Julio Solís Arce
@juliosolis.bsky.social
PhD student at Harvard’s Department of Government. Studying political development, collective choice, and culture in Africa. https://juliosolisar.github.io/
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Julio Solís Arce
@juliosolis.bsky.social
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GOV97: FINAL
Comparing Societies: Cross-Cultural Approaches to Politics Tutorial – Sophomore Year Government 97 Spring 2025 Julio S. Solís Arce [email protected] Last Edited: Office hours (by appointmen...
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Today was the last day of class for the first course I got to teach fully on my own — from designing the topic to building the syllabus: "Comparing Societies. Cross-Cultural Approaches to Politics." Syllabus here: docs.google.com/document/d/1....
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Study of the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protests presents evidence that protests increase fiscal transfers to protesting regions, but only in politically aligned areas, from @belindaarch.bsky.social, Chinemelu Okafor, Evans S. Osabuohien, and Tom Moerenhout www.nber.org/papers/w34787
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Study of the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protests presents evidence that protests increase fiscal transfers to protesting regions, but only in politically aligned areas, from @belindaarch.bsky.social, Chinemelu Okafor, Evans S. Osabuohien, and Tom Moerenhout www.nber.org/papers/w34787
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JOIN us for this year’s Rebecca Morton conference on experimental political science at NYU! March 6-7. We have a great line up of papers and posters!
Program (scroll down) here: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica...
Register (no fee) here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Program (scroll down) here: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica...
Register (no fee) here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Annual NYU CESS Experimental Political Science Conference
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January 27, 2026 at 4:57 PM
JOIN us for this year’s Rebecca Morton conference on experimental political science at NYU! March 6-7. We have a great line up of papers and posters!
Program (scroll down) here: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica...
Register (no fee) here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Program (scroll down) here: wp.nyu.edu/cesspolitica...
Register (no fee) here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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🎺 Call for proposals 🎺
1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment
2️⃣ run a novel experiment
on repdata.com
3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies
4️⃣ publish your study
details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_...
applications open Feb 1
please repost!
1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment
2️⃣ run a novel experiment
on repdata.com
3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies
4️⃣ publish your study
details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_...
applications open Feb 1
please repost!
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 PM
🎺 Call for proposals 🎺
1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment
2️⃣ run a novel experiment
on repdata.com
3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies
4️⃣ publish your study
details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_...
applications open Feb 1
please repost!
1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment
2️⃣ run a novel experiment
on repdata.com
3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies
4️⃣ publish your study
details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_...
applications open Feb 1
please repost!
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Please apply to this pre-doc position to work on projects related to culture, political economy, and development in DRC and Mozambique. Strong data analysis skills required. First round of applications reviewed Feb. 2. employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
Research Assistant - 137867
Research Assistant - 137867 | Careers at UC San Diego
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January 26, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Please apply to this pre-doc position to work on projects related to culture, political economy, and development in DRC and Mozambique. Strong data analysis skills required. First round of applications reviewed Feb. 2. employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...
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New evidence from Africa shows that aid reduces conflict when projects are well managed, but increases violence when management and monitoring are weak.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
January 21, 2026 at 1:14 PM
New evidence from Africa shows that aid reduces conflict when projects are well managed, but increases violence when management and monitoring are weak.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
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Our new ProjectGEOCAUSAL website is live! We’ll be posting the latest updates on cutting-edge applications of spatiotemporal causal inference to address the world’s most pressing problems. Check it out: geocausal.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Our new ProjectGEOCAUSAL website is live! We’ll be posting the latest updates on cutting-edge applications of spatiotemporal causal inference to address the world’s most pressing problems. Check it out: geocausal.org
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The Working Group on African Political Economy (#WGAPE) will meet at ISSER in Accra on April 29-May 1. Paper submissions are due Jan. 23. Travel covered for authors. Please share and apply!
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January 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM
The Working Group on African Political Economy (#WGAPE) will meet at ISSER in Accra on April 29-May 1. Paper submissions are due Jan. 23. Travel covered for authors. Please share and apply!
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Fulvia Budillon, Andre Gray, and I are hiring a field RA for a project in Mozambique, starting in the spring. Please see application information here: www.saralowes.com/resources.html. Deadline February 13. Please apply!!
Resources
If you would like a letter of recommendation, please review the posted instructions and use the template: [ Instructions ] [ Template ] [ Release Form ].
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December 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Fulvia Budillon, Andre Gray, and I are hiring a field RA for a project in Mozambique, starting in the spring. Please see application information here: www.saralowes.com/resources.html. Deadline February 13. Please apply!!
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An argument that the political history of Africa is a surprising success story as Africans achieved what they set out to accomplish, from Soeren J. Henn and James A. Robinson www.nber.org/papers/w34546
December 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
An argument that the political history of Africa is a surprising success story as Africans achieved what they set out to accomplish, from Soeren J. Henn and James A. Robinson www.nber.org/papers/w34546
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New paper in first view @thejop.bsky.social w/ Burde, Middleton, and Rahnama
We show the promise of a community governance strategy to sustain schools in remote Afghan communities after NGO withdrawal.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
We show the promise of a community governance strategy to sustain schools in remote Afghan communities after NGO withdrawal.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Can Communities Take Charge? Testing Community-Based Governance to Sustain Schools in War-Affected Afghanistan | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
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November 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
New paper in first view @thejop.bsky.social w/ Burde, Middleton, and Rahnama
We show the promise of a community governance strategy to sustain schools in remote Afghan communities after NGO withdrawal.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
We show the promise of a community governance strategy to sustain schools in remote Afghan communities after NGO withdrawal.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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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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After 25 years at the World Bank’s Development Research Group, I’ll give my farewell talk — Policy for the People — on Nov 18 at 12:30 PM ET.
Honored to be joined by Nandini Krishnan, Robin Mearns & Deon Filmer.
🎥 worldbank.org/en/events/2025/11/18/policy-for-the-people
Honored to be joined by Nandini Krishnan, Robin Mearns & Deon Filmer.
🎥 worldbank.org/en/events/2025/11/18/policy-for-the-people
https://worldbank.org/en/events/2025/11/18/policy-for-the-people
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
After 25 years at the World Bank’s Development Research Group, I’ll give my farewell talk — Policy for the People — on Nov 18 at 12:30 PM ET.
Honored to be joined by Nandini Krishnan, Robin Mearns & Deon Filmer.
🎥 worldbank.org/en/events/2025/11/18/policy-for-the-people
Honored to be joined by Nandini Krishnan, Robin Mearns & Deon Filmer.
🎥 worldbank.org/en/events/2025/11/18/policy-for-the-people
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Across Africa, history still shapes women’s political power.
📄 Research by Anderson, du Plessis, Parsa & Robinson finds that regions with traditional female leaders in the past have more women in elected office today—despite colonial disruptions. https://ow.ly/FkmC50Xns62
📄 Research by Anderson, du Plessis, Parsa & Robinson finds that regions with traditional female leaders in the past have more women in elected office today—despite colonial disruptions. https://ow.ly/FkmC50Xns62
The Persistence of Female Political Power in Africa | Becker Friedman Institute
Global efforts to increase women’s political representation often frame the issue as a universal challenge. Yet Africa presents a notable exception: the continent has produced numerous female heads of state (in 25 of 54 African countries, women have served as either president, vice president, or premier), and boasts some of the highest rates of female Read more...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Across Africa, history still shapes women’s political power.
📄 Research by Anderson, du Plessis, Parsa & Robinson finds that regions with traditional female leaders in the past have more women in elected office today—despite colonial disruptions. https://ow.ly/FkmC50Xns62
📄 Research by Anderson, du Plessis, Parsa & Robinson finds that regions with traditional female leaders in the past have more women in elected office today—despite colonial disruptions. https://ow.ly/FkmC50Xns62
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NEW -
Are Democratic Innovations Legitimate to the Broader Public? Evidence from Survey Experiments in Ghana - https://cup.org/47DOSRd
- Eric Kramon
#OpenAccess
Are Democratic Innovations Legitimate to the Broader Public? Evidence from Survey Experiments in Ghana - https://cup.org/47DOSRd
- Eric Kramon
#OpenAccess
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
NEW -
Are Democratic Innovations Legitimate to the Broader Public? Evidence from Survey Experiments in Ghana - https://cup.org/47DOSRd
- Eric Kramon
#OpenAccess
Are Democratic Innovations Legitimate to the Broader Public? Evidence from Survey Experiments in Ghana - https://cup.org/47DOSRd
- Eric Kramon
#OpenAccess
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Clever idea in new econ job market candidate JMP
Equilibrium Neglect and Political Feasibility - convince people to support congestion pricing when they are too pessimistic about its effects by offering compensation if traffic fails to improve
drive.google.com/file/d/1u24n...
Equilibrium Neglect and Political Feasibility - convince people to support congestion pricing when they are too pessimistic about its effects by offering compensation if traffic fails to improve
drive.google.com/file/d/1u24n...
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Clever idea in new econ job market candidate JMP
Equilibrium Neglect and Political Feasibility - convince people to support congestion pricing when they are too pessimistic about its effects by offering compensation if traffic fails to improve
drive.google.com/file/d/1u24n...
Equilibrium Neglect and Political Feasibility - convince people to support congestion pricing when they are too pessimistic about its effects by offering compensation if traffic fails to improve
drive.google.com/file/d/1u24n...
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New version (0.6.0) of my #rstats package {democracyData} xmarquez.github.io/democracyData/ with @freedomhouse.bsky.social data to 2024, as well as several other sources, plus minor improvements all around
Access and Manipulate Most Available Democracy Datasets
Archives a large number of democracy datasets, many of historical interest. It also provides a number of functions to download these datasets (where available) and determine membership of a country in...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
New version (0.6.0) of my #rstats package {democracyData} xmarquez.github.io/democracyData/ with @freedomhouse.bsky.social data to 2024, as well as several other sources, plus minor improvements all around
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Elections often look fair, but patronage and clientelism can quietly tip the scales. CID PhD Affiliate rduartegonzalez.bsky.social asks: how do we make democracy not just competitive, but truly fair? Read more about Raul's story and broader research agenda 👉 bit.ly/4qlOhwf
From Networks to the Ballot Box: How Parties Tilt the Playing Field, and Why It Matters
Growing up in Paraguay, I wondered why corruption survived the return of democracy. After a dictatorship that ended in 1989, many hoped elections would bring cleaner government and prosperity. Yet two...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Elections often look fair, but patronage and clientelism can quietly tip the scales. CID PhD Affiliate rduartegonzalez.bsky.social asks: how do we make democracy not just competitive, but truly fair? Read more about Raul's story and broader research agenda 👉 bit.ly/4qlOhwf
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🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt!
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt!
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
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📣 CID is on the job market! Meet the 7 CID PhD candidates who are entering the academic job market and pioneering new research to build a world where all can thrive. @kartiksrivastava.bsky.social @rduartegonzalez.bsky.social @tilmangraff.bsky.social www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/...
Meet Our 2025-2026 PhD Job Market Candidates: Pioneering Research in Global Development, Governance, and Social Inclusion
This year's cohort of PhD candidates on the academic job market bring cutting-edge insights to the field of international development research. Their work explores how social networks, governance syst...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📣 CID is on the job market! Meet the 7 CID PhD candidates who are entering the academic job market and pioneering new research to build a world where all can thrive. @kartiksrivastava.bsky.social @rduartegonzalez.bsky.social @tilmangraff.bsky.social www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/...
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Why did Southern whites who didn’t own slaves defend slavery, an institution that hurt their own economic prospects?
In a new Broadstreet post, Michele Rosenberg explains how planter elites relied on clientelistic relationships to capture political support: www.broadstreet.blog/publish/post...
In a new Broadstreet post, Michele Rosenberg explains how planter elites relied on clientelistic relationships to capture political support: www.broadstreet.blog/publish/post...
www.broadstreet.blog
September 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Why did Southern whites who didn’t own slaves defend slavery, an institution that hurt their own economic prospects?
In a new Broadstreet post, Michele Rosenberg explains how planter elites relied on clientelistic relationships to capture political support: www.broadstreet.blog/publish/post...
In a new Broadstreet post, Michele Rosenberg explains how planter elites relied on clientelistic relationships to capture political support: www.broadstreet.blog/publish/post...
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My interview on The Visible Hand podcast is now live!
www.thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/epi...
www.thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/epi...
Episode 95: Andrea Matranga on the Causes of the Neolithic Revolution — The Visible Hand
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September 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My interview on The Visible Hand podcast is now live!
www.thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/epi...
www.thevisiblehand.uk/episodes/epi...
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🆕 Culture and economic development 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks, Natalie Bau (UCLA), @saralowes.bsky.social (@ucsandiego.bsky.social) & @eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris School of Public Policy) discuss how culture shapes economic policy and, consequently, development: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Today on VoxDevTalks, Natalie Bau (UCLA), @saralowes.bsky.social (@ucsandiego.bsky.social) & @eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris School of Public Policy) discuss how culture shapes economic policy and, consequently, development: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
September 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🆕 Culture and economic development 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks, Natalie Bau (UCLA), @saralowes.bsky.social (@ucsandiego.bsky.social) & @eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris School of Public Policy) discuss how culture shapes economic policy and, consequently, development: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Today on VoxDevTalks, Natalie Bau (UCLA), @saralowes.bsky.social (@ucsandiego.bsky.social) & @eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris School of Public Policy) discuss how culture shapes economic policy and, consequently, development: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
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Call for applications! The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) is seeking two Postdoctoral Associates for the 2026–27 academic year. We are looking for scholars demonstrating exceptional scholarly achievement and promise for policy-
relevant research. Please visit: tinyurl.com/33d2veuf
relevant research. Please visit: tinyurl.com/33d2veuf
September 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Call for applications! The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) is seeking two Postdoctoral Associates for the 2026–27 academic year. We are looking for scholars demonstrating exceptional scholarly achievement and promise for policy-
relevant research. Please visit: tinyurl.com/33d2veuf
relevant research. Please visit: tinyurl.com/33d2veuf
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Tour de force review on “Economics of Attention” by Loewenstein just published in J Econ Lit
@aeajournals.bsky.social
#behavioraleconomics
@aeajournals.bsky.social
#behavioraleconomics
August 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Tour de force review on “Economics of Attention” by Loewenstein just published in J Econ Lit
@aeajournals.bsky.social
#behavioraleconomics
@aeajournals.bsky.social
#behavioraleconomics
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Cool new study: "staffers account for 40% of the differences in the number of bills written between high-performing and low-performing offices" in Congress and "moderate extreme offices within a party"
andrew-kao.github.io/files/Staffe...
andrew-kao.github.io/files/Staffe...
August 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Cool new study: "staffers account for 40% of the differences in the number of bills written between high-performing and low-performing offices" in Congress and "moderate extreme offices within a party"
andrew-kao.github.io/files/Staffe...
andrew-kao.github.io/files/Staffe...