Professor of Dutch Politics at Leiden University | Extremism, populism, radicalism scholar | Board member IISG Amsterdam and Wiardi Beckman Foundation | Allotmenteer | Zeeuws meisje |
Sarah de Lange
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The widespread use of LLMs diminishes creative ideas.
An analysis of over 2000 college essays finds that human-written essays contributed more new ideas than GPT-4 written essays www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Parameter- or prompt-modifications does not mitigate the creativity gap.
Really interesting. Liable for content!
The court treated the AI overviews as Google's own content and rejected Google's argument that users were responsible for fact-checking the results themselves
the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...
Had a very similar experience a few years ago with Frontiers in Pol Sci:
- reviewers automatically invited, incl over Xmas, in mass
- very aggressive policy of fast turnaround - unrealistic & damaging quality
- absurd amount of reminders
- quantity over quality mindset
I now refuse to review for F
We are hiring! Let me know if you have any questions about working with us.
A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy.
Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET
Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible)
Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if you’d like to discuss the position
www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
Gearing up for the 5th edition of our Summer School! Keynote lectures are open to all.
@casmudde.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @ecpr-ead.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators ...
the-decoder.com
New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social)
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social -
Strongwomen? Female Leaders in the Populist Radical Right in France and Italy - https://cup.org/3Q55uNa
- Marianna Griffini & @lauramontecchio.bsky.social
#FirstView
Jay Van Bavel, PhD
Claes de Vreese
Neutral and pro-Kremlin attitudes, held by sizeable segments of European society, are most strongly linked to the positions of respondents’ preferred political parties, followed by disinformation and ideology.
@russlandverstehen.eu
@russlandwatcher.de
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
2 Years - Postdoctoral Position Starting January 2027
I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇
