Despite populist attacks on civil service employees and organisations, the fact remains that meritocratic bureaucracy boosts the business environment.

On October 13th Master of Science in Political Science Palina Kolvani will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science: "The State of Numbers: Political Economy of Official Statistics"

📢 New article 👥 @palinakolvani.bsky.social & Marina Nistotskaya 🔎 On mechanisms of meritocratic recruitment: competence and impartiality 📖Open Access in Journal of Institutional Economics. 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Fantastic to see the second paper of my PhD published in the Journal of Institutional Economics!

📢 Next Tuesday (8am PST, 11am EST, 4pm UKT) Palina Kolvani (Oslo) will present her work "Who Counts? Electoral Fraud and Bureaucratic Careers". Inga Saikkonen (Åbo Akademi) & Cole Harvey (Oklahoma State) will discuss.

Excited to see the Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology published online, where Marina Nistotskaya and I have co-authored an entry on Bureaucracy: www.elgaronline.com/display/book...

Polisky Dictatorsky !! SPRING 2024 SERIES SCHEDULE IS OUT We are thrilled to announce a new season featuring fantastic promising work and discussants! Make sure to participate by subscribing at tinyurl.com/bddy4bta (for Zoom links and updates) A 🧵with details on each meeting:

Very happy to share that our paper with @chknutsen.bsky.social on COVID-19, Democracy and State Capacity has been accepted and is forthcoming in World Politics! Its earlier version is available as V-Dem working paper here: t.co/d9ChlTJSZK Short summary in a thread below 1/