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Rory Truex @rorytruex.bsky.social · 21d

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...

The State of American Democracy with Steven Levitsky, Adam Przeworski, Susan Stokes and Daniel Ziblatt | The Civic Forum E10

Spotify video

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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · 26d

Hi Carl, it's all ready at GW for this year but thank you very much for the offer! I hope to see you and catch up at the workshop :)

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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · 26d

@laiabalcells.bsky.social @annemeng.bsky.social @teele.bsky.social @lbp2106.bsky.social @feiyonah.bsky.social @kopalo.bsky.social @szakonyi.bsky.social @democracyprofdc.bsky.social @jguardado.bsky.social

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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · 26d

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

Giancarlo Visconti @gvisconti.bsky.social · May 1

🚨 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...

DMV-WEPS

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Horacio Larreguy @hlarreguy.bsky.social · 28d

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

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Daniel Tavana @danieltavana.bsky.social · Sep 14

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...

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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · Sep 13

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...

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Ricky Clark @rickyclark.bsky.social · Sep 11

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.

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Tine Paulsen @tinepaulsen.bsky.social · Sep 12

Daniel Baquero has organized a neat panel on “Reform and Development from Historical Perspectives”
⏰ 8 am tomorrow (Saturday)
📍 East 3
Projects by Daniel, Steve Monroe, me, Yajie Wang, @charasz.bsky.social + @kkrakows.bsky.social. Discussion by @lisablaydes.bsky.social + @ricarthuguet.bsky.social

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Jan P. Vogler @janvogler.bsky.social · Sep 9

Finally, if you are at #APSA2025, make sure to stop by at our HPE panel.

When? Sun, Sep. 14, 10 AM

Who?
M. Wilfahrt, L. Arriola, @yoseftadesse.bsky.social, I. Kolesnikov, @ricarthuguet.bsky.social, J. Pierskalla, D. Smith, @jguardado.bsky.social, @robertovalli.bsky.social , @carlmc.bsky.social 🥳

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IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨

We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.

We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.

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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · Sep 5

Amazing, Jacob, congratulations!! You're on a roll, very happy for you :D

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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · Sep 4

That's huge!! Congrats, Jan! And thank you for inviting the panel to dinner at APSA 😂 jk. See you next week!

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Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · Aug 27

Republican Members of Congress are no longer coming from elite institutions of higher education. Elite-educated legislators are more liberal. Important manifestation of the education divide between the parties & context for the current higher ed wars
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Pavithra Suryanarayan @pavisuri.bsky.social · Aug 11

Please share! We look forward to your submissions to EPSS in Belfast next year. We hope the below will be useful as you plan your panels/paper. Do reach out if you have any queries!

Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · Aug 11

Please share:

@pavisuri.bsky.social and I are delighted to share details for the political economy of development section of @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026

We welcome great work and fresh ideas! Please spread the word among interested colleagues not on here

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Political Economy of Development (PED) Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast We invite submissions of high-quality work on any topic in the political economy of development or comparative pol...

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · Aug 6

Peter Temin has himself written on the history of economic history at MIT here: read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...

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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · Aug 6

I get the sarcasm of calling myself a big gun was lost on some so, to be direct: I'm also the "guest professor" of Ep. 5 on industrial policy & state-led development, out today: www.npr.org/sections/mon...
+ check this great paper by @nathanlane.bsky.social academic.oup.com/qje/article/...

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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · Aug 6

I get the sarcasm of calling myself a big gun was lost on some so, to be direct: I'm also the "guest professor" of Ep. 5 on industrial policy & state-led development, out today: www.npr.org/sections/mon...
+ check this great paper by @nathanlane.bsky.social academic.oup.com/qje/article/...

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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · Aug 1

Ep. 4: Who are all these regulations protecting? www.npr.org/sections/mon...
*Disclaimer: I did not choose the episodes, topics, or guests. Hopefully you find the PE Summer School useful as an educ. tool for your courses, etc.

Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · Aug 1

Beyond the ivory tower: I suggested to ‪@npr.org‬ ‪@planetmoney.bsky.social‬ they run a Political Economy Summer School, and they did! Ep 1 features no-name @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social‬ (well he did win the Nobel Prize) but the big gun comes in Eps 4 & 5 😛 www.npr.org/series/g-s1-...

Govt 4: Our National Rulemaker (Regulations) : Planet Money Summer School

LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here. (Planet Money+ supporters get a 10 percent discount off their tickets. Listen to the July 8th bonus episode to get the discount code!)There are occasi...

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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨New forthcoming paper at JOP: @noamlupu.bsky.social and I use data from 10 surveys in N&S America to see whether lower-income, lower-wealth, and working-class people are less interested in running for office. Interest in running (nascent ambition) can lead to representation gaps. However, ...(1/2)

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · Jul 21

In February, the US gov shut down the Demographic & Health Surveys.

It was the only data source on maternal & child health, births, household structure in many countries – making it crucial for research.

In a new article I explain why it should be rescued.
ourworldindata.org/demographic-...

Map of countries where the DHS was the only source of maternal mortality data

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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · Jul 15

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Joan Ricart-Huguet @ricarthuguet.bsky.social · Jul 15

Just out at World Development!🥳Vicky Paniagua (LSE) & I propose the concept DUAL MALAPPORTIONMENT (legislative mal. + cabinet mal.) sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ecalvo68.bsky.social @melissazrogers.bsky.social
The article in "three slides":

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