Looking for ideas on how to secure funding for your next election survey?π‘
π’ Attend the next #CNES Online Seminar on:
βFundraising Strategies: Experiences, Ideas and Practical Insights in a Challenging Era for Electoral Researchβ
π May 19th 15:00-16:00 Central European Time (UTC/GMT+2).
π Comparative Survey Design and Implementation (CSDI) workshop kicks off in Vienna!
Hosted by MEDem, it brings together researchers and practitioners to advance survey data linkage and harmonization.
Looking forward to the discussions ahead, especially our panel tomorrow.
Stay tuned!
Yay infrastructure! π§° @marvins.bsky.social cial and @janabernhard.bsky.social present a first usecase between @medem.bsky.social l AmCAT instance and @iriscc.bsky.social sky.social climate reporting dataset. at #COMPTEXT2026
π What can party manifestos tell us about party competition across democracies?
Our latest MEDem Data Network Focus spotlights the @manifestoproj.bsky.social with insights from Pola Lehmann (@wzb.bsky.social) and Simon Franzmann (@uni-goettingen.de).
Read more: www.medem.eu/medem-data-n...
Key takeaway from our panel at #CSDI with @jamoeberl.bsky.social, @paulbederke.bsky.social & @ggp.bsky.social on data linkage and interoperability:
Better connected research communities π better connected data π more comparable research across countries and time!
Feiert mit uns 50 Jahre @oegk.bsky.social & erfahrt mehr ΓΌber unsere Arbeit zu politischem Vertrauen, Wissenschaftskommunikation, Online-InzivilitΓ€t, Medieneffekten auf Einstellungen zu Migration, Wohlfahrtsstaatswahrnehmungen, Debatten zur Energiewende & @medem.bsky.social! #KWT2026
Detailsπ
The new V-Dem Democracy Report 2026 is out: βUnraveling the Democratic Era.β
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social has all the facts.
Pre-announcement: Call for questions, Selects 2027
Contribute your questions to the Swiss electoral study during the 2027 federal elections.
π Call: end of April 2026
π Deadline: end of June 2026
Selects 2023, including datasets, questionnaires & documentation www.swissubase.ch/en/catalogue...
π’ Open data is not enough if it cannot be found, understood, linked, and reused.
That is why MEDem welcomes the @dfg.de call to strengthen resilient research data infrastructures, especially for Democracy Research hat depends on linking diverse data across countries and time.
π shorturl.at/VLdLC
ππ From survey data quality to research infrastructures:
The #CSDIWorkshop 2026 in Vienna brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss current challenges and innovations in comparative survey design and implementation.
Read more in our latest #MEDemBlog: www.medem.eu/csdi-worksho...
Hereβs where to catch our team at KWT 2026 this week!
FORS Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences
π’ Out Now! V-Dem Dataset v16 & the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026
πΎ The V-Dem Dataset: v-dem.net/data/the-v-d...
π° The Report "Unraveling The Democratic Era?β: v-dem.net/publications...
π Explore the new data with the V-Dem Graphing tools: v-dem.net/graphing/gra...
#PoliSky #PoliSciSky
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