#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi "gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..." - Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social#OpenAccess #jjps

#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi "gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..." - Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social#OpenAccess

#OpenAccess - Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - cup.org/4lV2PiL - Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social #FirstView

Our results were successfully replicated. The paper is now forthcoming!

"IO Endorsements, Perceived Alignment, and Public Support for Unpopular Policies" with Saki Kuzushima (sakikuzushima.github.io), Itsuki Umeyama, and @kmcelwain.bsky.social is now accepted (pending replication of empirical results) at @isq-jrnl.bsky.social! shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

New version of a paper, "The Impact of Elections on Civic Attitudes: Causal Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Staggered Local Elections," with @mhigashi.bsky.social and Gento Kato is now available! We find that elections may not enhance civic political engagement. shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

My article with Melanie Sonntag and @ykshrt.bsky.social about how supportive the Japanese public was of COVID-era entry bans on foreigners (short answer: very supportive) was just publised in Social Science Japan Journal: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

The accepted version of "Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan's Diarchy" with @mhigashi.bsky.social is now available @thejop.bsky.social! See also shiraito.github.io/research/pag... for SI and code/data. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

From our new issue: "Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning" by MITCHELL BOSLEY (@mitchellbosley), SAKI KUZUSHIMA, TED ENAMORADO (@TedEnamorado), and YUKI SHIRAITO (@yshiraito) #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"Improving Probabilistic Models in Text Classification via Active Learning" with Mitchell Bosley, Saki Kuzushima, and TedEnamorado has appeared @apsrjournal.bsky.social in print! Please visit doi.org/10.1017/S000....

As someone educated outside the elite doctoral programs, EITM was huge for me. If you want to be good enough at finding stuff out (i.e., "research") to be paid to do it, there's no substitute for being around the best of the best and trying to learn from them.

I’m hosting lectures on February 20 by @kmcelwain.bsky.social (UTokyo/Columbia) and on March 27 by Prof. Junko Kato (UTokyo)! If you’re outside of Ann Arbor, please register for Zoom webinars at myumi.ch/XGpyJ and myumi.ch/qV4ZD, respectively.

"Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Tutelage" with @mhigashi.bsky.social has been conditionally accepted at the JOP! We examine whether a de fact guardian boosts popular support for a de jure autocratic leader. shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

#LAPolMeth2024 I presented a paper with @mhigashi.bsky.social and Gento Kato, "Do Elections Change Political Attitudes in Autocracies? Identification through the Staggered Introduction of Local Elections in Kazakhstan". I appreciate the opportunity to receive helpful feedback! x.com/LAPolMeth/st...

#LAPolMeth2024 has begun, after a long trip and a nice pre-conference dinner!

On my way to LAPolMeth VIII. Looking forward to it! lapolmeth.info

This paper is forthcoming in @jjps.bsky.social!

Gendered views may affect how voters evaluate candidates on education and national security, but they may be less salient on the issue of immigration, an experimental study in Japan shows. Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social @ykshrt.bsky.social shiraito.github.io/research/fil...

Working paper, "A Dynamic Dirichlet Process Mixture Model for the Partisan Realignment of Civil Rights Issues in the U.S. House of Representatives," is now available on my website. We develop a nonparametric Bayesian model for analyzing gradual structural changes. shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

"Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning" with Mitchell Bosley, Saki Kuzushima, and Ted Enamorado is now published as FirstView (doi.org/10.1017/S000...)! Our reproduction code and R package can be found at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

New working paper, "When International Organizations Help Domestic Leaders Avoid Blame for Unpopular Policies" with Saki Kuzushima (sakikuzushima.github.io, who just defended dissertation!), Itsuki Umeyama, and @mcelwain444 is available at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

Our paper on the use of active learning for text classification is forthcoming at American Political Science Review! The author version of the accepted manuscript and the R package to implement our proposed approach are available at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

As @ykshrt.bsky.social wrote, our paper (with Saki Kuzushima, now on the job market!) on how international law, backed by constitutional principles, can persuade citizens to support political reforms is now out (Open Access). A true pleasure to work with these fantastic colleagues and friends.

Paper with @kmcelwain.bsky.social and Saki Kuzushima (U-M PhD candidate) titled "Public preferences for international law compliance: Respecting legal obligations or conforming to common practices?" is now in print in the Review of International Organizations! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Final keynote at #LAPolMeth 23!

Day 1 of #LAPolMeth meeting 2023 was really stimulating! Productive discussion, great keynote, and fun socializing. Huge thanks to the organizing team! latam-polmeth.github.io/Meeting2023/