I love this type of work. I have great admiration for the "classics" of modern polisci as they did a lot with limited data. Articles like this one, however, are extremely useful to really consolidate the relevance, or irrelevance, of their findings! Straight to my Comparative Politics Syllabus.

Si se bajan los impuestos a los dividendos, ¿aumentará la inversión empresarial? Sobre esto escribo en @nadaesgratis.bsky.social, resumiendo un artículo de #Laurent_Bach, @antoine-bozio.bsky.social, @leroyclaire.bsky.social y coautores. Link al paper: parisschoolofeconomics.com/bozio-antoin...

What does it mean for democracy when governments have to accept externally imposed policies? A new book by @rubenruizrufino.bsky.social shows how democracy can come under strain when supranational institutions and national governments fail to work collaboratively. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Very grateful to @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social for their interest my book #DemocracyUnderStrain. The entry also considers contexts beyond the 2010 sovereign debt crisis. What if military assitance from NATO came with political conditionalities? More here blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Another busy open day @kcl-spe.bsky.social. As ever, huge thanks to all the Department of Political Economy staff, and especially the wonderful student ambassadors, who gave up their weekend to help.

On my reading list!

🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup! Externals welcome. Please get in touch at [email protected] or [email protected]. 📅 Full schedule 👇

Join us if you are in London!

Happy also to be involved in organising Belfast 2026! @epssnet.bsky.social

Just became a member!

This is great news for the discipline! Thank you to all committed colleagues who made it happen.

Looks awesome! In my reading list

Really looking forward to this!!

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📢 We're hiring! Lecturer in Comparative Politics (Ed Pathway) @ KCL’s Dept of Political Economy. 💼 £44,355–£62,422 incl. London Allowance 📅 Apply by 29 June 2025 🔗 shorturl.at/Ljm3f 📩 [email protected] At EPSA in Madrid and want a chat? Email [email protected]

Very proud of this new publication. My fantastic co-author, Lea Heyne, and I look at how the management of the COVID19 economic shock affected attitudes towards democracy in the same group of countries that had experienced the 2010 sovereign debt crisis. And we found good news! #DemocracyUnderStrain

🚨 We're hiring! King's College London Department of Political Economy (@kcl-spe.bsky.social, @kingsqpe.bsky.social), is hiring a permanent lecturer in economics on the education pathway. Details: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-... Please share! Happy to answer questions about the role/department!

An amazing place to work. Incredible researchers and, more importantly, very friendly!

Estos diarios son una lectura obligatoria para cualquier persona interesada en entender el estado de la democracia hoy. Y explicado, nada menos, por el que posiblemente es el mejor experto en el tema. Y si quieres lo puedes seguir en Bluesky @adamprz.bsky.social

Shout out to Lea Heyne and Luca Manucci @populismblog.bsky.social whose work on populist radical right electorate in Portugal was mentioned on my fav politics podcast @therestpolitics.bsky.social this morning!

My colleague @mgerver.bsky.social has created this open letter to Keir Starmer opposing the measures announced in last week's Immigration White Paper, on economic, political and moral grounds. Open to all academics/researchers to sign. molliegerver.weebly.com/petition.html

Exit polls are out in Romania and some colleagues are cautious with what they show. Of course, round 1 cannot be extrapolated to round 2 but if turnout increased and the trend in round 1 is repeated, then Dan may actually have a chance.

For more on this, see the recent piece by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, Ferran Martinez i Coma & me in @aunz.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/47-of-gen-z-...

Thank you, Adrian!

Congratulations to @stefwalter.bsky.social for the conclusion of this fantastic project. New answers to relevant questions.

Weekly compulsory reading

We are pleased to announce the program of the 5th Early Career workshop in Quantitative Political Economy from 19 to 21 May 2025 at King's Collge London. Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/kingsqp... Non-presenting PhDs or Postdocs are very welcome to attend, just let me know!

Thank you for this very useful post. I agree with your claim that most visualisations puts aesthetic over meaningfulness. Is there a good “do & don’ts” for data visualisation that you recommend?

Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆 He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."

Apply to join a department with great researchers!

Many thanks, Cas! Happy that you find the book interesting!

My book Democracy Under Strain is finally out, and I couldn’t be happier. 🥳 It’s been a long, challenging journey—but one that’s shaped me deeply as an academic. Here’s what it’s about 🧵 #DemocracyUnderStrain (1/11)

This is a must read!

Exactly. And on solutions, I really wish that Europe takes advantage of this unprecedented situation and creates credibly attractive programmes to convince colleagues from across the pond to come and work here. It would be a win-win for everyone.

🚨New alert!🚨I'm delighted to announce we are recruiting a further Lectureship in Political Theory in DPE @kcl-spe.bsky.social, this one a fixed term post covering our wonderful colleague @stevenklein.bsky.social, who has won a grant. #Polisky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK462/l...

Que proyecto tan interesante e innovador. Involucrar a jóvenes en el proceso investigador es importantísimo!

Next Tuesday, @adamprz.bsky.social will be delivering the DPE distinghished lecture. Adam will be talking about "Conflicts, Elections and Democracy". If you are in London and want to listen to one of the leading experts in democracy, please do come. Register at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conflicts-...

And also follow @bpiotrowska.bsky.social, @paidipaty.bsky.social, @amritadhillon.bsky.social, @teresaestebanc.bsky.social, @fpvantaggiato.bsky.social

On IWD, so much to celebrate but so much still to achieve. Luckily the fundamentals are there. Like the amazing work by my female colleagues @kcl-spe.bsky.social: Mona Morgan-Collins, @ninaobermeier.com, @profrosiecamp.bsky.social, Christel Koop, @annerasmussen.bsky.social or Anna Gwiazda. Read them

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🚨🚨🚨Major job alert klaxon!!!🚨🚨🚨 In the Department of Political Economy @kcl-spe.bsky.social we are currently advertising for 3 permanent academic posts (2 Political Theory, 1 PPE)! Details below. Happy to have an informal discussion with anyone interested. Please share widely!! 1/

Apply!! This a really friendly department and the Political Theory group is just stellar!

Polisci is so indebted to @adamprz.bsky.social! And now we have the amazing gift of having daily thoughts about events we all worries about. Thanks, again, Adam!

Further context for this provocative idea: www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

Economists still believing that they are exceptional….so tyring!

Oh! And one more thing. A few of our most recently appointed colleagues presented their work in earlier editions of this workshop. Just saying...

Please do send us your proposal. This is an amazing conference in many ways. Academically, is enriching and your time will be well spent. Socially, is quite nice. If you come, you will see first-hand why @kingsqpe.bsky.social is known for being one of the friendliest departments.

Real simple ways academic writers can throw sand in the wheels for segregationists and misogynists: Keep using "gender" where appropriate instead of "sex," keep capping "Black" and "Indigenous." Find an editor you trust to help you handle these issues with grace. This is what we're here for

Join us on 3 March for the return of the Department of Political Economy Distinguished Lecture series 🗣️🎓 Professor Kaushik Basu will dissect the foundations of authoritarian rule, how it morphs over time, and how, despite appearances, it is often fragile. 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-gramma...

The PPE Society and the Department of Political Economy at King's are hosting the first annual PPE conference this July in London 💭 Interested in submitting a proposal? The deadline is March 1, so don't forget to apply 📝 For more, see 🔽 ppesociety.org/ppe-society-...