Dan de Kadt
@dandekadt.bsky.social
Social and data science at the London School of Economics
Democracy, behaviour, meta-science, 🇿🇦🇺🇲
Won't interact with anon accounts.
www.ddekadt.com
Democracy, behaviour, meta-science, 🇿🇦🇺🇲
Won't interact with anon accounts.
www.ddekadt.com
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Dan de Kadt
@dandekadt.bsky.social
· May 14
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Homepage of "Good Description" by Daniel de Kadt & Anna Grzymala-Busse - ddekadt/good_description
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🚨 “Good Description” with @annagbusse.bsky.social 🚨
What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description?
We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers.
Two main contributions...
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What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description?
We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers.
Two main contributions...
🔗📄 tinyurl.com/gooddesc
Don't have a strong opinon on Senate Dem strategy but it's funny to see all these people claim the shutdown was about healthcare when it was obviously not about healthcare (it was about *everything*) idk we don't all have to be credulous just because the president is a liar
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Don't have a strong opinon on Senate Dem strategy but it's funny to see all these people claim the shutdown was about healthcare when it was obviously not about healthcare (it was about *everything*) idk we don't all have to be credulous just because the president is a liar
One thing I've never understood about the UK is how things that are *absolutely not* scandal-worthy become huge public scandals, while things that *absolutely are* scandal-worthy often come to nothing (or less than they should).
@bjennings90.bsky.social absolutely nails it. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
One thing I've never understood about the UK is how things that are *absolutely not* scandal-worthy become huge public scandals, while things that *absolutely are* scandal-worthy often come to nothing (or less than they should).
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
Bonne nuit à tous 🦌
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Bonne nuit à tous 🦌
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Do architecture and urban planning affect political behavior? Happy to share a paper that @tesaliarizzo.bsky.social and I have coming out at the APSR which uses computer vision to investigate how the built environment shapes inequalities in civic participation in Mexico: osf.io/preprints/so.... 🧵1/5
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Do architecture and urban planning affect political behavior? Happy to share a paper that @tesaliarizzo.bsky.social and I have coming out at the APSR which uses computer vision to investigate how the built environment shapes inequalities in civic participation in Mexico: osf.io/preprints/so.... 🧵1/5
Watching the Springboks and I can't help imagine a scandalised Apartheid Minister of Sport saying “'n kommunis in die voorste ry!?!”
November 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching the Springboks and I can't help imagine a scandalised Apartheid Minister of Sport saying “'n kommunis in die voorste ry!?!”
Pretty bad stuff if true tbth
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Pretty bad stuff if true tbth
Join us over the next few weeks for "Did Jews Ruin Universities? And can Nazism fix it?" and "Did Emancipation Ruin Agriculture? And can Jim Crow fix it?"
Just asking questions over here
Just asking questions over here
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Join us over the next few weeks for "Did Jews Ruin Universities? And can Nazism fix it?" and "Did Emancipation Ruin Agriculture? And can Jim Crow fix it?"
Just asking questions over here
Just asking questions over here
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Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
EPSS 2026 submissions FAQ - EPSS
Submissions are coming in fast for Belfast 2026 and so are your questions about submissions. Here are answers to the most common questions: Where do I go to submit? For panel submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/75765/symposia/create For paper submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79266/submissions/new? How many papers can I submit? We put a constraint of max one presentation per person. This does …
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November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
I will need to hear @philippeauclair.bsky.social's opinion on this
FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I will need to hear @philippeauclair.bsky.social's opinion on this
This Sauer fellow talks too much and too fast. It is better to speak more slowly and make a clear argument. That is my non-lawyer opinion.
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This Sauer fellow talks too much and too fast. It is better to speak more slowly and make a clear argument. That is my non-lawyer opinion.
In a world where Elon Musk will probably be offered a $1 trillion paycheck while millions of Americans go hungry I for one cannot understand why there is excitement in the electorate for a young, charismatic, populist on the left.
Idk doesn't make sense.
Idk doesn't make sense.
November 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In a world where Elon Musk will probably be offered a $1 trillion paycheck while millions of Americans go hungry I for one cannot understand why there is excitement in the electorate for a young, charismatic, populist on the left.
Idk doesn't make sense.
Idk doesn't make sense.
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big night for dems, sure, but the real winners are the aloof wives quietly steering mayoral campaigns from behind the scenes
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
big night for dems, sure, but the real winners are the aloof wives quietly steering mayoral campaigns from behind the scenes
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I truly think this is an underappreciated point that much of the "rising far right" polisci literature has missed.
We have n->inf findings that bad stuff leads to far right voting. But why _doesn't_ bad stuff lead to far left (or center left) voting? One big answer: A failure of political supply.
We have n->inf findings that bad stuff leads to far right voting. But why _doesn't_ bad stuff lead to far left (or center left) voting? One big answer: A failure of political supply.
🗳️ New study (w @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social) on AfD success in integration council elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: AfD achieved significant results in councils elected exclusively by voters with migration backgrounds. It's not about economics—it's about political competition. (1/3)
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I truly think this is an underappreciated point that much of the "rising far right" polisci literature has missed.
We have n->inf findings that bad stuff leads to far right voting. But why _doesn't_ bad stuff lead to far left (or center left) voting? One big answer: A failure of political supply.
We have n->inf findings that bad stuff leads to far right voting. But why _doesn't_ bad stuff lead to far left (or center left) voting? One big answer: A failure of political supply.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
If you or any of your students are interested in pursuing an MSc in data social or research methods, please join us online for our annual virtual open day sessions.
These are brief but very informative sessions that prospective students tend to greatly enjoy. See you there.
These are brief but very informative sessions that prospective students tend to greatly enjoy. See you there.
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🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference
Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Please, I beg you dear economists (and others), resist the desire to give your papers one word titles.
November 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Please, I beg you dear economists (and others), resist the desire to give your papers one word titles.
I wonder if gen AI is going to eventually so infest online spaces with garbage, awful, horrifying, traumatic audiovisual content that it will simply kill them.
Our net infrastructure is simply not built to contain what’s coming. In fact it is almost built to magnify and multiply all the awfulness.
Our net infrastructure is simply not built to contain what’s coming. In fact it is almost built to magnify and multiply all the awfulness.
November 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I wonder if gen AI is going to eventually so infest online spaces with garbage, awful, horrifying, traumatic audiovisual content that it will simply kill them.
Our net infrastructure is simply not built to contain what’s coming. In fact it is almost built to magnify and multiply all the awfulness.
Our net infrastructure is simply not built to contain what’s coming. In fact it is almost built to magnify and multiply all the awfulness.
My paper in the review process
October 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My paper in the review process
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#polisky doctoral candidates: $10,000 for dissertation research, due December 1
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October 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#polisky doctoral candidates: $10,000 for dissertation research, due December 1
www.horowitz-foundation.org/apply
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Alarming stuff, though worth noting the next post which shows the US remains #1. (This graph shows percentage point change from the 2007 baseline, I think).
Good reminder that although the current US administration is absolutely playing with fire w.r.t. international talent, the choice set matters.
Good reminder that although the current US administration is absolutely playing with fire w.r.t. international talent, the choice set matters.
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Alarming stuff, though worth noting the next post which shows the US remains #1. (This graph shows percentage point change from the 2007 baseline, I think).
Good reminder that although the current US administration is absolutely playing with fire w.r.t. international talent, the choice set matters.
Good reminder that although the current US administration is absolutely playing with fire w.r.t. international talent, the choice set matters.
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"...and in the "French story of the year" category..."
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
"Il est coriace !" : cet homme de 77 ans a survécu trois jours au fond d’un ravin après une chute de 40 mètres à vélo
Un homme de 77 ans a été retrouvé sain et sauf mardi après avoir passé trois jours dans un profond ravin dans les Cévennes dans le département de la Lozère. Il avait chuté de 40 mètres en rentrant à v...
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"...and in the "French story of the year" category..."
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
77 year-old cyclist who fell 40m into a ravine survived in the cold and the rain for three days by drinking "several bottles" of the wine he was bringing home from the market.
france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/occitanie/ga...
1. Political science is actually quite good at predicting things, we do a lot of this.
2. Elections are not generally one of those things because (a) predicting them is not important and (b) predicting single events is a fool’s errand.
3. Same rules apply for most sciences.
2. Elections are not generally one of those things because (a) predicting them is not important and (b) predicting single events is a fool’s errand.
3. Same rules apply for most sciences.
It is kind of fascinating that in most sciences, expertise is supposed to be tied to an improved ability to forecast outcomes, except for political science. Zero expectation.
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
1. Political science is actually quite good at predicting things, we do a lot of this.
2. Elections are not generally one of those things because (a) predicting them is not important and (b) predicting single events is a fool’s errand.
3. Same rules apply for most sciences.
2. Elections are not generally one of those things because (a) predicting them is not important and (b) predicting single events is a fool’s errand.
3. Same rules apply for most sciences.