Stefano Sangiovanni
@stesangio.bsky.social
PhDing @NASP, University Of Milan
https://ste-sangiovanni.github.io/
Party Politics, Computational Methods, Valence Politics, Political Scandals. Just a nerd with some muddling through skills.
#Firstgen
https://ste-sangiovanni.github.io/
Party Politics, Computational Methods, Valence Politics, Political Scandals. Just a nerd with some muddling through skills.
#Firstgen
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Una conversazione su NASPread con Giulia Riva sulla violenza politica nelle democrazie.
Lo spunto è una special issue su @JPR_journal che ho curato con Ursula Daxecker e Neeraj Prasad ( intro qui bit.ly/3JVFsZD)
Ecco il nostro dialogo:
open.spotify.com/episode/4oex...
Lo spunto è una special issue su @JPR_journal che ho curato con Ursula Daxecker e Neeraj Prasad ( intro qui bit.ly/3JVFsZD)
Ecco il nostro dialogo:
open.spotify.com/episode/4oex...
Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025
It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Una conversazione su NASPread con Giulia Riva sulla violenza politica nelle democrazie.
Lo spunto è una special issue su @JPR_journal che ho curato con Ursula Daxecker e Neeraj Prasad ( intro qui bit.ly/3JVFsZD)
Ecco il nostro dialogo:
open.spotify.com/episode/4oex...
Lo spunto è una special issue su @JPR_journal che ho curato con Ursula Daxecker e Neeraj Prasad ( intro qui bit.ly/3JVFsZD)
Ecco il nostro dialogo:
open.spotify.com/episode/4oex...
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This very interesting paper raises a broader questions: why do some scandals stay contained while others discredit an entire political class? Part of the answer, I think, lies in diffeences in the clarity of accountability across democratic political systems. A well-established line of research
NEW -
Political Scandals and Vertical Contagion in Multilevel Systems - cup.org/47wHeJB
- @jaclarner.bsky.social, Robert Johns, @ailsahenderson.bsky.social, @frasmcm.bsky.social & @cjcarman.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Political Scandals and Vertical Contagion in Multilevel Systems - cup.org/47wHeJB
- @jaclarner.bsky.social, Robert Johns, @ailsahenderson.bsky.social, @frasmcm.bsky.social & @cjcarman.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This very interesting paper raises a broader questions: why do some scandals stay contained while others discredit an entire political class? Part of the answer, I think, lies in diffeences in the clarity of accountability across democratic political systems. A well-established line of research
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Now out @apsrjournal.bsky.social with page numbers! 🫒
We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives
shorturl.at/bA55v
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives
shorturl.at/bA55v
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Now out @apsrjournal.bsky.social with page numbers! 🫒
We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives
shorturl.at/bA55v
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
We advance a new argument on how economic crises fuel support for far-right parties in left-behind places by tapping into long-standing community narratives
shorturl.at/bA55v
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
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I'm sorry to burst the bubble but the idea that Republican elites and/or base are a couple of pieces of evidence from the Epstein files away from the tipping point is a fantasy. We've been through this for 10 years now. It's not going to happen. It's not who they are.
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I'm sorry to burst the bubble but the idea that Republican elites and/or base are a couple of pieces of evidence from the Epstein files away from the tipping point is a fantasy. We've been through this for 10 years now. It's not going to happen. It's not who they are.
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I am over the moon to announce that #COMPTEXT2026 will take place at the "Institute for Data and AI" at the University of Birmingham. Look out for the imminent CfP on all channels. And go and tell your friends. Looking forward to hosting y'all in April 2026 #sciencerocks @comptext.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I am over the moon to announce that #COMPTEXT2026 will take place at the "Institute for Data and AI" at the University of Birmingham. Look out for the imminent CfP on all channels. And go and tell your friends. Looking forward to hosting y'all in April 2026 #sciencerocks @comptext.bsky.social
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Not hard to make profit margins over 30% if you don't pay people who produce the content you sell, and their employers pay you for access
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Not hard to make profit margins over 30% if you don't pay people who produce the content you sell, and their employers pay you for access
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🚨🎉New Publication Friday 🎉🚨
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
Social media platforms now play a central role in election campaigns for parties and politicians. Yet comparatively little research has compared how these actors use these platforms during and outs...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨🎉New Publication Friday 🎉🚨
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Campaigning in the Age of Platforms: A Longitudinal Analysis of German Parties & Politicians
w/ @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social & @andersoloflarsson.bsky.social
Out now in Political Communication.
#polisky #commsky
doi.org/10.1080/1058...
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Maybe we could all “quarantine the morning to read and write” and send non-urgent emails only after lunch? :)
"He protects what he calls his “first-thing” hours: the stretch of morning when thought still moves unfiltered. No meetings before eleven if he can help it, and ideally, no email either."
"He protects what he calls his “first-thing” hours: the stretch of morning when thought still moves unfiltered. No meetings before eleven if he can help it, and ideally, no email either."
Daniel Ziblatt writes the way he studies democracy: with discipline, patience, and a refusal to look away from complexity.
He writes with the conviction that democracy depends on the continuous work of understanding.
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New on Etched in Marble: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
He writes with the conviction that democracy depends on the continuous work of understanding.
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New on Etched in Marble: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
Etched in Marble: Daniel Ziblatt on Writing, Struggle, and How Democracy Depends on Both
Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Maybe we could all “quarantine the morning to read and write” and send non-urgent emails only after lunch? :)
"He protects what he calls his “first-thing” hours: the stretch of morning when thought still moves unfiltered. No meetings before eleven if he can help it, and ideally, no email either."
"He protects what he calls his “first-thing” hours: the stretch of morning when thought still moves unfiltered. No meetings before eleven if he can help it, and ideally, no email either."
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Posting is correlated with affective polarization:
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Posting is correlated with affective polarization:
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
😡 The most partisan users — those who love their party and despise the other — are more likely to post about politics
🥊 The result? A loud angry minority dominates online politics, which itself can drive polarization (see doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)
During the COVID lockdown, I spent countless hours watching his streams. That’s when I really started learning and improving in chess.
I never met Naroditsky, but I’m really sad today :\
I never met Naroditsky, but I’m really sad today :\
GM Daniel Naroditsky passed away. He was a talented chess player, commentator, and educator. FIDE extends its deepest condolences to Daniel’s family and loved ones.
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
During the COVID lockdown, I spent countless hours watching his streams. That’s when I really started learning and improving in chess.
I never met Naroditsky, but I’m really sad today :\
I never met Naroditsky, but I’m really sad today :\
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Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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A great scholar and a very good friend coming to Milan: Ursula Daxecker. Thursday 16 October, 3 pm.
October 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
A great scholar and a very good friend coming to Milan: Ursula Daxecker. Thursday 16 October, 3 pm.
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I had the pleasure to teach a 3-day crash course on #LLMs for PhD students.
We covered:
1️⃣ Text Representation and Embeddings
2️⃣ Machine Learning & Transformer Architecture
3️⃣ Generative Models for Social Sciences
The 6 slide sets and 10 notebooks are available on github: github.com/nicolaiberk/...
We covered:
1️⃣ Text Representation and Embeddings
2️⃣ Machine Learning & Transformer Architecture
3️⃣ Generative Models for Social Sciences
The 6 slide sets and 10 notebooks are available on github: github.com/nicolaiberk/...
GitHub - nicolaiberk/llm_ws: Materials for my Workshop on LLMs
Materials for my Workshop on LLMs. Contribute to nicolaiberk/llm_ws development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I had the pleasure to teach a 3-day crash course on #LLMs for PhD students.
We covered:
1️⃣ Text Representation and Embeddings
2️⃣ Machine Learning & Transformer Architecture
3️⃣ Generative Models for Social Sciences
The 6 slide sets and 10 notebooks are available on github: github.com/nicolaiberk/...
We covered:
1️⃣ Text Representation and Embeddings
2️⃣ Machine Learning & Transformer Architecture
3️⃣ Generative Models for Social Sciences
The 6 slide sets and 10 notebooks are available on github: github.com/nicolaiberk/...
Had the blessing to spend last spring at MZES as a visiting PhD student and it was a BLAST!
Brilliant scholars, a super supportive environment, and the perfect place to be productive (also have fun!) 🌈
Brilliant scholars, a super supportive environment, and the perfect place to be productive (also have fun!) 🌈
📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers!
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊
💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas
💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance
📆 Deadline: 28 November
Full information:
👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta...
September 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Had the blessing to spend last spring at MZES as a visiting PhD student and it was a BLAST!
Brilliant scholars, a super supportive environment, and the perfect place to be productive (also have fun!) 🌈
Brilliant scholars, a super supportive environment, and the perfect place to be productive (also have fun!) 🌈
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Checked a random one just for fun during my lunch break, same dataset: dmsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
In Supplement 2, sdLDL-c→WC (T2D) is β=0.008 with CI (−0.12, −0.14) 🤔🤔🤔
In Table 3 (WC), lbLDL-c is β=0.03 with CI (−0.03, 0.03) strange CIs?? 🤔
Thanks for your service Sophie!
In Supplement 2, sdLDL-c→WC (T2D) is β=0.008 with CI (−0.12, −0.14) 🤔🤔🤔
In Table 3 (WC), lbLDL-c is β=0.03 with CI (−0.03, 0.03) strange CIs?? 🤔
Thanks for your service Sophie!
September 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Checked a random one just for fun during my lunch break, same dataset: dmsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
In Supplement 2, sdLDL-c→WC (T2D) is β=0.008 with CI (−0.12, −0.14) 🤔🤔🤔
In Table 3 (WC), lbLDL-c is β=0.03 with CI (−0.03, 0.03) strange CIs?? 🤔
Thanks for your service Sophie!
In Supplement 2, sdLDL-c→WC (T2D) is β=0.008 with CI (−0.12, −0.14) 🤔🤔🤔
In Table 3 (WC), lbLDL-c is β=0.03 with CI (−0.03, 0.03) strange CIs?? 🤔
Thanks for your service Sophie!
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I regret to inform you I found *another* paper by (some of) these authors with similar errors...
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⛏️ After a LOT of digging, here's what I found:
🚩 5 estimates outside their CI
🚩 46 estimate-CI duplicates
🚩 20+ cases of asymmetric CIs
🚩 17 values rounded to 4 decimal places (all others 3dp)
🚩 >50% of all estimates and confidence intervals are multiples of 0.008 (???)
(CI = confidence interval)
🚩 5 estimates outside their CI
🚩 46 estimate-CI duplicates
🚩 20+ cases of asymmetric CIs
🚩 17 values rounded to 4 decimal places (all others 3dp)
🚩 >50% of all estimates and confidence intervals are multiples of 0.008 (???)
(CI = confidence interval)
September 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I regret to inform you I found *another* paper by (some of) these authors with similar errors...
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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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"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds
Researchers say low- and no-calorie sweeteners appear to affect thinking and memory in middle age
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds"
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Or does it? Let's take a look at this "study"...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/se...
Had a great time at #SISP25 in Naples! :D
Presented a couple of papers on valence politics and political scandals, plus a bonus talk on AI & audio-as-data in the Research Methods workshop!
It was wonderful to catch up with so many friends 💜
Presented a couple of papers on valence politics and political scandals, plus a bonus talk on AI & audio-as-data in the Research Methods workshop!
It was wonderful to catch up with so many friends 💜
September 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Had a great time at #SISP25 in Naples! :D
Presented a couple of papers on valence politics and political scandals, plus a bonus talk on AI & audio-as-data in the Research Methods workshop!
It was wonderful to catch up with so many friends 💜
Presented a couple of papers on valence politics and political scandals, plus a bonus talk on AI & audio-as-data in the Research Methods workshop!
It was wonderful to catch up with so many friends 💜
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Stefano Sangiovanni presents the paper "Party Competition and the Strategic Use of Valence Signals in Electoral Campaigns" in the panel on party organization.
#Sisp2025 #NapleSisp @stesangio.bsky.social
#Sisp2025 #NapleSisp @stesangio.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Stefano Sangiovanni presents the paper "Party Competition and the Strategic Use of Valence Signals in Electoral Campaigns" in the panel on party organization.
#Sisp2025 #NapleSisp @stesangio.bsky.social
#Sisp2025 #NapleSisp @stesangio.bsky.social
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Have you ever wondered if young politicians perceive their roles as representatives differently than their older colleagues? Then, my new research note in Party Politics may interest you. I investigate age differences in the representation styles of politicians.
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August 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Have you ever wondered if young politicians perceive their roles as representatives differently than their older colleagues? Then, my new research note in Party Politics may interest you. I investigate age differences in the representation styles of politicians.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Assistant professors teach courses that are closer to the knowledge frontier than tenured faculty.
August 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Assistant professors teach courses that are closer to the knowledge frontier than tenured faculty.
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My thoughts on the crucial importance of methodology on self-reported AI performance on mathematics competitions, and my policy on commenting on such reports going forward: mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1148814...
Terence Tao (@tao@mathstodon.xyz)
It is tempting to view the capability of current AI technology as a singular quantity: either a given task X is within the ability of current tools, or it is not. However, there is in fact a very wid...
mathstodon.xyz
July 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My thoughts on the crucial importance of methodology on self-reported AI performance on mathematics competitions, and my policy on commenting on such reports going forward: mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1148814...
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Dichiarazione della Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP) su Gaza
July 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Dichiarazione della Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP) su Gaza