Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @alexandreafonso
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
13
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-19
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-25
Tweets covering
5 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
The tweets discuss the ongoing debate around the German academic labor market and the structural problems that have been known and researched for years. One tweet highlights a blog post by Alexandre Afonso about how academia resembles a drug gang. Another tweet promotes Afonso's upcoming seminar on nation building, immigration, and welfare entitlement. A few tweets also reference previous blog posts by Afonso that still accurately depict the issues at hand. One tweet expresses frustration with the EU's ability to design poorly functioning systems.
Topic Modeling
- Structural problems in the German academic labor market
- Academia's resemblance to a drug gang
- Nation building, immigration, and welfare entitlement
- The scarcity of academic runners and kingpins
- Evaluation and criticism of EU countries' systems and Brexia
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a variety of emotions, including frustration, recognition, agreement, and admiration towards the research and writing of Alexandre Afonso. The main topic discussed in the tweets is the German academic labor market, with a focus on its structural problems. The tweets also touch on broader issues such as immigration, welfare entitlement, and the dysfunction of European Union countries. Overall, the tone is critical but hopeful, with an emphasis on the need for change and improvement in academic and societal structures.
Trend Analysis
- The debate on #WissZeitVG #IchBinHanna
- The structural problems on the German academic labor market
- Research on the academic labor market
- Affiliate @alexandreafonso's seminar on nation building, immigration, and welfare entitlement
- The ability of EU countries to design demented systems and foster Brexit and the US
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
5
Percentage of total tweets
38%
Number of Original tweets
1
Percentage of total tweets
7%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
13
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
5
Percentage of total tweets
38%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
4
Percentage of total tweets
30%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
5
Percentage of total tweets
38%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter Web App | 9 |
Twitter for iPhone | 3 |
Twitter for Android | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
schnellenbachj | Jan Schnellenbach 🇺🇦🇺🇦 | Economics Prof @ BTU CS. Слава Україні All opinions expressed here are strictly my own. Political Econ, Public Finance, Behavioral Econ, Federalism. | 24,732 |
matthewblongo | Matthew Longo | Asst Prof of Political Science @PolSciLeiden. Author: THE PICNIC (forthcoming 2023 https://t.co/eyCw1kCxZY) & THE POLITICS OF BORDERS (2018). Native New Yorker. | 5,874 |
gkalinkat | Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social | Ecologist at @LeibnizIGB | currently working in @AubeNews | tweeting for @AFL_org | subject editor @oikos_journal | #scicomm @LeibnizPostdocs | views are mine | 3,144 |
KarstenMause | Karsten Mause | Political scientist, Economist, Lecturer in Political Economy, University of Muenster, @WWU_Muenster | 2,873 |
chateaufiesta | Nuno Alexandre | RT!=Endorsement. https://t.co/2Q3SgNmMTc https://t.co/znQMSJHLu1… https://t.co/ZRQQen5bhT https://t.co/AUep1BKGvj | 2,576 |
Uptheleft | Marcello Graziano 🇺🇦 | Economic Geographer & Associate prof. Views are my own. @MarcelloGraziano@econtwitter.net #marsocsci #energy #childcare #FeRSA | 1,174 |
chris__claassen | Chris Claassen | Political scientist at @UofGlasgow. Public opinion, democratic support, immigration attitudes, Bayesian statistics. | 930 |
InaRadtke | Ina Radtke | Assistant Prof @Radboud_Uni @RadboudNSM // public administration // digitalisation // immigration&integration | 858 |
marcusspittler | Marcus Spittler | Born in the last undigitized generation. Researcher on Young Adults. Curious about #QuantitativeMethods and #R. Teaching @FU_Berlin and @DmSchule. | 800 |
LRigarai | Lucie RigaRaï | Everything that doesn't kill me gives me greater empathy | 557 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
gkalinkat | Gregor Kalinkat @gkalinkat@det.social | Ecologist at @LeibnizIGB | currently working in @AubeNews | tweeting for @AFL_org | subject editor @oikos_journal | #scicomm @LeibnizPostdocs | views are mine | 4,990 |
matthewblongo | Matthew Longo | Asst Prof of Political Science @PolSciLeiden. Author: THE PICNIC (forthcoming 2023 https://t.co/eyCw1kCxZY) & THE POLITICS OF BORDERS (2018). Native New Yorker. | 4,935 |
schnellenbachj | Jan Schnellenbach 🇺🇦🇺🇦 | Economics Prof @ BTU CS. Слава Україні All opinions expressed here are strictly my own. Political Econ, Public Finance, Behavioral Econ, Federalism. | 2,780 |
KarstenMause | Karsten Mause | Political scientist, Economist, Lecturer in Political Economy, University of Muenster, @WWU_Muenster | 2,506 |
Uptheleft | Marcello Graziano 🇺🇦 | Economic Geographer & Associate prof. Views are my own. @MarcelloGraziano@econtwitter.net #marsocsci #energy #childcare #FeRSA | 1,784 |
marcusspittler | Marcus Spittler | Born in the last undigitized generation. Researcher on Young Adults. Curious about #QuantitativeMethods and #R. Teaching @FU_Berlin and @DmSchule. | 1,437 |
chateaufiesta | Nuno Alexandre | RT!=Endorsement. https://t.co/2Q3SgNmMTc https://t.co/znQMSJHLu1… https://t.co/ZRQQen5bhT https://t.co/AUep1BKGvj | 1,071 |
InaRadtke | Ina Radtke | Assistant Prof @Radboud_Uni @RadboudNSM // public administration // digitalisation // immigration&integration | 919 |
chris__claassen | Chris Claassen | Political scientist at @UofGlasgow. Public opinion, democratic support, immigration attitudes, Bayesian statistics. | 733 |
SocialCitizens1 | Social Citizenship & Migration | Interdisciplinary research programme @UniLeiden. Generating knowledge and policy on social citizenship and migration. | 463 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
KarstenMause | Political scientist, Economist, Lecturer in Political Economy, University of Muenster, @WWU_Muenster | 2 |
marcusspittler | Born in the last undigitized generation. Researcher on Young Adults. Curious about #QuantitativeMethods and #R. Teaching @FU_Berlin and @DmSchule. | 2 |
InaRadtke | Assistant Prof @Radboud_Uni @RadboudNSM // public administration // digitalisation // immigration&integration | 1 |
LRigarai | Everything that doesn't kill me gives me greater empathy | 1 |
SocialCitizens1 | Interdisciplinary research programme @UniLeiden. Generating knowledge and policy on social citizenship and migration. | 1 |
Uptheleft | Economic Geographer & Associate prof. Views are my own. @MarcelloGraziano@econtwitter.net #marsocsci #energy #childcare #FeRSA | 1 |
chateaufiesta | RT!=Endorsement. https://t.co/2Q3SgNmMTc https://t.co/znQMSJHLu1… https://t.co/ZRQQen5bhT https://t.co/AUep1BKGvj | 1 |
chris__claassen | Political scientist at @UofGlasgow. Public opinion, democratic support, immigration attitudes, Bayesian statistics. | 1 |
gkalinkat | Ecologist at @LeibnizIGB | currently working in @AubeNews | tweeting for @AFL_org | subject editor @oikos_journal | #scicomm @LeibnizPostdocs | views are mine | 1 |
matthewblongo | Asst Prof of Political Science @PolSciLeiden. Author: THE PICNIC (forthcoming 2023 https://t.co/eyCw1kCxZY) & THE POLITICS OF BORDERS (2018). Native New Yorker. | 1 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1637412542459813889 | See also @AlexandreAfonso's @LSEImpactBlog post "How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang" ➡️ https://t.co/ATEmp4k0au #WissZeitVG #IchBinHanna | 4 |
1637405401275588610 | What is also remarkable about the debate on #WissZeitVG #IchBinHanna: The structural problems on the German🇩🇪 academic labor market have been known and researched for years. See, e.g., the @ps_polisci article by @alexandreafonso below ⬇️ https://t.co/S6VoxH8kd4 | 4 |
1639253423496351744 | Almost ten years old this blog post by @alexandreafonso still nails it. Unfortunately. #IchBinHanna #WissZeitVG https://t.co/X6SXyARx5h | 1 |
1638316871748407304 | @alexandreafonso Thanks - nice to hear from you. Hope you're doing well... | 0 |
1638167757026885634 | SC&M affiliate @alexandreafonso will be giving a seminar on the 5th of April on nation building, immigration, and welfare entitlement. For more info follow the link 👉 https://t.co/GCvZcrtHzL https://t.co/MKxfeD7Foe | 0 |
1637546458441302019 | @mlewandowsky @alexandreafonso In short: Viele runner, wenige kingpins. Aber alle träumen vom großen Coup. | 0 |
1637545656729366530 | @mlewandowsky Ich habe gottseidank schon vor 10 Jahren diesen klugen Blog Beitrag von @alexandreafonso gelesen. https://t.co/vbx7OGzNne | 0 |
1637420529710780417 | @KarstenMause @alexandreafonso Will always be amazed by the ability of EU countries to design the most demented systems and foster Brexia and the US no matter what. 🤦♂️ | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1637405401275588610 | What is also remarkable about the debate on #WissZeitVG #IchBinHanna: The structural problems on the German🇩🇪 academic labor market have been known and researched for years. See, e.g., the @ps_polisci article by @alexandreafonso below ⬇️ https://t.co/S6VoxH8kd4 | 17 |
1637412542459813889 | See also @AlexandreAfonso's @LSEImpactBlog post "How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang" ➡️ https://t.co/ATEmp4k0au #WissZeitVG #IchBinHanna | 7 |
1638167757026885634 | SC&M affiliate @alexandreafonso will be giving a seminar on the 5th of April on nation building, immigration, and welfare entitlement. For more info follow the link 👉 https://t.co/GCvZcrtHzL https://t.co/MKxfeD7Foe | 6 |
1637545656729366530 | @mlewandowsky Ich habe gottseidank schon vor 10 Jahren diesen klugen Blog Beitrag von @alexandreafonso gelesen. https://t.co/vbx7OGzNne | 6 |
1637546458441302019 | @mlewandowsky @alexandreafonso In short: Viele runner, wenige kingpins. Aber alle träumen vom großen Coup. | 2 |
1639253423496351744 | Almost ten years old this blog post by @alexandreafonso still nails it. Unfortunately. #IchBinHanna #WissZeitVG https://t.co/X6SXyARx5h | 1 |
1637420529710780417 | @KarstenMause @alexandreafonso Will always be amazed by the ability of EU countries to design the most demented systems and foster Brexia and the US no matter what. 🤦♂️ | 1 |
1638316871748407304 | @alexandreafonso Thanks - nice to hear from you. Hope you're doing well... | 0 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#ichbinhanna | 5 |
#wisszeitvg | 5 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@alexandreafonso | 13 |
@karstenmause | 3 |
@lseimpactblog | 2 |
@ps_polisci | 2 |
@mlewandowsky | 2 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
76
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
➡️ | 2 | right_arrow |
🇩🇪 | 2 | Germany |
⬇️ | 2 | down_arrow |
🤯 | 1 | exploding_head |
👇 | 1 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
👉 | 1 | backhand_index_pointing_right |
🤦♂️ | 1 | man_facepalming |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Symbols | 4 |
People & Body | 3 |
Flags | 2 |
Smileys & Emotion | 1 |