Article by @juanalbarracind.bsky.social, Rodrigo Moura Karolczak, & Jonas Wolff examines assassinations of social activists in the Global South: In the Brazilian Amazon (plus case study of Altamira), killings are linked to industrial deforestation & criminal-political networks, not drug trafficking.

Postula para ser uno de los paneles de LAPIS en LASA 2026! Convocatoria abierta hasta el 8 de agosto.

Apply to be one of the LAPIS sponsored panels at LASA 2026! Deadline is August 8.

👇🏽👇🏽 #Agendar ¡¡Lanzamos la convocatoria📣!! III Seminario Internacional "Política Subnacional en América Latina🌎" 📅Fecha límite para postulaciones📋: 14 de julio 🗓️Fecha del evento: 30-31 de octubre de 2025 🏫Lugar: CENUR Litoral Norte (UDELAR), Salto, Uruguay

@lgamboa.bsky.social’s work is extraordinary. Her recent article was now shared by @maddow.msnbc.com. A must read!

"use creative tactics, stay active for long periods of time, and retain public support by eschewing violence even when facing government repression..." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

In 10 years, when your doctor tells you there is no treatment for your cancer or heriditary disease, know who to hold accountable.

Meine Wahlunterlagen sind erst gestern angekommen. Zu spät. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asie...

The German CDU today knowingly breaks one of the fundamental unwritten rules of German democracy after 1945: never cooperate with anti-democratic, far right forces. By passing a parliamentary resolution with the support of the AfD, they have willingly weakened German democracy. Eine Schande!

Reminder! Deadline for nominations for the best LASA paper 🗓 January 26, 2024. Link: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol... @sboteroc.bsky.social @raschwartz.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social

Recordatorio! Fecha limite para nominaciones del mejor paper LASA 🗓 26 de enero de 2024. Enlace: secciones.lasaweb.org/sections/pol... @sboteroc.bsky.social @raschwartz.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social

Apply and share!!! Self-nominations are encouraged!! @viroliveros.bsky.social @juanalbarracind.bsky.social @tiscornia21.bsky.social @yanilda.bsky.social @egocantos.bsky.social @dsmilde.bsky.social @beccahanson.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @redpolitologas.bsky.social

Apliquen y compartan!! Auto-nominaciones son muy bien recibidas! @viroliveros.bsky.social @juanalbarracind.bsky.social @tiscornia21.bsky.social @yanilda.bsky.social @egocantos.bsky.social @dsmilde.bsky.social @beccahanson.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @redpolitologas.bsky.social

Current and former Kellogg Institute Fellows (PhD Students, Faculty, Visiting), join the starter pack! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Momentous news coming from Brazil. Hoping for accountability and that the specter of impunity—common in Brazil’s past and present—does not prevail again.

This workshop will be amazing! “State Capacity, State Formation and Non-State Governance”, Monday November 18 at the Harris School, UChicago. harris.uchicago.edu/news-events/...

Does ideology matter when militarizing the police? @tiscornia21.bsky.social and I explore this question in our new article in #PoliticalResearchQuarterly. Short🧵:

📝New #TraCe Working Paper is out! Welcome to the team, @juanalbarracind.bsky.social! Together with Jonas Wolff, our new Visiting Fellow analyzes the characteristics, causes and transformations of targeted violence against social activists. Read the paper here: www.trace-center.de/en/publicati...

Polisky: We are hiring at UIC’s Department of Political Science! There was a problem with the previous application link, below the correct link. Happy to answer questions about the position! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

@profmusgrave.bsky.social can you please add me to Polisky?

We are hiring at UIC’s Department of Political Science! Postdoctoral Research Associate - Bridge to Faculty in Political Science. Happy to answer questions! uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

¡Emocionado que este libro pronto estará disponible! Estoy muy feliz de contribuir con un capítulo escrito con @lgamboa.bsky.social. ¡Gracias a @sboteroc.bsky.social y Miguel García por la invitación a participar!

A siete años de la firma de los acuerdos de paz 🇨🇴, quiero contarles de este libro en el que venimos trabajando con Miguel García y un grupo de colegas. Disponible 1/2024, con mucho que decirle a la coyuntura actual. Pa’ que lo pongan en su lista 😉 @juanalbarracind.bsky.social @lgamboa.bsky.social

With JP Milanese, we wrote this analysis about the recent subnational elections in Colombia. Subnational politics in Colombia is not a reflection of national politics! This has to be a part of our analysis of the results! latinoamerica21.com/en/petro-and...

El domingo fueron elecciones locales en Colombia.🇨🇴 Este análisis de @juanalbarracind.bsky.social y JP Milanese explica algo que Petro no ha entendido: es un error nacionalizar la estrategia (y el análisis) de las elecciones subnacionales. #latinsky latinoamerica21.com/es/petro-y-e...

Absolutely thrilled to be at the Extra-Legal Conference in Global Perspective Conference today and tomorrow. Brilliant, generous, and fun colleagues presenting and commenting on amazing work. Thanks to Niloufer Siddiqui, Nick Barnes, and David Skarbek for organizing!