Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone
@alicirone.bsky.social
Faculty at the London School of Economics; Co-Director, EMAP/EMPP; Governance Innovation Council, Meta Studying lotteries in democracy and tech, participatory tech, HPE, political economy acirone.com
Action shots from the Global Forum on AI!
Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone@alicirone.bsky.social · 3w agoLSE’s Data Science Institute recently hosted a Global Forum on AI; you can both find the recordings online AND take advantage of all the datasets and reports released at the Forum! Start here! www.lse.ac.uk/global-ai-fo...
LSE’s Data Science Institute recently hosted a Global Forum on AI; you can both find the recordings online AND take advantage of all the datasets and reports released at the Forum! Start here! www.lse.ac.uk/global-ai-fo...
Announcements made at the Global Forum for AI and the Social Sciences bring together new research, data, funding, and initiatives on AI and labour markets
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Lord, give me the confidence of a Cambridge turkey stopping traffic.
Are you heading to Boston for #APSA2026? Here's your ultimate reading list. 🧵 The 10 papers political science readers have saved most this year on SciLove (the app I built). Pity to miss out myself this time — have a wonderful conference! 👋 @apsa.bsky.social
EuroWEPS 14 is here! We'll meet in Berlin @wzb.bsky.social and discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars especially welcome to apply! Deadline is Sept 11.
📢 Job opening The Cevipof is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Political Science in the field of political institutions and contemporary transformations of democracy @cevipof.bsky.social @sciencespo.bsky.social
Recruitement : Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science
CEVIPOF / Sciences Po is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science, Topic Immigration and Democracy / Political Theory. The application deadline is 18 September 2026.
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Dude is giving Mulan “I’ll Make A Man Out Of You” If ”… spineless, pale, pathetic lot” were a person Fuck this dude and launch racists like him into the sun
Gregory Kohn@kohngregory.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'.
In celebration of ALA’s 150th anniversary, the iconic David Bowie READ poster, first released in 1987, is back in print. An avid reader and library fan, Bowie was one of the first celebrities to pose for the READ campaign. Limited run. Get yours while supplies last: https://bit.ly/4qgL3dK 📚💙
🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy (HPE)? 🚨 At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE), we discuss state-of-the-art research in the field on a regular basis. ‼️We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️ Please see the link below if you’d like to join.
Congratulations to the LSE School of Public Policy Class of 2026! 🎓 Last week, we celebrated 250 graduates from 50+ nationalities as they joined our global community of more than 3,000 SPP alumni. 📸 Read more and explore the full photo gallery: https://ow.ly/X6hh50ZtLr6 #LSEPublicPolicy
As a member of Meta’s Governance Innovation Council, I’m excited to attend the 2026 Industry-Wide Forum Symposium: Understanding AI Adoption, hosted by the Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab. The 2026 IWF will happen in the fall, and info about last year’s IWF can be found here: lnkd.in/eivCJ8uf
The legacy media sat there while Trump lied about the past elections and "joked" about running again in 2028. They did not boo. They did not walk out. They just sat there and ate their dinner. The journalists in that room will be remembered as the journalists in that room.
What a wonderful few days in Belfast for #EPSS2026 and what a fantastic community! Thank you to everyone who joined the conference with such enthusiasm A special thanks to @simonhix.bsky.social @kenbenoit.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social & the rest of the EPSS Council for making it all possible
HPE folks at @epssnet.bsky.social! Don’t forget to attend our Historical Political Economy Agenda Setting panel, coming up at 10:50. My keynote includes AI and Roman scrolls! #EPSS2026 #EPSS
Delighted to share that this June I joined @LSE Cities as a Research Officer! 🎉 I'll be working on the City Government Innovation Observatory, leading surveys & quantitative analysis on local government leadership across 100+ European cities. Excited to work with @alicirone.bsky.social and the team!
Had an excellent time at the UChicago-Beijing Political Economy of Governance Conference, at the UChicago Global Center in Beijing! Top notch papers and amazing hospitality. Huge thanks to Zhaotian Luo, Scott Gehlbach, and Tianguang Meng for hosting!
3 new projects: 1/3 an Algorithmic Redistricting Atlas. Explore congressional redistricting across enacted, simulated, and optimized maps. It has data for the last 5 presidential elections, and you can swing the national baseline.
This week ⬇️
Jon Fiva@fiva.no · 5mo ago🚨Political economy workshop at BI - May 28 🚨 👉 send me an email if you would like to attend Presenters: Sophie Hatte, @siggi-econ.bsky.social, Laura Barros, Nicola Mastrorocco, @moritz-marbach.com, @bcegerod.bsky.social, @oskorge.bsky.social, @alicirone.bsky.social, @maxemilking.bsky.social
New publication from the POLLOT team! With Jessica De Rongé and Sofija Riegger we studied past lotteries in Belgium. @cevipof.bsky.social - Sciences Po
Political Science Research and Methods@psrm.bsky.social · 5mo ago🎲 Do political lotteries change how legislators vote? ➡️ Studying 19th century Belgium, @bvancoppenolle.bsky.social J. De Rongé & S. Riegger show random committee assignments affected legislators’ likelihood of rebelling against party majorities www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
I am very excited to be returning to LSE and joining @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social. Eager to help develop this already fantastic policy school, co-teach with @alicirone.bsky.social, and launch a new course on "Designing Democracy”.
LSE School of Public Policy@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe’re delighted to announce that Simon Hix will join the LSE School of Public Policy as Professor of Political Science in January 2027. Full announcement: https://ow.ly/iKS250Z24uS
More exciting news: Simon Hix is joining us at the LSE School of Public Policy! Very thrilled to hire another political scientist, and looking forward to co-teaching our future MPA students in the core political science module 🎉 @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social
LSE School of Public Policy@lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe’re delighted to announce that Simon Hix will join the LSE School of Public Policy as Professor of Political Science in January 2027. Full announcement: https://ow.ly/iKS250Z24uS
Except in the US, “chicken and dumplings” doesn’t mean a dumpling stuffed with chicken. The dumpling is basically pasta, in a chicken sauce…
Luminiferous Ether/Or(wellian)@cira.bsky.social · 5mo agoall cultures love little guys (graphic made by Elena Hartley)
Thrilled to have our LSE School of Public Policy Executive MPA and Executive MPP students back on campus for our Policy in Practice week. This year's simulation was on Environmental Impacts of AI, with a walkout crisis!
Postdoc alert! Fellow in Public Policy at the LSE School of Public Policy. Up to 3 years, a great job in a tight market. Needs to be able to support teaching on our MPP program, but political scientists could definitely do this (make your case!) www.jobs.lse.ac.uk
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🏠 University of Barcelona – Department of Economic History, Institutions, Politics and World Economy (IPERG) 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/fwlhmuuqwa #Economics #PoliticalEconomy
Call for expressions of interest for a postdoctoral position in Historical Political Economy | UB School of Economics
The Department of Economic History, Institutions, Politics and World Economy at the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Institutions and Political Economy Research Group (IPERG) invite applications for a Postdoctoral Position in the project “Immigration and Ideological Activation in the Second Sp...
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🚨Political economy workshop at BI - May 28 🚨 👉 send me an email if you would like to attend Presenters: Sophie Hatte, @siggi-econ.bsky.social, Laura Barros, Nicola Mastrorocco, @moritz-marbach.com, @bcegerod.bsky.social, @oskorge.bsky.social, @alicirone.bsky.social, @maxemilking.bsky.social
