Pleased to share that UNC PoliSci is hiring in political methodology! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

"We accumulated a large amount of dollars so that you can use something other than a dollar to do what a dollar does, and we promise you it’s worth a dollar. Guaranteed." It’s the Political Economy of Shitcoins! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Congratulations to Prof. Scott Gates on receiving a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant! The project "Waging of War" (WOW) will examine how the organization of warring parties affects the conduct of war and how the fighting impacts the belligerents' organizational structure. www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

🧵IR scholars, let's start a thread of what we know that's relevant for a US attack on Iran. Won't change any minds, but might help us teach this crisis and learn new angles. Please add (incl. your own work!), forgive/correct omissions. Nobody can cover everything and it's great to find new work. 1/?

I’m one of 20 assistant professors in A&S at UNC who has had their tenure decision deferred. I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻‍♀️ www.wral.com/video/unc-fa...

On Friday, UNC faculty learned--via an email from the chair of the faculty, not from the admin--that the Board of Trustees declined to do their pro forma approval of this year's tenure conferrals (the entire slate, health sciences excepted). We are still waiting for an explanation.

Getting tenure anywhere is hard, especially in this era of hyper-productivity. Getting tenure at UNC is a gauntlet, a sprint and a marathon at the same time. The faculty who have earned this accomplishment deserve to receive it free of the burden of politics.

It's hard to find the words. NSF just terminated the grant for Journeys, a mentoring workshop that tried to tackle underrepresentation of women in international relations. Future scholarship will be the worse for it. But this photo from our last gathering will motivate me to keep fighting.

After eight years in the role, today I ran my last faculty meeting. Went a lot like the meetings we’ve had over the years, doing the hard work in pursuit of our values and ambitions. I’m looking forward to sitting with them while Navin Bapat takes his turn leading us. We couldn’t be in better hands.

In honor of long COVID awareness day, I wanted to speak about what my experience is like, 25 months in. I am much better but still only leave the house a couple times a week. 1/

I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.

Gutting the Minerva program means the loss of one of our last funding sources for long-term, risky, ambitious data collection on political violence. Almost impossible to replace with other sources (though we should try). Not even penny-wise, just foolish. This makes us dumber and less safe

I keep reading that Zelensky shouldn't have risen to the bait. The man is human. He's seen tens of thousands of Ukrainians murdered, their cities blown apart & their children stolen. He was sitting by a man who's looting his country's minerals & praising Putin. And for 40 minutes, he held it in.

Very interesting to see the Times weakest on this. Telegraph and Mail have been robust. And yet the alleged paper of record is hedging.

Journalists, please do not describe what happened at the White House today as a "spat", "heated exchange" or as Zelensky-Trump "going at each other". Zelensky was ambushed by Vance while very calmly explaining why Ukraine needs security guarantees and doesn't trust a ceasefire...

Howard University is now a R1 university, the first HBCU with a research one designation. H-U definitely knows!

What these days are teaching me is that in this life we can't take anything for granted.

What a day to teach about the modern state. Topics to include - Developmental state - Rentier state - Predatory state - Failed state Reading assignment is @pavisuri.bsky.social, "Endogenous State Capacity," ARPS 2024

Industry leaders in science, international studies, and higher education must speak clearly about their essential role in national security. The U.S. has no peer competitor in this space, and the current administration's policies threaten U.S. power and interests. tompepinsky.com/2025/02/04/s...

How do autocrats stay in power? Our new research dives into the strategies of political control—repression, co-optation, and indoctrination—used across 229 autocracies from 1946 to 2010. What we found will change the way you think about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇

Undergraduates are not doing well right now, and the consequences are tragic. Take care of your community, but especially look after your students.

Political Scientists Reassure Americans That Stripping Minorities Of Citizenship Usually Where Descent Into Fascism Peters Out

UNC will be hiring two--count them, two!--tenure-track positions in American politics in the fall. The search is wide-open with respect to specialty, so please encourage all interested parties to apply. The application deadline is 9/16. timryan.web.unc.edu/wp-content/u...

UNC Political Science is searching this Fall to fill two positions in the American Politics subfield, both at the Assistant Professor level.

Good morning colleagues. CSU Political Science is hiring in American Politics/Political Communication. App deadline is 9/8. Tell your friends. Here's the APSA eJobs listing: members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJobs/… Or direct to CSU: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/148354 Happy to answer questions.

Come be my colleague! The Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan is conducting a search for a senior-level international policy scholar. The ad for the position is here: apply.interfolio.com/148203 Feel free to reach out if you have questions!

polisky #ISA2024 folks, join us in two interlinked panels on territorial politics this Saturday, SA51 Territorial Disputes in World Politics, 0815 in the Fillmore room, & SB12 Identity Issues in Interstate Territorial Disputes, 1030 in the Cyril Magnin rm3 both at Parc 55! intsec conflictsky intlaw

Many thanks to the ISA, especially Mark Boyer, for the kind award! #ISA2024

Best “overheard at ISA” moment so far: “I don’t teach the isms anymore. They did not spark joy in me or my students.”

Congrats and thanks to @ericparajon.bsky.social for a great job presenting our work on the Global Political Knowledge survey project! We have some great GPK questions developed to measure survey participant knowledge. Feel free to reach out and get the paper. @baileedonahue.bsky.social

We are searching for a Teaching Assistant Professor in Political Science with a focus on teaching undergraduate courses in political methodology. Please apply if you’re interested, and feel free to share.

49 points, 13 assists. GOAT

Caitlin Clark just broke the scoring record in her league. She did it early, then dropped 23 POINTS in the first quarter. The other team? 22. Holy smokes!

📣 Scholars of peace & conflict: The call for papers for the 5th Carolinas Conflict Consortium, hosted at UNC Chapel Hill by @creshman.bsky.social, @nbapat.bsky.social, and Stephen Gent on April 26-27 is now open. Submit your paper or research design by February 10 here: tarheels.live/carolinascon...

Congratulations!!!