The December edition of the #DEMSCORE Newsletter is out.
In this issue, we look back at 2025 and offer a preview of what’s coming in 2026.
The newsletter:
mailchi.mp/demscore/new...

See you again in 2026! Until then, we wish you happy and peaceful holidays.🎄

#polisky #SocialScienceData #PolDataSky

Save the Date: #DEMSCORE Conference 2026
The fourth DEMSCORE Conference will take place in Gothenburg on June 8–9, 2026.
More information: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

@ucdp.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social @vdeminstitute.bsky.social @viewsforecasting.org ‬‬
@repdem-org.bsky.social
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📢 New Thematic dataset: 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
The #Demscore v6 update comes with a new thematic dataset on Laws and Liberties.
Available for free at the Demscore website: www.demscore.se/data/themati...

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#SocialScienceData #Polisky #PolDataSky #PoliSciSky #PoliticalScienceData

🎉 New REPDEM update!

Now includes data up to September 2025 — with new cabinets, terminations, a newly added variable and minor corrections.

Explore political parties, parliaments & governments in 33 democracies since 1945.

Find it here: repdem.org

#Demscore #Government #Data #Opendata

🏛️ Today is the last day of #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki, and your last chance to come by the #DEMSCORE booth in the Exhibition area of the Law Building.

If you do, you could f ex find out more about a useful DEMSCORE #DataHack👇
#Polisky #PoliSciSky #SocialScience #CompSocialScience
@ecpr.bsky.social

This week #DEMSCORE is at the #ECPR General Conference 2025, at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
The DEMSCORE team will be available throughout the conference at our booth in the Exhibition area of the Law Building.
A virtual booth is accessible via the event app: ecpr.eu/app
#ecprgc25 #PoliSky

🏆We are happy to announce that #DEMSCORE has received the 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 & 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Award, in the framework of Acquisition International’s Non-Profit Organisation Award 2025🎉

#SocialScienceData #SocialScience #PolDataSky #PoliSkyData #PoliSciSky #PoliSky #AcademicSky
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🎉 New data drop!

We’ve just updated our dataset covering political parties, parliaments, and governments in 33 parliamentary democracies from 1945 (or their democratic transitions) until June 2025.

Find it here: repdem.org/index.php/cu...

#Democracy #OpenData #ComparativePolitics #Demscore

Thank YOU #demscore for a great conference once again!
We can only agree that accessible and reliable research data on #Democracy #Environment #Migration #SocialPolicy #Conflict and #Representation is becoming increasingly important and look forward to the continued cooperation within Demscore.

As the demand for reliable and accessible data in the areas covered by #Demscore continues to grow, we look forward to keep developing Demscore together to an even more useful and accessible resource.
#Democracy, #Environment, #Migration, #SocialPolicy, #Conflict, #Representation #data
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#DemscoreConference Panel 3: Measurements, Methods, & Infrastructures
@paulbederke.bsky.social, @magnusoberg.bsky.social, & Melina Liethmann (@demscore.bsky.social) discuss current problems and solutions for data merging, with examples from #PartyFacts, #UppsalaConflictDataProgram, and #Demscore
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📍Registration reminder: #DEMSCORE Conference 2025
Join us in Gothenburg, Sweden, on June 9-10 for the Demscore Conference 2025.

🗓️ Registration deadline: May 19

More information and registration: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...
#Polisky #SocialScienceData #SocialScience #ResearchData

#Demscore version 5 offers three new thematic datasets on #EconomicDevelopment, #Health, and #Peace respectively.

Explore all Demscore thematic datasets at www.demscore.se/data/themati...

More in 🧵1(4)
#PoliticalScienceData #Polisky #SocialScienceData #PoliSciSky #SocialScience

More news in #DEMSCORE v5.0 - Added datasets from #COMPLAB and #H-DATA

COMPLAB #MIGPOL Migrant Social Policy Dataset (ImmigSR) www.demscore.se/data/static-...

H-DATA Political Leaders Through Time www.demscore.se/data/static-...

Read more in 🧵1(4)
#polisky #socialsciencedata #migration

#Demscore version 5.0 includes 161 datasets with 25,299 unique variables.
Among these are the updated #REPDEM Basic datasets, providing detailed information on #governments and #PoliticalParties in 33 parliamentary democracies from 1945 until December 2024.
#Polisky #poltheory #PoliSkyData
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📢 #DEMSCORE v5 is out tomorrow, March 28!
The update includes the annual updates from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social & @qoginstitute.bsky.social. #REPDEM Basic dataset has been expanded with countries outside Europe and new, additional datasets from #COMPLAB, @ucdp.bsky.social and #HDATA.
#polisky
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📢 Registration is now open for #DEMSCORE Conference 2025, June 9-10 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Register here: www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

📢 Registration is now open for #DEMSCORE Conference 2025, June 9-10 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Register here: www.demscore.se/.../dem.../d...

@vdeminstitute.bsky.social @ucdp.bsky.social @qoginstitute.bsky.social @medem.bsky.social

#polisky #poltheory
#PoliSkyData #SocialScienceData
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📢Call for Papers DEMSCORE Conference 2025
We invite submissions for research papers, panels, and workshop proposals for the #DEMSCORE Conference 2025, June 9-10 in Gothenburg.

📆Abstract Submission Deadline: March 16

See www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

#PoliSky #PoliSciSky #SocialScience
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📅 Save the Dates: #Demscore Conference 2025, June 9-10 in Gothenburg.
📢 Call for Papers and Panels open now, learn more at www.demscore.se/events/demsc...

@ucdp.bsky.social @vdeminstitute.bsky.social
@medem.bsky.social @digitalsocietyproject.org
@sampol.bsky.social @prioresearch.bsky.social

Read more about the data sources provided by V-Dem, and how they are prepared and included in #Demscore at www.demscore.se/partners/var...
Download the V-Dem static datasets: www.demscore.se/data/static-...
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#Demscore provides free access to harmonized data from several of the world’s largest #datasets on #Democracy, #Environment, #Migration, #SocialPolicy, #Conflict, & #Representation.
@ucdp.bsky.social
@medem.bsky.social
@digitalsocietyproject.org
@vdeminstitute.bsky.social
@prioresearch.bsky.social

💡 Data #Hack: Using #Demscore to Combine External Data
Our latest blog post shows a useful Demscore-hack, illustrating how Demscore can minimize the usual hassle that comes with combining data from different sources 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬.
Read at www.demscore.se/news/using-d...

New in #Demscore v4: The Demscore e-infrastructure has been expanded with new datasets from UCDP and MIGPOL.

#UCDP Peacemakers at Risk Risk (PAR) Dataset
#MIGPOL Historical Immigration Policies (HIP)

Explore the new data at www.demscore.se

@ucdp.bsky.social @medem.bsky.social

❗ Don't forget to apply!
📆 #Demscore #Internship application deadline: Friday November 22.
🌐 www.demscore.se/about/intern...

@ucdp.bsky.social @medem.bsky.social
@digitalsocietyproject.org @sampol.bsky.social
@magnusoberg.bsky.social @kailmarkvart.bsky.social
@silindberg.bsky.social

New in #Demscore v4: Added Download Options = More Customization
The 'Download by Variable’ Interface makes it easy to search for keywords among all variables, filter datasets, view year coverage for individual variables, and select multiple variables.
www.demscore.se/data_analysi...
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📢 New in #Demscore v4: The thematic dataset on #Security and #Violence provides a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners interested in studying the patterns, causes, and effects of violence and security.

Download at www.demscore.se/data/themati...
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#Demscore
@ucdp.bsky.social @medem.bsky.social @digitalsocietyproject.org @magnusoberg.bsky.social
@kailmarkvart.bsky.social @silindberg.bsky.social
@medzihorsky.bsky.social @danpemstein.com
@boesevanessa.bsky.social @chknutsen.bsky.social
@fabioangiolillo.bsky.social

📢 New in #Demscore v 4: Thematic Dataset on #Corruption
The new thematic dataset offers a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners interested in studying the mechanisms, patterns, and consequences of corruption.

Download at www.demscore.se/data/themati...
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Read more about the data sources provided by UCDP and VIEWS, and how they are prepared and included in #Demscore at www.demscore.se/partners/ucd...

Download the UCDP and VIEWS static datasets: www.demscore.se/data/static-...
UCDP @ucdp.bsky.social and VIEWS are hosted at Uppsala University.
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