Social distancing measures help contain the spread of COVID-19, but actual compliance
has varied substantially across space and time. We ask whether cultural differences underlie …

Low-dimensional spatial representations of political preferences are a widespread feature of
voting advice applications (VAAs). Currently, VAA spatial maps tend to be defined on the …

Voting advice applications (VAAs), online tools that provide voters with an estimate of their
ideological congruence with political parties or candidates, have become increasingly …

Switzerland has a long tradition of direct democracy, which makes it an ideal laboratory for
research on real-world politics. Similar to recent" open government" initiatives launched …

Parties are usually seen as unitary and cohesive bodies. In this article we explore the extent
to which this is the case also among party candidates. Using candidates' answers to policy …

What are the main dimensions of competition between political parties in Romania? Is there
a match of the electorate policy preferences with those of political parties? This paper …

The thesis aims primarily to analyse the communication strategies of radical right parties.
More specifically, the research examines three cases of radical right parties in Western …

In this thesis, we explore the application of data mining and machine learning techniques to
several practical problems. These problems have roots in various fields such as social …