politics, communication, strategic ambiguity & #TextAsData | Travel & photography
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NEW -
Policlim: A Dataset of Climate Change Discourse in the Political Manifestos of Forty-Five Countries from 1990 to 2022 - https://cup.org/43zzLHc
- @marysanford.bsky.social, Silvia Pianta, @nicolasschmid.bsky.social & Giorgio Musto
#OpenAccess
Policlim: A Dataset of Climate Change Discourse in the Political Manifestos of Forty-Five Countries from 1990 to 2022 - https://cup.org/43zzLHc
- @marysanford.bsky.social, Silvia Pianta, @nicolasschmid.bsky.social & Giorgio Musto
#OpenAccess
October 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
NEW -
Policlim: A Dataset of Climate Change Discourse in the Political Manifestos of Forty-Five Countries from 1990 to 2022 - https://cup.org/43zzLHc
- @marysanford.bsky.social, Silvia Pianta, @nicolasschmid.bsky.social & Giorgio Musto
#OpenAccess
Policlim: A Dataset of Climate Change Discourse in the Political Manifestos of Forty-Five Countries from 1990 to 2022 - https://cup.org/43zzLHc
- @marysanford.bsky.social, Silvia Pianta, @nicolasschmid.bsky.social & Giorgio Musto
#OpenAccess
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📢 New Publication Alert!
Thrilled to share our latest article with @jasminriedl.bsky.social & Johannes Steup
👉 Topical Negative Campaigning Under Spatial Pressure: Party-Level Strategies for Attacks Across Multiple Issues
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Thrilled to share our latest article with @jasminriedl.bsky.social & Johannes Steup
👉 Topical Negative Campaigning Under Spatial Pressure: Party-Level Strategies for Attacks Across Multiple Issues
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Topical Negative Campaigning Under Spatial Pressure: Party-Level Strategies for Attacks Across Multiple Issues
This paper investigates how spatial party competition shapes topical negative campaigning during Germany's 2021 federal election. We define topical negative campaigning as attacks on opponents that...
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
📢 New Publication Alert!
Thrilled to share our latest article with @jasminriedl.bsky.social & Johannes Steup
👉 Topical Negative Campaigning Under Spatial Pressure: Party-Level Strategies for Attacks Across Multiple Issues
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Thrilled to share our latest article with @jasminriedl.bsky.social & Johannes Steup
👉 Topical Negative Campaigning Under Spatial Pressure: Party-Level Strategies for Attacks Across Multiple Issues
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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You can fool some of the people some of the time, but as campaigns unfold, you can fool fewer of the people.
New paper w/ Derek Beach and Jannik Fenger on framing effects out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social
Open Access: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
New paper w/ Derek Beach and Jannik Fenger on framing effects out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social
Open Access: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
October 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
You can fool some of the people some of the time, but as campaigns unfold, you can fool fewer of the people.
New paper w/ Derek Beach and Jannik Fenger on framing effects out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social
Open Access: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
New paper w/ Derek Beach and Jannik Fenger on framing effects out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social
Open Access: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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📣 MORAL APPEALS IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION 📣
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
osf.io/preprints/os...
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
osf.io/preprints/os...
OSF
osf.io
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
📣 MORAL APPEALS IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION 📣
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
osf.io/preprints/os...
New version of @twidmann.bsky.social and my working paper answering:
* Have moral appeals increased over time?
* Is the tendency to moralize ideologically patterned?
* Are some topics consistently more moralized than others?
osf.io/preprints/os...
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🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Using LLMs as data annotators, you can produce any scientific result you want. We call this **LLM Hacking**.
Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825
Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825
September 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Using LLMs as data annotators, you can produce any scientific result you want. We call this **LLM Hacking**.
Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825
Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825
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This is a great example of how the use of innovative data can bring us a step further with old research questions
💥Online first:
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
"The sound of party competition: how applause reflects unity, disagreement, and the electoral cycle in parliaments"
by @ankuepfer.bsky.social @jocmuel.bsky.social & @pluggedchris.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
September 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This is a great example of how the use of innovative data can bring us a step further with old research questions
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📘 64.4
Using a 🇩🇪 dataset of attempted and successful exchanges in the German Bundestag 🏛️ (1990–2020), @eliaskoch.bsky.social & @ankuepfer.bsky.social finds MPs with opposing views seek debate more often, but there is rarely action😱
#Politics #Parliament
Read more:
Using a 🇩🇪 dataset of attempted and successful exchanges in the German Bundestag 🏛️ (1990–2020), @eliaskoch.bsky.social & @ankuepfer.bsky.social finds MPs with opposing views seek debate more often, but there is rarely action😱
#Politics #Parliament
Read more:
The politics of seeking and avoiding discourse in parliament
ELIAS KOCH, ANDREAS KÜPFER
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
📘 64.4
Using a 🇩🇪 dataset of attempted and successful exchanges in the German Bundestag 🏛️ (1990–2020), @eliaskoch.bsky.social & @ankuepfer.bsky.social finds MPs with opposing views seek debate more often, but there is rarely action😱
#Politics #Parliament
Read more:
Using a 🇩🇪 dataset of attempted and successful exchanges in the German Bundestag 🏛️ (1990–2020), @eliaskoch.bsky.social & @ankuepfer.bsky.social finds MPs with opposing views seek debate more often, but there is rarely action😱
#Politics #Parliament
Read more:
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Check out this new blog post @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social and I wrote about using e-newsletters from Australian and UK Members of Parliament as data. #polisky
📣 Politicians communicate with their constituents every day, but what are they saying?
💻 @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social + @ozerthinking.bsky.social examine new datasets which allow researchers to access every e-newsletter sent by MPs in Australia and the UK.
👉 bit.ly/3Vc2Ns4
💻 @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social + @ozerthinking.bsky.social examine new datasets which allow researchers to access every e-newsletter sent by MPs in Australia and the UK.
👉 bit.ly/3Vc2Ns4
Politicians’ e-newsletters to their constituents: what are they saying?
Politicians communicate with their constituents every day, but what are they saying? E-newsletters allow MPs to send direct, unfiltered messages to their desired audience. Daniel Casey and Adam Ozer e...
bit.ly
September 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Check out this new blog post @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social and I wrote about using e-newsletters from Australian and UK Members of Parliament as data. #polisky
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Excited that my first PhD paper is published in Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties!🎉
🧵 @wurthmann.bsky.social & I examine: Do They Know What They Represent? Parliamentary Candidates’ Perceptions of Their Own Party’s Positions
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
🧵 @wurthmann.bsky.social & I examine: Do They Know What They Represent? Parliamentary Candidates’ Perceptions of Their Own Party’s Positions
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
September 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Excited that my first PhD paper is published in Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties!🎉
🧵 @wurthmann.bsky.social & I examine: Do They Know What They Represent? Parliamentary Candidates’ Perceptions of Their Own Party’s Positions
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
🧵 @wurthmann.bsky.social & I examine: Do They Know What They Represent? Parliamentary Candidates’ Perceptions of Their Own Party’s Positions
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1745...
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This Friday (12.09), we kick off the academic year at the #HotPoliticsLab with our very own (and recently appointed!) professor Gijs Schumacher!
He will present his work on emotions and political behavior. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
He will present his work on emotions and political behavior. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
September 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This Friday (12.09), we kick off the academic year at the #HotPoliticsLab with our very own (and recently appointed!) professor Gijs Schumacher!
He will present his work on emotions and political behavior. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
He will present his work on emotions and political behavior. Join us in the Common Room (REC-B9.22) or online via teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/...
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The @crestumr.bsky.social AI & Social Sciences seminar resumes.
Wednesday 17th at 5pm (CET), we will receive Pr. @emilymbender.bsky.social . She will talk about her latest book, *The AI Con*, co-authored with Dr. @alexhanna.bsky.social.
Join us for what will certainly be a lively conversation.
Wednesday 17th at 5pm (CET), we will receive Pr. @emilymbender.bsky.social . She will talk about her latest book, *The AI Con*, co-authored with Dr. @alexhanna.bsky.social.
Join us for what will certainly be a lively conversation.
September 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The @crestumr.bsky.social AI & Social Sciences seminar resumes.
Wednesday 17th at 5pm (CET), we will receive Pr. @emilymbender.bsky.social . She will talk about her latest book, *The AI Con*, co-authored with Dr. @alexhanna.bsky.social.
Join us for what will certainly be a lively conversation.
Wednesday 17th at 5pm (CET), we will receive Pr. @emilymbender.bsky.social . She will talk about her latest book, *The AI Con*, co-authored with Dr. @alexhanna.bsky.social.
Join us for what will certainly be a lively conversation.
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New POPPA article out in Party Politics by Andrej Zaslove, @robert-a-huber.bsky.social, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social:
“The State of Populism: Introducing the 2023 Wave of the Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/2
“The State of Populism: Introducing the 2023 Wave of the Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey."
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September 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New POPPA article out in Party Politics by Andrej Zaslove, @robert-a-huber.bsky.social, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social:
“The State of Populism: Introducing the 2023 Wave of the Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/2
“The State of Populism: Introducing the 2023 Wave of the Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/2
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📢 Talk Announcement
"ActiveTigger: A Collaborative Text Annotation Research Tool for Computational Social Sciences", by @emilienschultz.bsky.social , Etienne Ollion and Paul Girard.
📜 pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/ZHNCF7
📅 pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
"ActiveTigger: A Collaborative Text Annotation Research Tool for Computational Social Sciences", by @emilienschultz.bsky.social , Etienne Ollion and Paul Girard.
📜 pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/ZHNCF7
📅 pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
August 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📢 Talk Announcement
"ActiveTigger: A Collaborative Text Annotation Research Tool for Computational Social Sciences", by @emilienschultz.bsky.social , Etienne Ollion and Paul Girard.
📜 pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/ZHNCF7
📅 pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
"ActiveTigger: A Collaborative Text Annotation Research Tool for Computational Social Sciences", by @emilienschultz.bsky.social , Etienne Ollion and Paul Girard.
📜 pretalx.com/pydata-paris-2025/talk/ZHNCF7
📅 pydata.org/paris2025/schedule
🎟 pydata.org/paris2025/tickets
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New publication, out in Political Analysis:
There is an increasing array of tools to measure facets of morality in political language. But while they ostensibly measure the same concept, do they actually?
I and @fhopp.bsky.social set out to see what happens.
There is an increasing array of tools to measure facets of morality in political language. But while they ostensibly measure the same concept, do they actually?
I and @fhopp.bsky.social set out to see what happens.
Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core
Moral Foundation Measurements Fail to Converge on Multilingual Party Manifestos
www.cambridge.org
August 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
New publication, out in Political Analysis:
There is an increasing array of tools to measure facets of morality in political language. But while they ostensibly measure the same concept, do they actually?
I and @fhopp.bsky.social set out to see what happens.
There is an increasing array of tools to measure facets of morality in political language. But while they ostensibly measure the same concept, do they actually?
I and @fhopp.bsky.social set out to see what happens.
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Why do parties do what they do? Excited to share my 2nd dissertation paper, just published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
August 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Why do parties do what they do? Excited to share my 2nd dissertation paper, just published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
In the paper, I argue that parties seek internal unity and try to keep the team together: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/11 🧵
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Social scientists have skills and knowledge that are in demand across a range of sectors leading to a variety of interesting and rewarding careers. Explore our interviews with social scientists to see where a career in social science could take you➡️ acss.org.uk/category/im-...
July 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Social scientists have skills and knowledge that are in demand across a range of sectors leading to a variety of interesting and rewarding careers. Explore our interviews with social scientists to see where a career in social science could take you➡️ acss.org.uk/category/im-...
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‘Campaign Communication and Legislative Leadership’ (with Naofumi Fujimura) appeared in the latest issue of Political Science Research and Methods.
Paper (open access): doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
@psrm.bsky.social
Thread below 🧵 1/7
Paper (open access): doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
@psrm.bsky.social
Thread below 🧵 1/7
July 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
‘Campaign Communication and Legislative Leadership’ (with Naofumi Fujimura) appeared in the latest issue of Political Science Research and Methods.
Paper (open access): doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
@psrm.bsky.social
Thread below 🧵 1/7
Paper (open access): doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
@psrm.bsky.social
Thread below 🧵 1/7
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📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs!
Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:
🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:
🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
June 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs!
Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:
🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:
🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
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#GESISGuide #AI #LLM
🧠 New to #prompting LLMs or want to level up your skills?
This guide dives into prompting techniques—from basics to advanced strategies like reasoning models & persona prompting.
Includes examples, combos, and key limitations to watch out for.
https://t1p.de/yv10f (PDF)
🧠 New to #prompting LLMs or want to level up your skills?
This guide dives into prompting techniques—from basics to advanced strategies like reasoning models & persona prompting.
Includes examples, combos, and key limitations to watch out for.
https://t1p.de/yv10f (PDF)
June 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#GESISGuide #AI #LLM
🧠 New to #prompting LLMs or want to level up your skills?
This guide dives into prompting techniques—from basics to advanced strategies like reasoning models & persona prompting.
Includes examples, combos, and key limitations to watch out for.
https://t1p.de/yv10f (PDF)
🧠 New to #prompting LLMs or want to level up your skills?
This guide dives into prompting techniques—from basics to advanced strategies like reasoning models & persona prompting.
Includes examples, combos, and key limitations to watch out for.
https://t1p.de/yv10f (PDF)
Reposted by Paride Carrara
Maybe of interest to everyone working in or curious about Computational Social Science (CSS).
If you're looking to build or sharpen your #CSS skills, check out our hands-on courses in the #GESISworkshop program and #GESISfallseminar:
🔗 www.gesis.org/workshops
🔗 www.gesis.org/fallseminar
If you're looking to build or sharpen your #CSS skills, check out our hands-on courses in the #GESISworkshop program and #GESISfallseminar:
🔗 www.gesis.org/workshops
🔗 www.gesis.org/fallseminar
#GESISGuide #AI #LLM
🧠 New to #prompting LLMs or want to level up your skills?
This guide dives into prompting techniques—from basics to advanced strategies like reasoning models & persona prompting.
Includes examples, combos, and key limitations to watch out for.
https://t1p.de/yv10f (PDF)
🧠 New to #prompting LLMs or want to level up your skills?
This guide dives into prompting techniques—from basics to advanced strategies like reasoning models & persona prompting.
Includes examples, combos, and key limitations to watch out for.
https://t1p.de/yv10f (PDF)
June 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Maybe of interest to everyone working in or curious about Computational Social Science (CSS).
If you're looking to build or sharpen your #CSS skills, check out our hands-on courses in the #GESISworkshop program and #GESISfallseminar:
🔗 www.gesis.org/workshops
🔗 www.gesis.org/fallseminar
If you're looking to build or sharpen your #CSS skills, check out our hands-on courses in the #GESISworkshop program and #GESISfallseminar:
🔗 www.gesis.org/workshops
🔗 www.gesis.org/fallseminar
📢 Next QSSS seminar incoming! Join us for an insightful talk by @ferraraale.bsky.social (WZB) and @marcocozzani.bsky.social (UniFi) #polisci #unibo
June 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
📢 Next QSSS seminar incoming! Join us for an insightful talk by @ferraraale.bsky.social (WZB) and @marcocozzani.bsky.social (UniFi) #polisci #unibo
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Important corrective paper and solid work from @cbarrie.bsky.social: don't mistake game simulations as evidence of intelligence if the game is in the training data.
🤖💡 Are LLMs really developing social behaviors—or just reproducing familiar patterns from training? In our new paper, @pettertornberg.com and I take a closer look at recent claims of emergent conventions in AI and offer a different perspective... 🧵
June 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Important corrective paper and solid work from @cbarrie.bsky.social: don't mistake game simulations as evidence of intelligence if the game is in the training data.