Postdoctoral Research Associate | University of Manchester | Digital Research and Quantitative Politics | PhD from University of Southampton | #PUSBhttps://bsky.app/profile/conorgaughan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/conorgaughan.bsky.social/post/3me4l4nrpws22🚨New publication out in Social Science Computer Review! Non-response in linked survey-to-Twitter/X data differs systematically across several sociodemographic, behavioural, and attitudinal characteristics, and these effects can vary between countries and over time: https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439326142111405 Feb 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:fawfbmdw7ipdpglharduc5bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4l4nrpws22https://bsky.app/profile/conorgaughan.bsky.social/post/3m3f4aevx6k2v🚨There's a really cool funded PhD opportunity at the University of Manchester to work on measuring political rhetoric and influence on social media! If anyone knows of any students in social and/or computer science who might be interested: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/hums-bicentenary-phd-conceptualising-and-measuring-political-rhetoric-and-influence-on-social-media/?p18791917 Oct 2025 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:fawfbmdw7ipdpglharduc5bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3f4aevx6k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/conorgaughan.bsky.social/post/3lifmtv3f5c2gStill a real lack of right-wing presence among UK politicians so far, but overall is looking good 🇬🇧🦋 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2025 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:fawfbmdw7ipdpglharduc5bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifmtv3f5c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/conorgaughan.bsky.social/post/3lgpvb3vefk27Check it out if you haven't already! 👇🏻🚨👇🏻 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jan 2025 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:fawfbmdw7ipdpglharduc5bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgpvb3vefk27https://bsky.app/profile/conorgaughan.bsky.social/post/3lf7ts7rqtk2sReally cool work by @chanret.bsky.social and @vlazarov.bsky.social! Speaking of left-right positions of UK MPs, it turns out that their social media followership is also an extremely effective way of generating ideology estimates too 👇👀👇 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123424000450 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jan 2025 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:fawfbmdw7ipdpglharduc5bp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf7ts7rqtk2s