PolScionic

Political science, social research and data. Mostly.

[PolScionic @PolScionic]

I'm enjoying the free-text complaint responses to this 1971 survey of final year students at the University of Essex. My favourite is: "Lost faith in academic judgement of my teachers long ago who failed to comment on the unoriginality of my work".

[PolScionic @PolScionic]

Halloween handiwork. #pumpkin #Pokemon #Pikachu

[Red Roses @RedRosesRugby]

🏆 WE ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS 🏆

#RedRoses | #RWC2025

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home https://t.co/x4ueexzVU6

[Seonghui Lee @seonghuilee]

New paper out with @avkevins @WEPsocial:

We examine ideological projection in 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 to understand why we assume that certain people we meet are more (or less) similar to us politically #OpenAccess

https://t.co/7Xj0Tsb7v5

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

EXCLUSIVE - Today the Guardian is publishing the Boris Files - a trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson.

It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment.

https://t.co/Jbo18ROOXX

[UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @CLScohorts]

We’re thrilled to announce CLS is to lead the first new nationally representative UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years. Generation New Era will follow the lives of more than 30,000 babies born in 2026. Read more: https://t.co/UAX9w7UR9X

[PolScionic @PolScionic]

Invasion Colchester! #invasioncolchester @InvColchester

[PolScionic @PolScionic]

A long exposure of the Albert Sloman Library at the University of Essex. 03/09/2025 @UniEssexLibrary #PhotographyIsArt

[Carolina Garriga @Caro_Garriga]

Short-term politics, long-term costs:
What happens if the independence of the Fed is under threat?

Some of the research we do at @uniessexgovt

Link to the article with Cristina Bodea ⬇️

[PolScionic @PolScionic]

Turner-esque skies over Wivenhoe. #photography #landscape

[Ben Page @Benpagelondon]

Rise of populism - and what happens to the economy once in power…..(clue - not good) https://t.co/nX3VmCQQhR

[Public Opinion Quarterly @poqjournal]

New from Tarek Al Baghal and colleagues (@usociety) in POQ:

What’s the best way to collect survey opinions *and* objective health data from respondents?

Find out now: https://t.co/djAds7UXt8

[PolScionic @PolScionic]

@footballontnt Incredible strike from Chloe Kelly. As for comparisons with Premier League shots, @tash_fernand investigated an almost identical claim 2 years ago for @BBCMoreOrLess tl;dr the two speeds aren't measured the same way. Listen here: https://t.co/nNkAEFlYPr

[Government @ Essex @uniessexgovt]

Including work from our colleague, Laura Montanaro, on 'The Antidemocratic Harms of Mansplaining'
https://t.co/ByETopiY7x

[University of Essex @Uni_of_Essex]

"With the US’s recent attack on Iran, Trump certainly kept everyone in suspense."

Professor Natasha Lindstaedt of @uniessexgovt explores if Trump will make political gains from his strategy in Iran.

https://t.co/3EF0GDriqu

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘immiseration’: the act of making people progressively more miserable.

[Understanding Society @usociety]

We're reviewing our questions on ethnicity and immigration. If you'd like to give us feedback on the questions we ask and the variables you use for your research, there's information on how to take part in the review on our website: https://t.co/KuKcMtqaAd

[British Jnl Poli Sci @BJPolS]

NEW -

Beyond Observational Relationships: Evidence from a Ten-Country Experiment that Policy Disputes Cause Affective Polarization - https://t.co/tusCYm0jv5

- @NoamGidron, James Adams (@ucdavis), Will Horne (@ClemsonUniv) & @ttichelbaecker

#OpenAccess

[Government @ Essex @uniessexgovt]

🧠 Boost your research skills this summer!
📢 Registration is open for the 58th #EssexSummerSchool in Social Science Data Analysis
🗓 July 7 – Aug 15
🌍 Online & in-person
💥 40+ methods courses
🔗 https://t.co/loHcL0YBFE
#QuantMethods #QualMethods #DataAnalysis @EssexSumSchool

[Essex Summer School - Social Science Data Analysis @EssexSumSchool]

The 58th Essex Summer School's First Session runs July 7-18, both online and in person.

We offer social science research methods courses in text analysis, mixed methods, survey design, panel data, discourse analysis, and many more!

Learn more here: https://t.co/hGfixrx1Ye