Jason Reifler
@jasonreifler.bsky.social
Political Science Prof at University of Southampton. I study misperceptions, fact-checking, and foreign policy attitudes. American in the UK. he/his (y'all whenever possible). Spurs #COYS.
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Jason Reifler
@jasonreifler.bsky.social
· Jun 12
The most popular thing I did on the old site was telling people about my rejections. Failure and rejection is a big part of academic life. It happens to all of us -- well, at least everyone I know. This thread lists mine and is founded on the hope it helps other people cope better with their own.
The Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) is a collaboration by Southampton, Reading, and the LSE to leverage our strengths in public opinion research for academia and beyond. Today we've published our first methods brief— a short primer on conjoint experiments by the fantastic Thomas Robinson (LSE).
"While testing one dimension at a time can yield simple results, those effects may not generalise to richer, real-world contexts."
Read our new POAL Methods Briefs on Conjoint Experiments from Thomas Robinson!
Link: www.poal.co.uk/research/met...
Read our new POAL Methods Briefs on Conjoint Experiments from Thomas Robinson!
Link: www.poal.co.uk/research/met...
Public Opinion Analytics Lab
The website of the Public Opinion Analytics Lab
www.poal.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) is a collaboration by Southampton, Reading, and the LSE to leverage our strengths in public opinion research for academia and beyond. Today we've published our first methods brief— a short primer on conjoint experiments by the fantastic Thomas Robinson (LSE).
Van de Ven has submitted his Puskas entry.
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Van de Ven has submitted his Puskas entry.
Rage Against The Bastards
Improve a bands name by using the word Bastard...
Red Hot Chilli Bastards.
Red Hot Chilli Bastards.
October 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Rage Against The Bastards
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Temple Political Science is hiring in International Relations, specializing in security.
Temple is Philadelphia's public university. We play an important role in our community & serve many inspiring students. Plus, Philadelphia is a great place to live. Apply!
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Temple is Philadelphia's public university. We play an important role in our community & serve many inspiring students. Plus, Philadelphia is a great place to live. Apply!
members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Temple Political Science is hiring in International Relations, specializing in security.
Temple is Philadelphia's public university. We play an important role in our community & serve many inspiring students. Plus, Philadelphia is a great place to live. Apply!
members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...
Temple is Philadelphia's public university. We play an important role in our community & serve many inspiring students. Plus, Philadelphia is a great place to live. Apply!
members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...
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NEW - 'The Power of the Crowd: How the Public Can Both Spoil and Improve Social Media as a Source of Information'
This Cambridge Element by F. Stöckel, S. Stöckli, B.A. Lyons, H. Kroker & @jasonreifler.bsky.social is free to read for 2 weeks.
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#cambridgeelements #politics #Polisky
This Cambridge Element by F. Stöckel, S. Stöckli, B.A. Lyons, H. Kroker & @jasonreifler.bsky.social is free to read for 2 weeks.
cup.org/4344Tyl
#cambridgeelements #politics #Polisky
October 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
NEW - 'The Power of the Crowd: How the Public Can Both Spoil and Improve Social Media as a Source of Information'
This Cambridge Element by F. Stöckel, S. Stöckli, B.A. Lyons, H. Kroker & @jasonreifler.bsky.social is free to read for 2 weeks.
cup.org/4344Tyl
#cambridgeelements #politics #Polisky
This Cambridge Element by F. Stöckel, S. Stöckli, B.A. Lyons, H. Kroker & @jasonreifler.bsky.social is free to read for 2 weeks.
cup.org/4344Tyl
#cambridgeelements #politics #Polisky
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Taylor Swift singing about peer review
October 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Taylor Swift singing about peer review
“If we read this bad faith thing as if it were good faith, it doesn’t sound that bad.”
10/10, no notes.
10/10, no notes.
Danielle Allen fails the Lando test / lives out the Arrested Development meme: "A deal on the core principles in a compact could then become a framework for negotiating on legislation." Come ON. With this administration and this Congress?
therenovator.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...
therenovator.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
“If we read this bad faith thing as if it were good faith, it doesn’t sound that bad.”
10/10, no notes.
10/10, no notes.
I’m not saying I feel the same way about Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville, but it did take me way longer than it should have to clock they were not the same person. Like years after I moved to the UK (which was after their playing careers were over).
At some level, I understand that Pat McAfee, Clay Travis and Dave Portnoy are all different people, but I steadfastly refuse to tell them apart because that would involve having to don a welder's mask and sit through some White Hot Sports Takes.
October 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I’m not saying I feel the same way about Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville, but it did take me way longer than it should have to clock they were not the same person. Like years after I moved to the UK (which was after their playing careers were over).
I’m not a mega-brain political strategy genius, but the Tories stridently and vocally taking unpopular positions (more austerity! less compassion! climate change good!) seems like a party really committed to locking up 4th place at the next general election. Big ups to them, I guess.
October 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’m not a mega-brain political strategy genius, but the Tories stridently and vocally taking unpopular positions (more austerity! less compassion! climate change good!) seems like a party really committed to locking up 4th place at the next general election. Big ups to them, I guess.
Seeing some “well, what did people expect posts?” in response to this. Just a reminder that it can simultaneously be true that (a) people expected it to be very bad, and (b) it is worse than what was expected.
Has Trump’s second term posed a greater or lesser threat to the rule of law than you expected? @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...
October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Seeing some “well, what did people expect posts?” in response to this. Just a reminder that it can simultaneously be true that (a) people expected it to be very bad, and (b) it is worse than what was expected.
Regarding the Meta AI product demo fail, I have a food question about the setup. Is a Korean inspired sauce to put on a steak sandwich even a good idea? (Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy Korean flavors.) But wouldn’t it make more sense to have marinated the beef and cooked it with the sauce?
September 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Regarding the Meta AI product demo fail, I have a food question about the setup. Is a Korean inspired sauce to put on a steak sandwich even a good idea? (Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy Korean flavors.) But wouldn’t it make more sense to have marinated the beef and cooked it with the sauce?
If Mike Myers ever comes back to SNL, there’s an update for the “Coffee Talk” when the host is feeling verklempt. “AI psychosis is neither artificial intelligence nor psychosis. Discuss.”
A wave of AI users presenting in states of psychological distress gave birth to an unofficial diagnostic label. Experts say it’s neither accurate nor needed, but concede that it’s likely to stay. www.wired.com/story/ai-psy...
AI Psychosis Is Rarely Psychosis at All
A wave of AI users presenting in states of psychological distress gave birth to an unofficial diagnostic label. Experts say it’s neither accurate nor needed, but concede that it’s likely to stay.
www.wired.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
If Mike Myers ever comes back to SNL, there’s an update for the “Coffee Talk” when the host is feeling verklempt. “AI psychosis is neither artificial intelligence nor psychosis. Discuss.”
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LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome!
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science,
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September 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome!
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
I see the world did not magically get better while I was on a plane for 8 hours. It seemed to even get slightly worse.
September 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I see the world did not magically get better while I was on a plane for 8 hours. It seemed to even get slightly worse.
Of course it was intentional! Russia is always testing NATO defenses.
Last night in Poland we saw the most serious European airspace violation by Russia since the war began, and indications suggest it was intentional, not accidental.
I am in contact with NATO Secretary General Rutte and Poland FM Sikorski.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Poland. (1/2)
I am in contact with NATO Secretary General Rutte and Poland FM Sikorski.
The EU stands in full solidarity with Poland. (1/2)
September 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Of course it was intentional! Russia is always testing NATO defenses.
Additional levels of bureaucracy are the solution to the UK higher ed funding crisis! Rejoice!
Reckon this will be the first of many large uni mergers over the next few years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greenwich and Kent announce merger to form 'super-university'
Universities are facing ongoing financial worries, with the regulator saying other mergers could follow.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Additional levels of bureaucracy are the solution to the UK higher ed funding crisis! Rejoice!
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Delighted to say I'm chairing a section at ECPG 2026 with @jess-smith.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @gefjonoff.bsky.social and @liranharsgor.bsky.social on Elections, Parties, and Voters! Please send your abstracts in - full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecprgender.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Delighted to say I'm chairing a section at ECPG 2026 with @jess-smith.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @gefjonoff.bsky.social and @liranharsgor.bsky.social on Elections, Parties, and Voters! Please send your abstracts in - full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecprgender.bsky.social
Slightly diminish a book
The Sound and the Furry
The Sound and the Furry
Slightly diminish a book
Kerfuffle and Peace
Kerfuffle and Peace
Slightly diminish a book
Animal Smallholding
Animal Smallholding
September 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Slightly diminish a book
The Sound and the Furry
The Sound and the Furry
Slightly diminish a book
The Da Vinci Cod
The Da Vinci Cod
September 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Slightly diminish a book
The Da Vinci Cod
The Da Vinci Cod
Whoa, I didn’t see that coming at all.
(Football post, political doomscrollers can skip this.)
(Football post, political doomscrollers can skip this.)
September 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Whoa, I didn’t see that coming at all.
(Football post, political doomscrollers can skip this.)
(Football post, political doomscrollers can skip this.)
For UK higher education bureaucracy aficionados, the latest REF2029 “guidance” is available.
2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...
2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...
Pause to REF 2029 criteria setting and publication of final guidance – REF 2029
2029.ref.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
For UK higher education bureaucracy aficionados, the latest REF2029 “guidance” is available.
2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...
2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...
The power of simple kindness never ceases to amaze me.
(How’d it get so dusty in here all of a sudden or is somebody chopping onions?)
(How’d it get so dusty in here all of a sudden or is somebody chopping onions?)
September 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The power of simple kindness never ceases to amaze me.
(How’d it get so dusty in here all of a sudden or is somebody chopping onions?)
(How’d it get so dusty in here all of a sudden or is somebody chopping onions?)
I’m really looking forward to the Xavi Simons “how to pronounce my name” video/clip. I hear at least four different pronunciations and all seem credible.
I think at least one more surprise incoming for Spurs today, which is more deadline day fan frenzy rather than any insight or ITK gossip.
I think at least one more surprise incoming for Spurs today, which is more deadline day fan frenzy rather than any insight or ITK gossip.
September 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I’m really looking forward to the Xavi Simons “how to pronounce my name” video/clip. I hear at least four different pronunciations and all seem credible.
I think at least one more surprise incoming for Spurs today, which is more deadline day fan frenzy rather than any insight or ITK gossip.
I think at least one more surprise incoming for Spurs today, which is more deadline day fan frenzy rather than any insight or ITK gossip.
Yesterday, I had a paper come out at Science Advances that I’m really proud. Today I’m headed to London with my kids. One is seeing West End show and the other is going to a Spurs game with me. There are not many consecutive days as nice as this.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Prebunking and credible source corrections increase election credibility: Evidence from the US and Brazil
Election fraud misperceptions can be corrected by credible public figures or with information about protections against fraud.
www.science.org
August 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Yesterday, I had a paper come out at Science Advances that I’m really proud. Today I’m headed to London with my kids. One is seeing West End show and the other is going to a Spurs game with me. There are not many consecutive days as nice as this.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...
Trust in elections rises after ‘inoculations’ meant to preempt false fraud claims
New U.S.-Brazil study points to ways of countering election misinformation, political scientists say
www.science.org
August 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...