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Anita Gohdes is a German academic and political scientist working at the intersection of international security and technology. She is… more

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Political science 43%
Sociology 29%
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Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Simon Hix, Lisa W. Fazio , and 9 more

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🚨 out at @apsrjournal.bsky.social 🚨

➡️ We ran a large media literacy experiment to fight misinformation
➡️ 13,500 students, 583 villages in Bihar, India
➡️Created custom misinfo curriculum of 4 months
➡️Partnered w the government to roll it out as an official course in classrooms

hopeful findings👇🏽
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by Anita Gohdes — Reposted by Catherine E. De Vries, Paul Lehmann

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👏🏻 ‼️ "We don’t train young scholars to fail well. [...] rarely do we discuss how to handle the inevitable: the harsh review, the desk rejection, the grant proposal that doesn’t get funded."
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 1d
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.

CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.

But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.

👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
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by Catherine E. De Vries — Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Cas Mudde, Anna O. Law , and 10 more

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Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.

CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.

But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.

👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
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Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Stephen M. Walt, Jan W. Mueller , and 6 more

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It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.
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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 5d
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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NEW: Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

More here:
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It
The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.
www.wired.com
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Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Dani Rodrik, Stephen M. Walt , and 51 more

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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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Defending privacy isn't easy. Those in power always want more access+more info. It's especially hard when emotionally charged args are used to advance surveillance
❤️ to those doing the work 2/
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5/And much of Silicon Valley has become complicit. Cozying up to the US government. This might help the Valley at home but it further undermines its position globally. See Macron speech.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Brewing Transatlantic Tech War
How Silicon Valley got entangled in geopolitics—and lost.
www.foreignaffairs.com
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Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Kim L. Scheppele, Christine Kooi , and 9 more

signal.org
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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"The Taliban have yet to give an official reason for the shutdown." They don't need to. We already know it's about control. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shut down internet
For many women, the internet was their last resource. An internet shutdown threatens to end this.
www.bbc.com
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washingtonpost.com
The Trump administration has reached a deal to deport about 400 Iranian immigrants to Iran, marking a rare display of cooperation between the two countries that immediately raised concerns among human rights advocates for the immigrants’ safety.
U.S. to deport immigrants to Iran, Tehran says, raising human rights concerns
The rare cooperation between Washington and Tehran would come as tensions mount over Iran’s nuclear program and the U.S. travel ban.
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hertiesecurity.bsky.social
📢 Applications now open for our International Security Fellowship!

For researchers working on topics related to our four core research areas: nuclear security, grand strategy, state & non-state actors, digital tech & security.

Apply by 31 Oct 2025 👇
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by Anita Gohdes — Reposted by Jochen Müller

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And if you want to learn more about how people make a career in dictatorship, pre-order the authors' (Christian Gläßel and @ascharpf.bsky.social) new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship":

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Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Pieter Vanhuysse, Els Torreele , and 2 more

patrickiber.bsky.social
It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org
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by Anita Gohdes — Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Monika Dommann

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This is big news. Microsoft ends Israeli military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian and +972 Magazine investigation 👇

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
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amnesty.org
Iranian authorities have executed over 1,000 people thus far in 2025, the highest number of yearly executions in Iran that Amnesty has recorded in at least 15 years.

Read more:
Iran: Over 1,000 people executed as authorities step up horrifying assault on right to life
Iranian authorities have executed over 1,000 people thus far in 2025, the highest number of yearly executions in Iran that the organization has recorded in at least 15 years, said Amnesty International. The organization is calling on the Iranian authorities to establish an immediate moratorium on executions as a first step, and issuing an urgent […]
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by Tarik Abou‐Chadi — Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Jan W. Mueller, Ingolf Kühn , and 12 more

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For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Prokla Redaktion

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Vor 4 Jahren erschien übrigens mein Buch, „Amerikas Gotteskrieger“. Was gab es damals Empörung wegen des Titels (und Inhalts) - die Warnung vor christlichem Nationalismus & Theokratie (noch dazu von einer jungen Frau!) wurde als hysterisch abgetan. Jetzt titelt der Spiegel genau das: „Gotteskrieger“
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Zelenskyy, a leader at war, uses the podium to plead not just for Ukraine, but for Syria too. I hope Al-Sharaa doesn’t return the favor with an overdose of pragmatism with Moscow. Russia might no longer murder our children, but it still murders Ukraine’s.
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by Anita Gohdes

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Go read @sanjanah.bsky.social's post.
Western democracies (and former democracies...) suddenly waking up to the social media outrage machine and how it plays into political violence would do well to look to the rest of the world and understand that none of this is new👇
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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 23d
However, this emphatically not new, and it's very frustrating to study the inadequate acknowledgement of how Global Majority countries, and contexts were the Petri dishes for what now ails Western democracies too. Wrote more on LinkedIn lnkd.in/p/gcPfuYWx #SocialMedia #Democracy
Comments by Anne Applebaum posted to The Atlantic's Instagram account speak to rise of contemporary American, and global populism instrumentalising social media as a vital vector for violent… | Sa...
Comments by Anne Applebaum posted to The Atlantic's Instagram account speak to rise of contemporary American, and global populism instrumentalising social media as a vital vector for violent vernacula...
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sanjanah.bsky.social
However, this emphatically not new, and it's very frustrating to study the inadequate acknowledgement of how Global Majority countries, and contexts were the Petri dishes for what now ails Western democracies too. Wrote more on LinkedIn lnkd.in/p/gcPfuYWx #SocialMedia #Democracy
Comments by Anne Applebaum posted to The Atlantic's Instagram account speak to rise of contemporary American, and global populism instrumentalising social media as a vital vector for violent… | Sa...
Comments by Anne Applebaum posted to The Atlantic's Instagram account speak to rise of contemporary American, and global populism instrumentalising social media as a vital vector for violent vernacula...
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Reposted by Anita Gohdes

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ICE has a new contract with Magnet for its mobile forensic extraction tool Graykey techcrunch.com/2025/09/18/i...

For travellers entering the US 🇺🇸, be prepared for possible device seizures. I spoke about this to CBC The Current @mattgalloway.bsky.social a while back here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
ICE unit signs new $3M contract for phone-hacking tech | TechCrunch
Homeland Security Investigations, the law enforcement arm of ICE, adds phone-unlocking tech made by Magnet Forensics to its arsenal of technology used to power the Trump administration’s deportation c...
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Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Nathan P. Kalmoe

jasonkoebler.bsky.social
congrats to all the media outlets carrying on charlie's work of silencing speech

www.404media.co/behind-the-b...
Maybe it is appropriate then that so many large media institutions are carrying on his “work” to facilitate “open dialogue” by letting the right call for Civil War, retribution, and violence while firing anyone who simply accurately describes the things that Charlie Kirk said and did.
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Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Dave O’Brien, Mark J. Brandt , and 10 more

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LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome!

Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p styl...
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Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Tarik Abou‐Chadi

jarjour.bsky.social
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If you post to inform, not to sell, Trustfund is made for you. Reserve your username at trustfnd.com
Trustfund
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apsgworkshop.bsky.social
Join us next week for the first workshop of the season!
@fabiolaschwarz.bsky.social and @kpaula.bsky.social (TU Munich) will present their work on internet shutdowns and protests in diverse political regimes.
Lisa Garbe (@wzb.bsky.social) and Ryan Shandler (Georgia Instit of Techn) will discuss!
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by Anita Gohdes — Reposted by David M. Farrell

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Huge congratulations to @iepolisci.bsky.social for hiring the iconic @catherinedevries.bsky.social! And huge congrats dear Catherine, so awesome 👏🏻
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IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Sep 4
We are super excited that Catherine de Vries will join IE University as Full Professor of Political Science, Chair of our Department, and Vice Dean at IE's SPEGA in January.

We look forward to having her as a colleague and leader in our growing department!

www.catherinedevries.eu
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Reposted by Anita Gohdes, Ben H. Ansell, Mirya R. Holman

iepolisci.bsky.social
We are super excited that Catherine de Vries will join IE University as Full Professor of Political Science, Chair of our Department, and Vice Dean at IE's SPEGA in January.

We look forward to having her as a colleague and leader in our growing department!

www.catherinedevries.eu
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by Anita Gohdes

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Super news Carl, congrats!!!
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by Anita Gohdes

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Welcome Mauro! Great to have you @hertiesecurity.bsky.social.
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Mauro Gilli @maurogilli.bsky.social · Sep 1
I am happy to share that I have joined the Hertie School (@hertieschool.bsky.social) in Berlin as a Professor of Military Strategy and Technology.
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