New study from @cantstopkevin.bsky.social. People often trust fake "pink slime" local news sites more than real ones: bit.ly/48hwuiW

New study from @cantstopkevin.bsky.social. People often trust fake "pink slime" local news sites more than real ones: bit.ly/48hwuiW

➡️📍📑 New Working Paper with @sumpierrez.bsky.social and Rainer Bauböck Work on migrant voting rights often has a state-centric perspective. We propose *migrant franchise constellations* as a migrant-centric approach. A 🧵 with our argument and new data! 🗳️ preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...

Ian Shapiro will discuss "Angry Populist Politics: Why It's Happening and What to do About It" at the New Haven Lawn Club on Wed. Sept. 17 at noon. Buy tickets to this preordered lunch event: www.ycnh.org/events/septe...

Yale Community: Help us kick off our new Population Studies Workshop with a presentation this Monday at noon by Princeton's James Raymo on divorce, remarriage, and fertility in Japan. A light reception will be held immediately after. Please register to attend: bit.ly/3V8QJaT

Psychedelic Ethics: The push to deregulate MDMA, magic mushrooms, and ketamine to treat PTSD, depression, substance abuse disorders and more offers great promise but also risks. bit.ly/46cF3ZU

New Yale study: Sex-selective abortion bans don’t change sex ratios—but they do harm health. Among Asian immigrant mothers, bans increased low birth weight + preterm births. (news.yale.edu/2025/08/29/s...)

Ph.D. student Nicholas Ottone presents his work on the ambiguities of police violence.

NEW STUDY: 80% of passed laws are supported by a majority of Americans. But Congress overall aligns with public opinion just 55% of the time: bit.ly/41qYFrB @shirokuriwaki.bsky.social

NEW STUDY: 80% of passed laws are supported by a majority of Americans. But Congress overall aligns with public opinion just 55% of the time: bit.ly/41qYFrB @shirokuriwaki.bsky.social

The Yale Population Studies Workshop is live! Check out our fall lineup here: isps.yale.edu/population-s... Speakers span sociology, economics, medicine, and political science. Both Yale and non-Yale folks are welcome to sign up for the email listserv!

Omowunmi Afolabi ‪@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social‬ participates in a mock public hearing during the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics summer program.

Meet our newest postdoctoral and predoctoral fellows! bit.ly/3HqGzzi

Yale President Maurie McInnis: “In this moment of transition, in the face of uncertainty and instability in the world, be the hand that reaches out first ... Seek out and learn from other perspectives, not just the ones you arrived with. Because that’s how you build community." bit.ly/46Zr7EC

Fiona Kniaz presents work she is conducting with @jacobhacker.bsky.social on issues, groups, and congressional factions within the Democratic Party coalition.

Well that's a good sign

Predoctoral fellow Jack Walker presents data on the effect on vote choice of the June 2024 debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Meet our newest postdoctoral and predoctoral fellows! bit.ly/3HqGzzi

Our summer workshop recently featured @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social presenting his work with @jacobhacker.bsky.social on public attitudes toward the big tax bill passed by Congress this year.

Who's really running the federal government? Christina Kinane has launched an effort to track unconfirmed acting officials. bit.ly/4oqykUg

Our @shirokuriwaki.bsky.social contributes to a syndicated TV news story on the Texas redistricting effort. bit.ly/4lprzQ1

Who's really running the federal government? Christina Kinane has launched an effort to track unconfirmed acting officials. bit.ly/4oqykUg

Predoctoral fellow Juliana Mothersbaugh presents her work on federal intervention and the impact of interpreter access in criminal court.

Tylir Fowler presents his theoretical model of electoral competition, which pinpoints voter uncertainty about a mainstream party’s willingness to carry out campaign pledges as a key reason why an accommodation strategy can potentially backfire.

Summer in New Haven

NEW: We sit down with @melodyyhuang.bsky.social to chat about her work and how it can improve the accuracy and practicality of social science. bit.ly/4o0gwPJ

The Summer Institute in Bioethics hosted Connecticut State Rep. Josh Elliot (D-Hamden) for a mock legislative session in which students presented testimony and fielded questions about a bill on medical aid in dying.

NEW op-ed in the NY Times from Daniel HoSang: bit.ly/4kQpuw9

NEW op-ed in the NY Times from Daniel HoSang: bit.ly/4kQpuw9

New paper! What happens when abortion laws are driven by xenophobic stereotypes? @ispsyale.bsky.social @scholars.org

NEW: We sit down with @melodyyhuang.bsky.social to chat about her work and how it can improve the accuracy and practicality of social science. bit.ly/4o0gwPJ

NEW from Yale Bioethics: Baby Boxes May Harm Mothers and Infants Despite Good Intentions. bit.ly/4nUs4Eg

Political science Ph.D. student Zagreb Mukerjee presents his work on electoral backlash to tariff-driven inflation.

Backseat car hammocks for babies? Thanks to government, they are no longer for sale in the United States. Now, as federal regulators come under attack from within, political scientists and legal scholars gathered for a conference on the future of studying the administrative state: bit.ly/44LJSbW

NEW from Yale Bioethics: Baby Boxes May Harm Mothers and Infants Despite Good Intentions. bit.ly/4nUs4Eg

Join us for discussions about moral tensions within medicine, law, AI, and public health at the Summer Institute in Bioethics poster session. Participants will present what they have learned. Friday 7/18 from 10:30 to 12, TAC, 300 Cedar St.

Backseat car hammocks for babies? Thanks to government, they are no longer for sale in the United States. Now, as federal regulators come under attack from within, political scientists and legal scholars gathered for a conference on the future of studying the administrative state: bit.ly/44LJSbW

It's the economy, stupid. Right? A new tool, now at Yale, seeks to rethink how we measure economic success: bit.ly/44fqeon @jacobhacker.bsky.social

We were thrilled to host @donmoyn.bsky.social for a chat with Alan Gerber about civic tech and why it's important. Check out the full video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXml... And a summary: bit.ly/3TGugB8

New op-ed from @jacobhacker.bsky.social and @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social: The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

We were thrilled to host @donmoyn.bsky.social for a chat with Alan Gerber about civic tech and why it's important. Check out the full video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXml... And a summary: bit.ly/3TGugB8

New op-ed from @jacobhacker.bsky.social and @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social: The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

NEW from Yale Youth Polls, In the final round of ranked choice voting, Cuomo leads Mamdani 57-43: yalepolling.substack.com/p/new-yoll-c...

It's the economy, stupid. Right? A new tool, now at Yale, seeks to rethink how we measure economic success: bit.ly/44fqeon @jacobhacker.bsky.social

Yale Youth Poll finds split in Gen-Z's political views: bit.ly/4e4r23Y @jkalla.bsky.social

Yale Youth Poll finds split in Gen-Z's political views: bit.ly/4e4r23Y @jkalla.bsky.social

Tonight's the night! Please join us at 8PM for an online chat with @donmoyn.bsky.social and Alan Gerber about what has been happening to civic tech and why it matters. bit.ly/3Hg4CjO

Wait a second. Didn't we already have departments focused on government efficiency? Join us Monday, June 9 at 8PM for an online chat with @donmoyn.bsky.social and Alan Gerber about what has been happening to civic tech and why it matters. bit.ly/3Hg4CjO

🚼 How can early childhood investments transform lives in lower-income countries? What role can research + policy play? "In Conversation" w/ Costas Meghir (EGC, @yaleeconomics.bsky.social #InclusionEconomics) + 🌍 Amer Hasan #WorldBank on #ECD in 🇨🇴🇮🇳🇮🇩🇰🇪🇵🇰 🔗 egc.yale.edu/news/250602/... #GlobalDev

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