Time to make it bsky-official: after defending my dissertation at Georgetown, I'm off to @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social, where I'll be the Gerhard Casper Postdoctoral Fellow for the 2025-26 AY. Y'all can then find me in Santiago, where I'll be an Assistant Prof at UC Chile's Escuela de Gobierno in 2026!

Don't miss the first VIP workshop of the Spring semester!

Rio 🤍

On top of the theoretical and empirical contributions, Andres’ and Sebastian’s paper has become my favorite reference when someone asks me “what does a good process tracing paper look like?” Great to see it out in print!!

Our final #VIPWorkshop of the semester is this Thursday at 11 am EST. We have two amazing papers: Natalia Pia Guerrero Trinidad's Non-State Social Structures and Social Capital: Evidence on Crime and Conflict & Sally Sharif's What Causes a Reduction in Post-Conflict Violence?

Hey Polisky! We’re having the second VIP Workshop session of the semester on Thursday. We will discuss Frank Wyer’s paper on support for peace and and Lucía Tiscornia’s paper on criminal governance. Link to register and papers are here: vip-workshop.github.io Please share widely!

I really do have a mean list of DC tips I’m always down to share with first timers in the area! And thanks for the shoutout, Salah!