Will you join this mess? Register here: forms.gle/fy87NX8sNBLfaf… h/t: Pablo Pardavila

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Madrid has an impressive ecosystem of social scientists doing exciting work. That is reflected by list of participants in the MESS workshop that will take place tomorrow and Saturday, and which is co-organized by our faculty member Emmy Lindstam. Check out the program below:

All set for the first MESS workshop, bringing together empirical social scientists working in Madrid! In this thread we will be live tweeting some presentation today and tomorrow:

Today we just kickoff the first workshop of the Madrid Empirical Social Sciences (MESS) network at UC3M Puerta de Toledo campus. A joint effort with IE Political Science & IC3JM · Carlos III - Juan March Institute, featuring scholars from in & out of Madrid region, with various colleagues from Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos.

It's very exciting to be in the first workshop of the Madrid Empirical Social Sciences (MESS) network at the UC3M, featuring many interesting and brilliant scholars. This initiative brings together researchers from diverse institutions like IC3JM · Carlos III - Juan March Institute, IE Political Science, and Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos.

Today the 1st workshop of the Madrid Empirical Social Sciences (MESS) network takes place in the wonderful context of the Puerta de Toledo campus UC3M Master - UC3M Thanks to everyone who made it possible amuitz Amalia Alvarez Patrick Kraft Emmy Lindstam Isabel Gutierrez

After the great panels yesterday we had an equally great poster session at the MESS conference, featuring Álvaro San Román del Pozuelo, Nadal Perales Oliver, Raúl Villegas Santana, Davide Rognini, Rubén Gonzálvez Salmerón, and Jair Alva Mendoza.

We continue today with the second day of the MESS workshop. Here’s some of the presentations we have been seeing:

Time for some coffee break and churros here at MESS now!

And finally, we close with a keynote lecture by Niloufer Siddiqui, introduced by the MESS organizers Emmy Lindstam Patrick Kraft and amuitz

Super grateful for the diverse, growing and excellent Social Science community in Madrid… this MESS is coming to an end but if you’re around, don’t be stranger! More to come soon! Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos IE Political Science IC3JM · Carlos III - Juan March Institute

Yesterday, I presented my first poster on my ongoing research on the nationalization of party systems in Europe at the Madrid Empirical Social Sciences (MESS) Inaugural Workshop. Thx for this opportunity and congrats to Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos IE Political Science IC3JM · Carlos III - Juan March Institute for this wonderful initiative!

📷 Call for Papers: #EPSAXV in Madrid! 📷 📷 June 26-28, 2025 📷 UC3M, Madrid, Spain 📷 Submit: coms.app/epsa2025 📷 Deadline: Dec 18, 2024 Showcase your research in one of 18 divisions! 📷📷 Don’t miss out—join us in sunny Madrid! Details: epsanet.org

🚨Call for Papers: #EPSAXV in Madrid!🚨 📅 June 26-28, 2025 📍 UC3M, Madrid, Spain 🔗 Submit: coms.app/epsa2025 📅 Deadline: Dec 18, 2024 Showcase your research in one of 18 divisions! 🌍🌞 Don’t miss out—join us in sunny Madrid! Details: epsanet.org

🚨 Call for Papers: #EPSAXV in Madrid! 🚨 📅 June 26-28, 2025 📍 UC3M, Madrid, Spain 🔗 Submit: coms.app/epsa2025 🗓️ Deadline: Dec 18, 2024 Showcase your research in one of 18 divisions! 🌍🌞 Don’t miss out—join us in sunny Madrid! Details: epsanet.org

🚨How should we design surveys to capture opinion in fast-changing contexts or within hard-to-reach communities? 🚨 My paper, conditionally accepted at @PolAnalysis, develops a method that leverages LLMs and adaptive algorithms to construct surveys that evolve with user input.

New from Nicholas Haas & Emmy Lindstam: In India, inclusive historical narratives embedded in govt textbooks increase Muslim participants’ perceived centrality and entitlement, desire to lead, and demand for real-world Muslim leaders cambridge.org/core/journals/…

The latest issue of the American Political Science Review includes a paper coauthored by our faculty member Emmy Lindstam. The paper explores how inclusive historical representations can increase the perceived centrality and entitlement to lead of marginalized group members: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Planning on attending the EPSA conference in June? Consider coming one day before and joining our (w/ Emmy Lindstam Joan Ricart-Huguet) one-day workshop on Culture at IE University IE Political Science. Deadline to apply is Feb 15th 2024. More info and submissions at forms.gle/S9id4GsVwokKfY…