Adam Berinsky (@adamberinsky.bsky.social)

@charapod.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 4:00 PMReposted by @adamberinsky.bsky.social

We’re launching the LLM Election Observatory: llmelectionobservatory.org, a research project with @adamberinsky.bsky.social, Charles Stewart, Nicolas Emmenegger, Young-Kyung Kim, and Alessandro Morosini on how LLMs respond to election-related questions. @nytimes.com wrote a story about it. 1/n

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@ericcolumbus.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 12:21 AMReposted by @adamberinsky.bsky.social

This is like Cookie Monster renouncing dessert

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 11:51 PM

Omg. When you’ve lost Joe DiGenova….

diGenova just told me by phone when I asked about his abrupt exit:
"If you want indictments where there's no evidence, you have an ethical problem"

@adamberinsky.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 1:47 PM

right now we are running only every 5 days because of cost limitations. If we had more $, we would do it more often

@adamberinsky.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 12:30 PM

I'm excited to share this article about a project I've been working on with fantastic collaborators. Check out the dashboard for yourself here: llmelectionobservatory.org

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/b...

@adamberinsky.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 10:28 PM

New school year. New rubber stamp. I’ll be using this one sparingly.

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social Sep 1, 2026, 1:24 AMReposted by @adamberinsky.bsky.social

Dying with measles is not the same thing as dying of measles.

@adamberinsky.bsky.social Aug 31, 2026, 9:39 PM

Definitely check it out!

@adamberinsky.bsky.social Aug 31, 2026, 9:38 PM

We checked this out yesterday. Pretty awesome!

@adamberinsky.bsky.social Aug 18, 2026, 6:33 PM

We tried something in 2012 where we tried to increase engagement in the survey as a whole by feeding people questions related to their (preidentified) hobbies. Not much in the way of impact though.

See Study 3 here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

sciencedirect.comCan we turn shirkers into workers?Survey researchers increasingly employ attention checks to identify inattentive respondents and reduce noise. Once inattentive respondents are identif…

@adamberinsky.bsky.social Aug 11, 2026, 7:37 PM

I have spent far more time thinking and talking about AI policy than I thought I would when I became co-editor at AJPS a year ago. Here is the latest iteration of our policy.

American Journal of Political Science (AJPS)@ajpseditor.bsky.socialAug 11, 2026, 4:06 PM

The American Journal of Political Science has updated it's policy on AI accountability and transparency for authors and reviewers. Read the Editor's Blog here: ajps.org/2026/08/11/r.... The updated policy can be referenced here: ajps.org/ajps-ai-poli....

ajps.orgRevised AJPS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy for Authors and ReviewersThe American Journal of Political Science has just published a revised artificial intelligence (AI) policy for authors and reviewers, available here. This new policy reflects our desire to prioriti…

@adamberinsky.bsky.social Jun 29, 2026, 3:10 AM

Boy this was a long road, but glad it's finally out! @dgrand.bsky.social @robbwiller.bsky.social @arechar.bsky.social (along with Michael N. Stagnaro, James N. Druckman, not tagable)

Nature Human Behaviour@nathumbehav.nature.comJun 22, 2026, 4:39 PM

Representativeness and response validity across nine opt-in online samples

dlvr.itRepresentativeness and response validity across nine opt-in online samplesNature Human Behaviour, Published online: 22 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02438-zStagnaro et al. compare nine opt-in participant samples on measures of response validity, representativeness and professionalism. They find substantial variation across samples and offer guidance for choosing samples based on the research question.