Call for Applications re: Non-Resident Fellowship at Cornell Brooks Center on Global Democracy Designed for academics and practitioners, the NRF is a one-year fellowship designed to expand networks & research collaborations globally. Apply and share: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

'Global Challenges to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives on Backsliding, Autocracy, and Resilience' by Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social & Roberts is now available using our #BISA2025 30% discount. cup.org/3STKoPB Add your selection to your basket and use code 102385 at check out.

'Global Challenges to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives on Backsliding, Autocracy, and Resilience' by Bunce, @tompepinsky.com, @beattyriedl.bsky.social & Roberts. 📚 cup.org/4jESqXD 📚 A comprehensive, cross-regional comparative study of democratic backsliding and resiliency around the world.

Broad coalitions help to defend democracy - what the US can learn from comparative perspective (coauthored w @jennifermccoy.bsky.social ) thefulcrum.us/civic-engage...

Targeting higher education is an essential tool in the autocratic playbook www.brookings.edu/articles/tar... My recent analysis with Jonathan Katz and Renée Rippberger @brookings.edu

Democracy across the world is being undermined by the very forces that once made it possible. @beattyriedl.bsky.social explains how global concentration of wealth has made democratic governance less effective and stripped the people of their power. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

Contents: ▪️ Types of Democratic Resilience by Rachel Beatty Riedl (@beattyriedl.bsky.social), Jennifer McCoy (@jennifermccoy.bsky.social), Kenneth Roberts, Paul Friesen - ▪️ From Electoral U-turns to Re-democratisation by Nic Cheeseman (@fromagehomme.bsky.social), Licia Cianetti

Democracy across the world is being undermined by the very forces that once made it possible. @beattyriedl.bsky.social explains how global concentration of wealth has made democratic governance less effective and stripped the people of their power. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

This speaks to the real contributions international students and faculty make every day, and the real harm we are all facing : www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

Early stage neoliberalism combined political & economic competition=3rd wave of democracy formula. late stage neoliberalism is characterized by extreme economic concentration globally& undermining democracy as inclusive fair political competition. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/neo...

The world today provides important lessons for how to identify and resist autocrats. In their piece for @goodauth.bsky.social, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @beattyriedl.bsky.social Kenneth Roberts & @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social highlight six key lessons on how to counter threats to democracy👇

What can the U.S. learn from other countries living through threats to democracy? Lessons from our global research and 15 case studies distilled in my new commentary with @beattyriedl.bsky.social Ken Roberts, and @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social include: (1/3) goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...

New op-ed out @goodauth.bsky.social based on our global research w Ken Roberts, @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social @jennifermccoy.bsky.social Timely lessons re pressure on institutions and nature of pro-democracy coalitions goodauthority.org/news/us-demo...

Special issue : democratic #backsliding and resistance strategies ! With @jennifermccoy.bsky.social @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social and Ken Roberts along with incredible case study authors www.aapss.org/annals/volum...

With excellent cast studies of key countries for lessons : Malawi , Poland, Hungary, Turkey, India, Ecuador etc

Happening today , join us virtually 5pm eastern: Comparative responses to Backsliding threats events.cornell.edu/event/democr...

@ UCT Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance w old friends and new - on #democracy and #development , part of @ CEU hub network!

Join Dan Slater and I @ the IPPA International Conference on Public Policy (Chiang Mai Thailand July 2-4) by submitting a paper for panel T02P11 on Democratic Resistance: Domestic and International Policy Struggles. (CFP open until Jan 31). www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/i...

At Cornell’s Brooks School of Public Policy and the Einaudi Center for International Studies, we’ve been so fortunate to host Thomas Garrett as the Lund practitioner in Residence and Distinguished Global Democracy Lecturer. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Following what's happening with the Romanian election? @worldpolitics.bsky.social editorial chair @grigopop.bsky.social breaks it down in his @goodauth.bsky.social piece. goodauthority.org/news/calin-g...

Working on #migration? In a commentary response to the World Bank’s World Development Report on Migration, a Cornell team published a series of reactions to take up global mobility, rights, human development & socio-economic thriving. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Applications for “Politics, Markets, and Governance in Africa”, a conference in honor of Nicolas van de Walle. Abstracts due March 1. Please join @cornellupress.bsky.social w the Center on Global Democracy, the Institute of African Development, & Govt Dept new.express.adobe.com/webpage/VYps...

The year of elections is wrapping up - here are some takes on significant elections globally @JOD www.journalofdemocracy.org/news-and-upd...

Exciting work on #democracy out of the new Center on Global Democracy at Cornell!

We’re looking back on 2023 and forward to 2024 in this week’s episode! @dadakim.bsky.social and @beattyriedl.bsky.social talk about elections, democracy, and more on the continent. Next week, we’re excited to introduce you to our new non-resident fellows! www.ufahamuafrica.com/2024/02/03/e...

Kwadwo Owusu, professor of geography and resource development at @ Univ of Ghana, is our guest this week for a conversation on climate and society and public policy around environmental health and well-being. www.ufahamuafrica.com/2023/12/09/e...

Possibility is real and high that US becomes a dictatorship. Voters & politicians both have the possibility to forge a democratic path, but it would require concerted action for ordinary people, & foregoing business as usual/maximal gain for those at the top. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

#jobalert - postdoc opportunity at Cornell re #Urban #Climate #Equity Join us ! Post-Doctoral Associate in Just and Equitable Cities apps.hr.cornell.edu/recruiting/f... Post-Doctoral Associate in Urban Climate Mitigation and Adaptation apps.hr.cornell.edu/recruiting/f...

GLD's Research Seminar Series introduces the research process and covers 3 stages of research: Refining a research question Selecting methodology Presenting findings. All 15 videos are free to use and available on our website with English & Arabic subtitles: gld.gu.se/en/education...

Listen in to this episode @ufahamuafrica.bsky.social with expert Nisrin Elamin on Sudan (land, conflict, social identity, and hope). www.ufahamuafrica.com/2023/11/20/e...

MasterCard Foundation scholarships available for Sciences Po Masters or summer school : www.sciencespo.fr/students/en/...

Working on political institutions and democracy in Africa? We're calling for participants for a mini-conference during the next APSA. Scholars from the continent and early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply. Submit your abstract by Dec. 4: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join @World_Pol for the final event in its anniversary event series on Friday, 11/3 at 1:30pm ET. This event will explore #DemocraticBacksliding and #DemocraticResilience and is also hybrid. piirs.princeton.edu/events

Season 8 of @ufahamuafrica.bsky.social launches with @dadakim.bsky.social !! Listen in to this conversation with experts and guest host Ami Tamakloe on protests , economics and politics in #Ghana www.ufahamuafrica.com/2023/10/14/e...

Hi there! We are Ufahamu Africa, a podcast about life and politics on the African continent. Cohosted by @dadakim.bsky.social and @beattyriedl.bsky.social. www.ufahamuafrica.com

“What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” These artists @Cornell create to educate & to question & share different ideas. For that, they became dissidents and had to flee. They continue to inspire and teach news.cornell.edu/stories/2023...

🚀🚀 goodauthority.org is now live! John Sides and @dadakim.bsky.social describe how @goodauth carries forward TMC's legacy and also features some changes: goodauthority.org/news/welcome...

Reposting content from the other place … worth watching : Perspectives on Politics Roundtable on Democratic Backsliding at APSA 2023- youtube.com/watch?v=qJwSCh… @anthlittle @annemeng_ @carlhknutsen @dweitzel @dstreisman @gorokhovskaia @StaffanILindber @robert_a_blair @mkmdem

The application period for APSA’s Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants ends September 20th! Interested graduate students can apply here: ow.ly/4WF250P8PCj

🚨 Polisky job market folks: Cornell is hiring in IR with a focus on climate and equitable futures. If you do work on climate, broadly defined, please apply! I’m happy to answer any questions academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25454

I'm still trying to find the folks who study Africa here on Bluesky... please repost and share. 🚨Podcasting Fellowship🚨 The Ufahamu Africa podcast is calling for applications to be a non-resident fellow. https://www.ufahamuafrica.com/call-for-applications-podcast-fellows/

10 aboard: Who gets on the plane with Prigozhin flying in Russia???

So many new (dead bird site) mutuals for polisky!! @zeitzoff.bsky.social @beattyriedl.bsky.social @sgadarian.bsky.social @pstaniland.bsky.social @devoncantwell.bsky.social @dburbach.bsky.social @edebruin.bsky.social

🌍🎙10 days left until the application deadline to become a non-resident fellow for the Ufahamu Africa podcast. Stipend: $3500 Commitment: Creating content for 4 episodes between Oct 2023 and May 2024 Please share with anyone who might be interested.

In #Senegal, "increasingly authoritarian tactics against the political opposition and activists are raising concerns about human rights, rule of law, and civil liberties." Elections are scheduled for Feb. 2024. theconversation.com/senegal-behi...