I’ve always wondered how much productivity and resources have been wasted because scholars test the same hypotheses over and over again because no one published their null results.

If this isn’t a sign that the Federal Reserve is working, I don’t know what is.

It’s crazy that we live in a world where something like this is controversial.

We are seeking papers for our Spring workshop! It’s a great opportunity to share your work with other graduate students and get feedback.

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We have dropped our lineup for the fall. Come check out some of the great papers we have lined up. #IPE #polisky

Check out this new @bjpols.bsky.social article from Asst. Prof. @nicholasnapolio.bsky.social: “Executive Policymaking Coalitions, Veto Activation, and Collective Action Problems.” The article explores how agency coalitions activate veto points and leverage congressional collective action problems.

I bet the homeowner’s insurance policy has a clause excluding extraterrestrial objects that are more than 4.5 billion years old.

I’m curious what is driving this. Older generations selling in high COL areas and moving to low COL areas? Buying seconds homes? Is it just reflecting a drop in the number of younger homebuyers?

We are soliciting presenters for the fall workshop! If you want to share your research, please consider submitting. #polisky #ipe

Deficits are “bad” I was told! But when it comes to tax cuts and military budgets such concerns vanish. I think it’s fair to say Republicans are all secretly Modern Monetary Theorists and know deficits don’t matter when you are a currency issuer. #MMT #PoliticalEconomy

This has been the curious thing, at least in my region. Homes aren’t selling, but prices aren’t really coming down. Are sellers over-leveraged? Did the COVID market distort owners’ perceptions of their homes value?

New publication alert! Current PhD candidate @hobbsadam.bsky.social and recent PhD graduate Deren Onursal develop and test a general theory of protest radicalization in "The Dynamics of Protest Radicalization." Read more here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #polisky #politicalscience

Congrats to UCR PhD alum @cogitoergodoom.bsky.social on their new publication in Contemporary Political Theory! 🐻✨ Kehlenbach critiques the Lockean property model of data and offers a compelling alternative lens to view data. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Can’t wait.

Congratulations to all the graduate students who presented work at #MPSA2025! We had an amazing showing from our department. #polisky

If you are at #MPSA2025 stop by the exhibition hall to see the posters of an amazing group of undergraduate research papers I get to be a discussant for.

My coauthors and I have a cool paper on the connection between foreign real estate investment and redistributive attitudes today in Montrose 4 on the 7th floor at 3:20. We find that being primed with FREI increases oppostion to redistribution.

Super cool work they are all doing! The social sciences are immensely important.

The Trump administration has cut off federal funding to nonprofits that are key enforcers of anti-discrimination laws. Last year there were more than 34,000 fair-housing complaints, a record high for the third year in a row. @jenniferludden.bsky.social @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...

"Cost burdens are spreading from the poorest households to working folks, particularly young people... a full-time job is no guarantee that housing will be affordable." An interview with our director Chris Herbert about the country's rental affordability crisis. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

The Seahawks really are trying to ruin my week. www.emeraldcityspectrum.com/home/seahawk...

We are hosting former UCR PhD graduate Kevin Pham to discuss his new book! Check out the flyer for more details. @ucrchass.bsky.social #polisky #ucr

I would love to see some actual progress on reform in the coming years.

Labor shortages will only lead to rising costs. This administrations discussion of housing affordability was just to further their anti-immigration agenda.

Up next in our Speaker Series: Dr. James Martel from SFSU. Professor Martel will be presenting a paper that provides an alternative lens to view the Haitian Revolution. See the flyer for more information. @ucrchass.bsky.social #politicalscience #ucr

Ask the Governor: Speed up the construction of multi-family homes! actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

I was honestly wondering what happened to this guy. Once the election ended he kind of disappeared.

Social media companies never wanted to regulate misinformation. It was the threat of government intervention that forced their hand. It’s the same thing with the film industry’s self-regulation via the MPAA ratings system. The threat is gone, so too is content moderation.

Unfortunately, this is likely to have serious implications for affordability not only in LA county, but surrounding counties as well.

We are excited to be hosting @rosannelogeart.bsky.social to share her research on the relationship between access to policymakers and lobbying success. See the flyer below for more details.

This is one of the things that bothered me most about JD Vance during the debate. Immigrants are not are a driver of the affordability crisis. An immigration crackdown could make things worse.

We need more policy that focuses on the supply side of housing affordability.

Next up in our Speaker Series, Professor Manda from UCI! See the flyer below for more details.

Definitely a major contributor to the housing shortage. More people aging in place means less houses returning to the market.

Wow, this is actual kind of wild to me. I thought he showed enough to get a second year. I wonder if they have someone in mind to replace him.

It was a fun, albeit stressful season. Sad they didn’t make the playoffs, but I’m excited and hopeful to see what Schneider and McDonald do in the offseason. #seahawks

I wonder if and how much housing affordability factors into this trend. More people living at home for longer, etc.

I think this one is gonna hurt worst than seeing Wagner in a Rams jersey. I would love to see him finish his career in Seattle, but I get this is a business. #seahawks

New year, new recipe. Crispy hash browns, poached egg, bacon fat hollandaise, chives.

ISPP people…don’t forget to apply.

As an “academic,” the #newyear is in the fall. That is the time for lofty goals I quickly abandon. I’m not giving up carbs or drinking with two quarters left to go.

This is definitely something that has been missing from the literature. Glad to see it getting some attention.

Our speaker series is done for the quarter, but we have many more great speakers lined up for the New Year! See below for more upcoming speakers.

New article by UCR political science faculty member Miguel Carreras and co-authors! The authors use a conjoint experiment to investigate how citizens evaluate different forms of corruption in the public sector.