Pixels & Patterns will explore how computational tools are changing the way we study history, politics, and society. We will share research in progress, workflows, datasets, visualizations, and lessons learned, with an emphasis on open science. www.pixelsandpatterns.org

Pixels and Patterns | Steven Denney | Substack

Research and reflections at the intersection of social science, digital humanities, and artificial intelligence. Click to read Pixels and Patterns, a Substack publication. Launched 4 days ago.

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New working paper with @aronvandepol.bsky.social. How do the language and ideas of national identity in educational material vary over time and especially across regime types? We examine the question using 67 South Korean national history textbooks (kuksa, in KR) covering the period 1895 to 2016.

Korean Histories invites submissions for its next issue (5.2). The journal welcomes original research articles, translations with commentary, and review essays that engage with the broad field of Korean historiography understood as a social practice. www.korean-histories.org/announcement...

I'm building an open-source skill library for Claude Code that encodes methodological best practices to assist the planning, writing, and analysis process. Selected skills include conjoint design, topic modeling, LLM classification, and pre-registration. github.com/scdenney/open-science-skills

GitHub - scdenney/open-science-skills: A library of Agentic Skills for Claude Code and LLM agents, codified from experimental social science standards and methodological texts.

A library of Agentic Skills for Claude Code and LLM agents, codified from experimental social science standards and methodological texts. - scdenney/open-science-skills

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People are generally "proud" to be a national of their country, or so they say. Why might some citizens overstate their level of national pride? In a new article, my co-authors and I examine how social pressure shapes expressions of national identity. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Identity Conformity in Taiwan and South Korea: Why Citizens in Divided Societies Are Pressured to Overstate National Pride

To what extent do social and political pressures in divided societies compel individuals to exaggerate allegiance to a dominant national identity? This study examines how conformity pressures shape...

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Happy to see this out and to be a part of the editorial team. Huge props to @aronvandepol.bsky.social for his leadership in seeing this journal revived -- with a new website and production system.

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Korean Histories is back! 🎉 After nearly a decade, we proudly present issue 5.1. Featuring @remcobreuker.bsky.social & Wonkyung Choi, @stevendenney86.bsky.social @koreanologie.bsky.social Marion Eggert & Yu Myoungin, Vladimir Glomb, Anqi Gao & Adam Cathcart www.korean-histories.org/volumes/issu...

Yesterday, we held the 1st Annual Leiden University Workshop on Immigration & Democracy. A full day of discussion on new research covering migration, identity, and democratic attitudes. Excellent presentations and constructive feedback across all panels.

📢Early view What do welfare preferences in #DividedSocieties teach us about #NationalIdentity ❓ Peter Ward & @stevendenney86.bsky.social find that candidates orginally from Eastern Germany or North Korea are less preferred by Western Germans and South Koreans 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

New in Policy & Society (OA): “Welfare Chauvinism in Divided Societies: The Role of National Identity in Social Policy Preferences”, with @rpcward89. academic.oup.com/policyandsoc... What can we learn about national identity through welfare preferences in divided societies?

Welfare chauvinism in divided societies: the role of national identity in social policy preferences

Abstract. What drives discriminatory welfare preferences against co-ethnics and intra-national groups in societies shaped by historical division? This arti

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More than a third of Lucid (now Cint) respondents in 2019 were "professional" respondents according to a new article in @polanalysis.bsky.social , and that's the conservative estimate www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

35 years ago, on October 3, 1990, Germany was reunified. Just two months later, voters in the former GDR went to the polls in the first free federal election since the Weimar era. Despite decades of socialist dictatorship, East German voting behavior displayed marked regional differences. Thread🧵

🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are? @simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions Thread 🧵1/10

Now on FirstView! This study examines how Japan’s graying influences immigration attitudes–offering insight the country’s unique stance on immigration and the political future of aging Western democracies. #polisky #immigration #academisky doi.org/10.1017/S104...

This is a really cool paper on the socialisation effects of studying at University. Surprisingly, the effects (moving in a leftward, liberal direction) are biggest for STEM students and those who move away from home to study, attend a single campus uni, and who live in ‘university towns’ and London.

Elizabeth Simon@elizabethsim0n.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social w/ @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jwfurlong.bsky.social What drives the link between university study and attitudinal change? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 New working paper! 🚨 @grattonecon.bsky.social and I just completed the first draft of "The Rise and Fall of Technocratic Democracies". Excited to present it in Munich this week—thanks to Laura Seelkopf, Christoph Knill & others for hosting us! 🧵👇 ▶️ Motivation Many democracies have undergone a

I’m happy to share this paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social on democracy and national narratives, with insights from South Korea and Taiwan. It is part of a special issue on postcolonial narratives with @paulschuler.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, + others. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

My comprehensive overview of Lee Jae-myung's return to power, focusing on domestic political considerations. Some key takeaways and additional considerations given Lee's victory. 👇

Steven Denney@stevendenney86.bsky.social · last yr.

With Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment upheld, South Korea heads to snap elections. Lee Jae-myung is the strong favorite for next president. My cover article for The Diplomat examines Lee's return to center stage since his razor thin defeat to Yoon in 2022. More 👇 magazine.thediplomat.com/2025-04/will...

The most comprehensive account yet of how South Korea’s progressive bloc has evolved in the foreign policy domain -- and what Lee Jae-myung’s election victory tells us about changes to its foreign policy tradition. A must-read. The key takeaways, as I see them. 👇

Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · last yr.

As frontrunner Lee Jae-myung gears up for South Korea's June 3 special election, his party's foreign policy has undergone a transformation from progressivism to pragmatism. @darciedraudt.bsky.social explains: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

My new article shows that high-speed internet access worsens adolescent mental health, especially for girls. It increases screen time, reduces sleep, studying, and socializing, and encourages online coping with emotional distress. @wuvienna.bsky.social Available at the Journal of Health Economics 👇

High Speed Internet and the Widening Gender Gap in Adolescent Mental Health: Evidence from Spanish Hospital Records*

We exploit variations in fiber optic (FTTH) deployment to assess the impact of high-speed internet access on adolescent mental health. Our findings re…

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I am presenting and participating today at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Social Science Korean Studies Network in Europe (SoKEN), hosted by @hannes-mosler.bsky.social at the University of Duisburg-Essen. My presentation explores support for 'guardianship democracy' in East and Southeast Asia.

How do voters behave in democracies with unstable parties? In a newly published article in Party Politics, @pward89.bsky.social and I examine South Korea, a textbook case of an “ephemeral party system.” The article is Open Access. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The Supreme Court overturned Lee Jae-myung’s acquittal in an election law case, ordering a retrial. The final outcome and the impact on the public's view of Lee are to be seen. General disarray at the highest levels of governance in South Korea at present. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Steven Denney@stevendenney86.bsky.social · last yr.

Seoul High Court overturned Lee Jae-myung's conviction for election law violations, clearing a major obstacle for the Democratic leader’s potential presidential bid. However, the prosecution intends to appeal Lee's acquittal to the Supreme Court. www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2025...

With Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment upheld, South Korea heads to snap elections. Lee Jae-myung is the strong favorite for next president. My cover article for The Diplomat examines Lee's return to center stage since his razor thin defeat to Yoon in 2022. More 👇 magazine.thediplomat.com/2025-04/will...

Will Lee Jae-myung Rise From South Korea’s Political Chaos?

Lee Jae-myung’s strategic bet – that he can leverage widespread public discontent without further deepening societal divisions – will pose a key test for South Korea’s democracy.

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BREAKING NEWS - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol REMOVED from office by the court's unanimous decision www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

South Korean court removes president from office, says he violated duties

The Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law, a decision expected to exacerbate political divisions.

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If we take opposition to Yoon's impeachment as a measure of authoritarian political attitudes, there are some observations we can make and hypotheses, some competing, that we can consider. 👇

Steven Denney@stevendenney86.bsky.social · last yr.

With Yoon's impeachment ruling due this Friday, here's Gallup Korea polling data from the 4th week of March. Support/oppose impeachment-ALL: 60/34 (+26) -progressives: 93/5 (+88) -conservatives: 27/69 (-42) -18-29: 62/26 (+36) -70+: 35/58 (-23) -18-29 males: 52/36 (+16) -18-29 females: 72/15 (+57)

With Yoon's impeachment ruling due this Friday, here's Gallup Korea polling data from the 4th week of March. Support/oppose impeachment-ALL: 60/34 (+26) -progressives: 93/5 (+88) -conservatives: 27/69 (-42) -18-29: 62/26 (+36) -70+: 35/58 (-23) -18-29 males: 52/36 (+16) -18-29 females: 72/15 (+57)

Seoul High Court overturned Lee Jae-myung's conviction for election law violations, clearing a major obstacle for the Democratic leader’s potential presidential bid. However, the prosecution intends to appeal Lee's acquittal to the Supreme Court. www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2025...

검찰 "2심, 이재명 주장만 신뢰…상고해 대법원서 위법 시정" | 연합뉴스

(서울=연합뉴스) 이보배 권희원 기자 = 검찰이 26일 더불어민주당 이재명 대표의 공직선거법 위반 혐의를 무죄로 판단한 2심 판단에 대해 1심에...

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between 1995 and 2014,∼20 percent of the apparent decline in global inequality can be explained by the overstatement of GDP growth in less democratic countries academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

Overstatement of GDP growth in autocracies and the recent decline in global inequality

Abstract. After rising for almost two centuries, global income inequality declined substantially after 2000. While past scholarship on global inequality ha

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Join us for our 17th Asia Academy! South Korea is facing significant political turbulence after President Yoon Seok-yeol’s unexpected declaration of martial law, leading to his impeachment and arrest. What are the implications for South Korea? More info: leidenasiacentre.nl/event/asia-a...

Asia Academy #17 - South Korea's Political Rollercoaster - Leiden Asia Centre

South Korea is facing considerable political turbulence following an unexpected declaration of martial law by President Yoon Seok-yeol, who is now impeached and under arrest. The decree and subsequent...

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