Stats @LAPOP_Lab @VU_CGD || PolPsych & LatAm || IRT & CompSocSci || Prev: DataSci @CSMAP_NYU || Ph.D. @SBUPoliSci || 🇧🇷🇺🇸
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
Jun 15
“Just collect more data” is one of the most common responses to uncertainty in quantitative research.
But in a lot of social science, that advice is impossible—or even misleading. Our new working paper asks: when has a study reached its information limit?
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
May 26
🚨 I'm recruiting 2 postdoctoral researchers for the @ldnsocmedobs, to be based at the @UniofOxford. These are both full-time positions for 2 years. Deadline for applications: June 23. Expected start date: September 2026. 🔁 Please share and help me spread the word! 🚀
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
May 18
⏰ Reminder: The deadline to submit proposals for the 2027 #AmericasBarometer is 1 WEEK away - May 25, 2026!
With @KelloggInst, we invite proposals for survey questions, modules, & experiments on democracy & political behavior across the Americas.
📄:
vanderbilt.edu/lapop/2027Ame…
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
May 13
1/ Excited to report we have a new paper out @Nature today! The bottom line: training data for LLMs does not just fall from the sky - it is created in the context of existing social political institutions - and that has consequences for LLM output.
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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May 12
"The highest form of respect for a theory is not empty reverence, but a fair test. And sometimes, the fairest test requires building the design it deserves."
Strongly recommend giving it a read!
May 12
We've been working on these designs since 2022. The project makes the case for a more personalized approach to social science. I wrote a short reflection on Stony Brook, motivated reasoning, and how I came to the project.
newinstruments.substack.com/…
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
Colleagues-- I am looking for a postdoc at @Princeton. Position posted below, and is currently taking applications: I'll begin reviewing applications on July 1. Some flexibility wrt start date. Please circulate as you see fit.
apply.interfolio.com/185840
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May 5
Excited to share the official lapop R package! 🌎
May 5
1/ If you work with #AmericasBarometer data in R, you’ve probably rebuilt the same workflow over & over: labels, weights, rescaling, plots, exports.
We built the lapop R package to make these workflows faster, cleaner, & reproducible.
Now on CRAN: install.packages("lapop") 🧵
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Apr 27
#AmericasBarometer call for proposals.
We welcome proposals for questions to be fielded across all countries, a subset of countries, or a single country.
All proposals need to be submitted through the online form. Submission deadline: May 25, 2026.
📢 Call for Proposals: 2027 #AmericasBarometer
Submit survey questions for a leading cross-national study of democracy & public opinion across the Americas.
📅 Deadline: May 25, 2026
🔗 Learn more & apply: vanderbilt.edu/lapop/untitle…
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
New preprint out today (osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/pv…). We tested whether AI agents are actually infiltrating online surveys.
Spoiler alert: they aren't
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
Mar 16
📢 Call for Nominations: 2026 #CSES Awards 📢
Recognizing outstanding scholarship using CSES data:
🏆 GESIS Klingemann Prize
📄 David Howell Award
We welcome nominations across regions, methods, & career stages.
⌛️Learn more & submit by April 22: cses.org/2026/03/06/2026awar…
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
📣 Call for Papers (SeLAB 2026) 📣
Submit paper & poster proposals for the 4th annual Southeast Latin American Behavior (SeLAB) mini-conference, Fri, Oct 23, 2026 at University of Maryland, College Park.
Submit: forms.gle/GMB62rfo9BNuRYKw5
Hope to see you in Maryland this fall!
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
Feb 12
📢 2026 Seligson Prize: Call for Nominations
Nominate outstanding scholarship using #AmericasBarometer data. The prize honors the legacy of Mitchell A. Seligson, founder of @LAPOP_Lab & pioneer in public opinion research.
⏳Nominations due April 15
ℹ️ vanderbilt.edu/lapop/seligso…
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
📢Big news! CGD at @VanderbiltU is now the U.S. home of the Comparative Study of Election Surveys (@csestweets ).
In partnership with @GESIS_org, CGD will manage this flagship international collaboration on open, high-quality election data worldwide.
tinyurl.com/y28xaxr4
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
📢Don’t miss it! Apply now to our 2026 Summer School in International Survey Methods, an 8-day, in-person program focused on international survey research.
🗓 June 8–17, 2026
⏳ Deadline: Feb. 9
🔗 Apply here:forms.office.com/r/Q4ZwT75jE…
📢 Applications are open for our 2026 Summer School in International Survey Methods!
An 8-day, in-person program for graduate students, faculty, and research practitioners working on surveys beyond the US.
🗓 June 8–17, 2026
🔗 Apply by Feb. 9: forms.office.com/r/Q4ZwT75jE…
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
📢 Applications are open for our 2026 Summer School in International Survey Methods!
An 8-day, in-person program for graduate students, faculty, and research practitioners working on surveys beyond the US.
🗓 June 8–17, 2026
🔗 Apply by Feb. 9: forms.office.com/r/Q4ZwT75jE…
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
29 Oct 2025
📢 Our last #WISM talk of 2025 is next week!
🗓️ Wed. Nov. 5 @ 11 am CT
Featuring @ShanaS_Warren of @poverty_action, who drives evidence-based approaches to scaling impact in global development.
🔗Register: vanderbi.lt/wism-signup
🔗More info: vanderbilt.edu/lapop/wism.ph…
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
7 Oct 2025
How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?
Our paper, first view at @polanalysis, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, Lucid):
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
1 Oct 2025
📢 Our next #WISM talk is coming up!
🗓 Wed. Oct. 8 @ 11 am CT
@camatus an expert on state repression, political violence, and civil society under authoritarian regimes in Latin America.
🔗 Sign up here: vanderbi.lt/wism-signup
More info here: vanderbilt.edu/lapop/wism.ph…
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Robert Vidigal retweeted
5 Sep 2025
Super excited about hosting this workshop @TheLBJSchool @UTAustin with Diego! Please apply by 10/15, and see below for more details
5 Sep 2025
📢 Call for Papers! Building Democratic Resilience workshop — Mar 6, 2026 at @TheLBJSchool, UT Austin. Organized by @IsabelLaterzo & me. Seeking work on democracy, backsliding/resilience, institutions, attitudes & civic engagement. Apply by Oct 15: tinyurl.com/BDRLatAm
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Join me at the first WISM talk this Fall!
3 Sep 2025
🚨The wait is over—#WISM is back this fall!
Join us for cutting-edge survey methods talks from global experts.
🔗 Sign up here: vanderbi.lt/wism-signup
Check out the rest of the 2025 Fall schedule here: vanderbilt.edu/lapop/wism.ph…
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