Caroline M. Brandt
@cbrandt.bsky.social
Berkeley Ph.D., Sylff Fellow at Uppsala University
Scholar of civil conflict peace agreements and international interventions. Lost southerner. She/her.
Scholar of civil conflict peace agreements and international interventions. Lost southerner. She/her.
its pretty funny its a survey about harassment
Greetings to the rest of Europe from the Reply All-pocolypse of my inbox
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
its pretty funny its a survey about harassment
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Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
I am excited to announce that Lisa Hultman and I have been awarded a Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) grant for a three-year project to study why publics support war crimes.
www.uu.se/en/departmen...
www.uu.se/en/departmen...
DPCR awarded two RJ project grants
- Uppsala University
www.uu.se
October 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I am excited to announce that Lisa Hultman and I have been awarded a Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) grant for a three-year project to study why publics support war crimes.
www.uu.se/en/departmen...
www.uu.se/en/departmen...
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🚨The Graduate Student Support Grant is now open 🚨 If you are a graduate student in political science with an urgent financial need-please apply today! Awards are given to applicants on a lottery basis. It doesn't hurt to apply. connect.apsanet.org/graduate/gra...
Graduate Student Member Support Grant FAQ
connect.apsanet.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🚨The Graduate Student Support Grant is now open 🚨 If you are a graduate student in political science with an urgent financial need-please apply today! Awards are given to applicants on a lottery basis. It doesn't hurt to apply. connect.apsanet.org/graduate/gra...
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What should we expect from President Trump’s new executive order on “wrongful detention”? My latest, on @goodauth.bsky.social, explains👇
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
Trump wants to punish countries that wrongfully detain U.S. citizens
A new executive order aims to strike back against “hostage diplomacy.”
goodauthority.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What should we expect from President Trump’s new executive order on “wrongful detention”? My latest, on @goodauth.bsky.social, explains👇
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
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It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
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📢 New publication! 📢
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
September 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
📢 New publication! 📢
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
Why do ordinary citizens participate in election violence in democracies?
Kathleen Klaus and @meganturnbull.bsky.social argue that such violence is often jointly produced by elites and citizens, enabled by threat-based narratives and social networks that legitimize violence.
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Tenured folks, you may not know how to catch up on preparing, so some starting points from someone who was once faculty & is now a higher ed labor organizer:
-Join your campus AAUP chapter.
-If you don't have one, start one—talk to another AAUP chapter in your city/state to make connections. /cont
-Join your campus AAUP chapter.
-If you don't have one, start one—talk to another AAUP chapter in your city/state to make connections. /cont
Not only is this coming for you, it is here and we are collectively behind in preparing.
September 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Tenured folks, you may not know how to catch up on preparing, so some starting points from someone who was once faculty & is now a higher ed labor organizer:
-Join your campus AAUP chapter.
-If you don't have one, start one—talk to another AAUP chapter in your city/state to make connections. /cont
-Join your campus AAUP chapter.
-If you don't have one, start one—talk to another AAUP chapter in your city/state to make connections. /cont
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I'm teaching intro to IR (last minute substitute teacher right here) and today a student asked for great IR podcasts. Can someone point me to the place where this has already been discussed and decided? I do not listen except for special occasions because of my schedule.
August 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I'm teaching intro to IR (last minute substitute teacher right here) and today a student asked for great IR podcasts. Can someone point me to the place where this has already been discussed and decided? I do not listen except for special occasions because of my schedule.
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🎙️In this episode, Karen Brounéus, one of our professors and clinical psychologist, takes us on a journey there and back again. Her research helps us think more deeply about the intrinsic link between #MentalHealth and #ConflictReduction.
Listen:
🎧 Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-i2jm6-...
Listen:
🎧 Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-i2jm6-...
August 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🎙️In this episode, Karen Brounéus, one of our professors and clinical psychologist, takes us on a journey there and back again. Her research helps us think more deeply about the intrinsic link between #MentalHealth and #ConflictReduction.
Listen:
🎧 Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-i2jm6-...
Listen:
🎧 Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-i2jm6-...
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🆕 📣 Making my BlueSky debut to share some exciting news: the first solo-authored publication from my PhD dissertation, published last week 🔓 open access in @gsqjournal.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
A thread 🧵:
A thread 🧵:
August 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🆕 📣 Making my BlueSky debut to share some exciting news: the first solo-authored publication from my PhD dissertation, published last week 🔓 open access in @gsqjournal.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
A thread 🧵:
A thread 🧵:
for scholars using LLMs to classify/analyze/do anything with news sources - does uploading news to commercial LLMs somehow not violate the newspapers' terms of service?
what am I missing here?
what am I missing here?
August 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
for scholars using LLMs to classify/analyze/do anything with news sources - does uploading news to commercial LLMs somehow not violate the newspapers' terms of service?
what am I missing here?
what am I missing here?
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These data from @adambonica.bsky.social are shocking. Scam PACs and the deluge of fundraising texts are an absolute cancer on the Democratic Party, and it ought to excised with extreme prejudice.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/spam-pacs-...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/spam-pacs-...
Spam PACs Raise Money by Deceiving Seniors.
One 89-year-old woman made 7,532 donations totaling $68,666
data4democracy.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
These data from @adambonica.bsky.social are shocking. Scam PACs and the deluge of fundraising texts are an absolute cancer on the Democratic Party, and it ought to excised with extreme prejudice.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/spam-pacs-...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/spam-pacs-...
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Fans of "slow television" are in for a treat, as Swedish TV is live-streaming the effort to move an entire church in Kiruna from one place to another over the course of two days: www.svtplay.se/video/KnDgQ9... Enjoy!
Den stora kyrkflytten – Första dagen
I direktsändning följer vi den världsunika flytten av Kiruna kyrka, från gamla stadskärnan till dess nya plats, fem kilometer bort. Den stora kyrkflytten tar två dagar och är en del av den omfattande ...
www.svtplay.se
August 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Fans of "slow television" are in for a treat, as Swedish TV is live-streaming the effort to move an entire church in Kiruna from one place to another over the course of two days: www.svtplay.se/video/KnDgQ9... Enjoy!
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I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!
We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
August 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!
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Thinking about the DC takeover in light of Jan. 6.
How will the next legally required transition of power go?
How will the next legally required transition of power go?
August 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Thinking about the DC takeover in light of Jan. 6.
How will the next legally required transition of power go?
How will the next legally required transition of power go?
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Wondering about submitting your proposal to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference? See 👇🏻 and its exciting new panel formats.
📍Why a non-profit organization? 📍
EPSA has played a vital role in building a strong network for European political scientists.
We all benefitted, but its structure, controlled by a for-profit company, distributed profits as dividends, rather to its members.
That’s changing. Now.👇
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EPSA has played a vital role in building a strong network for European political scientists.
We all benefitted, but its structure, controlled by a for-profit company, distributed profits as dividends, rather to its members.
That’s changing. Now.👇
/2
August 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Wondering about submitting your proposal to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference? See 👇🏻 and its exciting new panel formats.
its pretty funny how consistently AI thinks I should be using more emojis in this response memo
August 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
its pretty funny how consistently AI thinks I should be using more emojis in this response memo
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EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
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Job alert! Please apply and/or share with your networks!
GLOBIS is hiring a Research Professional to work with us on our Human Rights Programs, especially the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI). (1/3)
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/440...
GLOBIS is hiring a Research Professional to work with us on our Human Rights Programs, especially the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI). (1/3)
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/440...
Research Professional
The Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS) is seeking a high-achieving, detail-oriented researcher to support the Center’s Human Rights Research and Education programs. In particular, this pos...
www.ugajobsearch.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Job alert! Please apply and/or share with your networks!
GLOBIS is hiring a Research Professional to work with us on our Human Rights Programs, especially the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI). (1/3)
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/440...
GLOBIS is hiring a Research Professional to work with us on our Human Rights Programs, especially the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI). (1/3)
www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/440...
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A Cal State faculty member was arrested for protesting ICE.
The Faculty Association is still trying to figure out where he is:
The Faculty Association is still trying to figure out where he is:
July 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A Cal State faculty member was arrested for protesting ICE.
The Faculty Association is still trying to figure out where he is:
The Faculty Association is still trying to figure out where he is:
Letting down important coauthors 🫠
July 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Letting down important coauthors 🫠
hats off to whoever required the EU to update the rules of this grant application to specify "The individual researcher and the supervisor must be two different people."
June 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
hats off to whoever required the EU to update the rules of this grant application to specify "The individual researcher and the supervisor must be two different people."
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Want to easily scrape data from news media sites?
There's an R package for that!
paperboy
"paperboy offers writers of web scrap[ers] a clear path to publish their code & earn co-authorship on the package, while deliver[ing] news media data from many websites in a consistent format."
There's an R package for that!
paperboy
"paperboy offers writers of web scrap[ers] a clear path to publish their code & earn co-authorship on the package, while deliver[ing] news media data from many websites in a consistent format."
June 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Want to easily scrape data from news media sites?
There's an R package for that!
paperboy
"paperboy offers writers of web scrap[ers] a clear path to publish their code & earn co-authorship on the package, while deliver[ing] news media data from many websites in a consistent format."
There's an R package for that!
paperboy
"paperboy offers writers of web scrap[ers] a clear path to publish their code & earn co-authorship on the package, while deliver[ing] news media data from many websites in a consistent format."
I’m at NEPS! Come say hi!!
Have to say, who ever had the idea - what about Peace Science, but make it in Barcelona; that was a good idea
June 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I’m at NEPS! Come say hi!!