This former torture and detention center sits on Avenida del Libertador, one of Buenos Aires' main avenues. I got chills when I passed it at night heading home after class—not hidden, not remote, just right there in plain sight. Today marks 50 years from the golpe: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/w...

🔥 POSTDOC POSITIONS ON CHILDREN'S POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION 🔥 Wanna understand young people's beliefs about political leadership, politics, and power? Then this is your chance! I'm looking for two 2-year postdocs to join my ERC-funded research project @au.dk international.au.dk/about/profil...

Join us tomorrow Fri Feb 27 at 1 pm in Kerwin 301 @au-spa.bsky.social for an exciting talk by Michael Sullivan on how evidence of war crimes is collected, verified, and preserved in active conflict settings. Register here! american-spa.swoogo.com/Documenting-...

✨ TODAY IS THE DAY! ✨ Get your print copy here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

⭐NEWLY published: "Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy" in ISR #openaccess Fantastic collaboration w/ @ninareiners.bsky.social @kellyzvobgo.bsky.social @andreavilan.bsky.social @lisasundstrom.bsky.social @peacemedie.bsky.social @sch-ir.bsky.social Laura Henry & Soumita Basu 🙏

🚨New publication with @andreavilan.bsky.social in The Journal of Human Rights🚨 We explore individual petitions *by children* in the United Nations. We center children as active participants in global governance & find prior concerns over their agency were valid. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Happy to share I am tenured& promoted at ASU. I feel very privileged as a human rights scholar, particularly in this current climate, to have my work recognized in this way at a university championing inclusive education. I'm grateful to do what I do where I do & looking forward to what lies ahead.

🚨SPA is on the rise! We jumped to #9 in the nation in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings for Public Affairs — our highest ranking ever and a leap from #13 last year! Read: www.usnews.com/best-graduat... #SPAProud #BestGradSchools

Two weeks left to apply for the IR Theory Colloquium! As a postdoc, I received very useful feedback on my work, read cutting-edge papers, and met wonderful colleagues. Highly recommend!

Looking beyond Ratification: Autocrats’ International Engagement w Women’s Rights w @andreavilan.bsky.social has issue # at Politics&Gender! Part of a wonderful symposium Gender Equality&Authoritarian Regimes edited by @sarahbush.bsky.social & @parzetterberg.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Big news from me: now out @SPPQJournal: I bring together policy diffusion and judicial politics literature to analyze why courts rely on other courts’ decisions. I show that state supreme courts learn from and do not emulate one another, but the mechanism is policy-specific. doi.org/10.1017/spq....

Excited to share my latest coauthored rational design of international law research, out now in the Journal of Human Rights: “Do human rights treaty obligations matter for ratification?” Yes! States are less likely to ratify treaties with more demanding obligations. doi.org/10.1080/1475... 🌐

Polisky - Calling all professors and postdocs interested in policy outreach and public engagement! @bridgingthegap.bsky.social is now accepting applications for our International Policy Summer Institute! More info here: bridgingthegapproject.org/programs/ipsi/

I'm thrilled my article "Empowering your victims: Why repressive regimes allow individual petitions in international organizations" is published at Review of Intl Organizations! I find repressive govs allow petitions bc intl demand but there are domestic costs. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Hi polisky! I often get inquiries from Latin American journalists looking for a quote or comment on U.S. politics (e.g., motion for McCarthy to vacate). I cannot always field these. Who would like to be recommended? You need to be fluent in Spanish & use WhatsApp.