Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

We’re beyond thrilled to launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy If you’re a fellow political economist annoyed by all-male rooms & gendered comments— join us & share! 🗓️ 22-25 Sept, 2025 in Cologne 🚨 Apply by 25 Apr, 2025 www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...

About 1/6 of the total population of Serbia protested government malfeasance today. In the US that would be more than fifty million people.

As more and more Americans get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning. 🧵: www.mediamatters.org/google/right...

Happy International Women’s Day!

🚨 EPOP 2025 Call for papers now open! 🚨 Please fill out this form before the end of April to submit your paper proposal forms.office.com/e/4wBNMq4qwi Accepting presentations on all aspects of elections, public opinion and parties using all methods.

Merz the “impassioned European” who for months now has been pretending that European law does not exist, who is eroding basic principles of the EU and even wanted to push laws through with the far right that go against European law. Maybe time to update some public images.

Svolik is so useful for understanding why people support leaders who subvert democracy. It's not that they lack awareness, so pointing out that democracy is in decline doesn't work. People trade off democracy when it collides with their partisan interests. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...

The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪: 🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map. 🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East. 🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%! Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇

On Ukraine, the United States now votes more in line with Russia than even Algeria. In the entire Middle East-North Africa region, only Sudan and Israel took the American-Russian view and voted No. Most instead abstained or absented themselves, a few backed Ukraine. via @dassakaye.bsky.social

A great thread on Germany’s election today!

🇺🇸🇵🇱🇭🇺 I'm afraid that all the expert output about the rule of law crisis in Hungary/Poland being a consequence of these countries being "young, not yet fully developed democracies without a long history of developing trust in institutions" is about to age very badly.

If you're in or near London, join us for this great lineup of political economy speakers this semester. @kingsqpe.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #polisky #ipesky #cpesky

Apply to participate in the 3* APSG Conference in London! Deadline is *16 February* don’t miss it!

Happy to report that I presented my proposal for my first book project entitled “Morality politics and electoral authoritarianism in Turkey, Russia, and Poland” at Contemporary Turkish Studies (LSE European Institute). Thanks for the helpful comments from the participants!

It's that time of year again... The call for our UCL Conflict & Change PhD Workshop is out! We invite ECRs working on IR, conflict and contentious politics to apply by 8 December. We look forward to having you in London 24-25 February, 2025. Apply here: conflictandchange.org/phdworkshop2025