Seraphine F Maerz
@seraphinemaerz.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Political Science at University of Melbourne || V-Dem Research Associate || Researching democracy in the age of AI || Cutting-edge methods in political science || Mother of 2 || https://seraphinem.github.io/
Together with @kenbenoit.bsky.social we offer a hands-on workshop on @instats.bsky.social for qualitative researchers to use LLMs for annotating texts, images, audio, etc. without requiring deep programming skills but with the full flexibility and fun of R.
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AI-Powered Qualitative Analysis in R - Livestreamed Research Training | Instats
PhD-level seminar on AI-Powered Qualitative Analysis in R with Kenneth Benoit & Seraphine Maerz . Live Q&A plus on‑demand access. Join via your university’s Instats membership or enroll directly.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Together with @kenbenoit.bsky.social we offer a hands-on workshop on @instats.bsky.social for qualitative researchers to use LLMs for annotating texts, images, audio, etc. without requiring deep programming skills but with the full flexibility and fun of R.
instats.org/seminar/ai-p...
instats.org/seminar/ai-p...
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Ready to integrate ChatGPT and open-source LLMs into your research?
Join Dr. @seraphinemaerz.bsky.social for our online course on AI-assisted Text Analysis.
- Full hands-on setup
- Reproducible workflows in R
- Critical reflection on ethics
📅 23-25 Feb, 2026
🔗 afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/mc-ekomex...
Join Dr. @seraphinemaerz.bsky.social for our online course on AI-assisted Text Analysis.
- Full hands-on setup
- Reproducible workflows in R
- Critical reflection on ethics
📅 23-25 Feb, 2026
🔗 afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/mc-ekomex...
September 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Ready to integrate ChatGPT and open-source LLMs into your research?
Join Dr. @seraphinemaerz.bsky.social for our online course on AI-assisted Text Analysis.
- Full hands-on setup
- Reproducible workflows in R
- Critical reflection on ethics
📅 23-25 Feb, 2026
🔗 afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/mc-ekomex...
Join Dr. @seraphinemaerz.bsky.social for our online course on AI-assisted Text Analysis.
- Full hands-on setup
- Reproducible workflows in R
- Critical reflection on ethics
📅 23-25 Feb, 2026
🔗 afww.uni-konstanz.de/en/mc-ekomex...
Reminder, my live-stream on how to fine-tune LLMs in Python and Colab starts this Friday @instats.bsky.social @quantlab.bsky.social
... and if you would like to learn how to fine-tune open-source LLMs, I also offer an advanced workshop on AI-assisted text analysis, live-streamed on July 11! @quantlab.bsky.social instats.org/seminar/usin...
Using AI for Text Analysis: Advanced Applications - Live-streaming:
This Instats seminar on Using AI for Text Analysis: Advanced Applications taught by Seraphine Maerz will help you take your research to the next level. Sign up today!
instats.org
July 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Reminder, my live-stream on how to fine-tune LLMs in Python and Colab starts this Friday @instats.bsky.social @quantlab.bsky.social
... and if you would like to learn how to fine-tune open-source LLMs, I also offer an advanced workshop on AI-assisted text analysis, live-streamed on July 11! @quantlab.bsky.social instats.org/seminar/usin...
Using AI for Text Analysis: Advanced Applications - Live-streaming:
This Instats seminar on Using AI for Text Analysis: Advanced Applications taught by Seraphine Maerz will help you take your research to the next level. Sign up today!
instats.org
June 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
... and if you would like to learn how to fine-tune open-source LLMs, I also offer an advanced workshop on AI-assisted text analysis, live-streamed on July 11! @quantlab.bsky.social instats.org/seminar/usin...
Together with @kenbenoit.bsky.social we are offering a full-day online workshop - suitable for beginners - on AI-assisted text analysis in the programming language R, live-streamed on July 4 instats.org/seminar/usin...
Using AI for Text Analysis: An Introduction - Live-streaming:
This Instats seminar on Using AI for Text Analysis: An Introduction taught by Seraphine Maerz & Kenneth Benoit will help you take your research to the next level. Sign up today!
instats.org
June 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Together with @kenbenoit.bsky.social we are offering a full-day online workshop - suitable for beginners - on AI-assisted text analysis in the programming language R, live-streamed on July 4 instats.org/seminar/usin...
“Strongmen” Don't Redistribute: Illiberal Leaders on the Right and Worsening Economic Inequality | Article | Politics and Governance www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
“Strongmen” Don't Redistribute: Illiberal Leaders on the Right and Worsening Economic Inequality | Article | Politics and Governance
Dean Schafer, Seraphine F. Maerz, Carsten Q. Schneider, Alexandra Krasnokutskaya
www.cogitatiopress.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
“Strongmen” Don't Redistribute: Illiberal Leaders on the Right and Worsening Economic Inequality | Article | Politics and Governance www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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Hey! If you're in Melbs next Monday, drop by to my hands-on ✨ Shut up and git! ✨ session with the @quantlab.bsky.social at the unimelb!
Thanks @seraphinemaerz.bsky.social and @irmamooi.bsky.social for the invitation to present!
#git #GitHub #cooperation
Thanks @seraphinemaerz.bsky.social and @irmamooi.bsky.social for the invitation to present!
#git #GitHub #cooperation
April 7, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Hey! If you're in Melbs next Monday, drop by to my hands-on ✨ Shut up and git! ✨ session with the @quantlab.bsky.social at the unimelb!
Thanks @seraphinemaerz.bsky.social and @irmamooi.bsky.social for the invitation to present!
#git #GitHub #cooperation
Thanks @seraphinemaerz.bsky.social and @irmamooi.bsky.social for the invitation to present!
#git #GitHub #cooperation
Last chance to register, the advanced workshop is live-streamed early next week!
Want to learn about how to use ChatGPT and open-source LLMs for basic and advanced text analysis tasks? Join me for my full-day online workshops in February with @quantlab.bsky.social Instats - as usual, people from University of Melbourne can sign up for free! instats.org/structuredco...
Using AI for Text Analysis: Basic and Advanced Applications with Drs Maerz
In this structured statistics course, you will learn about Using AI for Text Analysis: Basic and Advanced Applications from world renown experts - DrsMaerz
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February 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Last chance to register, the advanced workshop is live-streamed early next week!
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This is an amazing opportunity to work with excellent collaborators on absolutely crucial work!
📢Applications Open for New Director of the V-Dem Institute
V-Dem Institute and the Dept. of Political Science, University of Gothenburg is looking for a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Political Science & Director of the V-Dem Institute.
To application: shorturl.at/9rvmx
📆 March 27, 2025.
V-Dem Institute and the Dept. of Political Science, University of Gothenburg is looking for a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Political Science & Director of the V-Dem Institute.
To application: shorturl.at/9rvmx
📆 March 27, 2025.
February 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is an amazing opportunity to work with excellent collaborators on absolutely crucial work!
We at @quantlab.bsky.social prepared a new, completely free and brief online tutorial on how to use open-source LLMs in R for text classification tasks - accessible for R beginners - check it out here: quantilab.github.io/blog/tutoria...
How to use an open-source LLM in R for text analysis tasks – QuantLab
quantilab.github.io
January 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We at @quantlab.bsky.social prepared a new, completely free and brief online tutorial on how to use open-source LLMs in R for text classification tasks - accessible for R beginners - check it out here: quantilab.github.io/blog/tutoria...
Want to learn about how to use ChatGPT and open-source LLMs for basic and advanced text analysis tasks? Join me for my full-day online workshops in February with @quantlab.bsky.social Instats - as usual, people from University of Melbourne can sign up for free! instats.org/structuredco...
Using AI for Text Analysis: Basic and Advanced Applications with Drs Maerz
In this structured statistics course, you will learn about Using AI for Text Analysis: Basic and Advanced Applications from world renown experts - DrsMaerz
instats.org
January 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Want to learn about how to use ChatGPT and open-source LLMs for basic and advanced text analysis tasks? Join me for my full-day online workshops in February with @quantlab.bsky.social Instats - as usual, people from University of Melbourne can sign up for free! instats.org/structuredco...
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Apply to participate in the 3* APSG Conference in London!
Deadline is *16 February* don’t miss it!
Deadline is *16 February* don’t miss it!
Polisky Dictatorsky
CfP is now open for our Third Conference on Authoritarian Politics taking place at King’s College, London, on 23-24 June 2025!
To apply, complete this form with a 200-word abstract before 16 February 2025.: forms.gle/KBDiwPMABykv...
CfP is now open for our Third Conference on Authoritarian Politics taking place at King’s College, London, on 23-24 June 2025!
To apply, complete this form with a 200-word abstract before 16 February 2025.: forms.gle/KBDiwPMABykv...
Apply: 3° APSG Authoritarian Politics Conference
Complete the form to be considered for the 3° APSG Conference on Authoritarian Politics that will be held on 23-24 June 2025 in London (King's College).
forms.gle
January 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Apply to participate in the 3* APSG Conference in London!
Deadline is *16 February* don’t miss it!
Deadline is *16 February* don’t miss it!
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This article is part of a special issue "Authoritarianism reinvented: The interplay between online and offline tactics" edited by @seraphinemaerz.bsky.social and Lisa Garbe. Stay tuned for more great articles to follow soon!
December 10, 2024 at 2:51 PM
This article is part of a special issue "Authoritarianism reinvented: The interplay between online and offline tactics" edited by @seraphinemaerz.bsky.social and Lisa Garbe. Stay tuned for more great articles to follow soon!
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I did my first TV interviews yesterday, talking to rbb's 'Abendschau' and 'Brandenburg aktuell' about the current protests.
It's so difficult to be short when talking research - but maybe that's a take-away for teaching as well?🤫
www.rbb-online.de/abendschau/v...
www.rbb-online.de/brandenburga...
It's so difficult to be short when talking research - but maybe that's a take-away for teaching as well?🤫
www.rbb-online.de/abendschau/v...
www.rbb-online.de/brandenburga...
Mehr als 150.000 Menschen demonstrieren gegen Rechtsextremismus
Zehntausende Menschen haben sich am Samstag vor dem Reichstag versammelt und gegen Rechtsextremismus demonstriert. Zu der Kundgebung hatten 1.800 Organisationen aufgerufen, darunter Gewerkschaften, Ki...
www.rbb-online.de
February 4, 2024 at 10:34 AM
I did my first TV interviews yesterday, talking to rbb's 'Abendschau' and 'Brandenburg aktuell' about the current protests.
It's so difficult to be short when talking research - but maybe that's a take-away for teaching as well?🤫
www.rbb-online.de/abendschau/v...
www.rbb-online.de/brandenburga...
It's so difficult to be short when talking research - but maybe that's a take-away for teaching as well?🤫
www.rbb-online.de/abendschau/v...
www.rbb-online.de/brandenburga...
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Blick vom Paul-Löbe-Haus auf den Platz vorm Reichstag heute 21.1.24 17 Uhr. Die Polizei spricht von 100k die Veranstalter von 350.000 Demonstrant:innen. Fakt ist: Bereits am Hauptbahnhof ging nix mehr weil es selbst für den größten Bahnhof Europas zu Viele waren
DAS ist die Brandmauer gegen Rechts!
DAS ist die Brandmauer gegen Rechts!
January 21, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Blick vom Paul-Löbe-Haus auf den Platz vorm Reichstag heute 21.1.24 17 Uhr. Die Polizei spricht von 100k die Veranstalter von 350.000 Demonstrant:innen. Fakt ist: Bereits am Hauptbahnhof ging nix mehr weil es selbst für den größten Bahnhof Europas zu Viele waren
DAS ist die Brandmauer gegen Rechts!
DAS ist die Brandmauer gegen Rechts!
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Hunderttausende Menschen gehen auf die Straßen, um gegen Rechtsextremismus zu demonstrieren. Bemerkenswert ist auch der Aufbruch in Ostdeutschland.
Demos gegen rechts: Deutschland unteilbar
taz.de
January 21, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Hunderttausende Menschen gehen auf die Straßen, um gegen Rechtsextremismus zu demonstrieren. Bemerkenswert ist auch der Aufbruch in Ostdeutschland.
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Very interesting report on disinfo narratives pushed in the 2022 elections in Brazil: inctdsi.uff.br/wp-content/u...
inctdsi.uff.br
November 23, 2023 at 11:20 AM
Very interesting report on disinfo narratives pushed in the 2022 elections in Brazil: inctdsi.uff.br/wp-content/u...
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Happy to share a new working paper together with @carlhknutsen and @JonasDraege titled "The Diverse Effects of Hard Propaganda in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes": osf.io/n4g6k/ -- What is it about? (1/7) polsky dictatorsky menasky
November 22, 2023 at 1:03 PM
Happy to share a new working paper together with @carlhknutsen and @JonasDraege titled "The Diverse Effects of Hard Propaganda in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes": osf.io/n4g6k/ -- What is it about? (1/7) polsky dictatorsky menasky
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📢 I’m excited to share that my article on autocratic performance legitimacy and the COVID response policies in Saudi Arabia has been published in PoP (open-access)👇
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
“The Pandemic Was a Global Exam, and Our Country Came in First”: Autocratic Performance Legitima...
“The Pandemic Was a Global Exam, and Our Country Came in First”: Autocratic Performance Legitimacy in Saudi Arabia
doi.org
November 22, 2023 at 9:35 AM
📢 I’m excited to share that my article on autocratic performance legitimacy and the COVID response policies in Saudi Arabia has been published in PoP (open-access)👇
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Dictatorsky
Personalisation of politics in #Uzbekistan entails transformation of president into untouchable figure. Similar dynamics already at play in Gulf states, where public mentions of emirs or sheikhs are limited to glorification of leadership.
eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-t...
Personalisation of politics in #Uzbekistan entails transformation of president into untouchable figure. Similar dynamics already at play in Gulf states, where public mentions of emirs or sheikhs are limited to glorification of leadership.
eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-t...
November 14, 2023 at 6:21 AM
Dictatorsky
Personalisation of politics in #Uzbekistan entails transformation of president into untouchable figure. Similar dynamics already at play in Gulf states, where public mentions of emirs or sheikhs are limited to glorification of leadership.
eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-t...
Personalisation of politics in #Uzbekistan entails transformation of president into untouchable figure. Similar dynamics already at play in Gulf states, where public mentions of emirs or sheikhs are limited to glorification of leadership.
eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-t...
This is a great initiative, I have just donated another invite code :-) spread the word!
November 3, 2023 at 8:28 AM
This is a great initiative, I have just donated another invite code :-) spread the word!
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November 2, 2023 at 9:43 PM
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Is there some place where one can “donate” invite codes?
November 2, 2023 at 9:25 PM
Is there some place where one can “donate” invite codes?
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Please follow the WissenchaftsZentrum Berlin Transformations of Democracy research unit here
(Failed in my first effort to provide link)
@wzbdemocracy.bsky.social
November 2, 2023 at 1:51 AM
Please follow the WissenchaftsZentrum Berlin Transformations of Democracy research unit here
(Failed in my first effort to provide link)
@wzbdemocracy.bsky.social
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🆕PUBLICATION ALERT
To what extent and how do terrorist attacks influence public debates? What are the differences between public debates after extreme right and Islamist terrorist attacks? Very happy to see my single-authored paper out
@JEPP #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/1350... Polisky🧵1/
To what extent and how do terrorist attacks influence public debates? What are the differences between public debates after extreme right and Islamist terrorist attacks? Very happy to see my single-authored paper out
@JEPP #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/1350... Polisky🧵1/
October 19, 2023 at 10:54 AM
🆕PUBLICATION ALERT
To what extent and how do terrorist attacks influence public debates? What are the differences between public debates after extreme right and Islamist terrorist attacks? Very happy to see my single-authored paper out
@JEPP #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/1350... Polisky🧵1/
To what extent and how do terrorist attacks influence public debates? What are the differences between public debates after extreme right and Islamist terrorist attacks? Very happy to see my single-authored paper out
@JEPP #openaccess doi.org/10.1080/1350... Polisky🧵1/