Florian Schaffner

Postdoc in Political Science @IPZ_ch. PhD from @UniofOxford.
Research areas: political behavior, affective polarization, direct democracy, and machine learning.

[Find me on bsky @colin-fraser.net @colin_fraser]

I think there's maybe really something here, look at this. I got GPT to respond to the prompt from this https://t.co/nlOXI5wSfT. Then I got a sequence of embeddings for each word in both the human- and GPT- authored essays. You can see how the human one moves around more.

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@catarinalion @AxPo_Obs @SciencesPo_CEE Congratulations, Catarina!

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Congratulations to my friend @KWegschaider for winning the John Sullivan Award! This is a great paper with practical relevance for referendums in Switzerland and around the world!

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There's a PhD position available in our research group @IPZ_ch! This is a great opportunity for someone interested in direct democracy / representation / preferences. And there's a high chance of getting chocolate after any research group lunch!

[Lucas Leemann 🇺🇦 @LucasLeemann]

🚀 I'm hiring a PhD researcher 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 to join my research group
@IPZ_ch

* Research in Comparative Politics
* You can develop your own project
* Preference for research that overlaps with my group (see https://t.co/OwAFXKYtTZ)

Job ad: https://t.co/g6baxhAy4a 1/2

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@catarinalion Congratulations Catarina!

[Lucas Leemann 🇺🇦 @LucasLeemann]

Fun away-day on #MountPilatus with @FloSchaffner @iva__srbinovska and @ivobantel @IPZ_ch

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@karstendonnay @IPZ_ch @LucasLeemann @CIS_ETH_UZH Thanks Karsten!

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Some personal news: I am delighted to be joining the @IPZ_ch as a Postdoctoral Researcher this semester. I look forward to working with @LucasLeemann and my brilliant new colleagues at the @IPZ_ch and @CIS_ETH_UZH!

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@NicoBuettner @IPZ_ch @LucasLeemann @CIS_ETH_UZH Thanks Nico!

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@giuformisano @IPZ_ch @LucasLeemann @CIS_ETH_UZH Thanks Giuliano!

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@matt_haslberger @IPZ_ch @LucasLeemann @CIS_ETH_UZH Thanks Matthias, I hope you had a great start in St. Gallen!

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@ameyaprataps @IPZ_ch @LucasLeemann @CIS_ETH_UZH Thanks Ameya!

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@catarinalion @IPZ_ch @LucasLeemann @CIS_ETH_UZH Thanks Catarina :)

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@williamlallen @IPZ_ch @LucasLeemann @CIS_ETH_UZH Thanks a lot Will!

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@sarahobolt @IPZ_ch @LucasLeemann @CIS_ETH_UZH Thanks Sara! Great that you are in Zurich this term, I look forward to catching up!

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@LucasLeemann @IPZ_ch @CIS_ETH_UZH Many thanks Lucas, I'm very happy to be here!

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@ClaasMertens @IPZ_ch @LucasLeemann @CIS_ETH_UZH Haha, danke Claas!

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@KWegschaider @IPZ_ch @LucasLeemann @CIS_ETH_UZH Thanks a lot, Klaudia—I will definitely miss Oxford!

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@ProfJaneGreen @IPZ_ch @LucasLeemann @CIS_ETH_UZH Thanks Jane!