The other day I saw a lot of people sharing a link to a new study in The Lancet. The paper in question is titled “Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from COVID-19” (see, for example, this and this tweet that went viral). I have not read the study and I have no plans […]
Tag: political science
PPEPE added to Party Facts
Our data on populist parties in European Parliament elections (PPEPE), from our article in the Electoral Studies, is now linked to the Party Facts. You can find it here. Party Facts, for people not already familiar with this amazing resource, links several datasets on political parties to make it easier for researchers to work with […]
Resources with research writing advice
I was going through a few resources with some good advice on writing research papers. Might be of interest to some of you: – How to write a great research paper (Simon Peyton Jones from Microsoft gives seven suggestions for how to improve your research papers) – Ten simple rules for structuring papers (Table 1 […]
The political scientist as a blogger
Ten years ago, John Sides wrote a paper titled The Political Scientist as a Blogger. Despite the fact that the internet is not the same today as it was ten years ago, it is still an interesting read. Specifically, the paper made me think about why political scientists should (not) blog in 2020, why I […]
Political science syllabi
Over the years I have saved various syllabi in a local folder. I decided to do some digital housekeeping the other day with the aim of getting rid of the folder. Instead, I found links to the syllabi online and deleted the folder (including the ones that I couldn’t find). This is a overview I […]