Advancements in Text as Data Methods for Political Science

The workshop provides a platform for leading scholars and emerging researchers to present and discuss the latest advancements in the study of politically relevant texts.

Seminar Room Passione
Via Conservatorio 7 Milano

March 7, h. 16:00-19:00

Applying LLMs for Ideological and Emotional Labeling in Greek Far-Left Online Discourse
| Constantine Boussalis, Trinity College Dublin

Immigration and Social Distance: Evidence from Newspapers during the Age of Mass Migration
| Gloria Gennaro, University College London

Deliberation in the UN Security Council
| Evgenija Kroeker, University of Oxford


March 8, h. 9:15-13:00

Uncovering Causal Mechanisms in Political Texts
| Slava Jankin, University of Birmingham

Second Order Saliency Theory: Scaling Ideological Positions Beyond Text Similarity
| Marius Sältzer, Universität Oldenburg

Post-Defeat Communication Strategies of Political Candidates on Twitter-X
| Silvia Decadri, Università di Milano Bicocca, Giovanni Pagano, Università di Milano

A Computational Model for Identifying Delegating and Constraining Provisions in EU Laws
| Fabio Franchino, Marta Migliorati, Giovanni Pagano and Valerio Vignoli