Apply for the 𝗚𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 and come work at Demscore's (and V-Dem's) home department! 📍 University of Gothenburg, Sweden 📅 Apply by 30 October 2026 👉 Read more and apply: direc.to/pmUP ➕ The call has more social science positions in other disciplines! #SocialScienceJobs

V-Dem Institute@vdeminstitute.bsky.social · 3d ago

📢 Job opportunity! University of Gothenburg is recruiting 25 early-career researchers through the 𝗚𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. The Department of Political Science, home of V-Dem, is 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭-𝟮 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀. 📅 Apply by October 30, 2026 at direc.to/pmUP #PoliticalScienceJobs

📍 We are here! Come find us at #ecprgc26, at Booth 5 in the Exhibition Area of the Faculty of International and Political Studies. We are conveniently located by the coffee and snacks to the left of the main entrance, up the small set of stairs. And yes, we have #SwedishCandy! 🍬 #SocialScienceData

Demscore will be at the ECPR General Conference at Jagellonian University in Kraków, Poland 8-12 September. You can find us throughout the conference at Booth 5 in the Exhibition Area of the Faculty of International and Political Studies. #ecprgc26 @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social

🎉 New Data Release 🎉 We’re excited to announce a new release of the REPDEM dataset, with updated data on political parties, parliaments, and governments across 33 parliamentary democracies from 1943 (or democratic transition) through the 1st of July 2026. repdem.org/index.php/cu...

Current Dataset - REPDEM -The Representative Democracy Data Archive

The REPDEM research infrastructure contains information on governments, parliaments, and political parties for (mainly European) parliamentary democracies. This information has been gathered in collab...

repdem.org

📢New UCDP datasets available through our API! Version 26.1 is live across all core UCDP datasets, including a brand new addition: UCDP Organized Violence Country-Year Dataset, which provides country-year aggregations based on the UCDP GED. ucdp.uu.se/apidocs/ ucdp.uu.se/downloads/

The 4th DEMSCORE Conference highlighted the wide range of questions that can be explored using DEMSCORE and partner resources. Researchers of democracy, conflict, governance, and social inclusion shared ongoing research, methodological innovations, and new datasets. More: tinyurl.com/2es6vum5 🧵1(2)

The 2026 #DemscoreAward for Best Master's Thesis goes to Niklas Waldner for his thesis presented at Heidelberg University: ”Boots on the Ground: The Effects of Mass Mobilization on Military Policing". 🏆🎉 The thesis used Demscore to obtain harmonized data from the V-Dem, V-Party, and UCDP datasets.👇

#DemscoreConference2026 Before we conclude, we continue the second day with two parallel workshops, both with a focus of expanding the toolkit but on different levels. 1. Combining data across projects and disciplines, and 2. Expanding data to the local level. #SocialScienceData

#DemscoreConference2026 Panel 6 #DemocraticResilience, Promotion, & Political Futures looks towards the future by forecasting the societal impacts of armed conflict, and exploring how political institutions may evolve under different climate and development scenarios. www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

#DemscoreConference2026 Panel 5: Mechanisms of #DemocraticErosion: Attitudes, Institutions, and Political Competition brings together researchers that study how attitudes, political actors, and institutional dynamics interact to weaken democratic regimes. More at www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

#DemscoreConference2026 Panel 4: #Governance, #DemocraticIntegrity, and #SocialInclusion focus on research on how public institutions, civic participation, and national and international actors can promote social inclusion and democratic participation. Read more at www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

#DemscoreConference2026 Panel 3: #ElectoralInstitutions, #Parties, and #Representation brings together papers examining democratic institutions, electoral management bodies (EMB:s), and political measurements from distinct but complementary angles. Read more at www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

#DemscoreConference2026 Panel 2: Measuring #Democracy brought together research focusing on the conceptualization & measurement of different aspects of democracy. How can democracy be defined & measured in theoretically sound and empirically useful ways? Read more at www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

#DemscoreConference2026 Panel 1: #Conflict, #Peace, and #Intervention Panel 1 brought together research on mediation, conflict management, and the challenges of measuring and predicting armed violence in a changing geopolitical landscape. Find out more at www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

Excited to join the #DemscoreConference2026💡I present work with @hannahhfrank.bsky.social and Thomas Schincariol on predicting true onset and close calls using their #ShapeFinder. 📉 On the same panel as David Cunningham, @desireenilsson.bsky.social & @magnusoberg.bsky.social 🎯 @demscore.bsky.social

We kick off the fourth DEMSCORE Conference with a welcome from Director @silindberg.bsky.social, University of Gothenburg Pro-Vice-Chancellor Carina Mallard, followed by DEMSCORE Steering Committee Chair @desireenilsson.bsky.social from Uppsala University, and a presentation of all the modules. 1(2)

The program for the #DEMSCORE Conference 2026 is now online! See the full program at www.demscore.se/events/demsc... We look forward to seeing all participants in Gothenburg soon. @vdeminstitute.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org @ucdp.bsky.social @repdem-org.bsky.social

We would love to see how you use #DEMSCORE data in your #Master’sThesis! Submit your thesis for the DEMSCORE Best Master Thesis Award by May 25 for the chance to win and get the opportunity to present your thesis at the DEMSCORE Conference in Gothenburg in June.🏆 www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

Democratic erosion and democratic resilience. Predicting and measuring conflicts. Governance and social inclusion. Independence of Electoral management bodies. Political party rhetoric and regime change. ➕ much more! Join the discussions at the DEMSCORE Conference: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

Don't miss the opportunity! Deadline for #internship applications at DEMSCORE coming up this Sunday, April 12. Application information: www.demscore.se/about/intern... #Polisky #PolDataSky #SocialScience @qoginstitute.bsky.social @ucdp.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org @repdem-org.bsky.social

Demscore@demscore.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#Internship at DEMSCORE Fall 2026 Are you a student with a strong interest in data-driven research within the field of social science? Apply now for an internship at DEMSCORE during the fall semester 2026. 👉 Application information: www.demscore.se/about/intern... 📆 Application deadline: April 12

Writing your #Master’sThesis using #DEMSCORE data? Or did you already finish it? Submit your paper for the DEMSCORE Best Master Thesis Award! 🏆 📆 Deadline: May 25 More information: www.demscore.se/events/demsc... #SocialScienceData #Polisky #PolDataSky #SocialScienceStudent #SocialScience 🧵1(2)

DEMSCORE version 7 is out! What is new? Explore the new data at www.demscore.se/data/ DEMSCORE v7 includes new datasets from #VIEWS: 🔹VIEWS PRIO-GRID-Month Conflict Predictions (Sept. 2025-Jan. 2026) 🔹VIEWS Country-Month Conflict Predictions (Sept. 2025-Jan. 2026) DEMSCORE v7 also includes 👇 1(2)

Coming very soon: DEMSCORE Data version 7.0 released March 25th! The DEMSCORE v. 7.0 release includes the most recent data updates from @viewsforecasting.org, @repdem-org.bsky.social, @qoginstitute.bsky.social, @vdeminstitute.bsky.social and #COMPLAB. #PolDataSky #SocialScienceData #Polisky

📢 We are hiring: Combined Postdoc position at V-Dem Institute and GLD! Applications are open for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cross-National Survey Methodology in Political Science. Application: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... 🧵1(4) #Polisky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceJobs #PostDoc

#Deadline March 22 for paper abstracts and panel propsals for the DEMSCORE Conference 2026 🔜 Submit your paper abstract or panel proposal here: www.demscore.se/events/demsc... We invite submissions for presentations and panel discussions, preferably using at least two of DEMSCORE’s data sources.

#Internship at DEMSCORE Fall 2026 Are you a student with a strong interest in data-driven research within the field of social science? Apply now for an internship at DEMSCORE during the fall semester 2026. 👉 Application information: www.demscore.se/about/intern... 📆 Application deadline: April 12

🎉 New Data Release! We’re excited to share a new release of the REPDEM dataset, with updated data on political parties, parliaments, and governments across 33 parliamentary democracies from 1945 (or democratic transition) to 31 December 2025. 📥 Access the dataset here: repdem.org/index.php/cu...

👉 Registation Open for DEMSCORE Conference 2026 Join us in Gothenburg for the 4th DEMSCORE Conference! Registration is now open on the DEMSCORE website: www.demscore.se/events/demsc... 📅 Registration deadline is May 22 #Polisky #PolDataSky #SocialScienceData #CompSocialScience #PoliSciSky

The December edition of the #DEMSCORE Newsletter is out. In this issue, we look back at 2025 and offer a preview of what’s coming in 2026. The newsletter: mailchi.mp/demscore/new... See you again in 2026! Until then, we wish you happy and peaceful holidays.🎄 #polisky #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky

📢 Call for Papers DEMSCORE Conference 2026 We invite submissions for presentations and panel discussions preferably using at least two of DEMSCORE’s data sources (see 🧵). Abstract submission deadline March 22, 2026 Read more: www.demscore.se/events/demsc... #CompSocialScience #SocialScience 🧵1(8)