Several large donations has come in, but most importantly, @sschutte.bsky.social , Elin, and Niklas have just given 30 000 NOK to the cause - I'm extremely humbled by their generosity! Only 9 980 NOK remains to disperse the full 50 000 NOK I'm matching: gieffektivt.no/innsamling/h...

Dear everyone, As you know, we have yet to eradicate global poverty. To do my part, I have set up a fundraising for GiveDirectly. For every NOK you contribute today, I will match it, up to 50 000 NOK. For donations and more information, please visit gieffektivt.no/innsamling/h...

Dear everyone, As you know, we have yet to eradicate global poverty. To do my part, I have set up a fundraising for GiveDirectly. For every NOK you contribute today, I will match it, up to 50 000 NOK. For donations and more information, please visit gieffektivt.no/innsamling/h...

And now, 2 job openings at projects associated with the ViEWs Team at PRIO A junior data scientist at the UFFAC project: www.prio.org/about/career... A postdoc for the ANTICIPATE project: www.prio.org/about/career... Apply before 15. January!

PRIO's Conflict Forecasting Team @viewsforecasting.org has published predictions for 2026. As ViEW's leader Hegre says, there is warning bell that the situation in Sudan may get much worse in the coming months. Political action is needed Read: www.prio.org/news/3670 Explore: viewsforecasting.org

Use of mental health medications in the population of Swedish PhD students is 40% higher than a matched sample by the fifth PhD year. Be kind to PhD students. Don't take up PhD students you can't invest in. Alert prospective students of the reality of a PhD. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨Jobs!🚨 3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you! Job ad: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Norwegian indie startup @lugngames.bsky.social are doing a kickstarter for their game, and super close to reaching their goal! Have a look and see if this could be something for you 😊 www.kickstarter.com/projects/517...

University students who were provided with a free gym card (in a randomized experiment) exercised more and had a significant improvement in academic performance. The treated students were also less likely to drop out of classes www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

Spennende fast stilling på UiT Norges arktiske universitet for kvantitative samfunnsvitere (statsvitenskap, organisasjonsteori eller sosiologi). I tillegg får du muligheten til å bo i Tromsø og Nord-Norge 😁 www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

Map showing Zambia's new copper export routes in the 1960s after Rhodesia's government abruptly cut off transport links going south. Zambia was remarkably successful in swiftly re-orientating the industry eastwards:

China and Zambia launched on Thursday a $1.4 billion project to modernize a railway line that will transport minerals from the copper-rich southern African country to Indian Ocean ports for export.

I know you are all here for my hot takes on computer games, and yes, my verdict is finally clear: EU5 is a masterpiece. Hands down best strategy game produced. Bravo Paradox!

Experimental evidence that *randomly varying the severity of democratic norm violations* is 1) as good as incrementally increasing severity (re subversion by stealth), and 2) better than incrementally decreasing severity (re reference point theory) for would-be authoritarians

PRIO is recruiting! 2 full-time, 2-year postdoctoral researchers for the ERC project “Rituals in combatant-to-civilian transformation” led by Júlia Palik. PRIO has a wonderful work environment, Oslo is a great city to live in, and Norway has a generous social security scheme See calls below 1/2

Day 345 of uninterrupted protests in Georgia. Police are physically preventing protesters from blocking Rustaveli Avenue, so some of us are marching in nearby streets.

Deadline tomorrow! If you have a paper on European and EU politics, @chriswratil.bsky.social and I would love to consider it for our section. Hope to see you in Belfast!

We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)! If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!

I kveld kl 19:00 er det igjen duket for rollespill på Det andre teateret - En nydelig liten søndagsforestilling der jeg spiller D&D med skuespillerne i ensemblet! detandreteatret.no/forestilling...

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI. We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research! Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Paths to Power (PtP) is out in @bjpols.bsky.social! It is a database with data on cabinet members' social profile globally from 1966-2021. This is a great team effort with @chknutsen.bsky.social, @peterla.bsky.social, @inalkristiansen.bsky.social. But many more helped us along the way 🙏 A short 🧵

Super excited to finally see this project out in the wild! What a journey it's been! Looking forward to see how people will use this awesome data. See thread below for more details from @jacobnyrup.bsky.social.

PRIO is hiring! Specifically, we're looking for two post-docs for the project "Rituals in combatant-to-civilian transformation”, led by my excellent colleague Júlia Palik More information here: www.prio.org/about/career... www.prio.org/about/career...

Come join us at @statsvitenskap.bsky.social !

Online hate isn’t just virtual. Posts with Hindu nationalist hashtags on India’s Koo platform precede real-world attacks on Muslims & Christians. When the internet shuts down, so does the violence. Fresh research from colleague @sschutte.bsky.social et al Read more 👉 www.prio.org/news/3644

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me for the first episode of our new series The Breakdown. Register here to join us live on Monday, 10/20 at 4pm ET: ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...

I et Venezuela der undertrykkelse og politisk mørke preger hverdagen, er María Corina Machado som et symbol på sivil motstand og håp. Les PRIOs @mariannedahl.bsky.social om hvorfor årets pris treffer tidsånden: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved. Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning. ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

Årets Nobel Fredspris er delt ut i demokratiets navn. Den demokratiske tilbakegangen er blant vår tids største utfordringer – nivået i dag er som i 1986. María Corina Machado risikerer livet i kampen for demokrati – med ikke-voldelige midler. Link til kronikk👇

"Årets fredspris er en påminnelse om at demokratiets fremtid hviler på dem som våger å protestere uten vold" PRIOs egen @mariannedahl.bsky.social i Aftenposten www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

honestly it would have been extremely funny if they just gave Obama another peace nobel

A Nobel Peace Prize for democracy! And democracy promotes peace: academic.oup.com/isq/article/... www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/nob...

"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president

I'm looking for journals on organization/business management with a clear focus on causal inference, but this is a research field I know nothing about. Any tips?

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

Happy and thankful that our WP "Debating threats to authoritarian rule: Inclusion and Discrimination in the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia" has won the David Olson Award 2025! rc08.ipsa.org/post/2025/09... 1/4

Det her er et fantastisk interview med demokratiforskningens nestor @adamprz.bsky.social. Hvis du interesserer dig for USAs demokratis fremtid (og det bør du, for det er afgørende for både din og dine børns egen fremtid) er det læsværdigt!

Echoing Ilaria—what a way to kick off the weekend! Our project just won a three-year grant from Norges forskningsråd the Research Council of Norway 🎉 (I was told only ~8–10% of proposals got funded. What a tough competition!).

Fredag drepte Israel 31 journalister og andre mediefolk i ett angrep alene: cpj.org/2025/09/isra...

Exactly!

Utrolig spennende og å få 12 millioner kroner til å forske på partienes rolle i å etablere den norske velferdsstaten ved hjelp av omfattende historisk datamatrialet og naturlig eksperimenter. Les mer her: www.usn.no/forskning/fo...

Hører på radioen at Christopher Sjuve mener Norge har ost i verdensklasse. Det er i så fall helt sykt. Ingenting gjør meg mer EU-tilhenger enn en norsk ostedisk. Så, hvor får jeg kjøpt all denne gode osten? Er det kun nisjebutikker som Maschmanns og Gutta på Haugen?

Norwegian democracy is boring. They all congratulate each other, no one storms the parliament, and the results are in so you can be in bed well before midnight. Is it even a 21st century democracy?

New article by @amalienilsen.bsky.social in Democratization on the effect of HK protests on pro-democracy voting And there is more to come from Amalie on how protests shape pro- and anti-democratic behavior

Yeah I'm also wondering here, even if my name only appear 5 times.

Whereas traditional media caters to a range of views, with moderate positions well-represented, extreme views — of both left and right — are heavily over-represented on social media. on.ft.com/3HNwX1M

En statsministerkandidat som roper "notorisk løgner" til en ungdomspartileder under hans taletid må vel være noe av det nedrigste denne valgkampen #nrkdebatt

En ting jeg sterkt misliker er når programledere stopper resonnement fordi de mener politikerne sier noe som er for komplisert Jeg tror de undervurderer velgerne. Tar jeg feil og det er for komplisert så får de ikke stemmer Ekstra grelt når de aldri klarer å stanse de endeløse listene til Listhaug