Sarah Ledoux
@sarahledoux.bsky.social
Postdoc in CSS @univie.ac.at researching representation. Interested in legislator & voter behaviour, technology & politics. Comms Officer @techpolicy.bsky.social
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Call for papers:
IJPOR has a call for a special issue on AI, public opinion and democratic resilience.
1000 word initial abstract submission
🗓️: deadline February 15, 2026
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social @algosoc.org @polcomm.bsky.social #commsky
academic.oup.com/ijpor/pages/...
IJPOR has a call for a special issue on AI, public opinion and democratic resilience.
1000 word initial abstract submission
🗓️: deadline February 15, 2026
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social @algosoc.org @polcomm.bsky.social #commsky
academic.oup.com/ijpor/pages/...
Call for Papers: AI, Public Opinion, and Democratic Resilience
Special Issue of the International Journal of Public Opinion Research
Guest Editors: Homero Gil de Zuñiga and Hugo Marcos-Marne
Editor-In-Chief: Porismita Bora
academic.oup.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Call for papers:
IJPOR has a call for a special issue on AI, public opinion and democratic resilience.
1000 word initial abstract submission
🗓️: deadline February 15, 2026
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social @algosoc.org @polcomm.bsky.social #commsky
academic.oup.com/ijpor/pages/...
IJPOR has a call for a special issue on AI, public opinion and democratic resilience.
1000 word initial abstract submission
🗓️: deadline February 15, 2026
@ddc-sdu.bsky.social @aimediademlab.bsky.social @algosoc.org @polcomm.bsky.social #commsky
academic.oup.com/ijpor/pages/...
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Several recent studies have found that politicians aren't very good at estimating public support for policies. But we have little idea about whether politicians are good at knowing which issues are more important to voters. Our new publication has a first go at answering this question rdcu.be/eQGm4
How Politicians (mis)Perceive Policy Salience
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November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Several recent studies have found that politicians aren't very good at estimating public support for policies. But we have little idea about whether politicians are good at knowing which issues are more important to voters. Our new publication has a first go at answering this question rdcu.be/eQGm4
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💥Upcoming event! 💥"The Politics of Platform Regulation"
🕒 2 Dec @ 3-4:15pm GMT
Join us in our discussion w Robert Gorwa @gorwa.ca to talk about his recent book on "how governments shape online content moderation" + strategies to combat harmful content
Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...
🕒 2 Dec @ 3-4:15pm GMT
Join us in our discussion w Robert Gorwa @gorwa.ca to talk about his recent book on "how governments shape online content moderation" + strategies to combat harmful content
Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
💥Upcoming event! 💥"The Politics of Platform Regulation"
🕒 2 Dec @ 3-4:15pm GMT
Join us in our discussion w Robert Gorwa @gorwa.ca to talk about his recent book on "how governments shape online content moderation" + strategies to combat harmful content
Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...
🕒 2 Dec @ 3-4:15pm GMT
Join us in our discussion w Robert Gorwa @gorwa.ca to talk about his recent book on "how governments shape online content moderation" + strategies to combat harmful content
Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...
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Despite new EU transparency laws, researchers are still blocked from vital social media data, while corporations buy the same information freely, argues Brandon Silverman. The result: a two-tier system that shields platforms from scrutiny and weakens democratic oversight.
Why Commercial Tools Can Scrape Social Media But Researchers Can't | TechPolicy.Press
Brandon Silverman explains how researchers face barriers to social media data under the DSA, while corporations can buy full access.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Despite new EU transparency laws, researchers are still blocked from vital social media data, while corporations buy the same information freely, argues Brandon Silverman. The result: a two-tier system that shields platforms from scrutiny and weakens democratic oversight.
Another job with MULTIREP! 👉 Deadline 15 Dec
Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions/interest, I'd be happy to have a chat 😄
Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions/interest, I'd be happy to have a chat 😄
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
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You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Another job with MULTIREP! 👉 Deadline 15 Dec
Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions/interest, I'd be happy to have a chat 😄
Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions/interest, I'd be happy to have a chat 😄
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🆕 What kind of personalities are drawn to politics? 🗳️
This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2
buff.ly/xk4qMa3
This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2
buff.ly/xk4qMa3
Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Too honest and humble to run for office? Citizens’ personality traits, nascent ambition, and recruitment
www.cambridge.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕 What kind of personalities are drawn to politics? 🗳️
This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2
buff.ly/xk4qMa3
This cross-national study across 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇮🇱🇳🇱🇨🇭 explores #Representation and how honesty-humility and other HEXACO personality traits shape people’s ambition to run for office 🧵1/2
buff.ly/xk4qMa3
🚨 The MULTIREP team is hiring! Please share with MAs based in Vienna with a keen interest in pol behaviour and survey experiments 🙏
We’re looking for an RA for the MULTIREP ERC project at @univie.ac.at — working on citizens' fundamental motivations for political representation.
We look for MA students with some experience and a lot of interest in surveys & experiments.
Deadline is 10 Nov, 23:59pm!
wratil.eu/files/Resear...
We look for MA students with some experience and a lot of interest in surveys & experiments.
Deadline is 10 Nov, 23:59pm!
wratil.eu/files/Resear...
November 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🚨 The MULTIREP team is hiring! Please share with MAs based in Vienna with a keen interest in pol behaviour and survey experiments 🙏
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🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
@manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
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We're hiring! @univie.ac.at is seeking a TT Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Digitalization. If your work is about automation, AI, or immersive technology (e.g., VR) in the context of work and organizations (broadly defined), we’d love to hear from you. 👇
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We're hiring! @univie.ac.at is seeking a TT Assistant Professor in the Psychology of Digitalization. If your work is about automation, AI, or immersive technology (e.g., VR) in the context of work and organizations (broadly defined), we’d love to hear from you. 👇
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🚨 Deadline today! 🚨
Join us on 19 Nov at our OfcomxTIP in-person workshop on 'Future Directions of Academic Research in Online Safety, Tech & Policy' in London.
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity for networking and future collaborations!
Link w info 🔗 ofcom.eventogy.com/c/technology...
Join us on 19 Nov at our OfcomxTIP in-person workshop on 'Future Directions of Academic Research in Online Safety, Tech & Policy' in London.
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity for networking and future collaborations!
Link w info 🔗 ofcom.eventogy.com/c/technology...
Technology, Internet and Policy and Ofcom: future directions for academic research
ofcom.eventogy.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🚨 Deadline today! 🚨
Join us on 19 Nov at our OfcomxTIP in-person workshop on 'Future Directions of Academic Research in Online Safety, Tech & Policy' in London.
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity for networking and future collaborations!
Link w info 🔗 ofcom.eventogy.com/c/technology...
Join us on 19 Nov at our OfcomxTIP in-person workshop on 'Future Directions of Academic Research in Online Safety, Tech & Policy' in London.
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity for networking and future collaborations!
Link w info 🔗 ofcom.eventogy.com/c/technology...
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🚨Hiring a fully funded (3.5 years) PhD for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social to research social media and politics. Candidates should have quantitative/computational skills and/or be interested in content curation/moderation. UK home candidates only unfortunately. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...
www.royalholloway.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🚨Hiring a fully funded (3.5 years) PhD for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social to research social media and politics. Candidates should have quantitative/computational skills and/or be interested in content curation/moderation. UK home candidates only unfortunately. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...
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🔥 Our September newsletter is out! 🔥 it includes
⚠️ Reminder for our Jan Conference on Digital Democracy w @psampg.bsky.social
📆 Upcoming Engagement Event with Ofcom
🇪🇺 Caveats in DSA researcher access
📝 Member News & Research
🎓 Opportunities/Grants
💼 & Jobs!
#Commsky
substack.com/home/post/p-...
⚠️ Reminder for our Jan Conference on Digital Democracy w @psampg.bsky.social
📆 Upcoming Engagement Event with Ofcom
🇪🇺 Caveats in DSA researcher access
📝 Member News & Research
🎓 Opportunities/Grants
💼 & Jobs!
#Commsky
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The TIP Newsletter: MPGxTIP conference CfP, Ofcom event, DSA & EU researchers, your news, and more.
In this newsletter, we remind you of our MPGxTIP conference CfP (deadline soon!), share some details on an exciting event we've got brewing, and discuss the launch of the DSA for politics research.
substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🔥 Our September newsletter is out! 🔥 it includes
⚠️ Reminder for our Jan Conference on Digital Democracy w @psampg.bsky.social
📆 Upcoming Engagement Event with Ofcom
🇪🇺 Caveats in DSA researcher access
📝 Member News & Research
🎓 Opportunities/Grants
💼 & Jobs!
#Commsky
substack.com/home/post/p-...
⚠️ Reminder for our Jan Conference on Digital Democracy w @psampg.bsky.social
📆 Upcoming Engagement Event with Ofcom
🇪🇺 Caveats in DSA researcher access
📝 Member News & Research
🎓 Opportunities/Grants
💼 & Jobs!
#Commsky
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
𝒟𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉... 🥁
1- Delighted to share I’ve passed my Viva at the University of Manchester! 🥂
2- I’ve just joined the University of Vienna as a Post-Doc in Computational Social Science to research *Representation* 💡
More info👇
1- Delighted to share I’ve passed my Viva at the University of Manchester! 🥂
2- I’ve just joined the University of Vienna as a Post-Doc in Computational Social Science to research *Representation* 💡
More info👇
August 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
𝒟𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉... 🥁
1- Delighted to share I’ve passed my Viva at the University of Manchester! 🥂
2- I’ve just joined the University of Vienna as a Post-Doc in Computational Social Science to research *Representation* 💡
More info👇
1- Delighted to share I’ve passed my Viva at the University of Manchester! 🥂
2- I’ve just joined the University of Vienna as a Post-Doc in Computational Social Science to research *Representation* 💡
More info👇
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Today (w/ @ox.ac.uk @stanford @MIT @LSE) we’re sharing the results of the largest AI persuasion experiments to date: 76k participants, 19 LLMs, 707 political issues.
We examine “levers” of AI persuasion: model scale, post-training, prompting, personalization, & more!
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We examine “levers” of AI persuasion: model scale, post-training, prompting, personalization, & more!
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July 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Today (w/ @ox.ac.uk @stanford @MIT @LSE) we’re sharing the results of the largest AI persuasion experiments to date: 76k participants, 19 LLMs, 707 political issues.
We examine “levers” of AI persuasion: model scale, post-training, prompting, personalization, & more!
🧵:
We examine “levers” of AI persuasion: model scale, post-training, prompting, personalization, & more!
🧵:
Reposted by Sarah Ledoux
📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨
"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"
Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
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"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"
Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
🧵👇
July 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨
"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"
Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
🧵👇
"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"
Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
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This is happening today! 📆 We're very much looking forward to welcoming such an excellent panel of experts 🎓 to discuss current developments in digital regulation in the EU and UK
🚨 Just one week to go! 🚨
Our Roundtable on "Digital Sovereignty in the EU and UK" is on next Weds 25 June 2-3pm - It's looking to be a fascinating discussion! Sign up to get the link 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...
Our Roundtable on "Digital Sovereignty in the EU and UK" is on next Weds 25 June 2-3pm - It's looking to be a fascinating discussion! Sign up to get the link 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...
June 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This is happening today! 📆 We're very much looking forward to welcoming such an excellent panel of experts 🎓 to discuss current developments in digital regulation in the EU and UK
Coming up on 25 June 2-3pm BST, we have our @techpolicy.bsky.social roundtable on 'Digital Sovereignty in the EU and UK' Tickets now live!
🚨 Roundtable alert! 🚨 Wed 25 June 2-3pm BST
We are delighted to announce our next roundtable on ‘Digital Sovereignty in the EU and the UK’ where our expert panel will discuss how legal frameworks, tech infrastructures and policy measures are shaping digital autonomy
👇 Sign up link in comments👇
We are delighted to announce our next roundtable on ‘Digital Sovereignty in the EU and the UK’ where our expert panel will discuss how legal frameworks, tech infrastructures and policy measures are shaping digital autonomy
👇 Sign up link in comments👇
June 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Coming up on 25 June 2-3pm BST, we have our @techpolicy.bsky.social roundtable on 'Digital Sovereignty in the EU and UK' Tickets now live!
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🛎️ New Publication 🛎️
How did public and party priorities interact during the 2024 European Parliament elections?
In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social article, Daniela Braun, @giucarny.bsky.social @rosanavarrete.bsky.social @annreinl.bsky.social and I find some connections
tinyurl.com/yhc4ae8m
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How did public and party priorities interact during the 2024 European Parliament elections?
In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social article, Daniela Braun, @giucarny.bsky.social @rosanavarrete.bsky.social @annreinl.bsky.social and I find some connections
tinyurl.com/yhc4ae8m
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The role of key European issues in the 2024 election campaign
International crises and Euroscepticism have made European issues prominent in citizens’ lives. This article studies the role of three key European issues – migration, the environment, and EU integ...
www.tandfonline.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🛎️ New Publication 🛎️
How did public and party priorities interact during the 2024 European Parliament elections?
In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social article, Daniela Braun, @giucarny.bsky.social @rosanavarrete.bsky.social @annreinl.bsky.social and I find some connections
tinyurl.com/yhc4ae8m
🧵
How did public and party priorities interact during the 2024 European Parliament elections?
In our new @wepsocial.bsky.social article, Daniela Braun, @giucarny.bsky.social @rosanavarrete.bsky.social @annreinl.bsky.social and I find some connections
tinyurl.com/yhc4ae8m
🧵
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Did you know about the hidden way that parties in the UK receive political donations? @politicalquarterly.bsky.social have just published @markpackuk.bsky.social & mine's research into donations made directly to candidates at election time. Details of these donors are not publicly published....
May 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Did you know about the hidden way that parties in the UK receive political donations? @politicalquarterly.bsky.social have just published @markpackuk.bsky.social & mine's research into donations made directly to candidates at election time. Details of these donors are not publicly published....
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No te vas, Pepe. Todo está guardado en la memoria. 👇🖤
May 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
No te vas, Pepe. Todo está guardado en la memoria. 👇🖤
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UK has a comparatively difficult registration process.
Our comparative analysis of registration difficulty in 62 countries is timely as Labour consider introducing automatic voter registration.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Our comparative analysis of registration difficulty in 62 countries is timely as Labour consider introducing automatic voter registration.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Britain has one of most difficult voter registration processes, report finds
UK system makes it a ‘real outlier’ among liberal democracies, according to study examining 62 countries
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
UK has a comparatively difficult registration process.
Our comparative analysis of registration difficulty in 62 countries is timely as Labour consider introducing automatic voter registration.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Our comparative analysis of registration difficulty in 62 countries is timely as Labour consider introducing automatic voter registration.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Sarah Ledoux
If you know me, you know I am obsessed with building dashboards. 😅
Well, I am excited to share that @ernesto-deleon.com, Max Paulus, & I were awarded a small grant to build an #rstats package to make them accessible to other researchers.
And we’re hiring a Research Assistant to help us do that!
Well, I am excited to share that @ernesto-deleon.com, Max Paulus, & I were awarded a small grant to build an #rstats package to make them accessible to other researchers.
And we’re hiring a Research Assistant to help us do that!
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you know me, you know I am obsessed with building dashboards. 😅
Well, I am excited to share that @ernesto-deleon.com, Max Paulus, & I were awarded a small grant to build an #rstats package to make them accessible to other researchers.
And we’re hiring a Research Assistant to help us do that!
Well, I am excited to share that @ernesto-deleon.com, Max Paulus, & I were awarded a small grant to build an #rstats package to make them accessible to other researchers.
And we’re hiring a Research Assistant to help us do that!
Excellent insight from @whotargets.me on UK party spending on Meta ads during the recent local elections, it's pretty clear when the penny dropped for Labour 💷
🔗 link to full graph: trends.whotargets.me/dashboard/co...
🔗 link to full graph: trends.whotargets.me/dashboard/co...
May 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Excellent insight from @whotargets.me on UK party spending on Meta ads during the recent local elections, it's pretty clear when the penny dropped for Labour 💷
🔗 link to full graph: trends.whotargets.me/dashboard/co...
🔗 link to full graph: trends.whotargets.me/dashboard/co...