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Constantine Boussalis

@cboussalis.bsky.social

Associate Professor in Political Science, Trinity College Dublin. Research on climate change contrarianism, political communication, political extremism.

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And you are too humble to say it, but I can: passed with no corrections!

05.12.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨

We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social

Any questions, please reach out to me

πŸ“£ Please share! πŸ“£

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

25.11.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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Elena Karagianni @elenakrg.bsky.social at PSAI 2025 presenting our work with @lamprinirori.bsky.social on the relationship between far-right local activities and electoral support. Preliminary findings: community engagement ceremonial activities (positive), social welfare (negative)

18.10.2025 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Gijs!!

01.07.2025 08:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WHAT-IF team members met in Konstanz last week to design the WHAT-IF machineβ€”an agent-based simulation with LLM-driven agents. It models media ecosystems to test 'what if' policy scenarios. Curious how? Read more: what-if-horizon.eu/2025/05/16/o...

16.05.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no Lambeaux…. He was such a sweet soul. Sorry Mirya :(

06.05.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats Mirya!!!!

22.04.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1 and 2 clearly violate 22nd and 12th amendments but who knows with this court

01.04.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My money is on ascension through line of succession via speaker position. He doesn’t even need to be elected to be speaker of the house

01.04.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So what are the actual pathways for him? Here’s what I could come up with, obviously need to add yours to the list

1. Run straight up for President.
2. Run as VP, puppet president resign and he assumes office.
3. Appointed Speaker of the House, POTUS and VP resign.
4. Cabinet appt but run the show

01.04.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed, if you weren't already steeped in all this happiness and winning, we have a new study on happiness displays by US members of Congress.

They're super happy, what's your problem? πŸ˜…

12.03.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm getting the feeling that my current research on difference-in-differences with non-binary treatments has no shot at NSF funding.

08.03.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 488    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3
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Curious about how media influences voting behaviour? πŸ€”πŸ—³οΈ This month on PhD Perspectives we chat to Lucas Da Silva, who tells us about his research on how media affects cross-pressured voters- those with conflicting economic & cultural views.

Read about his research here πŸ”½
www.tcd.ie/Political_Sc...

05.03.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tense moments in Trump meeting with Zelenskyy as Vance blasts Ukraine's leader
YouTube video by CBS News Tense moments in Trump meeting with Zelenskyy as Vance blasts Ukraine's leader

For Zelenskyy to reach this point publicly means that the US offer is way outside the bargaining range. If Trump has burned all the bridges and Z realizes he has no influence, then, out of desperation, you negate Trump’s control of the narrative and mobilize public opinion
youtu.be/9td4L_p5WhE?...

28.02.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beyond disgraceful behavior. Respect to Zelenskyy for not groveling and standing up to them.

28.02.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When cavemen learn how to run a corpus through a dictionary…

28.02.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”PhD PerspectivesπŸ”Ž

This month, we spoke to 4th year PhD student @marinaschenkel.bsky.social about her research journey, from inspiration to real-world impact.

Read her story πŸ‘‰ tinyurl.com/m92ya5r4

#politicalscience #phd #trinitycollegedublin #polscisky #socialsciences

19.02.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump Tower Gaza via ethnic cleansing.

05.02.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of the WHAT-IF project consortium at the kick-off meeting in Amsterdam

Picture of the WHAT-IF project consortium at the kick-off meeting in Amsterdam

Hello world! Meet our consortiumβ€”15 organizations, 10 countriesβ€”joining forces to rethink the digital political information space. πŸš€

Last week, we kicked off our project WHAT-IF, setting the stage to build a digital twin that will help us test the impact of policy interventions.

More in the 🧡!

03.02.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

My school @ucdpolitics.bsky.social has 2 positions (deadline Feb 21) one in Global Governance, one in Environmental Politics.

They're called "Ad Astra Fellows" but between you & me they're basically tenure-track posts. It's a good deal. You get a PhD line & annual €5000 research budget for 5 years.

23.01.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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Phase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce "Pasta alla Cacio e pepe" is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce can ...

Yes. arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536

04.01.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8

[closes book, slowly removes glasses, and thoughtfully cleans them with a small cloth] I honestly don't think Waldo is in there

13.12.2024 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3864    πŸ” 598    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 9
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Assistant Professor in Political Science at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor in Political Science. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

πŸ“’Join us! @tcdssp.bsky.social (Pol Scie) is hiring 2 assistant profs (1 comparative & 1 IR). I've only been at TCD since Sep but it's been a great place to work! Amazing colleagues, great students & vibrant research.

Comparative: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKX659/a...

IR: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKX664/a...

04.12.2024 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We’re excited to announce two Assistant Professor (5-year tenure track) openings in Political Science:

1️⃣ International Relations www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKX664/a...

2️⃣ Comparative Politics
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKX659/a...

πŸ—“οΈ Applications close 12 Noon (IST), 8th January 2025.
Details: jobs.tcd.ie

03.12.2024 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“– To celebrate the migration to Bluesky I will put everyone who reposts this before Dec 2nd into a random drawing & send the winner a free paperback copy of my 2021 book Making the World Safe for Dictatorship anywhere they happen to be in the world. πŸ“–

26.11.2024 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 8
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The 12 types of Political Science paper.

What's missing #polsci?

20.11.2024 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 273    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 19

Maybe we wait til the next episode? Don’t want to waste the vetoes yet

15.11.2024 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Leah! Can I join? :)

15.11.2024 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This would be a good place to start joeornstein.github.io/publications...

15.11.2024 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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