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
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 · 3mo 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 · 3mo 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 · 3mo 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 · 3mo 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 · 3mo 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
Exciting news here at the LSE School of Public Policy -- our new Dean is Anne-Marie Slaughter! Very proud to be a part of the SPP, and looking forward to what’s ahead. www.lse.ac.uk/news/anne-ma...
Anne‑Marie Slaughter | New Dean of LSE School of Public Policy
Anne‑Marie Slaughter to join LSE as Dean of the School of Public Policy, bringing leadership experience from New America, the US State Department and top universities to shape future policy leaders.
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Our article in @apsrjournal.bsky.social is about the travails of majoritarian mayoral elections for Women's Representation. Lets get PR & RCV in the USA! @rcvmd.org @rcv123.org @rcvmontana.bsky.social @maxberger.bsky.social @fairvote.bsky.social @fairvotewa.bsky.social @fairvotemn.bsky.social
Hidden Majoritarianism and Women’s Career Progression in Proportional Representation Systems | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Hidden Majoritarianism and Women’s Career Progression in Proportional Representation Systems - Volume 120 Issue 2
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Dan Smith@profdansmith.bsky.social · 5mo agoThanks to @ximecalos.bsky.social for this fantastic summary of our research! Hidden Majoritarianism Hinders Women’s Political Careers: politicalsciencenow.com/hidden-major... @alicirone.bsky.social @teele.bsky.social @fiva.no
Over 56,000 people demand water is put into public ownership, want a referendum if government won’t budge, and have signed this petition in under 2 weeks. If it gets to 100,000 it has to be debated in Parliament. 82% of people want publicly owned water. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership
Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...
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And an AI girlfriend will never ask for a divorce….. etc etc
Trades Union Congress@tuc.org.uk · 4mo agoAn advert promoting an AI company at Bristol Airport has been pulled after backlash. The advert showed a female AI worker who will 'never ask for a raise'.
The fact that the Pope saying some basic Christian stuff is considered a political attack against Trump and MAGA clearly shows the anti-Christian nature of the regime.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agoMike Johnson on the Pope: "If you wade into political waters, you should expect some political response & the Pope has received some. Frankly I was taken a bit aback by him saying something about 'those who engage in war, Jesus doesn't hear their prayers' or something. There's 'just war' doctrine.'"
If you can automatically register people for the draft, then you can automatically register people to vote. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Automatic registration for US military draft-eligible men to begin in December
Automatic registration into Selective Service was mandated in December 2025, when President Donald Trump signed into law the fiscal year 2026 NDAA.
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"One paper’s acknowledgements thank 'Professor Maria Bohm at The Starfleet Academy for her kindness and generosity in contributing with her knowledge and her lab onboard the USS Enterprise'."
John Rogers@johnrogers.bsky.social · 4mo agoBloody hell. Researchers invented a disease, published two fake papers to see if LLM’s would ingest them and kick them up as fact — and then it broke containment and all the major AI’s bought in. Information pollution. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV declares the Iran War is “unjust” and “is not resolving anything.” After suggesting Trump is committing war crimes by targeting civilian infrastructure, he called on Americans to contact Congress to help end the war.
People need to realize the 25th Amendment is HARDER than impeachment and removal. MUCH. Impeachment/removal: majority House and 2/3 Senate. 25th Amendment: VP, majority Cabinet, then 2/3 each House and Senate. I mean, come on folks.
