Natan Skigin
@natanski.bsky.social
• Postdoc at Harvard & incoming Asst. Prof. at UGA (@ugaintl.bsky.social)
• Researching violence, migration, identity, and democracy in Latin America
• Website: natanskigin.com
• Researching violence, migration, identity, and democracy in Latin America
• Website: natanskigin.com
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I'm re-upping our new open access article on why armies shoot their own soldiers in light of recent reports that more than 100 Russian officers have been confirmed as ordering the execution of their own soldiers in more than 12,000 reported incidents
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Fratricidal Coercion in Modern War | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Fratricidal Coercion in Modern War - Volume 79 Issue 1
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November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I'm re-upping our new open access article on why armies shoot their own soldiers in light of recent reports that more than 100 Russian officers have been confirmed as ordering the execution of their own soldiers in more than 12,000 reported incidents
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Measuring the Ideology of Political Parties Worldwide
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November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Measuring the Ideology of Political Parties Worldwide
vrollet.github.io/files/Ideolo...
vrollet.github.io/files/Ideolo...
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Experimental participants to us
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Experimental participants to us
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We’re accepting submissions for Fall 2025 until August 14.
If you’re on the market, it’s a great chance to practice your job talk with an audience!
We also welcome paper presentations.
Apply here: iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you’re on the market, it’s a great chance to practice your job talk with an audience!
We also welcome paper presentations.
Apply here: iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
July 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We’re accepting submissions for Fall 2025 until August 14.
If you’re on the market, it’s a great chance to practice your job talk with an audience!
We also welcome paper presentations.
Apply here: iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
If you’re on the market, it’s a great chance to practice your job talk with an audience!
We also welcome paper presentations.
Apply here: iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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ND grad students killing it this year! A 2nd discipline-wide diss prize: The @apsa.bsky.social political psychology award goes to the amazing @natanski.bsky.social Natan Skigin for “Challenging Stigma from Below: How Human Rights Movements Contest Repressive States and Shape Democratic Citizenship.”
June 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
ND grad students killing it this year! A 2nd discipline-wide diss prize: The @apsa.bsky.social political psychology award goes to the amazing @natanski.bsky.social Natan Skigin for “Challenging Stigma from Below: How Human Rights Movements Contest Repressive States and Shape Democratic Citizenship.”
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The Experimental Research section of the American Political Science Association (@experimentsapsa.bsky.social) invites research proposals from post-prospectus PhD students for its Experimental Research Early-Career Fellowship program. Share this post! @apsa.bsky.social, @poscresearch.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Experimental Research section of the American Political Science Association (@experimentsapsa.bsky.social) invites research proposals from post-prospectus PhD students for its Experimental Research Early-Career Fellowship program. Share this post! @apsa.bsky.social, @poscresearch.bsky.social
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New visualization tool alert!
The vayr package version 1.0.0 is now on CRAN.
It contains position adjustments for ggplot2 that help with overplotting in pleasing ways. My favorite is position_sunflower().
- install.packages("vayr")
- alexandercoppock.com/vayr
#rstats #ggplot2 #dataviz
The vayr package version 1.0.0 is now on CRAN.
It contains position adjustments for ggplot2 that help with overplotting in pleasing ways. My favorite is position_sunflower().
- install.packages("vayr")
- alexandercoppock.com/vayr
#rstats #ggplot2 #dataviz
April 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
New visualization tool alert!
The vayr package version 1.0.0 is now on CRAN.
It contains position adjustments for ggplot2 that help with overplotting in pleasing ways. My favorite is position_sunflower().
- install.packages("vayr")
- alexandercoppock.com/vayr
#rstats #ggplot2 #dataviz
The vayr package version 1.0.0 is now on CRAN.
It contains position adjustments for ggplot2 that help with overplotting in pleasing ways. My favorite is position_sunflower().
- install.packages("vayr")
- alexandercoppock.com/vayr
#rstats #ggplot2 #dataviz
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1/ I just published a new article titled “Criminal Violence, the State, & Society” in the Annual Review of Political Science, which examines the growing political science research on criminal violence over the past 15 years.
Link 👉https://go.shr.lc/3GnoH7f
Here is a summary of some key insights...
Link 👉https://go.shr.lc/3GnoH7f
Here is a summary of some key insights...
April 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1/ I just published a new article titled “Criminal Violence, the State, & Society” in the Annual Review of Political Science, which examines the growing political science research on criminal violence over the past 15 years.
Link 👉https://go.shr.lc/3GnoH7f
Here is a summary of some key insights...
Link 👉https://go.shr.lc/3GnoH7f
Here is a summary of some key insights...
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Having published a book recently, I found it sometimes hard to understand how the process worked (and luckily, had very kind mentors who helped).
I have uploaded a short document detailing how my experience went, in case others find it helpful: www.vicentevalentim.com/_files/ugd/a...
I have uploaded a short document detailing how my experience went, in case others find it helpful: www.vicentevalentim.com/_files/ugd/a...
www.vicentevalentim.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Having published a book recently, I found it sometimes hard to understand how the process worked (and luckily, had very kind mentors who helped).
I have uploaded a short document detailing how my experience went, in case others find it helpful: www.vicentevalentim.com/_files/ugd/a...
I have uploaded a short document detailing how my experience went, in case others find it helpful: www.vicentevalentim.com/_files/ugd/a...
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New research by @natanski.bsky.social & Guillermo Trejo reveals a stark increase in violence against journalists in militarized regions of Mexico amid the War on Drugs, driven by local government and cartel interests in criminal governance. loom.ly/K5LVzgI
January 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
New research by @natanski.bsky.social & Guillermo Trejo reveals a stark increase in violence against journalists in militarized regions of Mexico amid the War on Drugs, driven by local government and cartel interests in criminal governance. loom.ly/K5LVzgI
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New important research by Guillermo Trejo & @natanski.bsky.social on violence against local journalists in Mexico's drug war.
"Silencing the Press in Criminal Wars: Why the War on Drugs Turned Mexico into the World’s Most Dangerous Country for Journalists"
Link here: bit.ly/4h1R74j
"Silencing the Press in Criminal Wars: Why the War on Drugs Turned Mexico into the World’s Most Dangerous Country for Journalists"
Link here: bit.ly/4h1R74j
January 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
New important research by Guillermo Trejo & @natanski.bsky.social on violence against local journalists in Mexico's drug war.
"Silencing the Press in Criminal Wars: Why the War on Drugs Turned Mexico into the World’s Most Dangerous Country for Journalists"
Link here: bit.ly/4h1R74j
"Silencing the Press in Criminal Wars: Why the War on Drugs Turned Mexico into the World’s Most Dangerous Country for Journalists"
Link here: bit.ly/4h1R74j
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Are Democratic leaders making cities more dangerous than Republicans? Trump + others have repeatedly made claims like this. New paper in Science Advances w/ @chriswarshaw.bsky.social, Dan Jones & Matt Harvey shows that, in short, the answer is no.
January 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Are Democratic leaders making cities more dangerous than Republicans? Trump + others have repeatedly made claims like this. New paper in Science Advances w/ @chriswarshaw.bsky.social, Dan Jones & Matt Harvey shows that, in short, the answer is no.
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Happy to share a new working paper "Calculation and Conscience: Motivations for the Substantive Representation of Ethnic Minorities" (with Stepahnie Zonszein, Apurav Bhatia and Will Dinneen). See osf.io/preprints/os...
January 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Happy to share a new working paper "Calculation and Conscience: Motivations for the Substantive Representation of Ethnic Minorities" (with Stepahnie Zonszein, Apurav Bhatia and Will Dinneen). See osf.io/preprints/os...
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The course websites for my Spring 2025 causal inference and data visualization classes (both with #rstats) are live!
evalsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com
datavizsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com
evalsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com
datavizsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com
Program Evaluation for Public Service – Program Evaluation
Combine research design, causal inference, and econometric tools to measure the effects of social programs
evalsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The course websites for my Spring 2025 causal inference and data visualization classes (both with #rstats) are live!
evalsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com
datavizsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com
evalsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com
datavizsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com
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In a democracy, when and where should majorities rule? And when should their powers be limited? Steve Levitsky and I propose a framework to think through these questions in a new piece in the January 2025 issue of 'Journal of Democracy'
muse.jhu.edu/article/947880
muse.jhu.edu/article/947880
January 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
In a democracy, when and where should majorities rule? And when should their powers be limited? Steve Levitsky and I propose a framework to think through these questions in a new piece in the January 2025 issue of 'Journal of Democracy'
muse.jhu.edu/article/947880
muse.jhu.edu/article/947880
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Silencing the Press in Criminal Wars: Why the War on Drugs Turned Mexico into the World’s Most Dangerous Country for Journalists @poppublicsphere.bsky.social Guillermo Trejo
@natanski.bsky.social
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@natanski.bsky.social
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Silencing the Press in Criminal Wars: Why the War on Drugs Turned Mexico into the World’s Most Dangerous Country for Journalists | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Silencing the Press in Criminal Wars: Why the War on Drugs Turned Mexico into the World’s Most Dangerous Country for Journalists
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December 23, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Silencing the Press in Criminal Wars: Why the War on Drugs Turned Mexico into the World’s Most Dangerous Country for Journalists @poppublicsphere.bsky.social Guillermo Trejo
@natanski.bsky.social
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@natanski.bsky.social
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Just published on APSR First View: "The Vietnam Draft Lottery and Whites’ Racial Attitudes: Evidence from the General Social Survey" by Donald Green and Oliver Hyman-Metzger. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 19, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Just published on APSR First View: "The Vietnam Draft Lottery and Whites’ Racial Attitudes: Evidence from the General Social Survey" by Donald Green and Oliver Hyman-Metzger. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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25 años después, fue el Estado: la Corte Interamericana condena a México por la desaparición del zapatista Antonio González - elpais.com/mexico/2024-...
25 años después, fue el Estado: la Corte Interamericana condena a México por la desaparición del zapatista Antonio González
El tribunal internacional sanciona al país por el caso de un miembro del EZLN y del PRD que fue desaparecido por grupos paramilitares en Chiapas en 1999
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December 14, 2024 at 2:12 PM
25 años después, fue el Estado: la Corte Interamericana condena a México por la desaparición del zapatista Antonio González - elpais.com/mexico/2024-...
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Breaking News: A massacre ordered by a gang leader left more than 100 people dead in Haiti’s capital, a rights group said.
Massacre in Haiti Ordered by Gang Leader Leaves Over 100 Dead, Rights Group Says
The killings in a Port-au-Prince slum, which appeared to target practitioners of voodoo, were ordered by a gang leader, a human rights organization said.
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December 9, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Breaking News: A massacre ordered by a gang leader left more than 100 people dead in Haiti’s capital, a rights group said.
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Congratulations to Weatherhead Scholars Program Postdoctoral Fellow @natanski.bsky.social on receiving the 2024 Kellogg Dissertation Award! loom.ly/Oik-ECI
Natán Skigin Wins 2024 Kellogg Dissertation Award | Kellogg Institute For International Studies
On Friday, Nov. 22, former Kellogg PhD Fellow Natán Skigin was awarded the 2024 Kellogg Institute Award for Distinguished Dissertation on Democracy and Human Development for his dissertation “Challeng...
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December 6, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Congratulations to Weatherhead Scholars Program Postdoctoral Fellow @natanski.bsky.social on receiving the 2024 Kellogg Dissertation Award! loom.ly/Oik-ECI
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Here’s a starter pack of Kellogg Institute (ND ☘️) Fellows: current and former PhD students, faculty, visiting. 😊 Let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/CoZB5N8
And help spread the word. @marcjacob.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social @aperezli.bsky.social
And help spread the word. @marcjacob.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social @aperezli.bsky.social
December 5, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Here’s a starter pack of Kellogg Institute (ND ☘️) Fellows: current and former PhD students, faculty, visiting. 😊 Let me know if you’d like to be added. go.bsky.app/CoZB5N8
And help spread the word. @marcjacob.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social @aperezli.bsky.social
And help spread the word. @marcjacob.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social @aperezli.bsky.social
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I just gave a guest lecture in @chflachsland.bsky.social's "Policy Process class" on (right-wing) populism. I hope the students enjoyed it as much as I did. Here are my slides -- perhaps they are of interest to some of you. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gho7v...
November 28, 2024 at 11:30 AM
I just gave a guest lecture in @chflachsland.bsky.social's "Policy Process class" on (right-wing) populism. I hope the students enjoyed it as much as I did. Here are my slides -- perhaps they are of interest to some of you. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gho7v...
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🎉 Thrilled that my new book, *Creating Partisans: The Organizational Roots of New Parties in Latin America*, is finally out! 🎉 @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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A brief summary: 1/n
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A brief summary: 1/n
November 29, 2024 at 2:00 PM
🎉 Thrilled that my new book, *Creating Partisans: The Organizational Roots of New Parties in Latin America*, is finally out! 🎉 @cambridgeup.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
A brief summary: 1/n
www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
A brief summary: 1/n
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November 29, 2024 at 5:08 PM