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Semra Sevi
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Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto

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Quite a 24 hours in Canadian Politics, two Conservatives out (one to the Liberals, one gone altogether), a new Budget on the table, and my debut on Power & Politics! Nothing beats watching your research come to life.

Full interview here: gem.cbc.ca/power-politics

#cdnpoli
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
semrasevi.bsky.social
Our study of every election since 1867 shows party switchers in Canada once thrived, but now they face steep losses. Here is a summary of our results: policyoptions.irpp.org/2018/09/rese... #cdnpoli
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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tommasopavone.bsky.social
@utoronto.ca, do better! The Uni is excluding recent hires from cost-of-living adjustments that an arbitrator decided ALL faculty/librarians deserve. This harms junior colleagues struggling w/ inflation: we’ve organized a petition demanding @utoronto.ca change course. Spread the word! www.utfa.org
University of Toronto Faculty Association
The University of Toronto Faculty Association exists to protect and advance the well being of the faculty, librarians and research associates of the University of Toronto, the University of St. Michae...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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inessadeangelis.bsky.social
Which Canadian MPs are on Bluesky and what do they post?

My new paper w/ @rohanalexander.bsky.social in @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social unpacks these questions, finding MPs
use it like Twitter to discuss policy, the Ottawa bubble & constituency

Read more: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

#polsky #commsky #cdnpoli
What are Canadian Members of Parliament Doing on Bluesky? research note abstract
September 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
semrasevi.bsky.social
🚨NEW STUDY: Do Americans support a woman president? Our list experiment during the 2024 election, when @kamalaharris.com was on the ballot, reveals hidden bias, and it's more widespread than you'd expect.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Do Voters Support a Female President? Evidence from a List Experiment - Semra Sevi, Can Mekik, 2025
Public opinion polls indicate that a significant portion of the American public would be willing to vote for a qualified female presidential candidate. However,...
journals.sagepub.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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psrm.bsky.social
🪃Do legislators trade proposals?

➡️Leveraging a lottery in the Canadian Parliament, @semrasevi.bsky.social & D.P. Green find little evidence MPs second motions to gain favor. Support seems driven by shared interests, not quid pro quo www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
July 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
semrasevi.bsky.social
🚨NEW PAPER: Do legislators trade favours?

My latest with Donald Green uses a natural lottery in the Canadian Parliament to test whether MPs return favours when others support their proposals.

Our findings may surprise you.👇

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
July 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
semrasevi.bsky.social
🚨NEW PAPER: Do incumbents really have an edge in elections?

Research says yes. But what happens when party labels are added to the ballot?

A natural experiment from Canadian elections tells an interesting story👇🧵
June 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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utoronto.ca
From classroom to control room: #UofT students join Global News on election night 🗳️ uoft.me/bzJ
Sevi and her students worked behind the scenes in the busy newsroom
May 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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artsci.utoronto.ca
#UofTArtSci students joined @globalnews.ca on election night, working behind the scenes in the newsroom to help call live results — an unforgettable hands-on experience.

Read more: bit.ly/3YpJPQL
Professor Semra Sevi and her students standing behind a global news desk.
May 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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artsci.utoronto.ca
Just days after Canadians elected Liberal leader Mark Carney as Prime Minister, the mix of victories, upsets and expected outcomes reflects deeper trends that #UofTArtSci elections expert Semra Sevi has spent years analyzing.

Read more: bit.ly/4lVQ7ld
Semra Sevi
May 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
semrasevi.bsky.social
Can AI reduce prejudice? 🇺🇸 In our new preprint, GPT-4o moved the needle on trans rights in a national U.S. study using morally tailored messages. The shift was real and short-lived. For more, read 👇 Comments and feedback are welcome.
johnholbein1.bsky.social John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Apr 24
Prejudice is common in modern societies.

Reducing prejudice is difficult to do, particularly in a cost-effective & scalable manner.

Can AI help reduce prejudice?

My new working paper w @semrasevi.bsky.social, @mbosley.bsky.social & Crabtree examines this question!

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
April 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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johnholbein1.bsky.social
Prejudice is common in modern societies.

Reducing prejudice is difficult to do, particularly in a cost-effective & scalable manner.

Can AI help reduce prejudice?

My new working paper w @semrasevi.bsky.social, @mbosley.bsky.social & Crabtree examines this question!

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
April 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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inessadeangelis.bsky.social
Why aren't we talking about harassment in #elxn45?

In my new op-ed, I reflect on the harassment women continue to face in #cdnpoli, and the threat it poses to democracy:
theconversation.com/growing-thre...

@theconversationca.bsky.social #gendersky #polisky
Growing threats faced by women candidates undermine our democracy
This scholar has found that 86 per cent of replies to tweets sent to women MPs contained some form of harassment. This is a clear threat to women’s participation in politics.
theconversation.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
semrasevi.bsky.social
🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 with Charles Crabtree & André Blais "Do Voters Punish Women Politicians More?"

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 24, 2024 at 1:57 PM
semrasevi.bsky.social
🚨Are feminine traits a liability in elections? My latest with André Blais at Acta Politica is now online!
April 17, 2024 at 9:43 PM
semrasevi.bsky.social
Ever wonder whether snap elections backfire? In my latest with Marco M. Aviña & @rdassonneville.bsky.social we study this question in the Canadian context. Now out at the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 13, 2023 at 6:23 PM
semrasevi.bsky.social
Really excited to share my latest with André Blais now out at Electoral Studies on "Are women election averse?"

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@uoft.bsky.social
November 9, 2023 at 5:19 PM
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New paper now conditionally accepted at @thejop.bsky.social

With @elizabethsim0n.bsky.social - one of the best (& nicest) people in polisky - we ran a meta analysis looking at effects of educational group-based biases in candidate choice experiments.

👉https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/hrufe
November 7, 2023 at 5:14 PM
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aecoppock.bsky.social
Friends, please encourage your students to consider a pre-doctoral fellowship with me working on meta-analyses of political science experiments.

I promise a good trade of money and skills in exchange for effort and time!

tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
Position description: The goal of this project is to produce generalizable answers to social scientific questions through ``meta-reanalysis,'' a design in which original study datasets are re-analyzed using standardized tools and the resulting re-analyses are formally synthesized through meta-analysis. Building on the Coppock's previous meta-analytic work on persuasion, candidate choice, and discrimination, this project seeks to establish the external validity of research findings in select literatures, including for a start, the experimental record on the effects of group cues and perspective taking. The key contribution of this project is the approach to the generalizability problem, the concern that the results of any particular study might not travel to other contexts and times. The lab's design- based approach is grounded in the principles of commensurability, transparency, and collaboration. REQUISITE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS: The main tasks will fall into three categories: 1. Data cleaning and preparation. All-data related tasks will be done in R, in the "tidyverse" style, so familiarity with R and tidyverse coding is preferred. 2. Design-aware literature review. We only include primary studies that adhere to particular designs, so exposure to and familiarity with experimental designs in political science is preferred. 3. Data collection via communication with primary study authors. We need to ask primary study authors to share their data with us, which requires a polite and prompt emailing style.
October 31, 2023 at 1:28 PM