Harvard's home for social science research. Links: https://iq.juicer.page Website: https://www.iq.harvard.eduhttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mlqlcjq4ay2rOn Wed 5/20, join us in Lamont Library to learn how the Harvard #Dataverse can help you comply with data sharing policies, support the discovery of and access to #FAIR data, and result in more visibility for your research projects. https://support.dataverse.harvard.edu/event/better-research-vi-data-sharing-harvard-dataverse-person #opendata13 May 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqlcjq4ay2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mlqerkgxzp2rCongratulations to IQSS affiliate Dan Carpenter, Chair of the Department of Government, on being named a Harvard College Professor—one of five faculty honored for “an unwavering commitment to enriching the undergraduate experience.” https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/five-harvard-faculty-named-harvard-college-professors13 May 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqerkgxzp2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mlmcsonsxc2dThe IQSS Startup Foundry was proud to support TeamBirth early in its development. Learn more about how the Foundry helped TeamBirth move from idea to implementation in our success story collection: https://www.iq.harvard.edu/iqss-startup-foundry-stories #Innovation #Harvard #ResearchToImpact #SocialScience [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmcsonsxc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mlbcayf7d62aMembers of the IQSS @dataverseorg.bsky.social team, Phil Durbin and Gustavo Durand, are in Riga to commemorate the first year of Latvia's national research data repository, #DataverseLV! We look forward to future years of collaboration with DataverseLV in the global Dataverse community. #OpenData07 May 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbcayf7d62ahttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mk6msl7wca25Starting at 4:30, #NYU associate professor @tara-slough.bsky.social presents "Bureaucratic Incentives and Data Production: Evidence from Social Registries" at this week's Alesina Seminar. https://www.iq.harvard.edu/event/tara-slough-alesina-seminar #PoliticalScience #SocialPrograms #DataAnalysis23 Apr 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6msl7wca25https://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mjkfhvf3tm2mThursday at 4:30pm: University of Rochester professor John Duggan unpacks two-candidate elections with "Multidimensional Elections" in this week's Alesina Seminar. https://www.iq.harvard.edu/event/john-duggan-alesina-seminar #PoliticalEconomy #Elections #PoliticalScience #DataAnalysis15 Apr 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkfhvf3tm2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mjk67l6hlw2p#CallForPapers for the 2026 CGA Conference, celebrating the CGA's 20th anniversary with the theme "Celebrating Geographic Analysis: Past, Present, and Future.” See the details: https://gis.harvard.edu/call-papers-2026-cga-conference #CGA20 #Harvard #GIS #SpatialAnalysis @cga-harvard.bsky.social15 Apr 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk67l6hlw2phttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mjjxprd65r2lStarting at 12:00 pm ET on Wednesday:Xiang Meng addresses a causal inference challenge with "Reliable Inference for Matching Estimators with Control Reuse: A Single-Matching Variance Approach" at the #AppliedStats workshop. https://appliedstatsworkshopgov3009.hsites.harvard.edu/event/xiang-meng-harvard15 Apr 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjxprd65r2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mj33ein6q72iToday at 4:30 pm: Stanford professor Andrew Hall examines the influence of internal policy teams, presenting "Investing in Political Expertise: The Remarkable Scale of Corporate Policy Teams" at Alesina Seminar this week. https://www.iq.harvard.edu/event/andrew-hall-alesina-seminar #PoliticalEconomy #Lobbying #TextAnalysis09 Apr 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj33ein6q72ihttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mj2v76puq52lWhen the #pandemic kept him from continuing his research abroad, IQSS affiliate Jason Ur shifted his work to uncover something long-hidden in Harvard's own backyard. #Archaeology #BlackHistory #Research #RemoteSensing #GIS #Harvard #History #ColonialHistory https://www.iq.harvard.edu/news/2026/04/forgotten-graves-new-lens-colonial-slavery09 Apr 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2v76puq52lhttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mizm6xxl5w2tSpecial time: Join us THURSDAY at 12:00 ET for the American Politics Research Workshop. Matthew Dardet looks at voter behavior with "Political Risk Aversion and Partisan Sorting in the American Electorate." https://www.iq.harvard.edu/event/matt-dardet-aprw #PoliticalScience #Elections #GradResearch #TextAnalysis09 Apr 2026 01:00 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizm6xxl5w2thttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3miymb5zchs2aStarting at 12:00 ET: @pedrosantanna.bsky.social uses doubly robust estimators to get more accurate estimates in studies on #healthcare, #workforcegrowth, and more at this week's #AppliedStats workshop. https://appliedstatsworkshopgov3009.hsites.harvard.edu/event/pedro-santanna-emory-university08 Apr 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3miymb5zchs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mibwss27su2aA recent paper co-authored by IQSS faculty affiliate Dustin Tingley looks at the effect of the Biden Administration's green investments on public opinion: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2526802123 #SocialScienceResearch #ClimatePolicy #CleanEnergy #PublicOpinion30 Mar 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibwss27su2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mibqb2dtfh2tSave the date: June 2–3, OpenDP at IQSS will host the workshop for Differential Privacy for Health and Genomics, bringing together biomedical and tech professionals to discuss applying #differentialprivacy to health and genomics. Express your interest: https://opendp.org/events/differential-privacy-for-health-and-genomics/30 Mar 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibqb2dtfh2thttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mhb73pwq2s23The preliminary program is now available for the Dataverse Community Meeting in May. You still have time to register! dataverseorg.bsky.social #DCM26 #Dataverse #DataScience https://dcm2026.com/preliminary-programme/17 Mar 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhb73pwq2s23https://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mgsatnn2xr2bStarting at 12:00 ET: Issa Dahabreh ( @hsph.harvard.edu) uses external data to improve #clinicaltrials without affecting unbiased randomization, presenting "Augmenting Randomized Trials" at this week's #AppliedStats workshop. https://appliedstatsworkshopgov3009.hsites.harvard.edu/event/issa-dahabreh-harvard11 Mar 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsatnn2xr2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mgavagzqy42uThurs at 4:30pm: @harvardkennedy.bsky.social assistant professor Gautam Nair presents "Group-targeted wealth transfers reduce #inequality and intergroup conflict but trigger policy backlash" in this week's Alesina Seminar #politicaleconomy #india https://www.iq.harvard.edu/event/gautam-nair-alesina-seminar04 Mar 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgavagzqy42uhttps://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mganwksxyp23Looking to build up your #Rprogramming skills? Learn how to use R for #spatialanalysis in this week's workshop from the @cga-harvard.bsky.social. #GIS #geostatistics #programming #Harvard https://gis.harvard.edu/event/getting-started-spatial-analysis-r https://www.iq.harvard.edu/event/getting-started-spatial-analysis-r04 Mar 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mganwksxyp23https://bsky.app/profile/iqss.bsky.social/post/3mgahoc7tqk2wWeds at 12:00 ET: #Yale assistant professor @melodyyhuang.bsky.social presents "Relative Bias Under Imperfect Identification in Observational #CausalInference" at this week's #AppliedStatistics workshop. #politicalscience #statistics https://appliedstatsworkshopgov3009.hsites.harvard.edu/event/melody-huang-yale04 Mar 2026 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:7rowjpuilxvqerypcvlimgsw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgahoc7tqk2w