Joan Ricart-Huguet
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social
PhD at Princeton, Associate Professor at Loyola U. Maryland. Political leaders, education, colonialism, development, inequality, culture, Africa. www.ricarthuguet.com
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My favorite paper received the David & Helen Kimble Prize for best article published by The Journal of Modern African Studies in 2022! 🥳 #culture #Makerere
Article: t.co/Y3wXSZScIQ
Blog post: tinyurl.com/4wd5xttn @africaatlse.bsky.social
@mariasolemarsh.bsky.social @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
Article: t.co/Y3wXSZScIQ
Blog post: tinyurl.com/4wd5xttn @africaatlse.bsky.social
@mariasolemarsh.bsky.social @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org
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I am hiring a post-doctoral fellow (2 years) to work on all things political finance in Africa. There are no teaching obligations, and lots of opportunities for fieldwork. A PhD in Political Science is a requirement. Please spread the word! Happy to answer questions - send them to my LSE email.
🚨We're #hiring!
We're looking for a #Research #Fellow to join our team. The successful candidate will be part of the research project "Political #Finance in #Africa" led by Associate Professor @sarahbrierley.bsky.social for 2 years.
🗓️Apply by Monday 12 January 👇🏽
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We're looking for a #Research #Fellow to join our team. The successful candidate will be part of the research project "Political #Finance in #Africa" led by Associate Professor @sarahbrierley.bsky.social for 2 years.
🗓️Apply by Monday 12 January 👇🏽
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Research Fellow (Political Finance in Africa (POLFINA))
Research Fellow (Political Finance in Africa (POLFINA)),
,
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #333333;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equi...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I am hiring a post-doctoral fellow (2 years) to work on all things political finance in Africa. There are no teaching obligations, and lots of opportunities for fieldwork. A PhD in Political Science is a requirement. Please spread the word! Happy to answer questions - send them to my LSE email.
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📣📣📣 GREAT, time-sensitive opportunity for senior/mid-career scholars to join us in Madrid at UC3M´s social sciences department (UC3M-ATRAE Program 2026) on an attractive pay+research funds package 📣📣📣
This does NOT happen everyday.
THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n
This does NOT happen everyday.
THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
📣📣📣 GREAT, time-sensitive opportunity for senior/mid-career scholars to join us in Madrid at UC3M´s social sciences department (UC3M-ATRAE Program 2026) on an attractive pay+research funds package 📣📣📣
This does NOT happen everyday.
THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n
This does NOT happen everyday.
THREAD below if this is of interest 1/n
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we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
Goethe-Universität — FB03 - Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. Lebendig, urban und weltoffen besitzt sie als Stiftungsuniversität ein einzigartiges Maß an E...
www.uni-frankfurt.de
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure
www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...
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College costs are soaring! www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
College costs are soaring! www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
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File this under very clever data. Congratulations Joan!
📢 new episode out: What College Dorms can teach us about Culture
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social learns from college students at Makerere University in Uganda 🇺🇬 how culture develops and persists among its randomly assigned college dorms.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social learns from college students at Makerere University in Uganda 🇺🇬 how culture develops and persists among its randomly assigned college dorms.
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com/episodes/epi...
EPISODE 3.7: What College Dorms can teach us about Culture, with Joan Ricart-Huguet — Scope Conditions Podcast
www.scopeconditionspodcast.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
File this under very clever data. Congratulations Joan!
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Xiang Zhou (Harvard Sociology) and I are recruiting two postdoctoral fellows through the An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard’s Fairbank Center. The theme for 2026–27 is the Social Foundations of State Power in China. Deadline: January 15, 2026. fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/affiliation-...
An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship – Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
fairbank.fas.harvard.edu
December 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Xiang Zhou (Harvard Sociology) and I are recruiting two postdoctoral fellows through the An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard’s Fairbank Center. The theme for 2026–27 is the Social Foundations of State Power in China. Deadline: January 15, 2026. fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/affiliation-...
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This project began in a "let's catch up" lunch meeting at APSA several years back.
We did not realize at the time how hard it would be to collect the data necessary to answer a simple RQ: Does publishing disaggregated electoral results deter voting aggregation fraud?
We did not realize at the time how hard it would be to collect the data necessary to answer a simple RQ: Does publishing disaggregated electoral results deter voting aggregation fraud?
From October 2025 -
Do More Disaggregated Electoral Results Deter Aggregation Fraud? - cup.org/3LBfv1G
"...we found no evidence that greater transparency leads to substitution into other forms of electoral manipulation..."
- Miguel R. Rueda, @guygrossman.bsky.social & Shuning Ge
#OpenAccess
Do More Disaggregated Electoral Results Deter Aggregation Fraud? - cup.org/3LBfv1G
"...we found no evidence that greater transparency leads to substitution into other forms of electoral manipulation..."
- Miguel R. Rueda, @guygrossman.bsky.social & Shuning Ge
#OpenAccess
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This project began in a "let's catch up" lunch meeting at APSA several years back.
We did not realize at the time how hard it would be to collect the data necessary to answer a simple RQ: Does publishing disaggregated electoral results deter voting aggregation fraud?
We did not realize at the time how hard it would be to collect the data necessary to answer a simple RQ: Does publishing disaggregated electoral results deter voting aggregation fraud?
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🚨Jobs!🚨
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Research Officer
Research Officer,
,
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #333333;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</s...
jobs.lse.ac.uk
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🚨Jobs!🚨
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!
Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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This was fun to write & we hope useful to scholars, policymakers & journalists. Alioune Ngom & I dig into #Senegal’s political history to correct two recurring media claims.👇Open access @africanaffairs.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1093/afra... @economist.com @liberation.fr @france24.com @en.france24.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This was fun to write & we hope useful to scholars, policymakers & journalists. Alioune Ngom & I dig into #Senegal’s political history to correct two recurring media claims.👇Open access @africanaffairs.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1093/afra... @economist.com @liberation.fr @france24.com @en.france24.com
This was fun to write & we hope useful to scholars, policymakers & journalists. Alioune Ngom & I dig into #Senegal’s political history to correct two recurring media claims.👇Open access @africanaffairs.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1093/afra... @economist.com @liberation.fr @france24.com @en.france24.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This was fun to write & we hope useful to scholars, policymakers & journalists. Alioune Ngom & I dig into #Senegal’s political history to correct two recurring media claims.👇Open access @africanaffairs.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1093/afra... @economist.com @liberation.fr @france24.com @en.france24.com
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This is an interesting paper.
I continue to sense that we as a field have concluded, either you have an identification strategy as defined here, or you don’t have a valid causal claim. And that is really not true.
I continue to sense that we as a field have concluded, either you have an identification strategy as defined here, or you don’t have a valid causal claim. And that is really not true.
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is an interesting paper.
I continue to sense that we as a field have concluded, either you have an identification strategy as defined here, or you don’t have a valid causal claim. And that is really not true.
I continue to sense that we as a field have concluded, either you have an identification strategy as defined here, or you don’t have a valid causal claim. And that is really not true.
Good week: On Wed, @loyolaeducation.bsky.social welcomed Dr @denismukwege.bsky.social, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting sexual violence in wars/Congo.
On Th, Loyola Prof Elizabeth Schmidt delivered the @asanewsonline.bsky.social Presidential Lecture. Why did S. Rhodesia last 15 years? 👇
On Th, Loyola Prof Elizabeth Schmidt delivered the @asanewsonline.bsky.social Presidential Lecture. Why did S. Rhodesia last 15 years? 👇
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Good week: On Wed, @loyolaeducation.bsky.social welcomed Dr @denismukwege.bsky.social, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting sexual violence in wars/Congo.
On Th, Loyola Prof Elizabeth Schmidt delivered the @asanewsonline.bsky.social Presidential Lecture. Why did S. Rhodesia last 15 years? 👇
On Th, Loyola Prof Elizabeth Schmidt delivered the @asanewsonline.bsky.social Presidential Lecture. Why did S. Rhodesia last 15 years? 👇
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Do architecture and urban planning affect political behavior? Happy to share a paper that @tesaliarizzo.bsky.social and I have coming out at the APSR which uses computer vision to investigate how the built environment shapes inequalities in civic participation in Mexico: osf.io/preprints/so.... 🧵1/5
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Do architecture and urban planning affect political behavior? Happy to share a paper that @tesaliarizzo.bsky.social and I have coming out at the APSR which uses computer vision to investigate how the built environment shapes inequalities in civic participation in Mexico: osf.io/preprints/so.... 🧵1/5
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Book workshops are *fantastic.* Whether or not resources are an issue, the Zoom version (2-3 hours) works incredibly well and makes it much easier for participants to attend.
Other book workshop tips 🧵:
Other book workshop tips 🧵:
I wish more schools had money to organize book workshops. I have attended one today that was intellectually so stimulating. As any good book workshop, it will not only make the manuscript that was being discussed better, but it will make the future work of all the participants better.
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Book workshops are *fantastic.* Whether or not resources are an issue, the Zoom version (2-3 hours) works incredibly well and makes it much easier for participants to attend.
Other book workshop tips 🧵:
Other book workshop tips 🧵:
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The clock is ticking! ⌛
You have until Sunday to submit your proposal for the Spring!
You have until Sunday to submit your proposal for the Spring!
Our Call for Papers for the Spring 2026 is still open!
Submit your proposal by November 9th using this link: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT...
For more information visit: apsg.work/cfp/
Submit your proposal by November 9th using this link: forms.gle/SvZv98ke4QUT...
For more information visit: apsg.work/cfp/
Apply to Present Your Work!
Complete the form to be considered for the Authoritarian Political Systems Group Spring 2026 Season. Read the Seminar Rules before applying.
forms.gle
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The clock is ticking! ⌛
You have until Sunday to submit your proposal for the Spring!
You have until Sunday to submit your proposal for the Spring!
Join the 1st DMV-WEPS! RSVP & info here: forms.gle/GQrG6HDx6xab...
Friday, November 14 10am-5pm
@gwu1821.bsky.social Dept. of Political Science
Friday, November 14 10am-5pm
@gwu1821.bsky.social Dept. of Political Science
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Join the 1st DMV-WEPS! RSVP & info here: forms.gle/GQrG6HDx6xab...
Friday, November 14 10am-5pm
@gwu1821.bsky.social Dept. of Political Science
Friday, November 14 10am-5pm
@gwu1821.bsky.social Dept. of Political Science
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ASREC Graduate Student Workshop
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
ASREC Graduate Student Workshop
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
19-21 March 2026
Orange CA
Join me, @avitallivny.bsky.social, Dan Hungerman, and Jonathan Schulz for one day of lectures overviewing the field followed by attending the ASREC conference
Deadline: 14 November
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021.
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏
A short 🧵
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NEW -
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ
- @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen
#OpenAccess
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ
- @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen
#OpenAccess
October 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
NEW -
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ
- @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen
#OpenAccess
Paths to Power: A New Dataset on the Social Profile of Governments - https://cup.org/47i6oKQ
- @jacobnyrup.bsky.social, @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social & Ina Lyftingsmo Kristiansen
#OpenAccess
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Here's 90 minutes with @adamprz.bsky.social,
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
The State of American Democracy with Steven Levitsky, Adam Przeworski, Susan Stokes and Daniel Ziblatt | The Civic Forum E10
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Here's 90 minutes with @adamprz.bsky.social,
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and
@dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...
To all DC, MD and VA scholars: Submit your paper to the first annual DMV-WEPS by 9/22! And please repost to spread the word @gvisconti.bsky.social @acooperman.bsky.social
🚨 Exciting news! Today, we’re launching DMV-WEPS — the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) Workshop in Empirical Political Science — together with @acooperman.bsky.social and
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social.
sites.google.com/view/dmv-wep...
@ricarthuguet.bsky.social.
sites.google.com/view/dmv-wep...
DMV-WEPS
DMV-WEPS
sites.google.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
To all DC, MD and VA scholars: Submit your paper to the first annual DMV-WEPS by 9/22! And please repost to spread the word @gvisconti.bsky.social @acooperman.bsky.social
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1/2 Buscamos RA (con base en Francia—ideal Toulouse; remoto OK; medio tiempo o tiempo completo). Stata obligatorio. Proyectos en economía política (desinformación y capacidad estatal local) con
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo Montenegro
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo Montenegro
September 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
1/2 Buscamos RA (con base en Francia—ideal Toulouse; remoto OK; medio tiempo o tiempo completo). Stata obligatorio. Proyectos en economía política (desinformación y capacidad estatal local) con
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo Montenegro
@hlarreguy.bsky.social
@jmerilainen.bsky.social
Natalia Garbiras Diaz
Mateo Montenegro
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It was my great pleasure to celebrate @natalie-letsa.bsky.social's "The Autocratic Voter: Partisanship and Political Socialization under Dictatorship" today at @apsa.bsky.social. Buy, read, and cite this incredibly important book!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
September 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It was my great pleasure to celebrate @natalie-letsa.bsky.social's "The Autocratic Voter: Partisanship and Political Socialization under Dictatorship" today at @apsa.bsky.social. Buy, read, and cite this incredibly important book!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
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My department @uwmadison.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in environmental politics. Send us your application. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
September 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My department @uwmadison.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in environmental politics. Send us your application. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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Applications for our Visiting Fellowship are open @kellogginstitute.bsky.social, and I want to encourage folks of all ranks to apply! It is a tremendous intellectual community, and we are looking for postdoctoral as well as junior and senior faculty fellows kellogg.nd.edu/about-our-vi...
About Our Visiting Fellowships | Kellogg Institute For International Studies
Since 1983, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies has offered visiting fellowships to promote interdisciplinary international research in a supportive community of scholars.
kellogg.nd.edu
September 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Applications for our Visiting Fellowship are open @kellogginstitute.bsky.social, and I want to encourage folks of all ranks to apply! It is a tremendous intellectual community, and we are looking for postdoctoral as well as junior and senior faculty fellows kellogg.nd.edu/about-our-vi...