New paper: *Rulers on the Road*. We map emperors’ itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire from 719 to 1519 and shed light on how they projected power without centralized bureaucracies. Very fun project with @c_muellercrepon@Clara_NW & Jørgen Møller https://t.co/cpQsbJnrBk
We are looking for a postdoc to join our team 😊✨perfect for those interested in historical state formation, historical geospatial data, etc. Gothenburg has a great research environment. Get in touch if you have any questions!
🏛️To what degree and why are traditional institutions persistent?
▶️@Clara_NW & @c_muellercrepon show that traditional institutions have been, on average, persistent over the past century, especially in former British colonies https://t.co/ecn46PEPHZ #FirstView
Hence, certain hierarchies and leadership roles may persist as relics of precolonial times across colonial regimes. However, persistent functional governing activity and relevance are more restricted to areas previously under indirect colonial rule. /end
The most pronounced differences in persistence between former French and British colonies are in 1) functional differentiation and 2) the importance of traditional authorities for the everyday lives of group members.
I recently taught a data science class here in Aarhus and went full chatGPT
I explicitly encouraged its use for both coding and using the API for natural language modelling tasks
The latter went very well, quality of results increased dramatically relative to pre-GPT times 1/
🚨 Call for Papers: Empirical Research on Peace and Conflict Workshop (AFK Methods) 🚨
When: 5-6 September 2023
Where: University of the Bundeswehr Munich
Abstract submission deadline: 11 June 2023
Submission form: https://t.co/vTY3bXzWhB