🚨 We’re #hiring! CEGA is looking for a Postdoctoral Scholar to join our Data Privacy Lab and support the responsible implementation of privacy-enhancing technologies in low- and middle-income countries. 👉 Learn more and apply here: go.cega.org/DPLpostdoc

Last spring, I was elected to chair APSA’s Democracy & Autocracy Section for 2025-2027. I’m excited to be taking on the position as of this month. Thanks to @annemeng.bsky.social for leading the section the last two years!

New paper out. Do congressional candidates benefit from rejecting PAC contributions? Yes -across party lines- Americans really dislike PAC money. doi.org/10.1177/2053...

10 Things to Know About Multiple Comparisons buff.ly/lZEIVMF #EGAPMethodsGuide

Interested in hearing what we have been up to this year? Our autumn newsletter is out now 🍂

🚨 new paper out w/ @simonchauchard.bsky.social in BJPS @bjpols.bsky.social on the link between misinformation and religiosity- does religious belief cause people to endorse more misinformation? And if so, what can we do about it? thread below ⬇️

For our final spotlight on #conflict, Tolga Sinmazdemir with @zeitzoff.bsky.social & Anna Getmansky look at the case of Syrian refugees in Turkey to explore how negative messaging influences perceptions of refugees & attitudes towards domestic conflict. Read more: buff.ly/rC9cuc2

Deadline to Apply on September 30! Please send in your application

10 Things to Know about Spillovers: buff.ly/nuX2I09 #EGAPMethodsGuide

Final reminder! Political scientists in the southeast, submit your paper to SoWEPS to get great feedback and hang out in New Orleans on 11/7! We match you with a discussant and everyone reads ahead. Submissions due TOMORROW 9/19: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #polisky

For today's spotlight on EGAPers researching #conflict, read about @matanock.bsky.social work with Miguel Garcia-Sanchez to measure social support during counterinsurgency in Colombia. Read more at buff.ly/Py6JVO0

Rob Blair (@robertblair.bsky.social), Anna Wilke (@awilke.bsky.social), and I have a new draft of our paper "Can Community Policing Improve Police-Community Relations in a Low-Income Country Setting?" Comments are welcome: osf.io/preprints/os...

🌟 NOW LIVE 🌟 EGAP’s Community Experts Roster connects universities & other institutions with practitioners with deep expertise on a range of topics- from government transparency & accountability to evidence-based program design to productive research/practitioner partnerships.

🚨 New working paper alert 🚨 Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️ In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...

10 Things to Know About Project Workflow: buff.ly/xVh6ElM #EGAPMethodsGuide

👉 Apply today— 2025 Innovation Grants 🚀 We are accepting proposals for innovations pushing the boundaries of governance and politics research. Deadline: October 31, 2025. Learn more: buff.ly/hR0NZfX

Our paper is finally forthcoming :)

Excited and honored that “Creating Partisans” has won the Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award for its contributions to research on pol. organizations and parties from @apsa.bsky.social! Many thanks to the committee & everyone who helped improve the book! @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org

The @lsegovernment.bsky.social Political Behaviour Seminar Series will be back for the '25/26 academic year, as usually on Thursdays, 4-5pm, in CBG 4.17. Let us know if you are external and want to attend in-person, or join remotely on Zoom. More info here: www.lse.ac.uk/government/r...

Live now! Learn about the takeaways for policy from research on organised crime. youtube.com/live/EahDK1L...

In today's spotlight on EGAP research into #conflict, Eric Arias investigates how media changes social norms in Mexico. Arias & a regional partner produced a soap opera designed to challenge gender norms & discourage violence against women. Read more: buff.ly/WAbxwZt

Reposting here for folks who left X permanently. So happy to see this paper finally published. And so cool that it found a home at @jpube.bsky.social ! This is paper summarizes what is perhaps the most policy relevant piece of research I’ve conducted so far. A 🧵:

New JEPS: Debunking NIMBY Myths Increases Support for Affordable Housing, Especially Near Respondents' Homes www.cambridge.org/core/service... -correcting stereotypes/misperceptions re: affordable housing increases support for building it -Effects often *larger* for housing near people's homes

New article out in World Development! 🚨 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (ungated if u click now) With Rachel Brulé and @alyssarheinze.bsky.social, we explain and document some of the paradoxical (and actually inequality-building) consequences of India´s extensive gender quota system.

10 Things to Know About External Validity buff.ly/sbntwX5 #EGAPMethodsGuide

Missed it in august! But this (with @sumitra.bsky.social) also is out at @bjpols.bsky.social We map how religious beliefs and identities affect the endorsement of falsehoods, and use an experiment in India to test. More to do on the contextual drivers of misinfo, but this is a start. Check it :)

Please share: @alanjacobs.bsky.social and I are running a Jan '26 course at @gesis.org Cologne on 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 🕵️Process tracing + Bayesian inference + graphical causal models All in two heady days. training.gesis.org?site=pDetail...

Multilateralism is not necessarily fading! There is still civilian support for it in different parts of the world. Using two sets of independent conjoint experiments, we show that civilians in Liberia prefer multilateral actors (the UN) to oversee (not rebuild) security sector reforms

This month we are featuring EGAP research on #conflict. First up, @betsylevyp.bsky.social with Hana Shepherd ask if greater social interaction with peers can change perceptions of norms governing harassment behaviours, and if this can change behaviours in schools. Read more: buff.ly/ounfQJA

📣 NEW 📣 #smallgrantsspotlight! Check out our conversation with Dr. Amadou Ouattara Adou about his EGAP-supported research project on the public's perception of political violence in Côte d’Ivoire: buff.ly/6LfSzoV

New Science Advances - Prebunking & credible source corrections increase election credibility: Evidence from US & Brazil www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Effects of prebunking voter fraud misinfo somewhat more durable (US) & larger (Brazil) than for credible source corrections. Driven by novel info.

10 Things to Know About Survey Design: buff.ly/hFxfxBc #EGAPMethodsGuide

NEW BOOK: 📘 Skills, Values, and Development: The Political Economy of Education in Latin America @oupacademic.bsky.social (eds. @juanbogliaccini.bsky.social & Aldo Madariaga) reframes education as a political economy issue: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

For our final #GovernanceLoop 🎙️ spotlight this month, check out: "Truth be Told: Fact Checking in the 2019 Argentine Election" w/ @ecalvo68.bsky.social , @tiagoventura.bsky.social & Olivia Sohr of @chequeado.com

10 Things to Know About Reading a Regression Table buff.ly/ltSy9Mt #EGAPMethodsGuide

Here's today's #GovernanceLoop 🎙️ spotlight episode: "Understanding & Confronting Latin American Gangs" from EGAPers @santiagotobon.bsky.social & Joana Monteiro, with Andrés Tobón.

10 Things to Know About Multisite or Block-Randomized Trials buff.ly/xqkhf3q #EGAPMethodsGuide

Visit egap.org/our-work/res... for more details on how to apply!

🚀 Research funding opportunity — Our 2025 Innovation Grants are open for proposals for innovations to push the boundaries of governance and politics research. Apply by October 31, 2025. Learn more: buff.ly/HvILfPl

Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30

Today we are featuring the #GovernanceLoop 🎙️episode, "COVID-19 & Maternal Mental Health Among Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia" from EGAPer @andresmoya.bsky.social w/ Cristina Gutierrez de Piñeres (United Way Colombia) & Diana María Pineda Ruiz of @fundacionexit.bsky.social.

Today we hosted a feedback session with EGAPers @yangyangzhou.bsky.social & @guygrossman.bsky.social along with @shelbycarvalho.bsky.social on their project, "Disrupted Aid, Displaced Lives: Unraveling the Impact of Refugee Aid Cuts.”

10 Conversations that Implementers and Evaluators Need to Have buff.ly/asQVd9p #EGAPMethodsGuide

We have new working paper with Alice Xu and Audrey Sacks, entitled "The Politics of Climate Change in the Developing World," which we prepared for ARPS. Comments are welcome. guygrossman.com/assets/pdf/2...

🚨 We're #hiring at LSE! Join our Department of International Relations: 🔹Assistant Professor in IR (International Security) ➡️ bit.ly/41l2GOa 🔹Assistant Professor in IPE ➡️ bit.ly/4ogBjPj 📆 Deadline: 7 September 2025. 📢 Please share widely! #AcademicJob #AcademicSky #PoliSky

Please share: @pavisuri.bsky.social and I are delighted to share details for the political economy of development section of @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026 We welcome great work and fresh ideas! Please spread the word among interested colleagues not on here docs.google.com/document/d/1...

CGD is #hiring! We're seeking a Senior Fellow to lead areas of research in the Sustainable Development Finance program. The Senior Fellow will work on global macroeconomic, financial, and more to promote growth and development. Apply! ⬇️ centerforglobaldevelopment.applytojob.com/apply/NGyo8e...

⏰Closing tomorrow 08 Aug! Opportunity to join the CSAE research team in Nairobi! Working with Kate Orkin @blavatnikschool.bsky.social and partner institutions. Apply today👇

This month we are featuring our podcast, #GovernanceLoop 🎙️ Up first: "Political Polarization and Municipal Government Accountability during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico" w/ @asimpser.bsky.social, José Ramón Enríquez & @mmeltisv.bsky.social of @datacivica.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/VVfkYgh