Sebastian Ramirez-Ruiz
@seramirezruiz.bsky.social
Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at @eui-eu.bsky.social
Interested in causal inference, evidence in policy- and decision-making, #rstats, and most importantly, bicycles | Ph.D. at Hertie School | 🇨🇴
🌐 https://seramirezruiz.github.io/
Interested in causal inference, evidence in policy- and decision-making, #rstats, and most importantly, bicycles | Ph.D. at Hertie School | 🇨🇴
🌐 https://seramirezruiz.github.io/
I feel personally attacked by this—damn you GPT.
I have all my Overleaf documents full of "---" to prove it.
I have all my Overleaf documents full of "---" to prove it.
a cartoon of homer simpson is holding a newspaper that says old man yells at cloud
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June 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I feel personally attacked by this—damn you GPT.
I have all my Overleaf documents full of "---" to prove it.
I have all my Overleaf documents full of "---" to prove it.
Thanks, Stuart. That is a really nice compliment, especially coming from you. I am always looking at the illustrations in your work and thinking to myself, "Damn, those are good." I really appreciate it.
June 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Thanks, Stuart. That is a really nice compliment, especially coming from you. I am always looking at the illustrations in your work and thinking to myself, "Damn, those are good." I really appreciate it.
Thanks a lot, @mathiaswullum.bsky.social! Really appreciate it. I see a lot of conceptual overlap with your work on citation concentration in the academic space. Would love any feedback you might have, and always open to ideas on where to take the data next!
June 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Thanks a lot, @mathiaswullum.bsky.social! Really appreciate it. I see a lot of conceptual overlap with your work on citation concentration in the academic space. Would love any feedback you might have, and always open to ideas on where to take the data next!
Huge thanks to @rsenninger.bsky.social for an amazing collaboration and to everyone who shared their thoughts and helped shape this project—especially @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social, Asya Magazinnik, @conjugateprior.org and all the wonderful people at @hertiedatascience.bsky.social! 🙏✨
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Huge thanks to @rsenninger.bsky.social for an amazing collaboration and to everyone who shared their thoughts and helped shape this project—especially @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social, Asya Magazinnik, @conjugateprior.org and all the wonderful people at @hertiedatascience.bsky.social! 🙏✨
This is a VERY LONG thread with lots more in the paper. I am surprised you made it this far! Please check it out & share your thoughts 📝
There are millions of research questions we can explore with these data. Got ideas? Reach out!
We will be at EPSA and would love to grab coffee & chat ☕️🤝
There are millions of research questions we can explore with these data. Got ideas? Reach out!
We will be at EPSA and would love to grab coffee & chat ☕️🤝
a boy in a blue shirt is looking at a computer screen
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June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This is a VERY LONG thread with lots more in the paper. I am surprised you made it this far! Please check it out & share your thoughts 📝
There are millions of research questions we can explore with these data. Got ideas? Reach out!
We will be at EPSA and would love to grab coffee & chat ☕️🤝
There are millions of research questions we can explore with these data. Got ideas? Reach out!
We will be at EPSA and would love to grab coffee & chat ☕️🤝
The expert knowledge in official docs is not evenly spread and holds signals about who gets seen in global policymaking 🌍⚖️📚
All-in-all, I take from this project that expert info use globally is not just about ideas—it is shaped by visibility, access, perceived legitimacy, and ultimately power.
All-in-all, I take from this project that expert info use globally is not just about ideas—it is shaped by visibility, access, perceived legitimacy, and ultimately power.
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The expert knowledge in official docs is not evenly spread and holds signals about who gets seen in global policymaking 🌍⚖️📚
All-in-all, I take from this project that expert info use globally is not just about ideas—it is shaped by visibility, access, perceived legitimacy, and ultimately power.
All-in-all, I take from this project that expert info use globally is not just about ideas—it is shaped by visibility, access, perceived legitimacy, and ultimately power.
Or this thread by @rebekahtromble.bsky.social
These knowledge systems are fragile...
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
These knowledge systems are fragile...
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone.
So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment.
It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/
expertvoicestogether.org
So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment.
It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/
expertvoicestogether.org
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Or this thread by @rebekahtromble.bsky.social
These knowledge systems are fragile...
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
These knowledge systems are fragile...
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
Think of this commentary by @briannosek.bsky.social and the @cos.io team about executive action in the U.S.
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Complementing other communications about the "Restoring Gold Standard Science" Executive Order, here is a statement from COS. Also, see the links to stories from previous attempts to co-opt open science for policies that undermine science and evidence-based policymaking.
www.cos.io/about/news/c...
www.cos.io/about/news/c...
COS Statement on “Restoring Gold Standard Science” Executive Order
The Executive Order issued on May 23, 2025, Restoring Gold Standard Science, references several open science practices championed by COS and the open science and metascience communities more generally...
www.cos.io
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Think of this commentary by @briannosek.bsky.social and the @cos.io team about executive action in the U.S.
bsky.app/profile/bria...
bsky.app/profile/bria...
The places that are reference points in our corpus—like 🇺🇸, 🇬🇧, and 🇪🇺—also lead global R&D & host strong academic & policy institutions fueling steady evidence flows.
But these systems ARE NOT GUARANTEED: political shifts, funding cuts & ideology can undermine their resilience.⚠️📉
But these systems ARE NOT GUARANTEED: political shifts, funding cuts & ideology can undermine their resilience.⚠️📉
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The places that are reference points in our corpus—like 🇺🇸, 🇬🇧, and 🇪🇺—also lead global R&D & host strong academic & policy institutions fueling steady evidence flows.
But these systems ARE NOT GUARANTEED: political shifts, funding cuts & ideology can undermine their resilience.⚠️📉
But these systems ARE NOT GUARANTEED: political shifts, funding cuts & ideology can undermine their resilience.⚠️📉
This matters because as @evavivalt.bsky.social et al. suggest, policy professionals might prefer locally relevant knowledge.
But acting on those preferences, well... barriers like limited capacity & budgets might lead them to rely on what's visible and accessible instead.
bsky.app/profile/evav...
But acting on those preferences, well... barriers like limited capacity & budgets might lead them to rely on what's visible and accessible instead.
bsky.app/profile/evav...
Our paper "Local knowledge, formal evidence, and policy decisions" (with Aidan Coville and @sampada.bsky.social) is out at the JDE.
Many people have the intuition that policymakers prefer evidence from their own context. To what extent is this true? 1/ 🧵
Many people have the intuition that policymakers prefer evidence from their own context. To what extent is this true? 1/ 🧵
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This matters because as @evavivalt.bsky.social et al. suggest, policy professionals might prefer locally relevant knowledge.
But acting on those preferences, well... barriers like limited capacity & budgets might lead them to rely on what's visible and accessible instead.
bsky.app/profile/evav...
But acting on those preferences, well... barriers like limited capacity & budgets might lead them to rely on what's visible and accessible instead.
bsky.app/profile/evav...
So WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS?
Our document corpus (Overton) reflect the visible layer of knowledge in govt policy docs—shaped by who can (or is willing) to produce, preserve & share evidence digitally.
🌐 Countries with stronger institutions & digital infrastructure appear more prominently.
Our document corpus (Overton) reflect the visible layer of knowledge in govt policy docs—shaped by who can (or is willing) to produce, preserve & share evidence digitally.
🌐 Countries with stronger institutions & digital infrastructure appear more prominently.
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
So WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS?
Our document corpus (Overton) reflect the visible layer of knowledge in govt policy docs—shaped by who can (or is willing) to produce, preserve & share evidence digitally.
🌐 Countries with stronger institutions & digital infrastructure appear more prominently.
Our document corpus (Overton) reflect the visible layer of knowledge in govt policy docs—shaped by who can (or is willing) to produce, preserve & share evidence digitally.
🌐 Countries with stronger institutions & digital infrastructure appear more prominently.
Across policy domains:
📚 Some lean more on scholarly research, others on policy sources (think of lit on 'cultures of evidence').
Yet across all domains, 🌍 governments mainly cite knowledge from high-income countries.
Bottom line: origins of references stay stable despite domain differences.
📚 Some lean more on scholarly research, others on policy sources (think of lit on 'cultures of evidence').
Yet across all domains, 🌍 governments mainly cite knowledge from high-income countries.
Bottom line: origins of references stay stable despite domain differences.
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Across policy domains:
📚 Some lean more on scholarly research, others on policy sources (think of lit on 'cultures of evidence').
Yet across all domains, 🌍 governments mainly cite knowledge from high-income countries.
Bottom line: origins of references stay stable despite domain differences.
📚 Some lean more on scholarly research, others on policy sources (think of lit on 'cultures of evidence').
Yet across all domains, 🌍 governments mainly cite knowledge from high-income countries.
Bottom line: origins of references stay stable despite domain differences.
Who's cited most across borders?
🇺🇸 The U.S. leads gov-to-gov refs by a wide margin. 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪, 🇨🇦, 🇦🇺 follow. Also, 30 countries—mostly Least Developed—were never cited.
📚 Same for academic refs: 17 of top 20 gov-cited countries also top in academia.
🤯 43% of scholarly works include a U.S.-based author.
🇺🇸 The U.S. leads gov-to-gov refs by a wide margin. 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪, 🇨🇦, 🇦🇺 follow. Also, 30 countries—mostly Least Developed—were never cited.
📚 Same for academic refs: 17 of top 20 gov-cited countries also top in academia.
🤯 43% of scholarly works include a U.S.-based author.
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Who's cited most across borders?
🇺🇸 The U.S. leads gov-to-gov refs by a wide margin. 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪, 🇨🇦, 🇦🇺 follow. Also, 30 countries—mostly Least Developed—were never cited.
📚 Same for academic refs: 17 of top 20 gov-cited countries also top in academia.
🤯 43% of scholarly works include a U.S.-based author.
🇺🇸 The U.S. leads gov-to-gov refs by a wide margin. 🇬🇧, 🇩🇪, 🇨🇦, 🇦🇺 follow. Also, 30 countries—mostly Least Developed—were never cited.
📚 Same for academic refs: 17 of top 20 gov-cited countries also top in academia.
🤯 43% of scholarly works include a U.S.-based author.