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Melissa Sands

@melissaleesands

Social science. Causality. Complaints. Assistant Professor of Politics & Data Science @LSEGovernment

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linkhttp://melissasands.org calendar_today24-08-2009 14:11:06

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Samara Klar(@SamaraKlar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

well, spoiler alert i guess, but turns out The 3 Body Problem is *not* about a throuple all trying to find T-T jobs at the same university

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Florian Foos(@FlorianFoos) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are recruiting 4 LSE (postdoctoral) Fellows in Political Science, including one position with some seminar/lab teaching on 'Research Design in Political Science', the undergrad module I've been running for 5 years: jobs.ac.uk/job/DGU417/lse…

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Bryce J. Dietrich(@brycejdietrich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Very excited to serve as a keynote speaker for Visual Media Symposium on April 8th (3pm - 6:30pm CT). Presenting work w/ Melissa Sands and discussing lessons we have learned using Virtual Reality for social science research. More information next week!

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Melissa Sands(@melissaleesands) 's Twitter Profile Photo

With apologies for cross-posting, I’m putting together a lecture on the use of generative AI in politics research and would be grateful for your suggestions, especially where genAI is used in the actual research (ie, not just as a productivity tool). Please share working papers!

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Yashar Ali 🐘(@yashar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“I’m a Minneapolis based pilot for Delta airlines.”

“Tell me what a typical workweek is like for you as a stewardess.”

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Putrino Lab(@PutrinoLab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today is . A day for acknowledgement of the now hundreds of millions of people worldwide who have had their lives indelibly changed by . This year's Long COVID Awareness Day comes with an edge, though. If we were a thinking, anti-ableist 1/

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Sarah Brierley(@Sarah_Brierley1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We look forward to receiving your nominations for the APCG-African Affairs Best Graduate Student paper. Women and minority scholars (or anyone else) - don't be afraid to self-nominate.

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Bryce J. Dietrich(@brycejdietrich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Super excited to have this paper in print! Third publication to use various types of pedestrian tracking to understand our social and political world. Other two are here: bit.ly/nyc_sidewalks2… and here: bit.ly/cspan_mingling…

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Bryce J. Dietrich(@brycejdietrich) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Super fun time piloting new VR study w/ Melissa Sands at Purdue's Envision Center! Shout out to the staff there and mitushi for agreeing to the photo! VR project builds off of Melissa Sands and I's recent Nature Human Behaviour paper (rdcu.be/dbmXF). Stay tuned!

Super fun time piloting new VR study w/ @melissaleesands at Purdue's Envision Center! Shout out to the staff there and @Mitushi_Mukh for agreeing to the photo! VR project builds off of @melissaleesands and I's recent @NatureHumBehav paper (rdcu.be/dbmXF). Stay tuned!
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Liz Lazar (she/her)(@LizLazarLit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

WATERCRESS 💙 TOMATOES IN MY LUNCHBOX
Rose's mom isn't like the others. She stashes dinner rolls in her 👜, buys💲store 👖, & yells at the 📺 in Yiddish. But as Rose learns about her mother's past, she discovers that what makes her mom different also makes her 💪.

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Liz Lazar (she/her)(@LizLazarLit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

THE BREAKING NEWS💙SOMETHING GOOD
When someone paints THE VERY BAD THING on a brick wall, a young Jewish boy worries as the adults around him avoid it–and each other. He must grow his family’s circle and unite his community in the face of hate.

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Dan Hopkins(@dhopkins1776) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My team at Penn is hiring a full-time research coordinator for 2024-25.

Please share with seniors & recent grads--this data-intensive role is esp. good as a 'pre doc' for those interested in applying to graduate school in political or social science.

wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upe…

My team at Penn is hiring a full-time research coordinator for 2024-25. Please share with seniors & recent grads--this data-intensive role is esp. good as a 'pre doc' for those interested in applying to graduate school in political or social science. wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upe…
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American Political Science Review(@apsrjournal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What are the electoral consequences of democratic governments using violence against their citizens? Daniel de Kadt, Ada Johnson-Kanu, & Melissa Sands demonstrate how & and when voters hold incumbents electorally responsible.

ow.ly/Wria50Q6860

What are the electoral consequences of democratic governments using violence against their citizens? @dandekadt, @AdaJKanu, & @melissaleesands demonstrate how & and when voters hold incumbents electorally responsible. #APSRFirstView ow.ly/Wria50Q6860
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Josh Kalla(@j_kalla) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Shiro Kuriwaki and I are looking to hire a Yale ISPS PreDoc for next academic year. If you have any interested undergrads, please send them our application link (tobin.yale.edu/opportunities/…)

Shiro Kuriwaki and I are looking to hire a @ISPSYale PreDoc for next academic year. If you have any interested undergrads, please send them our application link (tobin.yale.edu/opportunities/…)
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LSE Government(@LSEGovernment) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'Data science has changed and there's no going back'

Our BSc in Politics and Data Science trains students for the next generation of challenges as , and rapidly transform politics and society.

Find out more 👉 bit.ly/LSEBScPolDS

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LSE Government(@LSEGovernment) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How do young people feel about , and ?

Our BSc in Politics and Data Science equips students to navigate a world in a state of technological flux.

Find out more 👉 bit.ly/LSEBScPolDS

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Prof. Christina Pagel(@chrischirp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As promised, I've done my first proper substack going through all the latest numbers on Covid in the UK!

Read it for free here:
open.substack.com/pub/christinap…

TLDR: We're in a significant wave that's unlikely to end soon. Autumn booster well underway.

As promised, I've done my first proper substack going through all the latest numbers on Covid in the UK! Read it for free here: open.substack.com/pub/christinap… TLDR: We're in a significant wave that's unlikely to end soon. Autumn booster well underway.
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Dr. Deepti Gurdasani(@dgurdasani1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Here are some fallacies that I can see the usual suspects putting out on Long COVID
-'Most people recover from LC'
-'Most LC occurs in those hospitalised'
-'Vaccination has massively reduced the burden'
Thread addressing these:

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Melissa Sands(@melissaleesands) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ISO someone who has used Google Cloud Natural Language API for entity sentiment analysis / ELSA and would be willing to chat about how it works. Help me & Naima Green-Riley out!

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