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Political science professor at UPenn, studying migration and forced displacement, human trafficking, and poor governance. Co-director of the Penn Development Research Initiative (PDRI-DevLab). Website: https://guygrossman.com .. more

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 24d
Rob Blair (@robertblair.bsky.social), Anna Wilke (@awilke.bsky.social), and I have a new draft of our paper "Can Community Policing Improve Police-Community Relations in a Low-Income Country Setting?"

Comments are welcome:
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 1h
Are you affiliated with UPenn (faculty, staff, student, alumni, or parent/guardian of a student)?

If so, please consider signing the petition calling on President Jameson to categorically reject the Compact for "Excellence in Higher Education."

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Just Say No to Trump's Compact for Academic Extortion
Yesterday, the University of Pennsylvania was one of nine targets of the Trump Administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." Through it, Trump asks once again for universitie...
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2h
tripled... from 0.5m to 1.5m.

Amazing sports story.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 3h
In the meantime, in Israel, there's a crazy debate in all media channels on whether it's respectful and okay or not that 400,000 people booed loudly when Witkoff mentioned Netanyahu yesterday in his "hostages square" speech.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 22h
Think what you think about Trump, but eventually he decided to use the leverage he has over Netanyahu in way that Biden didn’t. Of course , Biden and Harris were constrained by upcoming elections , and yet …
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 22h
Today at the hostages square in Tel Aviv tens of thousands chant “thank you” Trump and booo every time Witkoff mentions Netanyahu.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 23h
Unprecedented = autocratic and anti democratic
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 23h
No concern of bias due to self reporting ?

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d
Some quick thoughts from some @perryworldhouse.bsky.social fellows (including myself) on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

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Perry World House Q&A: The Middle East Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel and Hamas - Perry World House
At 12:00 p.m. local time—or 5:00 a.m. ET—a U.S.-drafted ceasefire agreement went into effect between Israel and Hamas. The agreement is intended to stop the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza and give Israel a...
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d
Michael - thanks a million from many of us across campus for choosing to continue fighting the good fight!
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d
punditary is a form of expertise.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d
not at all premature to make this bold assertion.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d
That too, Stefanie. But I still maintain that the prestige that comes from being called a professor and being revered by society for devoting one's life to research plays a role.

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Motivation in academic life: A prestige economy
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d
I think about this a bit differently. People seek specific careers for a combination of $$ and prestige. Acaemia was able to get some of the best minds, precisely because of warm glow. Once prestige is reduced we are more likely to lose the best minds to the private sector, which can outpay academia
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d
I don't disagree, Maya, but isn't prestige the currency of academia above all?
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d
Maria Corina Machado did not send troops to repress citizens, order assistantion with no trial of alleged drug traffickes, bomb Iran, nor demand the justice department prosecute her opponets on trumped up allegations -- so how on earth did dhe get the Noble Peace Prize?
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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 2d
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 2d
The two sides knowing how desperate Trump was to have the ceasefire announced before the Noble , must have extracted ridiculous promises from him which will be made known to us only in the coming months.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 3d
Netanyahu just clarified that Marwan Barghouti -- convicted in planning an attack that killed 5 Israelis -- is not going to be released.

This is unfortunate. While releasing those with blood on their hand is a difficult decision, who doesn't have blood on their hand at this point on either side?
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 3d
Arguably, the single most consequential prisoner Israel could release is Marwan Barghouti, who is best positioned to unite the different factions and succeed the irrelevant Mahmoud Abbas.

Israel has yet to confirm whether he is going to be released.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 3d
I am not a political strategist, but if I were the democrats, I'd keep pumping all day, "What are they hiding about Trump's health?"
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d
The signs are becoming more obvious.
Trump to Get Second ‘Yearly’ Health Screening in Months — TIME
When the President visits Walter Reed on Friday, he’ll do a “routine” annual check-up, the White House said—despite the fact he just did one in April.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d
The signs are becoming more obvious.
Trump to Get Second ‘Yearly’ Health Screening in Months — TIME
When the President visits Walter Reed on Friday, he’ll do a “routine” annual check-up, the White House said—despite the fact he just did one in April.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 3d
Everyone in Israel understands that Trump forced this ceasefire deal on Netanyahu after the botched attack in Doha. I doubt his coalition can last long. There will be elections in the next six months, I predict, and Netanyahu will lose.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 3d
Money
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I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili
I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili
The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili
I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili
The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 3d
Arguably, the single most consequential prisoner Israel could release is Marwan Barghouti, who is best positioned to unite the different factions and succeed the irrelevant Mahmoud Abbas.

Israel has yet to confirm whether he is going to be released.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 3d
We may be close to the end of the war in Gaza, which is excellent news.

Also - dear journalists: this is not a peace agreement, it's a shaky ceasefire deal.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 3d
Him too. AOC too. He is not the only one.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 4d
Pritzker is one of the only Democratic leaders who is not pretending this is a regular/normal administration.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 5d
Today is Oct 7th, marking two years since Hamas's horrific terror attack. I'm keeping today in my mind all those who have perished on that day, and beyond.

May the Gaza war end as soon as possible. May the hostages return safely, and may both people find a way to live in peaceful coexistence.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 5d
Thanks for the shout-out, Alexia.
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