Sofia Serra-Silva

The Art of Academic Outreach Highlights from today's seminar with Luca Manucci about the "The Art of Academic Outreach and Mind-blogging".

A summary of the main highlights from today's seminar about Academic Outreach and mind-blogging with Luca Manucci @populismblog.bsky.social

Many great reflections, check it here: open.substack.com/pub/sofiaser...

Ever wonder how we reach beyond academia? How can we communicate research ideas and findings effectively — especially in a system that offers few incentives to do so?

Seminar "The Art of Academic Outreach" with @populismblog.bsky.social

⏰ October 8th (10:00 AM, Lisbon time, GMT/UTC+0)

The 2025 programme is now live! Feel free to share it. Generous scholars and great topics to help foster a supportive research community.

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Please share. You can attend online. Great opportunity to learn more about LLMs, plus a great (and timely) topic.

@sofiaserrasilva.bsky.social is now presenting her research into how multilevel governance shapes public engagement in parliamentary affairs by drawing on the case of Belgium 🇧🇪

I'm just going to say it: I'm on my way to Birmingham for a conference, sitting on a train, and I really miss the silence on Belgian trains. Well done, Belgium🙌

Delighted to welcome michaelheseltine.bsky.social next week to the Methods Seminar at Unamur! He'll present his latest work and delve into NLP techniques and LLMs.

Stay updated on future sessions: marketing.egoi.page/1e2e84ny/sig...
Join us this week—on site or online! 👇

American Presidents, Deportations, and Human Rights Violations Cambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - American Presidents, Deportations, and Human Rights Violations

American Presidents, Deportations, and Human Rights Violations (2018) by Bill Ong Hing

‘Lets no one off the hook – not Clinton, not Bush, not Obama, not Trump – for the trauma the US has imposed on immigrants and immigrant communities."

cup.org/3WyMS80

It is intriguing how political science has moved away from certain forms of qualitative inquiry over time. As a mixed-methods researcher, I find this trend concerning. Source: Curry (2017) in PS: Political Science & Politics

Let’s redo our analysis (yes, again) and brace ourselves for the new post-election data. Being a political scientist in Portugal these days feels like a never-ending game....

Incomoda-me um PM com manifesto desconforto perante o escrutínio necessário a que o seu cargo exige

I don't get why Real Pain is getting all this buzz and awards, it is not that great, sorry :/

More of this, please.

Huge political instability in Portugal due to conflict of interest allegations against the PM. The government might fall in some weeks – unless the communists go ahead with a vote of no confidence (which would fail and allow the gov to survive). International journalists: check it out

Nunca vi um estado de graça tão prolongado e uma imprensa tão benevolente com um governo tão fraco. No entanto, o PM destrata-a como poucos. Nem sentido de Estado, nem perguntas (hoje).

Interessante o que está a acontecer com esta iniciativa de cidadãos. Os proponentes têm pouquíssimo impacto na discussão da iniciativa, enquanto os partidos frequentemente alteram substancialmente o conteúdo original das propostas. O meu artigo e do João mostra isso: academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...

Opinion: The American Press Corps Is Not Equipped For This Moment We’ve never had to contend with a determined autocrat in this country, and it shows.

NEW COLUMN -- American journalism is not equipped to deal with an autocratic president, and it shows.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

Please feel free to share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested (in the fields of political science, sociology and social psycology)!

Sofia Serra-Silva - Project BRIDGE: Bridging the Gap: A New Approach to Understand Citizen Attitudes and Perceptions Towards the Portuguese Parliament Funding institution: Portuguese Foundation for Science & Technology —https:/...

🚨Job Alert!

I’m recruiting a research assistant (PhD student) to join the BRIDGE Project for 14 months! It is remote-friendly.

If you're interested, you can find more details here: sites.google.com/view/sofiase...

Meta approves plan for bigger executive bonuses following 5% layoffs Meta's executive officers could earn a bonus of 200% of their base salary under the company's new executive bonus plan, up from the 75% they earned previously.

A bonus of 200% for executive officers, a week after Meta began laying off 5% of its overall workforce....
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/20/m...

Last week, I attended the Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops @komex.bsky.social and had the opportunity to learn about systematic literature reviews with Liliana Abreu
— who, coincidentally, is also Portuguese! I highly recommend it!

Gracias Ignacio!

A huge thank you to @ignaciolago.bsky.social for reviewing a chapter and the intro, and to Nelson Santos for countless discussions and multiple readings. Can't wait to share more soon.

📢I'm over the moon to share that I've just signed a contract with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social to publish my book, “Open Parliaments” 🥳

This project has been incredibly exciting and started when I was teaching at Georgetown, thanks to the FLAD Fellowship (+thanks to Carole Sargent at GU)

You can say almost anything about Palestinians in the Western media, and suffer no consequences.

That's what Dan Hodges' nauseating comments underline.

But if we normalise this sort of depravity, the consequences will be catastrophic 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/palestinia...

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! A shoutout to all researchers pushing boundaries and making their mark — often in a field that isn’t always easy to navigate..

How Spain's economy became the envy of Europe The growth is led by a tourism boom, with Spain nearing France as the world's most visited country.

I haven't seen much media coverage regarding Spain's 3.2% GDP growth last year. Yes, it is a coalition government composed of both left-wing and radical left parties. In contrast, Germany's economy contracted by 0.2% in 2024, while France grew by 1.1% and Italy by 0.5%

www.bbc.com/news/article...

I just switched to Ecosia as my search engine. It's European, environmentally friendly, and transparent about its revenue. A percentage of its profits goes to climate change projects. Quality is really impressive (& similar to google)
www.ecosia.org

MethodsNET Summer School with CEU – Methodsnet MethodsNET Summer School with CEU 30 June to 18 July 2025 CEU Vienna Registration opens 11 February – 15% Early Bird Discount until 11 March ! Get ready t

Excited that the course outlines of the MethodsNET @methodsnet.bsky.social Summer School with CEU @weareceu.bsky.social (Vienna, 30 June - 18 July) are now live, & that early bird registrations kick off on 11 Feb! methodsnet.org/summer-schoo...

Maria Teresa Horta deu-nos muito: 1977, Diário de República Nº 90