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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 10d

@carotorreblanca.bsky.social , Will Dinneen, and my paper entitled "Political Science Under Pressure: Competition and Collaboration in a Growing Discipline, 2003-2023" has been (conditionally) accepted at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.

This paper has been a labor of love. osf.io/preprints/os...

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Diego Romero @diegoromero.bsky.social · 15d

The deadline to apply to the Building Democratic Resilience workshop is coming. Please consider submitting your work!

Diego Romero @diegoromero.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢 Call for Papers! Building Democratic Resilience workshop — Mar 6, 2026 at The LBJ School, UT Austin. Organized by @isabellatingley.bsky.social & me. Seeking work on democracy, backsliding/resilience, institutions, attitudes & civic engagement. Apply by Oct 15: tinyurl.com/BDRLatAm

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 18d

Poll after poll shows corruption is THE issue voters care about. And Jeffries goes out of his way to praise Adams, whose public corruption charges were dropped after Trump’s DOJ unceremoniously shut the case down?

Democrats have the winning hand right in front of them. Wild that they won’t play it.

statement titled “Leader Jeffries Statement on Mayor Eric L. Adams.” It says Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries thanked Adams for decades of service as an NYPD officer, state senator, Brooklyn Borough President, and New York City’s 110th mayor. The statement highlights achievements under Adams, including reduced violent crime, more affordable housing, and recovery from COVID-19. Jeffries acknowledges ongoing challenges like the high cost of living but says meaningful progress was made. He thanks Adams for his service and says that in the coming days his focus will shift to Republican healthcare and government funding issues, and that he will comment on the remaining mayoral candidates before early voting begins.

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Joséphine Lechartre @jolechartre.bsky.social · 19d

Excited for NPEC this week at Brown University where
@diegoromero.bsky.social
and I will present our work on the effects of organized crime on public procurement capture in Guatemala along such stellar colleagues! Thanks to @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social and Brian Knight for the invitation!

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Diego Romero @diegoromero.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢 Call for Papers! Building Democratic Resilience workshop — Mar 6, 2026 at The LBJ School, UT Austin. Organized by @isabellatingley.bsky.social & me. Seeking work on democracy, backsliding/resilience, institutions, attitudes & civic engagement. Apply by Oct 15: tinyurl.com/BDRLatAm

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Nicolás de la Cerda @ndelacerda.bsky.social · Mar 27

Our paper with @samjfuller.bsky.social and @jrametta.bsky.social is finally out at @polbehavior.bsky.social! You can find it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Affect, Not Ideology: The Heterogeneous Effects of Partisan Cues on Policy Support - Political Behavior

How do individuals process political information? What behavioral mechanisms drive partisan bias? In this paper, we evaluate the extent to which partisan bias is driven by affect or ideology in a thre...

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · Mar 18

A reminder that we are hosting the webinar below on Wednesday at 12p ET. We would love if you joined us!

upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Jeremy Springman @jrspringman.bsky.social · Mar 2

My grant was one of those terminated. Our team included political and climate scientists using machine learning/language models and a unique corpus of high quality media from developing countries to model the effects of climate change on climate adaptation, political stability, and conflict. (1/2)

Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · Mar 2

NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated.
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Pentagon guts national security program that harnessed social science

Dozens of U.S. academics lose grants from Minerva program for studies related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and other threats

www.science.org

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The QoG Institute @qoginstitute.bsky.social · Feb 10

The episode #123 of KickBack: The Global Anticorruption Podcast features an insightful discussion with experts from the QoG Institute, Marcia Grimes and Monika Bauhr, on the complex relationship between corruption and democracy.

🎧 Listen now:
soundcloud.com/kickback-gap...

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Jan 7

As we step into a new year, we are excited to welcome a new group of GLD Fellows! A heartfelt welcome to our 12 new program fellows joining us in 2025.

Here’s to a year filled with collaboration and shared experiences 🎉

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Jeremy Springman @jrspringman.bsky.social · Nov 14

Join me tomorrow at the World Bank to talk about how @pdri-devlab.bsky.social and others are using AI/ML to increase and improve civic engagement.

Register here: bit.ly/49fZoOF
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Benjamin C.K. Egerod @bcegerod.bsky.social · Oct 7

🚨Call for Papers🚨 Psyched to announce the CBS-Princeton Money in Politics conference to be held in Copenhagen, June 2024. Third iteration of the conference, always a fantastic experience. Send us your papers before Jan 5, '24!

Link: shorturl.at/ampPV 1/2

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · Oct 2

We are still searching for a program manger here at PDRI-DevLab, who would manage a portfolio of studies around migration, displacement and human trafficking. Come work with Erik Wibbels, and I and our great, fun, and collegial team. Please consider applying (or nudging others to apply).

Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · Sep 26

We are hiring!

Come work with as a Program Manager, at the Penn Development Research Initiative- DevLab. Your primarily responsible would be managing a portfolio of research projects. Our team is fun, the university benefits are generous, and the city is great.

Details at: shorturl.at/flIJY

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Liana Eustacia Reyes @lianaeustacia.bsky.social · Sep 26

It’s Hispanic Heritage Month! I’m going to intro my fave Hispanic scholars. A little about me: I’m TT AP at Purdue. 1st gen Amer. Cuban (Mom), Aruban-Venezuelan (Dad). Lived in LOTS of places, inc VZ. High school dropout, comm college grad, JD & PHD. Research rebel law/gov & conflict resolution.

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