In Song Kim
@insongkim
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Associate Professor of Political Science @MIT. Creator of LobbyView and TradeLab. Using #BigData to study firms and trade.
Cambridge, MA
Joined June 2010
I am pleased to announce a major update of the LobbyView database available for public access at This database allows researchers to effectively search, visualize, and download lobbying data in the U.S. between 1999 and 2020. Some key features:
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Join MIT's Lobbyview team as a Data Engineer. Specialize in ETL for novel money-in-politics data analysis. Make a difference in computational social science research! Key skills: PostgreSQL, Python, cloud servers. #dataengineer #python Apply here:
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@CharliePilgrim Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. It seems that the server is down. Hopefully it will come back soon and the link works… Otherwise, I will post a new working link as soon as possible. Thanks once again.
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I am happy to share that we have posted a postdoc position at MIT. If you are interested in working with me on exciting computational social science projects, please apply! Details are here:
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@JamesGDAngelo @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci This is a good point. Of course, it is important to think about whether information becomes especially more "transparent" to certain actors (e.g., lobbyists) than to others. It is also important to think about any unintended consequences as you noted. Thanks.
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@ScottsSoapbox Thanks. I look forward to hearing about your thoughts on LobbyView. You might find the keyword search also useful for case studies. There are many other functionalities that, I hope, are useful for academic research. Once again, thanks!
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@ScottsSoapbox Thanks for asking. OpenSecrets is great, but the main value-added would be that we offer standardized firm and industry identifiers so that researchers can merge lobbying data with other financial dbs. We also distinguish issue-specific involvements of lobbyists and gov agencies
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